Chapter 390 The Rich

Man At midnight, the black carriage that had passed through most of Shuzhou City finally slowly stopped in front of another mansion without a door plaque.

After reaching an agreement with Qing Xian and temporarily solving the problem of insufficient "troops" in Shuzhou, Wei Changtian decided to go all out and directly tackle the second pressing problem -

silver.

Whether it was the construction of the city to be started in ten days as promised to Qingxian, or all the preparations needed for the war, a large amount of silver would be required.

No matter how good Shuzhou's financial situation was, it was obvious that it could not afford such huge expenses.

Even adding the Wei family won't work.

Therefore, Wei Changtian needed to find someone richer than the Wei family to pay the money.

There are only two such people in the whole of Daning now.

Ning Yongnian, who controls the national treasury, and... "Hahaha!"

"Madam Wei, long time no see!"

That’s right, the person Wei Changtian is looking for is Wei Yanyu.

Ever since the fall of Jizhou City and Wei Yanyu fled with the remaining property of the Xu family, most people thought that she had fled to Dafeng for refuge.

After all, judging from previous situations, the Xu family seems to have a close connection with Dafeng, so it is normal to have such speculation.

However, Wei Changtian knew clearly that she did not go to Dafeng.

But he also didn't know where Wei Yanyu and the "remnants" of the Xu family had gone during this period of time.

Anyway, when the news spread that Ning Yuke was going to declare himself king, they came to Shuzhou and have now lived in the city for more than ten days.

“.”

"Mr. Wei, long time no see."

After meeting again after more than half a year, Wei Yanyu was very calm at this time, and seemed not surprised at all that Wei Changtian came to see her in the middle of the night.

"Haha, I was busy with the coronation ceremony a few days ago and didn't have time to visit you. I hope Madam will forgive me."

After laughing twice, Wei Changtian and Wei Yanyu sat down on either side of the tea table, and asked casually as if they were meeting old friends: "I wonder if Madam is getting used to living in Shuzhou City?"

"fine."

Nodding, Wei Yanyu said softly: "Thank you for your care, sir. I am very grateful."

"Madam, you are too kind. I have already said that Shuzhou will always be the Xu family's retreat."

Wei Changtian smiled and said, "So it's not a question of whether I take care of you or not. It's all my responsibility."

"well"

Sighing softly, Wei Yanyu said politely again: "No matter what, the Xu family will remember your kindness."

“.”

Unlike Qingxian who comes straight to the point, women like Wei Yanyu seem to like to talk nonsense for a long time before getting down to business.

Wei Changtian was not in a hurry, so he kept chatting with her about random things.

For example, "mourn" the Xu family soldiers who died on the battlefield in Jizhou, "regret" the unsuccessful rebellion, "lament" the current state of the world in Daning, and so on.

After these polite words were spoken, the main topic of today was finally brought up with Wei Yanyu's question, "Mr. Wei, is there something important that brings you here so late at night?"

"Oh, that's it."

Taking the initiative to refill Wei Yanyu's cup of tea, Wei Changtian lowered his voice with a serious look and said, "Madam Wei, I'm not going to hide anything from you."

"Just two hours ago, I received news that Ning Yongnian has sent General Han Zhao to Yuanzhou to mobilize troops."

"There are three hundred thousand people, and they will reach Shuzhou in a month at most."

"I have decided to fight him to the death. If I can win, it will be considered revenge for Lord Xu."

“.”

The hand holding the tea shook slightly, and Wei Yanyu's face inevitably revealed a hint of surprise.

"Master Wei, does the Shu army have the strength to fight now?"

"have."

Unexpectedly, Wei Changtian's answer was very confident: "Not only can I fight, I am even confident that I can make sure these 300,000 people never return."

"Um?"

Wei Yanyu was even more surprised, but soon she calmed down and looked at Wei Changtian and asked calmly, "Master Wei, if that's the case, then why did you come to see me?"

"Madam should know."

Wei Changtian looked back, played with the rim of the teacup and said with a smile: "Of course it's because Madam has something I want."

“.”

Conversations between intelligent people never need to be too clear.

Wei Yanyu stood up soon, nodded to the old butler who had been standing behind them, and then said softly to Wei Changtian:

"Master Wei, follow me."

After one stick of incense.

A secret room hidden in the basement of the mansion has been opened. Wei Changtian stood outside the door and looked inside, but he only saw a lot of large boxes.

He smacked his lips, and couldn't help muttering in his heart -

Speaking of which, the Xu family isn't doing very well.

This secret room is not big. Although there are many boxes, even if they are filled with gold, the estimated amount is only several million taels of silver.

Of course, several million taels is not a small sum.

But for the Xu family, which was once rich enough to rival a country, it is still a little too little.

Did he spend too much money on the previous battle? Or did he not take everything with him when he fled?

Alas, what a pity! Although a little disappointed, Wei Changtian still prepared to accept it all based on the principle of "something is better than nothing".

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But he also understood that Wei Yanyu would definitely not give this money for free.

"Thank you ma'am for your help."

Retracting his gaze, Wei Changtian turned his head to look at Wei Yanyu beside him and got straight to the point: "But I wonder what the Madam wants in return?"

"Mr. Wei, you are too polite."

Wei Yanyu also gave a straightforward answer this time: "Master Wei, the Xu family has lost Jizhou now, so the silver will just sit there."

"I am willing to do my best to help you, sir, and I only ask for an opportunity to kill my enemy."

"Kill the enemy with your own hands?"

Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes: "Madam, do you want to kill Ning Yongnian yourself?"

"yes."

"But what if there is no such opportunity?"

"Then I will admit it in person."

"Madam, aren't you afraid that I will kill people and steal treasures?"

"If you really intend to do this, you wouldn't say so much."

"Hahaha, that's true. But besides this silver, what else can Madam offer?"

"I've said it before, I'll do my best."

“.”

"Okay, it's a deal."

Wei Changtian nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Although the amount of silver was much less than he had expected, Wei Yanyu's conditions were relatively simple.

Wei Changtian was not obsessed with killing Ning Yongnian with his own hands, so he didn't care who killed him.

And if there is no good opportunity, Wei Yanyu will not force it.

This is just like giving money!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good deal, and Wei Changtian quickly walked into the dark room happily.

Boxes of all sizes filled several rows of wooden shelves, most of which were not locked.

A room full of gold, that's enough.

“Snap!”

He casually unfastened the copper buckle of a wooden box next to him, ready to take a look and then ask Chu Xianping to find someone to take everything away.

However, when the objects stacked in the box caught his eye, Wei Changtian was stunned.

It wasn’t gold, silver, or jewelry, but stacks of banknotes from major banks in Daning! “Gulp.”

Wei Changtian swallowed subconsciously and suddenly felt that his previous estimate of the value of the boxes in this room was probably not accurate.

"Madam Wei, how much silver is here in total?"

"Well, after many twists and turns, I'm not sure about the exact amount at the moment."

Wei Yanyu thought about it for a moment and then gave an answer.

"But it's no less than the current Daning Treasury."

(End of this chapter)