Chapter 261 Entering the Palace to Borrow Some Money
It has been three days since the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince came to visit Long Jiu. If you live a leisurely life, the situation of these three days will be just a blink of an eye. But if you have something to hold it in your heart, the three days will be as difficult as being in the deepest part of hell.
"Young Master Jiu, the 100,000 gold coins I got from the Wang Family Courtyard are almost exhausted. Recently, several projects have been forced to temporarily suspend work. Many residents in Lanling City have begun to make various speculations. If there are no more gold coins to continue the construction of Lanling City, I am afraid..."
In a somewhat simple little house, Sanbao stood in front of Long Jiu with an anxious look on his face, whispering the latest progress of the city reconstruction. With the use of 100,000 gold coins, the reconstruction facilities in Lanling City have reached the verge of being forced to shut down. The purchase and transportation of various materials require the support of gold coins, but now, there are only a hundred gold coins left in Long Jiu's pocket! For ordinary people, a hundred gold coins may be able to live a comfortable life for most of their lives, but if they want to rebuild a whole city, they can only buy a few stones for this little money...
"Damn it! Could it be that my dignified Young Master Long Jiu will be frustrated because of money? Grandma, how can the protagonists in those novels always have gold and silver? I have such awesome identity, but I can't even rebuild a broken city..."
Long Jiu, who also felt unconfidence, couldn't help but talk to himself a little depressedly. Of course, Sanbao was a little confused when he heard these words.
"Squeak--"
As the door opened, the Ninth Princess and the Second Princess appeared in the house with Bai Yuhan and Fni. This was also the entire crowd of people who came to Lanling City with Long Jiu. However, at this moment, the originally stunning faces were filled with sadness.
"Long Jiu, now I don't have time to continue hesitating. If you don't want to make people panic, you must make a quick decision! Or you go to the Long Family Courtyard to withdraw money, or my second sister and I go back to the palace to ask for money from my father!"
"Haha-Is there only one way... I said, are we all a little failed? I am the Ninth Master of the Long family, and you are the two princesses at least. You will have a day to worry about money. Grandma, it's really bad luck!"
"Jiulang, don't complain. You have just walked out of Dragon Hunting City, so it's normal for you to have no money. We don't help supervise the Minister of Finance like the third sister. We hold a lot of gold and diamond coins in our hands, and now we can only..."
Before the gentle second princess finished her sentence, Long Jiu in front of her seemed to hear some excited news. She raised her head excitedly and looked at her with bright eyes. She grabbed her shoulders and said anxiously: "What did you say? Xia'er, say what you just now!"
"Hey--you don't care about your second sister at all! You will hurt her like this!"
Before the second princess was surprised, the ninth princess next to him could no longer bear it. Long Jiu was taking a slightly rude movement and quickly "save" the second princess from him to protect him. As for whether he was afraid that Long Jiu would hurt his second sister, or something else, only she knew it in her heart...
"Hehe, I'm excited for a moment! I'm excited for a moment! Hao Xia'er, what did you just say? Your third sister is responsible for supervising the finances, that is, she has the power to draw large amounts of gold coins or even diamond coins at any time? That's right?"
Looking at Long Jiu's excited expression, the second princess nodded subconsciously in surprise and said softly: "Yes, because the third sister is weak, her father has never allowed her to go out, and she cannot practice fighting spirit or magic. So in order not to let her stay in the palace all day, the father broke up and asked her to help supervise financial management. Because of her identity, the power of the several finance ministers is not as great as her. It is just a word to draw millions of gold coins, but she..."
"Hehehe-so there is such a thing! You should have told me earlier! If this is the case, things will be much easier... If we had known this, we would not have risked going to the Wang Family House to steal money! It would be a pity if we didn't use such a big mountain of gold!"
"Long Jiu, you won't be thinking of my third sister, right? She is the hardest of all our sisters to talk to. She lives in the palace all year round. Even if there is no such thing as the third prince, her mentality is quite depressed. Sometimes it takes a lot of verbal talk to her when we ask for gold coins, let alone you go. Now she is in a low mood and I'm afraid she won't give you a good face. If the father finds out, we will still want us to plead for mercy in the end!"
The Ninth Princess of course understood what the smile on Long Jiu's mouth meant, and couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on him. After being accidentally taken advantage of by a man three days ago, she did not give this future husband any good face in these three days, but her occasionally slightly red cheeks still revealed her true heart...
"Hahaha--you will certainly be different from this young master! Without the help of this young master, how could she see clearly the true face of your third prince! Look, you are here waiting for a lot of gold coins to be sent here! Three treasures, let's continue to do all the projects, and all the projects are resting for ten days, which means that I am polite to the people and give them a vacation! Ten days later, all the projects will start! At that time, the gold coins should be shipped..."
Long Jiu had an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, gently patted Sanbao's shoulder, and then blinked his eyes at the four women in front of him. Then his figure flashed and he had already rushed towards the distance!
"Hey - Long Jiu! Don't be impulsive! Even if you want to ask your third sister for help, at least you have to..."
The second princess grabbed Jiu Mei who was still trying to shout, shook her head with a smile, stared at the man's disappearing back as he whispered: "Let him go, this man is able to create a miracle that we could not imagine. He never did something he was unsure, right?"
Almost three days later, with Long Jiu's strength at this time, he traveled for three days and three nights almost day and night, and finally returned from Lanling City, which was almost the border to the most prosperous imperial city of the Dragon Empire. This was the fourth time that Long Jiu had entered this bustling and noisy city. However, unlike the previous few times, this time when he came to the imperial city, Long Jiu had to hide his identity well.
Because of the previous experiences, Long Jiu is the most familiar with this city. Looking at the magnificent palaces in the distance, even if you close your eyes, you can find the right direction to your destination. However, for Long Jiu, the only thing that is troublesome is that in this city, his face does not seem so strange, so he has to make some disguise for himself and wear a certain magic hat exclusive to the magician, which does not attract the attention of those who are interested.
"That woman is in charge of the imperial finance. I didn't know such important news for such a whole month. It seems that there is still some lack of news! Humph, I took the initiative to explain it honestly. It seems that I must punish you well this time..."
While walking towards the direction where the palace was, Long Jiu was already thinking about it. During the time he was wanted, he hid in the third princess' room all day and didn't go out, but he didn't know that the third princess had the news of the court's financial expenses. When he thought of the woman's charming and mature body and the look that she would taste from time to time, Long Jiu, who had never tasted the woman's taste for a long time, couldn't help but act cleverly. It took a lot of effort to calm himself down. If he became a little impulsive on this street, it would be embarrassing!
It was finally time for the night to come. Because entering the palace this time was not an open and honest matter, Long Jiu could only use the cover of the night to secretly approach the master's palace. However, just as he reached more than 500 meters away from the palace, Long Jiu could not take any steps, because he could clearly feel how strict the handle of the palace was at this moment. Even the imperial guards patrolling outside were all masters with strength in the two-digital-digital-digital-level masters!
"Grandma, it turns out that such things happened one after another. The old emperor was also a little scared. The guards in the palace had to be doubled! What should I do? With my master's ability, there may not be much problem. But if you want to hide from so many masters and sneak into the bedroom, then... damn it!"
He looked at the brightly lit palace in the distance with some surprise and helplessness. Long Jiu's ability was just a fleeting journey, but even if he took a step forward, he might be noticed by countless masters scattered in the palace. If he wanted to secretly borrow money from the third princess, it would be a dream! Thinking of this, Long Jiu was also a little confused for a while.
Chapter completed!