Chapter 1689 - 1684: Making a Lot of Money All at Once!

"Nothing? Nothing!" Song, the escort leader, had words at the tip of his tongue but changed his tone.

He finally regained a little bit of sanity.

However, from what he said before, for Mu Shuangshuang, the things she needed to know were mostly clear. As for the rest, even if not mentioned, it wouldn’t affect her judgment!

"Brother Song, it’s rare to have dishes this delicious today. Let’s not talk about anything else, just eat and drink till we’re thoroughly tipsy!" Zhao Erbiao raised his wine bowl and said to Song.

Mu Shuangshuang also raised the wine bowl in front of her, drinking along with the three big men.

"Brother Song, I’m entrusting my brother to you! As long as you can help her complete this task, feel free to scold or beat her!" Zhao Erbiao said.

"Haha, it’s not often that Brother Zhao values someone this much! Don’t worry, her safety will be guaranteed by us!" Song said.

"Then, thanks a lot, brother!"

With Zhao Erbiao personally bridging the connection, Song treated Mu Shuangshuang entirely as one of his own.

After the meal, Zhao Erbiao returned to Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

Song instructed Wan Fu to take Mu Shuangshuang to the dock to see the ships.

As for when to load the goods and what to carry, it was all for Mu Shuangshuang to decide herself.

Walking on the dock with Wan Fu, Mu Shuangshuang occasionally asked a few questions.

"Brother Wan, those two lackeys Brother Song mentioned earlier, do you usually interact with them?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"Of course, usually I’m the one leading people to find them and deliver the shipping orders!" Wan Fu said.

Since the establishment of the management office at the dock, every merchant ship had to list clearly what and how much cargo it carried.

Then, they voluntarily paid at the office.

In fact, the cost announced by the government office was not high.

But the people below, with their demands for rewards and drinks, had made the expenses pile up quickly!

"This job is truly a fat one!" Mu Shuangshuang sighed.

"Isn’t it just! So many merchant ships, generously handing out money for drinks and food, they’re just getting fatter by the day!"

Wan Fu’s every word was cursing Mu Dazhong and Mu Danian.

Mu Shuangshuang didn’t add any extra words.

She continued with Wan Fu, visiting the merchant ships of Zhenyuan Escort Agency.

It wasn’t until dusk that Mu Shuangshuang and Wan Fu each headed home, parting ways at the dock.

After parting, Mu Shuangshuang didn’t leave immediately, she lingered around the nearby docks.

Using the pretense of looking for work, she chatted with quite a few foremen transporting goods at the dock.

She managed to confirm one thing.

Recently, the fees collected at the dock had increased significantly compared to before.

Logically, situations like this should be announced by a government document for extra shipping fees.

But this time, without any announcements, it was directly declared by the two stewards, Mu Dazhong and Mu Danian.

Mu Shuangshuang herself felt something fishy, associating it with Mu Dade’s recent actions.

She speculated that this might be the idea of her second uncle and fifth uncle.

Perhaps their goal was to seize the opportunity to embezzle money and then escape!

After all, previously, Mu Dade had, in her presence, told those people to get lost.

With the disposition of Mu Dazhong and Mu Danian, there’s no way they would suffer such humiliation without retaliation.

Thinking this way, Mu Shuangshuang found herself eager to meet Mu Dazhong and Mu Danian.

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Old Mu Family, inside Mu Dazhong’s room——

At this moment, the room was tightly shut, with Mu Dazhong and Mu Danian sitting together.

The two placed all the silver they had collected on the table. Counting the small and large pieces, it totaled more than twenty taels.

"Fifth, we’re rich, we’re rich!" Mu Dazhong exclaimed excitedly.

"Shh, keep your voice down, do you want big brother to hear and take away our rights?" Mu Danian warned.

"Haha, got too excited and forgot in the moment!" Mu Dazhong replied.

All along, Mu Dazhong had not been very cunning, but Mu Danian, accustomed to petty thievery, had more ideas than most people.

"Fifth, in just two days, we’ve already made this much money.

If it continues like this, in ten days we’ll have over a hundred taels, and after splitting, there’ll be fifty taels each!" Mu Dazhong boasted, smug.

"My brother is so happy over this little money! I haven’t even mentioned yet, I’ve contacted Cao Bang Water Transport, who loves smuggling the most around here!

They said if we open doors for them, they’ll give us two hundred taels of silver directly! If they earn more, they’ll give us even more silver!"

"T-two hundred taels?" Mu Dazhong was stunned.

He recalled that in the past, even having two copper coins in his hand was impressive.

But now, even twenty taels of silver were negligible.

Indeed, it’s still better to be in such a big county, more opportunities, and more money!

"Fifth, do you know what you want to do once you’ve made money? Buy a mansion? Or..." Mu Dazhong asked.

"Run away!" Mu Danian said.

"Why? We have money now, aren’t we supposed to enjoy good days in the county? We can buy a big mansion, maids, and servants, wouldn’t that be wonderful?" Mu Dazhong asked, puzzled.

He couldn’t understand, wasn’t making money for enjoyment?

Why run away!

"Brother, have you forgotten how we got our money? It was through the small stewardship at the dock!

This time, we’ve caused such a stir, maybe one day it’ll reach the County Magistrate, with big brother’s nature, don’t even think, he’d push us out!

Even if you want to spend money well, you need big brother to give you the chance! But if I run away, the result would be different, all the responsibility would fall on big brother, and nothing would concern us!" Mu Danian’s analysis immediately enlightened Mu Dazhong!

"That’s true, wherever we buy fields, land, or mansions, it’s all the same, isn’t it?

After all, nothing is more important than life! Whenever you run, I’ll go with you!" Mu Dazhong said.

"When Dan Dan gets married!" Mu Danian replied.

"At that time, brother will be the busiest with the dock, I’ll make one last haul and leave right after!"

Mu Danian was still thinking about Qin Xianglan, who was carrying his child.

He needed to save money to elope with Qin Xianglan, as for other matters, they were none of his concern.

"Fifth, there’s one more thing I want to ask you! If we run away, what about father and mother? With brother’s nature, he’d definitely drive father and mother out, right?" Mu Dazhong asked.

"Isn’t third brother there for anything? Let them take care of father and mother, we can barely manage ourselves, why worry about them! Anyway, all these years, in father and mother’s hearts, there’s only big brother and Xiangxiang.

We were always just dispensable weeds, even if we’re gone, father and mother wouldn’t be sad, instead, they might scold us for not taking them along!" Mu Danian said.

With Mu Danian’s words, Mu Dazhong grew bolder.

He agreed too, after all, big brother reaped the most benefits, he wouldn’t care, and third brother could clean up the mess.

No matter how it’s calculated, it never falls to the second house and the fifth!