<h4>Chapter 607: Chapter 607 – Ind Without Water Source</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Exodus Tales <strong>Editor: </strong>Exodus Tales


    “820 million!”


    Tama’s expression changed. There was no doubt that his funds were about to reach a bottleneck.


    The Middle Eastern Merchant looked at Tama in disdain and smiled. He indicated his helper to raise the card, announcing a price that surprised Wei Xiao Bei.


    “900 million!”


    Tama’s expression became incredibly ugly. His face was ashen as he was without a doubt determined to win the three Articles. However, the problem was that 1 billion already exceeded his cash assets.


    “900 million once!”


    The auctioneer looked at Tam with expectation. He hoped that this prince would once again be spirited and attack the Middle Eastern Merchant once more. Thus, he slowed down his countdown.


    “900 million twice!”


    However, no matter how he dyed, the auctioneer needed to inform everyone that one more call would seal the deal.


    “Wait. I am willing to pay out 900 million and add an ind!”


    Who knows why but Tama appeared that he must have the item. In a moment of desperation, he actually shouted at the auctioneer.


    <i> 900 million and an ind?</i>


    Everyone was startled at how Tama made this unusual bid.


    “I apologize your Highness. You need to have the agreement of the seller to be able to continue your bid.”


    There was no doubt that the auction house was not willing to have the deal end with just 900 million USD. Seeing Tama’s price, the general manager appeared. He negotiated with the auctioneer and made a deration.


    Wei Xiao Bei naturally agreed to the quotation.


    The main reason he was selling the Jade was not to earn money but to buy an ind.


    Since this prince was willing to sell an ind, Wei Xiao Bei felt like a mouse that had been dropped in the rice warehouse. His fortune hade.


    Although many inds in the world were not being sold in secret, there were many inds that did not suit Wei Xiao Bei’s expectations. As for the inds whose locations suited Wei Xiao Bei’s expectations, the areas were too small. The process of searching for a suitable ind gave Wei Xiao Bei a headache.


    Now that a prince was willing to add the value of an ind to the bidding price, it was definitely lucky. As for the size and location of the ind, wasn’t that negotiable?


    After finding out that Wei Xiao Bei was the person selling the Jade, Tama became a bit remorseful, but in the next instant, his expression became a lot brighter. It was clear that he felt that he could win the Jade.


    Since Wei Xiao Bei had agreed, then the next matters were easy to settle.


    The ind that Tama was offering was an ind in the southeast corner of the Kingdom. The area was not small and was about 0.3 square kilometers. In other words, it was around 30 hectares.


    At the same time, Tama let his butler immediately assess the price of the ind. They had hired an internationally well known evaluatingpany, and the ind was evaluated at 30 million USD.


    The reason for the evaluation was that the ind had a freshwater spring. Moreover, the ce was abundant with vegetation and had a yellow beach.


    1 On the other hand, when the Middle Eastern Merchant saw this, he did not protest. He immediately decided to add an oil field to his price! The oil field was priced at around 120 million USD.


    1 Now, the two sides appeared to be opposing each other.


    However, Tama once again added another ind to the price. This caused the Middle Eastern Merchant to finally give up.


    After all, oil fields were cash cows in the modern era. Using one oil field was already the lowest he could go. Exchanging anymore was not profitable.


    After all, 1 billion was probably the Middle East Merchant’s bottom line.


    Just like that, Tama obtained the three Jade Articles for the price of 900 million USD and two inds.


    After the auction ended, Wei Xiao Bei and Tama were invited to an isted reception room.


    900 million USD was easy to move to the ount, but the matter of the two inds was not simple. They would need to sign a contract of agreement.


    When the two of them met in the reception room, they could not help butugh.


    “Should I say that this is destiny?”


    Prince Tama was indicating that they were seated next to each other in the auction.


    “I have long heard of your Highness’ name. Seeing you today, I can tell that you are quite handsome.”


    Wei Xiao Beiplimented him.


    Next, Wei Xiao Bei let out his thoughts.


    He wanted to pick an appropriate ind in the Kingdom and the price could be discussed.


    Toward his thoughts, Tama frowned.


    This request was not too difficult. In the Kingdom, selling inds was permitted byw. The only problem was that he did not have too many inds in his possession.


