Dragon's Origin

Chapter 623: Fear (Part 2)

What has been sold so far is just the area along both sides of the moat and the outer ring, which is insignificant compared to the entire inner and outer city. Even if only the area of the outer city is used for calculation, it's less than one-tenth. Strictly speaking, it's probably at most one-fifteenth to one-twentieth.

Everyone knows that the closer to the inner city, the higher the price. The prices inside and outside are definitely different. But even if only half the price is achieved, the entire outer city would still yield ten times the current amount in gold coins.

Currently, including Li Zhen Lane and the government's taxes, a little over 10 billion gold coins have been sold. If it's really ten times that amount, that would be 100 billion.

100 billion gold coins! Meiere and the Queen each get half, which means Wang Sheng and the Emperor each get half, amounting to 50 billion gold coins per household.

What is the concept of 50 billion gold coins? Five gold coins equal one tael, fifty gold coins equal one jin. Fifty billion gold coins is ten billion jin, which is five hundred thousand tons. If Wang Sheng were here, he would be dumbfounded. The total gold reserves on Earth are only less than 140,000 tons. Even if the gold reserves in this world are abundant, dozens of times that of Earth, the idea of one capital city amassing one million tons of gold coins is an extremely terrifying thing, even in the Yuanhun World.

The Emperor and the Queen were indeed frightened by this number. If they really collected 100 billion gold coins, the capital city would immediately become an even sweeter delicacy than the Shanyue region. What's worse, this delicacy had just torn down its own city walls, turning itself into an undefended state.

Just thinking about the consequences made the Emperor tremble from the bottom of his heart! Even though he is now a master of the Legendary Realm and has cultivated the Royal Tranquility Heart Method to the extreme, he still couldn't suppress the fear in his heart when faced with such consequences that could destroy his family and clan.

What if the Three Great Offerings have heaven-defying cultivation? Could the Three Great Offerings possibly fight against all the heroes in the world? If the masters of the Eight Great Principalities joined forces, they could probably kill everyone in the capital city.

Chief Eunuch Li was by the Emperor's side, and Steward Zhou was also present. Only Eunuch Shen was in charge of monitoring the tax revenue these days and wasn't in the Imperial City. With Chief Eunuch Li and Steward Zhou's familiarity with the Emperor, how could they not notice the fear in the Emperor's heart now?

They were all cunning old eunuchs who had fought their way up from the bottom of the imperial palace to their current positions. How could they not understand how terrifying so much gold was?

Gold coins are good things, everyone wants them, and everyone wants more. Isn't the purpose of a lifetime of hard work for these glittering things? At first, everyone felt that the royal family was slowly beginning to recover, slowly beginning to lay out the world, increasing wealth and increasing influence, which was a good thing.

But when wealth really reached a certain level, making everyone salivate and fear, the people who possessed the wealth themselves began to be afraid. At this time, the more they had, the more afraid they became.

Even Chief Eunuch Li and Steward Zhou, two masters of the Tenth Realm, felt a tremor in their hearts when they heard that number, let alone the Emperor and Queen?

Chief Eunuch Li winked at Steward Zhou. As decades-old partners, Steward Zhou immediately understood Chief Eunuch Li's meaning and bowed to the Emperor, requesting permission to visit the Changsheng Duke's mansion for advice.

The Emperor naturally readily agreed. He and the Queen really wanted to know how to feel at ease and how to not be afraid in the face of such a huge fortune.

Not only were the Emperor and Queen afraid, but Meiere and Rose were also thoroughly frightened. At first, they only anticipated a business worth tens of billions, which was already a very exaggerated number, but not to the point of being frightening. But after six days, looking at the gold coins that were almost overflowing, the two women immediately panicked when they calculated the possible income of the entire outer city of the capital.

What was much better than the Emperor and Queen was that even if Rose and Meiere were panicked, they could immediately go to Wang Sheng for advice. Wasn't it just 10 billion gold coins collected? It was far from the outrageous amount of 100 billion, wasn't it?

When Steward Zhou rushed to the Changsheng Duke's mansion, Meiere and Rose were carefully watching Wang Sheng and the old Daoist carving concentric balls in the training room. This was a time when Wang Sheng and the old Daoist couldn't be disturbed, and the two women were just quietly watching and waiting, without saying a word.

Seeing Steward Zhou brought in by Manager Wang, Meiere specially made a silencing gesture to Steward Zhou. Steward Zhou also knew what was good for him, obediently stood aside, and quietly watched Wang Sheng and the old Daoist work.

It must be said that when the two of them worked, they were truly focused and didn't pay any attention to external things. The old Daoist was practicing, so he did it relatively casually. But Wang Sheng's hands were as steady as a rock, without the slightest tremor. To nest fifty layers of spheres within a diameter of a dozen centimeters, it's absolutely not just about being careful.

Steward Zhou had sharp eyes. Just after watching Wang Sheng's semi-finished product for a while, he already had an idea in his mind. This time, Wang Sheng was carving not a fifty-layer ball, but at least a sixty-layer or even seventy-layer one. In just a few months, Wang Sheng's skills and patience had actually all improved qualitatively.

Steward Zhou knew the whole story. Steward Zhou didn't believe that Wang Sheng didn't really know about the huge profits of the capital's real estate? I'm afraid Wang Sheng had already anticipated this situation. The previous talk about a business worth tens of billions was probably because Wang Sheng was afraid that saying too much would scare everyone and make them afraid to do it, so he deliberately said it was ten times lower.

Seeing that Wang Sheng, knowing this result, could still patiently carve concentric balls bit by bit, this state of mind was much more stable than Steward Zhou himself. Steward Zhou couldn't help but secretly give a thumbs up in admiration. Steward Zhou, who was still a little uneasy on the road, had completely let go of his heart after seeing Wang Sheng's performance.

Changsheng Duke definitely has a way, and will definitely be able to handle any possible situation. Others can't say, but Changsheng Duke will never let Princess Ningguo suffer a bit of grievance.

After waiting for a full hour, Wang Sheng finally put down the work in his hands. Concentrating for too long, he always had to rest for a while to relax. As soon as Wang Sheng put down his tools, the old Daoist also stopped, as if they had agreed.

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"Meiere, Rose." Raising his head and seeing the two women, Wang Sheng first gave them a smile, and then turned to Steward Zhou, apologizing to Steward Zhou: "Old Zhou, when did you come? I was too engrossed in what I was doing and didn't hear you. Sorry!"

"Greetings, Duke! Greetings, Ancestor! Greetings, Princess Ningguo!" At this moment, where was the majesty of the inner palace steward in Steward Zhou? He greeted everyone one by one. But there was no feeling of being humble and subservient in his heart.