Dragon's Origin

Chapter 249: Taking Over the Marquis Estate (Part 1)

Wang Sheng didn't even spend a day in the Marquis estate before hundreds of wronged souls appeared at the entrance. It was unclear whether the Emperor was briefing Wang Sheng or trying to annoy him.

However, Wang Sheng didn't care. Sleeping among corpses was commonplace on the battlefield, so why fear people dying at the entrance? What a joke! He watched the execution with the female boss until the team withdrew and the bodies were taken away. Only then, under the guidance of the eunuch in charge, did he enter the Marquis estate.

Upon entering the estate, there were several consecutive halls, followed by a massive white screen wall with no writing or patterns on it, appearing somewhat monotonous.

Turning past the screen wall revealed a huge front yard, a wide Gong-shaped hall, a reception hall, and side courtyards for servants' quarters. Further back were the central courtyard, main hall, back garden, and gardens. There were at least five layers of courtyards from front to back, and no less than ten side courtyards on the left and right. In the huge courtyard, there was also a sizable lotus pond, various ancient trees, pavilions, and terraces, leaving Wang Sheng and the female boss utterly stunned.

The female boss was considered worldly, but even she was astonished by such an exquisite and luxurious courtyard. Not to mention anything else, the pillars used for the pavilions alone were finely carved from precious wood at least hundreds of years old, let alone the smooth jade stones laid on the ground. The carved beams and painted rafters were all master-level works.

This was just in the courtyard; the furnishings inside the houses were beyond description. The furniture in any servant's room could be sold for an ordinary middle-class family's expenses for a year.

The royal family was indeed the royal family. Over the years, to paralyze the various families, they could only try to show off their wealth and extravagant lifestyle. The accumulation of hundreds of years of wealth was truly admirable. Only such a place could be considered a true aristocratic residence.

In comparison, Song Yan's manor was simply a cowshed, as crude as could be. Wang Sheng even wondered if living here for too long would diminish his desire to explore the Thousand Absolutes Land.

No wonder the Seventh Prince and those important officials' children wanted to seize this Marquis estate. Just seeing a circle of ordinary furnishings had already left Wang Sheng, who thought he was quite wealthy, dumbfounded. This was just the estate itself, not counting the various treasures bestowed by the Emperor.

During the tour, Wang Sheng even wondered, how could the Emperor still be thinking of seizing the salt and sugar profits when he was already so extravagant? Could it be that Wang Sheng had underestimated the income of Baoqing Yu Tang?

This could only be asked of the female boss when he had time. She was the first to start this business and had the most say. As for now, as Wang Sheng had told Uncle Liu and the others before, he had to bring Uncle Liu and the others over first and have them help him calculate how much money the Emperor had bestowed upon him!

After giving a command to the eunuch in charge, the eunuch immediately eagerly sent someone to the inn to pick up Uncle Liu and the others. As for himself, he carefully stayed by Wang Sheng's side, listening to the Marquis's instructions. He had left a bad impression on the Marquis yesterday, so the eunuch in charge had to make the Marquis comfortable.

When entering, Wang Sheng had asked, and the eunuch in charge's surname was Wang, the same as Wang Sheng's. Seeing that he was in his forties or fifties, Wang Sheng casually called him Uncle Wang, almost scaring the eunuch to death. Whether it was the potentially ambiguous "uncle of the Prince" or the Marquis treating him as an elder, both were fatal. The eunuch knelt on the ground begging for a long time before Wang Sheng reluctantly changed his address to Old Wang.

After seeing the outside, Old Wang led Wang Sheng and the female boss to visit the rooms one by one. Of course, only the living room, the main hall, and the Marquis's resting place. Surely the Marquis wouldn't want to go into the kitchen?

"This is the Marquis and Madam's bedroom." After looking at each one, they finally arrived at the bedroom. It had to be said that the Marquis's standards were high. One bedroom was comparable to Wang Sheng's large dormitory for a class, with over two hundred square meters. The huge wooden bed looked high-end.

However, when Old Wang mentioned that this was the Marquis and Madam's bedroom, the female boss blushed instantly, realizing that her being with Wang Sheng seemed to have caused many people to misunderstand. But she couldn't explain it to these people and could only endure her shyness as she followed Wang Sheng all the way.

But as Old Wang called her Madam more and more, the female boss seemed to have accepted the title, and there seemed to be a hint of joy in her heart. Sometimes, when looking at Wang Sheng from behind, her eyes were always watery.

Finally, back in the main hall, Wang Sheng and the female boss sat in the main seats, and Old Wang gathered all the servants in the courtyard for the Marquis and Madam to see.

The huge Marquis estate had no less than two hundred maids and servants. What left Wang Sheng speechless was that there were more than a dozen cooks and servants in the kitchen alone, and seven or eight people just to take care of the horses. This made Wang Sheng, who had never enjoyed this level of wealth, extremely speechless.

At this time, the female boss's extraordinary qualities were revealed. Wang Sheng was stunned and didn't say much, but the female boss, as the mistress, gave a very appropriate speech and then let them go about their business.

Twenty uniformly young and beautiful maids were left on the scene. These were responsible for serving the Marquis and Madam closely in the inner residence. Wang Sheng was not used to this scene, but the female boss handled it with ease. After a few words of instruction, she divided the women into several shifts and then had them take turns following Wang Sheng and the female boss, ready to take orders at any time.

From such a simple scene, Old Wang could already see that Wang Sheng was still in the state of a barbaric cultivator and had not fully entered the role of Marquis. On the other hand, the Madam was not simple, and it was clear that she came from a wealthy family. Her behavior was generous, and the questions or instructions she casually asked could reveal her competence.

After Wang Sheng and the female boss finished their tour, Uncle Liu and the others were quickly picked up and brought to the Marquis estate, all of them stunned. Who could believe that a killer from Worry-Free City would become a Marquis personally appointed by the Emperor in the blink of an eye? Yesterday, they were still drinking together, and today he had become a Marquis?

"Old Wang is the manager of the Marquis estate. Uncle Liu is the future chief manager of my business. Uncle Liu, you can discuss any big or small matters with Old Wang in the future." Wang Sheng introduced Uncle Liu and Old Wang to each other, but when it came to the female boss, Wang Sheng thought for a moment and didn't say anything. If they misunderstood her as the Marquis's wife, then let them misunderstand. This would allow the female boss and them to live more comfortably in the Marquis estate.

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Old Wang and Wang Guanshi quickly left, joining hands and not knowing where they went to drink and build relationships. These two were clearly one for internal affairs and one for external affairs, with no competition between them, and they were believed to be able to get along well.