"That's fine too. When the King of Java personally makes a move, China must help us resist the King of Java.
We will do our best to help China build a city and a port.
Moreover, no one in China is allowed to attack the Lu family or any tribe in the Lushun Archipelago, "Lu Zhongyao said.
"I can only guarantee that we won't take the initiative to attack. If we are attacked, we will definitely fight back.
Also, when can we look at the Spirit Shell? How many Spirit Shells can you provide us every year? "Hua Kai said.
"Our Lu family can't decide how many Spirit Shells can be produced every year. Moreover, the quality of the Spirit Shells depends on luck. We have also accumulated a batch of high-quality Spirit Shells over the past few years. I will get someone to send a few over tonight. If you can use them, we will talk about the price," Lu Zhongyao said.
Hua Kai nodded. The two sides had settled on this deal. For a long time in the future, or rather, before the Lu family defeated the King of Java, their relationship should be very close.
The other party had promised China to build a city and a port. He might think that a city would be the limit of tens of thousands of people. The port could stop hundreds of small boats. Without the agreed area, China would not go online. They had already obtained the pass to the Lushun Archipelago.
In the afternoon, Hua Kai and Wuren Tuya were admiring the beautiful scenery of Japan in the Lu Palace garden. A guard sent three Spirit Shells to Hua Kai.
Hua Kai looked at the three Spirit Shells. The smallest one was only the size of a fingernail, the middle one was the size of a palm, and the largest one was much larger than the Hua family's Spirit Shell. Its diameter was more than 20 centimeters. Hua Kai studied the smallest one first.
Hua Kai immersed his spiritual power in this small Spirit Shell. He saw that about 10 cubic meters of area was chaotic. He injected spiritual power, willpower, and vital energy into it, but it was useless.
Hua Kai used the power of the Gold Core to create a world in this chaotic area. He let this space slowly expand according to his method of creating a world in the virtual space. He had to be careful not to destroy the edges of this chaotic space. Slowly, the space became bigger and bigger. Hua Kai opened up a space of 40 cubic meters.
Hua Kai tried to put things into the [Spirit Shell]. Seeing that this space could already hold things, he tried to put the [Spirit Shell] into his portable space and the [Family Mystic Realm], but he couldn't.
It seemed that this space was similar to the willpower space of the Xiantian realm, and was a special space that couldn't be entered.
In the [Family's Secret Realm Space], the will space could not be used. Otherwise, China would not need this [Spirit Shell]. Close to 200 core members of the family could allow China to enter any place smoothly.
It would take Hua Kai two days to recover the power of the Gold Core consumed by this small Spirit Shell, and the impact on him was negligible.
At night, he opened up a space for this palm-sized [Spirit Shell]. This Spirit Shell had a space of 6,000 cubic meters, which was generally good for transporting goods. Hua Kai spent about four months of cultivation.
After opening up this Spirit Shell, Hua Kai did not stop and continued to open up the space in this big Spirit Shell. The space in this big Spirit Shell was about 300,000 cubic meters. Hua Kai opened up all this space. He almost dropped his realm and took a [Great Recovery Pill] to slowly recover.
It was impossible to open such a large space below the Peak of the Gold Core Realm. This space had to be opened up in one go. If it was not opened up in one go, it would be useless no matter how much power of the Gold Core was injected. Hua Kai wanted to slightly modify the fist-sized Spirit Shell space, but he couldn't.
The next day, Hua Kai woke up in high spirits. His spiritual power had recovered, and it would take about half a year for his willpower to recover. His Genuine Qi had almost recovered after taking the elixir.
Lv Zhongyao waited outside Hua Kai's courtyard again. Because Hua Kai had rejected all the maids provided by the other party, he could only wait outside. With Hua Kai's strength, no movement in the Lu Palace could escape his perception.
"Greetings, Emperor of Hua Kai. Are you satisfied with the three Spirit Shells yesterday?" Lv Zhongyao saw Hua Kai go out and asked him with a salute.
"Spirit Shells are very good storage spaces, but the cost of opening up the space is a bit high. How many of these Spirit Shells do you have?" Hua Kai asked.
"If we make a deal, what price can you give?" Lv Zhongyao asked.
"The small one is 500 gold, the middle one is 2,000 gold, and the big one is 10000 gold," Hua Kai said.
The opening of the Spirit Shell required the power of the Golden Core. Generally, a late-stage Golden Core Realm expert could only open a palm-sized Spirit Shell. Otherwise, their cultivation would be greatly reduced. Hua Kai could not give Lv Zhongyao a sky-high price.
Lv Zhongyao also knew the value of one gold. He thought about it and nodded. He was already very satisfied with this price. If he sold it to other aristocratic families in Java, it would be more than ten times cheaper.
"Spirit Shells are the foundation of our Lv family's survival. It's very difficult for us to encounter a big Spirit Shell like that once in a few decades. We'll go according to the price you mentioned.
Yesterday, we prepared all the strange stones, spiritual herbs, beast bones, spirit bird eggs, and so on. Please come and take a look, Venerable One, "Lv Zhongyao said.
Hua Kai and Wuren Tuya followed Lv Zhongyao to a warehouse of the Lv family. There were thousands of stones piled up here, and only 400 of them could be used to forge weapons and equipment.
