The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

With Yinyi Niang accompanying An in the battle, neither of them had time to do anything to the Linhu Courtyard. For a while, Yang Qi was free.

Today, Yang Qi sorted out all the accounts of the stores he had recently taken charge of. Although the managers of these stores were the ones he trusted the most, he still had to check them frequently to know what was going on.

Three years ago, Guangming Pharmacy was renamed Guangming Hall, and the business model of Guangming Pharmacy has also expanded from the initial sale/processing of medicinal materials to having doctors sitting and treating patients.

Zong Yue was an expert in medicine, and relying on Zong Yue's reputation, Yang Qi seized the opportunity to spread the fame of Guangming Hall and opened dozens of branches.

Guangmingtang has taken root in various cities, and Yang Qi finally has the first-hand information of his own.

Over the years, although Yang Qi's shops have made a lot of profit, he would immediately invest the money in new places so that the money can continue to make money in the market instead of rotting in his hands. Therefore, in addition to the clinic and the medicine shop, Yang Qi also tried to invest in several restaurants and inns.

It was Xu who reminded Yang Qi of this. Now Yang Qi was the daughter of the Duke's Mansion, and the Duke's Mansion would provide her with basic food, clothing, housing and transportation. With such conditions, Yang Qi only needed to keep some money for daily rewards and expenses, and the rest could be used for investment, or to buy land and shops.

Under Xu's guidance, Yangqi's investments have always been smooth sailing.

Of course, Yang Qi had not announced the fact that he had opened so many branches, and had kept it a secret from the people in the Duke's Mansion. After all, making a fortune in silence is always a good idea. If the old lady and Song Hongwen knew about it, he would be in trouble every day.

Xu was the only person in the mansion who knew that Yang Qi had businesses outside the capital, but she didn't know how many businesses he had in other places or what the layout of each store was like, and she would not ask.

After calculating all the items, Yang Qi nodded with satisfaction. His shop had made a lot of profit during this period, so he could breathe a sigh of relief.

It was so uncomfortable to be without money. You had to calculate everything you wanted to buy. Not only was you controlled by others, but your life was too frustrating. The most important thing was that having your own source of income was the first step to escaping the control of Song Hongwen, the old lady, and An.

Yang Qi closed the account book and asked Mama He, "Mama He, has the money for the Salesian Home been delivered this month?"

Mother He nodded: "Miss, they have all been delivered." The money Yang Qi gave to the orphanage every month was fixed, and no one could profit from it. Although the price of vegetables changed a little every month, Yang Qi had her own farm and was basically self-sufficient.

What shocked He's mother the most was that although Yang Qi donated money to the orphanage every month, he required the children who met the age requirements to work on the farm. In Yang Qi's words, "I just gave them a chance to survive, not to bear all their burdens. Since they are able to work, they will have skills in the future. With their backgrounds, they don't have the confidence to be lazy people."

Yang Qi rubbed her sore neck and said, "Mother He, this charity home is no different from other homes. If we don't pay attention, I'm afraid the people inside will do something. It's inconvenient for me to leave the house on weekdays, and Zong Yue is not in the capital now, so you need to keep an eye on the things in the charity home."

Mother He knew that what Yang Qi said made sense: "Don't worry, Miss. I will definitely take the Salesian Home very seriously."

Every day there are poor people in the outer city who cannot afford to eat. Some of them may have lost their livelihoods, while others have fled to the capital from poor places to seek a way to make a living. These people cannot support themselves, let alone children.

Because of Fang Hua's matter, Zong Yue started to find some orphans to train. When these orphans grow up, they can also serve as a force for Yang Qi.

If you want to find some gifted orphans, the Salesian Home is the best choice. However, when Zong Yue went to the Salesian Home several times, he found that there were huge problems inside.

The Salesian welcomed people to adopt children, which not only helped them find a home, but also reduced the burden on the Salesian. The Salesian had no source of profit, and all its money came from government subsidies and rewards from dignitaries.

There is not much silver, and even less can be used for the children. The children in the orphanage are all thin and have poor physical constitution due to long-term lack of food.

However, the children adopted by the orphanage were always adopted in large numbers at the same time, and they were all good-looking children. After discovering this, Zong Yue did not dare to make it public, so he could only quietly inform Yang Qi and send someone to secretly investigate the matter.

Yang Qi got the news about Zong Yue and quickly persuaded Xu to go to the Salesian Home together. Xu was a kind-hearted person who loved to do charity. Seeing the skinny children in the Salesian Home, she felt so distressed that she donated 500 taels of silver immediately.

Yang Qi took this opportunity to call together those people in charge of the orphanage, and revealed the matter of the missing children to them. After a thorough interrogation, he learned from those black-hearted people that the children were all good-looking.

This is a bad trick thought up by some young men to find some good seedlings without spending any money.

Yang Qi clenched her hands. She was afraid that the ending of these children would not be good. They would either be sold to a brothel or taken to be concubines by some families.

With the help of Nanny Zhu, those black-hearted stewards told all the news they knew about the boy and even drew a few portraits of him.

Yang Qi took a look at the account book of the orphanage and discovered that most of the children in this orphanage near Caoshi were descendants of deceased generals.

Those soldiers lost their lives on the battlefield to defend the Tianyuan Dynasty, but their own children were treated like this by these filthy people!

After gathering all the information, Yang Qi sent people to search following these clues.

Unfortunately, when Yang Qi's people looked for those children, many of them were already missing. In the end, only five were redeemed from the brothel, and Yang Qi spent a lot of money on them.

The mamas in those brothels were all shrewd people. Seeing that Yang Qi's people were determined to get it, they all raised the price to the extreme. However, Yang Qi's people could not reveal their identities. After several rounds of negotiations, the price was several times higher than the purchase price before the deal was settled.

Although Yang Qi can use his own people to investigate these matters, if he wants to gain management rights of the orphanage, he still has to use the power of the Duke's Mansion.

In fact, the things that Yang Qi encountered were all trivial matters in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. A good knife should be used on the blade. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has many things to do. If he often disturbs him with these trivial matters, he will also use up all his kindness.

Moreover, although Yuan Ruiyuan has many people under his command, not many of them can be used for trivial matters such as finding children. Yang Qi is different. He can use his own strength to do his best to rescue.