Screams echoed from within the palace.
All the palace guards and eunuchs were dragged out.
Only a few palace maids remained in the palace, trembling with fear.
After an incense stick had burned, all the palace maids gathered in front of Jiang Tian.
Jiang Tian pointed to the palace guards and eunuchs who were being dragged out.
"Listen up, all you palace maids! I could have had you all dragged out and beheaded with just a single order."
But I am always compassionate.
The palace maids knelt there, trembling all over.
Screams echoed from outside.
These palace maids all knew that if Jiang Tian wanted to, they would all lose their heads.
"If you stay here, you'd better serve me wholeheartedly. Otherwise, they'll be your role models. Do you all understand?"
The palace maids knelt there tremblingly, nodding repeatedly.
"Alright, go do your own thing." Jiang Tian waved to them.
The palace maids then trembled as they got up from the ground.
Early the next morning.
Several carriages carried Shangguan Wan'er and the court ladies behind her into the palace.
Jiang Tian took Shangguan Wan'er's hand and headed straight for the palace's back garden.
The palace's back garden is beautiful and lush.
Every now and then, a bird's song could be heard from the woods.
The two held hands and rowed a boat on the lake.
The palace maids only dared to watch from afar.
“Wan’er,” Jiang Tian pointed to the palace, “when our child is born, he will sit as the king of Japan.”
And you have the ability to handle state affairs.
I have entrusted the main affairs of Japan to Hu Zongxian.
Hu Zongxian will definitely do his best to assist our son.
When our son grows up, he will become the emperor.
Shangguan Wan'er looked excited.
The little girl nestled gently in Jiang Tian's arms: "Brother, you have no idea how happy I am. But what if I give birth to a daughter for you?"
"Then I'll endure the hardship a few more times until I give birth to a boy." Shangguan Wan'er was filled with happiness, and the little girl nodded.
"Brother, I have good news for you," Shangguan Wan'er said, raising her head and gazing at Jiang Tian with affection.
"I have already been told by Physician Li that I am pregnant."
"With Physician Li's abilities, he can tell whether it's a boy or a girl," Jiang Tian said excitedly.
Shangguan Wan'er lowered her head: "Physician Li said that it will take three months to tell whether it is a boy or a girl. After three months, we will naturally know."
Jiang Tian gently rowed the small boat towards the center of the lake.
…………
Five days later.
Kyoto is no longer as turbulent as it once was.
The city's inhabitants have been almost completely wiped out.
Each of those bounty hunters had several truckloads of scalps loaded with them.
Meanwhile, the Jinyiwei (Imperial Guard) had already established its garrisons in the capital.
These bounty hunters lined up and arrived at the Imperial Guard headquarters in Kyoto.
Dozens of tables were still placed outside the Jinyiwei's garrison.
Behind each table sat two Imperial Guards.
One person was responsible for counting the scalp drops, and the other was responsible for distributing the money.
"Sir, I have more than 2,000 scalp patches here."
"Sir, I have more than 10,000 points. My whole family worked together, and in the past few days, we have wiped out 300,000 people in the city."
"Sir, we've fought our way here. We've basically wiped out all the people in the countryside. Now, there aren't many left in the city either."
"Sir, we feel that business is getting harder and harder. We want to exchange all this silver to buy some land, shoes, and houses back home."
The bounty hunters were all beaming with joy.
In their view, all they needed to do this time was exchange all the silver.
That would be enough for them to eat for a lifetime or even several lifetimes.
Shen Lian sat in a grand chair, holding a teapot in his hand, and sipped his tea with a smile.
The bounty hunters knelt respectfully before Shen Lian and his group.
Shen Lian remained calm and composed: "Our lord said that he thinks you people have worked hard enough, and for your sake, he has come up with another good idea."
The bounty hunters knelt there, straightening their backs and tilting their heads to listen intently.
"As long as you deposit your silver with us, we will give you 10% interest every year."
The Japanese looked at each other, completely unaware of what this meant.
Shen Lian gave a wink to his Jinyiwei guards.
The Imperial Guard stepped forward quickly.
"For example, if you have one million taels of silver, as long as you put it in our Embroidered Uniform Guard, you will have one million one hundred thousand taels of silver after one year."
"If you continue to keep this 1.1 million taels of silver in our garrison."
In another year, you will have 1.21 million taels of silver.
If you don't take this silver out, by the third year you will have more than 1.3 million taels of silver.
Our Lord Shen has done the math for you; the silver you deposit in our garrison will double every six or seven years.
"The more you deposit, the more interest you will earn."
“If I were you, I would have a million taels of silver. I would deposit it in the garrison and take out fifty or sixty taels of silver every year, which would be enough for my family to eat and drink.”
The remaining silver can be kept in a profitable position.
Why not do something so incredibly profitable?
This is how the Embroidered Uniform Guard explained it.
These people immediately understood.
"Such a good thing exists in the world?"
“These scalps of mine are worth more than 2 million taels of silver. Keeping them here for a year will earn me an extra 200,000 taels of silver.”
"This is really great news. It doubles in seven years. I will live for at least several more seven-year periods in my life, which means that my money will multiply several times over."
A bounty hunter knelt on the ground with a smile and crawled up to Shen Lian: "Lord Shen, if all of my scalps were redeemed, they would be worth three million taels of silver. Calculate for me how much I will have in 50 years."
Shen Lian spread out his five fingers without hesitation.
"Sir, how much is this? Is it only 5 million taels?" The Japanese samurai was immediately disappointed.
Shen Lian slapped him across the face: "Fifty years from now, your three million taels of silver will be worth at least fifty million taels of silver."
Fifty million taels of silver, do you understand?
The samurai nearly went mad with joy upon hearing this.
They had never earned so much silver or so much money in their entire lives; they never even dared to dream of it.
"This 50 million taels of silver is just a conservative estimate; I estimate it will be more in the future."
Everyone present nearly went crazy with laughter upon hearing this.
"Sir, I'll deposit the money with your Embroidered Uniform Guard. I don't want a single penny. I just want to come back and collect it in 50 years."
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