"What you said makes sense." Li Qiao said and couldn't help hugging Tao Zhu tightly in his arms. Brother Zhu was so smart that he thought about the problem from another angle and immediately pointed out the direction for him.
The seventh prince is not stupid and can make the seventh prince willing to fight for his life, so this brother must be very good to the seventh prince.
The seventh prince was in danger on the front line one after another. This brother would definitely not hide in the rear. This brother should also have encountered many dangers.
Therefore, if we observe the princes next, we should be able to see some clues based on their physical conditions.
He couldn't help but hold Tao Zhu's cheek and kissed Tao Zhu hard on the lips: "Brother Zhu is so smart. In just a few words, he showed me my ideas."
Tao Zhu blinked his eyes, a little confused.
Did he give Li Qiao some ideas?
Before he could figure it out, Li Qiao's hands were already making trouble on him, and Li Qiao's lips also covered his earlobe: "Stay in bed tomorrow."
"..."
If you don’t understand, I’ll think about it tomorrow. He likes to stay in bed with Li Qiao!
If you want to know which prince has been injured or sick in the past few years, you must ask Xin Zhi.
If the Xin family wants to return to the center of power in Dasheng, they will definitely not just pay attention to the officials. Absolutely every prince will be the key observation object of the Xin family.
Xin Zhi couldn't stay idle. After the dust settled on the Grand Canal, Li Qiao got the Weiqing County Pier as he wished, and his family also got a medium-sized pier. Therefore, he felt that after Li Qiao had finished digesting the incident of Xu Ying being framed, , he came to congratulate Li Qiao.
What a happy event.
With the dock in Weiqing County, Yuanhe Province will definitely become more prosperous in the future, and the money in Li Qiao's wallet will definitely become thicker.
Sitting in the study on the left side of the greenhouse, he kept talking while fighting Li Qiao and Tao Zhu about landlords. When the game of landlords was over, he took a breath.
"Have a sip of tea, drink tea." Li Qiao stood up and poured him tea and said, "Your family is also very secretive. I always thought that the financial resources of Wu'an Houfu were only at the level of ordinary nobles."
The title of Dasheng is Gonghou Bozinan. There is no king with a different surname. Therefore, people above count can be called nobles.
At the beginning of the founding of Dasheng, the number of people holding these three titles, including Duke, Marquis and Earl, totaled nearly a hundred.
But this time Sheng Hong only invited six princes and five princes.
There is Marquis Wu'an here, which means that the Xin family is not ordinary wealthy. The Xin family's wealth is unparalleled in the whole of Dasheng.
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In the previous life, the seventh prince was indeed not the emperor. He really didn’t have that intention~
Chapter 145 The Fourth Prince Tao Zhu recognizes Gao Zhiyuan
“My family has a good financial background due to the accumulation of many generations of my ancestors. Coupled with the good management, I have a good family background.”
Xin Zhi immediately explained.
His family was originally a big landowner, but at the end of the previous dynasty, the world was in chaos. His great-grandfather roped in his tenant farmers and hired some heroes to form a team of 5,000 people. They conquered several nearby counties and barely occupied an area. The place of government.
Later, the Supreme Emperor led his troops to sweep over, and his great-grandfather immediately surrendered. Then his grandfather followed the Supreme Emperor to conquer the world, and made a little war fortune.
Therefore, his family's current financial situation mainly relies on previous accumulation. Several generations of people worked together to get where they are today.
"This is nothing in my family. It takes several generations of us together to compete with Brother Li in terms of financial resources. You alone can match the accumulation of more than a hundred years of my Xin family. I admire you so much."
Xin Zhi took the tea bowl handed over by Li Qiao and kept talking.
Li Qiao was ashamed: "How can I compare with your family? Others called me Li Million, but it was all false before. Brother Zhu and I now have a net worth of just over one million."
"Huh? At this time, your husband and wife's wealth has just exceeded one million? It's impossible, you must have exceeded one million long ago."
Xin Zhi was puzzled.
"Huh?" Tao Zhushui, who was silently shuffling the cards at the side, opened his eyes wide and looked at Xin Zhi in confusion.
Xin Zhideng was a little embarrassed and coughed softly: "Your family's business is all on the surface, and it is easy for a thoughtful person to calculate approximate figures."
"That's it..."
Tao Zhu couldn't help but feel worried.
My family background is transparent, which feels really bad.
But it can't stop others from doing the math.
"So, if you include this year's vermicelli money, your husband and wife's wealth is not just one million, but one million and several hundred thousand more."
Xin Zhi sipped the slightly hot tea and looked at Li Qiao again.
What Brother Li just said was a bit dishonest.
"...The main reason is that the money for this year's vermicelli has not been delivered yet. Moreover, my family has a lot of expenses. I bought a house, fields, and the British government raised the price of ducks, and daily expenses, etc., which are not small amounts of money."
"Moreover, the sweet potato harvest is poor this year, so the profit from vermicelli is small."
Li Qiao tried hard to explain.
If he hadn't donated the 220,000 taels of silver last year, he and Tao Zhu would indeed have a net worth of over one million at this time.
