Dragon's Origin

Chapter 363: Mine (Part 2)

As soon as Zhu Shaodong said this, the representatives of the various vassal states immediately turned their gazes towards Wang Sheng.

To be honest, they had wanted to question Wang Sheng about this for a long time, but they were afraid that asking would damage their relationship and make future cooperation impossible.

Zhu Shaodong's question was good, wonderful, and brilliant!

As soon as he heard these words, Wang Sheng understood.

This Zhu Shaodong was secretly supported by some unknown family, who probably promised him something to make trouble here.

Of course, the main thing was to get Wang Sheng to break the monopoly on the Thousand Absolutes Territory so that all parties could participate and benefit.

Poor fool! Wang Sheng gave him a silent evaluation in his heart, with a sneer on his face.

"How dare you!" Wang Sheng did not answer, but the imperial representative issued this reprimand.

Hearing this high-pitched voice, everyone knew it must be an eunuch.

"The Marquis of Changsheng is a marquis personally appointed by the Emperor, how dare you, a mere commoner, directly call the Marquis by his name?"

The eunuch then gave a reason that convinced everyone.

Wang Sheng was a marquis, and Zhu Shaodong was just a representative of a merchant.

You can address the marquis, you can ask the marquis, but you can't call him by his name.

This point was unanimously affirmed by the representatives of the various vassal states present.

Otherwise, if Wang Sheng was called by his name, and their own state marquises and earls were called so disrespectfully, wouldn't that be an insult?

The lord worries, the subject suffers disgrace; the lord suffers disgrace, the subject dies.

Randomly calling names is not allowed!

Seeing that almost all the officials had the same attitude, Zhu Shaodong didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

Since the people behind him didn't support him, how could he dare to offend everyone at this time?

He could only change his address: "Marquis, why are you monopolizing the Thousand Absolutes Territory by yourself?"

With just one word from Wang Sheng, the Song family's camp had to close obediently.

With just one word from Wang Sheng, the Dai family was not allowed to approach, and the Dai family's experts had to stay outside and watch others cultivate inside.

Everyone knew that Wang Sheng relied on his massive army of man-eating ants and his familiarity with the Thousand Absolutes Territory, but they were just not convinced.

If you were a large force, that would be fine, but you are clearly just one person, yet you monopolize the Thousand Absolutes Territory and prevent everyone from benefiting.

This is not acceptable.

"There is a reason why I can monopolize the Thousand Absolutes Territory," Wang Sheng said, glancing at Zhu Shaodong and reluctantly answering.

"Isn't it just that you are using the man-eating ants to control everyone's lives?" Zhu Shaodong's voice was very low, but everyone present heard it.

He was simply doing it on purpose: "Bullying the weak."

Wang Sheng almost laughed when he heard that.

Bullying the weak?

Which of the vassal states present dared to call themselves weak?

One person lording over so many vassal states?

What a joke!

"Don't forget, I am the Marquis of Changsheng personally appointed by the Emperor!" Wang Sheng gave a reason in a slow and deliberate manner.

"So what?" Zhu Shaodong was certainly not convinced and immediately retorted sharply.

"As a marquis, I have a fief!" Wang Sheng didn't care how exasperated Zhu Shaodong was and continued to speak slowly: "Does anyone remember where my fief is?"

When everyone heard the word "fief" at this time, their minds buzzed.

Of course, the Marquis of Changsheng had a fief.

If everyone remembered correctly, the Marquis of Changsheng's fief was the Thousand Absolutes Territory.

When they heard this news before, everyone treated it as a joke.

A fief that couldn't be entered, wasn't that a joke?

But at this moment, when they heard Wang Sheng talking about the fief, everyone could no longer laugh.

The Thousand Absolutes Territory was the fief personally granted to Wang Sheng by the Emperor, so legally speaking, the Thousand Absolutes Territory belonged to Wang Sheng.

Since it was someone else's property, there was no talk of bullying the weak, no talk of the man-eating ants blocking the way.

It was only right and proper for him not to let you in, and no one could say a word against it.

Even those vassal states couldn't say anything, unless they denied the Emperor's decree.

But denying the decree granting Wang Sheng the fief also meant that the legal status of their respective vassal states no longer existed.

You don't recognize the Emperor's grant to Wang Sheng, so do you also not recognize the enfeoffment to you?

The reason was too powerful, so when Wang Sheng asked this question, everyone was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer.

This was difficult to handle.

Unless the Emperor issued an edict to withdraw Wang Sheng's fief, otherwise, what were they going to talk about?

If he didn't want you to enter his fief, there was nothing anyone could do!

Letting you in was a favor, don't be ungrateful!

"Are there any more questions?" Wang Sheng didn't seem to want to let Zhu Shaodong go and looked at him leisurely, asking in return.

"N-No more!" Under Wang Sheng's gaze, Zhu Shaodong couldn't say another word.

He squeezed out a few words and stopped speaking.

"Since everyone has come here to talk, then say whatever you have to say, there's no need to be secretive," Wang Sheng blocked Zhu Shaodong's mouth and smiled at the representatives of the various parties: "As long as you admit that the Thousand Absolutes Territory is mine, then things inside are not impossible to discuss.

Come up with a specific plan."

Hearing Wang Sheng's words, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The Thousand Absolutes Territory belonged to Wang Sheng, there was no question about acknowledging that.

It was good that things inside could be discussed.

At worst, each party would be like Yu Baozhai, offering a tribute to Wang Sheng.

"Let's talk about Yu Baozhai's camp first," Wang Sheng continued: "Let's talk about the camp first.

Do you think it's better to expand the scale of the camp, or is it more appropriate to open several similar camps in various directions? You decide."

There was such a good thing?

Of course, they wanted to open more, was there any need to ask?

The various parties became excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

What were they doing with all kinds of arrangements and trying to catch Wang Sheng off guard?

Wasn't it just to get this permission?

Wang Sheng was generous, but the various parties didn't know how to open their mouths.

Wang Sheng was a notorious penny-pincher even when it came to guiding people into the Thousand Absolutes Territory once.

Would he generously let you open a camp?

What kind of price would they have to pay for this?

Everyone didn't have a unified stance.

Maybe whoever spoke first would suffer a loss, and in the end, they would be blamed.

The scene was very strange.

Everyone wanted Wang Sheng to relax the restrictions on the Thousand Absolutes Territory, but when Wang Sheng really opened his mouth and relaxed, everyone didn't know what to say.

Zhu Shaodong of Baoqing Yutang, who had been jumping up and down just now, couldn't even say a complete sentence at this moment.

His eyes were full of emptiness, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Perhaps at this moment, he realized his position in the eyes of certain people.

He had provoked Wang Sheng like a clown all day today, and the ending was probably not so pleasant.

"What's wrong? Does everyone have no ideas?" Wang Sheng glanced around again and then smiled at Marquis Lu Wen: "Why don't you, Brother Lu, talk about how to deal with the current camp?"