The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 109: monstrous wealth
Chapter 109: Great Wealth
When Bai Qingyan, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Jintong and Bai Jinzhi just came out of the main room of Changshou Courtyard, it was snowing heavily outside.
The maid held a lantern and an umbrella and walked slowly with them out.
“My eldest sister made my third sister and I quarrel today. Although the Shuoyang clan won’t dare to trouble us in the future, this 450,000 taels of silver… is really unfair!” Bai Jinzhi was angry. “With the blood-sucking stinkbug behavior of the clan, I would rather use this 450,000 taels of silver to open a porridge stall to help the poor than give it to them.”
“There are only women left in the Duke’s Mansion now, so just think of it as spending money to buy peace!” Bai Jinxiu smiled and stroked Bai Jinzhi’s head.
“However, Mr. Xiao is truly a man of high moral character!” Bai Jinzhi mentioned Xiao Rongyan with a hint of admiration in her eyes, “He is truly a man of high moral character, completely different from the money-grubbing businessmen I’ve seen before! He is like a young master from a noble family.”
Xiao Rongyan was not a real businessman, so naturally he had no smell of money.
As soon as they left Changshouyuan, they saw a little maid holding an umbrella and supporting Liu’s housekeeper, Nanny Luo, who came hurriedly. Nanny Luo said that Liu had sent her to call Bai Jinxiu over.
“Eldest sister, third sister, fourth sister, I will go to mother first, and then go to the mourning hall…”
Bai Qingyan nodded.
After paying her respects, Bai Jinxiu hurriedly left with Nanny Luo, constantly asking her if her mother, Liu, was feeling unwell.
The wind was blowing coldly, and she turned to look at her two sisters: “I’m going to go see Ji Tingyu, you go to the mourning hall first.”
“Then I’ll accompany my elder sister! Xiaosi…you go to the mourning hall first, there won’t be anyone there.” Bai Jintong sent Bai Jinzhi away because he didn’t want his sister to see Ji Tingyu’s miserable appearance covered in blood again.
“Okay…” Bai Jinzhi nodded.
When Bai Jintong accompanied Bai Qingyan to Ji Tingyu’s place, Ji Tingyu had already fallen asleep. Doctor Hong said that Ji Tingyu had just woken up from the pain, took medicine and fell asleep again.
“You can sleep well!” Doctor Hong, who had been sitting at the square table, stroked his goat beard and said, “It won’t hurt so much when you fall asleep.”
Looking at Ji Tingyu lying on the bed with a face as pale as paper, Bai Qingyan came out of the inner room with red eyes and asked Lupin: “Does Ji Tingyu’s family know about it?”
“Ji Tingyu had just returned today, and Butler Hao sent someone to the farm to inform Ji Tingyu’s sister.” Lupin nodded and opened the curtain for Bai Qingyan and Bai Jintong to come out.
“Aren’t you going to send someone to inform Ji Tingyu’s parents, wife and children?” Bai Jintong asked.
Lupin stood in the corridor and spoke slowly: “When Zhangzhou was plagued by bandits, Ji Tingyu’s father died, and his mother also died five years ago. Ji Tingyu just got married at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, but his wife was still young… The steward sent by housekeeper Hao was afraid that the Ji family had no elders and the new wife would not be able to withstand the pressure. So he rushed to Ji Tingyu’s brother-in-law’s house and told his sister.”
Bai Qingyan nodded, remained silent for a moment, turned around and looked at Lupin and said, “Uncle Ping has one more thing I need you to do quietly.”
“The eldest lady ordered!” Lupin clasped his fists.
“I estimate that early tomorrow morning, my cousin Bai Qiyun will set off for Shuoyang with the banknotes.” She lowered her eyes and stroked the hand warmer in her hand, saying slowly, “Pick ten loyal and reliable ones with strong martial arts skills and tight-lipped ones, and follow him quietly. When we get close to the border of Shuoyang, let them pretend to be bandits and rob Bai Qiyun.”
Bai Jintong was stunned: “Elder sister?!”
“Yes!” Lupin responded.
“Uncle Ping, please go and pick someone now. When you’re done, come to Yifeng Pavilion and let me know.”
Lupin clasped his fists and left in a hurry.
“I thought that my elder sister asked Xiao Si and I to put on such a show just to appear reasonable in front of the people of the world and to save face so that she would give the money to the clan. Xiao Si is not happy about this.” Bai Jintong had a smile in his eyes. His robbery style was really like Xiao Si.
Bai Jintong felt relieved just thinking of Bai Qiyun crying and shouting after being robbed.
“You have to be reasonable, save face, and be practical, otherwise it will be a shame for you and Xiao Si’s hard work.” She looked at Lupin’s hurried back and said to Bai Jintong, “It is said that a poor family can bring rich roads. If you can get an extra 450,000 taels, remember to thank your cousin Bai Qiyun…”
“That’s what my eldest sister said.”
Looking at the falling snow, she turned around and asked Bai Jintong solemnly: “Are you… planning to go out to sea?”
Bai Jintong has been thinking about this matter every day since he came back from the Little New Year’s Eve Palace Banquet.
If the emperor had not asked her eldest sister that question in front of the palace, and if all the men of the Bai family had not died in southern Xinjiang, she would have been willing to follow the path arranged by her grandmother and slowly accumulate hidden wealth for the Bai family.
But that day, when he looked at Xiao Rongyan, the richest businessman in Wei, who was sitting behind the King of Qi, he finally understood that money… can reach the sky.
Bai Jintong didn’t know what her elder sister was planning for the future of the Bai family, but she could sense from her elder sister’s few words that she intended to intimidate the royal family.
Otherwise, why would the eldest sister stir up trouble in this capital and use the people’s anger to pressure the emperor? And why did she always only mention the Duke’s Mansion’s love for the people and loyalty to the people… and only mention the Duke’s Mansion’s righteousness in protecting the country and the people?
The eldest sister…never mentioned being loyal to the Lin family’s imperial power from beginning to end.
Therefore, Bai Jintong guessed that the eldest sister would never hand over the military power of the Bai family.
When the Bai family holds military power and is as rich as a country, what will happen to her Bai family in Dajin… and even in the world?
Bai Jintong really wants to see this day.
That day in Qinghui Courtyard, the eldest sister told her that what she could achieve with her talent and intelligence was her fate and the fate of the Bai family. Therefore, she must spare no effort to seek the overwhelming wealth and lay a solid foundation for the future.
There were some things that Bai Qingyan had never told Bai Jintong, but Bai Jintong was wise and quick-witted, and he knew very well what the future path of the Bai family should be.
“Wealth and honor are sought in danger. There is no such thing as wealth and honor for nothing in this world.” Bai Jintong stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes showing a bit of heroic spirit. “Going to sea is very risky, but the profit is too tempting! To be honest, elder sister… I have sent more than half of the managers assigned to me by my grandmother to go to Haikou to buy ships and hire people. After the fifteenth day, I will personally lead people to search for goods. The cargo ships will not be empty. As long as God blesses, within five years at most… Jintong dare not say anything about the world, but he is confident that he will become the richest businessman in Dajin.”
She looked at her third sister and felt a lot of emotions in her heart.
Fortunately, they were born in the Bai family of the Duke’s Mansion. Their grandfather and father never looked down on them for being girls. They learned no less than boys. They were free of the fragility and fear of the world that women should have. Instead, they were full of fighting spirit to conquer the world.
“My father had an aide named Liu. His ancestors made a living by the sea, and he had an ancestral ability to predict the weather, which was very powerful. I asked him to come out and help you.” Bai Qingyan took Bai Jintong’s hand and walked out from the stairs.