Chu Xun"s shamelessness had level up yet again.
Chapter 67 – Robbing Money Translated by HaruOngy at Geniusly Plain (If you can see this line, you must have read this in the aggregator site which illegally steal various works. Be shameful of yourself for not appreciating the translator"s hard work. Don"t think only you want to have it the easy way. Support the fanbase and translator!)
"Young Master Song, why say like this?" Qian Wan San"s eyebrows twitched.
Chu Xun pointed at his own face, "Take a look, my face."
Qian Wan San was completely blurred: ???
Chu Xun put his own hand and covered his own face, "Do you see it? My face is smaller than my hand." People had been saying, hand-size face. To appear pretty, firstly, the face must not be big. Chu Xun had always been very self-confident with his own appearance, including his hand-size oval face.
Qian Wan San vaguely understood a little: ……
Chu Xun then pointed at that oaf"s big sole. This guy was quite good. Chu Xun had talked until now yet he obediently maintained his raising his foot movement. Chu Xun said, "You, look at his foot again." Chu Xun stretched his hand to beside the oaf"s sole. It was obvious the foot was far longer than the hand.
Qian Wan San was shocked in his heart. Aiya, the plan failed due to a small overlook, a cover up would only make things worse!!!!
Chu Xun still felt it wasn"t enough as he even stretched forward his head and roared, "Look again, how is this a footprint from a left foot?! It"s obviously the right foot! You think I"m an idiot?!!!" Hiss…… He shouted too much. His face was so painful. Chu Xun laid back again while his eyes sharply sized up Qian Wan San"s whole body.
"Xiao Jing Zi."
"Nucai is here."
"Bring out this oaf and close the door. I want to talk some private matters with Boss Qian."
"Yes……"
Xiao Jing Zi came over and pulled that giant-wood-alike man but he couldn"t move him. Xiao Jing Zi was looking at Chu Xun while asking for help when Qian Wan San interrupted and ordered that big guy to retreat. Only then he obediently followed Xiao Jing Zi out of the room. This servant of Qian Wan San was an extremely loyal one, he would do whatever he asked. He had never say too much nor protest, earning a great deal of Qian Wan San"s trust.
The room entered a strange silence.
Both of them didn"t say anything. It was as if whoever say first would lose.
In the end, it was Qian Wan San who couldn"t bear it any longer and lose the contest. His heart said it was of course. The person before him was the Emperor. How could he make it hard for the Emperor? Fine, fine. It"s better for me to say first. He said, "Aiya, Young Master Song, when this Qian entered this mansion earlier I saw the board above the gate wrote this is Mei Mansion. May I know the reason?" Qian Wan San laughed.
"This house I bought it to gift it to an old friend."
"Oh, hehehe……"
It was another awkward silence.
"That, Young Master Song, what private matter you want to discuss with this Qian?"
Chu Xun sneered in his heart. To pretend stupid with zhen, humph!
"According to the length of the footprint on my face, it"s a pair of small, nimble feet. Boss Qian, exactly who kick me?"
"This……"
"Must be a girl right?" Chu Xun saw the minute change between Qian Wan San"s eyebrows.
Even if Qian Wan San continued pretending, it was impossible to hide further. He heavily sighed, "To tell you the truth, it"s my daughter."
"Oh?"
"My daughter has trained martial arts and doesn"t act like a young miss. On that day, she had just returned from outside when she met people trying to sneak attack this Qian. Then, she knocked down those sneaky attackers. Honestly, Young Master Song"s appeared too……" Qian Wan San glanced at Chu Xun. The meaning behind his glance was very clear. Which bored people will climb through the window? "My daughter then considered you as their accomplice and kicked you out……"
Chu Xun rubbed his chin. According to the report, Qian Wan San indeed had a daughter who liked to roam jianghu. Because she was his only daughter, Qian Wan San pampered this daughter a lot. Usually he let her do as she wished. Before this, Chu Xun had prepared another plan. If Qian Wan San unfortunately declined him, then he could only dispatch people to kidnap Young Miss Qian.
"My daughter is this Qian"s very life. After causing such a big trouble, this Qian naturally think of a way to cover up this matter. After all, the one she injured is…… the current Emperor." Saying so, both Qian Wan San"s knees bent as he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chu Xun, "Asking Your Majesty to pardon the offence."
