Good heavens, isn't this robbery? Right?
After waiting for a while, Manager Chen finally came to his senses and thought to himself: Miss doesn't know about the existence of secret guards. I'll discuss with Wang Defa later whether to bring some of the secret guards out into the open. I'm afraid I'll have to ask Eunuch Su for permission.
When he closed the shop at night, Manager Chen was walking unsteadily, even though the money wasn't his own. But, but, this was just too much.
That evening, Lin Yun returned home and told her parents about her achievements over the past month. Upon hearing this, her father dropped his pipe to the ground: "Six...sixty thousand taels?"
Lin's mother was so excited that her eyes reddened: "Yun'er, you've really made our family proud!"
Lin Feng patted his sister's shoulder and laughed, "My sister is better than most men."
The third brother, Lin Yan, was also stunned. For a moment, he didn't even find the book in his hand appealing anymore, and following his sister in business seemed pretty good. But it was just a thought; he had worked so hard for so long, and he had to give her an explanation.
The family was immersed in joy, but Lin Yun had a slight worry in her heart. The profit was too much. How much should she give to Fourth Master?
Lin Yun returned to her room, sat at her desk, picked up a pen, and lightly sketched a clear account diagram on the paper. Sixty thousand taels of silver—the number still felt somewhat unreal to her. She put down the pen and rubbed her temples.
"Without Fourth Master's strong support, how could I have achieved what I have today?" she murmured to herself.
Yunxiang Pavilion's rapid rise was inseparable from the connections provided by Fourth Master. Perhaps there were other things she didn't know, such as the local thugs who came on opening day, who never appeared again.
Moreover, in this era, it's ultimately not a good thing for a businessman to have too much money. If you're going to curry favor with powerful figures, you should do it decisively and cleanly.
With this in mind, Lin Yun made up her mind to put half of the 60,000 taels—30,000 taels in silver notes—into an exquisite wooden box, along with a handwritten letter expressing her sincere gratitude to the Fourth Master.
She summoned Wang Defa and instructed him, "You must personally deliver this to the Fourth Master's men; there must be no mistakes."
Wang Defa took the wooden box and nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Miss, I will definitely take care of it."
Wang Defa really struck it rich this time. In just one month, he did odd jobs and dealt with a few petty thieves, and he earned nearly a hundred taels of silver. He was so happy he could laugh in his sleep.
The next morning, Lin Yun arrived at the shop and gathered all the employees of Yunxiang Pavilion in the backyard. Their faces beamed with joy, clearly having already heard that the shop had made a lot of money.
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