NABC Chapter 31: Old Madam Personally Comes to Ask Her for Money
Chapter 31: Old Madam Personally Comes to Ask Her for Money
Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Old Madam Personally Comes to Ask Her for Money
What Murong Jiu had instructed Manager Chai to do was to open a large Colored Glaze Workshop.
In Great Yan, colored glaze was no longer considered a rare novelty, but it was expensive, and not many people could afford it.
Moreover, wealthy people preferred pure natural jade, so colored glaze was not easy to sell.
That’s why Manager Chai was stunned when he heard Murong Jiu’s words.
She not only wanted to buy the workshop on the outskirts but also to expand it substantially and to produce various styles of colored glaze aggressively within half a month.
Manager Chai advised, “Princess Consort, the cost of colored glaze is not low, and you want beautiful styles too. This... This is a huge investment, yet you have not even made your money back on the grains. Would this be too risky...”
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“You needn’t worry. I am not short of silver. Just do as I say, and in half a month, we will earn back several times what we spent.”
How could Manager Chai not worry? No matter how much silver one had, it wasn’t to be spent carelessly.
There was indeed hope of making a profit from the grains, as it had been raining for four days without signs of stopping.
Perhaps, as that eccentric adept of the Princess Consort had said, the rain would last for half a month and affect the harvest of the crops.
But he really couldn’t see what use opening a colored glaze workshop had. Colored glaze was sold for such a high price, and few people bought it, so he feared they might not even make back the capital invested.
He didn’t even dare to think about earning several times the investment.
But since the Princess Consort was determined, he could only comply with the arrangements and do his best for her.
“Is Young Master Lou’s leg getting better?”
After giving her instructions, Murong Jiu asked with concern.
“He is much better now. At the moment, he is studying in his room. You told him to stay in bed and recuperate, so he didn’t come out to meet you.”
“Take me to see him.”
Behind the shop there was a backyard, where Manager Chai and Lou Zixi lived.
Murong Jiu went in to examine Lou Zixi’s leg. He had recovered quite well over these days, but as the saying goes, ‘injury to the muscles and bones takes a hundred days to heal’, so he still needed to continue resting.
“I’ll have a craftsman send over a wheelchair for you later, so you don’t have to lie down all day. Reading like this is also bad for your eyes.”
“I am very, very grateful, Princess Consort.”
Lou Zixi said with a blush on his face.
“Didn’t Grandmother just say it was about hoarding grain? What else could it be besides grain?”
Old Madam was choked by her words, her face turning blue. She was of course not here to check the grain; she was here for the money!
Murong Man quickly tried to smooth things over with a smile, “Xiao Jiu, don’t be agitated. Grandmother is just worried you were deceived by others. We are about to have the autumn harvest, and she is concerned that you might not be able to sell the grain.”
Manager Chai was wondering whether to invite these relatives of the Princess Consort for tea, but understanding the situation better now, he realized why the Princess Consort was not warm towards them.
“Grandmother need not worry, the silver was given by my master. Even if I lose it, I won’t mind.”
Murong Jiu said this on purpose.
If her master heard this, he would probably twist her ear off.
But in her previous life, she had so much silver that nearly all of it ended up in the Marquis Mansion, squandered away like water by those parasites.
In this life, no one would take even a single coin from her!
Old Madam’s face became uglier, “You are grown up now, why are you still so willful? You are now Princess Consort Ling, and countless people are watching you. Aren’t you afraid of causing embarrassment to Prince Ling?”
“But Prince Ling supports me too, otherwise why would he send guards to protect me?”
Old Madam was left speechless by her retort.
Murong Man, unaware of when she became so sharp-tongued, didn’t want to waste more time and said to Old Madam:
“Grandmother, your health isn’t good, and you should avoid the cold. Let’s go inside and chat with Ninth Sister.”
She didn’t want outsiders to see them asking Murong Jiu for money.
“Chat about what? I have urgent matters to attend to back at Prince Mansion now, or perhaps you can come with me to Prince Mansion to chat?”
They were reluctant to go with her to Prince Ling’s Mansion to ask for money, especially if Prince Ling was present, as it would make it difficult for them to speak up.
Murong Man hastily said, “Ninth Sister, we just want to talk for a bit. It won’t take much of your time. You know, father injured his hand because of you, and he still can’t use it. I need to go back and take care of him.”
She was playing the family card with her.
Too bad Murong Jiu had already learned that Marquis Murong wasn’t her father, otherwise, she wouldn’t have hurt him.
“Princess Consort, Prince Ling is waiting for you to return.”
At that moment, the coachman suddenly shouted loudly, very appropriately.
Murong Jiu laughed inwardly, thinking that Jun Yuyan’s subordinates were quite interesting.
“Prince Ling is already anxious. I should head back to the mansion now. Grandmother, Sister, are you sure you won’t come?”