My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 208 One Hundred Thousand Snowflake Silver

What does this mean?
Gu Shiba thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, so he could only look at his brother Sixteen who was smarter than him.

Since Sixteenth Brother asked him this, he must know the answer.

Unexpectedly, Gu Shiliu said, "If you don't understand, then forget it. You will understand it later. Madam will never let us lose money. Good brother, let me tell you the truth. The Marquis said that even if Madam's pepper can't be sold, the Marquis will find a way to transport it to the northern frontier to sell. Let's just wait and count the silver."

Gu Shiba immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes, just wait to count the silver, and do whatever the Marquis and Madam tell me to do."

Before long, the news spread in the capital that the wealthy merchants had found a large amount of pepper at sea and were on their way back. After hearing the news, they planned to send out another batch of ships to transport more pepper.

Pepper businesses in the capital were all anxious, hoping that the Prince of Qi's Palace would abide by the previous agreement and buy pepper at the previous market price.

But he couldn't even enter the gate of Prince Qi's palace.

The Chief Minister of the Prince of Qi's Palace, who had been in contact with these merchants, was said to be seriously ill and could no longer handle affairs. The officials who were in charge on his behalf knew nothing about anything.

The anxious vendors couldn't do anything even if they wanted to cause trouble.

How many people in the entire capital city are capable of trading pepper on a large scale?

There wasn't even a wave.

What's more, there are many people here who dare not offend the Prince of Qi's Palace.

The only thing to do is to clear the inventory quickly.

But this thing is inherently valuable and only wealthy people can afford it. How can it be sold out quickly by just reducing the price?

Shopkeeper Leng and the others were secretly feeling lucky for Qin Yuan. Fortunately, when the Madam wanted to stock up on a large amount of pepper, the Prince Qi's Mansion showed up.

Otherwise, I don’t know how much money I would lose.

On the other hand, those merchants who did not dare to bargain with the Dingbei Marquis Mansion due to the threat from the Prince of Qi's Mansion regretted it to death.

The storms outside the Marquis' Mansion continued one after another, but the Marquis Dingbei's Mansion remained tightly closed and people lived their own lives.

All the information that Gu Shiba collected outside was reported to the Marquis' Mansion.

After Qin Yuan read it, he nodded repeatedly.

Hongye asked, "Miss, what is the price of pepper outside now?"

Gu Shiliu hurriedly said, "It has dropped to 49 taels of silver per catty."

Cui Ming said, "It hasn't dropped much either."

Hongye was a little happy at first, but after thinking for a while, she said, "Yes, when the young lady planned to buy pepper, it was fifty taels of silver per catty, and now it is only one tael of silver cheaper."

Qin Yuan said: "Yes, so now is not the right time, let them fall for a while."

Gu Shiliu was originally a little excited as he came to report the good news with the news from Gu Shiba. However, after hearing this, he felt that it was a little too early to be happy.

"I am too impatient. I wonder how much the price would drop to before buying in, Madam?"

Qin Yuan said, "That depends on how low Shen Changle can lower the price. Sixteen, send a message to Seventeen and ask him to keep an eye on the prices in the surrounding prefectures. A price drop in the capital will also affect the prefectures."

Gu Shiliu immediately nodded and said, "Madam, don't worry, I will go and deliver the message right away."

After saying that, I’m going to leave.

Qin Yuan stopped him again and said, "Please help me tell Shen Changle that if we buy it, it's best not to buy it at the lowest price. It's okay to get a bargain, but don't always think about getting a bargain, so as not to cause trouble and let him guess."

Hongye waited until Gu Shiliu left before asking, "Miss, we worked so hard, and the Qi Palace took the blame. Why didn't you bargain for the lowest price? Others got the bargain."

Qin Yuan smiled and asked Cui Ming, "Cui Ming, what do you think?" Cui Ming blinked and said, "Miss, do you want to buy more than ten hu of pepper?"

Hongye was surprised.

"More than ten hu? How much silver would that cost?"

Qin Yuan slowly picked up a grape and put it in his mouth. After a while, he said, "Yes, I made such a big fuss, and I have the support of Dingbei Marquis Mansion, how can I only get ten hu?"

"Since we are buying a lot, we can't expect to buy all of it from merchants in the capital, nor can we expect to buy it all at the lowest price. If the value of this pepper increases several times in the future, these merchants will hate Dingbei Marquis Mansion."

Since ancient times, money has attracted people's hearts.

Most merchants who can afford the pepper business have other people behind them. Qin Yuan just wants to make a fortune quietly and doesn't want to attract unnecessary attention.

Hongye was stunned and didn't know what to say for a while.

Cui Ming said: "Since Miss has such a plan, it can be seen that she just wants to influence the price in the capital?"

Qin Yuan glanced at Hong Ye, smiled, and said, "You are quite smart, not bad."

Hongye came back to her senses at this time, "Ahhh, Miss, how much pepper do you want to buy?"

Ten hu is already an astonishing number.

Why is the lady so bold?

Qin Yuan understood that Hongye had not experienced much, and such a big deal suddenly frightened her.

"Looking at the price, I plan to invest 100,000 taels of silver."

Cui Ming couldn't help but scream out.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver. This is all the money that Miss can take out."

Hongye tried to dissuade her, "Miss, be careful. It would take three years for you to earn 100,000 taels of silver even if you were the prefect. If you put all your money into pepper, where would you get the money from if you want to do something else? If you can't come up with the money, what will the Marquis think?"

Qin Yuan looked at her and smiled.

Hongye and Cuiming have always been planning for her, but some things cannot be explained clearly.

"Hongye, how do you know that the prefect can earn 100,000 taels of silver in three years?"

Hongye said, "Oh, wasn't that the master entertaining officials who came back to Beijing to report on their work? I overheard it secretly. As the saying goes, a poor prefect for three years earns 100,000 silver coins. The master also complained to his wife that he could only be a poor and noble priest in this life, and the young master couldn't count on him. We can only hope that the young master can have this opportunity to make the Qin family prosperous."

Qin Yuan: “…”

I didn't expect that Hongye would hear such words.

It is true that a poor magistrate can earn 100,000 silver coins in three years.

She had served as the magistrate of a poor county in Jiangxi and the prefect of Zhejiang under Lin Ziqi, so she certainly knew the benefits of these positions.

The prefects of Yangsuhang and other places probably made 100,000 taels of silver a year, especially the officials involved in the salt administration, who were extremely wealthy.

Cui Ming said, "That's too far off topic, Miss. What Hong Ye said does make sense. We have all the cash gathered together. If there is an emergency, where can we get the money?"

Qin Yuan said, "I know you're worried. This is all the cash I can spare right now. Otherwise, I would like to buy more. The output of the farm and the income of the shop can barely support the rewards and daily expenses. With the Marquis here, even if the pepper business loses money, it won't be a big deal."

If you make money...

Qin Yuan didn't want to say it, for fear of scaring them.

Originally, she wanted to take it easy and slowly build up her financial resources, but recent events made her realize that many things are no longer the same as before.