Dragon's Origin

#493 - Masterpieces of the past (Part 2)

The Xue Tang Shuang and refined salt business of Baoqing Yu Tang spread all over the world. How could the people of Linglong Pavilion not know? These are things they eat every day. Even if they didn't know before, the forced seizure and stripping of Baoqing Yu Tang's Xue Tang Shuang and refined salt business by various principalities and the royal family some time ago is now known to all.

Did Wang Sheng figure out the method of making Xue Tang Shuang and refined salt? If someone else said this, a group of grandmasters wouldn't even need to open their mouths. A bunch of disciples and grandchildren would be able to spray this guy who talks nonsense into a dog.

But if this came from the mouth of the former young master of Baoqing Yu Tang, then it would be a different story. As for Mei'er's identity, Wang Sheng didn't even need to introduce her just now. How could Shopkeeper Chen not tell these grandmasters the details in advance?

Mei'er's identity is not ordinary. She is not only the former young master of Baoqing Yu Tang, but also the initiator and promoter of the Xue Tang Shuang and refined salt business. Adding these two together, what she says about these two things is the golden rule. If Mei'er says that Wang Sheng figured it out, then Wang Sheng figured it out.

"You figured it out? Why would you give it to Baoqing Yu Tang?" Grandmaster Lu couldn't believe his ears, but his heart told him that it was true. Even someone as incurious as him couldn't help but ask these two questions.

"I exchanged the method of making Xue Tang Shuang for a top-grade Naring," Wang Sheng didn't hide anything and told them about the exchange at the time.

"What else?" Tie Lao and the others listened from the side. Seeing Wang Sheng stop, Tie Lao immediately and subconsciously asked.

"Nothing else," Wang Sheng replied honestly.

"How is that possible?" Even though Tie Lao and the others had underestimated the value of their craftsmanship, they also knew how many gold coins the method of making Xue Tang Shuang had earned over the years. A Naring, even the top-grade one, couldn't be compared with the method of making Xue Tang Shuang! So many gold coins, how many top-grade Narings could you buy?

"Alas, poverty makes people short-sighted," Wang Sheng explained with a wry smile, "At that time, my cultivation was still not up to par, and a bunch of Worry-Free City assassins were going to hunt me down. I had to exchange it for something that could protect my life and property."

Thinking of Wang Sheng's down-and-out appearance at that time, Mei'er couldn't help but want to laugh. It was even more funny when Wang Sheng wanted to threaten Mei'er when his cultivation was not very good at that time. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to laugh, and her eyes were almost invisible from laughing.

The grandmasters looked at Mei'er's smiling face and knew how much she had contributed to it, and couldn't help but complain: "A loss, a big loss! What did you exchange for the refined salt?"

"A bunch of explanations about various Yuan Souls, including records of various rare Yuan Souls." Since Wang Sheng had already started talking about this matter, and it had been so long, Wang Sheng didn't care, and quickly told the content of the transaction at that time.

If it includes detailed records of various rare Yuan Souls, the value is not low in terms of information alone. However, compared with the huge profits that refined salt has made over the years, it is still a losing business, and a big losing business.

"If you have any good ideas in the future, don't take them to Baoqing Yu Tang or Yu Bao Zhai, come directly to Linglong Pavilion." Grandmaster Lu was anxious for Wang Sheng, this half-disciple, "Although Linglong Pavilion is not as big as them, it can still come up with millions or tens of millions of gold coins!"

"Yes!" A group of old men and women echoed, all feeling sorry for Wang Sheng. How much more than hundreds of millions of gold coins did Wang Sheng lose in these two businesses!

The only one who benefited was Mei'er, who was smiling like a little fox. Unfortunately, even Mei'er herself, isn't she now in a situation where she was almost kicked out of the house because of the huge profits brought by these two businesses?

"Didn't I come to ask you seniors for help?" Wang Sheng said with a smile, "I just have some ideas, but whether it will work or not, I still need you seniors to help verify it, right?"

Hearing Wang Sheng say this, everyone was stunned, and then suddenly overjoyed. Wang Sheng can even think of the methods of making Xue Tang Shuang and refined salt, so what is the improvement on pens, ink, paper, and inkstones? If a few grandmasters can really come out in these directions, then Linglong Pavilion's status will be greatly improved, even in the eyes of those scholars who have always looked down on craftsmen.

Just as an old lady inadvertently said this idea, Wang Sheng heard it and directly began to criticize: "What's the point of letting them think highly of us? In the future, the things produced here must make them remember the name of every manufacturer, and try their best to seek us out. Only then can we release one thing for them to compete for."

Everyone was stunned by Wang Sheng's statement. Can it be done to such an extent, to such a point? It's not that everyone doesn't have confidence in themselves. If it's weapons, or defensive equipment related to combat, the names of several people here are objects of worship for practitioners all over the world. But can pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, placed in front of those scholars who originally looked down on them, do this?

"More than that!" Wang Sheng thought about those collectors on Earth who collect top-quality cultural relics, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "What we have to do is not mass-produced things at all, but artistic treasures that can be passed down for thousands of years. Just take out one, and even after thousands of years, it will be the masterpiece of a master that people worship, and people can be proud to collect and own it!"

They are all craftsmen, all people who regard their craftsmanship as extremely precious and take pride in inheritance. Even though each of them is a grandmaster in their tens or hundreds of years old, who has experienced countless wind, frost, snow, rain, lightning, and thunder, and has life experience rich to the point of being beyond addition, after hearing Wang Sheng's words, they were still involuntarily agitated by Wang Sheng's teasing.

If they can really make a masterpiece that can be passed down for thousands of years, they would be willing to die! Don't look at Tie Lao and the others' reputations being thunderous outside, and how many people can't ask for their works, but how many weapons can be passed down for thousands of years? Weapons that can fight will probably be damaged in a few hundred years. Only a dagger like the one Wang Sheng found in the Thousand Tuyere Land has the opportunity to be passed down after being placed in a suitable environment for hundreds of years.

Now Wang Sheng actually said that he can make everyone's works be passed down for thousands of years, even if it is only for this reason, they have to help him make things. Not to mention that Wang Sheng has already said that he already has ideas, but he needs everyone to verify them. If the verification is really successful, the appearance of certain things will flow for hundreds of years along with their names. Are there still people who are not happy?

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"Okay, let's discuss what needs to be done, get everyone together, and start doing it these days!" Grandmaster Lu agreed to Wang Sheng's request on behalf of everyone.

As soon as these words came out, Mei'er's eyes suddenly shone with golden light. Qian Sheng Yuan will soon be making a lot of money every day.

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