Chapter 20: Making Money by Spreading Out a Stall

  Sister was about to disappear, I called her back.

  "What's up little brother?"

  "Is there a system that allows me to work efficiently in the palace without being delayed and also have fun going out?"

  "This thing you're talking about? No need to start the system, just go to Huayin Newbie Village and see someone."

  After saying this sentence, her sister directly disappeared.

  I found Zhuge Liang and had him allocate five city quotas to Zhuge Zhan. Following my sister's instructions, I transmitted my true body to Huayin Xinshou Village.

  It's morning now, and people who have free time in the morning have already basically entered the game and have a certain level. Now they don't need to queue up for equipment, and Huayin is too remote by itself, so there aren't many players here.

  I strolled around the village for a few rounds and found Liu Bang, the classmate who declared me as the emperor, without much trouble.

  As soon as I saw Liu Bang, my eyes turned red. If it weren't for this guy's meddling, I would still be a prime minister now, and wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state.

  Quickly rushed up and grabbed Liu Bang: "Liu three, return my money."

  Liu Bang was greatly shocked, thinking that a creditor had really come to pursue him. When he turned around and saw it was me, his heart finally calmed down: "It's you, I've given you the whole country, even if I owed you money, it would have been paid off long ago."

  "Hmph!" I said with strong disdain, "You're saying that if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in such a miserable state?"

  Liu Bang saw that I had come with a fierce attitude, so he could only beg for mercy: "Good brother, good ancestor, you also know that in history, Cao Cao bullied the descendants of my Liu family and was very miserable. Anyway, the heavenly mandate is no longer in the Liu family, so I naturally have to find someone like you who has a conscience to clean up this mess."

  "Hmph!" I continued to scowl, "You Liu San only know how to bully honest people."

  "Speak with evidence, who exactly did I, Liu Bang, bully?" Liu Bang defended himself.

  "You bullied Xiang Yu at first, and now you are bullying me."

  When he heard the two words "Xiang Yu", Liu Bang's face changed greatly, and his eyes widened in an instant: "As far as I know, you're now in a precarious situation, if it weren't for seeking my help, you probably wouldn't have come here. When asking someone for help, one should be polite, aren't you afraid that I won't help you?"

  I saw Liu Bang's thug-like behavior, and I was about to continue arguing back. But I knew that if I did that, I would become a shrew. Moreover, it wouldn't be good if I really provoked Liu Bang and he didn't want to help me.

  "I finally gave in: 'Brother Liu Bang, Grandpa Liu Bang, I won't say anything else. You have to help me now, or I'll be worried about state affairs every time I leave the palace. It's hard enough to play a game and get myself into trouble, it's all your fault.'"

  Liu Bang smiled slyly: "You're still too tender to fight with me, an old man. Since you've suffered a loss, I'll help you complete all the tasks here."

  Then it's time for the annoying male voice acting performance.

  No more nonsense, just two ultimate skills, I guess it was worth the trip.

  Spiritual Connection Technique: Can maintain contact with the avatar at any time, remotely control the avatar to handle current problems. Special skill.

  Divine Transformation Art: Can change one's appearance and that of their clones at will, making it impossible for anyone to recognize them. Special skill.

  I tried to communicate with the palace's avatar using spiritual connection technique, and it really worked. Then I transformed into Liu Bang's appearance, pointing at my own nose and saying: "I, Liu Bang, am a bad egg, I, Liu Bang, like to play tricks."

  Liu Bang was so angry on the other side that he almost died.

  Finally free. I lay on the wall of Huayin Xinshou Village, continuing to think about current events.

  Now that I'm wealthy across the four seas, it's not very realistic to expand my power openly and brazenly. So if I want to make money, I can only think of ways from other channels. In other games, aren't there guilds and merchant associations? Now I can take advantage of them. And those NPCs who open shops in major cities and new villages, I wonder if they can let my character hide and go undercover.

  I returned to the imperial palace, brought my sister out and asked her about these three questions. My sister said that the gang and chamber of commerce can indeed make money. As for hiding in the NPC who opened the store, others are not possible, but I am now the emperor, it's still possible.

  Upon hearing my sister's words, I was overjoyed. First, I established a role and disguised myself as various business NPCs in different places. Then, I set out to establish guilds and trade associations.

  The Chamber of Commerce was easy to establish, directly named "Royal Chamber of Commerce", and the role was thrown onto Sun Qian's body, making him the president. Then several business-oriented roles were established to assist him. After that, how the Chamber of Commerce operates should not require my attention. The system also gave generous rewards after the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, which I won't mention here.

  Then I established a "Wolong Gang" and let Zhuge Zhan be the leader.

  As I stamped the imperial seal on the edict to establish "Wolong Gang", the system greatly rewarded the first gang in the game. I became the honorary leader, while Zhuge Zhan was appointed as the leader by the emperor. I also allocated a piece of land in Xiahou Xuan's new city to Wolong Gang as their headquarters. From now on, how "Wolong Gang" develops depends entirely on Zhuge Zhan.

  Then I called Tao Zhu Gong again and appointed him as the president of "Royal Investment Association", investing in various places to gain returns.

  After finishing all these, I finally stretched a lazy waist. What can be done now is almost done. Now just wait for the silver to flow into my wallet.

  Here is the translation:

  Now, let me introduce my current treasury. I still have three treasuries, just like before. The first one is the national treasury, which mainly consists of taxes and tributes from all over the country, as well as income from the "Royal Chamber of Commerce" and the "Royal Investment Association". This amount is enormous, but it needs to supply the financial budget for the entire nation. Although some can be transferred to my small treasury, it must be done under the premise of meeting the budget requirements.

  The second one is my small treasury, which is automatically allocated from the national treasury based on income and expenses, just like before.

  The third one is my personal treasury, which can be used in conjunction with my small treasury. It mainly consists of income I received through system rewards, imperial gifts, and now also includes income from the Sleeping Dragon Sect, various merchant groups, and taxes from the unopened regions in the south, which directly enter my personal treasury.

  The Great Tang Empire had already begun its third war, but due to my overpowered attributes and internal affairs skills, the economy remained super developed.

  Economic matters are basically settled. Politics, with economy, is also solidified. What's lacking now is talent. As the emperor, I have nothing to worry about. Besides, my sister will control the announcement. I'll be able to summon everyone I can summon. Except for those surnamed Zhang, I'll throw them all into new roles.

  The game's design is great. Although I threw a character up, as long as it was handed over to the system control, players can still find these possessed NPCs to receive tasks. These NPCs, apart from being absolutely loyal to me, are no different from other NPCs.

  In order to avoid missing out on talented individuals, I especially appointed Cao Cao as the talent envoy, responsible for recommending talents for the country. This Cao Cao actually managed to find some talented people that I had never heard of before from who-knows-where. And these talents turned out to be quite useful too.