Chapter 156 The Richest Man in Daliang
Gongsun Ying stormed into the Earl of Gongning's mansion in a threatening manner.
Pu Qiongzhi was about to drink the tea, but she dodged it and poured it into her mouth, "Pour more! I'm dying of thirst!"
"You don't know! My uncle came to my house early this morning and scolded me, saying that I was defying the will of the world and encouraging unhealthy practices, condoning chaos in the country and violating the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues..."
"You have planned this all along to use me to silence the gossips!" Gongsun Ying glared at her.
Pu Qiongzhi asked, "Your Highness, have you finished dealing with the prince?"
"How to deal with it? You deal with it? I had to kneel in the ancestral temple for two hours before I could get away!" Gongsun Ying looked at her unhappily.
Pu Qiongzhi said innocently, "Your Highness, it's a good thing for a woman to study and gain wisdom. Don't you agree?"
"When did I ever say I didn't agree? It's just... what you did was a complete mess!"
"Rou Jia will be your vanguard, and the wife of the Prince of Jingkang will be your face. Those without power will be suppressed by my prestige, and those with power will be sent directly before me... Pu Qiongzhi, your abacus beads are about to resound throughout the Liang Dynasty!"
Gongsun Ying was so angry that he drank another cup of tea. Then he looked at Pu Qiongzhi, his eyes not eyes, his nose not nose, "We are here serving you, and you are here drinking tea and playing chess?"
"So you're using us as tools to make money?!"
Pu Qiongzhi fanned her with the palm-leaf fan in her hand, "Your Highness, you are the master, and I am your tool!"
“…” Gongsun Ying felt like he was punching cotton.
This guy has now figured out her temper. Knowing that she won't blame him, he doesn't even care if she's angry!
"Your Highness, I want to help you ascend to the highest echelons of heaven. Otherwise, how can I justify it?"
"Without these noble ladies in the library, how can we stop the gossips?"
"We are working so hard now, just for the sake of the future, so that your path will be smoother, right?"
"You are always good at talking...Aren't we the ones jumping around? What have you been doing? You, as a tool, are just here...drinking tea, basking in the sun, and playing chess?" Gongsun Ying's anger had mostly subsided at this moment.
She wasn't the kind of person who was in a hurry, but she had to put on an act to show others.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with her uncle, brother, and younger brother...!
"Your Highness, please calm down. It's not that I want to be lazy, but I'm really useless..." Pu Qiongzhi shrugged.
Gongsun Ying snatched the fan from her hand and fanned himself.
After she calmed down, she looked at Pu Qiongzhi and said, "You really are very cautious... Did you think about this when you first opened the library?"
"No," Pu Qiongzhi answered truthfully, "I'm not an expert in divination or medicine, so how could I possibly have such extraordinary powers?"
"But when you asked me to cooperate with you in the restaurant, you seemed to have thought about it more." Gongsun Ying looked at her.
Pu Qiongzhi smiled, "Your Highness, at that time... apart from the Earl of Gongning, I had almost nothing."
"However, I didn't realize at that time that I had Earl Gong Ning."
"..." Gongsun Ying's eyelids drooped, "???"
"Let's talk business. Why are you mentioning him?"
Pu Qiongzhi blinked her eyes and said innocently, "But this library belongs to the Duke Gongning's mansion, not mine."
"Come on! I'm afraid Mingxu was sold out by you and is still helping you count the money!" Gongsun Ying closed his eyes and felt unlucky.
"It's done! It's my bad luck! I have to deal with you!"
After she finished speaking, she turned around and said, "I've had people clean up the library these past two days. It's such a mess, it's really annoying to look at!"
"Well, add more guards, and don't skimp on money. One more thing, make sure the ladies aren't offended. If anything scandalous happens, I'll have you to blame!"
"Don't worry, Your Highness." Pu Qiongzhi leisurely flipped through the account book in his hand.
Last year's dividends have already come in, and she now has plenty of money.
Apart from the profits from Zhai Lou and Fang Miaozhu, she also didn't want the profits from the shipping company. What was left were Rui Lou and the other Pu family shops, including Thirteen's pawnshop and the juggling troupe. Last year's dividends were close to five million taels of silver, which was several times more than in previous years.
She had just looked at the harvest at the Earl of Gongning's Mansion.
She sent Mu Jicui to check the shops that the uncle had bought temporarily one by one, and found that each of them had its own opportunities.
Some are widely circulated stories of loving couples, some are praised by famous chefs after being tasted, and some are simply for peace of mind after the plague...
All in all, the harvests from these shops total more than one million taels this year.
As for "Spring Garden", it's even more profitable. The harvest from this family alone is three million taels...
The salt mines from the imperial court paid profits on a monthly basis, and Pu Qiongzhi also received a lot.
Therefore, Pu Qiongzhi is now very wealthy.
This is just a drizzle for Shuyuan.
In fact, these are nothing compared to gold mines.
However, the gold mine was dug by her for the eldest princess after all, so it was not counted as her assets.
Even so, Pu Qiongzhi is the undisputed leader of the richest man in Daliang!
"I finally achieved this goal."
Pu Qiongzhi looked at the trees outside the window and took a nap with her eyes closed comfortably.
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The incident at Wutong Academy caused a lot of controversy.
Almost everyone in the capital, from princes and nobles to peddlers and porters, knew this name.
A group of old-school students and officials jointly held up signs and boycotted at the gate of Wutong Academy.
"Madam, you didn't even see their expressions. They were so long! I was so happy! Hahahahahahahaha..." Yan'er described to Pu Qiongzhi vividly, "These old guys are really used to a life of luxury. They really think they are big shots!"
"A bunch of people don't care about the people's livelihood and the country, but instead come to a library to cause trouble. They're not afraid of being laughed at if you tell anyone about it!"
"Now, your face is swollen, right? I saw them acting like dogs and yelling at each other, saying that it's against the rules to have a hen crow at dawn! But then the royal carriage arrived, and the princesses got off one by one and headed for the library. They were all dumbfounded!"
"Even funnier, the guy at the back couldn't see what was happening and pushed forward, only to have the royal guard's sword pressed against his neck. He was so frightened he couldn't breathe!"
Yan'er laughed so hard that tears came out, and everyone who heard it shouted in joy.
Pu Qiongzhi curled her lips and drank tea without saying a word.
She had invited Princess Duanhui and Princess Roujia early in the morning, just for this moment.
When the eldest princess came that day, she probably had this plan in mind, which is why she was so upset.
This was expected, so what's so surprising about it?
Fortunately, the Qiao family's girls' school is also well-known, and is often invited by respectable concubines in the palace to teach princesses. This can be considered as a different path to the same goal.
After things here were arranged, the library was gradually getting back on track.
From then on, she just let go and performed!
It's time to put an end to the feud between her and Pei Wanqing.
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