In You Youzi's dream, she had dreamt of the Eight Clouds Blue, and she had dreamt of it four times. However, it wasn't Eight Clouds Blue's entire life, but a small fragment. The strange thing was that the same time frame was dreamt of five times, but these five times were different.
These five times all started when Eight Cloud Blue left the Ancient Bright Earth Sense and lasted for a week. You Youzi knew about the deal between Eight Clouds Blue and Gu Ming Dijue. Blue wanted to kill You Youzi's father, and Gu Ming Dijue confessed that he would help her delay You Youzi and not let her return to the capital. You Youzi admired Gu Mingdijue's decision-making ability from the bottom of her heart. With her brain and the ability to read minds, there was almost nothing that she could not do.
In these five life fragments of Eight Clouds Blue, Blue had come to the Sunflower Field four times, rescued Monster Perception's pet three times, and failed once. Among these five life fragments, Lan did not come to the sunflower field but went straight to the capital, planning to take the life of Xixing Temple Yiqing.
The future was not like history, where there was only one outcome. Be it humans or animals, those with freedom could produce uncertain results. Laplace's determinism, which had once caused panic, was falsified in the face of this rich uncertainty, and the multiple futures in Youyou's dream seemed to be in line with this conclusion.
And this uncertain future just had to happen this time. Eight Cloud Blue, who had left the Ancient Bright Earth Sense, realized that she had been brainwashed. She used her demonic power to barely remove the psychological suggestion of the monster. Out of anger towards Gu Ming and Di Jue, Eight Cloud Blue decided to finish his own business first before serving Monster Jue.
Eight Clouds Blue was rushing all the way to the capital. On the way, she flipped through the yao art books that Suixiang had given her and couldn't help but feel that she had benefited greatly. This ancient book was compiled from the experience of the ancient Nine-Tailed Fox in the Song Country. From the earliest Daji of the Shang Dynasty to the nine-tailed fox of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than ten independent chapters.
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox had nine tails. In theory, each tail could independently control a type of demonic qi. A qualified Nine-Tailed Demon Fox could control the demonic aura of nine attributes at the same time. Lan felt that it was unbelievable after seeing it. She still needed to improve.
Stepping into the capital, Lan discovered that there was a piece of news circulating throughout the court: The Imperial Guard was blind. Perhaps the news of Shangchuan's complete annihilation had reached the Emperor's ears, and the capital that the Emperor had accumulated for a long time had disappeared, making him lose his sight in anger. However, Eight Cloud Blue didn't care. She just wanted to kill Yi Qing of Westbound Temple as soon as possible to avenge herself.
After killing Westbound Temple's Yi Qing, Eight Cloudblue was still very busy. He had to lure Gu Ming and Dijue under Lord Zi's command as soon as possible, and then try his best to set aside some time to find Cheng.
This was a feeling that Lan could not understand, but it did exist. She had exterminated the Cheng Clan, but in the end, she had taken Cheng in. Gradually, she had become more competitive with Cheng than with anyone else. Lan was efficient and thorough in everything she did. It was inevitable that she would be a little barbaric and materialistic. But Orange and Blue were completely different. Even Lan herself was shocked that she could be so gentle.
After that, he prepared the props. Xixing Temple had set up a barrier, and rashly barging in would alert the enemy, which was not conducive to the assassination. So Lan went to the capital to look for merchants who sold jewelry. Lan Huanzhen found the owner of the jewelry shop, Eryan Shizou. However, she was not in the jewelry shop.
"Do you have to have a boss to sell jewelry?”Eight Clouds Blue knocked on the table with his knuckles to express his dissatisfaction.
"It's because the seven gemstones that the customer wants are a big deal. I don't dare to make the decision without the boss."”
Originally, the waiter wanted to send someone to call the boss, but the boss was in the brothel. According to the shop assistant, this brothel was also owned by the boss of Eryan's family.
Eight Cloud Blue followed the shop assistant and asked all the way to the highest floor of the brothel, which was also the most luxurious floor. It was filled with dignitaries.
When a servant girl opened the door, Lan glanced at the guests in the room and even found a familiar face. The city lord of Jin Guo City was actually here.
