Dragon's Origin

“I’m afraid this matter will have to fall on Sister Rose.” After pondering for a good while, Wang Sheng finally found a bridge that could connect both sides: Sister Rose, a former disciple of Triumphant Song Palace.

“Send a message to Worry-Free City and have Sister Rose come to the capital immediately.” Wang Sheng instructed Mei’er. Now, A-Qi and Mei’er of Worry-Free City seemed to have dedicated messenger birds, so Mei’er could arrange the fastest way.

Mei’er agreed and quickly went to make arrangements. This was serious business, not the time for Mei’er to be jealous.

It would probably take more than half a month for the people from the Three Kingdoms to be sent over by Triumphant Song Palace. Wang Sheng still had enough time to wait for Sister Rose to come and discuss countermeasures together.

While everyone else was busy, Wang Sheng himself finally had some free time to consider his cultivation techniques and which transformation of the Dragon's Nine Sons he should complete next.

He had already completed the Chiwen transformation, the Taotie transformation, the Bi Xi transformation, the Fuxi transformation, the Pulao transformation, the Suanni transformation, and the Qiuniu transformation. Speaking of which, Wang Sheng was now a solid seventh-level cultivator.

Wang Sheng had already begun to cultivate the Guarding Stillness mental cultivation method. The battle awareness little man was deducing a plan to cultivate both the Daoist Canon mental cultivation method and the Guarding Stillness mental cultivation method simultaneously, and it was already in its final stages. Seeing that Wang Sheng would soon be able to cultivate it, Wang Sheng was also very much looking forward to it.

Just as Wang Sheng was waiting for the completion of the mental cultivation method deduction and waiting for Sister Rose to arrive in the capital from Worry-Free City, Yu Bao Shop, which had been quiet recently, had a reaction. Lu Wenhou and Ling’er came to the capital together to visit Wang Sheng at his mansion.

It was rare for Lu Wenhou to make a trip to the capital, so Wang Sheng instructed Steward Wang to welcome the two distinguished guests with the most grand attitude, and he also pulled Mei’er to receive Lu Wenhou and Ling’er together. This small matter alone made Mei’er happy for several days.

The last time in Tongxing City, Wang Sheng had promised Lu Wenhou that he could cooperate with Yu Bao Shop on a business venture. At that time, Yu Bao Shop postponed the cooperation on the grounds that they had not yet figured it out. This time, Lu Wenhou came for this matter.

“What kind of business does Master Lu want to do?” After three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes, Wang Sheng asked Lu Wenhou.

“Your food here is still the best!” Lu Wenhou praised as he nodded, saying, “I’ve thought about it.”

“What, are you planning to open a restaurant?” Hearing Lu Wenhou constantly praising the good chefs and food in Wang Sheng’s house, Wang Sheng thought he was really interested in cooking, and couldn’t help but ask with a smile.

“No, but it’s a bit related.” Lu Wenhou smiled and said, “Wine and dishes, now that there are delicious dishes, it seems that there is no top-quality wine, which is somewhat mismatched. Does Marquis have any solutions?”

Yu Bao Shop actually wanted to do wine business. Wang Sheng couldn’t help but admire Lu Wenhou and his think tank. It must be said that Lu Wenhou had really found a good way to make money.

Based on the taste of the so-called best wine that could be drunk by the emperor that Wang Sheng had tasted in this world, Wang Sheng could easily produce a wine that surpassed them by eight streets. If wine was really used to do business, it would simply be a huge profit.

This world has no worries about a lack of food, and there is plenty of grain for winemaking. Even if compared to the current price of top-quality wine, making wine is a guaranteed profit-making business, not to mention that Wang Sheng was confident that he could make wine that was several times better than the good wine in the capital. At that time, wouldn’t the price skyrocket?

“Have you thought about it?” Wang Sheng asked with a smile, just to be sure.

“I’ve thought about it a long time ago!” It was Miss Ling’er, Lu Wenhou’s precious darling, who answered. She had always been unconvinced by Wang Sheng, not in terms of cultivation, of course, but in terms of knowledge. She was still like this now: “I have gone through all the records related to winemaking, and there is no better method than the current one. Can you still create a better wine than this?”

Wang Sheng was entertaining Lu Wenhou with the best wine in the capital, known as "Ten Mile Fragrance." However, in Wang Sheng’s opinion, this Ten Mile Fragrance was somewhat unworthy of its name. First, the alcohol content was not high enough, and it tasted a little light. Second, there were some tiny sediments in the wine, and the wine was cloudy, so the appearance was not good enough.

If someone on Earth dared to sell wine of this quality, they would either rename it a slightly stronger version of unfiltered rice wine, or not sell it at all. If someone dared to sell it as wine, they would definitely be beaten by customers and scolded as unscrupulous merchants.

“If you’ve thought about it, then let’s cooperate.” Wang Sheng responded to Miss Ling’er’s rudeness with a smile. That confident smile made Miss Ling’er grit her teeth and throw a small tantrum.

“However, aren’t you afraid of earning gold coins and then being taken away by the various principalities in the name of official operation?” Wang Sheng suddenly asked.

Lu Wenhou immediately smiled. Wang Sheng dared to ask this question, which showed that he had enough confidence to make this business as good as the salt and sugar business, otherwise, how could it possibly move the various principalities? Without great benefits, who would be willing to provoke a behemoth like Yu Bao Shop or Baoqing Remaining Hall?

Don’t look at the countries dividing up Baoqing Remaining Hall’s salt and sugar business, but the countries did not pay a price. For a while, prices soared everywhere, almost to the point of people not being able to make a living. In the end, the countries took a small step back, gave Baoqing Remaining Hall some returns, and promised Baoqing Remaining Hall a permanent reduction of five percent in taxes, which was considered to have quelled the dispute.

Baoqing Remaining Hall was certainly badly damaged, but it also took at least half a year for the countries to re-operate after swallowing the salt and sugar business. During this period, some high-level officials in various countries were assassinated, injured, or even killed. The assassins of Worry-Free City and Divine Might Prison did not know how many gold coins they earned. Naturally, Baoqing Remaining Hall also lost many people. Finally, the two sides reached an agreement.

Wang Sheng didn’t know the details of Yu Bao Shop, but Wang Sheng believed that it would never be worse than Baoqing Remaining Hall’s foundation.

“Salt and sugar are commodities related to people’s livelihood, so official operation is justifiable.” Lu Wenhou replied with a smile, “But this wine is by no means a necessity for people’s livelihood. It would be too unreasonable to want official operation, right?”

“If they were reasonable, would they be able to operate salt and sugar officially?” Wang Sheng also laughed. This was also a test for Lu Wenhou. If he couldn’t protect his business, then why would Wang Sheng take it out for others to make money?

“There are ways to deal with unreasonableness.” Lu Wenhou still had a smile on his face: “In recent years, Yu Bao Shop has also cultivated several peak Legendary experts.”

“That’s probably not enough.” Wang Sheng shook his head directly: “There will probably be more experts in each family in the future. The experts of Yu Bao Shop alone can’t compete with the number of others.”

“So I plan to do this business with the City Lord of Worry-Free City.” Lu Wenhou finally revealed his ultimate insurance: “I just don’t know if Marquis is willing to give up some shares. If the three of us work together, if anyone wants official operation again, they probably have to consider it carefully, right?”