"Not bad. Your taste... really was simple and brutal." Lu Xingshi looked at the completed Frost Giant Skeleton. He had to admit that once anything was covered in a layer of gold and adorned with jewels, no matter how ugly it had been, it could become pleasing to the eye.
Even though this thing had originally looked quite ferocious.
This was like trypophobia. Seeing a pile of bugs would definitely make one's scalp crawl, but seeing a warehouse packed tight with gold bricks would not only fail to make one's scalp crawl—it would be a feast for the eyes.
So the finance officer had followed the principle that anything could be handled as long as money was added, and gilded the Frost Giant Skeleton.
"Where did you get so much gold?" Lu Xingshi suddenly realized the issue.
"My lord, I melted down all the gold in the treasury. It was barely enough to paint on a layer." The finance officer gave an embarrassed smile.
Lu Xingshi reached out and touched it, and the look of disbelief on his face became even more obvious.
"So you padded the bottom with a layer of copper???" No wonder Lu Xingshi had felt something was off.
So it was a fake. He had thought they had truly plated a skeleton with such a thick layer of gold. He had to admit, the man was quite the talent.
As for the jewels, they had also been rewards from the King back then. They had planned to exchange them for Gold Coins anyway, but using them here made the gift seem more sincere.
"What about our funds? Don't use them all up, or we won't even be able to keep things running later." Lu Xingshi thought of another problem.
"There are enough Silver Coins in the