Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Sun Jinyi carefully followed behind this mysterious person who called himself ‘Ling Ping'an'.

But he didn't dare to be too reserved.

This was a very simple principle.

One would be courting death if one disturbed the game of another person, especially when the person was an elder.

Therefore, Sun Jinyi could only maintain his politeness throughout the process.

This made him feel as if he was walking on a tightrope.

Every sentence, every word had to be repeated several times in his heart before he dared to say it out loud.

Otherwise, if he said the wrong words and angered an expert, the opportunity would turn into a disaster. That would be miserable.

Thus, in Ling Ping'an's eyes, this chauffeur became the most typical representative of the working cla.s.s in the Federal Empire.

Having received a certain level of education, he was very traditional. He was always very careful when he spoke, but he was also very polite.

Thus, Ling Ping'an could only think of a way to liven up the atmosphere.

He found an excuse and specifically talked about a very widespread legend.

“Brother Sun…” Ling Ping'an asked, “I heard that back in the days of Emperor Gaozong, your esteemed ancestor once attended the new Kaifeng Conference?”

When Sun Jinyi heard this, he immediately became humble. “How is it considered attending? It's just being Emperor Gaozong's secretary…”

Ling Ping'an nodded. “That's already very impressive!”

The new Kaifeng conference was the most important conference at the end of the hundred-year war.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the world order for the next hundred years was laid down by this conference.

This was because at this conference, the last emperor of the Federal Empire, who had absolute power, was newly opened in the capital of the Xisong Kingdom. He gathered all the kings of the independent kingdoms of the Federal Empire at that time, the representatives of the Parliament of Ministers and ministers, as well as the heads of the major friendly neighbors and representatives of the important economic and financial fields. That was because he wanted to hold a month-long conference in newly opened.

This meeting laid the foundation for the economic and financial structure of the Empire after the hundred-year war.

It also laid the foundation for a brand new economic and financial system, which was the new Kaifeng system.

The greatest achievement of the meeting was to determine the monetary standard system of the federal empire.

The imperial currency was pegged to gold, and every Chinese dollar was exchanged for 0.8878 grams of gold.

The currencies of the other major partic.i.p.ating countries were pegged to the Chinese dollar.

Countries like Fu Sang and Xin Luo even gave up their own currencies and used the Chinese dollar as their currency. This was their tradition.

From the Song dynasty onwards, Xin Luo, Fu sang, and even the Nanyang countries had already accepted the currencies from the central federal government as their own currencies.

Later on, Fu Sang and Xin Luo reissued their own currencies under the persuasion and even pressure of the federal empire.

This was because the central federal government believed that Xin Luo and Fu Sang were sovereign and independent countries.

It was their right to have their own currency.

Even if they gave up this right, it was unacceptable.

Therefore, they had to have their own currency!

Hence, Xin Luo and Fu Sang started to scratch the edges.

The currency was created, but there was very little circulation, similar to commemorative currency.

The Chinese yuan was still used as the currency in the country.

Although this made it difficult for them to make a fortune by printing money, it also saved them a lot of trouble.

The first thing was to avoid inflation.

It was backed by the huge market and production capacity of the Federal Empire.

Fu Sang and Xin Luo could live comfortably even if they were lying down.

As long as they developed their own unique industries, they could live very well.

They also left behind green mountains and clear waters. After entering the modern era, the tourism industry took off, and every year, their finances would be in surplus.

Back to the new Kaifeng system, after the new Kaifeng system was established that year, there were already legends in the metropolitan territory.

Everyone claimed that this system was proposed by the Sun family.

After all, the mastermind behind the currency war was the uncrowned king of the financial field.

However, it seemed that this was probably another rumor.

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense!

The Sun Family was just a financial group. How could they interfere with such an international system?

Amazing. He was just a clerk, but Gaozong put him in the powerful position.

Sun Jinyi thus said humbly, “What's so amazing about it?”

