Dragon's Origin

Regardless of what the Emperor thought, Wang Sheng remained unaffected by the outside world, wholeheartedly dedicating himself to meticulous carving in the workshop.

Wang Sheng put as much effort into carving as he did into cultivation. Before each entry into the workshop, Wang Sheng would adjust his state to the best possible condition, just like a serious cultivation session. He would even activate a quiet formation inside the workshop to maintain an undisturbed environment, allowing him to carve in peace.

Even the most significant matters had to wait until Wang Sheng emerged from the workshop. Wang Sheng didn't believe that with Ling Xu Old Daoist staying in the Changsheng Duke's residence, any life-or-death emergencies could suddenly occur.

This situation was obviously incomprehensible to the Emperor. Chief Steward Li and the others could understand it a little better, but they still couldn't grasp Wang Sheng's indifference towards even business deals worth hundreds of billions of gold coins.

Originally, the Emperor was anxious to notify the various families, but suddenly the families became anxious instead. In less than three days, all the replies from the families were delivered to the Emperor. Moreover, the gold coins for their children's noble titles were also sent to the palace.

Of course, the Dai family was an exception. The current head of the Dai family obviously didn't need to buy noble titles for his children, as he didn't even have any children. Besides, the Emperor had stated that each vassal was limited to one slot, and no more would be granted.

Even so, the Emperor still received nearly two hundred million gold coins from the various vassals, large and small, and issued nineteen baronet titles. The families were also clever, not purchasing any high-ranking titles, all of them opting for the lowest baronetcy.

However, after obtaining the titles, the families unanimously demanded that the Emperor fulfill his promise. In other words, they wanted the Emperor to demolish the city walls as soon as possible.

The Emperor hadn't expected that such a small matter as demolishing the city walls would be of such concern to all parties, even leading to a few days of peace in their mutual conflicts.

The arrow was already on the string, and it had to be released. The Emperor was also straightforward. After waiting five days and gathering the opinions of all parties, he immediately nodded and, with a grand gesture, ordered the demolition of the city walls to begin.

Of course, the capital's city walls couldn't be demolished just like that. Before the demolition began, Mei'er directly stepped forward and requested to buy the stones used to build the inner and outer city walls. These stones were all excellent materials, which would undoubtedly bring a large profit during the construction of the inner and outer cities. As for the demolition work, it also fell to Mei'er. A portion of the demolished stones would be used to offset the labor costs, and Mei'er would have to pay for the rest with gold coins.

The Emperor certainly wouldn't disagree with this request. However, as soon as this news came out, all parties seemed to have other ideas. Although they didn't object verbally, it was clear that they were communicating with each other more frequently.

The ones responsible for the mutual communication were all the stewards in charge of commerce from each party, so even if Mei'er knew about these situations, she didn't care. In the business world, it wasn't as simple as large families or powerful vassals being able to succeed in everything.

Mei'er quickly organized a group of novice beginners with cultivation levels only between the second and third realms, and then began to demolish the gate towers of the inner city.

In less than a month, all nine inner city gates, including the gate towers, had been completely demolished. The outer city walls also began construction, still demolishing the city gates.

The removal of the city gates, in fact, meant that the city walls were meaningless. This also signified that the Emperor of the capital was genuinely demolishing the city walls and not just deceiving the various parties. All parties were very satisfied with this. If there was any dissatisfaction, it was that the speed of demolition was a little too slow.

There was no way around it. Mei'er had spent money to buy the city wall stones. She was more careful when demolishing, and the workers wouldn't damage the long stone strips, so there wouldn't be much loss when they were reused. But because of this, the demolition speed was not fast enough.

To store these demolished stones, Mei'er was generous and bought several pieces of land inside and outside the inner and outer cities, doing nothing but piling up these stones. The stones used to build the capital's city walls were all mined from the mountains outside the city by the royal family, who spent countless hours and manpower. Now they had all become Mei'er's property.

Seeing that the city walls were slowly being demolished, all parties no longer urged anything. Anyway, there were no more city gates. What difference did it make whether there were city walls or not? Besides, Mei'er's construction teams were not slow either. They could demolish hundreds of feet a day. It wouldn't be long before the capital's city walls became history.

While the city walls were being demolished, the ward adjacent to Dream Fragrance Workshop had not stopped construction and had been under construction all along. After more than a month, it was almost completed. That ward was planned to be used for men's clothing and jewelry. Now, the men's clothing that matches the wedding gowns was readily available, and the jewelry was not made much, but each piece was exquisite. Especially the phoenix coronets specially matched with those embroidered capes, even Mei'er praised them, so who could say no?

The countries were fighting chaotically, and the news coming back every day was about where battles had taken place and how many people had died. It was distressing to hear.

However, the capital had always been peaceful. Even people from opposing countries, when they met on the street, would only hum and stare at each other, but no one would take action. Before they came to the capital, they had been strictly ordered by their families that even if they met their father's killer in the capital, they could not take action. If they did, they would be expelled from the family and hunted down throughout the world.

All the vassals, large and small, were the same. The large vassals needed to leave a way out for important figures in their families, and the small vassals, who lived between the large vassals, also needed to find a safe place for some important figures. Carefree City was also a place to go, but how could Carefree City be as prosperous as the capital? Who wouldn't want their children to come to the capital to enjoy themselves?

Under these circumstances, anyone who dared to undermine the capital's stability, unity, and good situation would be the enemy of the world. Besides, those who came to the capital, except for those waiting for the opportunity of the concert, were basically here to avoid those dangerous battles. Wouldn't they be more honest? They didn't participate in the battles in the various vassal states, so would they come to the capital to be brave and aggressive?

Because of the restrictions on noble titles, not many mansions in the inner city were actually sold, but it was enough for people from all parties to settle down first.

Once settled, many people began to enjoy the good things in the capital that they could not enjoy in their own territories. Naturally, Qianshengyuan, Runzi Workshop, Dream Fragrance Workshop, and Yayun were the priorities among the priorities.

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The seemingly calm capital, as the city gates were demolished and the city walls were torn down section by section, welcomed the opening of the new Dream Fragrance Workshop.

The new workshop was still under the name of Dream Fragrance Workshop, but it had completely new products. Countless people were curious to see what it was, but they were told that it still only received female guests. Those who could afford it sent their female relatives to see, and those who couldn't could only wait for the news to spread from those inside.