Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

Without hesitation, Lin Ping stuffed the silver note into his pocket, looked around, and finally revealed a hint of disappointment.

"Alright, let's go." Lin Ping said in a low voice.

The two were puzzled. They had already received 200,000 taels of silver, so what was he still dissatisfied with? Did he think that all that money was going to go down the drain?

Regardless, they had to go and see, even if it was a waste of time, at least they would know where it landed.

The three of them rode horses, facing the direction of Yancheng.

Lin Ping's main purpose for this trip was not to preserve the salt mine, but to exploit the oil field, which was of greater value.

"Brother-in-law, wait for me!" Just as the three were about to leave, a carriage came galloping by, and Jiang Yunyu almost shouted himself hoarse.

He kept an eye on the time, not daring to go past Chen Shi (7-9 AM), otherwise he would lose his...unkind brother-in-law forever.

"Huh? Who's in the carriage?" Zhu Xiaoji turned around.

"It's silver, silver with legs!" Lin Ping grinned from ear to ear, as if he could see a mountain of silver running towards him.

Jiang Yunyu had dark circles under his eyes and a sallow complexion, clearly having not slept much all night. He waited for Wang the accountant to relax, then snatched the key and sneaked into the storeroom.

And then we got to where we are now.

Although he had succeeded, he was extremely flustered. He could never return to the City Lord's Mansion, so he could only follow Lin Ping to Yingtian Prefecture to broaden his horizons.

She was afraid of not being able to catch up with Lin Ping, offending the city lord but failing to get on her brother-in-law's good side, and in the end, she was caught in the middle.

Lin Ping glanced at the sky as if to make a show of it, then said coldly, "Where's the money?"

These two short and powerful words, uttered by Lin Ping, once again confirmed the care between him and Jiang Yunyu.

"Hehe, they're all in the car." Jiang Yunyu grinned mischievously and mysteriously lifted the curtain.

In an instant, a dazzling light emanated from the carriage, almost obscuring the sun's brilliance.

In addition to these gold and silver jewels, there were also two hundred thousand taels of silver notes, totaling a full three hundred thousand taels.

This looks like he's about to get his legs broken...

Lin Ping gave Jiang Yunyu a thumbs up and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Well done! You're worthy of being my brother-in-law, Lin Ping. It's really genetic!"

If the city lord hadn't hidden the land deeds under his pillow, the entire city would probably have been sold off.

"Hehe, of course I can't compare to my brother-in-law." Jiang Yunyu scratched his head and laughed, his eyes full of admiration.

In front of Lin Ping, how could he dare to call himself a spendthrift? At most, he had only learned the basics.

"Leave the money here, you can go back now," Lin Ping said, waving his hand.

"Go back?" Jiang Yunyu's face turned pale, and he almost burst into tears.

Is he able to go back? Won't he get beaten to death?

"Can I come with my brother-in-law?" Jiang Yunyu asked with a grin. Being with Lin Ping was a test of his shamelessness, so he clung to his leg and wouldn't let go.

"cannot!"

Lin Ping turned his head and answered resolutely.

"Then I'll take the money back with me." Jiang Yunyu pulled the curtain back closed, pouting as she spoke, not entirely naive.

"Do you think you can leave?" Lin Ping's face suddenly turned cold. "Guards, seize the young master, strip him of his clothes, leaving him only in his underwear."

Hundreds of workers immediately surrounded the carriage. They were initially hesitant, since the other party was, after all, a prince, but when they saw the jewels and treasures inside the carriage, they were immediately tempted.

How could one refuse a lamb offered to them for free? Even leaving him a pair of underwear would be a bargain.

A certain man said that the underpants should not be kept either, as the prince's underpants are very valuable and might fetch a good price.

Then... Jiang Yunyu covered his underwear and cried incessantly, even having half of the horse's mane pulled out.

"Yu'er, go back and tell the City Lord that this is my punishment for him, Lin Ping. The entire City Lord's Mansion will be in deep trouble." Lin Ping loudly bid farewell to Jiang Yunyu.

If the city lord hadn't always taught men not to shed tears easily, he really would have cried out loud. Deceiving people's feelings is one thing, but robbing them is another.

They robbed me of my money, and now they want me to go back and say these things.

If the danger was originally being to have my leg broken, now it's definitely the danger of being beaten to death.

"Hmph, I won't tell." Jiang Yunyu finally showed some backbone.

Just as he decided to stand up for himself, he heard a voice from behind him: "Xiao Hui is with me. If you don't tell me, she's mine."

The voice was not only cold, but also vulgar.

You, Lin Ping, are supposed to be a real man, yet you use a woman as a blackmailer.

I... I... can't I just be obedient?

It is said that the sound of a pig being slaughtered came from the city lord's mansion, and all the people in the city thought that there was a happy event in the city lord's mansion and were preparing to slaughter a pig to celebrate.

Inside the city lord's palace

"Such a good child, and you forced him away like this. Hasn't your husband ever regretted it?" The city lord's wife blinked her beautiful eyes and said to the city lord with displeasure.

"How can he not regret it? Ping'er still remembers their past relationship. It's just that Yu'er's beating was a bit too harsh." The city lord sighed, also feeling sorry for the little fat boy.

How could he not know that Jiang Yunyu stole all the valuables from the warehouse?

He simply turned a blind eye, and even deliberately used Jiang Yunyu to give the money to Lin Ping.

He knew that Lin Ping had new money-making projects, and he treated these as investments. He figured it wouldn't be long before he could recoup his investment, and then all he would have to do was sit at home and count his money.

To think that he, a city lord, had no ambition to expand his territory, but only loved money.

There was no other way; we were terrified of poverty. Without money, we couldn't even pay the military salaries. The more private troops we had, the more panicked we became.

He knew that Lin Ping wasn't a heartless person; he was just too proud to admit it. For a man, face is very important.

That's why he used Jiang Yunyu as an intermediary to complete the transaction; the beating he received was just an act for others to see.

Ahhh...

Lin Ping, who was on his way, suddenly sneezed and had a feeling that someone was talking about him behind his back.

He really didn't intend to help the city lord's mansion; he was just desperate because he was short of money.

Of course, he also wanted to bring Jiang Yunyu on board, since he was a powerful backer and would have to think twice if anyone tried to take advantage of the oil mine in the future.

A day later, the three of them finally arrived at the location of the oil field, and the bottomless hole in the middle really startled Lin Ping.

He was amazed by the advanced level of Wu Guo's drilling technology, which didn't even require his guidance.

"This is what we dug out from below." Xu Jianren held a pool of dark, viscous substance in his hands, his eyes full of disdain.

He didn't think this thing would be of much use, and secretly felt bad about wasting so much money.

They had already spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to mine this oil field, thinking it would be a gold mine, but it turned out to be just a pile of smuggled goods.

"Hahaha, I'm rich! I'm rich!" Lin Ping jumped up and down excitedly, holding a pile of crude oil.

"Has he lost his mind from all the losses?" The three of them stared at Lin Ping as if he were an idiot.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were used to dig such a huge pit; anyone would be a fool to do that.