The farmer, seeing this, worried that Jiang Yi and Jiang Tian would start a fight, and quickly tried to mediate.
"Gentlemen, let's talk things through. I know you both want to buy my farm. How about this: whoever offers the higher price, I'll sell to them!"
Upon hearing this, Old Li was somewhat displeased!
The farmer had previously agreed to sell the farm to Jiang Yi.
Unexpectedly, he started negotiating with Jiang Tian again.
The farmer was clearly playing Old Li for a fool.
"We've been old friends for years, and yet you treat me like a monkey!"
Old Li said to the farmer with anger etched on his face, "You told me everything was fine before, and now you're going back on your word. If deceiving me was one thing, deceiving my young master is another. I've truly misjudged you!"
Old Li was very upset.
"I have my reasons. How about this, I'll explain everything to you slowly later. There are some things I can't say directly right now!"
The farmer said to Old Li.
"Hmph!"
Old Li snorted and ignored the farmer.
The farmer didn't explain either, instead looking at Jiang Yi and Jiang Tian and saying, "You two can discuss it. If one of you backs out, then there's no need to bid. I'll sell the farm directly to the other. We're all friends, no need to spoil the harmony!"
Hearing the word "friends," Jiang Yi and Jiang Tian both sneered.
"Jiang Yi, I'm buying this farm, and I absolutely won't let you have it!"
"I've already prepared a large sum of money to buy this farm, and you don't have much money. I advise you to go back and sleep, don't compete with me, or you'll only humiliate yourself!"
Jiang Tian's tone was full of smugness.
In Jiang Tian's opinion, Jiang Yi was just a pauper, with nowhere near as much money as him.
"How do you know I don't have money?"
"You and I both want to buy this farm. Why don't we do as the farmer said and decide through bidding? Whoever pays more gets the farm!"
Jiang Yi smiled slightly.
"Deal!"
Jiang Tian immediately agreed!
Jiang Yi's lips curled up. This farm likely had issues.
On the way here, Jiang Yi noticed that many parts of the farm were uncultivated, with over half of the land lying fallow. Moreover, the corn planted on the cultivated land was growing poorly.
Combined with what the farmer had said to Old Li earlier, this made Jiang Yi even more certain that the farm had problems.
As for what those problems were, only the farmer himself likely knew.
Jiang Yi had deliberately pretended to be very eager to buy the farm earlier, which was just for show to Jiang Tian.
The objective was to deal with Jiang Tian properly.
"Three hundred million!"
Jiang Tian stated directly.
"Four hundred million!"
Jiang Yi immediately raised the price by one hundred million.
"Jiang Yi, do you have that much money? You increased it by a hundred million in one go. Converted to Chinese Yuan, that's about forty billion!"
Jiang Tian's brow furrowed. His budget was originally around three hundred and fifty million, and now Jiang Yi was quoting four hundred million, which was completely beyond his budget!
"You don't need to tell me about this, I know what I'm doing!"
"If you can't afford that much money, then hurry up and leave! This farm is mine!"
Jiang Yi grinned.
"Four hundred and ten million!"
Jiang Tian said in a deep voice.
"Five hundred million!"
Jiang Yi looked at Jiang Tian and said with a smile, "Aren't you very rich? You only increased the bid by ten million. I see you're nothing special!"
Jiang Tian's brow furrowed. He knew that Jiang Yi was deliberately provoking him. Jiang Yi raised the bid by a hundred million each time, and never hesitated when bidding.
"It seems this is your limit!"
Jiang Yi stood up from the sofa and said to the farmer, "I'll buy your farm. I'll go to the bank tomorrow and transfer the money to your account. Also, I'll send people to handle the handover with you as soon as possible!"
The farmer stood frozen in place.
The farmer had originally intended to sell for three hundred million, but now the price had reached a sky-high five hundred million, an increase of two hundred million from his expectations.
"Wait!"
Jiang Tian exclaimed, "What's the hurry? The bidding isn't over yet. A few hundred million is nothing to me. I'm buying this farm, I offer six hundred million."
Six hundred million was Jiang Tian's absolute limit!
Jiang Tian wasn't solely acting out of spite towards Jiang Yi. He had set his sights on this farm a year ago, intending to cultivate medicinal herbs not found in England and make a substantial profit.
Jiang Tian also had another motive: this farm bordered Jiang Yi's farm. He didn't want to see Jiang Yi's farm expand, cultivate more medicinal herbs, and make Tian Sheng Group stronger.
"I don't want this farm anymore!"
Jiang Yi said.
When the bid reached five hundred million, Jiang Yi's heart had been in his mouth, worried that Jiang Tian would simply give up.
Now that Jiang Tian had bid six hundred million, Jiang Yi immediately gave up.
"You truly are a wealthy person, with such a lavish spending. I can't compete with you. This farm is yours!"
Jiang Yi pretended to be helpless.
Seeing this, Jiang Tian's face was filled with pride.
"I said earlier that I'm buying this farm. Your meager money is nothing compared to me!"
Jiang Tian began to mock Jiang Yi.
Jiang Tian, worried that the farmer might go back on his word and sell the farm to Jiang Yi again, immediately had the farmer sign the agreement and then said to him, "I'll go to the bank later and deposit the money into your account!"
"Alright!"
The farmer carefully put away the agreement.
"Jiang Yi, you can't win against me!"
After saying this, Jiang Tian left triumphantly!
Watching Jiang Tian's retreating back, Jiang Yi let out a cold laugh.
Once he was sure Jiang Tian had gone far enough, Jiang Yi looked at the farmer and smiled faintly, "Tell me honestly, is there something wrong with your farm?"
Hearing this, the farmer was completely stunned.
"It's alright, you can speak freely. I won't tell anyone about this, especially not Jiang Tian. Besides, Jiang Tian has already signed the agreement, he can't back out!"
Jiang Yi said.
The farmer took a deep breath, hesitated for a moment, and then said to Jiang Yi, "Mr. Jiang, you are truly a divine person. You saw that my farm had problems the first time you visited!"
Old Li was somewhat taken aback.
"To be frank, my farm does have a problem. About a year ago, a plant called Jerusalem artichoke appeared in large numbers on my farm. The Jerusalem artichoke plants are not particularly vigorous, but they are adept at growing extensive root systems underground and constantly expanding outwards."
"In just one year, most of the land beneath the soil has been covered by the roots and rhizomes of Jerusalem artichoke, and it's impossible to eradicate them!"