Chapter 149: Setting the Rules
Her emotions were in turmoil, but she said nothing and moved nothing.
She was afraid of waking him.
She just wanted to be quiet in the middle of the night, looking at her husband and having a good rest.
About a quarter of an hour later, Xie Yuduo frowned slightly and woke up after a while.
He looked up and saw Chen Qi sitting next to him. He sighed, propped himself up with his arms, and pulled her hand.
"What are you doing here so late? Can't you sleep well? Are the children okay?"
Shen Qi forced a smile.
"The children are all well, and I am well too. I sleep well, eat well, eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and even you have your share."
Xie Yuduo smiled slightly.
"I'm fine, don't worry."
Seeing how exhausted he was, Chen Qi couldn't let go of her worries.
Seeing that Xie Yuduo was about to get up, Chen Qi felt hesitant, not knowing whether she should persuade him to sleep a little longer.
Xie Yuduo knew what she was thinking and patted her hands.
"It's okay, we'll soon come up with a set of rules. Don't worry, although this is difficult, it can be done."
Chen Qi nodded and reached out to help him up, but Xie Yuduo took off his coat and wanted to change into a new set of clothes.
Chen Qi hurried to get it for him, but couldn't help complaining.
"I'm already so busy, and I still need to change clothes. There are no older girls outside. Who will see me wearing nice clothes?"
Xie Yuduo felt better now. He stood obediently and let her help him put on his clothes.
"Although the task is difficult, we must do it well. Yue'er, the more difficult the task, the better the spirit and energy one needs. Once the spirit and energy are lost, the things that could have been accomplished will also fail."
Xie Yuduo put on his clothes, and while she was tying her waist, he couldn't help but hold her in his arms and kissed her for a while.
Seeing that his waist had become thinner, Chen Qi knew that he had a lot of things to do, so she didn't dare to push him and let him plunder at will.
After the kiss, Xie Yuduo held her in his arms and smelled the fragrance from her neck.
Chen Qi was hugged so tightly that she couldn't move, but she couldn't help but whisper instructions.
"No matter how difficult things are, you must remember to eat well and go to bed on time, just for me..."
Xie Yuduo lowered his head and whispered in her ear.
"Don't worry, when I'm done with this, I can go back to bed and... cry for you."
Chen Qi smiled bitterly, she really wanted to beat him!
But I can't bear to do it.
After the man said this, he finally smiled heartily, kissed her again, then turned around, pushed the door open, and went to the front hall.
…
After many days of hard work and long planning, it was finally settled.
Xie Yuduo decided to take on this heavy responsibility - to raise 80 million taels of silver within three years to serve as military pay for the war in the northern border.
But he was born a businessman, and he would try his best to recover some of the losses from such a business.
He had many secret talks with Prime Minister Zhou and fought with the old fox many times. After many rounds of back and forth, they finally decided on the rules.
Within three years, the Xie family could take out 80 million taels of silver, divided into five batches of 16 million taels each time, and hand them over to the court to support the war in the distant northern border.
As a condition, in order to raise military funds over the next three years, the imperial court would grant official merchant status to 360 of the Xie family's key shops, grant them special permission to participate in the Jiangnan salt business, and assist their fleet in developing north-south shipping routes...
The most important thing is to ensure that his wife, daughter and family are safe and secure.
When Prime Minister Zhou saw that Xie Gong had finally agreed, he bowed and addressed him with his country, and swore with his life that he would never let Xie Gong down for his great loyalty and righteousness.
Xie Yuduo smiled slightly and cursed him in his heart.
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