bayedsolid Chapter 240 Extra 6
Chapter 240 Extra 6
81_81109 One hundred families, that's five million taels of silver!
This number almost stunned Jin'er.
Oh my god!
Five million taels of silver? She couldn't possibly live on that much in her lifetime. Five million taels of silver—if converted to RMB, how much would that be? At one tael of silver equals five hundred RMB, for Jin'er, that's an astronomical figure!
Oh my god!
Little Jin'er was stunned! In her previous life, she was just an ordinary person. Although she went to university and had a decent job, she only earned a meager amount of money each month, and couldn't even save five thousand taels a year. Now, suddenly having so much money, it would be strange if she wasn't amazed!
With so much money on hand, little Jin'er was very generous and gave her older brother, younger brother, and younger sister each 20,000 taels: "This is the money I'm giving you. You can use it to buy land or houses as your private property!"
Hua'er waved his hand: "I don't want it. I'm the eldest brother, how could I accept your money? If the eldest brother accepted it, wouldn't he be shameless?"
The younger sister, Xiao Yu, and the younger brother, Xiao Rong, accepted the gift without hesitation, exclaiming in unison, "Thank you, sister! We're rich now!"
Prince Duan couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Oh my, our family has gained two more little money-grubbers!" He was very pleased that little money-grubber Jin'er was so generous and kind to her older brother and younger siblings.
With so much money, she could never spend it all in her lifetime! Why not let everyone share it?
Having made up her mind, Jin'er distributed large red envelopes to everyone.
Old clan chief, 2,000 taels; Shangguan Mufeng, 5,000 taels; Yu Shi, 20,000 taels; Old Madam Yu, 5,000 taels; Shangguan Yi, 20,000 taels; Yu Han, 20,000 taels; Yu Zhe, 20,000 taels.
Of the remaining hundreds of thousands of taels, she kept 100,000 taels for herself and handed the rest to her mother, Shangguan Zisu: "Mother, I'm giving you this money to keep safe. You don't need to work so hard to earn money anymore. My money is your money!"
Prince Duan feigned jealousy: "What's going on? Why does everyone else have one, but I don't?"
Jin'er rolled her eyes at him: "Father is so rich, why would he care about my meager earnings? Besides, your money is Mother's money. If you're going to give it to me, you might as well give it all to Mother directly. Why bother?"
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, and then they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Yu Zhe was deeply moved. He used to use Zisu's money, but now he was receiving money from Zisu's daughter. He felt very ashamed and quickly pushed it back, saying, "Good child, this is money you worked hard to earn. I can't accept it."
Jin'er put on a serious face and asked earnestly, "Uncle, do you look down on me? Otherwise, why won't you accept it?"
Yu Zhe quickly replied, "That's not true at all. How could Uncle look down on Xiao Jin'er? Xiao Jin'er is so cute, so sensible, and so filial. Uncle loves her dearly!"
Jin'er said, "This is the first and only time I've given money to my great-uncle. I won't give him any more in the future! Please accept this money, buy more land and shops, and manage them well so that you can support your family in the future."
Despite several attempts to refuse, Jin'er remained adamant. Yu Zhe, left with no other choice, finally accepted. He knew that if he didn't accept Jin'er's gift, Zisu would give it to him anyway.
After all, he was too ashamed to use Princess Jiahe's dowry. It was one thing for Princess Jiahe to use her dowry to supplement the family income, but he was too ashamed to ask his wife to pay for his social engagements and the money for Yu Han and Zhen'er's schooling.
Now, Zhen'er is also studying at Wuliping Academy, and the expenses over the past year have been quite substantial. Now that he has resigned, he might as well use the money Jin'er gave him to buy shops and land. If he manages them diligently, the money he earns should be enough to support the family.
While feeling ashamed, his heart was also filled with a warm current of happiness.
How fortunate he was to have such a wonderful niece as Zisu and such a lovely child as Jin'er. From now on, he must be even more diligent and hardworking, striving to manage the fields and shops well, so that Zisu and Jin'er will no longer be so displeased with their generosity and try to bribe him with money.
Jin'er felt very gratified to have the ability to give to her family.
After selling 100 waterwheel franchise stores, she stopped the project. Instead, she developed scented soap and bar soap.
