Every time I come home, my wife is making garbage

Chapter 302: Not Enough Gold
After a while, Atayi followed Zhang Jingyi into the mouth of the Xifeng River, sailed upstream for a short distance into the inland river, and came to a small pier.

This place is still some distance away from the Elf Village!

But Zhang Jingyi would not take him into the village. Although the elves have now opened their arms to welcome human culture, they are not a race that likes visitors. Their village will not receive outsiders they do not approve of unless it is necessary.

Zhang Jingyi respected their living habits, so he built a dock quite a distance away from the village, where four of Zhang Jingyi's warships were moored.

Atayi saw four huge warships, each with cannons...

He counted them. There was one gun each at the bow and stern, and four guns on the sides, a total of 10 guns. The defeated soldiers were indeed not lying. The warships of the Desert Kingdom could not defeat this terrible warship.

There are some temporary houses next to the dock. These are all prefabricated houses provided by Zhang Jingyi. They are assembled and more beautiful and sturdy than the houses built by ordinary people in this world.

When Atayi walked into the middle of the group of houses, he immediately felt that their quality was excellent. He couldn't help but think to himself: This man is very powerful. This doesn't seem like the strength of a small border noble. His identity is quite mysterious.

Zhang Jingyi took him to a large wooden house, where a team of werewolf guards stood at the door.

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "Are the prisoners still behaving well?"

Guard: "They are honest! They neither run away nor make a fuss. They are quietly waiting for the people of the Desert Kingdom to redeem them."

Zhang Jingyi nodded: "If they can be redeemed, there is no need to risk their lives. They are different from ordinary soldiers. They don't have to worry about being slaves for life."

These words were deliberately spoken to Atayi, causing the latter to blush slightly for a moment.

The two of them opened the door and walked in...

There is a spacious hall inside with a circle of chairs and a large table in the middle. The living environment looks quite good.

As soon as the two entered, a man jumped up from the sofa. It was the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Akadullah.

He actually knew Atayi: "Ah! You are the big businessman Atayi, you must be here to redeem us."

Atayi smiled and said, "Hello, General. I am here on the king's orders to negotiate your redemption."

Akadullah was overjoyed: "Great, great, I can finally go home."

Zhang Jingyi interrupted his joy: "Hey, aren't you happy too early? Whether you can go home depends on whether we can negotiate your ransom."

Akadula: "..."

Well, it's too early to be happy now.

Zhang Jingyi walked to a chair and sat down. For safety, a large group of werewolf guards stood beside him. Elizabeth and Antonio also came in wearing thick cloaks to listen. It was not appropriate for her to show her face in front of the people of the Desert Kingdom now. It would be a big trouble if she was recognized.

On this side, Atayi, Akadullah, and a group of captured nobles from the Desert Kingdom also sat together.

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "Okay, now that everyone is here, let's talk about the ransom. The person is in my hands, so of course you can name the price first, so... Mr. Atayi, you go first."

Atayi nodded and waved his hand, and the sailors carried a small box down from the boat.

He opened the lid of the box...there were a lot of jewels and gold piled together in a mess, filling the whole box.

Atayi said: "Look, this is our sincerity, a box full of jewels. Is this price enough to redeem all our captives?"

If someone who has not seen the world sees a box full of jewels and gold, he will probably look foolish in an instant and will definitely jump out and say "Change it, change it".

However, Zhang Jingyi did not move at all, and the werewolf guards behind him also laughed happily.

Without Zhang Jingyi saying anything, a werewolf guard said cheerfully, "Gold is good, but these gems are worthless. Take them out of the box and let's see how much gold is left in the box."

"Ah?" Atayi was slightly surprised. "How can these gems not be valuable? They are extremely high-quality gems. Each one is worth a lot of money. They can also be used as enchanting materials. The dwarves and elves should like them very much."

"I don't like it." Zhang Jingyi casually took out a 6.5-carat pigeon blood ruby ​​from his pocket and tossed it in his hand: "We can never use up all these gems. We can never use up all of them."

Atayi: “!!!”

He was a little bit unconvinced and felt that Zhang Jingyi was fooling him.

However, the werewolf guard next to him ripped off the cover of his armor, revealing the armor. The armor was filled with various enchanted lights, and it was obvious how many gems were thrown on it.

He is just a small guard, not a big shot.

This piece of armor really scared the people of the Desert Kingdom.

The key point is that all the werewolf guards nearby showed their armor at the same time, and they were all enchanted like this.

The werewolf guards said, "The gems are really of no use to us. We have too many of them to use them all. Even the worst armor is enchanted."

Atayi was really shocked this time. People's mouths can lie, but the objects in front of them cannot lie. They can't deliberately make many such armors just to get more bargaining chips during negotiations. Such investment is too huge and will only result in losses, not profits.

Atayi was speechless for a few seconds before he said to his subordinates, "Pick out all the gems."

The subordinates quickly picked out the gems from the box one by one, wrapped them carefully in white cloth, and handed them back to Atayi. When everyone looked at the box again, they found that only a small part of it was gold...

Zhang Jingyi: "In the end, there is only this little gold. It is not enough to redeem everyone."

Atayi: “…”

Akadullah and other captives were immediately anxious: "Atai, you only brought this little gold? When we wrote to you, we specifically said that we would use gold to redeem us. Why did you bring so many gems? If your gold is not enough, won't we have to make another trip? The longer we delay, the longer we will have to be captives here."

Atayi couldn't help but laugh and cry: "How would I know that they don't want any gems? Gems are hard currency in the entire Middle-earth. I wonder how many great wizards want this thing."

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "It's okay. It doesn't matter if there is not enough gold. If you can't redeem the most expensive Akadula, you can redeem some junior officers. I'll be generous and sell this half box of gold to you for ten junior officers."

As soon as these words came out, Akadullah's expression became extremely interesting!
Damn it!
Buying vegetables at the seafood market?
If you don’t have enough money, don’t buy the most expensive lobster. Just buy a few shrimps, right?

Zhang Jingyi: "General Akadullah, you don't have to be so depressed. I have good food and drink here, and the living environment is good. Aren't you very happy?"

(End of this chapter)