Race to the
Throne
Chapter 13: Money
"I might be rude my highness, but it is something I want to say, please allow me to say something about your son" Tian Yun (her attendant) request Song Xia with his head bowed to her
Song Xia, in her good mood, smiled and said "Off-course you can… I am really happy right now"
Tian Yun nodded and then started saying his thoughts
"Young Prince, Hao Jiazhi is really different from what he used to be.
I am really confused as to how can someone change in such a short amount of time as my men had been looking after him for a long time and so far he never showed any sign of improvement or was he just hiding this all?" Tian Yun asks in confusing as he thinks more and more
Song Xia smiled hearing praise of her son
She said "Yes, even I am confused…
Maybe, he was hiding his true self as he is truly someone befitting for the role of the emperor"
What is this whole talk about?
It is related to Hao Jiazhi's request before he left the capital city
Hao Jiazhi asked his mother's help in finding people who excel in the field of assassination, the art of disguise, and it should be female
It was kind of a weird request but it didn't take her much time to find someone like that and brought them to her son
There were around 11 females
Xu Hai, the leader or the most experienced person showed herself in front of Hao Jiazhi
Hao Jiazhi told the guards around the room to calm down, they are glaring at all those females that have been brought as these all are assassins and they can do some good amount of thing
And the moment guards lay down their weapon, Xu Hai took a step and grabbed the knife from the fruit basket and put it around the neck of Hao Jiazhi
"YOU!!!!" Song Xian glared at Xu Hai after seeing what she has done
All guards aimed their weapon at Xu Hai and other females and then waited for Xu Hai to lower her knife so they could do something to make their prince free
"Young prince, I think your mother doesn't love you much as she is not telling her guards to lower their weapons" Xu Hai said to Hao Jiazhi as she pressed her knife near his neck
Song Xia is really angry right now but she can't do much here and just listen to Xu Hai's request or command
On the other side, Tian Yun looked at the scene, and in his mind, he said "Young Prince, it seems like you still have a long way to go"
But little did anyone know that Hao Jiazhi is all calm as if nothing happened
"It's ok everyone, calm down. She is just playing trick or a joke" Hao Jiazhi said in a calm tone as he laughed at the situation
Everyone got confused, even those girls
"What do you mean son?" Song Xia asked
Hao Jiazhi smiled and said "Xu Hai, I know very well that you know what would happen if you hurt me or even if you leave me by saying its a prank, as you have already shown your Fake Hostility towards me…
Theses guards will hunt you down to the end of your life and make sure that you receive a very horrible death
So, I know very well that you can't or won't even dare to do anything against me as I can clearly see the fear in your eyes
Fear of death"
"What are you saying, young prince?" Xu Hai asked
Hao Jiazhi laughed at her question and said "The edge of your knife that is touching my neck is not the sharp one and also, the way you are pressing knife on my neck… it can't do anything to me even if you press more
So, stop your joke"
At this point, everyone noticed that Xu Hai's knife is not in the right position to harm the young prince
This cleared everything and also shocked everyone as to how fast did Hao Jiazhi notice all these details
Even his own mother and Xu hai is shocked
Xu Hai smiled and took the knife back, she said "I just wanted to test if the person I am working for, is he someone worthy or not"
Then she took her step back
Song Xia is still angry but she knows what Xu Hai meant so she is somewhat happy also as her small test showed her that her son is not so simple as he looks
But things haven't ended yet as Xu Hai gave Hao Jiazhi the knife back
And what do we know about Hao Jiazhi so far?
He hates it when someone disrespects him
Hao Jiazhi held the grip of his knife and grabbed the hand of Xu Hai, turning her face towards his face and then he put the knife near her eyes
"!!!!"
Everyone is stunned
"Young Prince?" Xu Hai asked as she could see the sharp end of the knife near her eyes
With a serious look, Hao Jiazhi said "Your beauty has saved you today…
If it had been some other girl, I would have taker her eyes out and then killed her
Why?
Because I hate jokes
And I am not the one who takes the test, but rather the one who gives the test to others.
Also, my name is Hao Jiazhi, not Young Prince"
Hao Jiazhi took his knife down and then left her stunned on her spot
"Mother, she is really good. I will have her and her friends" Hao Jiazhi said to Song Xia
Song Xia still couldn't get anything right in her mind as she still doesn't know just what happened
Her son, who used to be a timid and scared cat, is now a wild animal who inflicts fear in the heart of everyone he meets
She really liked this growth of her son
Hao Jiazhi not only asked for these girls but he also asked for 4 strong guards for his house in Huangyi as those 2 old guards will be promoted to his bodyguards as he had said to them in past
Also, he asked for some good amount of money as he will need it for the growth of his '5 Shadows'
Now that the past event story is done, let us get back to the present
Hao Jiazhi enters his room and also brought 1 big square box that was brown in color and looked like an old box
"What is this box?" Han Yachun asked as this was the only thing that looked different from all other expensive looking boxes
"Just open it" Hao Jiazhi said in a calm tone
Han Yachun nodded and then opened the box
"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*MONEY*
. . . .
