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Ji Yunxi: “…”
She twitched the corner of her mouth, neither saying she would give nor not give, but instead said, "Let me see the account book first."
Manager Yuan paused: "?"
Although the account book seems to only record the transactions of money, it actually reveals a lot of things.
Ji Yunxi looked at him: "Can't?"
Manager Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I'll get it right away."
Soon, Manager Yuan took out a very thick account book.
The account book looked old and patched up, and it looked like it would fall apart if you turned it over too hard.
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Ji Yunxi was silent for a while and then turned to the first page.
Manager Yuan held his breath and looked at Ji Yunxi's hand, fearing that she would tear the account book.
This account book has been used for eight years. It was taken from the accounting office of a small sect when the young master destroyed it.
I picked up the thickest one.
In the early years, Yuan Guanshi wanted to buy a new one.
But the young master said, it’s not finished yet, why change it?
But Ji Yunxi turned it over very carefully.
The first line of the first page reads:
On the second day of the second month of the twelfth year of Youchang, one hundred and seven taels were added to the Four Small Peaks Sect.
On the second day of the third month of the twelfth year of Youchang, eighty taels of money were paid for the Xiaoxuezhu medicine.
Seeing this, Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows slightly: "Xiaofeng Sect is it?"
Manager Yuan said truthfully, "It was a small sect that disappeared ten years ago."
Ji Yunxi: "Did your young master destroy the Xiaofeng Sect specifically to save Xuezhu?"
Manager Yuan shook his head: "No, they went to destroy the Xiaofeng Sect first. The young master also picked up the snow bamboo trapped in the cave, saying that the snow bamboo has good roots and bones."
Ji Yunxi: “…”
She said nothing more and turned the pages one by one.
In the quiet bedroom, Ji Yunxi's questions and Yuan Guanshi's answers could be heard from time to time.
Ji Yunxi saw a bill related to the elder of the house: "Twenty-three coins were spent on wood?"
Manager Yuan recounted the entire story in detail. "Yes. Back then, the young master and the elder were trapped together, and that's how they met. Later, the elder said that if he could provide him with food and drink, keep him from going out and interacting with others, and also give him a small wooden stool that could be easily carried in a snakeskin bag, he would follow him until his death."
Yuan Guanshi was also present at that time.
He was certain the elder was joking and didn't take it seriously. But the young master went out that same day to buy wood and make a small wooden stool, which the elder still carries with him. Then, half-under pressure, he made the elder admit his joke.
After turning about a quarter of the way through, Ji Yunxi had an idea.
During those years, he traveled all over the country, and whenever he met the right person, he would find a way to recruit him.
Whether it is the snow bamboo with excellent roots or the beggar who wants to work in the prince's palace.
As long as he thinks they are useful, he will find ways to make these people become his wings, and then willingly become chess pieces in his hands.
No matter how willing they are, as long as he has what they want.
This is actually similar to what Ji Yunxi has always done.
For example, 'Fang Yuan', Miss Qinglian, and so on.
However, Ji Yunxi wanted these people for the purpose of making money, but what about him?
He picked up many good spiders from all over the Dayu Dynasty. Over the years, they hid in the dark and made countless webs.
Why did he create this big net, and where will it lead to?
I guess even Manager Yuan doesn’t know the answer.
Ji Yunxi didn't ask any questions. After closing the account book, she didn't return it to Manager Yuan and let him leave.
Then she began to look through his letters.
These are his chess pieces who encountered various difficulties on the way to building the network and came to seek answers and solutions.
Since she had agreed to help him deal with it for a period of time, Ji Yunxi naturally would not be perfunctory.
She spent the next three days in her bedroom helping him deal with his letters.
Combining the account books with these letters, Ji Yunxi roughly understood how the forces behind Wu Weian operated.
He opened many small escort agencies in various places.
There are three Dayu Escort Agencies now, with Yiyang Escort Agency being the most prominent.
Yi Yang is the location of the ancestral tomb of the Xu family, one of the four great families. Although the head of the escort agency is not surnamed Xu, he is closely related to the Xu family.
Therefore, the Yi Yang Escort Agency has the Xu family's support behind it.
The Xu family, the Prince Li family, the Ji family, and the now completely extinct Yang family are the four major families of Dayu.
The Xu family did not participate in the fight for the throne. Lord Xu was only loyal to the royal family and would obey whoever sat on the throne.
Ji Yunxi had a good relationship with the Xu family, so some of the jewelry and supplies in her Kaitai Manor and pawnshop were obtained through cooperation with the Yi Yang Escort Agency.
In addition to these three escort agencies, there are also some small escort agencies in various places.
About half of them are under Wu Weian’s name.
Although each escort agency does not make much money, some of them even suffer losses every year.
But the advantage is that there are many of them, and the total income is quite considerable.
Unfortunately, the money was circulated in spider webs everywhere.
Spiders need to eat insects to spin silk.
That money is used to buy insects to feed the spiders.
And those networks can generate endless wealth for Wu Weian as long as he is willing.
But he never moved them easily, so no one has been able to detect the existence of these nets in various places.
Even the elders of Xuezhu House, Lady Du and others, only knew one side of the story.
The only person who knew clearly was Yuan Guanshi, besides himself.
Now, there is one more Ji Yunxi.
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It is not easy to reply to Wu Weian’s letters.
Some of them involve the structure of the court, and one move can affect the entire body.
Before Ji Yunxi put pen to paper, she would think carefully for a long time. Sometimes she even hadn't figured out how to respond, so she would just put it aside and let him come back to it himself.
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