Chapter 6 Fatty Ma

• Feng Shaotian happily received Fatty Ma's compensation whose face was distorted. After silently celebrating, he caught a glimpse of Fatty Ma staring at the serpent's carcass while drooling.
• “Do you know how to manage a business?” Feng Shaotian suddenly asked after some thought.
• What he needed the most was trustworthy people, even though he only knew Fatty Ma for a short while.
• He got a feeling that Fatty Ma can be trusted.
• “I'm not good at it but I can manage somehow, it's just selling things anyway.” Fatty Ma subconsciously replied, looking at Feng Shaotian who was 2 meters away from him, “Why did you ask?”
• “I was planning to establish a Chamber of Commerce at Huangshan City in the north. What do you think? I can give you the managerial position.” Feng Shaotian tempted, then pointed at the savage snake.
• “I can also give that savage snake's carcass to you. So? How does my offer sound?”
• Fatty Ma becomes alert, thinking that there's something fishy about it.
• However, after pondering for several minutes, he replied, “I like it. So when would you plan to start establishing your own Chamber of Commerce? Do you happen to have some connections in the Trade Industry?”
• Trade Industry is where a Chamber of Commerce acquires goods and secure contracts with dealers for daily supply on one's shop.
• There are also Chamber of Commerce who don't rely on this Trade Industry, they are the self sufficient or self sustaining Chamber of Commerce that owns their own land. Cultivating the goods they sold in the market.
• “After I accumulate enough money. Don't worry about the goods to sell, I have my own means.”
• “Anyway, why do you keep staring at that serpent's carcass? Can trash like that be sold?” Feng Shaotian couldn't help but ask, confused.
• Fatty Ma stared fixedly at Feng Shaotian as if looking at an idiot.
• ‘Don't you know how much money I'll earn just by selling that trash carcass you're speaking of?!’
• ‘F*ck, the money I'll get from it would be enough for me to become an E+ ranker without a hitch!’ Fatty Ma couldn't help but lament.
• ‘Nevermind, I have already accepted his offer anyway so this carcass will be mine soon enough.’ He thought with his mouth watering.
• “Of course it can be sold. The meat is edible so it can be sold at a restaurant wholesale and that would be, hmm…”
• “Considering its size and rank, that would be approximately 100-200 gold coins per kilogram of meat.”
• “Its teeth can be sold at the market for 500 gold a set, it is useful for making daggers with extreme venom effects.”
• “And the skin, it can fetch for up to 3,000 - 4,000 gold coins if the quality is good and not badly damaged.” Fatty Ma expertly calculated.
• “It can be sold that much?! Hmm… maybe I should hunt some higher rank magical beast if I have time.” Feng Shaotian muttered to himself.
• Feng Shaotian then waved his hand and stored the snake's carcass in his barn.
• “Woah... you have a huge storage space, do you have some extra? Give me some.” Fatty Ma spoke enviously.
• Feng Shaotian turned to Fatty Ma and said, “You can buy your own when you become rich.”
• “You think it's easy to buy one?! It's not!” Fatty Ma said aggrieved.
• Feng Shaotian just chuckled before pointing into the distance, “There's a village nearby, I still have some things to take care of before traveling to Huangshan City so let's go there first.”
• “By the way, aren't you going to search for your comrades?” Feng Shaotian asked as Fatty Ma didn't talk much about searching for them.
• “Them..?” Fatty Ma muttered absentmindedly.
• “Nevermind, here.” Feng Shaotian shook his head before handing Fatty Ma a paper. He could tell that Fatty Ma was hiding something from him.
• “What's this?” Fatty Ma asked.
• He thought Feng Shaotian was giving him a storage ring, instead he received a paper. After reading what was written in it, Fatty Ma's eyes widened in shock.
• “This is a contract!”
• “Sign it if you want to follow me. That contract only restricts you from doing something that can harm me. It doesn't restrict your freedom or something, you can decide on your own.” Feng Shaotian explained, everyone who's close to him must sign a contract.
• Fatty Ma hesitated for a moment, but still signed the contract after some careful thinking.
• ‘I'll gamble everything!’
• It also says that as long as Feng Shaotian has the ability, his safety and needs to improve will be satisfied.
• “Fatty Ma.”
• “Y-Yes?!” Fatty Ma replied, a bit startled. ‘What is it now?’
• “Do you know the market value of Golden Rice and Red Beans?” Feng Shaotian inquired.
• “Hmm… Golden Rice is kind of expensive. It is the mutation of white rice that becomes golden, containing high nutritional value.”
• “So the demand is high but the supply is low. The selling price for 1 sack is 50 gold coins.” Fatty Ma replied, “As for the Red Beans…”
• “Its quantity in the market is high but that doesn't mean it's cheap. Usually, buyers choose red beans whose quality is higher than the others.”
• After hearing Fatty Ma's response, Feng Shaotian's heart couldn't help but throb.
• ***
• The village was in a mess when they arrived. All the leftovers from the banquet were scattered around.
• However, it can be seen from time to time that some of the residents were already busy cleaning up the surroundings.
• Feng Shaotian searched for the village chief for several minutes before finding him near the lake.
• “Village Chief!” Feng Shaotian called out.
• Turning around, Chief Jing saw Feng Shaotian coming over so he said, “It's you, what are you doing here? Do you need my help?”
• “I would like to ask the village chief if it is possible to buy sacks and a carriage?” Feng Shaotian asked.
• “You don't have to worry about that young man, how many do you need? I can get you as many as you want for free.” The Village Chief declared.
• “Ah. It's not much, just 500 sacks.” Feng Shaotian replied smiling.
• The Village Chief almost tripped down.
• 500? That would be 5 gold coins, 1 sack can be sold for 10 copper. So 10 copper x 500 equals 5,000 copper coins.
• If converted into silver it would be 50, converting to gold it would be 5 gold coins and also 500 sacks would be 45% of their stock!
• That would surely hurt the village's interest and prosperity. Asking for 500 sacks for free would be no different from robbery.
• “Young Man, t-that's a bit, you see…”
• The Village Chief tried to explain while scratching his head in embarrassment. Ashamed to take back what he said just seconds ago.
• Feng Shaotian signaled the Village Chief to stop talking and said, “I'll pay for it, don't worry.”
• The village chief heaved a sigh of relief as Feng Shaotian was considerate enough. They then went to the village storehouse and Feng Shaotian bought everything he needed.
• Feng Shaotian put the sacks inside his barn with just a wave of his hand. His action made Chief Jing dumbstruck and unmoving.
• Feng Shaotian then paid 10 gold coins for it and the horse while the carriage was given for free. The carriage was made from agar wood though it looks unartistic, it still has practical uses.
• In the front was a driver seat while behind it was covered with clothes. It has a medium open space where 20 sacks of rice can be stacked.
• Feng Shaotian and Fatty Ma left the village afterwards. It would take 5 days before they arrived at Huangshan City.
• The carriage slowly departed with Fatty Ma driving it. Traveling was hard from Tianjin to Huangshan as the road isn't cemented.
• As they traveled, Feng Shaotian went inside his mini world silently, ‘Since Golden Rice is quite expensive then let's plant more.’
• Opening up new plots of land, he spent another 600 gold coins.
• “Even though I already opened up many plots of land for farming, it didn't even take up 2% of this mini world's space” He muttered softly.