Chapter 108: Making a Fortune in Quiet Places
Hearing the footsteps, the men still showed no intention of stopping and kept punching me.
Chongyang curled up in the middle with a numb expression. He was suddenly stunned when he saw Jiang Yuzhu behind the man.
"stop!"
The red carp shouted angrily.
Several men stopped at the same time and turned around. Seeing the women appear in the alley, they smiled even more obscenely: "Oh my, a servant who betrayed his master has a lover? I didn't expect that!"
"The young lady has fair skin and tender flesh, and is very pretty. Why don't you follow me?"
They were all doing hard labor nearby and didn't know Jiang Yuzhu and her group at all, so they were extremely presumptuous.
Jiang Yuzhu didn't say a word, but made a gesture.
Hong Jin understood, and quickly dragged Chongyang out, picked up the stick on the ground and went towards the man.
Soon, a crying voice came from the alley: "Auntie, we took the money and were ordered to do something. We have no grudges against each other!"
Hong Jin raised an eyebrow, but his men continued, "You were beaten because you disrespected my wife, and you still haven't found the reason?"
Jiang Yuzhu glanced at him and turned her gaze back to Chongyang: "Why are you here?"
Chongyang's clothes were torn, his face was bruised and bloody, and his nose was bleeding. He wiped his face with his sleeve, stood up with the help of the wall, and bowed to Jiang Yuzhu in pain, his voice not much louder than a mosquito's: "Thank you, Madam, for saving me."
After saying this, Chongyang limped out of the alley.
Hongli immediately shouted, "Stop!"
Chongyang slowly came back to his senses, expressionless: "Anything else?"
"Our lady is asking you a question!"
Hongli put one hand on his waist and looked up, saying, "Don't be ungrateful!"
Chongyang hesitated for a moment and said, "After I betrayed my master, I was driven out by the Zhao family. I live in a shed in the compound in the north of the city and make a living as a handyman."
Jiang Yuzhu saw Chongyang's embarrassment and asked, "Do you regret it?"
Chongyang smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know either."
If he were to do it again, he would be a servant with little influence and it seemed like he would be unable to do anything.
Chongyang hated the young man for giving up everything for a woman, but ended up becoming a joke.
Wei Jing did it without leaving any trace and played Zhao Zhe around. Even on the day of exile, she still watched operas and listened to music in the mansion and did not go to see Zhao Zhe for the last time.
"Chongyang, you stayed in the capital to find a chance to avenge Zhao Zhe, right?"
Jiang Yuzhu's tone was flat, and it didn't sound like she was deliberately emphasizing anything, but it gave people a sense of unquestionable power.
Seeing Chongyang's look of disbelief, she knew she had guessed right.
After a long while, Chongyang lowered his eyes and said, "I never told you, how did you know that?"
Chongyang is different from the servants in the Zhao mansion. He is not a born child, but was picked up by Zhao Zhe on the Double Ninth Festival more than ten years ago.
From then on, Zhao Zhe took Chongyang with him to study and practice calligraphy, and did not use the rules for servants to restrict him.
"My Lord, your kindness to me is as great as a mountain, but I..."
Chongyang felt very bitter. He had no prior knowledge of the day when the young master killed Jia Xinglin, and he didn't even have a chance to take the blame.
Jiang Yuzhu glanced at the sky and decided to make it short: "You should know that in your current situation, you don't even have a chance to fight Jin Weijing, so how can you talk about revenge?"
"Even if we are both in the capital, the north of the city is so far away from the inner city that you won't find an opportunity in five or ten years, let alone one or two years."
Jiang Yuzhu's words were like a thorn, piercing Chongyang's heart.
Chongyang fell to his knees and said, "Madam, please show me a way forward."
"I will help you deal with Wei Jing, and you only need to work for me for ten years, how about that?"
However, it was not in the capital, but in a border town in the north.
"In the North, you work hard on your duties and can also take care of Zhao Zhe. Don't worry, I won't care about these things."
Jiang Yuzhu is very optimistic about Chongyang and gives him a chance to turn things around.
