Chapter 440: Striving to Achieve the KPI (Part 20) [Seeking Monthly Tickets]
"Really... fell from the sky???"
Shen Tang couldn't help but look up at the ceiling.
How exactly did it fall?
Could the world get any more unscientific?
"Is this gold-dropping random, or is there some trick to it? If we figured it out, wouldn't we be rich?"
Shen Tang made a small fortune recently, but after deducting the soldiers' rewards and expenses along the way, the profit wasn't as large as he had imagined, and the process also involved certain risks. Unlike this, where gold just falls from the sky.
She even had an urge to change careers.
Faced with Shen Tang's three questions, Jiang Sheng looked a little awkward and explained with a mix of amusement and helplessness, "Gold may fall from the sky, but it's not something you can have all the time. This kind of benefit depends on luck. After all, it's not easy to meet a 'money-spreading child.' If I hadn't made a friend by chance, I wouldn't have known that people like them existed in the world."
Shen Tangxing's eyes widened: "A money-scattering boy?"
Suddenly it switched to the mythology channel?
Jiang Sheng laughed and said, "Ahem, 'Spending Money Child' is just a nickname. There are countless literary minds and scholars in the world, each with its own characteristics. Most literary minds and scholars are 'conformist' and more or less the same, but a small group of people are a bit different."
Strictly speaking, all the "demons and monsters" around their lord can be categorized as "a small group".
Their abilities are incredibly diverse.
Everything is fine, except it's a bit too much for the lord.
He continued, "Take my friend Sheng as an example. His literary talent, literary skills, and even the way of the scholar are all inseparable from one external thing—gold and silver. This is the reason why 'a thousand pieces of gold can be spent and then returned.' Normally, the literary energy in his dantian is very thin, and he can only use some useless little spells. But if he has plenty of gold and silver, let alone Sheng alone, even if you tie up Qi Yuanliang, Wu Hui, Ji Shou, and Wang Chao, they might not be his match. If we use the martial arts level as an analogy, he can surpass the twentieth-rank Marquis."
Shen Tang: "???"
She struggled to process the news: "To surpass the twentieth rank of Marquis is equivalent to surpassing the limit of a literary scholar... How much gold and silver would that require? Does Xian Deng know the approximate amount?" This is practically a walking weapon of mass destruction, and Shen Tang was somewhat tempted.
Jiang Sheng said, "Let's burn down the national treasury."
Shen Tang: "...How large is the national treasury???"
Jiang Sheng saw through Shen Tang's thoughts and chuckled as he extinguished his lord's idea, saying, "I haven't mentioned that, but it's definitely not the national treasury of a country like Geng or Xin. It must be something that dominates the entire Northwest Continent."
Shen Tang: "..."
A nation that dominates the entire northwestern continent...
Isn't that equivalent to a quarter of the continent's land area? Burning through the national treasury like that isn't just a money-shredding machine or a gold-devouring beast; it's a reincarnation of a gluttonous beast, capable of swallowing mountains and rivers in one breath. Who could afford to support that?
She asked again, "Then, what about the gold and silver that were burned..."
Jiang Sheng pointed to the triangular gold fragments in Shen Tang's hand and said, "Look, the gold and silver that are squandered will be scattered like this, at some unknown time and place, into this shape, and hit which lucky person favored by the 'splurging money boy'."
Shen Tang: "..."
In layman's terms—
Is this the kind of useless ability where you can become a whale (high-spending player) and dominate the battlefield if you have money, but are completely useless and bullied if you don't? That's too much of a drain on your wallet! She ruthlessly nipped the budding idea in the bud; this god-like ability is only for the rich.
As a poor person, she doesn't deserve it.
Gu Chi couldn't help but chuckle, while Jiang Sheng continued to "educate" his eccentric friend: "Of course, that's an extremely extreme case, and it usually doesn't cost that much. If you don't go to the battlefield, the literary energy stored in the Danfu is enough for government affairs. If you do go to the battlefield, maintaining Qi Yuanliang's level would only cost a few dozen or a hundred taels of gold... Speaking of which, our lord has also fought against him."
