Chapter 420 Will Come
Jin'er is now over half a year old and has grown a lot compared to before.
Perhaps because her father was from the Su family and was related to Old Madam Gu by blood, she looked very much like Old Madam Gu and was obviously a beauty at first glance.
However, her temperament is much softer. Most women in Jinling are gentle as water, and she has inherited this trait very well.
Especially when Wen Ge'er was standing next to her and twisting his body for no apparent reason, Du Jingyi couldn't help but sigh.
"My daughter is so thoughtful. Look at these boys. They can't even walk yet, but they've already caused chaos in Qiwu Courtyard. When they're two or three years old and can run and jump, they'll definitely climb up the roof and tear down the tiles. It gives me a headache just thinking about it."
"Sister-in-law likes daughters, so just have another one. Now the three brothers are grown up and won't be so clingy."
Gu Xiaochun looked like he was very content with having a daughter, and he loved her very much.
Du Jingyi also wanted to, but compared to her wanting, it was obvious that Gu Shaoyu's unwillingness prevailed, so even if they had sex, they were very cautious and there was no way she could get pregnant.
But she wouldn't talk about such private matters casually, so she smiled and said.
"Children are all destiny. Let's wait and see. If destiny arrives, God will give me a daughter."
Hearing this, Gu Xiaochun felt the same way.
She is not in a hurry to have another child. After all, her daughter is still young, and she has to raise her until she is one year old before doing anything else.
The aunt and the sister-in-law discussed how to raise children for most of the day, so they had a particularly relaxed meal.
After the excitement died down and everyone returned to their courtyards, Du Jingyi told them about the one-year-old party he was going to hold for his three children at Wangjiang Tower.
Gu Shaoyu didn't have any objections, as long as it wasn't too ostentatious.
"Wangjiang Tower is your territory, you can make the arrangements. But since we are hosting a banquet outside, we won't invite so many people to avoid gossip. I'm a little busy these two days and have to arrange the affairs of the Tiger Guards. So if you have anything important to ask me, let Luo Yuan go."
"General, please go and do your work. I am here to deal with some household matters. They are nothing serious."
Gu Shaoyu didn't bother to be polite with her, after all, he was really busy.
In early June, when a heat wave swept across Jinling City, there was also a piece of news that caused panic among everyone in the city.
Because the 50,000 Tiger Guards received the imperial edict from His Majesty, saying that they were to learn the skills of the navy, the governor of Jinling, my eldest uncle Gu Yanguang, had only received the news for three or five days, and they had already arrived outside the city of Jinling under the leadership of Deputy General Zheng Deli.
The huge dark mass made the two brothers Gu Yanguang and Gu Yanxing look livid.
Although my second cousin Gu Yanxing is in charge of the defense of Jinling City, he also has 50,000 soldiers under his command.
But when compared with the 50,000-strong Tiger Guards, it was like a sparrow seeing an eagle, and one could tell the difference immediately.
Originally, Gu Yanguang wanted to arrange them to camp in the wilderness twenty miles north of the city on the grounds that they were not fully prepared, but Gu Shaoyu did it on purpose and arranged all the soldiers in the fields near Qingshui Town.
The reason is that this place is closer to the navy camp, which makes it more convenient for both sides to communicate.
After all, Gu Shaoyu was a second-rank official and had the support of the Huben Army, so even if Gu Yanguang disagreed, he couldn't come up with any suitable reason at the moment.
Therefore, they had no choice but to station themselves in that area so blatantly. As luck would have it, they also happened to occupy the territory near the Tiger Roar Cave.
When the Seventh Old Master heard about this, his hair turned a little gray from nervousness. But after three days of rest, they were training with the navy camp every day, and he didn't seem to notice anything wrong.
But even though the meaning was so straightforward and visible to the naked eye, everyone was still guessing what the purpose of the Tiger Guards' arrival was.
Xing Zhao's father, Lord Xing, knew the tricks here. After all, he was once a disciple of Prime Minister Guo and had such a relationship with the Gu family. He also held the position of river transport officer, so naturally he could not get away from these things.
Therefore, taking advantage of his position, he secretly helped Gu Shaoyu to target several corrupt people in important positions.
Gu Shaoyu has not yet completed his mourning period, so these things cannot be leaked or even handled in advance, so he can only endure it and follow the clues to search for a series of people offline.
But if you look down, it’s simple.
Going up, there is no clue.
Therefore, these days Gu Shaoyu ostensibly went to the Huben Army camp to monitor the training, but in fact he was actually investigating shipping taxation matters, so he was naturally very busy.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
After the two of them simply washed up, Gu Shaoyu went to bed first. Du Jingyi was not sleepy yet, so he lit a lamp in the outer room and started looking at the previous account book.
After several months, she finally figured out how the seven rooms were doing things.
Passing inferior goods off as good ones is a trick only fools would use.
During the few years since the Seventh Branch took over the Gu family's assets, it had transferred many of the Gu family's valuable or profitable businesses through reasonable transactions and the title of imperial merchant, and then returned them to the Seventh Branch under other names.
The Seventh Room is really patient. Some of the transactions lasted for five or six years, so if you don't look at them carefully from the beginning, you really can't tell.
At first, Du Jingyi went through the account book several times but couldn't find any problem, so he simply changed direction and used his influence in Jinling City to inquire about all the businesses that the Seventh House had acquired over the years.
Only by comparing the two can we see the problem.
The things that were transferred by the Seventh Branch to the Gu Family's name were not junk, so money could still be made, but the profit was not as high as before.
If you exchange a golden hen for ten laying hens, you won't see any difference in the short term of a few years, after all, the quantity is there. But if you extend it to twenty or thirty years, you will naturally see a huge difference between the gains and losses.
No wonder the Seventh Branch of the Gu Family has become so powerful in recent years.
I thought it was because of the title of the Imperial Merchant, but there was actually this trick behind the scenes! It really is a great skill, so what she has to do now is to sort out all these things. Since the people in the Seventh House cheated and swindled most of the Gu family's assets, she will use the same method to force the Seventh House to spit out all the profits they have taken in! The lights were on until late at night, and Gu Shaoyu had woken up from a nap, but Du Jingyi was still working late into the night.
Perhaps it was because she drank two cups of strong tea during the day, so she is in good spirits now.
(End of this chapter)