Chapter 54 Financial Situation
The shopkeeper gritted his teeth. His businessman's habit made him want to lower the price, but when he thought of the order from his superiors, which concerned the royal family, he dared not act rashly.
Since Empress Changsun ordered that he should pay the highest price, he had no choice but to obey, otherwise he would be held accountable by her.
"One hundred taels! This is the highest price I can offer!"
The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said that this was actually all the cash in their pawn shop.
After all, it is the largest pawnshop in Chang'an City, so it still has some cash flow.
After all, their pawnshop is backed by the imperial estate, the empress, and the current royal family.
"call!"
Qin Wenyuan's heart skipped a beat. He knew it would be very expensive, but in fact, he thought that a few dozen taels would be enough.
Who would have thought that it would be directly one hundred taels. This price was far beyond Qin Wenyuan's imagination!
The dog next to him trembled when he heard such a large amount of money and almost lost his composure.
"Okay! Deal!"
Qin Wenyuan raised his eyebrows and did not bargain at all. As long as he got the money, it would be fine. A jade ring that was useless to him could be exchanged for so much silver. It was simply a huge profit.
Finally, Qin Wenyuan completed the transaction for one hundred taels of silver, and the money and goods were exchanged in person.
…
Baiyun Village.
Ever since Qin Wenyuan said he wanted to move to Chang'an, Changle has not been idle.
She first ate breakfast in a hurry, then moved all the money Qin Wenyuan earned at home onto the bed, intending to check how much assets her family had.
At this moment , she was lying on the bed, her chin supported by her hands, and her feet were dangling in the air.
Changle would never do such an indecent gesture in the past.
The reason for this now is mainly because of what Qin Wenyuan said this morning, which really made her feel sweet until now.
I don’t know how to express my happiness.
I am so happy!
Changle is now lying on the bed, next to her is a mountain of silver. But she is not paying attention to the silver now, but is looking at a piece of paper.
This piece of paper...
As a qualified money-lover, it is natural to record all kinds of income and expenditure.
"First check the recent income and expenditure, and then count the silver to see if it's correct."
"My husband has worked so hard outside, you have to count the money carefully."
"It can't be less than a cent, otherwise my husband will remove me as the finance minister."
Changle raised her red lips slightly. She knew that even if there was less money, Qin Wenyuan would not scold her at all.
The reason I said this is just to put pressure on myself. I want to attach great importance to managing the money in my heart!
Then, Changle picked up the papers and started comparing them.
"Two taels of silver to buy one acre of tea garden from Uncle Bai in the east of Xiacun."
"Eighty taels of silver to buy an abandoned shop on Zhuque Street, a declining area."
"Eight taels of silver, please ask the Minister of Works, Mr. Lin Youwei, to build the shop."
"Uncle Hu, the monthly salary is ten taels of silver. The monthly salary for each of the twelve guards, Rabbit, Dog, and Sheep, is eight taels of silver."
"Please ask the local people of Taiyi Street in Chang'an to act as... agents. There are 520 people in total. Each person will receive 10 copper coins."
When Changle saw this, she still didn't quite understand why her husband had asked so many people to act as his agents.
She still doesn't know what a trust is, nor does she know what its use is.
In her opinion, it was a waste of money and she felt very sad.
After a while, she curled her lips and continued, "The tea shop made a net profit of one tael of silver that day, ten taels on the second day, twelve taels on the third day, and fourth..."
Throughout the afternoon, the money-loving Changle was counting his family property.
Half an hour later, she confirmed that her family's wealth still amounted to 2,120 taels and several hundred copper coins.
This scared Changle. She didn't expect that although the silver seemed to be spent by her husband, there was still more than one hundred taels left.
"As expected, my husband is amazing. Just the big order from Boss Liu has balanced all the recent expenses."
Changle raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and once again habitually attributed all the credit to her husband.
"lady!"
Just at this moment, Qin Wenyuan's magnetic voice came from outside the door.
Changle immediately started running and shouted, "Here I come, here I come!"
When she opened the door, she saw Qin Wenyuan and Xu Gou each carrying a bag.
Changle's eyes lit up, and she asked tentatively: "Husband, this... this can't be all silver, right?"
Qin Wenyuan smiled and said, "Of course, that jade ring was really expensive. I sold it for a full 100 taels of silver."
While he was speaking.
Changle hurried forward and took the bag for Qin Wenyuan. She was stunned by the heavy feeling.
She discovered that her husband was really amazing and could get money no matter what.
I really don’t know why I was so poor that I had to beg.
Qin Wenyuan continued, "Madam, pack your things. We are moving to Chang'an today."
"As for that, I have already found a house with Xu Gou. Once we pay the money, we can move in directly."
"Our new home was also introduced by a pawnshop. In Chang'an, even a house can be pawned, which is rare."
Changle nodded, "Yeah."
Then, as if she had thought of something, she said seriously, "By the way, husband, you went out hungry this morning, so let's not rush to move, right?"
"How about eating a few mouthfuls of food first? If you don't eat, I'll always be thinking about you."
"this……"
Qin Wenyuan was slightly stunned.
To be honest , staying up late or eating only two meals a day were commonplace for him in the past.
But ever since he married Changle, he discovered that after starting a family, he seemed... unable to stay up late or skip a meal every day.
Qin Wenyuan hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, I didn't think enough before. Indeed, it is important to eat first!"
At this moment, the strong affection between the two people in front of him made the dog behind him feel very uncomfortable.
He felt that he was here just to suffer, and that he and Qin Wenyuan should have gone back to their separate homes when they entered the village.
Looking at the two people in front of him, Xu Gou thought to himself, Miss, I, Xu Gou, haven’t eaten yet either! !
