Chapter 1005: The Kingdom of Money



When Fang Zheng and his companions stepped onto the flat ground again, they almost had the illusion that they were in another world and had escaped death.

“I thought I was going to die…”

Hu Tao shook her head. She had done basically nothing along the way, but she was almost paralyzed.

"To be honest, I have really thought about how I would escape if I were to sink into the sea..."

After hearing Hu Tao's words, Fang Zheng didn't say much. She just turned her head and silently glanced at the tattered ship behind her.

That’s right, full of holes.

The ship is now almost completely different from what it was when it set out. Above the waterline, everything is in tatters, and even below the waterline it is nailed shut with various wooden boards. Two masts are broken, and there is a big hole blown out of the stern by a cannonball, so much so that when they first arrived here, the people at the dock thought it was a ghost ship!

"I didn't expect that I would encounter so many troubles when I went out to sea."

Even Kuang San, who was usually calm and composed, looked incredulous at this moment.

"Storms, pirates, whirlpools, seaspouts, communities of murlocs...what else have we not encountered?"

"Sea monster, right? We are lucky we didn't encounter any."

Fang Zheng is not sure whether they are just lucky. After all this time, Fang Zheng's understanding of "good luck" has dropped to a very low level.

"Tell me...how did she survive until now?"

Looking at Katie, who was still in a daze and following Kurumi, Kurumi began to think about this problem seriously for a rare time.

"I'm not saying anything more than that. The ones we encountered at sea before were enough to kill her ten times."

“Because we are here.”

Fang Zheng was not surprised. In fact, she knew exactly what was going on.

"You see, Katie has been unlucky several times along the way, but she managed to escape each time because of us. Since she has never succeeded, the accumulated 'bad luck' has become stronger and stronger..."

Having said that, Fang Zheng stretched out his hand and made a pressing gesture.

"Just like a spring, the more we push it down, the stronger the rebound force will be... Kuang San, you'd better stay with Katie during this period. Let me see what happens next..."

However, before Fang Zheng finished speaking, he heard a "crack" sound, and the next moment the wooden board Katie was standing on suddenly broke, and the little girl fell down with only a scream. Fortunately, Walnut next to her was quick and grabbed Katie. Otherwise... who knows what would have happened.

The real-life version of Death is coming...

"Mr. Fang Zheng, can I knock her out and put her in my shadow?"

Kuang San silently watched Kurumi pull Katie up, then silently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and put forward her own suggestions. In Kuang San's opinion, it was too dangerous to let Katie walk alone on the street.

"It depends."

Fang Zheng didn't know how to answer, so he could only casually say that he would let Kuang San decide for herself.

In the end, Kuang San did not attack Katie, because she was not sure whether she would kill her with this blow. Logically speaking, Kuang San had a lot of practical experience and would not make such a mistake. But Katie was in bad luck. According to Fang Zheng, Katie was in a state where it was not surprising that she would choke to death when drinking water, choke to death when eating, or fall to death when walking. They could still take care of her by watching from the side, but if they threw Katie into Kuang San's shadow, no one knew what would happen.

So Kuang San gave up this idea and turned to help Katie with the delivery procedures of the goods.

Although the pirates' shells "coincidentally" hit the cargo hold and destroyed most of the goods in the cargo hold, fortunately, just in case, Katie's goods were stuffed into her own shadow by Kuang San, so there was no loss. It was a blessing in disguise.

Then, after going through the usual troubles of unsuccessful formalities, not being able to find the truck, and not having the customs officer stamp and sign, everyone finally left the dock and "successfully" entered the City of Silver.

Frankly speaking, the first impression that Silver City left on people was not a good one.

To be honest, this place is more like an enlarged version of the neon districts with bright lights and nightlife. You can see colorful lanterns everywhere, as well as various doors painted with gold foil. Although the roads here are wide, people walking on the street are dressed like nouveau riche. Many of them wear big gold bracelets on their hands, big gold chains around their necks, and big gold rings on their fingers. It looks dazzlingly golden.

To describe it in eight words is... bright lights, wine and women, a life of decadence and extravagance.

This is a world where status is measured entirely by wealth.

Smelling the pungent aroma in the air and listening to the noise around them, everyone frowned. This was not the environment they liked.

