Chapter 308 - 264: Extorting Money (Part 2)
Chapter 308: Chapter 264: Extorting Money (Part 2)
Zhou Wangshu gathered up all the notes and carried Su Yaoguang to the large bed. When he started to misbehave, he was stopped by Su Yaoguang.
Su Yaoguang held onto his arm, forbidding him from disturbing her any further and only allowing him to sleep peacefully.
For several consecutive days, there were always sounds of fighting on the rooftop of the Cheng’an Hou Mansion.
The neighboring residents went from initial nervousness and concern to later calm indifference.
For half a month, Zhou Wangshu encountered assassination attempts daily. The matter was even reported by the censor, saying that Zhou Wangshu was living each day like a year at the Cheng’an Hou Mansion.
Marchioness Cheng’an was calculating all the accounts, and when she realized she spent seventy thousand taels and Zhou Wangshu was still alive and well, she was instantly furious.
The other party was an assassin organization, and what they consumed naturally couldn’t be spit out. Moreover, given they lost so many assassins, if she dared to demand the compensation back, the next time they stepped into the Cheng’an Hou Mansion, they would kill her and her son Xia Zhen, so she dared not offend that organization.
Zhou Wangshu was not easy to kill because he was surrounded by experts.
Once the target was switched to her, she feared that within an hour, her corpse would hang on the city wall.
Precisely because of this, even though she lost seventy thousand silver notes and got nothing in return, she could only endure it.
"Seventy thousand taels... The accounts in the mansion were already not matching, and now I’ve used another seventy thousand taels; if the Marquis finds out, he’ll probably behead me." Marchioness Cheng’an could only give up.
"Madam..." The old maid ran in from outside and said to her, "The doctor from Taoyao Square has returned. I invited her over."
Marchioness Cheng’an immediately stood up and hurried towards Xia Zhen’s courtyard.
Just as she arrived at the courtyard gate, a sharp scream sounded from inside.
"Zhen’er..." Marchioness Cheng’an pushed the door open and went in.
She saw Jiang Jing had given Xia Zhen several needles, with several silver needles around his eyes.
Marchioness Cheng’an, seeing Jiang Jing was only administering acupuncture to Xia Zhen, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Scared me to death, I thought something had happened. Doctor, how is my son’s condition? He says his vision is a bit blurry."
Jiang Jing said calmly, "His eyes were smoked, causing some damage. If you want recovery, it will be quite expensive. Do you want to discuss it?"
"How much?" Marchioness Cheng’an asked.
"Thirty thousand."
Marchioness Cheng’an: "..."
If she hadn’t spent the money hiring assassins, spending a mere thirty thousand taels to restore her son’s eyesight, she would certainly be willing. But now the biggest problem is she doesn’t have that much money anymore.
"You are from Taoyao Square, so you should know that your boss married into our family. Do we really need to pay so much money as a family?"
"Madam, the medicinal materials your son needs are very precious, and it’s not negotiable with anyone. If you can’t prepare that much money, then don’t treat it. It’s just as well, I’ve met other esteemed individuals needing those materials lately, and they are willing to part with it. I was initially thinking, for our boss’s sake, to let your family use them first, but if you can’t afford it, then so be it."
"Treat, thirty thousand is a bit expensive, but no matter how expensive, it must be treated." Marchioness Cheng’an gritted her teeth and said.
Xia Zhen is the key to turning the situation around. If Xia Zhen’s eyes can’t see and he’s left with such an obvious handicap, he could never secure the position of Princely Heir.
Taoyao Square. Su Yaoguang fiddled with the abacus, checked the accounts thoroughly, and then handed a list to Zhang Yingdi on the opposite side.
Zhang Yingdi took it and looked at the numbers on the list.
This was a statistics chart for the better part of the year, clearly showing the expenditures, income, and net profit during this period.
Expenses included raw materials, labor costs, and various losses.
After deducting those expenses, the net profit for the past few months was several tens of thousands of silver taels.
"Yaoguang, Jing’er went to treat Xia Zhen’s eyes. Aren’t you going to stop her?" Jia Chunni said, "That family is so vile, especially Xia Zhen, he should stay blind for the rest of his life, becoming useless, so he can’t continue to harm the people."
"Jing’er is a doctor. A patient invited her to treat him, why should I stop her? Besides, Marchioness Cheng’an is a fool with a lot of money; such a fool coming to us not only needs to be served, but served well. Jing’er’s earnings from this could subsidize some expenses for the poor citizens."
It’s also a form of robbing from the rich to help the poor!