Chapter 162: Li Rou’s Winning
When the news spread, the villagers couldn’t help but dance in joy. This time, The Cai Family decided to purchase all the remaining silk at once.
They couldn’t help but rush back to their village and bring all the stocks they had. In the evening, the merchants from Silkward Chambers arrived and purchased all the goods according to the contract.
Also, They delivered the reduced loan interest rate to the Cai Family, which Jia Hao insisted to be paid immediately.
One may point to various advantages of getting a loan. But in Jia Hao’s perspective, getting a loan is the same as buying trouble. One should rather not eat a day than borrow a loan to eat delicacies.
” The City Lord’s guards came to lodge a complaint regarding the fire incident. However, There was no proof of anyone’s involvement.” Cai Yunhai replied.
” Don’t worry, Father in Law. You can do a proper investigation. I mean, It wasn’t like I did it.” Jia Hao shrugged.
” But how did you do it?”
” I didn’t, Magistrate Cai. How could I know?”
Cai Yunhai’s lips twitched when he heard that. Li Rou chuckled. ” My, my, my son-in-law got quite a black heart.”
” But anyway, How much do we get after paying the interest and giving the proper money to the farmers?”
” Mother in Law, What do you think?” Jia Hao smirked.
” If we get 500,000 taels of gold after all these, it would be a good profit.” Cai Yunhai muttered.
” Father in Law, Aren’t you thinking too low?” Jia Hao chuckled. ” After everything, the Cai Family gained 1.5 million taels of gold.”
” WHAT?”
Li Rou and Cai Yunhai were shocked when they heard that. ” Are you telling the truth?” Li Rou hurriedly asked.
” Mother in Law, Did I ever lie to you?” Jia Hao pouted. ” It would be bad to not take advantage of them after their stocks burned, right?”
” Did you calculate the loan interest to Silkward Chambers and…”
” Father in Law, I calculated everything. If you don’t believe, you can check the crates of gold boats and gold bills sent by the Silkward Chambers.”
” My goodness, I feel…”
Although Cai Yunhai was a tough man, even he couldn’t help but rub his temples to calm down his excitement.
“Hehe, Husband, It looks like I won the bet.” Li Rou gave a coy smile. Cai Yunhai’s expression flinched when he heard that.
” Bet?” Jia Hao was confused.
” Well, We made a bet about the net profit. Husband said it won’t cross 500,000 taels of gold while I said It will be around a million taels of gold.”
” And, The loser has to obey the winner for a night…Uhm, I mean, for a day.”
Jia Hao raised his eyebrows as he looked at the triumphant smile on Li Rou’s face and a light blush on Cai Yunhai’s face.
‘ The heck? What did they bet?’
” Anyway, Mother in Law, I wish to discuss something with you.”
” Yes, Hao’er?”
“‘ Now Niu Family is good as dead, All we need to do is to fan the flames. No matter what, We should crush our enemies the moment we get the chance.”
” You are right. I shall see about it.” Li Rou nodded. ” I heard you are opening the restaurants tomorrow?”
” Yes, Mother in Law.”
” Take some guards with you and disguise them as employees. You know, there might be some trouble in the restaurants,
” Mother in Law is wise.” Jia Hao smiled. ” Well then, Mother in Law, I shall take my leave.”
As he left, Cai Yunhai sat on his chair with a sigh. ” Damn it, To think we will earn so much money like that.”
” Not to mention, even after sending so many guards and interrogating everyone, no one knew the cause of the ghost fire.”
” Isn’t that better?” Li Rou retorted. ” I don’t want my precious Son in Law to go to jail.”
” But, Don’t you want to know how he did that?” Cai Yunhai couldn’t help but urge. City Lord even called outa spiritual master to test the site.”
” There was no demonic qi or spiritual qi in that area. So, it being caused by a demon or taoist technique can be ruled out. So, it’s a complete mystery.”
” Yunhai, It looks like you are getting senile.” Li Rou finally snapped out. ” Just leave it! Why do you care so much?”
” I…”
” Also, Don’t forget I won the bet today.” Li Rou poked her finger on Cai Yunhai’s chest.
” So, Tonight, I will be on top.”
” Shush! Woman!” Cai Yunhai flushed as he looked around. ” What if someone hears us.”
” So what?” Li Rou snorted. ” I am the Lady of Cai Family. Who dares to talk above me?”
No one would believe that General Cai Yunhai, who used to be a terrifying emissary of death for his enemies on the battlefield, was so meek before his wife.
Women are truly scary creatures after all.
Cai Yixue was busy handling all the business.
‘ Uhm, I am not selfish, but I just can’t work that much.’ Jia Hao rubbed under his nose as he saw how busy Cai Yixue was.
However, she was working with complete enthusiasm. Jia Hao felt like his wife could handle anything.
‘ Not to mention, I have some other work to do too.’
The entire city was bustling with gossip. The rumors regarding the Niu Family’s fire incident caused chaos among the citizens.
There were far too many people who saw the ghost flames soaring. So, no one dared to dismiss it as some hoax.
The workers of the Niu Family already left. Most of them left because there was no work to do. And Niu Family certainly won’t pay their daily wages.
And other servants left because a rumor started to spread. The Niu Family offended the gods and ghosts and their family is cursed. Otherwise, how could such an event happen out of nowhere?
However, Cai Yixue used this chance and recruited all those workers.
First of all, Although the Niu Family is a noble family, due to a tight budget in earlier days, they had to reduce the number of servants.
Secondly, Jia Hao proposed that rather than selling the raw materials, it would be better to use them to produce goods and sell them at higher prices.
The workers of the Cai Family are excelling in textile work. So, Cai Yixue is gathering them as normal servants. In the future, if the Cai Family starts a textile business, these servants could be used as workers too.
Everything becomes easier once you have money after all,
Various forces in the city were alarmed when they saw the incident. All of them thought that the Cai Family would be in big trouble this time.
However, with a single move, all of the Cai Family’s enemies are crippled instantly. Silkward Chamber and Shen Family had the least amount of loss.
However, the Niu Family lost both their money and the factory. Without it, their family almost fell into an ordinary household.
It was bad for them, But the Shen Family and Silkward Chamber used it as an opportunity.
