Chapter 652 Ready to Go
That night, Cai Guang came to the back door of Cai's mansion, where an inconspicuous carriage was parked.
The carriage driver saw him and made a gesture to him. Cai Guang came over, the driver lifted the curtain of the carriage, and he got on.
In the carriage, He Shizhong was sitting beside him.
As soon as Cai Guang sat firmly, the carriage slowly moved forward.
"Old He, thank you for your help."
"There's no need for these polite words between you and me." He Shizhong looked at his old friend, whose temples were already gray, and knew the torment he had been going through recently.
Thinking about what happened next, He Shizhong couldn't help but sigh that the Cai family took a wrong step and the price they would have to pay later was too high.
He Shizhong personally took him to meet Ji Wuyin, Wu Ren and others.
As soon as they met, Cai Guang immediately expressed his desire to take his family to Pingzhou and was willing to donate all his property in Zhuozhou to Pingzhou.
After Cai Guang expressed his loyalty, Ji Wuyin and the others laughed, "You don't have to do this. However, your Ji family's assets are indeed useful to us right now. So, let's buy your Cai family's assets in Zhuozhou from you in Pingzhou. But is the price, according to the current market price, okay?"
"Ji Daxiu, just give it as you see fit." Cai Guang said quickly.
"Please tell me about the Cai family's assets."
Cai Guang reported all of the Cai family's assets one by one.
On the side, Wu Ren was registering.
Gu Huaisheng was using an abacus, and he was very skilled in arithmetic.
Almost as soon as Cai Guang finished speaking, Wu Ren and Gu Huaisheng had already calculated the total value of the Cai family's assets.
Wu Ren was good at mental arithmetic, and Gu Huaisheng was good at abacus.
Young Master Ji looked over and saw that the two people had calculated the same result. He gave them a thumbs up.
Gu Huaisheng looked at Wu Ren. His abacus skills were nothing special. Wu Ren's mental arithmetic was the real deal. It was said that the governor taught him this.
Wu Ren nodded slightly at him.
At this time, Ji Wuyin spoke. He and Cai Guang confirmed the Cai family's property, and their voices attracted everyone's attention.
According to Cai Guang's account, donkeys now made up the majority of the Cai family's assets. After distributing 80,000 donkeys to Zhao Song, the Cai family still had 220,000 donkeys, both young and old, with perhaps 150,000 young donkeys.
Upon hearing that Cai Guang had just distributed 80,000 young donkeys to Zhao Song, Ji Dashao and the other young men felt regretful. If Cai Guang had come to them earlier, they wouldn't have to divide the 80,000 donkeys with Zhao Song and could have just given him silver, which they had plenty of in Pingzhou anyway.
Ji Wuyin waved his hand and said, "This may not be a bad thing." Otherwise, in such a bad environment in Zhuozhou, wouldn't it be suspicious for Cai Guang to directly use 500,000 taels to let Zhao Song withdraw his shares?
Ji Wuyin reported the total value of the Cai family's current assets and asked Cai Guang, "The total value of all the Cai family's assets is equivalent to 1.2 million taels. Do you have any objection to this figure?"
Cai Guang quickly shook his head and said, "No objection." He knew that the price was fair.
"Alright then, the total value of your Cai family's assets will be calculated as 1.2 million taels."
Cai Guang said he only wanted half, and would donate the other half to Pingzhou. He sighed deeply as he said this. The inheritance he had inherited from his father was roughly this amount. A single wrong move had cost him half his life's work, and all his earnings had been wiped out in this one battle.
"Brother Cai, I know you donated half of your fortune to show your loyalty to the governor, but Pingzhou has a solid foundation and doesn't need your money. So, just take this money."
"This..." Cai Guang hesitated as the money was not delivered smoothly.
"Don't be in a hurry to refuse. There is something that requires you right now."
"Ji Daxiu, please give me your orders. I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
"Don't rush about this. Let's talk about it after you have settled your family. Besides, I guess these 1.2 million taels of silver can only be given to you after your family has settled down."
"Sure, I'm not in a hurry." After saying that, Cai Guang sighed in his heart, wondering how rich Pingzhou's family must be to dare to say such a thing.
At the same time, he was also surprised by the customs in Pingzhou. If he ran to the officials of Dali and asked to donate his property, people would be happy to do so and the more the better.
After Cai Guang and He Shizhong said goodbye, He Shizhong patted his old friend on the shoulder to comfort him.
Cai Guang smiled and said, "This situation is already very good."
This was Cai Guang's sincere words. Their Cai family was directly involved in the struggle between the two major forces of Pingzhou and Dali. Now they were able to save their lives and part of the family property, which was already a great blessing.
Cai Guang and He Shizhong, who were leaving, didn't know that Ji Wuyin was also sighing at the Cai family's good luck. The Cai family's move to Pingzhou was very timely. If it had been a little later, even if Cai Guang had the intention, he would have no chance.
Pingzhou, Changli
Lu Songli has been pregnant for more than five months and her pregnancy is already obvious.
After Qin Sheng became a father, he consciously shared some of Lu Songli's responsibilities. He also became noticeably more mature. Sometimes, when Lu Songli looked at him, she felt like her son had grown up.
The young man who was once a dashing young man had gone through many hardships, yet remained true to his original aspirations. Now, he had lost his childishness and was like a tall poplar tree, stretching its branches to support her and the child in her belly.
"The time is almost right in Zhuozhou." Lu Songli said to Qin Sheng with a smile.
Qin Sheng nodded and helped her sit aside.
"Don't worry, Lili. You've been planning to take Zhuozhou for so long. I will definitely take it for you."
"Okay, I'll wait for you to plant the Pingzhou flag on the city gate of Zhuozhou."
Over the past six months, the military has never stopped various trainings.
It takes a thousand days to train an army and only a moment to use it. Now it's their turn to draw their swords.
Lu Mansion
Jiang was also complaining about Lu Desheng, "Your daughter is pregnant, and you don't even know how to help her share the burden."
"Is it because I don't want to?" Lu Desheng muttered. Pingzhou is no longer the same as it was before. Various official duties are very complicated, and only his daughter can handle them with ease.
Seeing that he still dared to talk back, Jiang threw the small clothes she had made onto the bed and put her hands on her hips. "In short, you are not allowed to go anywhere during this period! If you dare to run, I will break your legs!"
Lu Desheng surrendered, "I understand, I understand. I promise you, I won't go anywhere before my daughter gives birth, okay?"
Alas, in the eyes of his wife, is he a person who can't distinguish between the important and the urgent? Melancholy.
Only then was Jiang satisfied.
In fact, Lu Desheng also attaches great importance to his daughter's pregnancy. After all, the baby in his daughter's belly is very likely to be the heir to Pingzhou.
Now, whether it is the Qin family or the Lu family, or the think tanks and officials in Pingzhou, they are all looking forward to the smooth birth of this person.
The same goes for his grandfather, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed back to Pingzhou as soon as he finished his work and fell into the trap so early.
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