“Everything is the wisdom of the Lord and the insight of the son of Heaven!”

He didn't lie about this.

Tai Zu, Tai Zong, and Gaozong were all smart people from the Federal Empire.

The experts who controlled power, the entire world, were in their hands and were played around.

When Ling Ping'an heard this, he laughed. “In that case, back then, when the Sun Family funded that Fran Emperor, it was also…”

When Sun Jinyi heard this, he laughed mischievously. “Actually, we didn't fund him either…”

“It's all business; it's all about making money…”

“Doing business, it's all about doing business with anyone!”

Ling Ping'an smiled and slowly nodded his head.

There had always been rumors in the market that the descendant of Fran Emperor had been beheaded.

The Sun Family took advantage of the situation and invested in the one who was still the eastern commander at the time.

Then, they made a lot of money.

Not to mention other things, just a few franchises allowed the Sun family to make a lot of profits!

What a pity…

Ling Ping'an looked at the descendant of the Sun Family who was now in front of him.

He was wearing volunteer clothes outside, so he couldn't see the appearance of his underwear clearly. However, he thought that it wouldn't be much better. It was probably the same as Ling Ping'an, he bought cheap clothes from the supermarket.

He looked like he was 26 or 27 years old.

However, he looked Haggard and cautious.

He didn't look like a child of a rich and powerful family at all.

Especially when they shook hands, Ling Ping'an touched the thick calluses on his palms.

He wouldn't lie.

There were calluses on his palms. He was either a soldier or a laborer.

So…

“It's been 300 years…” Ling Ping'an sighed in his heart. “The rich and powerful in the past are now working hard for the ma.s.ses!”

This was a very normal thing.

The Federal Empire implemented the system of ‘a gentleman will be punished for three lifetimes'.

Even the descendants of the royal family would be stripped of all t.i.tles and t.i.tles after three generations, thereby returning to the status of a commoner.

The inheritance tax of the rich was even higher than that.

The highest was 50% !

This caused many of the rich to have no choice but to resort to the tax avoidance methods of the foundation.

This made Ling Ping'an understand why this driver was always quiet and reserved.

No one would be too happy if their ancestors were so generous and had fallen to the state of social animals.

They might even feel inferior.

Therefore, Ling Ping'an wisely did not talk about the story of the Sun Family transporting a s.h.i.+p of gold and gemstones from land of Qin.

Instead, he skipped the topic and asked, “Brother Sun, are you married now?”

Sun Jinyi was caught off guard. Being asked this question by Ling Ping'an, he was stunned for a moment and stuttered, “I won't hide it from you, young master. Because of the orders of my parents, I have a marriage contract in the early years…”

“A fiancée is the daughter of a family friend…”

This was a common problem in large families.

However, when Ling Ping'an heard this, he sighed.

That was because he felt that he had roughly understood why this descendant of the Sun Family was so desperate.

Thinking about it, they were childhood sweethearts. They were engaged since young, but their families were in decline..

Therefore, ambitious young people came to work outside.

What a pity…

Looking at this enthusiastic peer, Ling Ping'an felt that he had guessed it.

He guessed that he was not married yet, probably because his parents-in-law were a little against it?

The plot of a few television dramas that he had watched surfaced in his mind.

Thus, Ling Ping'an patted Sun Jinyi on the shoulder. “Brother Sun, you have to work hard!”

Sun Jinyi was surprised to be patted by Ling Ping'an.

His eyes couldn't help but heat up.

The heavens couldn't help but pity him!

His fiancée was the eldest daughter of the Huang Family!

That was a well-known feminist leader!

The feminist leaders of the Federal Empire were all very valiant.

A man could pick up a pen and write a poem, and a man could carry a gun to the battlefield!

That eldest daughter of the Huang Family was even more outstanding.

Her famous saying was: What a brother can do, a sister can do it too!

Therefore, her request was very simple.

