Chapter 54 Why not spend some more money?
"Hahaha, you little rascal, you're so funny!"
The bodyguard immediately burst into laughter.
This is the first time in all the years since Zhenyuan Escort Agency was founded that someone has entrusted their life to them.
Yun Zhao struggled to pry his second uncle's hand away and asked, "What are you laughing at? Are you afraid of me?"
"Hahaha, interesting, really interesting, third brother, it seems you've been looked down upon by this little kid!"
The bodyguard standing nearby also burst into laughter.
The child was quite amusing, and the bodyguards, having nothing better to do, would often tease her.
"Then tell me, why did you want us to escort you to Lingnan?"
"I've been exiled! Someone wants to kill me! Do you dare protect me? If not, I'll find someone else!"
Yun Zhao blinked her big eyes and said these words with an innocent and naive expression.
The guards' smiles froze on their faces.
"Are you serious about what you're saying?"
What do you think?
Yun Zhao tilted his head and shook the silver in his hand.
"Hurry up, or you'll miss this opportunity!"
Fifty taels of gold is no small sum, but if it were truly an exile group, there would naturally be officials escorting them.
If even the escorting convoy is being hunted down, then these people are no ordinary exiles.
"Sigh, looks like another one who's too timid to accept. Second Uncle, let's go."
Yun Zhao shook his head with a look of disgust, but the bodyguard was amused by the little boy's serious expression.
“Kid, it’s not a matter of being timid. This is connected to the higher-ups. If I’m not careful, I might offend someone. Fifty taels of gold, how can that be enough?”
A generous reward will surely attract brave men.
Yun Zhao firmly believed in this principle, but she couldn't offer the highest price right away.
She made a conflicted expression, showing a precocious wisdom despite her small stature, which made people laugh.
"Then, fifty-five taels of gold?"
Yun Zhao held up six fingers.
The bodyguards suddenly felt like they'd gone mad. What were they talking to a little kid who couldn't even count on his fingers?
They looked up at Xu Yinan.
"Brother, what do you say yourself?"
Xu Yinan had no idea how to give the money, but he understood Yun Zhao's purpose.
They were just lucky this time, but who knows what will happen next time?
If this entire caravan were to accompany them, even if they couldn't win, the sheer presence of this force would make the other side think twice.
As for the money, he'll figure out a way!
“You just follow behind. This is the deposit. If you arrive in Lingnan safely, take my letter and go to Yue'erpu in the southwest to collect sixty taels of gold.”
Um?
Yun Zhao looked up at Xu Yinan, her face blank.
Where? In the southwest?
Could it be that my maternal grandfather, a military general, knew how to acquire private property in the southwest that even the emperor was unaware of?
"Second Uncle, what place is that?"
Yun Zhao whispered in his ear.
“It’s a gambling den I set up in the southwest; even your maternal grandfather didn’t know about it.”
Yun Zhao: ?
Wait a minute, she suddenly remembered that before she died in her previous life, Ling Xuerou had said that she had an uncle who was a gambler.
Could it be my second uncle?
He liked gambling, so he set up a gambling den in the southwest region guarded by his father?
No way, are you crazy, bro?
Your father is the garrison commander of the southwest. Are you setting up a gambling den to amass wealth because you're afraid that others will find fault with your father and accuse him of recruiting soldiers and plotting to usurp the throne?
Yun Zhao stared wide-eyed, his face saying, "Are you crazy?"
Xu Yinan coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed.
He had never thought that gambling was a bad thing, after all, he almost always won.
But for some reason, he felt a little embarrassed talking about it in front of his little niece!
"I only have a stake in the company. Others don't know that I am the son of a general. Moreover, they are very powerful in the local area, and the imperial court can't get involved."
Xu Yinan wasn't stupid; he was just a gambler.
He spent two years in Southwest China with his father, but he didn't learn anything; all he knew was how to make money there.
The southwest is a border region, and many things that cannot be done in the capital are popular in the southwest.
Other places make money too slowly, while gambling houses make money the fastest, so he goes there every few days.
In his father's eyes, the son of a dignified general who was in charge of the Southwest was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and only knew how to squander money by gambling.
Within two years, they packed him up and sent him back to Beijing.
Before leaving, Xu Yinan had already become sworn brothers with the other party's boss.
They never imagined that this unconventional playboy was actually the son of a taciturn and unsmiling general.
They had always thought of him as just a spoiled brat from the capital.
Since Xu Yinan was going to be sent away, they would send his share of the profits to the Beijing bank every three months.
His father's words "good-for-nothing" still echoed in his ears, and Xu Yinan dared not think that his little niece would also look down on him.
To everyone's surprise, Yun Zhao looked at him with sparkling eyes and an expression of admiration: "Wow, Second Uncle is so amazing! Sixty taels of gold! I've never seen so much money before!"
Unable to suppress the smile on Xu Yinan's lips, he asked naively, "Really? Zhaozhao thinks her second uncle is amazing?"
"Of course! My second uncle is thousands of miles away, and he can make money without doing anything. Isn't that amazing?"
Then, Yun Zhao asked in confusion, "But why doesn't Second Uncle just have them send the letter to the Southwest and then send the dividends to Lingnan later?"
Xu Yinan: ...
That makes perfect sense. How come he didn't think of that?
The uncle and nephew squatted in the corner, whispering to each other, leaving the bodyguards looking on with bewilderment.
"What exactly are they here for?"
"Is he out of his mind? Get him out of here!"
"Wait! Here, take this and go deliver my message!"
Without hesitation, Xu Yinan turned the deposit into payment for delivering the message.
"Is this ingot of silver enough to send a message?"
"certainly."
The bodyguard raised an eyebrow and nodded.
"However, our Zhenyuan Escort Agency has never taken on such a small order before."
For things like sending messages, wealthy and powerful families would use their own people to deliver confidential letters.
What ordinary family would hire such a large security escort agency and spend so much money just to deliver a letter?
"This is no small order. Deliver this letter to Yue'er Shop, and he will give you the sixty taels of gold he was escorting."
If any accidents occur on the road, resulting in death or injury, I will provide you with additional compensation.
Having traveled all over the country for so many years, the Zhenyuan Escort Agency naturally knew about the gambling den in Yue'erpu, Southwest China.
But they didn't know whether the person in front of them was really related to Yue'erpu.
"I need to discuss this with my employer."
Escorting an exile caravan was a task that no one had ever heard of before, and who would dare to make the decision?
"Okay, come to Fulai Inn and tell me the answer by 3:45 AM tomorrow at the latest."
The exiles wouldn't stay in one place for long, and his haste confirmed their status as exiles.
"It's a deal, but no matter what, we'll definitely deliver the letter to you."
They can't possibly turn down business if there's a chance.
Xu Yinan wrote a letter directly to the escort agency, containing a secret code for Yue'er Shop, before delivering the letter to the other party.
Yun Zhao lay on the table, watching Xu Yinan write a letter, and smacked his lips.
"Second Uncle, how about we spend some more money?"
After all, gambling houses must make a lot of money, right?
Xu Yinan looked down at her little niece and suddenly realized that her little niece was quite a spendthrift.
Like him!
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