"Only these. These strange stones are worth 57000 gold.
The spiritual herbs are of good quality. 37 of them are worth 8,100 gold.
The rest together is worth 400 gold, "Hua Kai said after he finished selecting the strange stones and glanced at the other goods.
"Why are there only these? The meteorite you received last time was worth 600 gold … Okay, that's it. We need a large amount of food. 10 million stones of wheat, 2 million stones of rice, and 50,000 kilograms of spirit rice."
Lv Zhongyao obviously knew that Hua Kai had bought a strange stone for 600 gold. However, he stopped just as he was about to speak. This price was already very good. If he left it in the warehouse, it would be a pile of useless stones.
"Okay, 10 million stones of wheat is worth 180,000 gold, 2 million stones of rice is worth 54000 gold, and 50,000 kilograms of spirit rice is worth 40,000 gold. A total of 274000 gold. After deducting the 12500 gold from the three Spirit Shells, you still lack 196000 gold," Hua Kai said.
"We still have 16 Large Spirit Shells, 41 Medium Spirit Shells, and more than 200 Small Spirit Shells. This is enough to pay the rest of the money. Can you hand over the food first? Our several large granaries are already prepared," Lv Zhongyao said.
"Sure. If you have anything else you want to exchange, you can send it to my palace. I will stay here for three more days. After three days, I will return to Ryukyu Island and send our people here. At that time, we will look for a suitable location to build the port first. We will slowly build the city later.
Oh right, we need a large number of slaves. If you have slaves, you can prepare them early. A young and strong male slave is worth 3 gold, a young and strong female slave is worth 2 gold, and a child over 6 years old is worth 1 gold, "Hua Kai said.
Lv Zhongyao's eyes moved when he heard this. The price Hua Kai gave was higher than he imagined in Lushun Archipelago. Here, a young and strong slave could be exchanged for a hundred stones of grain. However, Hua Kai gave a price of more than 100 stones. The price had increased by 300 times.
He knew that by doing this, Hua Kai would become more and more powerful in the future. It would be so powerful that it would surpass the Lv family one day.
However, he had no way to refuse the deal. He did not want the entire Java Island to trade with Hua Kai. There were many aristocratic families who were willing to trade with him. Now, he could only follow Hua Xia and continue to strengthen his strength. This way, the Lv family could fight for more in the future distribution of power.
"The Lv family will buy slaves vigorously. Today, I will send people to the eastern islands to contact the aristocratic families.
Venerable One, are you willing to go to the Spirit Shell Sea with me to take a look? The Lv family's Spirit Shell Beach has never been to an outsider. "
Lv Zhongyao said to Hua Kai. He had already expressed his complete allegiance to Hua Kai. He had told Hua Kai his family's biggest secret. This way, both sides would no longer have any vigilance in their hearts.
"You are very good. Your future is limitless!
If there is a chance, go to Hua City in the Divine Continent of the East. I can help you advance to the Golden Elixir Realm there, "Hua Kai said.
Both sides had a pleasant chat, which made everything easier.
Hua Kai released the grain that the other party needed from the Treasure Light Glass Bottle. Lv Zhongyao used his own Spirit Shell to collect some of the grain.
Lv Zhongyao took out more than 30 Spirit Shells. These Spirit Shells were not as big as a fist. He collected more than 700,000 stones of rice and all the spirit rice. The largest Spirit Shell collected more than 50,000 stones of grain. These grains occupied about 5,000 cubic meters of space. From this, Hua Kai could guess that the King of Java was probably at the sixth or seventh level of the Golden Elixir Realm.
The remaining grain was stored in the granary. This grain was enough for the entire Luzon Island to use for 20 years and for the Lushun Archipelago to use for more than five years.
The Lv family could open up more than 30 Spirit Shells. This must have been opened up by the King of Java. The King of Java's control over the Lv family would not be strong.
It was very likely that Java was not stable. This was a good thing for Hua Xia.
In the afternoon, Hua Kai followed Lv Zhongyao to a bay in the southern part of Luzon Island. There were all kinds of birds hovering everywhere. Hundreds of fully armed soldiers stood on the beach. They had built concave stone walls on the beach. Whenever the waves left, they would quickly rush over and compete with the seabirds for the things brought up by the waves.
"This is the place where the Spirit Shells are produced. The southern part of the island is more than two hundred miles. No one can enter. Those who enter will disappear inexplicably.
Every day at midnight, when the tide recedes, some Spirit Shells may wash up on the beach. At other times, the waves can occasionally wash up the Spirit Shells, but most of the Spirit Shells have lost their spirituality.
Only those Spirit Shells that are dead and have not lost their spirituality can open up a storage space.
Every year, if I am lucky, I can harvest more than 30 Spirit Shells with spirituality. If I am unlucky, I can only harvest less than 10.
There are many seabirds here waiting for the tide to recede. They all like to eat these Spirit Shells. Every time the tide recedes, we have to be fast. Otherwise, the Spirit Shells will be taken away by them. "Lv Zhongyao pointed to the seabirds hovering in the sky in the distance and said to Hua Kai.