Chapter 910: Chapter 35: Hmph! Emperor’s Heart Skill! As If Others Couldn’t Play It Too

Prince Anjun stared blankly at so many boxes of Gold Notes, feeling like he had lived half his life in vain.

It’s unclear how long it took.

Officials finally compiled the total accounts and presented them to Prince Anjun and Young Clan Leader Zong An.

Prince Anjun glanced at it and was almost shocked into fainting by the total amount of funds.

Six billion nine hundred million Qian Gold.

A full six billion nine hundred million Qian Gold!!

Logically, the annual revenue from pooled funds should be less than twenty million Qian Gold. However, among the noble families in Upper Capital City, many are deeply rooted. How could they be so stingy, paying year after year with such hassle?

The majority of noble families pay for ten years at once, with a few paying for fifty years at once.

For instance, the Gongye Family and Wang Family, both contributed exceptionally.

Furthermore, the Great Emperor himself hates hassle the most, investing one-tenth of the shares, paying for two hundred years directly in one go, accounting for about three billion three hundred million.

In his words, take the money and go to the Dara Desert to reclaim land, and don’t come back to exploit him.

Later, Old Yao privately revealed that His Majesty implied that, since he’s getting older, the money should just come out from the national treasury. Whether the treasury faces deficits or poverty in the future is none of his concern. If the treasury runs dry, let the succeeding Emperor’s Son figure something out...

In addition to feeling grateful, Prince Anjun found His Majesty’s words quite reasonable and gladly accepted them.

"Z-Zong’an," Prince Anjun gulped as he spoke, "that’s, that’s a lot of money. I’ve never seen so much money in my life. I truly feel like running off with it to enjoy life freely in the Cold Moon Immortal Dynasty."

Young Clan Leader Zong An felt dazed as well. While the Changning Wang Family was wealthy, their annual expenses were considerable.

Especially his father, Wang Shouzhe, who always felt extremely insecure and liked to stockpile a variety of trump cards, often investing heavily in research and development, which consumed a significant portion of funds.

Thus, in his lifetime, he naturally had never seen so much money at once.

However, he was, after all, the man who supervised the creation of the Qingluo Guard over decades, where the total cost was astronomical, making him somewhat calmer compared to Prince Anjun.

"Calm down, calm down." Zong An encouraged Prince Anjun, "Compared to the future total profits, this is just small change. This amount of money could only buy us two or three Divine Power Spirit Treasures. It’s not worth running off with."

Two or three Divine Power Spirit Treasures, merely?

Prince Anjun glanced at Zong An: "Young Clan Leader Zong An, I find you quite lofty now. You speak as if the Wang Family has many Divine Power Spirit Treasures. Currently, only Miss Liyao has one sword, right? That was bought by Celestial River Zhenren, who sold all he had and borrowed everywhere to purchase. This isn’t worth running off with?"

Divine Power Spirit Treasure?

Speaking of this, Zong An was speechless. Some time ago, he received news that his precious grandson, Wang Anye, casually broke a formation and acquired two Divine Power Spirit Treasures. One of the swords housed a residual soul of a late-stage Divine Power Realm old grandpa, undoubtedly making it more valuable than ordinary Divine Power Spirit Treasures.

It turned out that Zong An and Prince Anjun had been busy scheming and deceiving everywhere, even joining forces to mislead His Majesty, only to end up achieving what his grandson did seemingly by accident...

As the saying goes, comparing oneself to others can really be aggravating.

"It’s not worth running away, not worth running away." Zong An shook his head uncontrollably at this thought, feeling that six to seven billion Qian Gold wasn’t much.

With a grandson like Wang Anye at home, worth billions in gold.

A group of young and promising officials listened with their faces about to collapse.

Do these two big shots even take them seriously when they jest about running off with the money?

However, everyone knew the two big shots were joking. Once the Dara Desert reclamation project succeeded, this small amount of money would be trivial.

Some officials sternly criticized the big shots’ arrogance and sighed, saying: "We work hard for Qian Kingdom, accumulating resources, but it pales in comparison to Prince Kang’s casual embellishment of reputation. It’s puzzling why His Majesty chose to bestow the title."

"Alright, alright, everyone don’t speculate on royal intentions." Prince Anjun reassured the young and talented officials, "The first step of our grand plan has been successfully completed. Now, we must diligently ensure its continued success. As for the position of Emperor’s Son, naturally, we’ll strive for it if possible, but if not, we shall strengthen Qian Kingdom’s power to support more civilians."

Under Prince Anjun’s reassurance, the officials regained their morale and vigor.

...

Zhuozheng Pavilion.

Half-lying behind the desk, Emperor Longchang listened to Old Yao’s report on feedback from various aspects, his expression somewhat joking and playful.

"Hehe! Emperor’s Heart Skill, as if I’m not capable of playing Emperor’s Heart Skill." Emperor Longchang was somewhat smug, "The Struggle of Imperial Sons is not that simple. There’s no certain victory."

"Wu Chengsi, oh Wu Chengsi, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. The best learning doesn’t come from my reprimands, only the painful blows from enemies are the best nourishment for a man’s growth."

"If you can realize the true path of emperorship and understand that there’s much more for a Great Emperor to learn beyond the Emperor’s Heart Skill, it’s not too late. If you can’t grow, huh~~"

"And you, Wu Mingyuan, you stubborn mule, don’t think that just with a mere Dara Desert reclamation plan, you can completely reverse the situation. You’ve only just officially entered the game now. Emperor’s Heart Skill, hehe, you have much more to learn. But, in light of your filial piety, I secretly helped you not once, but twice, so you better seize those opportunities."