However, due to the donation of 220,000 taels during the flood last year, and the poor harvest of sweet potatoes this year, the revenue from vermicelli has shrunk drastically. According to what Li Gu said in his letter last time, it was estimated to be over 200,000 taels.
Therefore, if the Han family's caravan delivers this year's vermicelli silver after the new year, then he and Tao Zhu's family will be able to collect a million dollars.
As for the income from the Duck Shop, Dim Sum Shop, Autumn Pear Paste Shop, Royal Dim Sum Shop, and Potato Noodle Shop, they are all daily household money and are not considered savings.
In fact, the total income is very considerable, but with the income from vermicelli, Tao Zhu has not put this part of the money in the money box for the time being, but just put it casually in the bedroom for daily expenses.
However, Xin Zhi didn't even know that he and Brother Zhu donated 220,000 taels of silver last year?
Sheng Hong said he would keep it a secret, but did he really keep it a secret?
Before that, the fifth prince came to the palace to plead with the British duke. Why did word spread so quickly?
Xin Zhi heard Li Qiao's explanation and immediately laughed: "It's still your money that I haven't sent over. Let me tell you, your husband's family must be more than one million taels."
"You two have earned your current fortune in just a few years. How can my family compare with yours?"
"...Okay, okay, let's stop this topic."
Li Qiao didn't want to continue to dwell on this topic. He said directly: "Speaking of it, this incident makes me feel cold. I can't do it without a backer."
"Isn't there a seventh prince here?"
Xin Zhi's voice was less lively than before.
This is indeed a sudden disaster.
"But how can the seventh prince compete with the third and fifth princes?"
Li Qiao sighed as he spoke.
"Too."
Xin Zhi frowned.
To be honest, he couldn't understand the Seventh Prince's ways.
The reputation of the Seventh Prince is not very good. He is very harsh and unkind when trying cases. No matter how big an official he is or whether he is a distinguished noble with hard work and merit, as long as he commits a crime and ends up in the Criminal Department, the Seventh Prince will not do anything about it. Be soft-handed.
When the instrument of torture should be used, the instrument of torture should be used.
Moreover, he did not make friends with courtiers and kept to himself all day long.
He didn't treat the fifth prince with pretense.
He also didn't have much contact with the remaining brothers, and there wasn't much brotherly love.
So he really can't understand the Seventh Prince's plan, which doesn't leave him any way out. Once the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, the Seventh Prince has already accumulated a lot of old grievances. By then, the Seventh Prince will still be able to please him. What?
After listening to Xin Zhi's analysis, Li Qiao couldn't help but praise the seventh prince.
This confidentiality work is done very well.
The Xin family could even find out where the third prince's concubine's concubine was married, but they couldn't figure out who the seventh prince was assisting.
The Seventh Prince is reliable!
So, while playing his cards, he pretended to be casual and said: "Last year, His Majesty suffered a serious illness. I think that if His Majesty chooses a successor, 80% of the time he will choose a healthy one. What do you think?"
"Ah?" Xin Zhi opened his eyes wide. He had never thought of this angle!
But it seems reasonable?
"Well... among these princes, we must first exclude the eldest prince. Speaking of which, I haven't seen the eldest prince in more than three years. The last time I saw him was when his third son was one month old. It was a big event at that time, and my family also I was invited, so I went to the First Prince’s Mansion and met with the First Prince.”
"Since then, I have never seen the eldest prince again. The eldest prince rarely leaves the palace, that is, during the New Year, the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, the Holy Emperor, etc., but I am not qualified to be present on such days, so I Haven’t seen him for a long time.”
"However, as far as I know, he looked good when he attended the palace dinner a few days ago."
Li Qiao: "..."
Good guy.
Even Xin Zhi has not seen the eldest prince in more than three years, he is really a homebody.
"The remaining princes have good bodies and bones. When they were born, the Supreme Emperor was on the throne. The Supreme Emperor conquered the world with force. He also had strict requirements for his descendants. They not only required them to study, but also asked them to learn boxing and kicking skills to strengthen their bodies. .”
"These princes have average skills, but their basic skills were good back then. Therefore, these princes are in good health. I have never heard of any of them having any serious illness. Occasionally they caught wind and cold, but they all recovered quickly."
"If the successor is selected from this perspective, it will be very difficult for the Holy Emperor. He can only exclude the eldest prince."
Xin Zhi said and frowned: "Actually, my family is also in trouble."
Alas, now the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are either taking sides openly or secretly. Who made Sheng Hong fall seriously ill last year?
His family has been driven out of Dasheng's power center for many years, and relying on him to climb up the ladder will only be determined in a few decades.
Therefore, his family is also having a headache regarding the successor to the Holy Emperor.
After Li Qiao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, OK, it seems that the seventh prince's confidentiality work is really good. The Xin family didn't know about the serious injury he suffered that year.
The Seventh Prince is so strong!
Nothing can be found out from the Xin family. These princes, except for the fifth prince and the third prince, are all very secretive.
If you can't find out, you have to explore on your own. At night, after putting the two cubs to sleep, Tao Zhuliqiao didn't rush to sleep after washing. Instead, he lay on the kang and analyzed each prince.
