PDLP Chapter 56 The Marquis of Sinan's men have arrived!
Chapter 56 The Marquis of Sinan's men have arrived!
Before confessing, Xue Jinhan was extremely nervous.
Worried that the usually gentle Su Luo might suddenly erupt and demand to know why the two sisters had been deceiving him all along, he was furious!
He might even resort to violence against the two sisters!
After all, a foreign debt of 300,000 taels of silver is no small amount!
Three hundred taels of silver can bankrupt an ordinary family, let alone three hundred thousand taels!
Not to mention... it's 300,000 taels of silver that has nothing to do with me!
Even if Su Luo is very capable, he may not want to get involved with the two sisters!
The silence lasted for a while.
Su Luo slowly walked to Xue Jinhan's side and patted her shoulder: "I know, get some rest."
Xue Jinhan was taken aback: "Huh?"
Su Luo had already reached the door when she stopped and turned around to look at him: "By the way, since you're from the Star Moon Merchant Guild... you must know how to do business, right?"
"Hmm, you're good at accounting, right?"
Xue Jinhan answered subconsciously, "Yes... my father taught me..."
Su Luo said, "Starting tomorrow, you will learn from Shen Laosan. Once you are proficient, you will be in charge of our accounts."
Seeing Xue Jinhan's blank expression, Su Luo raised an eyebrow. "What? Don't want to get involved?"
"No, it's not..."
It was only then that Xue Jinhan realized that Su Luo meant he would take on the 300,000 taels of silver!
"Thank you, young master, thank you, young master..."
For a moment, Xue Jinhan was so excited that she almost knelt down and kowtowed.
Su Luo pursed his lips and said, "Why are you thanking me? Besides, who told you to call me 'Young Master'? You're my wives, call me 'Husband'!"
Xue Jinhan's cheeks flushed instantly.
By the time she came to her senses, Su Luo had already left the room.
Xue Wanrou's eyes reddened, and she looked aggrieved: "Sister, did I say something wrong...? Please don't be angry, I won't do it again!"
Xue Jinhan immediately hugged her tightly, her voice trembling with tears, "Wanrou didn't say anything wrong, it was sister who was wrong, sister who threw a tantrum... Waaah... Waaah..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but cry.
Only now did Xue Jinhan feel a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.
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What Xue Jinhan didn't know was that Su Luo had no intention of returning the 300,000 taels of silver!
Just as Xue Jinhan said, this was all orchestrated by the Ye family to force the two sisters to their deaths. Even if Su Luo repays the money, the Ye family definitely has other methods up their sleeves...
Instead of all that troublesome intrigue and backstabbing, why not just overthrow the Ye family, or—
Su Luo returned to her room and murmured to herself as she looked outside, "Ye Changfeng, do you really have that kind of courage?!"
"However, from Xue Jinhan's words, we can also tell that the Tianyun Chamber of Commerce is not simply controlled by the Ye family; there is a powerful force behind the Ye family!"
"Tsk tsk, what a series of collusion between officials and businessmen..."
Su Luo didn't take the matter to heart at all.
In fact, Xue Jinhan and her sister were overthinking things. Su Luo wouldn't care about even three million taels of silver, let alone three hundred thousand!
What he cares about more now is upgrading the workshop!
With so many materials brought back from the Tianyun Chamber of Commerce, it's time to upgrade the workshops in Xiaoyun Village. They were used for salt production before, but that won't be the case anymore...
There are usually iron mines next to salt mines!
Su Luo has already made up his mind that, in addition to the salt mine, Dayun Mountain does indeed have an iron mine!
This is also a huge fortune!
Moreover, when Su Luo was bored in his previous life, he happened to watch a video explaining ancient iron smelting!
Now it just so happens to come in handy!
If Su Luo can successfully set up an iron smelting workshop, his overall strength will undergo a qualitative change!
In addition, we can continue to improve our manpower!
The reason for limiting the overall number of people in Xiaoyun Village before was twofold: firstly, there wasn't enough cash and resources, and secondly, it was too ostentatious...
Well, in the end, it's still because we don't have enough money!
But things are different now. They swindled the Sinan Trading Company, which meant the Su family lost 40,000 taels of silver!
Moreover, the Tianyun Chamber of Commerce also helps with the supply of resources!
At the very least, we need to train a sufficient army with enough manpower and strength to protect ourselves before the Tianyun Chamber of Commerce can react!
As for the issue of being too flamboyant, Su Luo already has a solution!
Thinking of this, Su Luo suddenly remembered the training battalion led by Zhang Daqiang and muttered, "I've been too busy lately. I also need to do some testing. How are Zhang Daqiang and the others doing?!"
"They've provided ample silver and resources, and even employed modern training methods. They can't possibly disappoint me, can they?!"
"My requirement for Zhang Daqiang is to train those villagers to the same level as the Si family's guards within half a month. Who knows, Zhang Daqiang might give me a surprise?"
Just as Su Luo was looking forward to it, she heard hurried footsteps outside.
Outside the courtyard, Ye Hu called out anxiously, "Young Master! Young Master!"
Su Luo pushed open the door and walked up to Ye Hu. Seeing his anxious expression, she gestured for him to walk towards the courtyard where important matters were discussed.
"Uncle Tiger, why are you in such a hurry? What happened?!"
Ye Hu gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master, something terrible has happened... Marquis Sinan's personal guards have arrived!"
Upon hearing this, Su Luo's eyes widened slightly, and his heartstrings trembled!
"What did you say? The Marquis of Sinan's personal guards have arrived?!"
Su Luo immediately asked, "What are they here for? How many people came in total?!"
"Could it be that we've been caught?!"
Ye Hu said, "I don't know what they're here for. There's a small team of about twenty people... They're waiting at the village entrance. The leader wants you to go see them, young master!"
Su Luo breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, "Only twenty-odd people came, so it shouldn't be our problem! Then what are they doing here?!"
Could it be that the Marquis of Sinan has had a change of heart and wants to take care of his illegitimate son?
The moment this thought crossed his mind, even Su Luo couldn't help but laugh, feeling that there was absolutely no possibility of it!
The only way to make the Marquis of Sinan have a change of heart is for the sun to rise at night!
"Don't worry!"
Seeing Ye Hu's anxiety, Su Luo reassured him, "It's definitely not us who got into trouble. I'll go check it out and see what happened."
He followed Ye Hu toward the village entrance, and from afar, he saw more than twenty cavalry figures surrounding the entrance of Xiaoyun Village.
Each person was clad in light armor, radiating a blinding, cold light, and their gazes toward the village were filled with disdain, exuding an air of superiority.
Su Luo frowned as he looked at their expressions.
The Marquis's personal guards... they really act just like those bastards in the Marquis's mansion, making one want to stab them!
Suppressing his anger, Su Luo stepped forward and said, "I am Su Luo. May I ask what brings you gentlemen here?"
The middle-aged man leading the group glanced at Su Luo, a forced smile on his face: "Young Master Su Luo!"
"We are here on the orders of the Marquis to recruit thirty able-bodied men and three hundred taels of silver. We hope that Young Master Su Luo will give them to us quickly!"
"If you don't give it to us, and it delays the Marquis's important business, don't blame us for being disrespectful!"