Bab 519: The bird from a calligraphic scroll

After a while, the prince finished the lunch and left with one million gold coins of initial funding while Yuan Meili ended up leaving in an unconscious state without being able to enquire about Shang Wen's current whereabouts, not that Mark could find it anyway.

After sending them off, Mark went on with his usual weapon creation and filling the storage room, then, checking the accounts, listening to their future plans from Chang Bo, and giving his permission to proceed with it.

Later on, he returned to the palace to meet the King, who wanted to enquire about his marriage date with Song Yue so that they could proceed with his engagement ceremony with the princess.

He doesn't trust Shen Niu as much as he trusts his daughter. Hence, he didn't share his plans of war against the Phoenix Empire and merely asked him to consult the fortune teller to look up the dates for both events.