The Emperor, Chu Xun"s mouth twitched. He knew Qian Wan San had guessed his actual ident.i.ty from the very beginning and so didn"t want to meet. After all, the monarch of a nation personally came to your house to borrow your money. Would you lend it? If he lent, naturally it wouldn"t be a small amount and it was not known when the money would be fully returned. This equal to giving away for free. If he didn"t lend, the whole land belonged to him. If he flew into a rage from shame and decided to kill you off, both money and life would be gone. It was a really difficult question, a hand-scalding sweet potato. In these few days, Qian Wan San had used up all his brain juice yet he still couldn"t think of a good idea.
He heard Chu Xun said, "Unaware people are innocent. Since you had come and know who zhen is, then let"s talk about others. Zhen believes Boss Qian is a patriotic person, did quite a lot of charity every years, making zhen very gratified. Don"t know if Boss Qian has this resolution, to prioritise the world?"
Qian Wan San cried inside his heart. Could he say "don"t dare"?
"Asking Your Majesty to instruct explicitly……"
"The national treasury is in emergency. Relying on merely taxes and market monopolised by the government is not a long-term plan. Zhen wants to open up trading business on the sea. Zhen heard Boss Qian have such idea as well. To think you hold the same view with zhen!"
Qian Wan San"s lips twitched. Your Majesty, you"re a bragger and even insists on pulling others to be the scapegoat. Enough of it already. He replied, "But, the actual situation over the sea, how far can we go, the cost, sea navigation skills and others, all of them are problem. Up until now, the foreigners who arrived at our empire from the sea, other than the Po Ye[1] people, I had never see others."
Chu Xun, "Oh? Boss Qian is too modest. That s.h.i.+p you slipped out of the customs, last month it had just arrived at the dock of Hai w.a.n.g Prefecture, right? Zhen hear it brought back lots of good things. Can you broaden zhen"s horizon?"
"Your Majesty, this, this is an unreal matter."
"Someone paid a face mirror as tribute to zhen. Its material quality is exceptional, reflecting a clearer view compared to the copper mirror. You may be aware that zhen is very particular with zhen"s own appearance. So, it really garnered zhen"s interest. Have Boss Qian ever tried looking into this type of mirror?"
"Your Majesty……"
"People said that fish won"t be able to survive in the too clean water. For Boss Qian able to be the whole nation"s wealthiest person, naturally your ability is not mediocre. Zhen will not look into these. Zhen will only ask Boss Qian one question, do you want to join hands with zhen to undertake a project?"
"Want……"
"En, very well. First, deposit fifty million liang into the national treasury as the investment"s capital."
Qian Wan San wailed without tears, "Your Majesty, this commoner doesn"t have this much of money in circulation! To forcefully extract that much of money will cause cash flow problem, big problem will happen! Can it be lowered?"
"Boss Qian"s worth, zhen knows clearer than you." If not, he wouldn"t dare to start talking arbitrarily.
"There will be a huge lack of stored up business products to be brought out of the sea. The loss outweighs the gain!" As a stingy businessman, Qian Wan San had an even-if-I-die-I-won"t-change clinging, the clinging for the money.
Chu Xun picked his own ears as he softly spoke, "No problem, at that time you can borrow from zhen, will only take thirty percent small profit."
Your Majesty, for you not to do business, it"s really a waste of your talent.
It was said the moment Qian Wan San reached Qian mansion, he cried until unconscious in the toilet.
His manager approached and knocked the door while asked lightly, "Boss?"
"Little manager, let me have a peace alone."
"……" The manager didn"t say anything and really left.
Qian Wan San sobbed resentfully while he naturally talked to himself, "Your Majesty, you robbed my money, I will continue to hide your person. Humph!"
[1] This may change in the future depending on the later translation whether this is a country"s name or just a term. For now, I will a.s.sume it"s a country name since the other one feels wrong.
Translated by HaruOngy at Geniusly Plain (If you can see this line, you must have read this in the aggregator site which illegally steal various works. Be shameful of yourself for not appreciating the translator"s hard work. Don"t think only you want to have it the easy way. Support the fanbase and translator!)