AWB Chapter 292 The Ultimate Spendthrift
Chapter 292 The Ultimate Spendthrift
Although Emperor Taihe was complaining in his heart, he still took out five thousand taels of silver from his private treasury and lent it to Jiang Er.
He just deliberately made him write an IOU, and agreed that he would pay nine out of ten and return thirteen, with an alarmingly high interest rate.
Jiang Er felt a headache just thinking about the interest, so he came up with an idea: "How about this, I'll just treat it as my brother-in-law putting in 6,000 taels of silver. When we make money in the future, I'll give him 30% of the profits!"
He borrowed five thousand, which should have only been one-sixth of the money, and with a 30% dividend, he suffered a huge loss!
However, Emperor Taihe glanced at him coldly and snorted, "Don't be so delusional! I don't believe you can really grow medicinal herbs."
After saying this, he deliberately put the IOU into his arms and waved him away: "Go away, don't disturb me from reviewing the memorials. Go see your sister."
Jiang Er could only take his leave in grievance, and go to pay his respects to Concubine Jiang and file a complaint at the same time.
Seeing his bitter face, Concubine Jiang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why do you look like that? Who bullied you?"
Jiang Er immediately started to complain, but he didn't mention that Jia had gone to Madam Lu to cry and accuse him of spending money recklessly, and that he was afraid that it would make things difficult for his elder sister and elder brother.
It was only said that he went to Emperor Taihe to borrow money, and Emperor Taihe lent him money at high interest rates.
Imperial Concubine Jiang laughed heartily and poked his forehead, "You, His Majesty is willing to lend you money, so you should be secretly happy. But you actually want to not pay interest!
Do you think it's so easy to borrow money from His Majesty? Don't you see how long it has been since the palace was renovated? It's not easy for His Majesty to save money."
Jiang Er pouted in frustration: "I said I would give my brother-in-law 30% of the dividends, but he still didn't agree."
Concubine Jiang gave him a disdainful look and said, "You want to grow medicinal herbs and sell them for money? I think you should just save yourself the trouble.
Hiring people to grow medicinal herbs is also a considerable expense. Don't let yourself end up not making any money but also losing a lot of money."
"Sister, you don't understand. Xie Xiu's daughter is a lucky star. How could he possibly let her lose money?
And I've inquired about it, the eldest princess has also bought a large piece of land!"
Imperial Concubine Jiang was still lazy when she heard the first part, but she straightened up immediately after hearing the latter part: "Are you sure the princess bought the land over there?"
Jiang Erkuang nodded: "Of course! If I hadn't heard that the princess bought a large piece of land, how could I possibly come up with 30,000 taels of silver to buy land? Do I look that stupid?"
Concubine Jiang frowned in confusion. "That's strange. Why would the princess buy so much land? Could it be that she wants to grow medicinal herbs? Is that land suitable for growing medicinal herbs?"
Although Concubine Jiang couldn't figure it out, she looked at Jiang Er approvingly: "It seems that you are really promising. You know how to inquire about this information. Maybe you can really make money in the future."
Jiang Er quickly said, "Don't worry, big sister. I'm sure I can make some money! I'll give you a 20% stake in this land, but don't tell anyone! Once the herbs are grown and sold, I'll personally give you the money!"
Concubine Jiang shook her head in amusement: "Let's wait until you grow some medicinal herbs!"
She didn't believe that her brother could easily grow medicinal herbs.
However, it was rare for Jiang Er to be willing to do anything serious, so as an older sister, she naturally supported her brother with all her strength.
As long as he doesn't act recklessly, it doesn't matter even if he loses money.
Jiang Er ate some cakes and promoted the bright prospects of growing medicinal herbs to Concubine Jiang before leaving.
After he left, Concubine Jiang's face darkened immediately, and she called her trusted female official, "Go and ask if that person is making trouble again."
The female official was startled and quickly took the order and left.
When she came back, her face looked slightly solemn.
Concubine Jiang knew at a glance that Jia was bound to make a big fuss this time.
Her face instantly darkened, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent: "Tell me, what did she do again?"
