frightfiction Chapter 448 High-Value Business
Chapter 448 High-Value Business
"Don't misunderstand." Yu Changan glanced at Jiang Wuni in a flattering manner, and continued to say to Yu Ziyan:
"Women are born weak and need men to rely on them. You can't live without a man by your side. The good husband that Third Uncle has found for you this time is one of the best officials in the capital. He said that he doesn't mind your age."
"Uncle San, I, Yu Ziyan, will only rely on myself for the rest of my life, and I will only live for myself!" Can men be relied on? Yu Ziyan cannot generalize, but for her, she can only rely on herself.
"As for your so-called Yuanwailang, you should keep it for your daughter!"
Yu Feiyan's face turned ashen blue at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"My cousin is really ungrateful."
"You are just thinking that I, Yu Ziyan, have hooked up with the young general, and you are trying to please him in every way possible." Yu Ziyan has already decided to break up with him.
"I, Yu Ziyan, have lived for more than twenty years, and I have long understood that you are just sycophants to the powerful. Now that the Zeng family has collapsed, you have even less to rely on, so you always want to tie this life-saving straw to me, hoping that I will help you revive your business!"
She thought back to the past and became angrier.
"Now that you have failed to please me, you are thinking of using me to earn some betrothal money. You should just give up on this idea. I will never go back to that home!"
"If you come looking for me again, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"
After hearing this, veins popped up on Yu Changan's face, and he was obviously angry.
"How unfilial! How unfilial!"
"If you dare to come again, we will both die together!" Yu Ziyan really couldn't allow her life to be controlled by others.
Her words were decisive. Since her third uncle only wanted to use her, there was no need to maintain this family relationship.
"Yu Ziyan!" Yu Feiyan opened her mouth to curse, but when she looked at Feng Jinrong and Jiang Wuni who were always protecting Yu Ziyan, her confidence disappeared.
Jiang Wuni thought of something and said loudly:
"The Zeng family was executed for rebelling against His Majesty and trying to establish their own regime. If I remember correctly, your Yu family should be a cousin of the Zeng family. Has your family been used by them to do some things..."
"Do something treasonous." Feng Jinrong continued.
"I think His Majesty will continue to investigate."
"Nothing!" Yu Changan was completely frightened by Jiang Wuni and Feng Jinrong's words, and his whole body was already covered with a thin layer of sweat.
"We have absolutely nothing to do with the Zeng family!"
"No?" Yu Ziyan thought of her third aunt who only wanted to use her for money. All she could remember were the verbal insults she had said to her.
"Aunt San, she is Zeng Guangren's biological sister!"
Speaking of this, Yu Feiyan's eyes were filled with tears. Her mother had been implicated and died in the execution that day.
She hated His Majesty, but she could only hate him in her heart.
"Don't talk nonsense, Yu Ziyan. Since you are so heartless, we will be strangers in the future and have nothing to do with each other anymore!" Yu Changan didn't dare to cause trouble for Yu Ziyan anymore.
Just because she has a backer like the young general, if the young general accuses him of a crime he doesn't really believe, then he will be implicated.
Yu Chang'an took Yu Feiyan, whose face was covered with tears and who was cowering in fear, away and vowed never to cause trouble for Yu Ziyan again.
Yu Ziyan's ears are clear, and people feel refreshed when they encounter happy events.
"Fifth sister, you are smart and know what they are most afraid of."
Feng Jinrong: "Maybe they really are guilty." If we really investigate further, this network of relationships is too huge to be fully understood overnight.
The three of them glanced at the direction Jiang Yue had left again, and prepared to continue walking towards the grain shops they were responsible for.
However, Jiang Wu Ni was once again blocked by the second and third princes who rushed over.
This time, Feng Jinrong and Yu Ziyan were both confused.
When they heard the story, they secretly thought that the more ways to make money, the better.
Jiang Wu Ni didn't want to be alone with the two princes, so she took her two close sisters and returned to the general's mansion.
The guest hall of the general's mansion.
"Fifth Miss, everything is in place, it's just the money issue..." The Second Prince was short of money, so he looked at the Third Prince and asked him to continue.
The Third Prince went on to say, "We have already chosen the shop and bought it. All the expenses for the shop, including the bookcases and shelves, cost a total of three thousand taels of silver."
After all, they are princes of a country, so of course they can't be too shabby.
"You pay for the books, and we'll split the profits."
As he spoke, he handed Jiang Wuni a list of books.
Jiang Wuni thought that buying books shouldn't cost much money.
She took the list and looked at it, and was stunned.
"Five hundred taels? To buy books?"
"There's more to come." The second prince reminded.
Jiang Wuni then checked.
"One thousand taels?"
"A total of fifteen hundred? Why is it so many?"
Feng Jinrong and Yu Ziyan were also shocked by the high price of the book.
"This is just a small amount. It can't even fill up the book shelf." The Second Prince looked at the reactions on the three girls' faces and thought that they were seeing things uncomfortably.
The Third Prince also said, "The cheapest book costs several taels of silver. One hundred taels of silver can't buy many books. Not to mention, some books cost hundreds of taels or even more."
If you don’t do business, no one would have calculated this bill, and no one would know that doing business requires so much money.
The Second Prince: "These are far from enough. We will need to add more later."
"Where did you buy your books from?" After all, Jiang Wu Ni was doing business on behalf of Jiang Yue and the two princes, so naturally she wanted to know everything.
The Third Prince said, "We have investigated and found that most of the books in other bookstores are hand-copied."
It can be bound into a book, but of course it cannot be compared with the sloppy handwriting copied by the students themselves.
Because it is easy to make mistakes in writing books and the fonts are also standardized, the copying process is time-consuming, laborious and expensive, which is not conducive to popularization and dissemination.
Now, Your Majesty intends to hand over the matter of the imperial examination to the two royal brothers, and let them be responsible for the work of copying books, attaching importance to both military and literary aspects.
Jiang Wuni was thinking about what Jiang Yue said yesterday. Since she hadn't made up her mind yet, of course she wouldn't tell it at the moment.
…On Jiang Yue’s march, the weather on the third day of the Chinese New Year was cold but not freezing.
They traveled day and night, not to mention sleeping in the open air, but every time they stayed at night, they tried their best to check into an inn before the city gates closed.
In this way, we went from late winter to early spring, and then to late spring and early summer.
As she had important matters to attend to, she did not take too many detours along the way, and therefore did not pass by Taoyuan Village.
It’s not that Jiang Yue doesn’t want to go home, it’s just that she’s busy with military duties and can’t be delayed on the road.
Finally, on a sunny day, they arrived at the Liangzhou border.
At the border, as usual, each young general led his own soldiers to train the army.
Ling Yunxiao and other generals were sitting around the main tent, discussing important military matters, when they heard the sentry report back.
"General, the Xuanwu Army is back!"
"Xuanwu Army?" Not only Ling Yunxiao, but all the generals stood up at the same time when they heard that the Xuanwu Army was arriving.