Free Web NovelAs lanterns lit up, Dijin was hazy in the neon glow of the night.
Wanchun Court, next to Fengyue Small Building, was bustling and brightly lit, a place once filled with singing and dancing girls, and red sleeves waving from every floor.
Until Fengyue Small Building became the property of a certain Young Master Li.
“Hey, after we’ve had some drinks here, let’s go to Fengyue Small Building for another round to shake off the fatigue.”
“Go where? That place is a foot-washing parlor now, and the girls have incredibly strong hands.”
“Tch, how strong could they be?”
“You know Song Gongzi, right? He went once, and he’s still trembling today.”
Several richly dressed nobles were shaking their heads and discussing.
Suddenly, a cold snort came from the doorway.
“I reckon, in a few days, he’ll have to close up shop!”
Who speaks with such arrogance?
The hall was quiet for a moment, everyone turned to look, only to see that the speaker’s face was dark, tinged with white.
It was none other than the ‘Song Gongzi’ mentioned by the customers earlier.
Seeing this, the diners in the hall all started to laugh, some even chiming in with a few words of agreement.
Song Qian sat down, his anger unappeased:
“If it weren’t for my father being busy with the Hundred Flowers Gathering these past two days... you all come with me to watch in a few days!”
“I’m busy that day.”
“I’ll be sick that day.”
His companions at the same table leaned back slightly; not one of the children from official families dared to accompany him to Fengyue Small Building.
At the same time.
The internal structure of Wanchun Court, starting from the second floor, was connected by vein-like cloud and mist staircases, with each room resembling a scattered, well-arranged flower bud, all suspended from the ceiling.
And the higher one went, the more the quality improved.
Top floor.
The son was spouting nonsense downstairs, while the father was sweating profusely at the banquet.
“Hey, Zhong Shu, that outfit was made, and it’s quite expensive, why don’t you take it back and wear it? It’s so cold, it would be perfect.”
“Let’s not, I’m not so poor that I lack clothes in winter.”
“The food and wine at Wanchun Court are still a bit lacking, but the location is good, right next to Fengyue Small Building. How about I buy it? Consider Zhong Shu a shareholder. In the future, I’ll bring the soldiers from Southern Xinjiang to Dijin for some fun.”
“Hmm?”
Song Shangshu and Qian Shilang, listening to their conversation, couldn’t help but wipe cold sweat, yet found they couldn’t wipe it all away.
It seemed they had boarded a pirate ship!
“Gentlemen, why the long faces?”
Li Mo turned his head in confusion to look at the group of officials.
“Hahah... Just thinking about the hardships endured by the soldiers guarding the frontier, I feel ashamed!”
Song Shangshu’s face was filled with concern for the country and its people. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
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Looking down at the System notification for the final payment he had just made, Li Mo chuckled and gave him a thumbs up:
“Generous.”
As he spoke, his gaze swept across the faces of all the adults.
He actually didn't care how much these people took; anyone who could reach this position was at least a destined individual capable of rising swiftly, so he wouldn't lose out no matter how much they took.
More importantly, it was the investment feedback from Southern Xinjiang.
Once those provisions and military supplies were transported, in addition to the feedback, there would be a considerable amount of Life Force.
When the topic turned to frontier affairs, Song Shangshu initiated it, and after a few drinks, whether sincerely or not, everyone else chimed in.
“Indeed, conditions in Southern Xinjiang are harsh, and guarding the border is truly difficult.”
Qian Shilang drank a cup of wine.
“If the soldiers suffer, how can we not suffer?”
A senior official beside him patted his belly and burped: “The national treasury is empty, and Southern Xinjiang is far. Provisions, military supplies, and various materials transported there are already mostly consumed. To maintain that region, the burden is too heavy.”
“No matter how tough, we cannot let the imperial clan and Your Majesty suffer. We can only let the soldiers suffer a bit more.”
“This batch of supplies will improve the situation considerably, but it’s still just a drop in the bucket...”
Zhennan King listened to them clinking glasses, rubbed his temples, and was about to get up.
Material and food losses... With sumaru objects, military supplies don’t need a large army escort, so where did the seventy to eighty percent loss on the way go?
“I plan to set up some businesses in Dijin with Zhong Shu.”
“Oh? Which ones?”
“Let’s start with this street.”
“...”
Zhennan King had just stood up halfway when he suddenly felt his legs weaken, and with a plop, he sat back down.
The wine table fell silent for a moment.
In the Great Yu Dynasty, officials’ salaries were not high; even with diligent efforts to skim off profits and earn extra income, it would take a long time for adults to consider buying a house in the Inner City near the imperial palace.
Today, they learned a new unit of measurement.
Who buys property by ‘a street’?
Even the richest man in Dijin doesn’t have that kind of wealth. They couldn’t help but wonder if Li Mo knew some kind of immortal art that could turn stone into gold?
After three rounds of drinks, the atmosphere at the table was unusually calm.
Zhong Qin lightly coughed, his peripheral vision scanning, and found that the adults were all silent, but their eyes were unusually bright, wanting to speak but not opening their mouths.
Like hungry wolves, their eyes were glowing green.
Money should not be revealed, but Li Mo had just pulled him in.
Who could refuse money?
“Li Shaoxia, I told Your Majesty that you are a Dragon and Phoenix among men, a truly handsome talent. Today, I find you even more heroic than I imagined.”
“What Li Shaoxia, that’s my Laodi. Laodi, if you don’t mind, we could become sworn brothers...”
“As the saying goes, may you have many happy returns of the day. Between us, I see there’s a long road ahead, a long road indeed!”
“Come, big brother, I toast you.”
“We manage commercial affairs; if anything comes up, we are all our own people, easy to talk to, easy to talk to.”
The atmosphere at the banquet instantly filled with joy and harmony.
Even Sun Gui was looked upon with higher regard.
He now profoundly understood a certain saying.
Money can move mountains; if it can’t, it means you ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) don’t have enough money... Downstairs, Song Qian hung his head, and after getting drunk, he subconsciously walked towards Fengyue Small Building.
As soon as he stepped out of Wanchun Court’s door, a cold wind blew, sobering him up a bit and bringing back unpleasant memories.
He dared not enter the door now, so he sat back in his carriage, fuming with anger.
“Sooner or later...”
Before the thought could fully form, he saw a large group of people pouring out of the doorway.
“Hey, there’s a stone ahead, audacious! How dare it block my Li Laodi’s path.”
“This street of ours, its name should be changed, it doesn’t sound good.”
“I declare, from now on, this will be called Little Overlord Street!”
Looking at the middle-aged man reeking of alcohol, constantly calling the young man ‘Laodi’, and the young man being surrounded like a star.
“???”
The servant pointed: “Young Master, isn’t that Master?”
