Chapter 675

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"Interest?" Hearing this, Shi Huagu's body trembled.

It is hard to imagine that a Body Integration stage expert would be unable to control his own body.

"That's right, borrowing money naturally has interest, otherwise why would we lend you money?" Meng Potian said as a matter of course. He couldn't understand why Shi Huagu had such a big reaction.

The Meng family is not a charity; anyone can borrow money as long as they repay the principal. If that were the case, the Meng family would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Shi Huagu's smile was uglier than crying.

Damn it, why did I keep ignoring the existence of interest?

Mu Baiyi, who was responsible for pacifying his subordinates, had a slight change in expression and was no longer calm.

He also forgot about the interest.

Not only did Shi Huagu owe money, he also owed money.

It's just that he transformed into the appearance of a sect member to borrow money from the Falling Money Chamber of Commerce.

He was still thinking that the barbecue shop was profitable enough, and he would repay the debt as soon as possible to avoid the matter being exposed.

If this were exposed, even if he were a half-step Tribulation Transcendence stage, he wouldn't survive.

"H-how much is the interest?" Shi Huagu was so scared that he couldn't speak clearly, wishing he could dig up Qin Li Haoran's corpse and whip it.

Meng Potian was quite enthusiastic about such a big client as Shi Huagu, and Shi Huagu valued love and righteousness, daring to take on such a debt, which he admired very much.

It's just that admiration is admiration, but the account must be calculated clearly.

"Look, it was stated very clearly when the loan was made. This is 'Peaceful Tribulation Transcendence Insurance'. As long as you successfully promote to the Tribulation Transcendence stage, the interest will no longer be calculated, and you only need to repay the principal. If the tribulation fails, the interest will be calculated at 12% per year."

Meng Potian wrote the calculation process in the air to make it easier for Shi Huagu to understand.

"Forty years have passed since the loan was made. It was stipulated at the time of the loan that 'equal principal and interest' would be used for repayment. Borrowing one billion, then on average, the monthly repayment is 1.1 billion... subtracting the one billion you repaid, there are still 4.5 billion left."

The dense calculation process in the air made Shi Huagu terrified.

As a Body Integration stage, he had this simple calculation ability. He just couldn't accept this fact.

Mu Baiyi's eyes twitched on the side. If there were so many spirit stones, Fengdu would have been built long ago.

This was just the spirit stones owed by Shi Huagu; he himself owed even more.

Originally, he thought about repaying it early to be free and accelerating the construction of Fengdu. Now, looking at it, forget it. Let Fengdu be built slowly; there is no rush.

At present, the Nine Nether Sect and the Yaoyang Sect are thriving under the leadership of the Heavenly Court. Under the guidance of Young Sect Master Lu, the Yaoyang Sect quickly changed its research direction, and solar candles and other items are about to be launched. Presumably, the speed of earning spirit stones will be faster than opening a barbecue shop.

Mu Baiyi tried to think of the bright side.

In the spiritual space, Lu Yang thought to himself that no wonder your Meng family is law-abiding; this law-abiding speed of making money is faster than illegal ones.

You let Shi Huagu go rob money, and he couldn't rob that much.

The Decayed Fairy felt very regretful: "What a pity, I lost a lot. I should have found a bank to deposit some spirit stones back then. Forty thousand years, oh no, forty thousand years have passed. How many spirit stones could I have earned!"

"... Well, let me ask, Your Majesty, are you sure there is any bank that has been open from ancient times to the present?"

The Decayed Fairy thought about it, and Little Yangzi was right.

So the Decayed Fairy returned to her usual happy self.

Shi Huagu and Mu Baiyi left the Meng Mansion, both dejected.

"Sect Master, what now? Are we going back to headquarters?"

Mu Baiyi shook his head: "Have you noticed that the living standard of the people in the Imperial City is higher than in other cities? This means their ability to accept new things is high. In the past, we started our barbecue shops from small places and gradually spread to surrounding cities."

"Barbecue shops are very common. Our advantage is that the taste is good, and everyone can accept it, so it's not a new thing."

"But the things invented by the Yaoyang Sect are not necessarily accepted by everyone who sees them. I think if we want to open up the solar energy market, we must start from the Imperial City."

"In this way, you go and contact the people of the Yaoyang Sect, and everyone will come to the Imperial City for an inspection."

Shi Huagu felt that no wonder he is the Sect Master; this observation and thinking ability is stronger than his own.

"Father, your son has returned."

Inside the imperial palace, the dignified First Prince paid his respects to the Xia Di.

Three months ago, someone reported that officials in Jizhou were corrupt and breaking the law, deceiving their superiors and concealing from their subordinates. Jiang Qun went to Jizhou to investigate corrupt officials, traveled incognito, visited the people, looked for clues, encountered obstruction from officials, revealed his identity, deterred everyone, and by the way, met a confidante, obtaining a good marriage. Now he has just returned to the Imperial City.

Unexpectedly, after three months of not seeing him, his father had already aged to such a degree.

That high-spirited Xia Di could no longer be seen. The current Xia Di was like an old man whose life was coming to an end, his face full of wrinkles, his eyelids drooping, covering his eyes.

It was agreed that there were still ten years of lifespan, and less than half of that had passed, and he was already almost unable to hold on!

The Xia Di liked his eldest son the most. Seeing Jiang Qun return, he smiled, put down the memorial in his hand, and beckoned him to come over.

"Father, your body..."

A sense of sadness rose in Jiang Qun's heart.

He knelt before the throne, letting his father stroke his head. In a trance, it was as if he had returned to childhood. At that time, his father was sitting on the throne, and he was sitting on his father's lap.

"Cough, cough, it's fine. I know my own body. I can live for a while longer." The Xia Di's eyes were turbid, his vision had declined severely, and his speech was mixed with saliva, his words unclear.

"Heaven wants to take my life, but it's still a bit short."

"I know you want to seek a free body and have no intention of inheriting the throne. As a parent, I won't force you."

"It's just that if the crown prince is not determined early, if one day I can't hold on and pass away, the power of national destiny attached to me will have no master, and I'm afraid it will cause trouble. At that time, there will be turmoil, and the ancestors will need to take action to suppress it."

"This national destiny is the foundation of our Great Xia and cannot have any accidents."

"The second one is too calculating and easily gets smart but is misled by cleverness. The third one knows he has no talent for governing and is devoted to articles... Your eight younger brothers all have various problems and are not capable of great responsibilities. I am not at ease handing over the country to them, and you also know about your seven younger sisters..."

"Father, don't say any more. I will be the emperor!" Jiang Qun was heartbroken, sobbing, and nodded in agreement.

He knew that his father had always valued him highly, otherwise he wouldn't have handed over the matter of dealing with Jizhou officials to him. This was to establish his prestige.

"Hey, you said it yourself, you can't go back on your word!" The Xia Di suddenly straightened his back, his eyes black and white, looking at Jiang Qun with piercing eyes. Where was the appearance of his life coming to an end just now?

Jiang Qun: "..."

Father, if you are fine, can you stop acting?

The second brother said that there is no truth in the royal family and that there is scheming everywhere. He was absolutely right.