The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

Gu Qinghuai opened the account book and saw that more than 7,000 of the 10,000 gilded patterned mirrors were sold, and each one was sold for 200 taels, which means 1.5 million taels of silver!

The perfume was sold at fifty taels a bottle, and eight thousand bottles were sold, which is four hundred thousand taels.

Rouge, eyebrow pencil and eyeliner brought in a profit of 30,000 taels.

All one hundred boxes of lipsticks were sold, each lipstick was worth twenty taels of silver, for a profit of two hundred thousand taels.

According to the original agreement between the two, Shu Mingzong would take 20% of the profit, which was 426,000 taels, and the remaining 1.74 million taels would all belong to Gu Qinghuai.

Shu Mingzong took out stacks of banknotes and slammed them in front of Gu Qinghuai.

Gu Qinghuai had seen dozens of boxes of gold before, so he was not surprised to see more than one million taels of silver.

Shu Mingzong was very dissatisfied with Gu Qinghuai's overly calm expression, "Master, I helped you earn more than a million this time. More than a million! Is that why you have this expression?"

"You're so arrogant just because of this little money," Gu Qinghuai snorted coldly.

"A little money? More than one million taels of silver is a small amount of money? Do you know? The more than 400,000 I earned can buy five or six large mansions with five entrances in the imperial capital! Even if I just lie down and do nothing, I can still live a prosperous life by collecting rent every day!"

For an individual, this amount of silver is indeed a lot, but since Gu Qinghuai wants to raise private soldiers, the more silver the better.

However, his money-making errand boy still needed some encouragement, so Gu Qinghuai gave Shu Mingzong a thumbs up and praised him: "Mingzong, I have to say that you are a business genius. You sell these goods very well!"

"Business... business genius?" Shu Mingzong widened his eyes, unable to believe that Gu Qinghuai would give him such a high evaluation.

Gu Qinghuai said sincerely: "I didn't lie."

"Master..." Shu Mingzong's eyes turned red.

For a young man who had long been ridiculed as a good-for-nothing playboy, Gu Qinghuai's praise was truly important.

Gu Qinghuai glanced at him, and before he could cry, he quickly changed the subject, "How is the soap market in the capital?"

"Oh, yes, there are also soaps!" Shu Mingzong smiled instantly, "Our low-end soaps are sold at 500 wen a piece in the imperial capital, the mid-end ones are sold at 12 taels each, and the high-end ones are sold at 30 taels each. Last time I brought 20,000 bars of soap, 5,000 for the low-end, 7,000 for the mid-end, and 8,000 for the high-end, with a total profit of 326,500 taels, 70% for you and 30% for me!"

Gu Qinghuai smiled and nodded, "Well, I have a lot of rare and good stuff here. After my eldest brother and Sister Shu get married, we will go to the imperial capital again."

"Good! Good, good, good!" Shu Mingzong couldn't stop smiling.

Follow the master to make money!

He rubbed his hands, straightened his back, and said proudly: "Great God, I have bought a large house with five entrances in the imperial capital and brought my grandmother there to keep her away from those two disgusting old beasts. When you go to the imperial capital, you can stay at my place!"

"Well, okay, I won't be polite with you," Gu Qinghuai said with a smile.

For the sake of safety and ease of carrying, Shu Mingzong exchanged most of his silver and money for silver notes.

Gu Qinghuai plans to take time to exchange all the silver notes for gold and silver. Compared with silver notes, she believes more in the value preservation ability of gold and silver.

Anyway, she has the space and it is very convenient to carry.

Gu Qinghuai suddenly remembered something else. She tapped the table with her fingers and said, "One more thing, Mingzong, can you use your connections to find some skilled house builders? I want to hire more workers to build my six-story house as quickly as possible. With the current number of workers, the construction progress is too slow. As you can see, the housing situation at home is really tight."

Shu Mingzong rolled his eyes, "I am the tyrant of Qinghe after all, so leave the matter of finding craftsmen to me! But, Master, I have put in so much effort, after the house is built, you have to leave a room for me, a room that will belong to me forever."

"Okay, no problem!" Gu Qinghuai answered readily.

Even if Shu Mingzong didn't say it, she would have planned so. After her elder brother and sister Shu got married, Shu Mingzong would also be a member of the family.

Shu Mingzong jumped up and howled with excitement.

Gu Qinghuai stood up and waved his hand in disdain, "Okay, okay, go out and play with Qingsong and Xiaohuo, Yueshi and I have something to talk about."

Shu Mingzong frowned and asked alertly, "Master, is Xiao Yueshi trying to steal my position as number one younger brother?"

Gu Qinghuai was too lazy to pay attention to this childish guy. He walked out of the room and continued to sort out the political situation in the imperial capital with Xiao Yueshi.

Shu Mingzong quickly became friends with Gu Qingsong and Zhao Xiaohuo.

Gu Qinghuai lowered his voice, leaned slightly closer to Xiao Yueshi and said, "Yueshi, do you know about the incident in the East Palace two years ago? Although all the prince's party members were executed, I still want to know which officials in the imperial capital are still truly loyal to the deposed prince?"

Xiao Yueshi didn't expect Gu Qinghuai to ask this question. He looked up at Gu Qinghuai, as if trying to understand her thoughts.

Gu Qinghuai knew that Xiao Yue would definitely be confused, so he acted very calm, as if she was just asking casually.

Xiao Yueshi smiled, withdrew his gaze, and did not intend to get to the bottom of the matter. If Xiao Huai wanted to say it, she would say it. If Xiao Huai didn't want to say it, why should he make things difficult for her?

Xiao Yueshi whispered, "The deposed crown prince was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Beilu. But in August or September last year, news suddenly spread that the deposed crown prince and his four-year-old son had died in Beilu County. So, your question is not easy to answer. If the deposed crown prince was still alive, he might have some followers, but when a person dies, the lights go out, and people's hearts change easily. Few people will stick to their obsessions for the dead, because you can see at a glance that the end of the road is despair."

"That's true," Gu Qinghuai nodded. "Yue Shi, let me change the question. Who are the officials in the imperial capital who have decent conduct and are relatively upright and honest? Especially those who have great ambitions but are not given important positions."

Xiao Yueshi thought about it and then revealed six or seven people to Gu Qinghuai.

Gu Qinghuai wrote down their names in the book.

She wants to support these people and use them for her own benefit.

The two were talking excitedly when Tang Yuan suddenly ran in breathlessly, "Grandma! Quick! Third Uncle! My Third…Third Uncle is back…back!"

"What?!" Kuhua Nai stood up suddenly, looking shocked, thinking she had heard it wrong.

Everyone in the yard held their breath and looked at Tangyuan in disbelief.

Kuhua Nai's third son Tang Dahe disappeared when he was ten years old. It has been more than ten years now, and everyone thought he would never be found again.

Tangyuan had a stuttering habit to begin with, and now he was in such a hurry that his words were even more incoherent.

Gu Qinghuai stepped forward and comforted him: "Tangyuan, don't be anxious, talk slowly."

Tang Yuan took a breath, looked behind him warily, and whispered, "Before, a man came to our house. He was dressed in silk and satin, with fair and tender skin. He looked very rich. He said he was my third uncle and wanted to see his mother. My father, mother, and Aunt Erer slandered Little Sister Xiaohuai and Aunt Zhao, saying that they stole our milk in order to seize the Tang family's property."

Everyone understood.

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