These years, Wen Zhimou deeply felt the hardship of having no one to rely on behind him. Now it's good, the county magistrate is someone he knows well.
The time he was roped into the Red Tree Slope by Lu Ye to be a witness, Wen Zhimou and Lord Ji also became acquainted.
It was still the Prince Yu who made him a little apprehensive. If he could get closer to Prince Yu, and his business grew bigger, he would have someone to protect him.
Bai Sheng thought of a way to bind Wen Zhimou and Prince Yu together.
And this method was absolutely a win-win, even a comprehensive win.
"What method? Little sister, tell me quickly!" Wen Zhimou felt that little sister Bai was his blessing, and he absolutely believed the methods she suggested.
Bai Sheng smiled and said, "Next, Prince Yu will comprehensively govern the border states, and the court has not allocated a single coin, so Prince Yu is extremely, extremely short of money. However, he controls all the mineral resources of Tashajun."
Lu Ye understood, "And Brother Wen is a businessman, and a jewelry businessman at that."
Wen Zhimou suddenly realized, "Little sister and brother-in-law mean that I can cooperate with Prince Yu. Prince Yu mines the jewelry, and I make and sell jewelry, helping him make money?"
Bai Sheng smiled and nodded, "Exactly. This jewelry shop must also be opened in the capital. There are many rich people in the capital. Tashajun cannot accommodate top-quality goods at all. From the capital down, it should be opened in cities with many rich people."
A look of ecstatic joy appeared on Wen Zhimou's face, "Good! I'll go find Prince Yu for a talk tonight. If it's settled, I'll go to the capital with you this time!"
After lunch, Wen Zhimou eagerly asked Bai Sheng to take him to Prince Yu's mansion.
Bai Sheng said that Prince Yu was busy with the county magistrate and county officials confiscating property during the day, and would only have time in the evening.
After waiting until evening with difficulty, Wen Zhimou excitedly followed Bai Sheng and Lu Ye to Prince Yu's mansion.
Prince Yu was a little tired after a busy day, but when he heard that Wen Zhimou could cooperate with him to make money, he instantly perked up.
If there was anything he lacked most right now, it was money. The border states were so large, almost all of them were desert. If they were to be governed, the money required would not be a small sum.
He had to amass wealth frantically, and at the same time, be thrifty.
Wen Zhimou respectfully presented the cooperation plan with Prince Yu. Prince Yu was overjoyed when he heard it and immediately signed a cooperation agreement with Wen Zhimou.
Prince Yu guessed that this must be the little dark-faced one's idea, because he had only complained to the little dark-faced one about how stingy his emperor father was, making him pay for the governance of the border states himself.
It seemed that the little dark-faced one cared about him a lot, actually finding someone to help him make money.
Prince Yu was so happy that he drank a few more glasses at dinner.
Wen Zhimou officially hitched a ride on Prince Yu's grand ship, and was also informed by Lu Ye that the Jiang family had fallen, and for the time being, no one would assassinate him, so he could stop hiring bodyguards from the Lives of Those Who Enter the Door.
Therefore, Wen Zhimou also drank a few more glasses happily.
Both of them, having gotten drunk, were taken to sleep by their respective attendants.
Yang Ming, along with the five little rascals and Tong Tie, also went back to sleep. They had to continue their journey to the capital tomorrow and get a good rest tonight.
Bai Sheng told the wet nurse and Fourth Girl to go to sleep as well. Tonight, she and Lu Ye would look after the four cubs.
When the Prince Yu's mansion was quiet late at night, Bai Sheng and Lu Ye changed into their night-traveling clothes, and both kissed the four cubs.
"Babies, be good. Mommy and Daddy are going out to punish bad people. You stay obediently in the space. Lightning will take good care of you. Mommy and Daddy love you."
Lightning had now become a capable baby-sitter, and the four cubs also liked it very much.
In the dark night, Bai Sheng and Lu Ye infiltrated the Wen family's residence.
