Dragon's Origin

Liu Shu and the others were busy greeting the arriving guests, not noticing the carriages for a while. The eunuchs driving the carriages weren't in a hurry either, simply parking the carriages outside the shop and waiting quietly.

A young eunuch from Chief Steward Li's entourage came out to look around, then returned to Qian Sheng Yuan and whispered something to Chief Steward Li. Chief Steward Li nodded and waved him off to handle it.

This was the innermost parlor of Qian Sheng Yuan, reserved for the most distinguished guests. Chief Steward Li was certainly a most distinguished guest, with Mei'er personally attending to him, even pouring his tea.

Chief Steward Li completely abandoned his usual aloof demeanor, sitting here like a kindly elder. Watching Mei'er pour his tea, the wrinkles on his face deepened with his smile.

"Let's go take a look at the Sword of the Son of Heaven!" After drinking two cups of fragrant tea, he considered that he had savored the latest creation of the Grandmaster Alchemist. Although he loved the flavor, he had important business to attend to today, which needed to be completed first.

"Chief Steward Li, please wait!" Mei'er quickly called out, then personally went to the back to fetch several catties of carefully packaged tea.

"These few catties are for His Majesty, a small token from us juniors." Mei'er was clever; the Emperor had given them such a huge favor by bestowing the signboard, how could Mei'er remain unmoved? Even if this was Wang Sheng and Uncle Su's favor, she still had to take care of what needed to be taken care of.

"These other two packages are for Chief Steward Li to take back and brew a pot or two in his leisure time." The Emperor's favor had to be repaid, and Chief Steward Li's couldn't be neglected either: "Lord Marquis said that this season isn't the best, so this will have to do for now. When the best season arrives, we will roast some of the finest for His Majesty and Chief Steward Li."

Chief Steward Li's face was practically blooming with smiles. The latest creation of Grandmaster Alchemist Li Ziyun, was that something ordinary people could taste? Counting the entire imperial court, as far as he knew, besides the Emperor being able to enjoy the few catties of tea sent by Mei'er, he was the only one.

Carrying these few catties of tea, Chief Steward Li felt like he was floating, walking with extra pep in his step. Mei'er was good in that she knew who treated her well.

Arriving at the hall where the Sword of the Son of Heaven was displayed, there were many congratulatory guests, and it was bustling with activity. Besides congratulating Qian Sheng Yuan on its opening, everyone was discussing when the sword would be sold. Seeing Mei'er and Chief Steward Li appear, the noisy chatter immediately ceased. If Chief Steward Li, this figure with connections to the heavens, were to get a bad impression, these people would be devastated.

"His Majesty heard about this sword and is very interested, so he specially sent this humble servant to purchase it at the original price." Chief Steward Li didn't say much, and his voice wasn't loud, but everyone present heard him clearly and distinctly.

Just now, everyone was still discussing when this exorbitant sword could be sold, and now, the one with the biggest background immediately jumped out to buy it. Wasn't this slapping everyone's faces?

But who dared to disagree? Chief Steward Li already had everyone prostrating in admiration. But what did Chief Steward Li just say? The sword was for the Emperor to buy? Everyone heard correctly, Chief Steward Li said the word "buy." Strictly speaking, in all the world, if the Emperor took a fancy to something, would he still need to use gold coins to buy it?

Could this just be a way of putting it, claiming to buy it, and then Qian Sheng Yuan would actively offer it as tribute to the palace, creating a reputation for themselves? Everyone doing business in the capital knew the difficulties of doing business in the capital.

Although Qian Sheng Yuan had an enormous background, the price for having the Emperor inscribe a signboard was that if the Emperor took a fancy to something worth millions of gold coins, he would just take it, which would be a huge loss!

Just as everyone was pondering this, the carriage gate outside Qian Sheng Yuan opened, and several eunuchs drove large carts into the front courtyard of Qian Sheng Yuan.

The leading eunuch bowed to Chief Steward Li inside, then ordered the boxes on the carts to be unloaded. These eunuchs were all minor experts with cultivated skills, and moving those dozens of boxes was no problem at all. In no time, they were neatly arranged in the courtyard of Qian Sheng Yuan.

The carts left, and another batch came in, still unloading boxes. Luckily, the courtyard that Mei'er bought was large enough, so even with dozens of boxes placed there, there was still enough room for the carriages to maneuver.

It took four consecutive trips to unload all the hundreds of boxes into the courtyard of Qian Sheng Yuan. Then, these eunuchs stood around. At Chief Steward Li's signal, Mei'er also had the guards of Qian Sheng Yuan surround the boxes tightly.

Chief Steward Li waved his hand, and the eunuchs simultaneously began to open the neatly stacked boxes on the ground one by one. A golden light instantly blinded everyone's eyes.

Gold coins! All of them were gold coins. These hundreds of boxes on the ground were all filled with gold coins. Besides gold coins, there was nothing else.

Everyone doing business in the capital had seen thousands upon thousands of gold coins. But, having so many gold coins placed in front of them was truly shocking, much more shocking than that bare number.

"Two million six hundred and sixty thousand gold coins." Chief Steward Li's high-pitched voice sounded incredibly melodious to everyone at this moment. As for what expression he had, no one knew. Everyone's attention was focused on these boxes upon boxes of gold coins; who would care about Chief Steward Li's face?

"Ten thousand gold coins per box, a total of two hundred and sixty-six boxes." Chief Steward Li said this to Mei'er: "Shopkeeper, please count them. Once you've counted them, this sword, this humble servant will take it away."

Only a fool would count the gold coins in front of Chief Steward Li at this time. He had already presented so many gold coins and explicitly said that he was buying the sword, this attitude was enough, did she still need to count every single one? Don't mention that Chief Steward Li, who was extremely loyal to the Emperor, would never embezzle a single gold coin, even if he underpaid by hundreds of thousands, so what? Would Qian Sheng Yuan care?

Moreover, this sword was originally meant to build a reputation for the Emperor. Mei'er didn't need to count, there wouldn't be a single coin missing. Anyone who dared to reach into this was absolutely courting clan extermination, without any exception.

"The sword is His Majesty's!" Mei'er personally walked to the Sword of the Son of Heaven, held the precious sword with both hands, and presented it to Chief Steward Li: "His Majesty's favor is something Qian Sheng Yuan is endlessly grateful for!"

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"Since that's the case, then this humble servant will return to the palace to report." Chief Steward Li finished this act with Mei'er with a smile, and left with a group of eunuchs, big and small.

It wasn't until the figures of Chief Steward Li and his group could no longer be seen on the long street that the congratulatory guests in Qian Sheng Yuan erupted, frantically discussing the scene they had just witnessed.

Whether it was the exorbitant sword being bought, or the Emperor actually taking out two million six hundred and sixty thousand gold coins in real money and sending them to Qian Sheng Yuan, both were excellent topics of conversation. Moreover, those gold coins were still displayed in Qian Sheng Yuan's courtyard, and as long as you walked from the front shop to the back, you could see them. This excitement, wouldn't it be spread all over the world?