Dragon's Origin

The date for Qian Sheng Yuan's opening was chosen by the Qing Ling Old Taoist, an auspicious day for business, a golden day, supremely lucky. In the three months before and after this year, there wasn't a more suitable day for opening.

The opening time was noon, but before the sky had even fully brightened, the largest courtyard in the south of the city, bought by Mei'er, was already bustling with activity. Servants and maids swept the courtyard again and again, and the precious items in the Treasure Pavilion were wiped down many times, almost to a shine.

Needless to say, the items in the front store were all exquisite, arranged neatly. The floor of the store was so clean that it reflected people's images.

Mei'er was in charge at the back, while Uncle Liu was busy in the front, directing everyone. This was the first day of opening, and they had sent out invitations to the surrounding businesses. A grand opening always attracted some people to show their support. If Qian Sheng Yuan didn't provide proper hospitality today, it would be a laughing stock.

By nine or ten in the morning, the entrance of Qian Sheng Yuan was already decorated with lanterns and colored banners. All the managers, staff, and maids were dressed in new clothes, lined up from the entrance all the way to the inner courtyard.

Outside Qian Sheng Yuan, a team of the most famous musicians in the capital were playing vigorously. One of the managers was handing out red envelopes in the middle of the street, scattering a thousand silver coins every half hour, attracting a lively crowd around the store entrance.

However, despite the lively music, the observant onlookers noticed that this store was quite strange.

Leaving aside other things, just consider the store's signboard. In this day and age, which store wouldn't prepare a signboard for its opening? But this store was different. There was a space left for the plaque above the store entrance, even brackets for holding the plaque, but it was empty, without a signboard.

Opening day without a signboard? Couldn't they have ordered one in advance? This alone made people wonder if the store's owner was an idiot, unable to think of such a basic thing. Could such a store make money, even if it opened?

It seemed like a big investment, but unfortunately, no matter how big the investment, if it was managed so carelessly, it would probably go down the drain.

That was the opinion of ordinary onlookers with no business acumen. As for the professional shopkeepers, they were even more disdainful from the bottom of their hearts.

First, let's talk about the store's background. It was said that this Qian Sheng Yuan belonged to the newly appointed Marquis of Changsheng by the Emperor. In the capital, it wasn't that difficult to find out the background of a suddenly emerging store, especially since Uncle Liu and the others had been frequently entering and leaving the Marquis's residence these days, which had long been noticed.

Logically speaking, being personally appointed a Marquis by the Emperor was a great honor. If you really went by the rank, there weren't many people in the whole world with a higher status than the Marquis of Changsheng. In the entire world, there were only eight marquises and one duke. Even if the Marquis of Changsheng was the weakest, in terms of status, excluding the Emperor's concubines, he could definitely rank in the top ten in the world.

If such a powerful backer opened a store, it would definitely be invincible. Of course, that was under normal circumstances. However, the Marquis of Changsheng's residence was currently going through a troubled time.

The commotion of the explosion in the Marquis's residence couldn't be concealed from the people of the capital. Such a big commotion alarmed the entire capital, and those closer could feel the vibration of their houses.

Although the Marquis's residence and the Imperial Guards tried their best to keep it secret, how could such a big thing be kept secret? You must know that within the capital, every vassal state had sent countless spies to listen for the trends in the capital at any time.

The World Honored One of the Divine Prison released his aura to show his attitude to the royal family, but wasn't his aura also discovered by the spies of the major vassals? The World Honored One had a major move in the capital, wouldn't all parties open their eyes and stare?

On the day the explosion occurred, almost all the experts from various parties felt the aura of a legendary expert for a moment. Although they didn't know if it was the World Honored One, they were 80 to 90 percent sure.

Then the Marquis's residence made a loud noise, the Imperial Guards blocked the road, and finally blocked the news. The experts from all sides immediately began to try to find out the news. As long as they found a higher place, basically people with good eyesight could see the training room area in the Marquis's residence had become a ruin.

The legendary killer World Honored One of the Divine Prison decades ago took action against a fourth or fifth level Wang Sheng. What would be the result? Did the spies from all sides need to think about it? Even if they didn't see Wang Sheng's body, they knew Wang Sheng would definitely not have a good outcome.

This news also spread out like gossip, spreading everywhere, and the capital was no exception. The royal family did not come out to refute the rumors, nor did the Marquis's residence refute the rumors, as if nothing had happened. Did they think that this would make all parties feel that Wang Sheng was safe and sound, and the Marquis of Changsheng was still the Marquis of Changsheng who seemed to have great power?

How could a Marquis of Changsheng who was no longer there support the industry of his own mansion? Especially since this store was opened in the capital where you could easily run into several dignitaries who could walk sideways in the capital, how many days could this store's industry be maintained before it changed hands?

Merchants all had their own thinking. Was such a store worth their effort to maintain a good relationship with? They had no relationship with them before, was it worth treating them differently?

Merchants throughout the area had actually received invitations, but until this moment, not a single store had sent over any congratulatory gifts, nor had a single store even sent a small errand boy to congratulate them. It looked very lively on the street, but those were all people who wanted the silver coin red envelopes distributed by Qian Sheng Yuan. Not a single real congratulatory guest had come. It could be said to be extremely deserted.

Uncle Liu was an old hand in the business world. These days, they had been running around here and naturally heard some rumors. The Marquis was safe and sound in the Marquis's residence, so they certainly felt there was no problem. But now that the opening was imminent, but there was not a single congratulatory guest, this was really too unlucky.

Fortunately, Mei'er was still calm and didn't care about the deserted atmosphere at all. She knew very well that as long as the signboard was delivered at that time, she didn't know how many guys who were watching the joke would regret it, so there was no need to worry about such a small embarrassment now, just wait patiently.

The congratulatory guests still appeared, but they were not the congratulatory guests that Uncle Liu and the others were expecting, but a group of guys who looked like hooligans, swaggering over from the street. The people who were originally waiting around to receive the silver coins at the appointed time all changed their faces when they saw them, and moved away, quickly making way for them to walk to the entrance of the store.

"New store opening, we brothers have come to congratulate you." The fair-skinned guy in the middle cupped his fist at Uncle Liu insincerely, and then stretched out his hand: "The store should also give us a lucky bonus, right?"