"Boss Li, please don't tempt me. Even if the price is a bit lower, I'd be happy to sell to you!"
Old Man Liang said with a smile, "Anyway, I'm already very rich. I can't spend it all in several lifetimes, so a little less won't matter."
"On the contrary, too much more will only bring trouble."
"Uncle, you live life with such clarity," Li Yang said with a smile. "Then let's take a break, and I'll drive you home to take a look."
"No need to rest, let's go now. I'm afraid my wife might not know any better and mistake the treasure for scrap metal and sell it to the junk collector," Old Man Liang said with a smile.
Li Yang nodded and smiled, "Alright, I'll transfer 1.68 million to you first."
"It's fine, it's the same if you pay it all at my house," Old Man Liang said, his face flushed with joy.
Li Yang transferred the money to him first, one thing at a time. "Everyone else, feel free to come along."
"Okay, okay!" everyone quickly got up and followed.
The Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins. While not many people in the circle could collect them, there were still quite a few. And it wasn't uncommon to see the actual items.
After all, museums had them.
But to see thousands of Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins at once, they would likely have to go out of their way for this experience!
A truly grand occasion.
When they arrived at Old Man Liang's village, many of the children, elderly, and women who had stayed behind looked on with curiosity.
After all, a BMW was a rare sight in this village.
"Oh my, everyone look! It's Uncle Liang San sitting in the car!"
"Did Uncle Liang San strike it rich?"
"I heard he dug up gold in his cellar a few days ago. Someone must have come to buy the gold."
"Is gold very valuable?"
"Of course! Uncle Liang San must have made a million or so this time and become the richest person in our village!"
"..."
Hearing the villagers' discussions, Old Man Liang, Liang San, flushed with excitement. More than the money, he cared more about this feeling of being the center of attention and holding his head high.
"Boss Li, the one with the earth fence in front is my house," Liang San said, pointing to a cement house diagonally opposite.
Li Yang nodded and drove the car to the entrance, parking it.
As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a middle-aged rural woman with sallow skin and broad shoulders and a sturdy build walking out.
Before she could say anything, Liang San shouted, "Wife, quickly go and pour tea for Boss Li and the others, and bring some melon seeds, peanuts, and sweet potato chips."
"Boss Li, I'm sorry, I don't have anything good prepared at home. I can only entertain you with these."
"These things are very good. You can't always eat fresh ones in the city," Li Yang said with a smile. "Uncle Liang, shall we go and see the items first?"
"Alright, alright!" Liang San immediately led them to the cellar entrance. "Wait for me here, I'll go and bring the items out."
"Okay," Li Yang nodded, his gaze sweeping down into the cellar, looking for anything like a tomb.
After all, with so many Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins buried here, there would usually be a tomb, or a treasure trove of ancient gentry, landlords, and wealthy families.
If that were the case, it was very likely there would be more than just Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins.
However, after looking around, he didn't see anything else, only the thousands of coins that Liang San and his wife had packed into burlap sacks.
It seemed this place was merely a place where someone with money had stored their savings. Perhaps due to war or some other reason, the person who stored the money had not passed down the knowledge of this savings to their descendants, leaving it for later fortunate individuals.
After a while, Liang San came out dragging the burlap sacks, panting heavily. "Boss Li, take a look. Everything is here."
"Good," Li Yang nodded and poured out the contents.
With a clatter, countless Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins poured out of the burlap sacks and slid onto the ground.
Everyone immediately squatted down to examine them. Indeed, the surface of each coin was black, not looking like silver coins.
But those who knew understood that silver was not resistant to oxidation, so the purer the silver, the more easily it would oxidize when exposed to air, turning black.
Unlike some silver items today, which used artificially synthesized silver that had better antioxidant properties, but their value could not compare to pure silver.
Many villagers, not understanding these items and prone to exaggeration, saw these dark, dull things and were immediately disappointed, saying, "I thought it was gold! Isn't this just a pile of scrap metal?"
"That's hilarious. They said someone struck it rich, but these things are only worth a few yuan per catty. How can that be striking it rich?"
"Stop looking, everyone, stop looking. Wake up from your daydream."
Glancing at them, Li Yang smiled and said, "Fellow villagers, you mustn't say that. These coins are called Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins. My purchase price is tens of thousands of yuan per coin, not a few yuan per catty."
"What! Tens of thousands per coin?"
The villagers were shocked. "Is that true? Are you just saying that to trick us?"
"Yeah, how can such dark, dull things sell for so much? Viagra is only a hundred or eighty yuan a pill, right?"
Li Yang smiled and didn't explain further. "Believe it or not. Uncle Liang, let's calculate the total amount and settle it quickly so we can eat your peanuts and sweet potatoes. I just wonder if there's enough for all of us?"
"Hahaha, Boss Li, don't worry, there's more than enough. If you like them, I'll pack a few bags for you to take home and eat," Liang San said with a laugh.
The two calculated. There were over three thousand Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins. Only about a hundred or so were in excellent condition; most were of average quality.
There were also several hundred damaged coins with poor condition, greatly reducing their value.
Even so, the two finally settled on a deal of two hundred million.
Li Yang said, "This is a huge sum of money, and I can't pay you all at once. First, I'll give you one hundred million, and the remaining one hundred million will be settled within a year."
"After all, if so many Xiwang Shanggong Great Coins flood the market at once, it will cause a significant drop in collection prices. By then, even selling them for sixty or seventy thousand per coin might be difficult."
"I understand. When treasures are abundant, they are no longer treasures," Liang San nodded.
One hundred million was quickly transferred. Li Yang and the others packed up the items, then took the local specialties brought by him and his wife. Both parties waved goodbye with joy.
"Wife, our whole family is rich!" Seeing their car drive away, Liang San hugged his wife and said, "From now on, we'll never have to toil again. We can eat whatever we want, and play cards as long as we want."
"Quickly call our son and daughter back! I want to give them money! From now on, they won't have to endure the condescension of those bosses anymore!"
"Did we, did we really get rich?" his wife still couldn't quite believe it. It had all happened too quickly.
Liang San patted her head and said with a proud smile, "Your man has truly gone mad! Don't just stand there, hurry up and call them all back!"
"Okay, okay, I'll call them right away!"
The villagers, however, were still half-believing and gathered around, saying, "You're not acting, are you?"