bullyxtreme Chapter 489: How much? Did I calculate it wrong?
Chapter 489: How much? Did I calculate it wrong?
"This..." Su Jixiang couldn't help but take a breath.
That’s so mean!
"Don't the people in Duke Wu's Mansion know that their aunt's brother is doing this business?" Su Jixiang asked curiously.
"I don't know. This kind of illicit business is what the wealthy and powerful families despise the most!" Wei Ling shook his head and laughed, "You're talking about lending money at high interest rates? Many wealthy and noble families do it secretly. Even if it's exposed, even if it's against the law, everyone knows it's not shameful. But running a brothel is different. It's a place where filth and corruption are hidden and it's easy to pry into other people's privacy. This is something that the wealthy and noble families don't tolerate! The brother of this concubine must not let the Duke's Mansion know about this. Even if he's helping the Minister's Mansion make money, he has to do it in secret."
"You said you could find out, but does Chen Xinghe know about it?" Su Jixiang suddenly thought of Chen Xinghe as the head of the secret agents in the capital.
"How could he not know? But since there is no conflict with him, he will definitely not meddle in other people's business!" Wei Ling said.
That day, he sneaked into the winery where Chen Xinghe stored confidential materials and saw many secrets, including this one.
Moreover, Chen Xinghe knew more than him. After all, his secret guards did not dare to be too active in the capital.
Chen Xinghe even knew who had led the Duke's son to Jingshui Yaju, and it was all recorded in the materials. Otherwise, Wei Ling would not have known so much!
"Duke Wu's mansion is in charge of the entire capital's security. If his mansion gets in chaos..." Su Jixiang looked at Wei Ling and then clicked his tongue, "I'm afraid the entire capital will be in chaos too!"
"Haha." Wei Ling sneered, "How can it be so smooth for them to take over my Black Tiger Army?"
"Oh!" Su Jixiang finally understood why Wei Ling had to get involved in the Duke of Wu's mansion!
It turned out that Wei Ling handed over the temporary command of the Black Tiger Army to the men of Duke Wu!
"No wonder others say you're cold-hearted and cruel!" Su Jixiang curled his lips and smiled, "Now it seems to be true!"
Wei Ling took the abacus from Su Jixiang and hid it behind him. Finally, he came in front of Su Jixiang and stared at her with wide eyes, "Do I look cold?"
A handsome face suddenly appeared and enlarged in front of her. Su Jixiang subconsciously leaned back, trying to distance herself from Wei Ling's handsome face. Wei Ling stretched out his long arms and directly supported Su Jixiang's back to prevent her from falling backwards.
"I'm so scared!" Su Jixiang patted his chest in shock and glared at Wei Ling.
Wei Ling simply pulled Su Jixiang into his arms, "Am I cold?" he whispered in his wife's ear.
The scorching breath made Su Jixiang's body numb. She quickly shrank her head and put her hands on Wei Ling's chest, "Don't mess around. I still have a lot of accounts to check!" The summer harvest accounts in the north have been sent to the capital in the past few days. The income and expenditure in the first half of the year have been calculated. Su Jixiang wants to review them to have a clear idea of them.
"Look at me first!" Wei Ling raised his hand to lift Su Jixiang's chin, letting her look at him. "Am I cold?"
"Oh, I'm not cold!" Su Jixiang was so numbed by his gaze that he could only say in hatred, "You are the hottest!"
"That's more like it!" Wei Ling finally smiled. "I'm telling you that I can't be cold to you! Madam will always be the warmest one in my eyes!"
"You're so annoying!" Su Jixiang slapped him in anger and said, "Let me go, I'm going to settle the score!"
"Okay, okay." Wei Ling stopped bothering Su Jixiang. After all, it was broad daylight. He would wait until nightfall to ask his wife whether he was cold or hot, and at the same time let her see whether his heart was black or red.
Su Jixiang broke free from Wei Ling's arms and sat back on the chair. She looked at the account book in front of her and asked, "Where was I calculating just now?" She had completely forgotten what she had calculated after being interrupted by Wei Ling!
She couldn't help but glare at Wei Ling again.
Wei Ling chuckled and dragged the stool closer to Su Jixiang, "Here! Your husband is keeping track of it for you!" He pointed to the account book and said.
Su Jixiang took a look and found that it was indeed here...
She rolled her eyes at Wei Ling again and warned him, "Stop making trouble!"
"Yes! Whatever the madam says is what it is. I'll just peel the grapes for you. You just calculate it carefully!" Wei Ling said flatteringly.
It has to be said that in the first half of this year, thanks to the opening of shipping, Northland’s trade volume has reached a new level!
Although the figures have not been fully counted yet, Su Jixiang sees that the current figures are already on par with those in the first half of last year.
The part further back is the growth part.
Su Jixiang spent the whole morning reviewing all the account books. Then she looked at the final number and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Do you know how much money we earned in the first half of the year?" Su Jixiang closed the account book and looked at Wei Ling, who was sitting beside him. He was pouring a fresh osmanthus drink for him.
This is made from the newly picked osmanthus flowers this year, added with white fungus and donkey-hide gelatin. It’s still a little hot when it comes out of the pot.
Su Jixiang has been very busy in recent years, so Zhou Ziqi would regularly prescribe some tonics for her to replenish her body. It was previously discovered that Su Jixiang was a little deficient in qi and blood, so recently she would add some blood-replenishing and qi-tonifying foods to the drinks she drinks.
"I feel at ease knowing you make money." Wei Ling handed the soup bowl in his hand to Su Jixiang and said with a smile.
"Our total net profit in the first half of this year is more than 35.3 million taels of silver!" Su Jixiang couldn't help but laugh!
"How much?" Wei Ling was shocked! His hand trembled and he almost dropped the soup bowl in his hand! "Net profit?" He was not only surprised but also a little frightened.
He secretly calculated that he had been busy for so many years, fought so many wars for so many years, and the ancestral property of the Duke of Zhenguo that was returned to him only added up to about 40 million taels of silver.
So after just six months of work, Su Jixiang had already caught up with the wealth that the Wei family had accumulated over three generations...
This……
"Did I calculate it wrong?" Wei Ling asked in a daze.
"I just didn't calculate it wrong!" Su Jixiang spread his hands and stretched lazily.
In fact, the account books that were sent to her already had the figures calculated in them. She just wanted to check them herself because the numbers were so huge.
It turned out that what she calculated was exactly the same as what was originally calculated in the account book!
So she really made that much money in the first half of the year!
"After the Jiangnan route is opened, we will earn even more!" Su Jixiang blinked and said to Wei Ling with a smile.
Wei Ling...
So he married the God of Wealth!
"Last year, the court's annual revenue was only 50 million taels of silver..." Wei Ling was still a little stunned! "So this year we are already going to exceed the entire court's revenue!"