Bai Manshan had already decided on how to use the money and how much to spend on the way.

He wasn't worried that Shui Qing and Fan Jin would embezzle his property. He believed in trusting those he employed and not employing those he didn't trust. Some people were trustworthy.

Shuiqing continued her report: "Later, Sister Huyu brought eight more boxes, plus the box of gold nuggets you brought the first time. I counted them and there were two boxes of gold nuggets, three boxes of silver ingots, and the rest were mostly jewelry and jade."

Should we move everything away tomorrow when there are many people, or should we move it in batches?

She went to great lengths to acquire this batch of gold, silver, and jewels, opening several storage boxes in the mall!

I was afraid it would be stolen if I left it inside the house.

Now that Bai Manshan has taken away the jewelry, the storage box can be emptied out for use, so it won't be wasted.

Bai Manshan shook his head: "Don't touch the gold nuggets and jewelry, just take out the silver, sixty ingots of silver that are ten taels each."

Shui Qing got up and went to the main house. She took out a cloth bag and put sixty silver ingots into it from the mall's storage box.

Carrying a heavy cloth bag into the tea room, she asked, "Should we find a smaller box or basket to cover it up?"

The cloth bag could also be printed with the outline of silver coins, which was inconvenient for walking around outside.

Bai Manshan happily accepted it, "No need, I'll use it later!"

Seeing the two men's confusion, he carefully calculated: "Although the people I brought have bought indentures according to the usual practice and do not need to pay indenture money, the friendship we have built up along the way is different. I plan to give each family, except for Hong Daniu's family, twenty taels of silver as a small amount of savings for them to start a new life here."

Hong Daniu saved my life, and I feel the most practical way to repay this debt of gratitude is with money! He has two sons, and they'll need money for their weddings and house construction in the future, so I'm planning to give him one hundred taels.”

Hong Daniu firmly believed that he had saved the three of them, and that he would not accept more money than he thought. He felt that one hundred taels was not much and that he could persuade them to accept it if he tried.

The Hong family has ten members, plus six members from the other three families, making a total of sixteen.

"This trip to Baijiazhuang in Nanning Prefecture will take four to five days round trip. One man will earn 100 coins a day, so ten men will earn one tael of silver a day, and five days will earn five taels. If there are sixty men, a round trip will cost 30 taels of silver, assuming it takes five days."

After the flood, the roads were extremely difficult to travel on, especially with the presence of bandits. The daily wage of one hundred coins not only included the labor but also the level of danger, making it hard to earn.

After cleaning the water, there were only nineteen ingots. It's not very convenient to carry forty-one more ingots.

Bai Manshan took out about thirty silver ingots from his bag and pushed them in front of Fan Jin, pleading earnestly, "Brother Jin, I know things aren't peaceful outside, but I still need your help to go into the city and see if you can buy some well-made swords or have a batch made urgently by a blacksmith."

"It doesn't matter how good or sharp it is, as long as it's a sword or blade!"

Hu Yu had previously said that a broadsword was the best, as it could intimidate enemies, but if you didn't have one, a sword was always better than bare hands.

The price for expedited service is naturally different from the usual price, and it can be several times more expensive.

Shui Qing: .....Isn't this just a coincidence?

Fan Jin's dark eyes widened in surprise as he immediately looked at Shui Qing.

Last year, when they heard from Bai Manshan that the emperor was reducing the power of the princes, they were worried that the princes would rebel. So they bought a batch of unsharpened swords from the market and put them in the storeroom, waiting for the right opportunity to use them.

After my father-in-law arrived, especially since things weren't very peaceful outside, I asked him to help sharpen the blade when he had free time.

He told his father-in-law that Bai Manshan was staying at his house!

Shui Qing couldn't help but think that now was not only the right time, but also the perfect reason.