Fortunate Young Gentleman

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Tang Ning herself did not expect that this matter would be resolved so easily.

Tang Yaoyao did not cry, make a scene, or even commit suicide, and did not use violence. In less than a quarter of an hour, she accepted the fact that Su Mei became the fourth wife of the Tang family.

I don’t know what Su Mei wrote to her just now. She closed the door and did nothing in the room. Tang Ning looked at Su Mei and asked, "What did you say to her just now?"

Su Mei smiled mysteriously and said, "This is a secret..."

Tang Ning was about to ask again, but Su Mei stood up, waved her hand, and said, "I'll go in and help her."

The two women were doing something mysteriously in the room. Tang Ning sat in the yard and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Old Zheng was holding a new knife, squatting in the yard to sharpen it. He looked up at him and asked, "Is it done?"

Tang Ning nodded, "It's done."

Old Zheng looked at him and admired him, "I really didn't misjudge you."

Tang Ning asked, "What did you misjudge?"

"Nothing..." Old Zheng shook his head and said while sharpening the knife, "Tsk tsk tsk, you are born with a charming bone, it's rare to see one among a million people, you are lucky..."

Tang Ning felt very uncomfortable when seeing Old Zheng's expression of flowers stuck in cow dung. What's wrong with being born with a charming bone? She was the first to confess her natural charm last night. Although the men who wanted to marry her in the capital could go around the city, there were also many women who wanted to marry him.

He won the first place in the imperial examinations, held a high position at a young age, was involved in both military and political affairs, was a close minister of the emperor, and had the imperial sword in his hand... Such an outstanding young man, is he not worthy of her, the most beautiful woman in the capital?

If she could not beat him, Tang Ning would have planned to have a good talk with Old Zheng about this issue.

Liu Tong walked in from outside, walked up to Tang Ning, and said with some shame: "Sir, those Western Regions people left Runzhou a day ago. I have sent people to notify the prefectures along the way, asking them to pay more attention..."

The people in the Western Regions and the grasslands were waiting for the rebellion of the Prince of Qian to succeed, but they left in advance. I don’t know if they had predicted something.

Tang Ning actually had people watching them a long time ago, but still let them slip away quietly. However, let the Western Regions people run away. The overall situation in Jiangnan has been determined, and a few people running away is not a big deal.

The escaped Bai Jin and the middle-aged man were not found. The Prince of Qian was dead, and they didn’t even have a reason to rebel, so let them go.

Tang Ning waved his hand and said: "Don’t worry about those Western Regions people for now. Take people to keep an eye on those gentry and nobles and follow up on the silver donation."

"Yes, sir." Liu Tong arched his hands and went down to make arrangements.

After Liu Tong left, Chen Zhou came in from outside, looked at him, and said, "Sir, Leader Gongsun didn't come back last night."

Tang Ning asked, "Have the poisons of those gentry been cured?"

Chen Zhou nodded and said, "After she cured the poisons of those gentry last night, she left the Xiao Mansion and hasn't appeared yet. I followed her for a while, but unfortunately I lost her later..."

Gongsun Ying's departure was also within Tang Ning's expectations. When he left Beijing, Tang Ning expected this day to come.

With her strength, unless Lao Zheng followed her all day, no one could stop her from leaving.

She didn't leave before because of the matter of the Prince of Qian. Now that the Prince of Qian is dead, Bai Jin's plan to restore the country has completely failed, and there is no need for her to stay here.

Rather than returning to the capital and becoming a caged bird of Emperor Chen and being squeezed by him for surplus value, it is better to take the opportunity to run away and continue to be busy with her plan to restore the country.

Gongsun Ying's roots are not in Chen State, so Tang Ning doesn't have to worry about her causing trouble in Chen State in the future. This time, the prince of Qian has failed to accomplish his great cause. I'm afraid that the grassland and the Western Regions will have to change their previous plans and dare not act rashly.

Suddenly, Tang Ning seemed to have thought of something, looked at Chen Zhou, and asked, "Why are you following Gongsun Ying?"

Chen Zhou said honestly, "I saw her acting suspiciously last night, so I followed her for a while."

Tang Ning looked at him and said meaningfully, "It's okay to play with ropes and whips, but it's best not to follow women in the middle of the night, especially young ones..."

Tang Ning didn't want his men to have a stalking pervert, especially Chen Zhou, whom he admired the most. He also planned to leave a position of Lang Jiang for him after returning.

Jiangnan was settled, but the capital didn't know the news yet. Tang Ning walked towards the study and said, "I'll write a letter and send someone to send it to the capital..."

Although the rebellion was quelled, Tang Ning initially estimated that they would have to stay in Runzhou for half a month.

Including the four big families, many wealthy merchants in Runzhou have to donate half of their property. The court has no use for their shops and properties, and Emperor Chen doesn't like these either. He only likes silver.

Now the problem comes.

Almost all merchants will not hoard a large amount of silver in their hands. They can't take out much silver. Tang Ning initially estimated that the property that the four big families plus these wealthy families need to donate, if converted into silver, is probably worth more than 100 million taels.

Let alone Runzhou, even the national treasury can't take out so much silver. It is simply impossible to get so much silver from Runzhou.

"What's so difficult about this?" Tang Yaoyao disdained this question and said, "Our family has a bank in Jiangnan. Their shops can all be mortgaged into silver bills. When they return to the capital, they can be exchanged for cash."

Tang Ning was surprised and asked, "Do we have so much silver?"

According to his estimation, even if these people took out all the silver, there would still be about 50 million taels of silver that needed to be mortgaged. Although Tang Ning did not have a clear understanding of his family's financial resources, he also knew that his family could not take out 50 million taels of silver at once.

Tang Yaoyao said, "I will write a letter to my father and ask him to transfer some from banks in various places."

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "That is your family's property. Isn't this inappropriate?"

"What do you mean by your family and our family..." Tang Yaoyao waved her hand and said, "It's the same. My father said that it will be ours sooner or later."

Marrying Tang Yaojing was the most profitable thing for him. He used the entire Tang family as a dowry. At that time, the four major families in Jiangnan would have to stand aside.

If the wealthy businessmen in Runzhou really mortgaged these shops to the Tang family, I am afraid that the first family in Runzhou would change hands immediately.

The four major families after the shrinkage of their assets added together are not as good as the Tang family.

Tang Yaojing went to the bank to arrange the purchase. Su Mei stood up and said, "I'll go help her."

Tang Ning held her hand and apologized, "I'm sorry for making you feel wronged."

He was worried that they would not get along, but now it seems that his worry was completely unnecessary.

With Su Mei's means, Tang Yaojing was no match for her. She could easily play with Tang Yaojing, but she was willing to follow her and regard herself as a younger sister. Even Tang Ning did not expect this.

She had suffered enough. In the days to come, he did not want her to suffer any more grievances.

Su Mei smiled and said, "Not at all. I am already very satisfied. Besides, she is the elder sister after all, first come first served..."

"If you really feel that you owe me..." Su Mei looked at him, blinked, and said, "How about sleeping with me tonight?"

Tang Ning thought about it and suggested, "How about together?"