The brothel was divided into two functions. One was a prostitute, and the other was a prostitute. Lan hated wasting time on such inefficient waiting, and she had been looking for the boss for a long time.
The most expensive private room was opened, and the boss hurried out. Lan looked into the room and saw that Emperor Chongde was sitting inside. He was the one who had incited the Westbound Mage to attack him, and Blue had also noticed him.
High Emperor Chongde was fooling around with a woman in gorgeous clothes. The woman was feeding him peaches with her mouth. They were listening to a song with high-level singing skills and vulgar lyrics, and they were lying on a golden throne. Lan couldn't help but think of the disaster victims in Jinguo City. They had lost their homes in the early spring and gathered together to build straw huts to barely keep warm. Over here, High Emperor Chongde could sell a piece of jade that he casually played with to give the disaster victims money to rebuild their homes.
Perhaps demons and humans were completely different. Other than a few violent demons, the other demons liked to have fun together after eating and drinking. In Lan's opinion, there was nothing happier than seeing everyone laugh together.
When she had destroyed Nekomata, she had only set up a vicious trap. She had not killed Orange's father. She couldn't cut off a monster's head with her own hands, because that was evil after all.
The Great Demon God of Evil Horse Terrace was one of the demons that Lan Weiyi had killed. The monster attacked anyone it saw, and it used extremely dangerous moves. It was only after Lan found out that it was Queen Xiematai's Spirit-branded Retainer that she realized that perhaps she had imprisoned the Great Demon God at the back of the mountain to protect both the residents and her Spirit-branded Retainer.
The door closed with a crash, and a woman walked out. Blue could tell at a glance that this woman was a tanuki. When she was in Shangchuan City, she used a tanuki. However, the transformation technique used by this tanuki was a little more advanced, but it was similar.
" That's incredible…" The civet cat seemed to have seen through the truth about the Eight Cloudblue." Isn't this Lord Nine-Tailed Fox? Your arrival has brought light to this humble place."”
Eight Clouds Blue and the civet cat went to a quiet place. Both parties briefly introduced themselves. The civet cat's name was Eryan Shuzang, and it had been mingling among humans all year round to make money. Xixing Temple and Renhe Temple knew about this, but Eryan Eckstedt never caused trouble, and the two temples tacitly agreed to this kind of behavior.
Blue took out a small bag of gold, hoping to buy seven gems that represented the Seven Luminaries. However, Eryan Shuzang said that there was no rush and that they would have dinner together first.
Lan had always been disgusted by this extravagant place. If she could take out some wealth to help the disaster victims in the neighboring countries, it would be much better than squandering it here. However, the other party was just a big tanuki. It was impossible to force it to treat humans well.
Blue hoped to complete the transaction quickly, because she could not eat leisurely. Eryan Shuzang took a small bag of gold and called the waiter to weigh it. Then, she sighed and lit up her pipe."I'm very sorry, Miss Lan. This gold is not enough. The price of this kind of jewelry is rising rapidly now. The price you offered is the same as eight years ago.”
"How much do you want?" Lan was a little unhappy.
Eryan Shuzang took a deep breath and exhaled a mouthful of smoke."I'll give you a 10% discount. In that case, you'll need three bags of this amount of gold.”
Lan clicked her tongue. She stared at Eryan Eizang with a hint of hatred in her eyes.
"Lord Nine-Tailed, don't look at me with such a terrifying gaze. I'm just an insignificant merchant.”Eryan Shuzang smiled apologetically." But there is indeed a market price for these things. If these seven gems are sold to a foreign noble, the price can be doubled.”
Eight Cloud Blue calmed herself down and said bluntly,""I don't have that much money now."
Eryan Shuzo laughed." But, Lady Nine Tail is the legendary Spirit-branded Retainer of Purple Eight Clouds, right? I heard that she has hundreds of tons of gold in her hands." That's why I'm here to discuss this matter with you on behalf of the Eryan Chamber of Commerce. We are willing to sell these seven jewels to you at a 10% discount. Moreover, you can buy these seven pearls in installments. The down payment is just this bag of money. You can pay the rest slowly.”
Lan did some calculations. She would first get a down payment and then pay the monthly repayment. She felt that it was not bad.
