Chapter 282 Isn't this annoying?

It was because he saw that the money in the mansion was getting less and less every day. It was only spent but not received.

The account he made was in deficit. It was in deficit again. Housekeeper Wang was upset.

It was too painful for him to manage this account. It was obviously not his own money, but it was even more annoying.

"That's it."

Fortunately, this time, Zhu Dingxing agreed.

"She made 20,000 taels of silver from her parents so ruthlessly. If she doesn't even want to tell the Zhu family, huh..."

Housekeeper Wang was silent because this matter was too difficult to comment. Zhu Xuntao

was born and raised in the Zhu family. If there are good things, it should be given to the Zhu family for free.

The problem is that the Zhu Mansion didn't treat Zhu Xuntao well. Zhu Xuntao was able to survive, firstly because of the old man Zhu, and secondly because of herself.

Finally, Zhu Xuntao didn't take the money from the Zhu Mansion for nothing, she gave things of equal value.

Those things were not forced on the Zhu Mansion by Zhu Xuntao, but were brought back by Madam Sun and Zhu Yingyan because they liked to bring them back...

Zhu Xuntao felt much better after receiving the 20,000 taels of silver from the Zhu Mansion.

She knew that her scumbag father would give the money honestly for the sake of face.

Once the 20,000 taels of silver were in hand, this business was profitable, not loss-making.

Seeing Zhu Xuntao smile, Butler Wang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Crown Princess was satisfied:

"Crown Princess, in fact, the reason I came here today, in addition to giving you money and paying my respects, is to ask you something."

"Zhu's rice shop hasn't opened yet?"

Butler Wang didn't say it, Zhu Xuntao knew what he meant. Butler

Wang nodded repeatedly: "Crown Princess is really amazing..."

It turned out that the Crown Princess knew everything about the Zhu family! Zhu

Xuntao only reminded him: "Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant."

Butler Wang was frightened by Zhu Xuntao's words:

"I understand what the Crown Princess means. I will advise you after returning to the mansion."

Butler Wang wanted to ask Zhu Xuntao many more questions, but Butler Wang knew the relationship between himself and Zhu Xuntao,

and even if he was willing to ask, Zhu Xuntao might not be willing to answer those questions.

Butler Wang felt that his sighing frequency had been rising sharply recently, and his hair was almost white with worry.

If he had known that the second lady had such good fortune, he should not have blindly chosen Aunt He...

After getting the answer, Butler Wang rushed back to Zhu Mansion and brought the answer to Zhu Xingding.

"Master, let's listen to the Crown Princess. Let's get rid of the grain while the price is still twice as high."

Zhu Dingxing said nothing, naturally he disagreed with Zhu Xuntao's words.

It's only twice as high now...

When there are more disaster victims in the capital, the people in the capital will be nervous. At that time, hoarding grain will be the first thing the people do.

As long as the spring plowing fails this year, grain will only become more and more expensive.

It doesn't matter even if the grain is left until the autumn harvest and becomes stale grain. If

the spring plowing cannot be carried out, what will you harvest in the autumn harvest?

At that time, even stale grain is a good thing to save lives.

"Master, listen to the Crown Princess' words, even if it's just this once."

Seeing Zhu Dingxing's unwillingness and greed, Butler Wang almost cried. If

something happened in Zhu Mansion, what good would he, a servant, do?

A seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, no dog barks in front of the nobles' house.

He was a good steward of Zhu Mansion, and he didn't want to change his master at all.

Once the grain stored in the mansion was in his hands, if Zhu Mansion wanted to maintain the family finances, wouldn't it have to sell the family property?

How would they live then?

"What are you afraid of?"

Zhu Dingxing frowned. It was all his money that was spent, and he was not in a hurry. How could Steward Wang put on such an expression that he was about to cry!

Butler Wang took a breath: "Master, I am worried about you."

"Although the Crown Prince's Concubine is not as devoted to her parents' home as other married women, you cannot deny that she has never had any ill will towards the Zhu Mansion."

"As long as Madam does not provoke the Crown Prince's Concubine, she has never caused trouble for the Zhu Mansion."

"If the Zhu Mansion is not doing well, the Crown Prince's Concubine will lose face."

"So, she told me this, could she be doing it to harm the Zhu Mansion and you, master?"

Butler Wang did not even bring back Zhu Xuntao's original words, he only said that Zhu Xuntao meant to quickly sell the grain in his hands.

If Butler Wang repeated Zhu Xuntao's original words verbatim, he had no doubt that

Zhu Dingxing, who was furious, would not care about it. In order to avenge Zhu Xuntao, he originally

planned to sell the grain, but suddenly changed his mind and decided not to sell it.

"Master, please forgive me for being so bold. Some money can be earned by merchants, but you can't, because you are an official."

"Even if you earn money that you shouldn't, and no one knows or mentions it, you will be worried."

"Once someone investigates this matter, our government will not be able to escape the blame."

"The Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince have much more food than we do, and they only sell 1.5 times at most."

"So our double is enough..."

You earn more than the Crown Prince and the princes, what else do you want?

Really...

In order to make money, do you not even care about your official reputation?

"Master, money is good, but is it worth offending the crown prince, the princes, or even the emperor?"

Zhu Dingxing: "... not really..."

He was able to sell food when he was short of food, which was also a good deed,

better than having no food and starving to death, right?

Although he was not satisfied with the doubled price, it did not mean that he would insist on selling it at a sky-high price.

Apart from other things, he will wait until the grain price returns to five times, and then sell it all off without leaving a single pound. Is that okay?

Steward Wang resisted the urge to jump up and down, and gritted his teeth to persuade:

"Master, if it really doesn't work, I advise you to meet the Crown Princess in person."

"The Crown Princess is so smart that she can even make glass. If the Crown Princess invents something that benefits the people and the country, you will be the one who suffers!"

"The Crown Princess was raised by the old master."

"If I remember correctly, when the old master was alive, he loved farming very much."

"Before his death, the old master had only one wish, hoping to find the best grain in the world so that the people of the Great Yong Dynasty would no longer have to endure hunger."

"Master, do you think the Crown Princess will inherit the old master's will?"

"If there weren't any, how could the Crown Prince's Consort have invented something like a kang?"

The cost of a kang, in addition to benefiting the people, is extremely low for dignitaries.

If it weren't really practical and promoted by the emperor himself,

otherwise, with the ability of the powerful, it would mostly be a way to keep warm in the cold winter.

Butler Wang thinks that Zhu Xuntao built the kang for the common people.

That's why it is completely understandable that Zhu Xuntao, who inherited the legacy of Zhu Lao, is obsessed with agricultural research.

"Before the old man died, he gave his only farm to the Crown Prince's Consort."

"Even though the Crown Prince's Consort is not convenient to go out, she has close contacts with Uncle Qian on the farm."