Prince Duan directly negotiated with his daughter: "Your father has many shops. Why don't you put all your soaps and bar soaps in your father's shops? We can split the profits 50/50. Or, you can sell your secret formula to your father, and I will pay you one million taels of silver for it!"
Jin'er thought for a moment and then readily agreed, "How about this, I'll sell you the secret formula. I don't need that much, just 500,000 will do!"
Prince Duan couldn't help but laugh: "You little miser, how can you be so generous? You don't even want the money, that's really strange!"
Jin'er rolled her eyes at her father: "Father, the only reason I'm being so generous is because you're my father! If it were anyone else, I'd rip them off badly. I definitely wouldn't sell the secret recipe for less than five million taels of silver!"
You have to understand, in that era, even a very ordinary bar of soap cost three taels of silver. A slightly better one cost five taels of silver. And the soaps and bar soaps she made, if they were in a deluxe edition, would definitely cost at least ten pieces. Even the most ordinary soap could sell for at least three taels of silver.
The cost of a bar of soap is at most ten copper coins, meaning that you can earn about three taels of silver just by selling one bar. This is for the lowest grade; higher grade soaps can sell for five or six taels.
Prince Duan's business spans major cities across the country. If he were to launch his scented soap and regular soap simultaneously in major cities nationwide, one can imagine the sensation it would create. She had reason to believe that he could recoup his five million taels of silver in three months.
Prince Duan thought so too. As the saying goes, business is business, so he smiled and said to his daughter, "Hmm, you're right. Then your father will buy your secret recipe for five million taels!"
Jin'er waved her hand firmly: "No need. I said 500,000 taels of silver is enough. I can't afford more than that. Besides, I don't need that much money."
You have to understand, the other party is her father, how could he possibly ask for so much money? If it were an elder from another noble family, they would never do business with a young girl, they would definitely confiscate the secret recipe on the spot! Moreover, if this secret recipe were sold to other businessmen, she would be lucky to get ten thousand taels of silver.
"Alright, then so be it, five hundred thousand taels it is!" Prince Duan couldn't help but burst into laughter.
This daughter is really funny. Oh well, when she gets married, he'll just give her a bigger dowry.
Jin'er then asked Prince Duan, "Father, do you have an abundance of money?"
Upon hearing her words, Prince Duan couldn't help but burst into laughter again, saying between laughs, "Yes, that's certainly true."
Jin'er then said, "Father, why don't you reduce the scale of your business and not run it too diversified? In the future, Father can make soap and bar soap the main business and gradually reduce other less profitable businesses."
Prince Duan: "Yes, you are right, that's exactly what I was thinking too."
Having too much money is actually a problem. The most significant consequence is that the emperor will keep a close eye on him, harbor suspicions, and wonder if he might rebel. In fact, over the years, he has already scaled back quite a bit of his business.
Jin'er then suggested, "Father, why don't we establish a charity hall in every major city across the country to specifically take in elderly people living alone and homeless orphans? Doing good deeds is always a good thing!"
"Alright, you're absolutely right, your father agrees! I'll discuss this with your mother, and if you're interested, you can participate too!" Prince Duan readily agreed, his gaze towards his daughter filled with undisguised admiration.
Jin'er clapped her hands and said, "Father is wise. If Father does not mind, I will do my best to help the Charity Hall!"
As for the charity hall, all she could do was help improve its rules and regulations. There was nothing else she could do at the moment. It wouldn't be appropriate for such a young girl to know too much.
Six months later, the warehouse of the soap and soap workshop was overflowing with soap and bar soap. Duan Wang's soap specialty stores in major cities across the country were also ready and waiting for the soap to arrive. Then they could open for business!
The advent of scented soap and bar soap caused a huge sensation in all sectors of society.
Jin'er was right. In just three months, Prince Duan made a profit of more than five million taels of silver just from soap and soap products!
Even the usually calm and collected Prince Duan was stunned upon hearing this news!
His daughter was right; the soap shop alone was enough to support the family. He closed all the other businesses—those that weren't doing well or were too disorganized. With this reduction, his holdings shrank from over three thousand shops to one thousand.
Soap and soap specialty stores account for two hundred of these shops.
The emperor's spies reported the news to the emperor.
The emperor sat at his desk, read the report handed to him by the spies, and felt much more at ease.
As expected, Prince Duan was sensible; thus, the surveillance on him could be lifted. The spies stationed in Prince Duan's residence could also be withdrawn.
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