Chapter 312 [Exorbitant Profits]
Jiang Lili's words made the royal family members feel a little nervous.
If they don't do what they promised the children, the idiots at home will blow the roof off their heads! Literally! And they will torture them until they achieve their goal.
The royal family members' tone had almost turned to pleading at this point: "Goddess! The rules are that the dead are brought back to life. There must be another way!"
"How about giving food to these civilians and their families who are planning to visit the park, and asking them to come back in a few days?"
As a small country with immature commerce, Miguo did not have its own coinage system. Only gold and silver were in circulation. The current form of transactions on the market was barter, and food was equivalent to bargaining chips.
Xin Che's voice was cold: "Do you think the navy is short of food now that we have the goddess's protection?"
Xin Che's words made the nobles who relied on their wealth and willfulness choke.
"Is there no other way?"
Some people are already considering asking the kid to hand over the whistle.
The children were reluctant to hand over their whistles for this mysterious amusement park.
Just when everyone was anxious, Wen Qiao suddenly spoke up, "There is another way. Generally speaking, amusement parks open at 9:00 a.m. and close at 12:00 p.m. They are closed at night for rest and recuperation."
"You can come to the park at night and rent it out. If you rent it out, it will be just your children and no one else. However, it will cost us a lot of money to clean the site and maintain the facilities—"
"More money! We'll pay more!"
Before Wen Qiao finished speaking, Prince Heng excitedly shouted, "How much does it cost to rent the entire place?"
Wen Qiao said calmly, "Six hundred taels of gold."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this number, and then calculated it in their minds.
Probably, each household could contribute 20 taels of gold to cover the cost of booking the entire place, and paying a little to settle the matter was acceptable.
Prince Heng exchanged glances with everyone and said, "Six hundred taels is six hundred taels. We can accept it."
"We hope the angel of God can arrange it for us as soon as possible. Our children really can't wait."
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The next morning, the gold was gathered and presented to Wen Qiao.
At night, the amusement park was open to the children of the royal family and nobles.
The royal nobles wanted to go in with the children, but were politely refused on the grounds that the six hundred taels of gold only included tickets for about thirty children. If there were more people, more people would be needed to maintain order in the park.
The noble children dressed in gold and silver rushed into the park like a swarm of swarms, and ran around everywhere as if the door to a new world had been opened. There were so many things to do that it was not clear where to start.
"Castle, I want to go to the bouncy castle!"
"This car can actually run on its own. I want to ride in it!"
…
The convenience stores in the amusement park were surrounded by children.
The convenience store is not far from the entrance of the amusement park, so everyone went to the convenience store first.
The noble young masters were thinking about those novel gadgets that they would be able to experience later, and now they were eating snacks that they had never tasted before. That day, they saw other children eating with relish at the gate of the park, and they were so envious that they cried.
“How much did the spicy noodles they ate that day cost?”
Xin Jiajun, dressed as a stall owner, shouted the price expressionlessly: "One tael of silver per bag."
"Here you go! I want to buy 10 packs!"
The child smelled the spicy aroma that made his mouth water through the packaging bag and was almost crying with greed. He stretched out his hand with a jewel bracelet and stuffed a gold leaf into the stall owner's hand.
In ancient times, children this young generally had no idea about arithmetic, not to mention that they didn't like to learn.
Xin Jiajun looked at the gold leaf stuffed into his hand, silently put it into his purse, and packed ten bags of spicy strips for him.
Even Wen Qiao couldn't hold back his pretended calm expression when he saw these kids exchanging gold leaves for spicy strips. He was so happy in his heart. So this is what it means to be stupid and have a lot of money!
Lu Yuanqing was obviously still obsessed with the cotton candy he saw that day: "I want to eat clouds, I want to eat clouds!"
After walking around the amusement park for a long time, he finally found the cart selling cotton candy and asked, "How much are these clouds?"
The stall owner selling cotton candy happened to be Jiang Lili in disguise. After pretending to be a cold and aloof goddess for so many days, she couldn't hold it in any longer, so she came out to set up a stall and get some fresh air.
At this time, Jiang Lili was wearing a fox mask, a lantern-sleeved robe and lantern pants.
Hearing Lv Yuanqing call the cotton candy "clouds", Jiang Lili looked him up and down and said, "Exchange your emerald ring for it. You can eat as much as you want."
Lu Yuanqing looked at the emerald ring on his finger. This ring was a birthday gift from his father. Logically, it should be quite valuable. Lu Yuanqing scratched his head and asked, "Is it a bit too expensive?"
Jiang Lili's tone was serious when she heard this, and she said seriously, "Isn't it normal that clouds are expensive? It must be so difficult to pick them from the sky!"
"You can exchange a small ring on your hand for something in heaven. Isn't that a great bargain?"
After listening to Jiang Lili's words, Lu Yuanqing thought about it and felt that this was indeed the truth.
He took off the emerald ring on his hand. He had a whole box of rings and bracelets, and he couldn't wear them all. "Your ring is mine! I want to taste the white clouds first!"
Jiang Lili took the ring and put it in her pocket: "Okay, no problem!"
"How did you pick these clouds from the sky?"
Jiang Lili's dark brown eyes rolled around. While making marshmallows, she muttered nonsense in a serious voice, "Idiot! Just bring it down with a kite!"
"Kites can actually bring down clouds!"
Lu Yuanqing's eyes widened, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense! When a kite flies in the sky, it will always encounter clouds.
Wen Qiao, who was patrolling the park, passed by the cotton candy cart and overheard the conversation between Jiang Lili and Lü Yuanqing. He almost burst out laughing: "Lili, you're such a sly trickster! Your train of thought is truly remarkable. I admire you!"
@Jiang Lili: I'm not very talented, but I used to work part-time as a teacher at a daycare center, so I'm no problem coaxing children.
Lu Yuanqing looked at Jiang Lili's movements beside the cotton candy making machine with curiosity. "After you collect clouds with your kite, you hide them in this big bucket?"
"Yes, you are smarter than I thought." Jiang Lili praised him casually, making Lu Yuanqing puff out his chest proudly.
Jiang Lili held the wooden stick with the marshmallows hanging on it and said, "See this stick? This stick is not an ordinary stick. There is a spell on it that can suck out the clouds hidden in the bucket and prevent them from escaping."
“Wow, that’s amazing!”
Lu Yuanqing was puzzled again: "Then why can't I bring the clouds down from the sky when I fly a kite?"
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