Dragon's Origin

Chapter 322: Terrifying Financial Resources (Part 2)

Without hydraulic pressing equipment, what were they using to press the coins? Wang Sheng suddenly recalled Master Xuan’s papermaking process, the way he used his hands to pat the materials. Decades of Tai Chi’s soft power allowed him to crush straw and bamboo into powder. What level of skill was that?

This wasn’t pure gold. Pure gold was too soft, so it must have been an alloy mixed with other metals. Wang Sheng had asked Mei’er about it before. The gold coins had a gold content of ninety-nine percent, but their hardness was much higher than pure gold. At least, ordinary collisions wouldn’t easily cause deformation or dents.

How much force would it take to press gold coins of such strength? Especially the patterns and serrations on the coins. If they were to be completely formed in one press, Wang Sheng could imagine it with machines, but relying on manual pressing was simply constantly training a large group of experts.

Just imagining a group of experts pushing a huge metal press hammer, pushing it once to press out a gold coin, pushing it again to press out another gold coin. Over time, how terrifying would the pushing force of the expert responsible for pushing the press hammer become?

If the entire mint was full of experts of this level, then indeed, no matter how many people went in, they would never return.

However, what would happen if Wang Sheng leaked the Linglong Pavilion’s minting method? Would the various families, including the royal family, still allow the Linglong Pavilion to occupy one-tenth of the world’s wealth?

Once the unique method was leaked, and the various families mastered the method of pressing gold coins themselves, the first thing they would do after reacting would probably be to destroy the Linglong Pavilion’s mint. Why should they let the Linglong Pavilion take a share of their one-tenth of the gold coins?

Perhaps this was the real trump card against the Linglong Pavilion, and also their huge flaw. They would never have imagined that the minting method they relied on to maintain their status would one day turn around and become a life-threatening noose.

Thinking of this, Wang Sheng felt slightly relieved, gaining a bit more confidence in dealing with the Linglong Pavilion Master. Even when negotiating with the Linglong Pavilion Master, he had more confidence.

From this perspective, Wang Sheng being able to unlock the Four Symbols Linglong Box actually meant that one of the Linglong Pavilion’s bottom-of-the-box goods named after Linglong was废掉了, so how could the Linglong Pavilion not be anxious? It was normal for the Linglong Pavilion Master to come knocking in a hurry.

The Emperor didn’t know what Wang Sheng was thinking, and was still talking about what he knew about the Linglong Pavilion. As the local overlord, he had already inquired about the people from the Tiangong Workshop clearly over the years, knowing exactly who had real skills and who were still apprentices.

In the midst of their back-and-forth conversation, the matter of the Linglong Pavilion was basically discussed. Before they had finished eating and drinking, Steward Zhou brought Chief Eunuch Li and another old eunuch into the main hall.

“Greetings, Eunuch Li!” Wang Sheng first greeted Chief Eunuch Li, then turned to the third trembling old eunuch and asked with a bow, “May I know how to address this senior?”

“I dare not accept Marquis Changsheng’s grand greeting. This servant’s surname is Shen.” Old Eunuch Shen respectfully bowed to Wang Sheng, his tone very humble. Wang Sheng understood that this was because they were in front of the Emperor. In a different setting, he would definitely not have this attitude.

“Now that everyone is here, I’ll start talking.” Wang Sheng didn’t waste any time with pleasantries. After inviting the three to sit down, he signaled Steward Zhou and Chief Eunuch Li to pay attention to the surroundings before preparing to speak.

“Marquis, you don’t need to worry about anyone hearing.” Steward Zhou and Chief Eunuch Li didn’t speak. Instead, the newly acquainted Old Eunuch Shen replied, “With the three of us old fellows here, no one can hear what we’re saying in the capital.”

Wang Sheng absolutely believed this. These old fellows all came from the imperial palace lineage. They probably cultivated martial arts from childhood that wouldn’t reveal any secrets of the royal family. Suppressing sound was simply an art they had all mastered. Even if there was only one of them, it would be absolutely safe. Unless Wang Sheng had a single-soldier combat terminal with recording capabilities, and even then, only if the terminal wasn’t discovered.

The royal family had long wanted a share of the pie in the Thousand Absolutes Land, otherwise they wouldn’t have planted a nail in Worry-Free City so early. Wang Sheng taking the initiative to talk about the core information that the various parties had to pay a million gold coins to hear was naturally something the Emperor was very happy about.

Thus, there was another detailed explanation. The Emperor listened casually, but the three old eunuchs asked more and more detailed questions, especially about the terrifying expert at the end, asking several times tirelessly.

The three of them also tried a few times to snort coldly at Wang Sheng, wanting to test whether their cultivation had caught up with the terrifying expert inside. Unfortunately, the three of them were far behind Old Ancestor Ling Xu, let alone compared to the terrifying expert inside.

Watching Wang Sheng shake his head one by one, the three trembling old eunuchs looked more and more solemn, and even the Emperor was affected by this atmosphere, becoming somewhat worried.

“Marquis, when will you go in next time?” Old Eunuch Shen asked Wang Sheng directly and impolitely.

“When my cultivation improves by another realm.” Wang Sheng didn’t hide anything. “Last time was a fluke. Going in again without knowing death is just courting death.”

This was the truth. Wang Sheng said this to everyone, and that’s what he thought in his heart. The Emperor asked with concern what kind of help Wang Sheng needed for his cultivation.

Since the Emperor had spoken, wouldn’t it be a waste for Wang Sheng to meet the Emperor without taking the opportunity to ask for some benefits? Wang Sheng didn’t lack gold coins, but he lacked talent. He had to ask for a few formation experts to help arrange the luxurious formations of the Marquis’s mansion. He also wanted a few alchemy experts to observe their unique alchemy process.

The Emperor even felt that Wang Sheng had saved him a million gold coins for buying information, and had taken the initiative to come to the door to explain in detail, which was a sign of selling favors to the royal family. He was also happy to win him over, and specially rewarded Wang Sheng with five top-grade Blood Ginseng Yuanling Pills.

This kind of medicinal pill could greatly nourish the Yuan Soul and increase the chances of Yuan Soul cultivation breaking through. It was also a very suitable medicinal pill to help Wang Sheng quickly improve his strength. This was clearly aimed at Wang Sheng saying that he wanted to break through as soon as possible and go to the core of the Thousand Absolutes Land again.

Old Eunuch Shen personally introduced the medicinal properties. Being able to speak in front of the Emperor before Steward Zhou and Chief Eunuch Li, and the two of them not having the slightest dissatisfaction, could only mean that Old Eunuch Shen was probably the strongest among the three offerings.

Wang Sheng secretly estimated that Old Eunuch Shen might have reached the peak of the ninth realm like Old Daoist Qing Chen. However, although the two had the same realm, Qing Chen would definitely die miserably if they fought. One was a pure and ascetic old Taoist, and the other was a ruthless and unscrupulous old eunuch. The result could be imagined.

“Before that, no matter how much wealth the Linglong Pavilion has, they have to give me an explanation for plotting against me.” Wang Sheng appreciated it, thanked the Emperor, and stated his request.

“Yes, plotting against the imperial court’s Marquis Changsheng cannot be left unexplained.” The Emperor of course understood what Wang Sheng meant and directly gave Wang Sheng an answer.