Chapter 420 The Future Is Coming

Jin'er is now half a year old, and she looks much older than before.

Perhaps because her father is from the Su family and is related to Madam Gu, she looks very much like Madam Gu, and you can tell she is a beauty at first glance.

However, her temperament is much softer. Most women in Jinling are gentle as water, and she has inherited this very well.

Especially when Wen Ge'er, who was twisting his body for no reason, stood next to her, Du Jingyi couldn't help but sigh.

"Daughters are still considerate. Look at these boys. They can't walk yet, but they have already made the Qiwu Courtyard a mess. When they are two or three years old and can run and jump, they will definitely go up to the roof and tear down the tiles. It's a headache just thinking about it."

"Sister-in-law likes daughters, so just give birth to another one. Now the three brothers are grown up and won't be so clingy."

Gu Xiaochun looked like she was content with having a daughter, and she loved her very much.

Du Jingyi also wanted to, but compared to her, Gu Shaoyu's unwillingness obviously prevailed, so even if they had sex, they were very cautious, and she would not get pregnant.

But she would not talk about such private matters casually, so she smiled and said.

"Children are all fate, let's see, if fate comes, God will give me a daughter."

Hearing this, Gu Xiaochun also felt the same way.

She was not in a hurry to have another child, after all, her daughter was still young, and she had to raise her until she was one year old before talking about other things.

The two sisters-in-law discussed raising children for most of the day, so they had a very comfortable meal.

After the excitement died down and they returned to the courtyard, Du Jingyi told them about going to Wangjiang Tower to hold a birthday party for the three children.

Gu Shaoyu didn't disagree, as long as it wasn't too ostentatious.

"Wangjiang Tower is your territory, you can arrange it. But since we are hosting a banquet outside, we won't invite so many people to avoid gossip. I'm a little busy these two days. I have to arrange the affairs of the Tiger Guards. So if there is anything important to find me, let Luo Yuan go."

"General, go ahead. I am just dealing with some family matters here. It's not important."

Gu Shaoyu didn't get polite with her. After all, she was really busy.

In early June, when the heat wave swept Jinling City, there was another piece of news that made everyone in the city panic.

Because the 50,000 Tiger Guards received the imperial edict of His Majesty, saying that they were going to learn the skills of the navy, the governor of Jinling, the eldest uncle Gu Yanguang, had only received the news for three or five days, and they had already rushed to the outside of Jinling City under the leadership of the deputy general Zheng Deli.

The huge crowd made the two brothers Gu Yanguang and Gu Yanxing look pale.

Although my second cousin Gu Yanxing, who is in charge of the defense of Jinling City, also has 50,000 soldiers.

But compared with the 50,000 Tiger Guards, it is like a sparrow seeing an eagle, and people can tell the difference immediately.

Originally, Gu Yanguang wanted to arrange them to station in the wilderness 20 miles north of the city on the grounds of insufficient preparation, but Gu Shaoyu deliberately arranged the soldiers in the fields near Qingshui Town.

The reason is that it is closer to the navy camp and it is convenient for the two sides to communicate.

Gu Shaoyu is a second-rank official after all, and he has the support of the Tiger Guards, so Gu Yanguang disagrees, and he can't give any suitable reasons at this moment.

Therefore, they can only let them station in that place so blatantly, and by chance, they just happened to occupy the territory near the Tiger Roar Cave.

When the Seventh Old Master heard about this, his hair turned a little white due to nervousness. But after three days of rest, they were training with the navy camp every day, and it seemed that there was nothing wrong.

But even if the meaning was so straightforward and visible, everyone was still guessing what the purpose of the Tiger Guards' arrival was.

Xing Zhao's father, Lord Xing, knew the tricks here. After all, he was a student of Prime Minister Guo, had such a relationship with the Gu family, and held the position of river transport, so he was naturally inseparable from these things.

Therefore, taking advantage of his position, he secretly helped Gu Shaoyu to lock in several corrupt people in important positions.

Gu Shaoyu has not yet completed the period of mourning, so these things cannot be leaked in advance, or even handled, so he can only endure it, and follow the clues to search a series of people offline.

But it's easy to check down.

Going up, there is no clue.

Therefore, these days, Gu Shaoyu went to the camp of the Tiger Guards to monitor the training, but in fact, he went to investigate the shipping tax, so he was naturally busy.

After the two of them washed up, Gu Shaoyu went to bed first. Du Jingyi was not sleepy yet, so she lit the lamp outside and looked at the previous account book.

After a few months, she finally studied the tricks of the Seventh House.

Passing inferior goods as good ones is a method used by stupid people.

In the past few years since the Seventh House took over the Gu family's family business, through reasonable transactions and the name of the imperial merchant, many of the Gu family's valuable or profitable businesses have been transferred several times, and returned to the Seventh House under other names.

The Seventh House is really patient. Some transactions have lasted for five or six years, so if you don't look at it carefully from the beginning, you really can't tell.

At first, Du Jingyi went through the account book several times, but couldn't find any problem, so he changed direction and used his influence in Jinling City to find out all the businesses that the Seventh Branch had acquired over the years.

After comparing the two, he found the problem.

The things that were exchanged by the Seventh Branch under the name of the Gu family were not junk, and money could still be made, but the profit was not as good as before.

A golden hen was exchanged for ten laying hens. In the short term of a few years, naturally, there would be no difference. After all, the quantity was there. But if it was extended to 20 or 30 years, it would naturally be a big difference.

No wonder the Seventh Branch of the Gu family has emerged so powerfully in recent years.

I thought it was because of the blessing of the name of the imperial merchant, but there was actually this trick behind the scenes!

It was indeed a great skill, so what she had to do now was to sort out all these things. Since the people in the seventh room cheated and swindled most of the Gu family's assets, she had to use the same method to force the seventh room to spit out all the profits they had taken!

The lights were on until late at night. Gu Shaoyu had woken up, but Du Jingyi was still working late.

Probably because she had drunk two cups of strong tea during the day, she was in good spirits now.