The female official quickly told the story of how Jia had brought Jiang Xue to Madam Lu and cried, accused Jiang Er of spending money recklessly, threatened to commit suicide, and even took Jiang Xue back to her parents' home.
In fact, Jia left after Jiang Er left. After being scolded by Madam Lu, she felt ashamed and angry. She was also afraid that Jiang Chi would come back and blame her, and Concubine Jiang would punish her by making her copy books again, so she took her daughter and hid back in her parents' home.
She didn't want to stay at her parents' house for too long, she just wanted to get away from it.
In this case, even if Jiang Chi is angry, he can't run to her parents' house to make trouble, right?
If Concubine Jiang sent someone to her parents' home to punish her, it would be too overbearing.
So Jia felt that she should be able to get away with it.
When Concubine Jiang learned about this, Jia was complaining to Jia Sheng about Jiang Er's mischief, and also blaming Madam Lu for being too indulgent to her youngest son.
However, she also knew that it was very rude to complain about her mother-in-law in private, so after complaining a few words, she quickly changed the subject and complained about Xie Xiu.
"In the final analysis, it's all Xie Xiu's fault. If he hadn't suddenly taken out a large sum of money to buy the Chen family's forest land, Jiang Er wouldn't have acted so recklessly."
"He really should be blamed." Jia Sheng forced a mocking laugh. "I think he's a poor man who suddenly became rich and lost his sense of proportion. With a hundred thousand taels of silver, what else could he do? He actually bought a piece of broken forest."
Jia frowned and suddenly asked, "Brother, do you think the Chen family has buried treasure in the woods?"
Jia Sheng scoffed disdainfully and said with absolute certainty, "Absolutely impossible! Even if the Chen family really had a lot of money, they should have moved it out long ago. Why bury it there? Waiting for the silver to give birth? Besides, it's not easy to move it in that place."
Jia said suspiciously, "Maybe I'm overthinking it. I just think it's unusual for Xie Xiu to suddenly take out so much money to buy land."
Jia Sheng sneered: "This is indeed very abnormal, but don't forget Xie Xiu's identity.
Xie Yun had been tattooed and exiled, and Xie Xiu was just a minor scholar. How could he afford the money from the Luo family?
Only by spending the money lavishly now can he protect himself.
But he was too stupid. He had 100,000 taels of silver, but instead of using it to curry favor with a powerful backer, he bought a dilapidated forest.
Who else would want to buy a place like that except fools like him and Jiang Er?
Jiang Er at least has a sister who is a royal concubine, so many people want to curry favor with him.
As long as he wants, he can sell the land at any time.
Jiang Er didn't want that, because he didn't have the identity of Jiang Er, that piece of land was destined to be ruined in his hands."
Jia nodded, her tone growing more disdainful. "It seems Xie Xiu is truly incredibly stupid. He doesn't really think his daughter is a lucky star, able to bless him with wealth, does he?"
After she said that, she found it ridiculous and just sneered.
Jia Sheng was also amused by her.
The brother and sister sneered, but Concubine Jiang in the palace directly wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to Jiang Chi.
When Jiang Chi saw the letter, his handsome face instantly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot!
He gritted his teeth and then ran to Situ Jing to ask for leave.
Unexpectedly, Situ glanced at him coldly: "You want to ask for leave again?"
Jiang Chi said with difficulty: "Something happened at home, so..."
Situ looked at him straight in the eye: "Something happened? Did your dog bite someone again?"
Jiang Chi gritted his teeth in frustration: "No, the dog has been sent to the barracks and will not run out and bite anyone again."
"Oh, then hold it in and go back tomorrow."
After Situ finished speaking, he pushed Jiang Chi away and left.
Jiang Chi looked at him as he jumped onto the horse swiftly and rode away with a dashing figure, and his face turned even darker with anger.
This bastard!
Situ Jing went straight back to the Princess's residence. As soon as he saw the Princess, he asked, "Your Highness, have you bought a lot of wild forests recently?"
Although the princess was a little surprised that he came back so suddenly, she still smiled and replied, "Yuan'er bought it."
Situ's face darkened instantly: "How old is this kid? How dare he spend so much money!"
Did he give birth to a super prodigal son?