"You've fought before? When?"
A battle could burn through tens or even hundreds of taels of gold, yet Jiang Sheng described it as "just a pittance." It's unclear whether he truly "treats money like dirt" or is simply displaying a blatant Versailles-like mentality. As for Jiang Sheng's claim of having fought before… she had absolutely no recollection of it.
"That mysterious scholar who assisted the refugee army when Luxia County rushed to their aid was him." It was because he knew this friend that Jiang Sheng took action back then, allowing the refugee army to retreat smoothly.
Otherwise, if they keep fighting, the outcome is really hard to predict.
The scholar on the other side is throwing money around.
Jiang Sheng didn't know how much money this guy had carried to the battlefield, but judging from the other party's arrogant demeanor, it must have been a lot.
Shen Tang: "..."
That was close! I almost messed with a pay-to-win cheater.
No, no, Shen Tang comforted himself—no matter how rich this guy is, he'll run out of money eventually! As long as the master he's attached to isn't a super tycoon, he has nothing to worry about.
She said, "That ability is truly enviable."
Jiang Sheng chuckled: "Envious? Not necessarily. He's suffered greatly from it all these years. No matter how talented he is, he needs an opportunity to showcase his abilities. Without that opportunity, who would be willing to entrust him with important responsibilities? Because of this, he was unsuccessful in his youth, lived a destitute life in his early adulthood, and even in middle age, he still relies on the support of relatives and friends. He truly dreams of perfecting the way of the scholar. However, the way of the scholar is not so easily perfected..."
In the end, he sighed.
The path of the scholar is perfect... It's so difficult, so very difficult.
Speaking of this, he wanted to strangle Qi Yuanliang again!
If it weren't for this fellow's meddling, I would have already perfected the way of the scholar, and would be free to fly wherever I want, to realize my ambitions wherever I want, instead of being trapped in Luxia County for so many years.
However, with his lord present, he couldn't openly express his resentment; he could only harbor a few more sycophantic thoughts in his heart.
Oh, right—
Jiang Sheng suddenly remembered something.
He said, "Speaking of which, he also has a grudge against Qi Yuanliang."
Shen Tang's expression instantly turned awkward.
"No...why does everyone seem to have a grudge against Yuanliang?"
Shen Tang felt a little numb.
Qi Shan has an unusually high density of enemies, doesn't she?
They treat everyone as brothers, but to him, it's like everyone is an enemy? Living to this age is truly a matter of luck. But for the sake of his subordinates, Shen Tang still went to the trouble of asking Qi Shan about how he became enemies with the big spender.
I don't seek more friends, I only seek fewer enemies.
"I didn't know much about that. It was just that one time we were drinking, we both got a little tipsy, and in our drunken state we started talking about our enemies, and we unexpectedly discovered it was the same person. But from what we said, it seems that Qi Yuanliang was talking about what happened to his only son..."
Shen Tang's scalp tingled: "You killed their only son?"
Jiang Sheng shook his head: "It shouldn't be."
But judging from the way that friend seemed to want to tear Qi Shan to pieces, the grudge couldn't be any less...
Shen Tang: "..."
His face was almost contorted with worry as he secretly grumbled that if he were to unfortunately encounter this big spender in the future, he would avoid him if possible, and if he couldn't avoid him—then he would just kill him.
Gu Chi's facial features were also contorted.
It's sour.
Jiang Sheng suddenly remembered something and said worriedly, "My lord, I'm worried... this person might be with the Ten Crows. Because the scattered gold, silver and other worldly possessions are most likely within the vicinity of the sorcerer... Could it be that he has pledged allegiance to one of the Ten Crows nobles?"
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Sigh, I've gone over time...
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I'd like to ask experienced mothers for advice: around 14 to 15 weeks, does the area below the belly button sometimes feel swollen?
(End of this chapter)
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