Mr. Bai was drinking tea, but Su Qingyu's words made him spit out a mouthful of tea on the ground.
Regardless of etiquette, Mr. Bai placed the teacup on the nanmu square table and asked, "What did the eldest lady say? To settle the Lin family's debt? The one that's been hanging on the account for more than ten years?"
Su Qingyu thought to herself, how come Mr. Bai is so old but his mind is still not working well? Isn’t what she said clear enough?
And this reaction, is it really so intense?
"That's the account. You have 210,000 taels in your account now. See if you have anything you can sell, like antiques and paintings in the warehouse, or houses and land. Hurry and raise the total of 300,000 taels for me."
Since my father didn't take my daughter and me seriously, I had to pay back what I owed. It was impossible for my mother to support the family with her dowry while my maternal grandparents had to pay for my father's extramarital affairs.
It just so happened that she needed money to stock up on food. Once she got the money, she could have a big fight with her cousin.
Mr. Bai swallowed hard to calm his inner surprise and panic. He had been working as an accountant in the Marquis' Mansion for decades and had never encountered such a difficult situation.
Three hundred thousand taels, not thirty taels. Without the Marquis's permission, would he dare to move such a large sum of money? Is the eldest lady too whimsical?
If these three hundred thousand taels are returned to the Lin family, the Marquis' Mansion will be left with nothing.
"Miss, this is such a big matter, I have to ask the Marquis." Mr. Bai said.
Su Qingyu snorted, "When has he ever worried about anything involving money in or outside the mansion? Now that my mother has gone to the manor to take care of her pregnancy, these matters have been handed over to me. If anything goes wrong, I will take responsibility. What are you afraid of?"
Mr. Bai looked at Su Qingyu helplessly, "Miss, this amount is too large, it really can't be done."
If three hundred thousand taels of silver were given out like this, wouldn't the Marquis have killed him? Besides, if the Marquis's Mansion wanted to return the silver, would it have been hanging on the account for over a decade? It was clear that they didn't want to give it to the Lin family at all.
Su Qingyu slammed down her teacup and said in a cold voice, "If father blames you after this is done, I'll give you five hundred taels of silver and let you take your whole family to live in Jiangnan. If you refuse to help me, I don't mind changing the accountant tomorrow. I'm not afraid of you complaining to father. You can see whether he believes you or me."
Mr. Bai was stunned at first, then his face became full of confusion.
The eldest daughter is only in her teens, how could her methods be even more ruthless than when the lady was in charge of the family? This made him feel inexplicably uneasy.
He had to make a choice between the two paths before him.
Su Qingyu did not urge him, but sat in the first seat and drank tea quietly without even looking at Mr. Bai.
After a long while, Mr. Bai moved the corners of his wrinkled lips and said, "Then what do you think we should sell, young lady? I'm afraid the house won't be easy to sell anytime soon, but the antiques and calligraphy and paintings are certainly valuable."
In recent years, the amount of silver in the account has never exceeded 300,000 taels. Whenever there is a trend of exceeding the amount, the Marquis will buy antique paintings or rare ancient books. There were a few times when the lady was obviously angry, but she didn't say anything to save the Marquis's face.
Su Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "Then let's sell antiques and calligraphy. Pick out the ones that are valuable and easy to sell. I'll give you two or three days to raise three hundred thousand taels for me."
Mr. Bai also pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Miss. When the time comes, please sign all the documents that need to be signed and sealed."
Su Qingyu smiled and said, "Of course, don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you, sir."
Mr. Bai thought to himself, isn't this embarrassing? Why does he feel that the situation in this family has changed since the young lady took over the family?
After seeing Mr. Bai off and waiting for a while, the four managers of Su’s Grain Store arrived.
The Su family has four grain stores in the capital, located in the four districts of east, south, west and north.
These four grain stores were the Lin family's dowry to the Lin family, and the four managers were all from the Lin family. Even the grain was collected by the Lin family in Jiangnan and sent to these four grain stores.
It could be said that these four grain stores were like egg-laying hens given by the Lin family to the Su family. They only needed to collect the eggs and didn't have to worry about anything else. All the profits belonged to the Su family, and the Lin family would not touch a single cent.
Because the Lin family is one of the largest grain merchants in Nanzhili, these four shops have a very good reputation in the capital, and their annual income is more than 100,000 taels of silver.
Mr. Lin is the shopkeeper of the West City Grain Store and the general manager of four shops. He is in his forties and has a goatee.
Su Qingyu was very polite to Lin Sheng and the others. She had good tea served and exchanged a few pleasantries before asking, "Boss Lin, how much rice do we have in our warehouses and shops in the capital?"
Without thinking, Lin Sheng said, "There are still 30,000 dan of rice in the warehouse, and another 20,000 dan can be delivered before the end of the year." Obviously, he knew all these accounts by heart and did not need to think too much.
Su Qingyu frowned slightly. Fifty thousand stones... was too little.
She asked about the current sales situation and the size of the warehouse, and then asked the shopkeepers to go back.
After seeing off the shopkeepers, Su Qingyu stood up and said, "Zhenzhu, have someone prepare the car. I'm going to look for my second cousin."
Then he asked, "What did Songhetang say? Any news?"
Zhenzhu replied, "The Third Miss and the Eldest Young Master did not go to Songhe Hall. Aunt Xue took the Third Miss back to Furong Garden, saying that she should rest first and that we could discuss these matters later. Although the Marquis was angry, he didn't say anything."
Su Qingyu didn't think much about it and just thought that Aunt Xue was worried about her daughter.
In the afternoon, in the flower hall behind the Lin's Trading Company, Su Qingyu was listening to her second cousin Lin Wenbai's nagging.
"Such a big thing, why don't you come and discuss it with us?"
“Marrying a dead person, what do you think? Let alone Third Master Shen, even if he is the emperor, he will be useless if he is dead.”
Su Qingyu was so frightened that she quickly rolled her eyes at him, "What are you talking about, cousin? How can you say that casually? Be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall."
Lin Wenbo also knew that what he said just now was an overstepping of his bounds, but he did not stop nagging.
"I've heard about Shen Zhao. If you don't want to marry him, your cousin has plenty of ways to help you. Why do you still want to jump into the Shen family's trap?"
"If you ask me, you also withdrew from Mr. Shen's unlucky marriage. If you are afraid of being bullied, why don't I find someone in the Lin family, your third cousin..."
Su Qingyu quickly interrupted Lin Wenbo. This second cousin was good in every way except that he was too talkative. If he let him talk, he would probably talk until tomorrow.
"Second cousin, I came to see you for something serious."
Lin Wenbo raised his sword-like eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "What's the matter? Tell me, I heard that you are in charge of the family business now. Are you here to ask me for help?"
Su Qingyu thought to herself that she was not here to ask for help, she was here to extend the life of the Lin family.
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