Chapter 89 "What's the best way to love your wife?"
"It's only been a month since I took over the Shanhe Inn, and we've already seen a turnover of 100,000 silver. After deducting labor, purchases, and miscellaneous expenses, the revenue must be 40,000."
Li Ziyan whispered to Madam Ruiqing, "We won't take more than that, just 38,000."
Nanny Ruiqing smiled and said, "You are too kind. You even left two thousand for the Su family! The Crown Prince's Consort is still foolishly in the dark and knows nothing."
Li Ziyan just smiled without saying anything, calculating silently in her heart that at this rate, she would be able to make up for the huge deficit suffered by Marquis Jing'an within four months.
Even if Su Luo causes trouble for her in the future, Li Ziyan can simply deny the debt and use the excuse that business is bad and there is no money to be made.
They say that relatives should settle accounts clearly, but how can one settle accounts clearly with relatives? Especially when it comes to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!
And... Li Zi Yan was very smart. Not long after taking over Shanhe Inn, she replaced the accounting team with her own people.
Li Ziyan happily held the bill and kissed it!
The revenue of Shanhe Inn alone is so much, not to mention the other businesses of the Su family!
Li Zi Yan became more determined in her heart. If she could tie Su Luo down, she would be tying down a mountain of gold and silver!
Thinking of this, she became more active. It seemed that she had to find an opportunity and a middleman to go to the Su Mansion to plead for mercy.
We have to bring Su Luo, this mountain of gold and silver, back to the Marquis' Mansion.
Li Zi Yan snorted coldly. Although she was unwilling to bow to Su Luo, that was a mountain of gold and silver!
In other words! She didn't bow to Su Luo, but to mountains of gold and silver!
Thinking of this, Li Zi Yan felt much better.
As soon as Su Luo walked in, she threw three silver ingots to the deputy shopkeeper in a brown gown:
"I want a second-class room on the third floor, next to the Tianzi room. I also want two pots of tea, one Biluochun and one Queshe. The Queshe must be made before the Qingming Festival. I also want three plates of cakes: one green bean, one red bean, and one lotus flower."
She rattled off a bunch of words, and the waiter's eyes widened: "Who can remember this?"
"I'll go." The deputy manager bowed and smiled. "Please go."
A moment later.
The deputy shopkeeper held a pot of tea in each hand, a few plates of cakes on his head, and knocked on the door on tiptoe: "Dear guest, are you here?"
"Come in." Su Luo tapped the table slowly with her fingers.
The deputy manager pushed the door open with his foot, and Yun Ran locked the door as soon as he entered.
"You haven't been here for a while." The deputy innkeeper put down his things with a smile. "Seventh Miss, please don't forget the mission you assigned me to the Shanhe Inn. Don't worry, I pretended to surrender to the Marquis' wife and have become her confidant. I've learned a lot of information."
This person was a servant of the Su family, named Fu Gui. Su Luo was very confident in him, and when she was a child, she would follow the four of them around like a follower.
Fu Gui closed the four windows and whispered, "The Marquis's wife came to the Shanhe Inn and changed the accounting team. However, I've become close friends with the accountant and have secretly heard that the Shanhe Inn has a net income of 40,357 taels of silver this month."
"From what Madam Ruiqing said, she wants to embezzle three or eight thousand taels. She is really a dark-minded person!" Fu Gui smacked his lips.
Su Luo took out a few silver ingots from her sleeve to reward him, and said with a meaningful look, "Thank you for your hard work, Agui."
Fu Gui took the stack of fake banknotes from Yun Ran and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, Miss Seventh, I will quietly replace the 38,000 taels with fake ones."
"Smart." Su Luo praised, then frowned and warned, "A murder will happen here the day after tomorrow. You have to be careful."
Fu Gui was surprised at first, then nodded: "Don't worry, Miss Seven."
…
When Su Luo walked out of the inn, she stared at the plaque of Shanhe Inn. After all, it was an industry built by her grandfather, and she sighed slightly.
