Dragon's Origin

In recent years, Baoqing Yutang had practically swept across the land with its snow sugar and refined salt. Precisely because these two businesses were so dominant and required a large number of low-level workers, Baoqing Yutang had to streamline and cut back on some other projects to free up manpower for the more critical sugar and salt operations.

However, with the various principalities taking action, they directly sealed off Baoqing Yutang's sugar and salt factories in their respective territories, confiscating all the land, workers, and even the raw materials and finished products that had been transported there.

For the principalities, seizing these assets meant they could simply dispatch a manager to oversee the factories, control the workers, and immediately resume production to generate substantial profits for the lords. But for Baoqing Yutang, this was akin to having its flesh carved off and its blood drained.

With a large number of managers, workers, and products being seized wholesale, Baoqing Yutang's workforce was immediately reduced by more than sixty percent. Forget maintaining the previous scale of the snow sugar and refined salt businesses; even sustaining the current ordinary business operations became a struggle.

It should be noted that, in addition to the harsh actions of the principalities, they had also purged a group of capable personnel during their internal strife with Mei'er. Mei'er had already sent signals to summon hundreds of capable confidants over the past two months, and the departure of this group of skilled individuals only made Baoqing Yutang's situation worse.

Rumors circulated that the head of Baoqing Yutang had directly vomited blood after the sugar and salt businesses were seized by various parties. The newly appointed young master had not yet fully grasped Baoqing Yutang's business model and was caught off guard by this sudden upheaval, struggling to cope and acting hastily.

After all, unlike Mei'er, who had studied business from a young age, the young master, who had been hastily appointed, promoted a group of sycophants with no real skills. Relying on the monopoly of the sugar and salt businesses, no major problems were apparent in the short term. But once the monopoly was taken away, the entire Baoqing Yutang became a heap of loose sand.

If that was all, Baoqing Yutang could have relied on its deep foundation to operate with difficulty for a few months, and after the head recovered and took over, it could have barely restored thirty to forty percent of its former glory. However, misfortune never comes singly. Among Baoqing Yutang's competitors, there was also the ever-watchful Yu Baozhai.

Lu Wenhou was a truly intelligent man. Despite his beautiful appearance that made him look like a vase, he was definitely a ruthless person in business. If nothing else, his steady and methodical approach was much more reliable than Mei'er's strategy of seizing opportunities with one or two novel ideas.

With Baoqing Yutang suffering such a significant setback, it would have been strange if Yu Baozhai had remained idle. Lu Wenhou's approach was to strike while the iron was hot, and with a series of moves, he snatched away a batch of Baoqing Yutang's traditional businesses, including protective gear sets.

The connection between Linglong Pavilion and Baoqing Yutang was built on Mei'er. After Mei'er left Baoqing Yutang, the newly appointed young master didn't even know which way the door of Linglong Pavilion faced. As soon as Yu Baozhai made a move, they took all the supply business related to the Thousand Serenity Grounds.

In any case, the camp was Yu Baozhai's, the new snake venom was Yu Baozhai's, and people entering the Thousand Serenity Grounds were happy to purchase everything they needed from Yu Baozhai alone. Lu Wenhou appropriately launched promotional offers at this time, and with a few simple measures, Baoqing Yutang's business in Worryfree City became dispensable.

It could be said that at this moment, as Wang Sheng and Uncle Liu were eating breakfast, Baoqing Yutang had at most only one or two tenths of its former strength left, merely eking out a living.

"Poor Baoqing Yutang!" Wang Sheng shook his head and sighed, then turned to Mei'er and asked, "Mei'er, do you want to completely wipe out Baoqing Yutang?"

Everyone present was from Baoqing Yutang. Although they had been driven out, they still had some feelings for it. Hearing Wang Sheng's words, they were all shocked and looked at the female boss, Mei'er.

Mei'er was also in a complex mood. No one present doubted Wang Sheng's words. Wang Sheng could use snow sugar and refined salt to turn Baoqing Yutang into a behemoth, so he certainly had the means to completely destroy it. But was it really necessary to do so?

"Leave them some room!" After pondering for a moment, Mei'er shook her head slightly and pleaded with Wang Sheng, "After all, they raised me. Although they later tried to kill me, which was a complete break in our relationship, I cannot forget their past kindness. I won't take action; let them perish on their own, okay?"

"Okay!" Wang Sheng replied with a smile, "What's wrong with that? They're lucky that you don't plan to exterminate them, Mei'er. Repay kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge. However, this is the only time, and there won't be another!"

Wang Sheng looked at Mei'er's beautiful face and said to her with unusual seriousness, "Next time someone dares to attack you, I will definitely make sure they die without a burial place."

Listening to Wang Sheng's serious words, Mei'er, who had been slightly sad just now, suddenly beamed with joy. Uncle Liu and the others next to her were also smiling from ear to ear.

The following things were simple. Mei'er already had drafts of two businesses in her mind and discussed them with Uncle Liu and the others after the meal. When everyone learned that it was the Marquis's idea, their confidence increased greatly, and they offered suggestions and advice, starting to plan methodically.

As for Wang Sheng himself, he stayed in the training room, consolidating his cultivation. Having just completed the Pulao Transformation, his body had not fully adapted to the changes and needed a period of internal and external tempering to consolidate them. This was a normal process after each advancement and was not surprising.

Fortunately, during this time, Wang Sheng could also ponder the next transformation after the Pulao Transformation. In fact, when Wang Sheng and Lingxu Old Daoist proposed that Lao Jun Guan send someone to teach him how to identify medicinal herbs, Wang Sheng had already decided which one to choose for the next transformation.

Suanni, also known as Jinni or Lingni, resembles a lion. Although its appearance is fierce, it is usually quiet and sedentary, likes to sit, and likes fireworks. On Earth, the leg decorations of incense burners and alchemy furnaces are Suanni.

Since it likes fireworks and is willing to stay at the legs of incense burners and alchemy furnaces, it must like spices and medicinal herbs, and have an outstanding sense of smell. Wang Sheng has already strengthened his vision and taste, so strengthening his sense of smell next is a natural progression.

The basis of the Suanni Transformation is distinguishing medicinal herbs. Maybe then, after Wang Sheng's sense of smell is strengthened, he can tell the heat of a dish without tasting it. However, in Wang Sheng's imagination, the enhanced sense of smell after the Suanni Transformation will eventually be applied to alchemy and medicine refining.

Coincidentally, just as Wang Sheng was pondering the Suanni Transformation, Steward Wang came to report that a Daoist priest had come to the Marquis's mansion to visit the Marquis, saying that he had been invited by the Marquis to teach him how to identify medicinal herbs.

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