Two years, nearly three million taels...

Yinsi knew all these words, but when they were put together, Yinsi was not so sure about what to understand.

Thinking about his Beile Mansion, which had an income of less than 70,000 taels of silver last year, Yinsi's eyes became red with envy.

In fact, 70,000 taels of silver is definitely a high income for a prince.

The annual salary of a Beile Jue was only 2,500 taels, and the remaining 60,000 taels were mostly donated by foreigners.

After all, he was in charge of the Lifanyuan, so it was impossible for him not to make any money.

For example, my fourth brother, although he would not touch the tax money, he would not refuse any gifts of tribute he deserved.

The expenses of the Beile Mansion in one month could consume his entire annual salary. If he didn't make any money, he would not be able to make ends meet if he only relied on his salary and the production of the farm.

So Yinsi estimated that his fourth brother's annual income should be comparable to his.

As for the other brothers, they could only make thirty or forty thousand taels a year at most. From this perspective, he and his fourth brother seemed to have an easy life.

But compared with Yin'er, Yinsi suddenly felt that his job was not so good.

"Myna, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing that Yinsi didn't speak for a long time, Yin'er asked curiously.

Hearing this, Yinsi blurted out without thinking,

"I'm wondering if you can get this large sum of money back."

Yin'er's smug look froze instantly, and then he gritted his teeth and said,

"If he doesn't give it back to me, I have plenty of ways to get it back myself!"

If the emperor didn't give it to him, he would just take it himself. After all, he was in charge of the business, so it would be very easy for him to tamper with the accounts.

Yinsi: “…”

Well, he was worrying too much.

He and Yinzhen had a good relationship since childhood, and he had long known Yinzhen's temperament. He could tolerate other people's matters, but once money was involved, he would never give in.

But he is not a miser. On the contrary, he is never stingy with people he approves of.

Yinsi was fortunate to become one of the people recognized by Yin'er.

However, Yinsi still wanted to persuade Yin'er that there is no one in this world who is not greedy. They themselves are unwilling to do business without profit, let alone those old foxes who play power games in the court.

They just want more.

"Ninth brother, as long as you earn money for him honestly, he won't do anything to you..."

Yin'er's hair instantly exploded when he heard this.

"So I'm just a tool to make money for him? He only used Third Brother once, so why should I have to spend half my life making money for him when it comes to me? Why?"

God knows how painful it is to see that you have received the silver in your hands, but have to give away 95% of it before you can even warm it up.

Ninety-five percent!

Yinzhen trembled with heartache.

He was the one who did the work, and his second brother was the one who came up with the solution. But in the end, the people who did nothing took the lion's share. This business really brought losses to the whole family.

Seeing that Yin'er was unmoved, Yinsi's temples throbbed.

Is that what he meant?

What he meant was that Yinzhen didn't need to worry about being sacrificed by the Emperor. Only those who stood in his way or were of no use to him would be discarded...

etc!

Leverage value…

Yinsi chewed on these words over and over again, and suddenly remembered the fleeting thought that had flashed through his mind some time ago.

Before the southern tour, the third brother rose to power because the emperor wanted to use him to force the second brother to bow down. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned and the second brother did not bow down to the emperor in the end.

So for the Emperor, is the third brother a person of no use and is he blocking him from paving the way for the second brother?

Thinking of this, Yinsi took a breath.

When Yin'er heard the noise, he turned around and saw Yin'er's uncertain expression. He couldn't help but wonder,

"What are you thinking about? Why do you look so grim?"

Yinsi came back to his senses and shook his head with a complicated feeling.

"nothing……"

Yinzhen didn't believe it at all.

"You look as grim as if you've eaten a fly. You don't look like you're alright. Just say what you want to say. Could it be that Big Brother still doesn't trust his brother?"

Faced with Yin'er's questioning, Yinsi's confused mind became slightly clearer.

He forced down the bad thoughts in his mind and forced a smile towards Yinzhen.

"I just thought of some bad things. I know your concerns, but we can't just jump in blindly. We need to observe for a while. If we become the only one in power in the court, even Second Brother will be overshadowed by us. I'm afraid it won't be long before we're liquidated..."

Yinsi felt his mind was a mess and he didn't know what he said, but seeing Yin'er lost in thought, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

If his guess is true, then what the third brother suffered is more than just being exploited.

It is very likely that the third brother was pushed out by him as a pawn. Even if the third brother had not run into the thieves' den, his end would not be much better than it is now.

His purpose was to suppress the momentum of the third brother's development.

And now everything is just what he wants.

No…

No, if the emperor really wanted to abandon my third brother, why would he send so many troops to look for him?

Wouldn't it be better to just pretend he's gone?

Maybe he regretted it...

Yinsi calculated his guess bit by bit, and the deeper he thought about it, the paler his face became.

But Yinzhen was also thinking and did not notice his abnormality.

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