"Next, we just need to deliver these goods to the Chamber of Commerce, and the commission will be completed."

After loading the car, Katie breathed a sigh of relief and spoke in a low voice to Fang Zheng, Hu Tao and others.

"Thank you..."

"You're welcome... Well, let's just deliver the goods first."

Hearing Katie's thanks, Fang Zheng opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but still said nothing. With Katie's luck, being able to hold on until now was already the limit. He didn't think that the rain would stop and the sun would rise. In contrast, there might be more problems.

As it turned out, Fang Zheng's guess was correct.

On the way from the dock to the destination, they first encountered a crazy carriage, which almost hit the truck. Then the truck itself fell apart for some unknown reason. Fang Zheng had no choice but to let Kuang San put all the goods in the shadow and wait until they reached the destination...

"The manager has gone home."

Standing outside the gate, the bodyguard with a face full of flesh looked coldly at Katie, Fang Zheng and others in front of him with disdain.

"We won't be accepting deliveries these days!"

"But, but we have delivered the goods, you should have signed the order..."

"That's none of my business..."

Listening to the argument between Katie and the bodyguard, Fang Zheng shook his head silently, then turned around and winked at Kuang San.

Kuang San understood it immediately.

Five minutes later, the Chamber of Commerce boss who was controlled by "Pojun Songstress" came down obediently to sign the bill of lading and paid the remaining payment.

Only then did this journey full of hardships and difficulties finally come to an end for everyone.

"Thank you so much."

Katie was relieved to receive the payment. She handed the agreed payment to Walnut and thanked him in a low voice. Walnut took the payment with a smile and waved to Katie.

"It's nothing, just a little help..."

"No, thank you so much!"

But this time, before Walnut could finish her words, Katie interrupted her. She stretched out her hand, held Walnut's hand tightly, and looked at her.

"In fact, this is not the first time. Every time I do something, it doesn't go well. I always fail... Everyone... No one wants to work with me..."

At this point, Katie lowered her head dejectedly, while Fang Zheng, Kurumi and Kuang San looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

I should say to comfort her “You’re not that unlucky”…I feel like I can’t say that against my conscience.

Because I was really unlucky along the way.

If Fang Zheng had previously wondered why Katie, as the eldest daughter of the Chamber of Commerce, did not even have half a guard by her side, now he finally understood the reason - obviously, Katie's guards had long been frightened by the bad luck of this eldest daughter.

Frankly speaking, if Fang Zheng and Kuang San weren't as strong as him, he would have died along the way!

"Let's take you home. Don't be so dejected. You finally finished it. You should be happy!"

If Fang Zheng and Kuang San were fighting against bad luck, then Hu Tao was giving Katie psychological counseling. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, she clapped her hands and changed the subject. When Katie heard Hu Tao's words, she raised her head and smiled.

"Yes, I finally succeeded in completing it. I should let my father see it... I finally succeeded!"

After that, Katie rented a carriage and drove towards the Holy Silver Chamber of Commerce.

To everyone's surprise, when getting on the carriage, everyone was prepared for some trouble to happen again, but until the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Holy Silver Chamber of Commerce, no problems were encountered.

The journey was so smooth that it made me question my life.

“Father, Father!!”

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce, before the carriage had even stopped, Katie happily jumped off the carriage and ran into the Chamber of Commerce. Fang Zheng and the others followed Katie into the Saint Silver Chamber of Commerce.

The scale of the Holy Silver Chamber of Commerce was not small, it could even be said to be large. At the counter, many merchants and counter staff were settling accounts and discussing transactions. When Fang Zheng and others walked into the Chamber of Commerce, they saw Katie trotting to the counter in front of a serious-looking, tall and thin man wearing single-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses.

"Katie?"

Seeing Katie, the man wearing single-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses frowned.

"You're back? How's this business going?"

"Yes, father, I have completed this business. Look, the other party has already signed for the delivery order!"

As she spoke, Katie happily took out the shopping list from her arms and handed it over.

But what was unexpected was that when her father heard Katie's words, his face suddenly turned pale.

"What? You completed it successfully?!"

As he said this, Fang Zheng suddenly discovered that the originally bustling hall suddenly became dead silent.


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