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"Brother, calm down." Jiang Xueying said softly:

"The Xu family only dares to make trouble behind the scenes. Now that Lin Zhongcheng is back, they will definitely back down."

After a pause, she praised Zhao Hao again, "Besides, my brother has made a righteous move and put an end to the situation. This chaos will soon be settled."

"Sorry, sister." Zhao Hao apologized to Jiang Xueying after hearing this, "I made so many decisions without informing you in advance."

"It doesn't matter. I support whatever you do, brother." Jiang Xueying smiled as gently as a lotus on the water and said, "It doesn't matter whether you talk first and do later or do it first and talk later."

Then, she added seriously, "And I calculated it, and the actual cost is actually less than everyone thinks."

"Oh, what do you mean?" Young Master Zhao was aiming to make three to four million taels a year. Although there would be no shortage of buyers for the bonds, the interest alone would make him feel miserable.

When he heard that he could borrow less, he naturally became interested.

"Brother is testing me." Jiang Xueying smiled shyly and then explained the account to him:

"There are more than a dozen kinds of silk produced in Suzhou, and the prices vary greatly. On average, a piece of silk costs about two taels of silver, but that's in a normal year."

"Yes, it should be much cheaper this year." Young Master Zhao nodded: "I heard that the price of raw silk is less than half of last year."

"Not only raw silk, but other materials and labor have also dropped. At present, the shipping price of a piece of silk is about 1 tael and 4 qian. The cost of raw silk is 7 qian, other materials and taxes are 1.5 qian, labor is 1.5 qian, and there is also the share of the weaving bureau's regular fee, which is about 1 qian."

"The remaining three cents is the profit of the weavers and the Dongting Chamber of Commerce." Jiang Xueying made a penetrating analysis: "The Dongting Chamber of Commerce makes money from both before and after the birth, so its profit is bound to be much greater than that of the weavers. Let's assume that they make two cents per piece of silk, which is probably not more than that."

"That's a lot." Zhao Hao whistled softly and said, "If we count two million pieces of silk, they can earn four hundred thousand taels from us."

"A net profit of 400,000 taels is already cheap enough for them, and they can't ask for more. So after the regular price of the weaving bureau is cut, the protective price should also be reduced by one qian." Jiang Xueying said calmly: "So it is one tael and three, not one tael and four. In this way, only 2.6 million taels will be enough."

"And the payment must be made in at least three installments, so that we only need 900,000 taels to cope with it for a month." Sister Jiang's whole body glowed when she talked about business.

"Except for the first payment, which must be paid now, the other two payments can be settled before the New Year. And before the New Year, every household will make new clothes, and the price of silk fabrics will certainly rebound by then. We can think of ways to sell at a low price, and it shouldn't be a problem to sell half of the goods."

"This way, at least half of the funds can be recovered. So, we only need to issue 1.3 million taels of convertible bonds." Jiang Xueying smiled like a kitten as if to take credit, "It has been reduced by more than half in one go. Am I very capable, little sister?"

"Capable, capable, so capable!" The three million taels were reduced by more than half in an instant, and Zhao Hao was so happy that he wanted to kiss Sister Jiang.

"Having a good partner like this girl is really a blessing from my previous life!"

"It is my blessing to be able to work with you... on a career." Jiang Xueying said with a red face, "You are a man of great talent and vision. I am just your housekeeper."

After hearing these words, Secretary Ma behind the two men felt desperate for the young county lady.

She looked up at the sky, to see if the north wind was still blowing.

~~

Meanwhile, after Lin Run led his men to suppress the riot outside Panmen, he did not take any further action and only ordered the government troops to station in the nearby parade ground.

Then he and Prefect Cai met with the senior executives of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce.

Cai Guoxi couldn't hide his excitement and shouted to them:

"Lord Zhongcheng has approved your plan. Now it all depends on your performance!"

Today, the positions of the four members of the Chamber of Commerce changed quietly.

Although President Weng was still standing at the front, he let Liu Zhengqi stand side by side with him.

Xu Zhixiang, who used to love to show off, now stood obediently behind the two of them with Weng Fan.

Apparently, their repositioning has been completed.

President Weng smiled and looked at Liu Zhengqi and said, "I am old and useless, so I can only ask President Liu to take this risk for me."

"President, you are too kind. It is my duty to do it." Liu Zhengqi's cheeks trembled slightly with excitement. He expressed his stance to the governor and the prefect that he would accomplish the mission and live up to the trust placed in him!

"Good." Governor Lin also smiled, patting Liu Zhengqi on the shoulder and saying, "Heroes are revealed in times of crisis. This court will never forget Mr. Liu's heroic act of standing up for himself."

"Yes! Please rest assured, Zhongcheng!" Liu Zhengqi puffed out his chest and, together with Xu Zhixiang and Weng Fan, saluted the governor again. Then, he walked out of the parade ground with his head held high and headed towards Suzhou City which was occupied by rioters.

There is a feeling like the wind is whistling and the Yi River is cold, and the hero will never come back once he leaves.

Actually, it was not so bad. Although the Dongting Chamber of Commerce exploited the people, it was also the basis for the food and clothing of the people of Suzhou.

Even if the ruffians wanted to attack them, the weavers would not agree.

But it is undeniable that it takes great courage to enter the city at this time.

~~

The three of them made a big circle and came to the tightly closed Changmen Gate, then asked their bodyguards to shout towards the city.

"The two vice presidents of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce and President Weng's full representative are here. Who has the final say in the city now? Let him meet us at the top of the city wall!"

In fact, they had already found out that the person who occupied Panmen was Lu Yi, a big weaver in Dongcailian Lane.

Lu Yi's original surname was not Lu, but he changed it after he surrendered to the Lu family. Not long after the riots broke out in the city, he led more than 200 weavers from his workshop and occupied the Panmen, and no one dared to compete with him.

Hearing the shouting, Lu Yi ordered his men to put down the basket and lower the three people into the city.

"Where are you three from?" Although Lu Yi has the Lu family as his backer, he has a good relationship with the Dongting Chamber of Commerce.

Especially this year, since the sea trade routes have been cut off, we have to rely even more on the Chamber of Commerce to survive.

"I came from Lin Zhongcheng." Liu Zhengqi stood in the middle and said calmly, "I came to see what's going on in the city."

"Oh." Lu Yi was delighted when he heard this and said, "The chancellor is back?"

"Such a big thing happened in Suzhou, how could the Zhongcheng not come back?" Liu Zhengqi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why, you've been so powerful these days, becoming the gatekeeper general."

"Hey, do you think I am willing to come?" Lu Yi said with a bitter smile, "I am following the order of our master. The Lu family, which is so prosperous, can't even have a way to leave the city, right?"

"Well, that makes sense." Liu Zhengqi nodded and said, "Then what does Mr. Lu think about the current situation?"

"What else can we do? Of course we hope that the world will be peaceful soon." Lu Yi said seriously, "But those guys are making too much trouble. They threatened to destroy anyone who dares to back down this time. I'm afraid it won't end well."

"Are they planning to keep making trouble like this?" Mr. Xu snorted coldly, "If they continue to make trouble, it will be treason, and then the government troops will come!"

ps. Second update. The next update will be posted tomorrow morning.