To be continued-
Race to the
Throne
Chapter 14: Staying low
One thing HaoJiazhi is really happy about this kingdom is that the economy is not that bad
Simple food and clothes can be bought with one month's salary, minimum of 100 ban liang
The basic necessity is really cheap but things that are not basic need is really high
And the average salary of people in the city area is around 200-300 only, not including merchant and government officers
Thus, Hao Jiazhi has made a plan to step up their yard and get inside another district, called Xingnyi
The current number of men they have right now is 50 and now they have all 5 shadows
(Their current monthly money usage is 14000, which is not good as it more than they earn)
When Xu Hai learned that Hao Jiazhi has his own little organization, she was shocked to hear it as the information she has gathered about Hao Jiazhi is that he is a plain fat ass kid who has no aim in his life
But after knowing that Hao Jiazhi rules Jinyi district and is now moving towards other districts, she was speechless
In her small meeting with Hao Jiazhi, in the capital city, she did realize that Hao Jiazhi is not a simple guy but she didn't know that he is a straight evil guy
She even asked him the reason for all this and the answer she got just blew her mind
He said "Because this is the only way that suits me"
It is clear that he is just pure evil
And now that Hao Jiazhi no longer has spies around him, he can move freely
Hao Jiazhi told his men's to collect as much as information possible in the next one week about District Xingnyi as they will soon begin the attack
They are not really gonna fight
And so begins the operation
District Xingnyi-
This district is not that big as Jinyi but still hold a population more than its size
There are more than 10,000 peoples living in this district
This district will have a money structure like this,
Simple job person will pay around 30 ban liang per month and for merchants,
They will pay 50- 1000 ban liang per week, as merchants earn quite a lot in the city
But this time, Han Jiazhi also asked his men to gather information about the local office and if possible try to bribe them with money as they will need their help in ruling the city
After all, people living here are educated ones and educated people are the one who creates trouble for bad people
Everyone nodded
And so begins stuff
A week later-
The city of Xingyi, is now showing low crime rates but it seems that there are people collecting money in the name of taxes
Several reports were made to local officers by people living in the city, but nothing happened
"They all are corrupt people" A man said as he gets out of the government office, where he went to complain against a new group of bandits/gangs
And in the next one whole month, the whole city is now under '5 shadows' command
"This is the report sent by Zheng Zen" Han Yachun said as she brought a scroll to HaoJiazhi
HaoJiazhi is doing his everyday study right now
He nodded and took the scroll, he read all the information provided in it
Zheng Zen clearly wrote, how much money used in bribery, how many paid the tax, how much many have been collected in coins and in objects, and also how many resources and money spent on other things
The size of command has increased as HaoJiazhi now rules 2 districts, so Zheng Zhen asked to allow him to recruit new people
HaoJiazhi said ok, but
But he also gave few more commands
In his letter to Zheng Zhen, he told him to lower the money he gives to the people working for him and does some other stuff
Time passed by 5 months-
Inside the room of HaoJiazhi's mansion/house-
"These are the papers of those taverns you purchased yesterday" Han Yachun said as she handed him few papers, property papers of taverns and other business properties
"Thank you" HaoJiazhi said with a smile and put the paper somewhere
Besides his study table is a big wooden box, last time she opened the box she saw a huge amount of money, around 500,000 ban liang, but now it is no longer full
Why?
Because Hao Jiazhi used all those money in buying tavern and supporting his little organization
Did it profit?
Yes.
Current earning- 4,050,000 Ban Liang
In the city, merchants earn quite a lot and there were more than 1000 merchants who earned more than 10K ban liang per week
Thus he collected 1000 ban liang per week from each merchant (there are 4 weeks in a month), which is around 4,000,000 ban liang per month and the rest of the 50,000 ban liang is collected by simple job people in both districts
Also, right now there are 70 people working in "5 Shadows"
Each person working under them is being paid 100 ban liang for personal use as food and place to live is provided by the leaders, including equipment's also
Thus, there was no need to pay extra to these people
As for heads, they are paid 500 ban liang per month to each person
So the total amount of spending is around 10,000 ban liang per month
But Hao Jiazhi told Zheng Zhen to keep 50,000 ban liang among them (5 shadows) each month for the future development of the organization and for the worst-case scenario
(His 5 shadows are no longer the same as many people now have their own battle equipment and other stuff)
The rest goes to Hao Jiazhi's account
And so far, Hao Jiazhi has collected '20,000,000 Ban Liang' but it was all used just yesterday to buy 10 taverns (it was really expensive) and other business property like restaurants, bars, casino's and other things like clothes, fruits and etc shops
All money was used up in the blink
This may sound and look stupid as Hao Jiazhi must know the market first and then buy properties at the best price possible that could profit him
But you know him right?
It's not his first time doing business, he knows what he is doing and he knows what and when a property should be purchased
"Let's stay low for a while" HaoJiazhi said as he writes a letter to Zheng Zhen
. . .
To be continued-
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