"However, the monthly repayment has to be calculated with interest, Lord Nine-tails.”Eryan Shuzo said,"The monthly interest is 6.4%, and the annual interest is 8%. This means that if you owe 100 yuan, you will have to pay 108 yuan a year later.”
"You're really a monster who values money as his life.”Blue mocked.
"This is business after all." Eryan Shuzo laughed." I've already calculated the lowest interest rate for you, and I've even given you a 10% discount on the goods. In other words, if you pay back the money in 14 months, we will still give you a discount.”
Lan had no choice but to agree. After that, there was a complicated procedure. However, what surprised Eight Clouds Blue was that she didn't hand over any collateral other than the down payment.
"You're actually very good at managing money, right?”Eight Cloudblue asked.
"That's right!" Eryan Shuzang took a deep puff of his cigarette and said contentedly," Does Lord Nine-Tailed know about the 50?”
"What's that?" Lan asked.
"A group of warriors, planning to subvert the privileges of the nobles everywhere. Recently, the fifty groups had started to take action. The first was Shangchuan Wen of Shangchuan City. However, it seemed that there were demons behind the scenes. The Emperor actually sent the ghost girl of Xixing Temple to lead the army to crusade. However, it was said that the ghost girl lost control and caused everyone to die. Now, there were still three regions rebelling at the same time, and the Ping family was leading troops to suppress them.”
"You got business opportunities from these wars?" Blue asked.”
"These days, it's quite profitable to farm food. I've done it too," Eryan Eckstedt said with a smile. However, what I really like is the fact that a large amount of money from the nobles has flowed into the capital. Lord Nine-tailed, imagine that the entire capital originally had a capital of 100 coins. Now that the nobles from other places had transferred their money to the capital, the capital had a capital of 300 coins. Do you know what this means?"
"Is it the capital's currency?”Blue seemed to understand something. "But why did the nobles transfer their assets to the capital?”
"Because fifty people are causing trouble." " The samurai and commoners robbed the nobles of a large amount of property, and the nobles were afraid, so they sold their local properties early and came to the capital to invest. A few days ago, the nobles of the four countries had sold more than 20 local workshops, but the money they had spent had only bought a chess club in the capital.”
Lan Weiwei was stunned for a moment before she suddenly smiled.""I heard from Lord Zi that the nobles of the distant country sold their land to the Hengyun Chamber of Commerce and then used this money to buy the Go club from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. However, it seemed that these two chambers of commerce were hidden subordinates of Eryan Trading Company.”
Eryan Shuzang smiled." Those two chambers of commerce do have shares in Eryan Trading Company, but our role in it is only to assist. Lord Nine-tails, please don't misunderstand."”
Eight Cloudblue continued,"Use the chaos of the fifty to seize the right to set the price of the goods. Lord Zi once told me about Xi Xing Temple's You Youzi's evaluation of you. She said that you were half a Wall Street business giant and almost invincible in this era.”
Eryan Shuzang's expression became solemn.
"I don't know how you guys ensured that the property in the area where the samurai attacked wouldn't be invaded, but since there are such great benefits, you guys must have colluded in secret.”Lan Ge couldn't stop giggling." It's obviously a big tanuki, but it's trying its best to interfere with human affairs. It's so interesting. It's even better than a story!”
Eryan Shuzang did not deny it and continued,"However, there is one thing that is obvious in New York now. House prices are rising by the day, and the cost of living is also rising rapidly. However, the price of handmade products would not change much. Therefore, the manufacturing industry in the capital plummeted, and everyone moved their handmade manufacturing industry to the nearby cities. The most prosperous industries in the capital were brothels, jewelry stores, chess clubs, art studios, and other places that relied on nobles to spend money. Nowadays, the young foreigners living here could only rent houses. It would take them two hundred years to save money to buy a house.”
Lan sighed." The capital's originally glorious manual manufacturing industry has actually disappeared in just a few years.”
"There's nothing we can do about it." Eryan Shuzo smiled." The cost is high, but the price of goods hasn't changed. The wages of the workers will also increase. Those small bosses couldn't withstand such cost changes, so the manufacturing industry had to leave.”
"Eryan Trading Company must have made a lot of money these years!" Lan asked.”
"Of course," Eryan Ezo said with a smile. After all, business waits for no one!"
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