Chapter 881 Price (2)

A mild and comfortable day in May. But Wu Kuo was sweating all over his body as if he had been roasted in a fire.

Wu Kuo took refuge in Yuxi a long time ago, and before Jiangnan was captured, he smuggled in-demand supplies such as salt and tea horses. With the backing of Yuxi and Yunqing, although the share is 20-80%, Wu Kuo has made a lot of money these years. Later, Jiangnan was brought down by Yunqing, and it was impossible to let him do smuggling business anymore. Wu Kuo switched to the business of silk and satin, grain and porcelain, and the annual profits are also very considerable. Now that Yuxi suddenly talked about Jiangnan's business, and seemed to say in his words that he had embezzled a lot of money from it, how could he not make him nervous.

Kneeling on the ground, Wu Kuo complained: "Princess, the loyalty of the minister to the prince and the concubine can be learned from heaven and earth. It must be the villain who caused trouble and slandered the humble minister. If the concubine does not believe it, you can send someone to investigate." Wu Kuo looked like that , as if Yuxi didn't believe that he was going to die to show his will.

Yu Xi smiled lightly and said: "Master Wu, I'm just talking casually, you don't have to take it seriously."

If Yun Qing said this, Wu Kuo would still believe it. He couldn't believe what Yuxi said. Such a deep-minded person, how could he casually mention Jiangnan affairs to him.

When Wu Kuo got up, Yu Xi said again: "Jin Yu came to see me today and said that he is willing to marry me. You should know about this, right?"

Wu Kuo bowed his waist and said, "It's the great princess's good fortune that he can see Gouzi. This kid didn't understand before, but now he can figure it out. I'm also very happy."

Yu Xi chuckled lightly and said: "My lord and I have four brothers, A Hao and A Rui, so why do we need to recruit a son-in-law? These are all nonsense of that girl Zao Zao, you don't have to take it seriously."

Wu Kuo's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't figure out the deep meaning of Yuxi's words, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "My son is very intelligent, and the second young master and the others are also dragons and phoenixes among people."

Yuxi smiled, and said: "Jinyu's child is pure and good-natured, and my girl is also careless. In this respect, the two children are quite alike."

Wu Kuo hurriedly said: "Aside from tending flowers and plants, my youngest son is not only a man of literature and martial arts, but he is not like a princess. He is already a fifth-rank adult of a thousand households at a young age." He is only a fifth-rank now. As for the doctor, and it is still a false position, he does not hold real power like Zao Zao.

Speaking of Zao Zao, Yuxi talked a lot: "This child's ambition is to become a female general, and she has been working hard for this ambition since she was three years old. Even if she is locked in the yard these days, her martial arts skills are still unfailing. I have to practice two or three hours a day." After finishing speaking, Yuxi sighed deliberately: "It's a pity that she was born in the wrong fetus, if she was a man, she would definitely be able to realize her ambition."

Wu Kuo said respectfully: "The princess has such perseverance, I believe that even if she is a daughter, she can still realize her dream." If it is an ordinary woman, it is impossible to realize this ambition. But who told the princess to be reincarnated? With parents like the prince and the princess, it is not too difficult for her to become a female general.

Yu Xi glanced at Wu Kuo, with the trademark smile on her face: "It's not easy for a woman to survive, and it's even more difficult to make a contribution, so I also hope that she can get what she wants."

Wu Kuo said with certainty: "It will definitely."

At this moment, Xu Wu raised his voice outside the living room and said, "Princess, the prince has a letter to deliver."

That's the end of this conversation.

After Yunqing left Pickaxe City, he usually kept a letter every three days. If there is something, one letter a day. The contents of the letter include business affairs, and some local folk customs and anecdotes. This change was also influenced by Mr. Pang. This time Yunqing mainly talked about the situation in the West Sea in his letter, and at the end of the letter he said that he would come back in a few days.

After reading the letter, Yu Xi smiled and said: "It's just right to come back." Zao Zao's engagement is considered a major event, and it would be a pity if Yun Qing, the father, is not around.

When Wu Kuo returned home, he immediately summoned his staff to discuss the meaning of what Yu Xi said to him.

Staff Zhang said: "My lord, the concubine's meaning is very obvious. She can marry the princess to the second young master, but she wants the Wu family to support her in terms of money."

After a pause, Staff Zhang said again: "Master, after years of wars, I heard that the official treasury and private treasury are empty, and millions of troops are supported by a few silver mines. Master, if you want to welcome Great princess, I'm afraid I'm going to bleed a lot." To marry the great princess, not to mention evacuating the family, at least half of it must be handed over.

