"This..." After seeing those words clearly, Zu An was stunned. This seemed to be her special skill, right?
Chu Chuyan blushed slightly, moved her face to the other side and stopped looking at him. She pretended not to care and said, "I'm just afraid that if you die in the hands of that Chen Xuan, no one will come to treat my injury."
Zu An laughed and put the booklet directly into his arms: "I naturally have to keep such a precious thing close to my body."
Seeing that he received it so carefully, Chu Chuyan nodded with satisfaction: "Just watch it first. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask me. After all, I have learned it first and have more experience in this area."
Zu An patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, what qualifications do your husband and I have? There's no way I can't understand them. I'm sure I'll be able to learn them once I learn them."
Chu Chuyan: "..."
It’s very clear what qualifications you have, you were assigned to the yellow class by the college.
She just thought that the other party was a man who wanted to save his face and was unwilling to admit defeat. She didn't want to say anything. She thought about finding a suitable opportunity to help him in the future.
"By the way, put this secret book away. Don't lose it." Chu Chuyan couldn't help but remind her, thinking of this guy's careless nature.
"What's wrong? Is this book a secret of your Chu family? Wouldn't it be a bit too hasty to teach it to me?" Zu An approached with a playful smile.
Chu Chuyan shrank back and avoided it unnaturally: "Don't think too much. After all, you are the uncle of the Chu family, and you are not considered an outsider. It makes sense to pass it on to you, as long as you don't... don't use it for teaching. Just those women outside."
Zu An raised his eyebrows: "Are you jealous?"
"If you're fine, I'll leave first." Chu Chuyan blushed and turned around to leave, obviously not used to talking to him about this.
"Wait a minute," Zu An hurriedly took her hand, and the smile on his face gradually faded, and said seriously, "The Chu family is now in such a difficult situation of donating money. I don't know how much money to donate? I still have a little money here, so I should It can help the Chu family tide over the difficulties."
Chu Chuyan shook her hand subconsciously, but did not shake it off. She had no choice but to let him go: "You should keep the money for yourself. No matter how desperate the Chu family is, they won't use my uncle's private money."
Zu An: "..."
Why do these words sound so awkward? It's very similar to those men in ancient times who said that no matter how difficult the family was, they would not use the woman's dowry.
Seeing his stunned look, Chu Chuyan thought that his self-esteem had been hurt, and hurriedly said: "Don't think too much about it. After all, the Chu family has a big business. The reason for this difficulty is largely due to the fact that the weapons industry has been affected a lot before. The bold impact affected part of the income.”
"In addition, the proliferation of private salt during this period has resulted in the Chu family's salt being unable to be sold, so it's a bit of a headache."
"Private salt?" Zu An was startled, obviously not understanding what was going on.
Chu Chuyan explained to him: "According to the decree of the imperial court, after the salt is boiled by the salt households in the salt field, it will be purchased by the official or its agent. Whether it is transportation or trading, salt must be purchased from the imperial court. It is legal; salt circulated through other channels is private salt and is strictly prohibited."
"Unfortunately, private salt is cheap, and ordinary people are definitely willing to buy private salt, so repeated bans continue. In addition, smuggling private salt is very profitable, and many desperadoes follow suit."
She had never said this to anyone else before, putting all the responsibilities on her shoulders, but now she subconsciously talked to Zu An. It seems that the experience in the secret realm made her subconsciously believe that the other party was reliable and could help her share her worries. .
Zu An couldn't bear it
Zhu sighed: "Private salt sold by other people is much cheaper than your official salt, and the profit is huge. Wouldn't it be better if you lowered the price a little? There is no room for private salt to survive. Who is willing to take the risk to buy private salt?" .”
"It's easier said than done," Chu Chuyan sighed faintly, "Do you think we want to set the price of salt so high? The cost of official salt is much higher than that of private salt in all aspects. Let's not talk about those who want to pay for it in the officialdom. As for the salt bait, we need to pay 1.5 taels of silver to the government for one salt bait, and one salt bait only weighs about 200 kilograms. We don’t know how much money we spend on salt bait every year.”
"And in addition, sometimes the salt currency is not enough, and we need to advance the share for the next few years. To advance a salt currency, we need to spend an additional 2.1 taels on the basis of the previous 1.5 taels. These are all imposed on us by the court. the cost of."
"There are also large expenses such as donations, but in fact, they are also included in the cost in the end."
"You can get a rough idea of how expensive official salt is." Chu Chuyan said of these treasures, "We took back the cooked salt from the salt households and only paid them 10 cents per catty from beginning to end. , is apportioned by various costs, the final price per kilogram of salt we sell will fluctuate depending on the situation, roughly between 100 and 300 wen. Only in this way can we make a profit."
"Private salt does not need to pay those high costs, so they can sell it for twenty or thirty cents per pound, so naturally no one comes to buy official salt."