After hearing this, Chongyang knelt down gratefully and said, "Madam, I will do my job with peace of mind and will not let you down!"
Chongyang knelt down devoutly and kowtowed three times.
After the two of them made an appointment, on the carriage back to the inner city, Hongli began to worry again: "Madam, why do you like Chongyang? It's not safe to use a servant who betrays his master."
From Zhao Zhe's point of view, he was indeed betraying his master.
Servants don't need justice, they just need to be obedient and always consider their masters.
"If you want to kill someone, I will hand you the knife and help you stab him. If you are found out, I will take the blame. I will never betray you even if I die."
Hongli couldn't understand Chongyang's logic and muttered.
Hong Jin also echoed: "Why do you like him?"
Jiang Yuzhu lazily leaned against the wall of the car and said lightly: "It's not his fault. Chongyang reads more than Zhaozhe."
Reading a lot will inevitably lead to the scholar's character and self-righteous sense of justice.
Regardless of whether this matter was right or wrong, Jiang Yuzhu was too lazy to argue. She only looked at the value of utilization.
"Chongyang once helped Zhao Zhe run a horse business, and the profit tripled within half a year."
Chongyang is a man of upright character. Even though he has fallen into such a state, he still makes money in an honest way.
Some people are just like that by nature and can't change.
"The northern border town needs to open up trade with the barbarians. This is a huge business opportunity."
After Princess Yutan learned about it, she first sent the message to Jiang Yuzhu.
Although it has not been announced yet, it is already a sure thing.
Jiang Yuzhu seized the business opportunity to open a shop and needed her own manpower.
People need to be reliable, smart, and capable.
Today she saw Chongyang and found that Chongyang met the requirements and was under her control.
Hongli poured a cup of tea and held it with both hands: "Madam, the barbarians and Da Qi just stopped fighting, how can they open trade? Besides, the barbarians are cold and bitter, there is no good stuff, they are just taking advantage of Da Qi."
Jiang Yuzhu burst out laughing: "So your wife's business can't be handed over to you, otherwise you will lose everything!"
In recent years, the barbarians have been restless, and wars have broken out from time to time in the northern border towns.
Now Da Qi has the upper hand temporarily, but the treasury is empty due to years of war, and both Da Qi and the barbarians can hardly bear it.
The two countries engage in trade for mutual benefit.
"Don't underestimate the barbarians. They have the best horses, can slaughter beef cattle, have thick fur, and have a natural jade mine, lots of it..."
Apart from anything else, all cattle in Da Qi have their own registration system, and when old or disabled cattle are slaughtered, they must be registered with the government office.
Farmers never treat cows as animals, but as strong laborers in the family, and they have deep feelings for them.
Even if the cows are too old to plow the fields anymore, people are reluctant to slaughter them, but instead keep them at home and wait for them to die.
As the favored daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Yuzhu ate beef only a few times. Every time, the steward had to buy it on the black market, and it was easy to buy sick cows.
"Chongyang has experience. Let's open a shop in the north without attracting attention and make a fortune quietly."
The Jiang family is too high-profile, and Jiang Yuzhu is always worried, fearing that one day their enormous wealth will be taken away again.
In order to prepare for a rainy day, she had to develop her own staff and build a career as soon as possible.
If something unexpected happens one day, the Jiang family will not be defeated and have no way out.
Saving more money secretly is the greatest confidence!
Hongli looked at him with admiration and blushed as he said, "Madam, you are so amazing!"
Hong Jin thought more long-term: "If we are looking for help secretly, Liang An who is beside the master is not bad, and he is easy to deal with. He and I have talked about grilled fish several times!"
Hong Jin has already developed Liang An into Xie Zhao's spy, and all that's left is to give him benefits.
"Grilled fish is easy to make, and it goes well with rice. However, ordinary fish cannot compare to the fat fish in the lake of the Wei Family Villa..."
Jiang Yuzhu showed a hint of aftertaste. Just as she returned to Xie's house, the servant in the kitchen said, "Second Master Jiang came and brought you two big fish and a plate of scrambled eggs."
In addition to these, there are also two newly made feather dusters.
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