Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 107 Disaster

Liu Musheng scratched his head. Did his family really have that much money?

"I don't know. My monthly allowance is only one hundred taels of silver. The rest of the money is saved by Yue Niang and she doesn't let me spend it freely. She said she would give it to me after I get married."

Pei Chun: "..."

Ye Zinan: "..."

Lu Bingyang: "..."

"Damn it, you're paying for the banquet tonight!"

Their families were considered wealthy and powerful in the capital, yet their monthly allowance was only fifteen taels of silver. If they encountered anything valuable, they had to ask their mother for a reward. How could Liu Musheng receive several times that amount?!

Liu Musheng was very generous. "I'll treat you, I definitely will. Oh, I forgot to tell you, I've also taken up a sinecure of the sixth rank. I'm a doctor in the Military Affairs Department, and I get eight taels of silver a month."

"Grass!"

The group of people were immediately outraged!

He used to boast that he was extremely intelligent and cynical, but who knew that he couldn't even compare to that idiot Liu Musheng in terms of pocket money and career prospects.

"What makes you think you can?!" Lu Bingyang was extremely jealous, as military families were never known for having much money!

"Why? Because he was born into a good family, with a good younger sister who can make money." Ye Zinan said sourly.

Liu Musheng nodded with great certainty, "I originally thought my sister was really silly, always giving in and getting the short end of the stick. But later I found out that although she's a bit silly, she does have the ability to make money."

“My brother-in-law is also quite good. Logically speaking, he is more suitable for this sinecure than I am, but he gave the job to me.”

……

Pei Chun and his two companions didn't want to talk anymore. They ordered all the good food at Jingchunlou and ended up charging Liu Musheng forty taels of silver.

At this time, Wei Gongming was also drinking next door.

Listening to their grumbling and cursing, I felt a surge of suppressed anger with nowhere to vent it.

The day before yesterday, he helped a merchant resolve a matter involving illegal activities. Today, the merchant is hosting a dinner party, and he has chosen Jingchunlou Restaurant as the venue.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he sat down, he heard the chattering next door, still about the Liu family. In particular, when he heard the words "richest man," "monthly allowance," and "idle job," he turned green with anger.

"Young Master Wei, are you too tired or feeling unwell? Otherwise, I won't bother you any longer, and you should go back and rest early." The merchant was cautious. He originally wanted to build a relationship before discussing the follow-up matters, but he didn't expect Wei Gongming's face to be even more unpleasant than if his own mother had died. He could only swallow back all the words he wanted to say.

"It's nothing." Wei Gongming picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.

Merchants can only work alongside one of them.

Unexpectedly, Wei Gongming drank cup after cup, and soon made the merchant vomit!

The merchant apologized and went to the cleaning room to tidy up.

Wei Gongming, however, was perfectly drunk.

In fact, he wasn't surprised at all when he heard that Liu Yuechu had managed to secure the cooperation with Yuwen Chan.

He had already determined that she also had memories of her past life, so naturally many things could be accomplished.

He had always believed that ability was more important than money, and that Liu Yuechu's wealth was useless. But after being repeatedly scorned and rejected by Qin Muyan, and even being pointed at and gossiped about by those around him, he realized just how important money really was.

Just like Liu Musheng next door, a good-for-nothing coward, he was able to drink and eat at the same table with Pei Chun, Lu Bingyang, Ye Zinan and others.

Why should he?

Just because he wasn't fooled by the third and fourth wives like he was in his previous life, and didn't marry the illegitimate daughter of the prefect of the capital city to oppose Liu Yuechu.

She didn't have her past self to stop Liu Yuechu from running the Liu family business; she was just an ordinary wife of a prince in the inner quarters.

Today's Liu Yuechu is someone he no longer recognizes.

Her smile now lacks the ingratiating and flattering quality of her past life; it is confident, resolute, decisive, and sharp, even more radiant and beautiful than in her previous life.

Unfortunately, that smile was no longer directed at him, but at Yuan Cuo, whom he despised the most.

Wei Gongming couldn't stand it any longer and got up to go back to his residence.

Yuan Cuo watched Wei Gongming leave from a corner of Jingchun Tower.

