Of course Qin Yao wasn't asking for no reason.

She just heard about Qin Feng's family background and was worried about whether he could keep so much wealth.

Ever since she came back from the Imperial Master's Mansion with Liu Ji yesterday, she had a feeling that a storm was about to come.

She was definitely not worried about her family, as everything was under control, except for Qin Feng. She found that there was still a lot she didn't know about him.

After meeting again after four years of separation, she and Qin Feng have never had a chance to have a real chat.

Qin Yao felt that today was the right time, so she suggested, "Let's chat today and talk about our respective past four years."

"Okay." Qin Feng also had a lot to tell her.

The brother and sister looked at each other, and Qin Feng spoke first, "After I separated from you, I was rescued by my seventh uncle. By some strange coincidence, I joined the Salt Gang and went down to the salt well. Those days were dark and gloomy, but fortunately, I was finally able to fill my stomach."

"Later, the imperial court sent a salt transport envoy, and the salt gang was eliminated. It was at that time that I met Guo Hao, who is now the Minister of Revenue. I saved his life, and he let my seventh uncle and I leave the salt well."

"After that, my seventh uncle and I started to do business. It was a year later that we returned to Wangcheng. Guo Hao came again. This time he came for the local salt transportation in Wangcheng. The court was preparing to issue new salt permits. My seventh uncle and I took out all our savings from business and asked Guo Hao for a favor. Finally, we got the salt permits."

"In the next two years, I managed the salt mine while traveling south with Uncle Seven twice a year to do business, looking for news about you. I met a girl in Suzhou."

Qin Yao smiled jokingly, "Is it Yanhong?"

Qin Feng nodded awkwardly and muttered, "Liu Ji told you again, right? Why does this kid want to know everything?"

Qin Yao smiled faintly and motioned for him to continue.

Qin Feng did not go to Yanhong for fun. He had not been able to find his sister for a long time and had a bad feeling. He found Yanhong because she could help him keep an eye out for those women who were wandering around in brothels.

After meeting several times, the atmosphere between the two gradually became ambiguous.

But Yanhong never told him that she wanted to be with him. She just asked him to remember to come and see her when he came to Suzhou. She did not hide the fact that she wanted money to buy things. She just wrote to him and asked him to buy them.

Later, Qin Feng had someone send a sum of money over every month, enough to support her every month.

Yanhong wrote to him more frequently, and the letters contained a list of the names of the new girls who had recently arrived in the brothels in Suzhou City. She also took the opportunity to report her safety to him and ask how he was.

Qin Feng felt that this kind of connection was both normal and abnormal, but he had more than just these things to worry about every day, and he had never thought about it too deeply.

Anyway, let's just leave it at that. If he has money, just give it to him. Yanhong never asked him to redeem the person or anything.

"Now that I've found you, I'll ask Uncle Qi to tell her when he gets to Suzhou. She won't have to write to me anymore."

Qin Feng seemed to be talking to Qin Yao, or to himself, his brows slightly knitted, he felt it was a bit weird to talk about the women in the brothel in front of his sister.

He was also afraid that she would think he was being indecent or something, so after he finished speaking, he stared at Qin Yao's face, not wanting to miss any of her reactions.

Qin Yao's eyes were gentle, and she asked him curiously, "Brother, do you like Yanhong?"

"W-what?" Qin Feng was startled and visibly panicked. He looked around subconsciously and waved his hands. "I won't marry her. You can rest assured. How can the mistress of our family be a prostitute?"

After I said this, I was stunned for a moment.

It turned out that he was no different from those brothel patrons whom he looked down upon.

Qin Yao didn't have any special reaction, as if she was talking about a normal thing, "Then let's break it off."

Qin Feng frowned and asked tentatively: "You don't like it, right?"

Qin Yao shook her head. "It's not about whether you like it or not. It's about whether you have any evidence or not. It's about whether you can go bankrupt overnight."

Qin Feng's whole body trembled, and the charming indecision in his heart disappeared instantly. No one around him had ever said such words to him.

Like him, Uncle Seven also climbed up from the bottom of society. After suddenly becoming rich, the two of them lived very cautiously, knowing only to keep their wealth to themselves, not to offend others, and to make money through harmony.

As for the others, my vision was limited and I had never thought about the consequences of a brothel woman.

Qin Yao said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, money has moved people's hearts. With such a large amount of money in the salt mine, there must be many people who are eyeing it. Have you left anyone in Wangcheng?"

Qin Feng's mind sank, he took a deep breath, nodded and said: "I did leave a few trustworthy people, but the people in Wangcheng are staring at my salt mines like hungry wolves, which is also a headache for me."

Qin Yao suggested: "Then find someone to do it."

Liu Ji heard from the news that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Personnel in the court are currently neutral and not adjacent to either side, but what if?

Qin Feng relies on Guo Hao from the Ministry of Revenue. It is not easy for the higher-ups to take action against Guo Hao, but it would be too easy to take action against his subordinates.

Besides, Qin Feng is just a businessman. If we fatten him up and then kill him, the two million taels of silver will all be used to make wedding dresses for others.

Qin Feng was so shocked by what Qin Yao said that he broke into a cold sweat and muttered, "That's impossible. After all, we are also working for the court."

For that salt permit, he had to spend hundreds of thousands of taels every year. Wasn't that enough for them to have enough to eat?

"I'm not saying it's absolute, but the political situation is complicated right now, so we have to be prepared for both scenarios."

Just like her counter shop and magical book box, once the princess loses power, the entire Fulong Trading Company will be finished.

But now she is not afraid anymore, because that is an army of 100,000!

Besides, if anything goes wrong, there is still Fulong Trading Company to take the lead, and people like her who are small minions under her will at most go bankrupt.

At this time, Liu Ji's identity as a juren was very useful. As long as she destroyed all traces of contact with the Princess's Mansion and left no evidence of her standing on the same side, she could give up her status as a juren and still keep her life.

Of course, this is the worst-case scenario, and in reality the situation won’t be that bad.

In comparison, Qin Feng is still much more difficult. After all, being neutral means offending both sides. It depends on how broad-minded the other party is and whether they are willing to bother with you.

Anyway, Qin Yao will definitely remind Qin Feng if she can, and the assets can be transferred now.

"If you have trustworthy subordinates, you can buy them houses and land and register them in their names. If something happens in the future, they will have the capital to make a comeback."

"Also, you can't talk nonsense even to the person sleeping next to you." Qin Yao glanced at Qin Feng jokingly.

Qin Feng coughed twice. He had already decided to cut off contact with Yanhong as soon as he went to Sucheng this time. He glared at Qin Yao and told her not to mention it again.

The brother and sister discussed for a while and resolved Qin Feng's hidden danger, and then talked about Qin Yao's four years.

Her four years were not filled with thrilling moments. She killed horse bandits, built a water mill, and made a magical bookcase. She also helped the local people get rid of bullies and studied how to increase rice production. She got to know the village chief.

(End of this chapter)