Finally, he envisioned a large pie for the Emperor. In time — the Feng Huo ticket would be carried out everywhere which could collect all the people’s gold and silver into the National Treasury, selling and buying would be done by tickets only, and the amount of the tickets would be determined by the court as appropriate. There would no longer be a situation in which private stocks of gold and silver were collecting dust in the storage and the Treasury had no money to use in times of national distress.

Before, Li Feng used to think that some of Yan Wang's ideas were too deviant and disrespectful. He now found out that this man was not only disrespectful, but simply wanted to step on the word ‘respect’ under his feet.

In the past, there was Emperor Shi who took over the weapons of the country to cast a statue. Today, there was a Yan Wang who collected the world's wealth into one place.

However, this idea was too tempting. After understanding more of the concept of ‘using several pieces of paper to replace gold and silver in buying and selling’, Li Feng, on one hand, felt vaguely anxious, on the other hand, he was really unable to resist the temptation. He discounted the paper for three days of hesitation. Then, he finally ordered Chang Geng to get started on it, but repeatedly warned that the means could not be too radical, especially for those rising young students who came from poor families, and that he must 'take it slow’.

What Emperor Li Feng did not know was that, as early as when Yan Wang wrote a quest for a change of the official system, the richest man in Jiangnan came to the capital with thirteen giants from all over the country and invited the guests into the small restaurant where the Lin Yuan Emblem chose its owner.

The small restaurant was shabby and obscure. In the past few years, it was covered by the glory of the old Qi Yuan Tower like a firefly under the moon, those with bad eyes would not be able to find it.

But this time, it was very lucky to have survived in the devastated capital city. At the beginning of the year, it took a rest and formally opened its doors to welcome visitors. Two floors were added to the original two-storey building. The shattered bricks and tiles were completely cleaned up and the name was changed to ‘Wangnan Tower*’, arousing the sorrow of half a country fallen into the hands of the enemy. It fit the scene very well. Few people knew that this half-dead restaurant was Du Wan Quan's property.

*Wangnan means 'looking towards the South'. As one might recall, Jiangnan which is in the South is occupied by the Westerners.