Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 478: Full of bad intentions
"Fourth Master, you are here."

The Fourth Prince walked into an antique shop with a quaint atmosphere. The two guards he brought with him guarded the door and did not allow anyone else to enter or leave.

The owner of the antique shop was a middle-aged wealthy businessman with a big belly, and it was obvious that he had a lot of money.

"Ah."

The fourth prince casually uttered a syllable through his nose as a greeting, with a perfunctory attitude.

But the antique shop owner did not dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction and his attitude remained respectful. It was obvious that he knew the true identity of the Fourth Prince.

“Have you processed all the stuff I sent last month?”

"This...Usually, we deal with it all on fixed days, and there are still some days to go." The antique shop owner wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and answered tremblingly.

"If the Fourth Master is in a hurry, I can have someone speed up the process."

The antique shop owner thought the Fourth Prince was in a hurry for money, so he suggested this.

As a result, the Fourth Prince raised his hand to stop the antique shop owner from saying, "It's just right that you haven't dealt with it yet. I have other uses for the things this month. Don't touch them for now."

"Uh, okay, I will follow your orders."

Seeing that the antique shop owner was so tactful, the Fourth Prince did not say much, but took out three silver bills from his lapel, each of which had a denomination of ten thousand taels of silver.

The fourth prince simply waved three silver bills in front of the antique shop owner, and the antique shop owner's eyes immediately became fixed.

In the past few years, with the care of the Fourth Prince, the antique shop owner's business has grown bigger and bigger.

But the owner of the antique shop couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he took out a silver note worth 30,000 taels of silver all at once.

"Fourth Master, if you have anything to say, just tell me!"

The antique shop owner rubbed his hands together, looking fawning.

At this moment, Li Xuan had already touched the roof of the antique shop. With his keen perception, he knew exactly what was happening below.

"I want to see what ways the Fourth Prince has to make a fortune."

Li Xuan was not too surprised that the Fourth Prince could directly take out three silver notes worth ten thousand taels.

The three siblings are very united, so it is not surprising that they pool their money together to do business.

Moreover, if the funds are concentrated, profits will be smoother.

What surprised Li Xuan was that the Fourth Prince was actually involved in the antique business.

"This guy's hands are really long. He had unclear relations with the people from the Money Gang before."

"As for the Chang'an County Magistrate, he is from their mother's family, which is quite normal."

According to Li Xuan's understanding, among all the princes and princesses in the palace, the Fourth Prince has the most frequent contact with the outside world.

So he thought that any business that could make money should also be reliable, Li Xuan thought.

“I just don’t know how this guy plans to make money in the antique business?”

Li Xuan planned to listen quietly first.

"It's not really an order, but I want to do some antique business this month, and I need to use Mr. Qian's connections and shop."

"But don't worry, this won't last long. It's just a quick in and out. It will be over in ten or twenty days."

When Boss Qian heard that he had to use his connections and shop, his heart jumped into his throat.

But when he heard the Fourth Prince say that it was just a quick in and out, he felt relieved.

Relying on his relationship with the Fourth Prince, Boss Qian has made a fortune in recent years by reselling antique paintings and calligraphy in the palace.

Although these were just some of the money that came out of the Fourth Prince's hands, they were enough to satisfy Boss Qian.

The Fourth Prince's previous words made Boss Qian think that he had done something wrong and offended the Fourth Prince, and that he wanted to take back everything he had. But after hearing the Fourth Prince's words, he realized it was a false alarm.

But Boss Qian also understood that it might not be so easy to help the Fourth Prince, but he had no choice at all now.

"I wonder how the Fourth Master plans to do this business?"

The fourth prince laughed, patted Boss Qian on the shoulder cordially, and said as if it was a matter of course:
"The antique business is all about making profits from buying and selling. It's just buying low and selling high."

"My thirty thousand taels are my capital, and I will continue to make profits. I will make as much as I can."

"Of course, I also know very well that how much money I can make this time depends on the care of Boss Qian."

"Boss Qian, please don't let me down."

The Fourth Prince patted Boss Qian's shoulder again with a serious tone.

"This……"

Boss Qian looked embarrassed, having already understood what the Fourth Prince meant.

Seeing Boss Qian's embarrassed expression, the Fourth Prince consoled him, "Boss Qian, don't worry too much. After all, our business will continue in the future. Just do your best this time."

The Fourth Prince said this, slapped the three silver bills on the counter, waved his hand and was about to leave.

"This is my deposit. Prepare a batch of high-quality antiques for me tomorrow. When I make money from selling them, I will come back to you to buy more."