It doesn't need to be said by Zhang's staff, Wu Kuo can think of it himself: "The princess told me that the princess's ambition is to become a female general, and she has been working hard for it. Why do you think she said these things to me?" In fact, Wu Kuo has an idea in his heart, but he is not sure.

Staff member Zhang thought for a while and said: "The princess married the second young master. If she really becomes a female general, a title will definitely be indispensable in the future." If the princess marries the second young master, her future title will naturally be passed on to her. The children, in the end, belong to the Wu family.

Speaking of this, Zhang's staff looked at Wu Kuo and didn't say any more, the princess was just drawing a cake for the master.

Wu Kuo frowned and said: "A sword has no eyes on the battlefield..." In case the princess made a mistake on the battlefield, then he would hand over all his family property, and it would be a waste of money by then. But the problem now is that since the princess has revealed this meaning, she won't give him any room to refuse.

Staff member Zhang said: "Don't worry too much about this. The princess is the daughter of the prince and the princess, and she will not charge into battle, so her life should not be in danger." This is just a common theory. In fact, things on this battlefield change rapidly No one can guarantee.

Wu Kuo gave a wry smile, and asked Zhang's staff to go down. He stayed in the room for most of the day. He was not thinking about whether to agree to Yuxi's request, but trying to make sense of himself.

In the afternoon, Wu Kuo went back to the backyard to look for Mrs. Fang, and said: "The princess means to let the princess marry Jinyu."

Fang's heart has been hanging on since Wu Kuo went out, and when Wu Kuo came back, she couldn't come in the front yard, which made her even more uneasy. A smile appeared on her face when she heard the news, but soon she realized that something was wrong: "Why did the princess change her mind? Is there a reason?"

Wu Kuo glanced at the Fang family, and lowered his voice very low: "The condition for the princess to marry is the family property of the Wu family." Naturally, what Yuxi wants is not the business of the Wu family, but the family property of Wu Kuo. As for how much family property Wu Kuo has saved in his hands, Yu Xi has a rough idea of ​​it.

Fang said with some surprise: "Want the property of the Wu family? When the family was divided, the property was taken away by Wu Qian, and we were only allocated to those shops, but we didn't get much money. The money we earned in these years is eight Chengdu has entered the private treasury of the princess, so how many family properties have we saved for the princess?"

After saying this, Fang's heart suddenly jumped. Although she didn't deal with Yuxi many times, she also knew that Yuxi was definitely not the kind of shallow-sighted person. If it was only 1.8 million taels of silver, it was not worth her to say this. . Thinking of this, Fang's face turned pale: "Master, do you have something to hide from me?"

Wu Kuo's eyes were very complicated, and he said after a while, "During my father's life, I saved a sum of money every year." Wu Meng is a person with a sense of crisis, and the main reason for saving money back then was that his children and grandchildren would not be able to live up to expectations. , so I want to leave a sum of money, so that if the descendants of future generations are capable and want to make a comeback, they will also have capital.

In the beginning, Wu Meng saved 30,000 to 50,000 yuan, but later the Wu family monopolized many lucrative industries due to their family's power. The annual import and export of goods is several tens of millions, and it is not eye-catching to set aside 30,000 to 50,000 yuan. But Wu Meng has been the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River for more than 20 years. After accumulating, it is a huge sum of money that even Yuxi would be tempted to know.

The Fang family was completely dumbfounded, and asked: "Master, are the previous rumors true?" At the beginning, there were rumors that Wu Meng had hidden a huge sum of money, but after Wu Meng's sudden death and Wu Qian seized the family business, Then Wu Kuo stayed away from Jiangnan, and the rumor of this huge sum of money disappeared.

Wu Kuo nodded and said: "It's true. After knowing that the second brother was controlled by the Yu family, Dad was afraid of accidents, so he told me about it." After a pause, Wu Kuo said: "Although Wu Qian took the family Wu Qian didn’t get much money.” Only he and a few loyal servants knew where the money was stored.

Fang's lips twitched a few times before asking in an extremely small voice: "About how much silver is there?" There was still a slight tremor in that voice.

Wu Kuo looked at Fang and said, "Nearly ten million."

Hearing this number, even the wealthy Fang couldn't help but take a breath. With tens of millions of silver, no wonder the princess is moved.