Zu An stared at her blankly. He didn't expect that Chu Chuyan, who was usually as elegant as a fairy from the world, could talk about these business matters so clearly, even down to every word.
"Why are you looking at me?" Chu Chuyan also noticed his eyes, and her cheeks couldn't help but feel slightly warm.
Zu An gently held her hand and said affectionately: "It must have been very hard for you to manage such a large Chu family by yourself all these years."
Perhaps he was seriously injured during this period, so that both physically and mentally, he became a little more fragile than before.
When Chu Chuyan heard what the other party said, she felt sour in her heart. She had not told anyone about her sufferings in these years.
You must know that what she likes is cultivation, but she has to put a large part of her energy into the management of the Chu family.
If not, with her qualifications, her cultivation level would probably be even higher.
Moreover, she had obviously loved reading romance novels since she was a child. Like other little girls, she also liked all kinds of romantic and cute things.
But in order to maintain her majesty, she had to disguise herself with indifference and arrogance since childhood. Over time, she didn't even know who she really was.
"It's okay, I've long been used to it." Chu Chuyan took a deep breath, stabilized her emotions, and turned her head to the side to prevent the other party from seeing her slightly moist eyes.
Zu An said in a deep voice: "From now on, it will be different from before. Because you have me, I will help you share and solve these difficulties."
Noticing his hot eyes, Chu Chuyan suddenly felt panicked and subconsciously pushed him away: "I'm sorry, I said too much today."
After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for his answer and ran away without looking back.
This made Zu An look confused. What does this mean? I thought my oath was pretty decent. You should at least give me some response!
Looking at Chu Chuyan's disappearing back, Zu An touched his chin and smiled evilly, imitating those domineering CEO dramas he watched in his previous life: "Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention!"
After coming out of the study, Zu An felt his stomach growling for a while.
He realized that no one in the Chu family called him to eat.
Qin Wanru definitely didn't want to see him because of what happened just now, so naturally she wouldn't ask him to have a meal with him.
The others were furious when they saw the madam, and no one would be quick-sighted to get into trouble at this time.
So much so that Zu An seems to have been forgotten now.
After thinking about it, he decided to go out. Since he didn't have enough to eat at home, he went outside to find some wild food.
Didn't Qiu Honglei invite him? He happened to have a meal at her place, and Shang Liuyu's conch was still there!
After asking for the invitation from Cheng Shouping, Cheng Shouping was dumbfounded when he heard that he was going to Shenxian Residence: "Uncle, my wife was furious just now. Wouldn't it be bad to go at this time?"
"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, how will Madam know?" Zu An snorted, "Besides, the matter that Madam was angry about just now has been resolved, so there is no need to worry."
Although he said it easily, Cheng Shouping still couldn't believe it.
"Didn't you say last time that I asked you to come with me when I went to Shenxianju? Seeing how much my uncle cares about you, let's go see the world with him." Zu An patted Cheng Shou Ping on the shoulder.
Cheng Shouping was so frightened that all the bones in his body fell apart: "Uncle, please spare me. I still want to live for a few more years."
Not to mention how the second young lady would whip him if she found out that he and his uncle went to Shenxianju, she just said that the madam was so angry because of this incident just now. No matter how heartless she was, she didn't dare to get into trouble at this time.
At that time, maybe the uncle's identity will be there, and he will just be reprimanded and punished;
But for a young boy like me, it would be easy for Chiyu to be dragged to the woodshed and beaten to death.
Seeing that he didn't want to be together, Zu An didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore and went out.
But Jiao Shan and three guards who were sent to protect him immediately gathered around him. When they learned that he was going to Shenxian Residence, they all tried to dissuade him:
"Uncle, this road is too dangerous."
"Yes, Chen Xuan is hiding in the dark and wants to kill you. He can't do it in the academy or the Chu family. There were a large number of guards on the way back from the academy to the Chu family. But if we go out now, it's just the three of us. It's not a show of force. Are you sure you want Chen Xuan to assassinate you?"
"Yes, the three of us can deal with ordinary people, but Chen Xuan is at the sixth level and is elusive. I'm afraid we won't be able to protect my uncle."
…
Hearing the earnest words of advice from several people, Zu An didn't take it seriously: "Don't worry, I'll protect you in the worst case."
After saying that, he swaggered out of the door.
Jiao Shanhe: "..."
Feng Daniu: "..."
Zhou Lujun: "..."
My uncle was so blinded by beauty that he risked such a big risk to see Qiu Honglei.
It’s really a knife in the head of sex!
Several people complained endlessly, but they had responsibilities and had to follow.
Seeing the anger levels received from several people backstage, Zu An didn't bother to explain.
He also thought a lot about Chen Xuan. Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can a thousand days to guard against thieves?
He had already thought of a way to solve it once and for all, what was missing now was to lure him out.
But now that he went to Shenxianju, he deliberately gave Chen Xuan a chance to assassinate him.
