"Good fellow, we have only divided the small part between the two of us, and there are 60,000 silver coins. Doesn't that mean there should be more than 100,000 or even 200,000 silver coins left on the account of the public school this year? It's only been a few days, Tingye, you calculated correctly, right?"
Duan Tingxuan was still a little bit incredulous, but Duan Tingye smiled and said, "Of course I won't make a mistake in my calculations. By then, the amount will be no less than that. Big brother, you should think about what we should do next after our family has so much money. I think it's not cost-effective to keep it in a bank, but I haven't decided what to do yet. Even if we open restaurants and cake shops all over the world, we won't need so much money, not to mention that money will definitely come rolling in in the future."
Duan Tingxuan understood the hidden meaning of this. As long as Su Nuannuan was there, they wouldn't have to worry about their restaurant and cake shop going bankrupt. Yin said seriously, "This is indeed a major problem. Let's wait until the New Year. By then, I will have a few days of free time. The accounts will be clear, and some matters of the court will probably have been decided. Let's discuss it with father. By the way, the sea has been open for more than half a year now, and some of the ships that went out should have returned, right? Have you heard any news?"
Duan Tingye said, "Most of them have returned. I originally wanted to go to Jiangnan to take a look, but I have not been able to do so because of my business in the capital. However, I heard that those ships brought back a lot of goods such as hematite, pepper, spices, and Japanese swords, Western clocks and watches. I expect that these goods will be able to flow into the capital before the New Year, and the prices of these things will fall soon. I haven't heard anything about the others. Why do you suddenly care about this matter? Aren't you always uninterested in business?"
When he said the last sentence, his tone was involuntarily filled with a hint of caution. He himself did not notice it, but Duan Tingxuan noticed it immediately. He smiled slightly and shook his head, "I naturally have my own purpose for asking. Don't worry, it has nothing to do with business. It has to do with the emperor and the court officials. This is not something you can interfere with. You just need to prepare the money. Maybe there will be another way to make money waiting for you in the future."
"Brother, do you have any inside information?" Duan Tingye was excited. He stood up and asked, but Duan Tingxuan glared at him and said, "I will tell you when I should. If I don't tell you, don't ask."
"I understand." Duan Tingye looked a little embarrassed. Just as he was about to say goodbye, he heard Su Nuannuan smiling and saying, "Second brother, help me find out if anyone has brought back a red thing called chili from overseas? If so, buy it and give it to me. I will teach you a few more delicious dishes similar to lion's head."
"Is what my sister-in-law said true?" Duan Tingye's eyes lit up. The most popular dish in the restaurant now is the lion's head. In fact, it is just a large meatball, but for some reason it is so delicate and delicious, and the soup is rich. Even the nobles and the common people love this dish. Even now, many officials have contacted the restaurant. They said they want to buy this dish on New Year's Eve because it is not only delicious. The nickname "Four Happiness Meatballs" also sounds very auspicious.
"Of course it's real." Su Nuannuan stood up, walked to the table and drew a quick sketch of a chili pepper, then found some bright red rouge to paint the pepper red, and then handed it to Duan Tingye and said, "It's basically this shape, the body is fiery red, and the handle is green. I don't need to explain this specifically, right? I don't have any green dye here at the moment."
"I know, aren't the leaves and stems of flowers, plants and vegetables all green? I know this, I will definitely ask someone to find out more." Duan Tingye carefully put the paper into his arms, and suddenly asked in confusion: "Where did sister-in-law see this thing? I have never heard of it before."
"Your sister-in-law knows more than just this. Have you heard of lion's head before? Have you heard of birthday cake? Sometimes people's talents are incomparable. Just like this chili pepper, not everyone in Daxia can recognize it, but it's edible after all. Your sister-in-law can remember it after just one look."
Duan Tingxuan unreasonably brushed his brother off. Seeing Duan Tingye nodding, he smiled and said, "It's getting late. Why don't you stay here and eat something?"
"Oh, no, no, Yu Rou is waiting for me at home. Big brother also knows that your sister-in-law has that kind of temper. She is jealous all the time. I will be back late, and she will think that I am using the excuse of coming to your place to mess with some girl again." Duan Tingye "exposed his shortcomings" very sincerely, which immediately made the young marquis' face turn eggplant color. He didn't even bother to be polite and just waved his hand to send him out.
"Why don't you send him off? In the past, people paid attention to superficiality, but now they don't even care about that, do they?" Su Nuannuan was instinctively confused, but she heard Duan Tingxuan said unhappily: "Send him off? I'm considered cultured if I didn't kick him out, and you still expect me to send him off?"
"What's wrong? Second Master didn't say anything, but the last sentence is a bit weird. When did being afraid of your wife become something to be proud of?" Su Nuannuan smiled, "Could it be that this sentence offended you?"
"That's what irritated me." Duan Tingxuan said with a dark face, "Didn't you hear it? That guy was mocking me for having so many wives and concubines that he's now pretending to be a weak husband in front of you. You're not even jealous of me, which shows that he's still mad at me. Even if they're birds of a feather, they're still in love. They're much better than me, a miserable person. That's what he meant."
The young marquis became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he slapped the teacup that Duan Tingye had just drunk tea from, and the unfortunate cup immediately broke into pieces. In his eyes, it was as if his damn brother had been cut into pieces by him, and only then did he feel a little better.
"You are angry with your brother, why are you taking my teacup out of anger?" Su Nuannuan hurriedly asked Cong'er to come in and clean up. After Cong'er left, she pondered and said, "It's strange. I feel that the Second Master's conversation with you is not as uncomfortable as before."
Duan Tingxuan rolled his eyes: "How come I didn't notice it? Nuannuan, you are overthinking it, right? I think this guy is even more hateful than before."
"Don't be so persistent because of that one sentence. What about the prince's broad mind?" Su Nuannuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't you think so? He rarely puts on airs when talking to you now, and occasionally when he reveals his emotions, he is actually quite sincere."
"Hmm! Is that so?" Duan Tingxuan scratched his chin. "Could it be that this guy has really given up the idea of usurping the throne of the crown prince? Did you use delicious food to get rid of him by accident? Did you let him focus on making money and rush all the way to the end?"
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