Dragon's Origin

“You’ll find out in another half a month.” Wang Sheng tapped Mei’er’s delicate nose again: “I’ll keep you in suspense and let you be amazed together then!”

Wang Sheng never exaggerates. Since Wang Sheng said he would amaze the two women, they absolutely believed that they would be amazed when the time came. It’s just that they were so curious now.

It was rare for them to sleep together in a large bed at night. After the morning class the next day, Wang Sheng went into the workshop again. Mei’er and Qiangwei began to bargain with the chief stewards of the various principalities, asking their lords to sign written pledges.

On the other hand, the two women began to discuss and refine the details Wang Sheng mentioned. Just as the two women were discussing enthusiastically, the Empress Consort came to see them. Hearing a few fragments, she became curious and joined the discussion.

Anyway, the Empress Consort owned half of this business, so there was nothing to hide from her. It was good to have this experienced veteran in palace intrigue to give more guidance.

Not only the Empress, but the two women also pulled in Tantai Yao and more than a dozen sisters who had been vigorously cultivated before and were skilled in management. Wang Sheng had said long ago that talents should be vigorously cultivated. Wouldn’t he be exhausted if he relied on his own hard work? Therefore, as long as there were sisters with talent and interest in this area, Mei’er and Qiangwei never hesitated to vigorously promote and cultivate them.

Of course, Mei’er’s argument was to give those chief stewards of the various principalities a lesson, letting them know what real business was about. Wang Sheng could even turn the pawnbroking and lending that those guys had forced Mei’er into a corner with into something amazing. And not just ordinary things, but golden opportunities that could make people drool.

However, when the Empress Consort and Tantai Yao, as well as those dozen or so sisters, heard the initial start-up part and the later income expectations that Mei’er and Qiangwei had already discussed, they were all dumbfounded.

Could business be done like this? Those unscrupulous pawnbroking and lending businesses could actually create a philanthropic reputation and still earn so many gold coins?

“Master said, we don’t seek anything else, we just want to help those who want to live in better houses realize their dreams.” Qiangwei replaced Mei’er, explaining the original intention of doing so: “So our interest rate is the lowest among all loans. We don’t aim to get rich, but it’s good to earn some cost along the way. We can’t help people and make mistakes, right?”

It was clearly a matter of making a lot of money, but Qiangwei’s words made everyone feel unspeakably awkward. The interest rate Wang Sheng mentioned was indeed the lowest loan interest rate on the market. How could there be such a low annual interest rate of 10%? This was not lending at all, it was clearly doing good deeds!

But the problem was, how could such a low interest rate make everyone so shocked after hearing the expected income?

“Those who lend at high interest rates are only after a one-time deal. We are different, we pay attention to long-term business.” Mei’er explained: “From the beginning, we didn’t aim for high interest rates. We take the path of small profits and quick turnover, and only do mortgages, so we don’t conflict with those who lend at high interest rates.”

Anyway, the loan was transferred from Mei’er’s left hand to her right hand. Those who took out the loan didn’t even see the gold coins, let alone take out the gold coins to squander. Consumer loans were impossible in this world. Only solid, value-preserving houses and land in the capital could do this.

Even if other families wanted to do it, without the resources of the capital’s government and such a large amount of gold coins, what could they do? Moreover, could they have someone like Mei’er, who had several industries that earned hundreds of millions of gold coins a year, to back them up?

As for the officials in the capital, don’t even think about it. This was the Empress Consort’s industry, to put it more bluntly, it was the Emperor’s industry. Which official would be stupid enough to compete with the Emperor for gold coins?

This was not ancient times on Earth. At that time, powerful ministers dared to criticize the Emperor for competing with the people for profit. Did the ministers of this world have that integrity? Even if there were occasionally a few, they would probably be killed by the various principalities.

Even the Empress Consort was amazed, let alone how amazing this plan would be if it appeared in front of the world. What was even more admirable was that, if Wang Sheng, the initiator, was excluded, all the details of such a large business were executed entirely by women, from the Empress Consort to Princess Mei’er, to Qiangwei and the sisters, all of them had a feeling of women holding up half the sky and raising their eyebrows.

Everyone had collectively decided that they would start executing this huge plan after the written pledges signed by the lords of the various principalities arrived, without even telling the Emperor, so as to give him a good surprise and let him see that even if his Empress did not have a natural charm and did not gently please him, she could still exude a fatal attraction.

In the busyness of all parties, half a month passed in a flash.

It was still mid-afternoon. At this time, Wang Sheng would definitely be in the workshop carving his works without fail. But today, Wang Sheng opened the door of the workshop early and walked out from inside.

With extremely fine stone powder on his body, Wang Zheng looked like an ordinary jade carving craftsman, but he had a smile on his face that made everyone feel comfortable at first glance.

Of course, there were beauties serving around the workshop. Seeing Wang Sheng come out like this, they hurried forward to help Wang Sheng clean the jade stone dust all over his body. It was like this every day, but it was just a little earlier today.

“Master, why did you come out so early today?” While patting with a duster, the beauty asked Wang Sheng. The movement revealed a kind of intimacy of a family member, and the address was also very natural. Of course, these beauties had all kowtowed to Wang Sheng collectively. In theory, they were all Wang Sheng’s concubines. Speaking of which, they were all people in the room, so it was normal to call him Master.

“It’s finished!” Wang Sheng replied with a smile: “Where is Old Daoist? I’m going to find him for a drink.”

He hadn’t had a good drink with Old Daoist for more than two months. Now that his work was finally completed, Wang Sheng definitely wanted to have a good drink with Old Daoist.

“Daoist is always over at the training room.” The beauty also helped Wang Sheng, while not forgetting to congratulate Wang Sheng: “Congratulations, Master, on finishing.”

When he saw Old Daoist, Old Daoist was not cultivating, but was holding a pen and seriously practicing calligraphy.

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“Not bad!” Hearing Wang Sheng’s footsteps, Old Daoist showed a hint of appreciation in his eyes when he looked up and saw Wang Sheng: “These two months have not been wasted, your temperament has been tempered quite well.”

Wang Sheng had a calmness that seemed not so obvious in the past. There was no way, two months of fine carving, even the slightest mistake would ruin all previous efforts, it was difficult not to be calm!

“Stop it, accompany me to drink and celebrate.” Wang Sheng smiled and retorted to Old Daoist: “Tomorrow, come with me and see my assessment to impact the Grandmaster.”

“This is worth celebrating.” Old Daoist’s eyes lit up. He didn’t stop his hand and finished writing the calligraphy at hand before standing up: “Then what are we waiting for? Let’s go drink!”