After a long time, Fang finally said: "How did the princess know about such a secret? Is she cheating on you?" As Wu Kuo's bedside person, she didn't know, and no matter how powerful the princess was, it was impossible to find out about it. thing. If one or two million taels of silver was given up, he would give it up, but Fang's heart ached when he thought about handing over nearly ten million taels of silver.

Fang didn't even think about it, if it was only one or two million, it wouldn't be worth Yuxi's talking.

Wu Kuo said: "The princess said that the princess's ambition is to become a female general. This is equivalent to saying that when she and King Ming win the world, the princess will get a title. When the princess marries the Wu family, this title will be the Wu family in the future. It's gone."

Fang shook her head and said: "That's what I said, but this is more than ten years later, no one can guarantee what will happen in the future, unless the princess can give us a guarantee."

Wu Kuo felt that Fang's mind was confused: "Guarantee? How could the princess give a guarantee for such a thing." If she could give a guarantee, she would not be so reserved.

When Fang heard this, it was as if a basin of ice water had been poured down, making her calm down immediately: "So, there is no room for turning back?"

Wu Kuo hummed and said: "Since the princess has already spoken, there is no room for turning around." After finishing speaking, Wu Kuo looked at Fang and said: "This is also a big gamble. If you win the bet, the Wu family will become a powerful family. .” As for losing the bet, all of his father’s painstaking efforts were in vain.

Thinking of the mountain of silver slipping away from her like this, Fang's heart ached unbearably.

Wu Kuo told the Fang family about this, and he had his own intentions: "The Great Princess is the hope of our Wu family to change the family. You should say good things about the Great Princess in front of Jinyu, so that their husband and wife can live in harmony, and when they get married, they will be married soon Give birth to an heir." As long as a child is born, even if the princess has an accident on the battlefield, King Ming and Princess Ming will not treat the child lightly.

Fang said in a low voice, "I see."

Wu Kuo thought for a while and said: "When Jin Yu gets married, I will convert the property he deserves [UUReading 00kxs] into a land store and give him cash. As for the business at home, I will still hand it over to Jin Bo in the future of."

How dare Fang have any objections at this time, she nodded and agreed: "Okay." If she hadn't stopped Jin Yu from getting married, maybe this would not be the case now.

This is also Fang's own guilty conscience, in fact, Wu Kuo didn't blame her. Because he knows very well that since Yuxi knows the existence of this huge sum of money, it is impossible to let it go. Now being able to marry the princess is also a compensation to the Wu family.

If Wu Kuo really thought too much, it was because Zaozao and Wu Jinyu were in love that Yuxi would let Zaozao marry into Wu's family. Otherwise, let alone close to ten million, she would not marry her daughter no matter how much money she had.

Wu Kuo is also a courageous person, otherwise he would not have taken refuge in Yunqing and Yuxi when they were in decline. Now that he has made up his mind, he didn't delay, and gave Yuxi a reply after thinking about it for a day.

Yuxi is very satisfied with Wu Kuo's understanding of current affairs: "There is no rush on this matter, we will decide after the prince comes back."

After sending Wu Kuo away, Yu Xi wrote a letter to Yu Zhi and said, "You hand this letter into the hands of the eldest brother yourself." This huge sum of money is of great importance, and there must be no mistakes.

Yu Zhi didn't say much, just nodded and said: "Okay."

Rao Yuxi, who has practiced until Mount Tai collapsed in front of her face without changing her face, is in a very good mood after getting such a sum of money, smiling all day long.

Sister Quan asked with a smile: "Why is the princess so happy?" It is rare to see Yuxi so happy.

As long as it is not a secret, Yuxi will not hide it from Sister Quan: "The military expenses for attacking Beiyao have been paid." I have been fighting all these years, if it wasn't for her great efforts to increase income and reduce expenditure, and Yunqing always fought The trophies of victories fill the gaps, which have long been overwhelmed. If so, now there are only rats left in the official treasury and private treasury.

Sister Quan was very measured, she didn't ask where the money came from, she didn't ask the specific figure, she just smiled and said, "So I got rich, no wonder I'm so happy."

Yuxi did not hide her joy, and said: "It has always been the prince's wish to attack Beiyao, and the prince's concern that Beiyao is gone has been resolved earlier." In order to raise military expenses these years, what is she racking her brains for? All the methods have been used. With this money, she can relax for a while.

Sister Quan smiled and said, "It must be fine." It is well known that Yunqing is a good fighter. As long as the military pay and food are prepared, and Yun Qing personally leads the troops, no matter how strong the North Captivity is, they can win. It has to be said that Yunqing's reputation as a great general has been completely established. (to be continued)