"I think Songbaizhai in the east of the city is a good buyer."

"As for the things I sent last month, the discount is also included in it."

"By the way, remember to write the receipt for me. Just like doing business on a regular basis, don't miss any link. And you have to pay attention to the tax declaration later."

After the Fourth Prince gave his orders, he walked out and led his men away.

When there was no movement outside the store, Boss Qian suddenly collapsed to the ground, sweating profusely and trembling all over.

"Master, Master, what's wrong with you?"

At the back of the store, a mature and beautiful woman heard the noise and hurried out to help Boss Qian.

Judging from the way this mature and beautiful woman is dressed, she must be Mrs. Qian.

In order to meet the Fourth Prince today, Boss Qian did not allow any outsiders to stay in the store. Only he and his wife were there.

Mrs. Qian couldn't take her eyes off the three ten-thousand-liang silver notes on the table. After helping Boss Qian up, she asked in confusion:

"Master, didn't the Fourth Master bring us a big business?"

"Why are you still so scared?"

Boss Qian's face turned pale and blue, and Mrs. Qian was so scared that she quickly fed him some hot tea to calm him down.

After Boss Qian recovered, he said bitterly:

"Ma'am, you don't know."

"The Songbaizhai in the east of the city is also owned by me."

"Ah?" Mrs. Qian was stunned and couldn't react.

"The business that I did with the Fourth Master couldn't be exposed to the public, so I left a way out and opened a legitimate store that would not involve me or the Fourth Master's business, just to leave some security for my family in the future."

"But I didn't expect that the Fourth Master would find out..."

Boss Qian looked gloomy, as if he had lost his soul.

After listening to Boss Qian's explanation, Mrs. Qian was still confused.

"Oh, that's not right, sir."

"Didn't the Fourth Master just say that he would buy goods from us and then sell them to Songbai Zhai to make money?"

"But since Songbaizhai is also the master's property, then it won't work..."

Mrs. Qian stretched out her hands and gestured a few times at a loss. When she met Boss Qian's silent gaze, she realized something.

"Fourth Master, are you asking us to..."

Mrs. Qian suddenly looked terrified.

But Boss Qian said firmly: "Give it, you must give it!"

"Only if we satisfy the Fourth Master this time, will we have the possibility to continue to become wealthy through his business in the future."

"Even if I have to sell everything I own to satisfy the Fourth Master's request!"

"Notify all stores immediately and liquidate assets." Boss Qian said gritting his teeth, and then Mrs. Qian's sobbing was heard.

Li Xuan listened to everything on the roof and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh:
"Meow, I knew this kid didn't have any good ideas."

Li Xuan jumped off the roof and passed by the door of Boss Qian's shop. He looked at the shop sign, then looked inside and saw Boss Qian and Mrs. Qian hugging each other and comforting each other, as well as the three thirty-thousand-tael silver notes on the counter.

Then, Li Xuan withdrew his gaze, walked straight past the shop and went to find Princess Ankang.

With the help of his perception ability, he quickly found Princess Ankang and others who were shopping.

Seeing Li Xuan coming back, Princess Ankang asked curiously, "How is it, Xuan?"

"What kind of business opportunities does the Fourth Brother have?"

"This is not a place to talk. Let's find a quiet place to sit down." Li Xuan looked at the crowded streets and felt that this was not a suitable place to talk.

They immediately found a teahouse and asked for a private room facing the street.

Li Xuan immediately told everyone what he had heard in Boss Qian's shop before.

"This, this is blackmail, right?"

Princess Ankang said in astonishment.

"As a member of the royal family, how could Fourth Brother do such a thing!"

Princess Ankang said angrily.

"And from what they said, the Fourth Prince should be doing business with that Boss Qian reselling items from the imperial palace."

As Li Xuan wrote this sentence, he looked at Xu Lang.

In the private room, besides the three little ones and Xiao Cui, Xu Lang was also standing aside.

Seeing Li Xuan looking at him, Xu Lang immediately replied:
"Master Xuan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not received any reports of missing items recently."

"I heard that the Imperial Concubine of Qingshu Palace likes to clean up old things and often replaces all the furnishings in Qingshu Palace, which costs a lot."

After hearing Xu Lang's answer, except Xiao Cui who didn't know much about the imperial concubine, the three kids all broke out in a sweat.

Given Concubine Zhang's crazy personality, it was not difficult for the three kids to imagine how she "cleaned up the old things".

