Dragon's Origin

## Chapter 622: Regret (Part 2)

"How is that possible?" Uncle Li finally confirmed the number several times before realizing he hadn't misread it, and then exclaimed in surprise.

The City Lord of Worry-Free City would definitely not use false information to deceive him. Besides, such huge news would spread throughout the world in a few days. How could it be fake?

But, seventy billion in three days? How is that possible? At this moment, Uncle Li was truly a little scared.

Uncle Li wasn't afraid of the peerless expert Old Daoist Ling Xu by Wang Sheng's side who could take his life at any time, because he could always flee far away. Uncle Li wasn't afraid of the City Lord of Worry-Free City suppressing him, only because of the binding force of his oath. But when it really came to life and death, oaths were nothing to Uncle Li. Even if Wang Sheng personally came to his door, Uncle Li would be even less afraid. Wang Sheng was not his opponent.

But when Wang Sheng had tens of billions of gold coins in his hands, that was another matter entirely. Don't underestimate the fact that Uncle Li was already an unimaginable eleventh-level expert, but he still felt fear.

When gold coins reached a certain amount, they could really crush people to death. How much does it cost to kill an eighth-level peak expert now? Less than one million gold coins. Even a legendary realm initial stage expert is only a little over one million. If Wang Sheng really became ruthless, and used tens of billions of gold coins to buy Uncle Li's life, it is estimated that everyone in the world, whether they knew martial arts or not, would be thinking about how to find ways to kill him.

At that time, it would be useless for Uncle Li to hide in the ends of the earth. Countless people would dig three feet into the ground to drag him out of his hiding place, and then attack him in droves, chopping off his head.

Ordinary people would be like this, so what about the professionals? Worry-Free City, Divine Might Prison, and even the top experts of the major sects would probably put down all the hatred in their hands and collectively tear him to pieces. Perhaps when that time really came, the first to strike would be the City Lord of Worry-Free City in front of him.

Seventy billion gold coins! That's definitely enough to crush people to death!

"So, what does the City Lord mean?" Uncle Li suppressed the fear in his heart and asked the City Lord as if nothing had happened.

"I just want Uncle Li to know how many gold coins I lost because of you, Uncle Li." The City Lord chuckled and said to Uncle Li, "In terms of environment, my Worry-Free City is not much worse than the capital. In terms of security, my Worry-Free City is also no worse than the capital, and may even be better."

"In terms of land, Worry-Free City also has plenty of it. Moving is even simpler than in the capital." The City Lord gritted his teeth when he said this, "But, even though all the conditions are better than the capital, Li Zhen Workshop just had to open in the capital. It is said that the taxes collected by the imperial court have exceeded seven billion gold coins."

"Originally, Lord Changsheng still had investments in Worry-Free City, such as spices and various tool productions. If there was no other way, he, such a smart person, would not put all his eggs in one basket. Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone Lord Changsheng who is so shrewd?" The City Lord began to laugh as he spoke, "Back then, when he had an accident and was being chased, his first thought was to run to Worry-Free City. But why has he completely abandoned Worry-Free City now? I think Uncle Li should be very clear."

The City Lord didn't ask why, but Uncle Li obviously knew why. Of course, it was because of Uncle Li himself. For some inexplicable reason, the two sides became enemies, and for a very unworthy reason.

"Uncle Li, go back and do your job!" After saying these words, the City Lord let out a long breath and said to Uncle Li, "You better satisfy me and let me know that the things you do for me are worth tens of billions of gold coins, so that I won't have stood on your side in vain."

Whether it was the City Lord or Uncle Li, they both understood that behind this sentence, there was also an "or else". Otherwise, once Uncle Li's oath time was up, he would probably be greeted by the entire Worry-Free City chasing after him.

This time, the City Lord of Worry-Free City was probably really a little regretful. Back then, Uncle Li broke the rules, but the result was that Wang Sheng left. The City Lord's butt was sitting crooked, so naturally there is the current regret.

The same thing happened not only in Song State and Worry-Free City, but also in Shi State, Gan State, Xia State, Tang State, Feng State, and Qiu State. Perhaps the only one who doesn't need to regret this is Dai State. Because from the beginning, Dai State had no possibility of becoming friends with Wang Sheng.

The seventy billion in three days shocked everyone. But fortunately, Mei'er still had a flaw, that is, the subsequent launch of these thousands of exquisite residences and courtyards, and the huge construction site of at least tens of thousands of sets in the outer city of the capital, and of course, the inner city also had them, at a higher price. If these couldn't be sold, Li Zhen Workshop would become a big joke. So what if they earned seventy billion in three days? They could only invest it into a huge hole and never recover.

These three days really exhausted the superficial purchasing power of the major families. Think about it, even a country like Xia State started selling some industries at that time in order to raise five billion gold coins. Even if other vassal states were good, how much better could they be?

It was only because the important figures of various countries had some savings in their own hands that they each took out gold coins to buy residences in the capital. This was each person's private property, not the family's public property, nor the vassal state's treasury. Now, whether it was the national treasury of various countries or the private property of those big figures, they were almost exhausted. How many people could take out such a large sum of gold coins to buy a residence in the capital?

This batch of residences and courtyards that were launched were much smaller than the previous Waterfront Residences and Waterfront Villas. The larger ones were only a few acres in size. They were very exquisite and suitable for some people who were not so high-ranking families, but the problem was that the price was too high.

The average land price was a hundred times the price, which was not something that everyone could afford. Even if Li Zhen Workshop launched the so-called mortgage, allowing people to borrow money to buy residences, how many people would be willing? Was it so easy to borrow high-interest loans? After a series of compounding interest, the savings of many years would probably have to be used to fill the huge hole of high-interest loans.

Everyone thought that Li Zhen Workshop's mortgage would be a lot of thunder and little rain, because Li Zhen Workshop had not announced the interest rate of the mortgage before. In everyone's mind, since it was a lending business, it must be the same as ordinary lending interest rates, at least 10% monthly interest. Even if Li Zhen Workshop wanted to make small profits but sell more, a monthly interest of 5% was inevitable, otherwise, how could they break even and make money?

Then, on the third day, Li Zhen Workshop announced to the world that half of the thousands of residences and courtyards that were launched in this batch had been sold. Immediately afterwards, the interest rate of Li Zhen Workshop's mortgage loan was also determined, a monthly interest of 1%. If borrowing on an annual basis, the annual interest is 10%.

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