Marriage can only be acceptable if the man was willing to stay with his wife's family.

If a man can marry a woman, then a woman can also marry a man.

If you don't want to marry, if you have to marry, then beat me!

But, that lady was a blackguard major!

A 25-year-old major!

Anyone who fought with her would be sent flying!

Therefore, the marriage was delayed just like that.

Even though the parents of both families were extremely anxious, Sun Jinyi and that young miss were still very calm.

Sun Jinyi had always dreamed of becoming a transcendent being in order to marry the other party.

As for that young miss, she felt that ‘elder sister is still living a wonderful life without a man!'.

Hence, she was happy that Sun Jinyi was delayed.

In any case, she was not in a hurry.

Originally, it would have been fine if it had been another family.

However, the Sun and Huang families were both traditional.

The Creed was: one could die, but one could not lose face.

In addition, Sun Jinyi was actually holding back his anger. He wanted to surpa.s.s his elder sister and marry her openly to prove himself.

Therefore, the marriage was dragged out.

One insisted on marrying, and the other didn't want to marry.

Ling Ping'an looked at Sun Jinyi, whose eyes turned red, and knew that he was right.

‘It's not easy for anyone…' he thought to himself.

Just then, they arrived at the bookstore.

He walked over, opened the lock of the door, and pulled the shutter. Then, he said to Sun Jinyi, “Brother Sun, please come in!”

Sun Jinyi quickly wiped his eyes and followed him.

…

Situ He opened his eyes and looked at the image on the monitor.

The target had come back with a person.

“Who is that?” Situ He frowned and quickly framed the person's face. The internal database of the blackguard that was directly connected to him quickly gave the result.

‘Sun Jinyi, the board member of the Rising Sun Group of the Federal Empire. He is the son of Sun Xing..'

Rows of data kept appearing.

Everything about him, no matter how big or small, appeared on the screen.

“So it's someone from the Sun Family…” Situ He raised his eyebrows.

The Sun Family was once a large financial group of the Federal Empire.

But that was in the past, and it was no longer the same as before.

The Sun Family financial group could only squeeze into the circle of the Imperial City. In order to survive, they had to rely on the reputation that they had acc.u.mulated from the past.

Of course, that was the case in the imperial city.

If they were in Guangnan, although they couldn't be considered a giant, they could still be considered a dragon that crossed the river!

And this Sun Jinyi actually came to Guangnan to be a volunteer?

Situ He moved his finger and searched.

Soon, he found that this guy was the volunteer driver who drove the target to Pan Garden last time.

Because the mission was completed well, he received a reward and a supply of cultivation resources!

Unfortunately, his apt.i.tude was too bad!

The result of his cultivation was a failure!

Seeing this, Situ He was puzzled, “How did he get on this line?”

This was a very important matter!

After all, he and the entire Blackguard had spent a lot of effort in order to get a chance to show their faces in front of this person!

How did this guy, who had nothing, do it?

Could it be that he had a superb method of flattering?

Thinking of this, Situ He's heart burned with pa.s.sion.

If there was such a method!

The Blackguard had to learn it!

At this time, the screen showed the target and Sun Jinyi walking into the bookstore.

Even the door was closed.

Situ He thought for a moment and chose to rewind the surveillance.

He looked carefully and finally saw something that he didn't see last time.

He enlarged the screen and saw the target holding a box.

He saw that the package was some kind of food box.

After zooming in and comparing the big data, he got the result.

It was a meat package sent by rising sun company to the newly opened Western Song dynasty.

“Meat?!”

Situ he's heart was burning.

Meat?

What did it mean?

It meant that the target was going to hold a banquet tonight?

A banquet like the last time?

Thinking of this, Situ He couldn't sit still.

At the last feast, the commander-in-chief went to a meeting and immediately went into seclusion after coming back.

These days, Situ He could clearly feel that the commander-in-chief's spiritual sense was becoming more and more restrained.