But her eyes gradually revealed ruthlessness and determination. In her previous life, this inn would go bankrupt in two days, causing the operator to be imprisoned and pay huge compensation for losses. When she was arrested and taken to the Dali Temple, fortunately the official who tried the case was fair enough and she was released.
In this life...
Su Luo curled her lips.
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Jing'an Marquis Mansion.
Zhou Zhizhang has been staying at Aunt Dan's house for a month.
Every time Li Ziyan wanted to lure Zhou Zhizhang to the main courtyard, she could only think of the moment Zhou Zhizhang stepped into the Marquis' Mansion.
Concubine Dan shamelessly took Zhou Zhizhang's arm and, imitating the brothel's manners, started to act coquettishly as she left: "My Lord, come to my place tonight. I've learned a new trick!"
Li Ziyan stood aside and clenched her fist and coughed: "Cough!"
The two were chatting happily. Zhou Zhizhang smiled and held Aunt Dan's fingers: "Dan'er, you are getting worse and worse."
"The worse a woman is, the more men love her." Aunt Dan smiled sweetly and waved the scented handkerchief. The aphrodisiac powder in the handkerchief made Zhou Zhizhang's whole body hot. He immediately hugged her across the waist.
"Cough cough cough!" Li Ziyan, who was almost coughing herself into asthma, looked as black as coal!
Concubine Dan looked at Li Ziyan in shock and quickly pushed away Zhou Zhizhang who was about to kiss her: "My Lord, the Madam is still here!"
Zhou Zhizhang frowned and looked at Li Ziyan unhappily: "What's wrong?"
"Well, Aunt Dan, you seduced the Marquis in broad daylight! How disgraceful and totally unruly!" Li Zi Yan gritted her teeth in anger, rolled up her sleeves and was about to slap Aunt Dan!
"Are you okay?" Zhou Zhizhang became increasingly impatient as he looked at the aging and fading Li Ziyan.
"Something happened!" Li Ziyan stomped her feet.
Zhou Zhizhang looked at his wife, who was filled with anxiety, and after weighing the pros and cons, he let go of Aunt Dan: "You go back first."
After a while, in the main hall.
Zhou Zhizhang dismissed the servants, drank a sip of tea, and glanced at his wife: "What's the matter?"
Regardless, Li Ziyan managed to coax Zhou Zhizhang from Concubine Dan's clutches today. After a flicker of pride flashed through her mind, she quickly turned serious. "I have a way to make up for the Marquis's deficit."
When Zhou Zhizhang mentioned the deficit, his face turned grim.
He has been assisting the Ministry of Industry in digging jade mines for five years. He always understates the total amount mined each month and secretly digs out some to sell, which is considered pollution.
Originally, this matter was extremely secretive, and Zhou Zhizhang believed that no one knew about it.
Who would have thought that a year ago, the Minister of Works who was in charge of supervising the inspection at that time suddenly took out an account book, which recorded the correct total amount of mining every month, including the part that Zhou Zhizhang had secretly dug.
The Minister of Works showed the account book to Zhou Zhizhang and said, "The Empress Dowager will take inventory of the jade mines in the second half of the year. Please return the full amount to me, Your Majesty."
The Shangshu asked him to return 3,800 kilograms of jade, but he happened to have greedily taken 3,800 kilograms.
One pound of raw jade is worth thirty taels of silver. He needs at least one hundred thousand taels of silver to buy it from various major commercial mines and buy several thousand pounds to make up for the loss.
Otherwise, the Minister of Works would submit the account to the Empress Dowager, and the Ministry of Works would make up for it to give him face, but would not hide it for him.
But he was not greedy all at once, but accumulated it bit by bit over the past five years. Every time he became greedy, he would sell the jade for money. That was why Li Zi Yan was able to live so extravagantly in the past, wearing gorgeous dresses that cost a hundred gold coins each and spending lavishly everywhere. But now he has no money left.
Seeing that the second half of the year was approaching, he only had 8,000 silver coins in his hand, so it was impossible for him to have 100,000!
Hope flashed in Jing'an Marquis's eyes, and he suddenly grabbed Li Ziyan's hand: "My beloved wife, what good ideas do you have?"
Li Ziyan smiled mysteriously at him.
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