Liu Yuechu was feeling dizzy from calculating with the accountants and wanted something sour to stimulate his brain, so he came to Jingchunlou in person and chose her favorite sweet and sour fish.

"Jingchunlou is practically become the Liu family's canteen. The eldest young master upstairs is treating everyone, while the son-in-law downstairs is getting takeout." Hou Lai was too hungry, so he ordered two side dishes and started eating.

"You're wasting your breath? There's delicious food and you still have so much to say," Yuan Cuo couldn't help but scold.

Hou Lai patted his stomach. He had been eating too well lately due to improved meals, and even climbing the wall made him feel heavy.

"So you really don't plan to leave?" he asked the most crucial question.

Yuan Cuo shook his head. "There's another way. It's not like we have to leave."

Hou Lai sighed, "Just because you're not forced to leave doesn't mean you're not leaving! I already guessed you wouldn't leave, so who are you trying to fool by gritting your teeth here?"

"I'm curious about something. Since you want Master Yue to contact Yuwen Chan, why not just talk about the horse directly, and instead have Brother Li act as a thief?" Hou Lai asked, puzzled.

If the furs from Mongolia are transported to Daqi, there will naturally be horses as well. It would be much more convenient to exchange them then, so why bother with this whole trip?

“They won’t use horse-drawn carts to transport goods; they’ll have oxcarts haul the tattered furs directly into Daqi, and the oxen can be slaughtered directly,” Yuan Cuo said with great certainty.

If it weren't for the eldest prince who came this time, they wouldn't have been able to get a better horse.

Hou Lai exclaimed in surprise, "You're quite the schemer!"

"So how do you plan to help Master Yue get money?" he asked the most crucial question.

Yuan Cuo already had an idea in his mind, but he didn't say it directly, "Let's go back and check the accounts my wife has prepared first, no rush..."

The waiters served sweet and sour fish, and Yuan Cuo then took Hou Lai home.

Liu Yuechu ate with great relish and then explained everything about the accounts.

“If we do not accept support from other merchants, we can indeed make a lot of money, but the barter process will take a long time and the sales time will be immeasurable.”

The initial investment required was too large, and even if the Liu family had the money, they wouldn't be able to manage it.

To put it bluntly, they still couldn't raise 100,000 taels.

She's already starting to consider whether to take out her father's best-kept paintings and sell them.

Yuan Cuo helped her pick out the fish bones, saying, "Don't rush, those people won't let you have it all to yourself; they'll definitely come and interfere."

“Then it’s even more impossible to agree. The cotton and linen rouge and the herbal sachet are all free gifts. They will definitely ask me for money. How am I supposed to give them that?” Liu Yuechu had already considered this.

If these bloodsuckers were to get involved, she would be the one doing all the hard work, and might even have to work herself to the bone.

"But the Sun family is negotiable. They have their own medicinal herb fields, the quality of their herbs is good, and the people there are also of good character."

Currently, Liu Yuechan is still studying medicine under Physician Sun, introduced by Lin Mengjun.

Liu Yuechu suddenly realized that she had completely forgotten about her younger sister lately, and hadn't seen her for a long time...

Yuan Cuo fed him a bite of fish, then poured cold water on him, saying, "Sun Jiazhong is mediocre. If you don't kill all the bloodsucking wolves, they won't stand up and offend people for you."

Boycott her fur merchants and their backers;

Now there are two major official-merchant families, the Bai and Xu families;

She chose Yuwen Chan, which naturally offended Yuwen Chen;

Although she had eliminated Consort Le and the Wang family, there was still Consort Wan in the palace who was eyeing her covetously.

Liu Yuechu counted on her fingers how many wolves there were, and couldn't help but stick out her tongue, "Have we offended a bit too many?"

"Second Sister, something terrible has happened!" Liu Muchi rushed over. "The Court of State Ceremonial has just received news that His Majesty has entrusted the matter to the Third Prince. He suggested that we negotiate directly with the First Prince of Meng."

"I just informed you that you need to go to the palace to see the eldest prince first thing tomorrow morning, and all the conditions need to be renegotiated."