He had once again opened up the path of cultivation.

He had broken through the shackles that bound him!

“No!” Situ He looked at the surveillance screen that was replayed again. He stood up like an ant on a hot pot.

Freeloading was the biggest motivation for him to stay in Jiangcheng City.

Even if it was just to freeloading leftovers!

He thought for a moment, picked up the phone, and dialed that number.

Beep… Beep… Beep..

After a busy tone, the phone was picked up.

“This is Li Shouyi…” the voice of the commander-in-chief came from the other end of the phone.

Without hesitation, Situ He reported what he had just seen.

Heavy breathing could be heard from the other end of the phone.

Obviously, even as the commander-in-chief of the empire, he would not be able to sit still if he had the chance to freeload again.

This once again indicated the arrival of a golden opportunity to gain benefits.

Thus, Situ He carefully asked for instructions, “Can I try to contact him?”

The other side of the phone fell silent.

Situ He understood that commander-in-chief was hesitating or was afraid of something.

He must be scared of provoking the other party!

Who wasn't afraid of that?

After all, he had already proven his personality with irrefutable facts.

He was arrogant, moody, and powerful.

n.o.body could change his personality.

If he was unhappy, he would just slap another person.

The bodies of the werewolves of land of Qin and the Duke of h.e.l.l were not completely cold yet!

Therefore, the blackguard could only observe from a distance and approach him carefully.

They were afraid that the flattery would cause trouble!

However, Situ He also understood that although that person seemed to be arrogant and temperamental.

In fact, he had his own principles and bottom line.

As long as he was not provoked, nothing would happen!

Therefore, situ he mustered his courage and said, “Commander-in-chief… I think so…”

“This time, this subordinate will be ‘muddle-headed when I understand'…”

“Under the guise of buying books at his door…”

“If he is willing, he will naturally stay. If he is not willing, this subordinate will also act according to the circ.u.mstances…”

“If it succeeds…” Situ He said, “Then, Jiangcheng City can adopt a rotation system in the future…”

“There are so many generals of the blackguard who are stuck in their current realm…”

“If they all have the chance to break through…”

These words finally moved Li Shouyi.

Situ he only heard the commander-in-chief's instructions from the phone, “Act according to the circ.u.mstances, don't force it!”

“Yes!” Situ He patted his chest happily.

Of course, he knew what he was doing.

He even had a plan!

He had prepared countless times for today's free meal.

He did not know how many times he had rehea.r.s.ed it in his heart!

He had even entrusted the think tank to do simulations.

According to the current target's personality, the think tank had used a supercomputer to perform more than 100,000 simulations based on different conditions and circ.u.mstances. In the end, they had obtained a 65% success rate for free meals!

In other words, 6.5 times out of 10!

This probability was very high!

It was beyond situ he's imagination!

In his original estimation, the success rate was only 10% . It was already worth a gamble!

Therefore, he put down the phone and immediately began to prepare.

He stood in front of the mirror and began to change his clothes.

As the person who had the most contact with the target in the Blackguard, situ he understood that the target liked to play charades with others.

As long as he could guess correctly, he would basically receive a reward!

Naturally, if he guessed wrong…

Situ He dared not imagine, so he took a deep breath.

He understood that he had to put in 120,000 vigor to face the possible difficulties of the target on this trip, so as to win the right to freeload!

…

Sun Jinyi walked into this bookstore, which was surprisingly ordinary.

It was very simple in decoration and layout.

Moreover, the store was a little small.

It was at most thirty square meters, with a few bookshelves and a living room for visitors.

In a very simple wooden counter, there was a dark blue computer that seemed to have been discontinued a long time ago.

Seeing this computer, Sun Jinyi was stunned!

This was because among the gifts he received when he was young, there was a deep blue computer that was the latest model at that time.

But that was fifteen or sixteen years ago.

He didn't expect to see such a computer that had been obsolete a long time ago here.

