I m the Farmgirl You Can t Mess With - Chapter 1331: Side Story: Having the Whole World in View (8)
Chapter 1331: Side Story: Having the Whole World in View (8)
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Surprised that Mu Yangling agreed so readily, Qi Haoran froze for a moment before immediately reacting. He turned around, stared at his wife, and asked, “Ah Ling, how much money does our family have exactly?”
“There’s definitely not much silver now, but including all our family assets, there should be five to six million taels.”
Qi Haoran’s mouth fell open. He didn’t expect himself to be so rich. As he clutched his chest, he asked, “Where did our family get so much money?”
“Of course it’s earned. Since the annual profit from the sea trade is no less than 200,000 taels, consider how many years our family has been in the sea trade business. In addition to the two factories and the Harvest Grain Stores, the reason why we only managed to save up this sum is because you and the children spend a lot. In addition to the money used for charitable purposes every year…” Mu Yangling counted with her fingers and realized that their expenditures exceeded their savings over the years.
Qi Haoran was stunned. It turned out that he could have been so rich in the past, but he had spent all that money…
Very generous to the children, Mu Yangling gave them a million taels of silver just like that.
The children drooled as they looked at the token their mother handed them.
With a smile, Mu Yangling said, “The five of you are given 200,000 taels of silver each. You can manage the sum yourself. Whether you make a loss or a profit depends on your own ability.”
Since they were investing one million taels into the sea trade business, plus they weren’t relying on the Zhou family or Fan Zijin to manage it for them, they had to do everything themselves.
Little Lion said, “Let’s go look for Brother Little An and Little Fu. Since they’ll definitely invest in the business too, we’ll have more than a million taels.”
Little Bear wiped his saliva and looked away with difficulty. “I’ll leave my money to you guys to manage. I still have many things to deal with in the army.”
The remaining three brothers looked at each other and felt that they had to discuss it with Little An and Little Fu.
When Fan Zijin heard that Mu Yangling had given each child 200,000 taels of silver, he waved his hand and gave Little An and Little Fu 200,000 taels of silver each, too. He said, “Don’t incur too big a loss. Otherwise, the next time you ask for money from me, it’d be a loan.”
The two boys agreed happily and ran to King Rong’s Residence to discuss business with Tiger Head and the others.
Knowing that Little Bear wouldn’t participate in the management, Little An immediately raised his hand and said, “I also have to prepare for the Spring Quarter Examinations and enter officialdom. I don’t have time to manage the business, too.”
On the other hand, Tiger Head and Little Lion said excitedly, “We’re free…”
Little An doused their enthusiasm. “Aren’t you entering the army to train?” Correct content is on fr.eew eb novel..com
The two of them immediately said that they wouldn’t have any problem controlling the business remotely.
“But account management is very cumbersome. Are you sure you can handle it?” It wasn’t that Little An didn’t believe them, but their ability in this aspect really didn’t inspire trust.
Little Leopard immediately raised his hand and said, “I have a way.” Seeing that everyone was looking over, he said seriously, “Let Mother help us manage it.”
“Mother won’t covet our money, and she also won’t interfere in anything we do.”
Where could they find such a good accountant?
The children had suggested doing it by themselves because they had a bunch of ideas. If they let the adults participate, the plan would definitely be changed beyond recognition. However, it was different if they let Mu Yangling manage it. As long as it was agreed upon in advance, their mother would only manage the accounts and not ask about anything else.
Thinking of Fourth Aunt’s personality, Little An asked, “Are you sure Fourth Aunt is willing to help us manage the accounts?”
Little Leopard said righteously, “Aren’t we still young? As our mother, of course she has to support us. When we grow up, we won’t need her help.”
“Then how long will Fourth Aunt have to manage it?” Little An said with creased brows, “We have to discuss all of this in advance. Otherwise, Fourth Uncle will probably get mad.”
Little Leopard tilted his head and asked, “Five years? By then, I’d be exactly ten years old and will be able to manage the accounts myself.”
Little An was doubtful. “You can manage the accounts yourself?”
Before Little Leopard could answer, Little Fu had already answered on his behalf, “Unless he’s possessed by Zu
Hearing this, no one dared to let Little Leopard manage the accounts.
Little Leopard scratched his head in distress. “Then what do you think we should do?”
Baozhu, who had been sitting quietly at the side, immediately raised her head and said, “Seeing how troubled you guys are, I’ll reluctantly help you.”
Stunned, the boys turned to look at Baozhu in a daze.
Baozhu looked at them in disdain. “Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten that I have a share of this silver, too.”
Little Bear’s eyes lit up and he immediately said, “Then let’s leave it to Sister to manage.”
Little An thought about it and nodded deeply.
As Baozhu’s good friend, Little Fu naturally had no objections. Seeing that Little An and Little Fu had agreed, the remaining three brothers had no reason to refuse. View the correct content at freew(eb)no\vel..(c)om.
Hence, the children went to invite Mu Yangling, bringing along their disciple Baozhu to help her achieve independence as early as possible.
Mu Yangling did not expect her daughter to be so bold. This was 1.4 million taels of silver. This girl was only ten years old, but she was already so bold.
However, Baozhu said self-righteously, “It’s just a pile of numbers. I’ll just calculate the profits and losses according to Mother’s instructions. It’s not as if I need to count the taels one by one.”
So why was this young lady’s mental fortitude so good?
A million taels of silver was equivalent to hundreds of millions of copper coins, yet she was so calm about it. Sometimes, Mu Yangling would be a little dazzled when she looked at the tokens representing such large sums.
Qi Haoran said smugly, “Calm and heroic, as expected of my daughter!”
Baozhu was really calm in the face of danger. Looking at the list of goods and how much money her brothers had spent, she did not even blink.
Mu Yangling felt that her heart couldn’t take it anymore. What kind of messy goods were the children dealing with? It was simply a waste of money. However, when she thought of how she had previously promised not to interfere with their decisions, she could only keep her mouth shut.
In order not to feel stifled, she handed all the reconciliation of the accounts to her daughter. In the end, she only did a final inspection of the accounts.
It was not difficult to get familiar with these things. Not only did Baozhu have her guidance, but she also had Steward Zhu’s guidance. Soon, she was able to do it with ease.
It was not until winter that all the goods in this batch were loaded and shipped out of the port to the west. Joao and Jose tagged along on the ship too.
Little Leopard gave the brothers a business card from the King’s Residence and said that the fleet would escort them all the way back to Portugal, giving them full backing.
In less than half a year, the brothers received letters from Zhu Yi and Joao.
Zhu Yi was Steward Zhu’s eldest son, and Qi Haoran had specially transferred him from the shop to assist his sons.
When Joao and Jose returned to Portugal, it was still too late. Though their father was still in good health, he had long passed his title to his youngest son to inherit.
In Great Qi, Joao and Jose only knew that their father was still healthy, but they did not know that he had handed the title of nobility to his youngest son so easily. All their plans fell through.
However, this did not mean that they were willing to admit defeat. Be it Joao’s letter or Zhu Yi’s reply, they both conveyed this message.
Zhu Yi first reported the sales of the goods before mentioning Joao’s family matters.
Joao and Jose were not doing well in Portugal. Not only did their stepmother and family ostracize the two of them, but a Duke named Pedro especially disliked them.
When Qi Haoran heard this, he asked in amusement, “Yo, Pedro is still alive and has even been promoted from an earl to a duke. Those Westerners are so strange. Not only was Pedro defeated by me, but he was also captured by us. Yet, instead of denouncing him, they decided to promote him.”
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