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Led by Lu Chen, Ye Xingteng and his group arrived at a conference room.

Upon entering the conference room, he found several people already waiting. As soon as they saw Lu Chen enter, they quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to him, saying, "Greetings..., Your Excellency!"

Lu Chen waved his hand, "Please, everyone, have a seat."

Afterwards, the people from Changhong Caravan and the people from the Space Development Company sat on either side of the long table in the conference room, while Lu Chen sat at the very top of the table.

Lu Chen said to Ye Xingteng, "Let me introduce you all. These people are the heads of the Space Development Company."

As soon as Lu Chen finished speaking, the middle-aged man beside him stood up again and said, "My name is Zhao Tian, ​​and I am the manager of the marketing department of the Space Development Company. I am in full charge of this starship transaction."

Hearing Zhao Tian's words, Ye Xingteng asked with some confusion, "Lord Lu, wasn't the starship trade contract signed with the Ministry of Commerce?"

Ye Xingteng thought that Lu Chen had sent them to the Ministry of Commerce so that the Changhong Caravan could sign a contract with the Ministry of Commerce and get married. However, he did not expect that after entering the Ministry of Commerce, they did not see any officials from the Ministry of Commerce. Instead, they were talking with the Space Development Company.

Lu Chen replied, "No, the Ministry of Commerce is only responsible for taking the lead. Under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Commerce will not interfere with the normal operation of the Great Xia Company, even though the Space Development Company is a royal enterprise."

Upon hearing this, Ye Xingteng realized, "I see."

Ye Xingteng had been in the Great Xia Dynasty for some time and had gained some understanding of it, including what a company was and what a company did.

In his understanding, the company was no different from their Ye family's Changhong Chamber of Commerce.

Lu Chen then said, "Alright, next is the issue of the starship transaction price. Manager Zhao, Chairman Ye, you can begin."

Zhao Tian said directly, "President Ye, I wonder what kind of transaction you plan to use to purchase the starship from us?"

Ye Xingteng replied, "If possible, we would like to use top-grade spirit stones as the currency of trade, but I believe the Space Development Company is not very interested in spirit stones."

Although spirit stones are a universal currency throughout the universe and can be used to buy things anywhere, people generally do not sell certain precious resources for spirit stones. Instead, they keep them to barter for other precious resources.

Starships are not a precious resource for the Great Xia Dynasty, but they are a rare thing in the entire universe. Therefore, Ye Xingteng believed that the Space Development Company would not trade starships as normal commodities using spirit stones at the beginning.

It's highly likely that the space development company will adopt a barter system.

Moreover, the Space Development Company is a royal enterprise. Although Lu Chen just said that the Great Xia Dynasty would not interfere with the company's operations, as a royal enterprise, the Space Development Company will inevitably serve the royal family. In other words, the Space Development Company is backed by the Xia Emperor. As the master of the Great Xia Dynasty, how could the Xia Emperor be interested in spirit stones?

Upon hearing Ye Xingteng's words, Zhao Tian said, "President Ye is right. We really have no interest in spirit stones. We heard that President Ye's caravan brought a lot of black gold."

Ye Xingteng was not surprised at all by Zhao Tian's words. Black gold is a substance that can restrain the Heavenly Demon, and it is extremely rare, making it a relatively precious resource.

Although the number of Heavenly Demons in the universe is not large, their existence has always been a sword hanging over the heads of cultivators, and no one knows whether they will encounter a Heavenly Demon one day.

Moreover, even without the Heavenly Demon, Black Gold still has a suppressive effect on Demon Envoys and Demon Cultivators. Therefore, any righteous force will try to hoard some Black Gold to forge weapons.

The special nature of black gold makes it very expensive. Of course, most of the time, black gold is traded not with spirit stones, but with barter.

Ye Xingteng said with a smile, "So the Space Development Company is interested in black gold. I wonder how much black gold the Space Development Company needs?"

Zhao Tian said calmly, "We'll take as many as you have."

This……

Ye Xingteng was stunned. They had brought quite a lot of black gold this time, enough to fill several immortal ships.

It should be noted that the immortal ships they use to transport goods are all spatial magical artifacts, capable of carrying a large amount of cargo. A single immortal ship can carry cargo equivalent to the weight of hundreds of thousands of people.

After regaining his senses, Ye Xingteng said, "We have enough black gold for four immortal ships, Manager Zhao. Are you sure the Space Development Company needs that much black gold?"

Zhao Tian said, "Of course. As long as Chairman Ye is willing to trade, our Space Development Company can help Chairman Ye clear out the goods, and then Chairman Ye will be able to take more goods back with him."

Lu Chen and the others knew about Ye Xingteng and his group's recent large-scale acquisition of goods from Daxia. If they cleared out the original cargo on the immortal ship, Ye Xingteng and his group could naturally bring back even more goods.

Seeing that Zhao Tian had said so, Ye Xingteng naturally wouldn't refuse. Anyway, they wouldn't have much use for that black gold. They had obtained it from other star regions. If they needed it, they could just go back to that star region to exchange for more black gold.

Ye Xingteng then said, "Okay, I agree to use black gold as the trade, but we need fifteen Tian-class starships."

Hearing Ye Xingteng's words, Zhao Tian was taken aback. He glanced at Lu Chen, then coughed and said, "President Ye, you've been in the Great Xia Dynasty for quite some time now, you should know about the starship models, right?"

The space development company's starships have six ranks: God, Saint, Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow. The higher the rank of the starship, the more powerful its functions.

The Tian-class starships are already warships equipped by the War Dragon Army. How could the Great Xia Dynasty possibly sell such starships so easily?

Ye Xingteng said with a smile, "Of course."

Zhao Tian continued, "Then Chairman Ye should know that the Tian-class starships are fully functional, combat starships, and can only be used by the Great Xia's War Dragon Army. They are not for sale."

Ye Xingteng said calmly, "I believe that anything of value can be traded as long as the price is reasonable. So-called 'not for sale' items are simply items for which the price is not high enough."

The Ye family is a business family. In their view, everything has a specific value, and anything can be traded as long as the price is right.

Zhao Tian thought for a moment, then said, "The Tian-class starships are subject to control; this is not a decision I can make."

At this point, Zhao Tian looked at Lu Chen and asked, "I wonder what... what you think, Lord Lu?"

Having no other option, Zhao Tian had to pass the problem on to Lu Chen, since Lu Chen was the Heavenly Emperor and only he had the authority to sell the Heavenly-class starship to other star regions.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "President Ye is right. Anything can be traded as long as the price is reasonable. However, we need to see how much illicit money President Ye brought before we can raise any questions."

Ye Xingteng said, "Alright, next I'll take you all to our immortal ship to see the black gold." (End of this chapter)