Before the captain could speak, Xiao Gui had already handed the small wooden box to the captain. The captain took the small wooden box from him, opened it, and counted the banknotes inside.
After confirming that the amount was correct, he handed the small wooden box to the leader and said, "Please count it again."
The leader took the small wooden box from him and counted the banknotes again. After a while, he nodded and smiled at them. "The amount of money is right. Thank you for your patronage."
The captain turned around, looked at the others, and said, "Let's go back to the barracks."
The small convoy then left the village with two thousand buckets of clean water. After the soldiers left, a middle-aged man walked up to the leader and asked, "Du Nan, are you sure we can just sell them the clean water?"
Du Nan nodded and said, "Did you forget that we are merchants? For us, there are no friends or enemies, only interests and profits."
