Chapter 684

Lu Prefecture.

Lu Yourong was searching in the room, muttering to herself, "Where is the silver?"

"Where is the jewelry?"

"I clearly remember putting it here."

Lu Yourong's confused voice sounded in the room.

At this time, a deep voice sounded.

"Yourong, what are you looking for?"

Lu Yourong was startled by this rough voice. Turning around, she saw Lu Zhen walking towards her.

"Grandfather, you scared me! Do you know that scaring people from behind suddenly will scare them to death!"

Lu Yourong patted her chest, a touch of dissatisfaction on her face.

Lu Zhen's old face darkened, and he then said, "This old man was also scared by you!"

"As soon as this old man entered the room, I saw a figure searching unscrupulously in my room, and I almost thought a thief had entered the mansion!"

"What are you looking for?"

Lu Zhen asked.

"Looking for silver, wanting to do some business." Lu Yourong said very honestly.

"What business? In the current Changan, business is not easy to do. There are many that lose money at every turn. In this day and age, those who are a bit ambitious are all heavily in debt."

"Yourong, don't ruin yourself!"

Lu Yourong said, "Grandfather, I am not doing business myself, but investing!"

"Investment?"

"It can also be considered doing business together."

"How much do you intend to invest?" Lu Zhen asked with full vigor.

"I don't know, but I feel the more silver, the better, so I came to ask you for the silver for the tenth concubine, thinking of borrowing it to use."

Lu Zhen couldn't hold it back upon hearing this.

"What?"

"Is it easy for your grandfather to save some money to marry a concubine? And you are squandering it like this?"

"And how much to invest? Do you think your grandfather is the richest man in Changan!"

"This matter, this old man does not agree! Even if the sky falls, the money for marrying the tenth concubine cannot be moved!"

Lu Zhen waved his hand and said directly.

Lu Yourong was very calm, "Grandfather, it is the person sent by Lord Gao of the Duke of State Prefecture, wanting to do some business together."

"I heard that invitations were also sent to Grandfather Zhao and Grandfather Qin, saying that we will go to discuss it tomorrow."

Lu Zhen suddenly fell silent.

Then, he turned and left.

"Grandfather, where are you going?"

Lu Zhen said without looking back, "How much is the tenth concubine worth? Back then, this old man fought on the battlefield and made great contributions. The late Emperor bestowed a golden blade, which should be very valuable."

"This old man is going to pawn it. If it's not enough, this old mansion will be mortgaged together."

"One might need to think about doing business with others, but doing business with the Gao family kid, this living Yama—does one need to hesitate?"

"Hesitating for even one more second is a disrespect to this kid's ability to scam people!"

Lu Yourong: "..."

"..."

Qin Family.

Qin Zhenguo widened his eyes, looking at his son Qin Chumo in disbelief.

"What? That Gao Yang kid invited this old man to do some business?"

Qin Chumo nodded and said, "Grandfather, the scale of this business seems not small. Are we going to do it?"

Qin Zhenguo kicked Qin Chumo's butt and said furiously, "Idiot, does such a thing need hesitation?"

"That is the number one living Yama of Da Qian, the bastard who buries gold in barren mountains to scam people. Doing business with him—can it lose money?"

"Go raise money quickly. If you are one step slower, this old man will break your third leg!"

Qin Zhenguo was furious, and Qin Chumo hurriedly went to raise money.

Zhao Mansion.

"Quick, quick, quick, Ritian, opportunity knocks but once. This Gao Yang kid is sending us money!"

"Don't be slow!"

Zhao Ponu said excitedly upon hearing the news.

Silver has been too important since ancient times. The civil official families almost monopolized the world's business. By comparison, the military families were a bit miserable.

In wartime, the days of military generals were better; after all, they relied on military merit to eat some rewards.

But once the world was peaceful, the days gradually became less good. A whole family had to eat and drink; relying solely on salaries was not enough, especially without the tempering of the battlefield. The probability of a military family having a useless son was far greater than having a tiger son.

These days had long been stretched thin.

But what tempted them most was that this business came from Gao Yang!

"..."

The next day.

Duke of State Prefecture, a peaceful time. Although the sun was high, the sunlight shone into the room, and Gao Yang was still sleeping soundly.

Last night was really too tiring. First, for the sake of Da Qian, he had to stabilize the eldest prince of Zhao Kingdom, so he very reluctantly played along with Mu Mu Xue Yao, and then he thought about Chu Qingluan still being in the mansion and Wu Zhao not yet being picked up back to the palace.

Once the Chu Kingdom delegation negotiated, Chu Qingluan would have to return to Chu Kingdom and would never be seen again, so he held his waist and enthusiastically went to visit her.

After all this tossing and turning, it was already midnight!

Of course, he could have a peaceful time entirely due to his wise decision to enter the Ministry of Revenue.

Gao Feng went to the Ministry of Revenue before dawn, starting to silently bear everything and move forward with the burden.