Wealth and glory seek stability

Gao Yunhuai showed his white teeth, took Jian Xi's hand and handed the key to Jian Xi, "This is our family property, from now on these will belong to my wife."

Jian Xi turned her face away, somewhat dissatisfied, "Aren't you afraid that I will run away with the money?"

Gao Yunhuai was calm and composed, with a smile in his eyes.

"These are all my wife's. You can do whatever you want with them. I went to Jiangnan some time ago and brought back these account books and deeds. Mother doesn't understand these. Every year, the shopkeepers and managers below report the accounts and pay the money.

In the past, it was Uncle Gao who helped me look after the family. Now Uncle Gao can finally rest assured. My wife is very talented and will definitely be able to manage the people below. From now on, I will be counting on you to support me."

Jian Xi glanced at the bundles of silver bills and land deeds, and then she realized how valuable the richest man was.

Her total property added up is probably not as valuable as the salt manors at the top of the deed.

Jian Xi pretended to be deep and said:

"I'm not interested in money."

Gao Yunhuai laughed, "You have to take care of it even if you have no interest. These are all under the name of Gao family. Although our family has so much money now that we can't spend it in several lifetimes, the subordinates still have to do their best to control them. As a husband, I don't ask for much. All the output from the farm belongs to you. As long as there is no trouble, you will be able to relax when our children grow up." As he said that, he scratched Jian Xi's beautiful nose.

Looking at Jian Xi's eyes, Gao Yunhuai couldn't help but imagine in his mind who their future children would look more like.

Seeing Gao Yunhuai's eyes darkening, Jian Xi quickly dodged away. She had had enough of these days. If Gao Yunhuai hadn't had to go to court, she would have spent the day in bed.

Gao Yunhuai didn't care about anything else and directly pulled Jian Xi into his arms, kissing her non-stop until Jian Xi's legs became weak and she couldn't stand anymore. Then Gao Yunhuai held Jian Xi with a wicked smile and carried her to the bathtub.

With a pull of the drawstring, the bathtub is filled with warm water.

Gao Yunhuai scattered the rose petals that Jian Xi loved to put in her bath into the bathtub. By the time Jian Xi reacted, both of them were already naked.

It has to be said that this man's learning ability was amazing. Except for being a little awkward the first time, he kept improving every time afterwards, giving her a feeling of being in the clouds.

After each session, Gao Yunhuai would personally wash her body. Jian Xi's sense of shame had long been worn away by the repeated naked encounters.

Skin touch...

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Jian Xi was lying on the bed, looking at the red gauze curtain, with someone next to her who seemed to be unsatisfied.

"......"

It’s great to be young, but she can’t stand it!

This body is only sixteen at most. She takes good care of herself and has developed well, but she can't withstand such torture.

Pulling the hair that Gao Yunhuai was playing with, Jian Xi said seriously: "Stop messing around, I have something serious to tell you."

Gao Yunhuai supported himself on the bed with one hand, "My lady, please speak." His eyes were still fixed on Jian Xi, and he gently picked up another strand of Jian Xi's hair and played with it.

Jian Xi no longer resisted, but she still had to ask the questions that needed to be asked.

"Has mother's matter already been rumored outside? Today I heard the servants in the mansion talking about it, and what they said was simply disgusting, so I killed a chicken to scare the monkeys and punished a few servants."

Gao Yunhuai took a deep breath, turned around and looked upwards.

"My mother's real name is Cui Zhenzhen. The rumors outside are all true. There are also censors in the court who keep impeaching me, saying that I am of low birth and unqualified to take on important responsibilities."

Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Jian Xi couldn't help but worry, "What does His Majesty say?"

Gao Yunhuai approached Jian Xi and half-jokingly asked, "If your husband is dismissed from office, will you be disappointed?"

Jian Xi rolled her eyes, "You also said that we have more money than we can spend in several lifetimes. Without official positions, we can enjoy eating, drinking, and traveling together." She changed the subject and said with a smile, "But I believe that with my husband's talent, he will not fall in the same place twice."

Gao Yunhuai smiled sincerely, with even more tenderness in his eyes, "My wife still trusts me the most."

As he said this, he tried to get closer to Jian Xi, but was pushed away by Jian Xi.

"You'd better tell me about mother, otherwise I will always be unsure."

"it is good."

"My mother's surname is Cui. She is the half-sister of Cui Buyi, the eldest branch of the Cui family in Qinghe. The first and second branches of the Cui family used all means to seize power. One time, my mother attended a banquet and was drugged and sent to a brothel by mistake. The drug had the effect of causing temporary amnesia. Because of her good looks and her poetry skills, she became famous as an otaku after singing the song "Ferrying a Fishing Boat"."

"The auction of the virginity of the courtesan attracted many dignitaries, including my father. He admired my mother's talent and helped her redeem herself. But later on, although my mother recovered her memory, the Cui family felt ashamed and expelled her from the family. Not being able to return to the family has always been a concern for my mother. Once, my father went out with a caravan and encountered a landslide. No one in the caravan survived."

Gao Yunhuai recounted the past in a calm tone, and Jian Xi felt very depressed after listening to it.

I think Mrs. Gao and Gao Yunhuai's father were deeply in love, but the weather was not good.

No wonder Mrs. Gao always had a melancholy look on her face. If it weren’t for Gao Yunhuai, she would have collapsed long ago.

Silent all night.

Jian Xi summoned several shopkeepers, even Qiangwei and Sulian were temporarily requisitioned, to look at the account books one by one.

Jian Xi was watering the flowers leisurely. She had specially opened up a yard for the shopkeepers who were in charge of the accounts to live in, with men and women separated. Gao Yunhuai's subordinates were all male shopkeepers, and no one had ever seen a woman as a shopkeeper.

Qiangwei didn't want to embarrass Jian Xi, so she worked day and night with Su Lian to check the accounts, and her efficiency was even faster and more accurate than those experienced old shopkeepers.

No one wanted to be outdone by the two little girls, so they used all their skills and finished counting the account books that would have taken ten days to go through in just three days.

Jian Xi sat at the top and listened to the report, gaining a preliminary understanding of the Gao family's industry.

The Gao family mainly deals in salt, tea, cloth, and most importantly, the caravan. They mainly use the huge information network to resell things that are not available in the major dynasties to each other and make a profit from the difference. This is also the Gao family's most hidden transaction.

Jian Xi soon found something worth pondering over.

How did the Gao family know what the most scarce things were in the major dynasties?

A pass is required to enter and exit the checkpoint. If it was just a caravan, it would be fine, but Jian Xi discovered that the Gao family had more than two hundred caravans.

This is not as simple as just doing business. She doesn't believe that there is no government support behind it.

There must be something she doesn't know.

Although there were a lot of things to do, Jian Xi developed a desire to conquer.