“Senior, you are indeed an expert. You really have a deep cover…” Sun Jinyi sighed in his heart.

The ancients said that great concealment was hidden in the city. That was how it was.

Therefore, Sun Jinyi revered the senior whom the Blackguard had to curry favor with.

Furthermore, Sun Jinyi knew that many things could be turned into miracles in the hands of a transcendent being.

For example, Sun Jinyi's family had a guest wors.h.i.+pper.

The guest wors.h.i.+pper had a magical artifact, which was a very simple abacus.

With a flick of the abacus, one would know the whereabouts of the person.

It was an extraordinary item!

There was also the vestment of the emperor. It looked like it was made of coa.r.s.e cloth, but it was actually indestructible.

If a rocket was fired from the front, the person would act as if nothing had happened, not even a hair would fall off!

As for those kinds of evil methods, he couldn't even move the slightest bit of the vestment!

Therefore, Sun Jinyi didn't dare to underestimate this seemingly ordinary and simple store.

He didn't even dare to walk too fast for fear of triggering the restrictions here. Who knew how many restrictions and spells the senior had set up in his house?

If he didn't open his eyes and touched it, he wouldn't even know how he died.

He had heard of some legends about traps.

For example, the mausoleum of Qin s.h.i.+huang on Mount Li was an unpredictable place.

Ling Ping'an turned around and looked at the guest who became even more cautious when he arrived at home. He quickly smiled and said, “Brother Sun, don't be so cautious…”

“There's nothing valuable in my house…”

“You can walk around and look around…”

Ling Ping'an let out an exceptionally bright smile as he said these words.

Sun Jinyi watched and didn't dare to act rashly.

Because…

He wasn't a child!

Only a child would believe an adult's lie like ‘It's okay. I was just fooling around'.

When things really got out of hand, the adult's face flipped. “Oh my, why are you so mischievous?”

Therefore, when adults listened to other people's words, they would carefully consider and a.n.a.lyze it.

Not to mention this senior who even the Blackguard had to take care of?

How could he not consider what he said very carefully?

With just a slight thought, Sun Jinyi knew what the other party meant.

“I don't have anything valuable here.”

Obviously, this was showing off!

Just like when Sun Jinyi and I went to school, we drove our own supercar, especially to the door of our cla.s.smate's house.

When the cla.s.smate asked for a seat.

Sun Gongzi's face was full of smiles as he handed over the keys. “Bro, you can play as you like… My Broken Car Isn't worth anything!”

Well, to him, it was indeed not worth anything.

Because there were still more than a dozen cars in his garage!

But to that cla.s.smate?

A single tire would probably be his family's annual income.

Therefore, when Sun Jinyi saw that cla.s.smate sitting in his luxurious car, he took selfies and was happy, but in the end, he didn't dare to touch the keys because he knew that he couldn't afford to pay for it!

Thus, Sun Jinyi smiled.

This was how rich people showed off.

Now, the situation was reversed.

Of course, Sun Jinyi also understood that this person didn't mean any harm.

This person was simply telling him how awesome he was.

It was that simple.

So, Sun Jinyi was just like his cla.s.smate from back then. He smiled and said, “I understand, I understand…”

“You don't have to take care of me…”

He lowered his head and said, “Really!”

Ling Ping'an smiled and said to the somewhat introverted driver, “Brother Sun, do you want to sit here for a while, or do you want to go upstairs with me?”

Raising his head, Sun Jinyi said, “I'll just sit here…”

Sun Jinyi was very satisfied that he could get an invitation to come here to visit, see things, and fight for opportunities.

He had never thought of ascending to the heavens in one step!

Because he knew what it meant to ascend to the heavens in one step?

The Sun Family's ancestral teachings were: there was nothing free in the world. If there was such good things, others will definitely want more!

It was precisely by remembering the ancestral teachings that the Sun Family was able to survive until today.

Otherwise, they would have been eliminated by others.