    The entire country had more than 10,000 inds. The most the King had was 5,200 inds.


    The Crown Prince, or his brother, had 930 inds.


    The Second Prince had 700 inds.


    The Third Prince, who was Tama, had more than 500 inds.


    Additionally, the members of the Royal Family, the Cab Ministers, and the Nobles each had around 10-100 inds.


    Naturally, the inds that could truly be passed down only amount to 1/5 of them.


    For example, if Tama died, then he could pass down around 100 inds to his son.


    The rest of the 400 inds would be purchased back by the Kingdom.


    If it was not like that, then the Kingdom would not have enough inds to distribute.


    Just like that, Tama could only sell around 100 inds.


    Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei did not need 100 inds. He only needed to pick a suitable one from among the 500.


    Just like that, Wei Xiao Bei’s proposal also made Tama a bit excited.


    As a Prince, Tama could not move that much money. This 900 million already emptied his wallets.


    It was easy to imagine that in the next few years, Tama would be a bit strapped for cash.


    In the end, Tama agreed to Wei Xiao Bei’s proposal. Moreover, he let his helper begin to introduce some inds.


    ording to Wei Xiao Bei’s request, the ind could not be less than 1 square kilometer.


    Just like that, the number of inds to choose from decreased. Out of 500, only 60 met the requirement.


    The five biggest inds out of these were the gathering ce of the Prince’s men. Naturally, they could not sell these.


    As for the remaining inds, there were seven that exceeded 30 square kilometers. All of them had water sources and Wei Xiao Bei did not have that much to buy them, so they were also excluded.


    Finally, Wei Xiao Bei’s other requests narrowed down the choice to just five inds.


    Among the five inds, thergest was around 23 square kilometers, while the smallest was 3 square kilometers.


    To make his final decision, he needed to go and take a look.


    The next day, Wei Xiao Bei brought Tian Li and took the private ne of Prince Tama to the Kingdom of Lucenia.


    At 3 in the afternoon, the nended in the Kingdom of Lecenia, at the Prince’s personal airfield.


    This was not strange at all. Because the country was quite dispersed, the main means of transportation were eighter nes or boats.


    1 Within the borders of Lucenia, other than the Lucenia International Airport, there were more than 100 small airfields. The docks all around the country had also be the lifeline of the country.


    The Kingdom of Lucenia was one of the most famous tourist destinations. Its specialty was the wonderfully tropical ind scenes. Every year, the tourists exceeded the millions. This number was more than 10 times the poption of the country.


    1 From this, it was evident that the scenery there was truly beautiful.


    When Wei Xiao Bei hade down the ne, he felt veryfortable to the point that he felt that he wanted to live there.


    Naturally, the most important thing to do right now was choosing an ind and not sightseeing.


    Wei Xiao Bei could still distinguish his priorities.


    All of the inds that he had chosen had one thing inmon, they did not have a water source.


    An ind without a water source was a lot cheaper than one with a water source.


    This was simple logic. Without a water source, it would be hard to settle down. If one wanted to settle down, then it would require time to transport fresh water to the ind. Otherwise, one could install a seawater purifier. In short, it was an expensive endeavor.


    Moreover,pared to inds with water sources, these inds without water sources might have rain, although there was a lot less vegetation too.


    This was something that Wei Xiao Bei had already seen.


    Prince Tama even kindly proposed a smaller ind to Wei Xiao Bei. Although it might be small, there was a water source. It would decrease his expenditure.


    1 However, Wei Xiao Bei had chosen the 23 square kilometer ind in the end.


    From the outside appearance, this ind had a tiny mountain range. The majority of the ce was t. It looked deste with very little vegetation.


    It would be difficult for one to live here.


    “This is it! Now, let us talk about the price.”


    Wei Xiao Bei left the ind and rode on the Prince’s luxury yacht. He smiled and talked to the Prince.


    “Okay. Before negotiating, let me give you a warning as friends. The future investment you need to make on this ind would increase.”


    Seeing Wei Xiao Bei was determined on this, Prince Tama did not say much. On the other hand, he let his butler handle the rest of the matter.


    In truth, the negotiation was smooth with no argument. After all, most of the inds there had already gone through an evaluation. The prices of the inds followed a yearly table to increase or decrease. Even during the negotiation, the prices only fluctuated in the millions.