Dragon's Origin

A group of people came excitedly in the early morning, and before they even finished a pot of hot tea, they all excitedly left. They were in a hurry to report back to their respective family heads.

Mei’er asking for a 50% share, what did that signify? It meant that Wang Sheng and Mei’er were optimistic about this kind of business, hence the exorbitant demand. Such a big business, so simple, why should the Profit-Seeking Workshop get a 50% share?

Some did see the complexity within, but so what? The other person who went to the venue with him was already blinded by the illusion of gold coins. It seemed impossible for their opinions to align. Helpless, everyone could only attach their own opinions and leave it to the family head or national ruler to decide.

However, these few rare clear-headed individuals actually knew that their actions were just a matter of doing their duty and wouldn't have much effect.

Faced with the potential profit of hundreds of billions of gold coins, which national ruler could remain calm? How many family elders wouldn't be envious? This was a terrifying profit almost comparable to the accumulated wealth of various major families over centuries, perhaps even more than all the family heads and elders of the various major families had seen combined. With such temptation, how many people could resist?

Mei’er had no objections to the matters that various parties wanted to discuss, smilingly watching them leave. Only after everyone had left did she exchange a glance with Qiangwei, ignoring these people and continuing to handle the things that needed to be handled.

In the evening, when she returned home and was having dinner with Wang Sheng, Qiangwei asked Wang Sheng, “Master, isn’t it bad to let them earn so much?”

Wang Sheng smiled without saying a word, turning to look at Mei’er. Seeing that Mei’er wasn’t expecting an answer, he smiled and said to Qiangwei, “Mei’er understands. You should ask Mei’er more.”

“How annoying.” Mei’er seemed very dissatisfied with Wang Sheng’s laziness, but she didn’t hide it. Instead, she patiently explained to Qiangwei.

“We seem to be making money very easily these days, as if we can simply earn gold coins by just copying what we do.” Mei’er chuckled as she commented, “However, things aren’t that simple. If all the various lords want to do this, I’m afraid they’ll only be disappointed, and may even suffer huge losses. This is a big pit that Master has dug for them.”

“Such a profitable business, how can there be losses?” Qiangwei was shocked. She wasn’t a master like Mei’er, who was extremely sensitive to commercial operations. Moreover, most of her time lately had been spent balancing the yin and yang harmony of the sisters in the Grand View Garden. Qiangwei had to take care of more than six hundred beauties alone, so how could she have time to think about these things?

“Making money?” Mei’er sneered, smiling at Qiangwei. “If they dare to act rashly, they won’t have earned anything unless they lose less than tens of millions of gold coins! And they still want to make money?”

Hearing that those guys would suffer heavy losses, Qiangwei immediately beamed. Although she wasn’t sensitive to commercial matters, she had worked in the Assassin Hall for so many years. How could she not see what those guys were thinking? They clearly wanted to ditch the Profit-Seeking Workshop and go solo, which made Qiangwei feel very unbalanced. Now that she heard they would lose money, she immediately felt balanced and urged Mei’er to speak quickly.

“The main reason why the capital can sell for a high price is that the capital is safe.” Mei’er wasn’t afraid to let Qiangwei know more clearly. Anyway, the family was happily chatting at the dinner table, so she smiled and pointed out, “But now the various lords are fighting each other, and even their own elders and important officials don’t dare to say they are foolproof. They even secretly send their children to the capital to avoid disaster. If you were them, would you buy real estate in the capitals of those lords?”

“Of course not.” Qiangwei directly shook her head like a rattle drum. “They can’t even guarantee their lives, and they dare to throw a lot of gold coins over there? Only a fool would buy it.”

Mei’er also nodded. Didn’t everyone know this principle? If Qiangwei could think of it, wouldn’t the lords and important officials of those lords think of it?

“But this war isn’t always going to be there.” Qiangwei immediately thought of something else. “If the war stops, wouldn’t the capitals of these lords also be good places to be?”

“That’s true.” Mei’er continued to patiently point out, “But you also know that relocating, moving earth, resettling the original people, materials and labor everywhere, repairing bridges and roads, which one doesn’t require gold coins? The lords who have been fighting for so long, can they take out such a large sum of money?”

“They can’t.” Qiangwei had already thought of how the Xia family had almost reached the point of selling their assets to raise funds half a year ago. If the Xia family was like this, could other families be any better? Even if they had money, it had been almost completely earned by her own master. Did they really think that the two money-grubbing treasures in her family were vegetarians?

“But what if they first take it on credit, and then repay it double after selling these assets in the future?” Qiangwei’s idea was similar to the reason why the various major families were tempted. There were difficulties, but they could always be solved.

“Listen to me first.” This was Mei’er’s masterpiece, how could Mei’er not show it off? If she couldn’t lecture those guys outside, couldn’t she explain it to Qiangwei?

“Our relocation here, on the one hand, is to build new houses and new courtyards for people, and build complete workshops and markets everywhere before we start relocation.” Mei’er explained with gusto, “In addition, the gold coins are prepared, all at twice the market price. If there are still people who are unwilling, there are also the fierce reputations of the various major families to deter them. They can be considered forced to relocate. But the reputation is borne by the various major families, and what we get is a good reputation for giving money, houses, and land.”

“But the various lords have no money, and they want people to make way, what should they do?” Mei’er sneered, “Empty promises to make people move away from their homeland, who would be willing? At this time, those who are eager to get rich, what methods do you think they will use?”

“If they can’t lure them with benefits, then they can only coerce them.” Qiangwei wasn’t brainless after all, and she instantly thought of the methods they would use.

“And there’s no one else’s bad reputation to help them.” Mei’er continued to sneer, “So, the bad they do can only be their own reputation. When even the people within their own family territory begin to resent them, even if they make a lot of money, so what?”

“Besides, you also know that if you really want to start construction, what you need money for is more than just relocating the original residents?” Mei’er laughed.

“Yes!” Qiangwei had personally operated it, so of course she knew where the gold coins were being spent like water: “As soon as construction starts, materials, transportation, labor, cleaning, landscaping, which one isn’t pouring money out! At that time, watching the gold coins flowing out, I was terrified.”