I have to say that Xu Lang is worthy of being an excellent eunuch in flowery clothes in the Imperial Household Department, and he also has very high emotional intelligence when reporting his work.

After a little thought, the three little ones understood the Fourth Prince's tactics.

In the past, Boss Qian followed the Fourth Prince to drink soup, but now that the Fourth Prince is in trouble, Boss Qian has to bleed.

“We can’t learn this business.”

"No, this is not a business at all!"

Princess Ankang said dissatisfiedly.

She originally thought that the Fourth Prince would have some good ideas, but unexpectedly, what he did was not much different from the Money Gang.

"Taobao is not reliable, and neither are gambling houses."

"What can I do to make money?"

Princess Ankang took out the five little gadgets they had found in the morning, placed them on the table and played with them, looking a little dejected.

The antique shops refused to accept these items that were purchased under Li Xuan's guidance and identified them as worthless waste.

But Li Xuan couldn't understand why there were various attributes of heaven and earth's elemental energy remaining on it.

Although it is faint, it does exist.

However, the incident with the Fourth Prince also gave Li Xuan a wake-up call.

The princes and princesses who are interested in competing in this month's competition will certainly use any means necessary to win.

Although the rules of the competition require that their profit-making methods must be legal, people like the Fourth Prince can rely on various methods to package their profits to appear legal.

After all, the princes and princesses are not ordinary people. They are born to enjoy royal privileges. It is difficult for them not to find these shortcuts when they hold power.

"Is this what Emperor Yongyuan intended?"

"He has left these dirty jobs to his own children. Even if Emperor Yongyuan didn't do it himself, he still can't avoid the infamy."

Because of the temporary war tax, Emperor Yongyuan's prestige among the people had already been severely damaged. It was not a wise move to let the princes and princesses be corrupted in the capital again.

In Li Xuan's opinion, Emperor Yongyuan was not stupid, and his ability to scheme against others could even be said to be one of his few strengths.

"Emperor Yongyuan must have expected this to happen..."

"Forget it, I'll do mine."

Li Xuan shook his head, too lazy to think about it.

Then, he wagged his tail and wrote to Princess Ankang:

"Don't worry, I have an idea."

"But before that, we have to go and take a look at the properties that the Money Gang has handed over."

Seeing that Li Xuan had an idea, Princess Ankang's eyes immediately lit up.

"Really? Let's go!"

Princess Ankang didn't even ask Li Xuan what idea he had come up with, she just hugged him and prepared to walk out.

Li Xuan shook his tail and finally retracted it.

"Forget it. Instead of telling her, why not show her how to do it?"

"Anyway, this business is not easy to explain."

Li Xuan stretched out his tail, called out to Xu Lang, and then asked him:

"By the way, how is the recent transfer of the Jinqian Gang's assets going?"

"It went relatively smoothly. Although there were some troubles at the beginning, after they were warned, nothing like this happened again." Xu Lang reported respectfully.

"Most of the industries have been taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are being run steadily in the same way as before, but how to reform them will still require His Highness Ankang to decide in the future."

"This is also what the chief steward meant."

As Xu Lang spoke, he turned the topic to Princess Ankang.

"There is no rush for this matter. Let's wait until the Ministry of Internal Affairs has stabilized and taken control." Princess Ankang replied.

Although the business trip outside the palace today was not very successful, it allowed Princess Ankang to have a deeper understanding of the people.

Making money was not as easy as she thought.

And it is really fair to some extent. There are almost no legal businesses through legitimate channels that make money quickly.

However, those businesses that make money quickly seem to be far from the word "legal".

Even the Fourth Prince is only abusing his power to operate in a grey area beyond supervision, and cannot be brought to the surface.

Therefore, Princess Ankang was also very curious about the business proposed by Li Xuan at this time.

"Xuan, either you don't care or you take care of it, then there will definitely be no problem."

Princess Ankang's faith in Li Xuan reached the point of blind faith, and she was even more confident than Li Xuan himself.

Then, under the leadership of Xu Lang, they came to the Jinqian Gang's business in Xishi.

Of course, these properties have now been transferred to the name of Princess Ankang and are actually managed by people sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Their first stop was an underground gambling house in Xishi.

【Sihai Casino】

Seeing the bustling and crowded gambling house, Princess Ankang was speechless.

"So, after all this twists and turns, we finally arrived at the gambling house?"

Princess Ankang suddenly pressed her forehead against Li Xuan's and asked in a bad tone:
"Ah Xuan, is this your good idea?"

Li Xuan silently looked away, looking a little guilty.

(End of this chapter)