"Rubbish! Although I see he plans to use , his admiration is indeed genuine. You all should learn from this. Even if our paths differ, you should not belittle others freely and let prejudice sway your true heart." Qu Shanling, feeling quite comfortable from Mu Hanyan’s flattery, naturally felt displeased upon hearing such words and reprimanded softly.
"Oh, Disciple is instructed. However, previously he said that these dicinal herbs would enhance Nanmu Chamber of Comrce’s reputation more effectively than if Master had intervened, which still shows too little regard for Master," said the disciple, sensing that Qu Shanling seed to appreciate Mu Hanyan and fearing for his own position, thus quickly stirring the pot.
"Yes, right, we must not forget that," Qu Shanling finally snapped back to reality. Although he felt pleased by Mu Hanyan’s flattery, he couldn’t let go of the grudge that threatened his big plan.
"Considering the sincere respect you’ve shown , old man, I’ll let you off this ti and offer a free appraisal. But previously, you ntioned using these dicinal herbs to popularize the Nanmu Auction, which you haven’t achieved yet, have you?" said Qu Shanling.
"Don’t worry, you’ll see soon," Mu Hanyan confidently replied.
"Housekeeper Sun, please assign soone to distribute the news that Nanmu Auction has a large quantity of rare dicinal herbs for sale, and list all these herbs to distribute together. Give a copy to each of the market traders too, and ask them to help promote it," Mu Hanyan instructed Housekeeper Sun.
"Yes," Housekeeper Sun, seeing that Mu Nan heeded every word of Mu Hanyan and was even willing to fall out with his own master over his disagreents, naturally did not object.
"Hmph, I thought it was so brilliant maneuver, but it’s nothing special. If these types of dicinal herbs can cause a sensation, I’ll write the ’Qu’ character backwards," Qu Shanling said disdainfully.
These Spirit Grasses were indeed nurous and the grades acceptable. He had just helped to identify a few exceptional ones which Che Xiang had misnad or misgraded, which could also fetch so money if sold. But none were rare enough to make a na for themselves.
Not just him, even Mu Nan and others doubted the success of the plan, all casting puzzled looks at Mu Hanyan.
Yet, Mu Hanyan gave no explanation, rely smiling at Qu Shanling.
"Senior Qu, how about we make a bet?" Mu Hanyan suggested.
"A bet on what?" Qu Shanling asked.
"If I can use these dicinal herbs to boost the reputation of Nanmu Auction, you don’t have to write your na backwards. Just stay at Nanmu Auction for ten years and help for free. If I lose, I’ll give you fifty percent of the auction’s shares, and you can do as you wish with ," Mu Hanyan proposed.
"Good, good, with such audacity from Young Master Nan, it would seem petty for not to take this bet. I’ll bet with you!" Qu Shanling declared grandly.
Nonsense, could he not be grand? In his view, relying on these dicinal herbs, even if Nanmu Auction hyped it to the skies, it would not cause much of a sensation. They were not really betting—this was simply self-torture.
He even started to fantasize slightly: Could this insufferable young man, having developed admiration after seeing my talents and unable to swallow his pride because of his youth, be intentionally using the bet as an excuse to hand over fifty percent of the shares to ?
It must be said, Qu the Godman was thinking too much, far too much.
Before long, the steward had the list of dicinal herbs prepared and distributed. Each trader and custor at the auction house received a copy. They had a good relationship with Nanmu Auction and genuinely identified with it, indeed eager to help out.
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