Ye Chen said to Ye Qianqian.

"Let's go back too."

"Um!"

After returning home, Zhou Yanyan immediately told Wei Rong what she was thinking.

"Mother, I want to learn how to do business!"

Wei Rong was taken aback after hearing this.

"Why are you suddenly thinking about going into business? Weren't you always trying to win over the Third Prince?!"

Zhou Yanyan waved her hand and said.

"Mother, don't worry about all that. I have no feelings for the Third Prince anymore! All I want to do now is make money!"

Wei Rong frowned.

"But you've never learned how to do business, so how can you expect to get started right away?"

"I can learn it! With my intelligence, I'm sure I can succeed!"

"Mother, please send me to my uncle's place so I can learn properly!"

"Maybe I can help our family become even wealthier!"

Wei Rong nodded.

"Alright, since you're no longer pursuing love, why not give it a try in the business world?"

"Um!"

Then Wei Rong took Zhou Yanyan to her parents' home.

Wei Rong's family runs a rice business.

He can be considered the most powerful rice merchant in the Yuan Dynasty at present.

Zhou Yanyan was very pleased with herself.

Isn't that a coincidence?

It just so happens that the imperial court needs rice to help the people.

Then I'll do this business.

Then they hoard the goods and don't sell them.

Let the national treasury release grain.

After the grain in the national treasury has been almost completely depleted.

They'll have to come begging to me.

At that time.

Ye Chen's expression, however, was much better!

Ye Chen, Ye Chen, I will make you bow down to me one day!

Wei Ming learned that Zhou Yanyan had been buying rice to help the people during this period.

There will inevitably be opinions.

“I said, Yan Yan, my family are rice merchants. We make money by selling rice.”

“You buy rice from our homes and then give all that rice to the local people for free.”

"How much silver will you lose?"

"Whether those lowly people can get enough to eat or not has nothing to do with us. Why do you care so much about them?"

"The more times are like this, the more money we can make! Don't you know what it means to profit from national disasters?"

Zhou Yanyan immediately said.

"Uncle, I was ignorant before and missed such a good opportunity to make money!"

“Now I’m sober. I know that the more things are like this, the more money we can make. My goal now is to earn back all the rice I fed those lowly people like an idiot. I want Ye Chen to regret not choosing me in the first place.”

Wei Ming understood what he was hearing.

"So now you're driven by love turned to hate, and you want revenge?"

“Yes!” Zhou Yanyan nodded.

"I'm going to get my revenge on them!"

"I want to take revenge on Ye Chen, on Ye Qianqian, and on everyone with the surname Ye!"

Wei Ming said in a low voice.

"You can't say things like that carelessly, lest someone overhears you!"

"However, I support your approach."

"You know, when we suffered disasters before, the Emperor ordered us rice merchants to open our granaries and release grain, which caused us a lot of losses. I have always held a grudge about this!"

Wei Rong said something.

“But brother, even so, we still made money in the end. Moreover, the imperial court exempted us from a lot of taxes that year. I think it’s better not to be too greedy.”

Wei Ming said with a frown.

"What do you know?"

"What good is that little bit of tax reduction?"

“You have to understand, rice was in very high demand back then. I could have stockpiled it and then sold it at a high price!”

"By then, how much silver will I earn? Ten times more than the taxes the emperor exempted! Tell me, how can I swallow this insult?"

"There are still many disaster victims."

"This is my chance to make up for what I lost before."

"Now, I'm not going to sell this rice anymore; I'm going to stockpile it!"

"Even if the emperor issues an order, I will say that I have no goods left. At that time, the court will have no way to deal with me."

"Unless the imperial court offers silver to buy them, I will release some of my goods."

"Never underestimate the money in the imperial court. That gold mine alone, the gold it digs out every year is enough to buy a hundred times my amount of rice. I just raised the price tenfold. The imperial court is so rich and powerful, they don't care about such a small amount of money at all."

"Hmph, they can't conjure rice out of silver just by leaving it in the national treasury. No matter how much silver they have, if no rice comes out, they'll still come to me in the end, won't they?"

"Aren't you afraid that the imperial court will find out you're hoarding goods and arrest you?" Wei Rong retorted.

"Brother, I still think we should do business with a clear conscience, instead of focusing solely on making money. If things continue like this, I'm really afraid we'll suffer the consequences!"

"Hmph, women these days, all talk and no action! They know nothing! Yan Yan, what do you think?"

Zhou Yanyan immediately said.

"I agree with my uncle's decision!"

"The imperial court has always wanted to take our goods to curry favor with those lowly people. In the end, the court gets all the good reputation, while we lose a lot of money! I really want to overthrow this kind of court!"

Wei Rong was so frightened that she immediately covered Zhou Yanyan's mouth.

"Yan Yan, you can't say things like that carelessly."

"This is a matter that could cost you your head!"

Zhou Yanyan removed Wei Rong's hand.

"Alright, I was just saying."

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