Led by mice, the two accurately made their way to the warehouse. Outside the warehouse, two young guards were leaning against the door, dozing off.
Bai Sheng sprinkled some sleeping powder, and the two young men fell into a deep sleep.
Bai Sheng and Lu Ye entered the space, and when they came out again, Bai Sheng used her mind to bring Lu Ye into the warehouse.
As long as they were within a 200-meter radius, Bai Sheng could emerge from the space and appear at any desired location according to her will.
Bai Sheng carried a very small lantern. In the dim light, she could still see boxes of gold, silver, and jewels.
The Wen family was truly wealthy. This money should have belonged to Brother Wen, shouldn't it? Thinking of this, Bai Sheng did not hesitate to begin collecting everything valuable, including gold, silver, jewels, and treasures in the warehouse into her space.
There were also several large pieces of raw jewelry ore in the warehouse, which Bai Sheng also collected into her space.
After emptying the warehouse, the two cautiously exited. Guided by the mice, Lu Ye found the Wen family patriarch's secret chamber again.
Bai Sheng collected everything in the secret chamber into her space.
Finally, it was the boudoirs of the main female members of the household. After Bai Sheng administered the sleeping powder, she collected all the jewelry and ornaments of the female members.
After ransacking the entire Wen mansion, the two also went to the Ming Bao Zhai. After similarly knocking out the doormen, they swept away all the jewelry and ornaments in the shop.
The two returned to Prince Yu's mansion and secretly placed all the real gold, silver, and banknotes they had plundered into Prince Yu's mansion's treasury. The money from the Wen mansion would be used for the benefit of the people.
As for the jewelry and raw jewelry ore, they would wait until they reached the capital, and then find a reason to give them to Wen Zhimou when he opened his jewelry shop.
As one of the financial backers of the Jiang family and the Crown Prince, and having bullied her cub's sworn second uncle, Bai Sheng did not want to let them off the hook for any reason.
The next day, before dawn, Bai Sheng and Lu Ye asked Yang Ming to wake everyone up, as they wanted to set off early.
Wen Zhimou's carriage was already waiting outside Prince Yu's mansion. This time, he only brought two attendants, planning to buy some servants after arriving in the capital.
Prince Yu ordered the cook to prepare a lot of food for them. In return, Bai Sheng secretly infused Prince Yu's mansion's well with a lot of spiritual spring water.
Lu Ye also brought a friend named Wei Han, saying he was hired as a bodyguard.
Wei Han looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, very young, with a proper appearance and a naive, righteous expression.
Bai Sheng had met him once or twice; he was a rather honest young man.
Wei Han and Wen Zhimou's servants sat in the same carriage.
A convoy of four carriages majestically set off towards the capital.
Prince Yu stood outside the mansion to see them off. Suddenly, the accountant from the mansion ran over in a panic, saying he had something important to report.
"Speak," Prince Yu said calmly.
The accountant glanced around, his face a little nervous, "Master, this place is not suitable."
"To the study!" Prince Yu said, and then walked towards the study.
After the accountant followed him in, he immediately closed the doors and windows, then bowed to Prince Yu and said, "Master, the treasury in the mansion, besides our own assets and the property you confiscated from the county magistrate and county officials, has miraculously gained an additional three hundred thousand taels of silver and 150 taels of gold, along with eighty thousand in banknotes."
So much money? Prince Yu was stunned, "Could it be that the accounting for the confiscation was wrong?"
The accountant shook his head firmly, "No, Master. I and others have verified it many times, and we would never make a mistake. Moreover, yesterday after dinner, I went to the treasury, and I hadn't seen this batch of wealth yet. It appeared out of nowhere this morning. It can only be that someone deliberately placed it here in the middle of the night."
Prince Yu tapped the table lightly with his finger, "Since it's in my treasury, it belongs to me. You don't need to spread this matter; just pretend it never happened.
However, we must hide those assets first and wait to see if any trouble arises. If not, then we can use them freely."
"Yes!" The accountant replied respectfully.