Chapter 1713: Taking over the family property, Lin Jingyuan takes action
Su Mingzhe was originally a playboy, and his body had long been drained by the young ladies in brothels.

After traveling for more than a month, although his cultivation had rapidly improved to the Nascent Soul stage, his body was still a little weak.

After a little indulgence on the wedding night, Su Mingzhe didn't even remember when he fell asleep, let alone when the sisters Xianglan and Xiangcao went to rest next door.

When Su Mingzhe woke up, he saw Tie Yuxiang drawing circles on his chest with her slender jade fingers.

Tie Yuxiang's white jade-like hand was held by the man, and she realized that the man was awake. She was immediately embarrassed and wanted to shrink back into the quilt:
"Ms. sir..."

"lady……"

Seeing the woman's shy and beautiful appearance, Su Mingzhe became furious and without thinking twice, he jumped on the horse and galloped away.

Poor Tie Yuxiang had just experienced sex yesterday and now she suffered a disaster.

When Xianglan and Xiangcao came in to help her get up, the wound that had healed overnight had broken open again.

……

The backyard of Su Mansion.

Su Mingzhe brought the bride to kowtow and offer tea to his parents.

When Su's mother saw her daughter-in-law walking into the house with difficulty, she suddenly smiled with joy and even couldn't help wanting to laugh out loud.

Fortunately, she remembered in time that she was the mother-in-law of the family and had to maintain her dignity, so she suppressed her smile and set house rules for the new daughter-in-law.

Father Su was still busy going to the shop, so he simply admonished his son and prepared to let the two men leave.

Mother Su took out a stack of documents and handed them to Su Mingzhe, and said with a tender look:

"Mingzhe, as the saying goes, one should start a family and establish a career. Now that you have a family, it is time to establish a family business as well! These are my mother's dowry. There are a total of 36 shops, located in Xiangyang, Dengcheng, and Gucheng. You should take them over and manage them well!"

Su Mingzhe naturally didn't want to take care of any business. If he had that time, he would rather stay at home and meditate, accompanying his beautiful wife.

However, thinking that his mother also had good intentions, Su Mingzhe hesitated for a moment before taking the document with both hands:

"I'll go check the store later!"

……

The Su family has been in business for generations and owns nearly a hundred shops in the Jingxiang area.

If it were in the Song Dynasty, although such wealth was not strong enough, he would still be considered a local tycoon.

Unfortunately, it is now the Yuan Dynasty.

Although the Yuan Dynasty did not suppress commerce, it divided the people under its rule into four classes.

The Su family is the fourth class of people, that is, the lowest class of people.

According to the rules, the fourth class of people can only do business locally and cannot travel around as traveling merchants like the Lin family.

……

Su Mingzhe took the document and went out to check out five shops in Xiangyang City.

There was a restaurant, a clothing shop, a carriage shop, and two grocery stores.

The store was full of old friends, and Su Mingzhe walked around and got to know everyone.

Shop clerks in ancient times were different from those in modern society.

Including the shopkeeper, everyone has signed a contract, which is equivalent to the Su family's domestic slaves.

For these people, Su Mingzhe could just fabricate a crime and beat them to death.

If their family sues and wins, Su Mingzhe will only have to compensate them for five sheep.

So, when Su Mingzhe inquired about the store details with a dignified look, everyone responded with caution.

Fortunately, Su Mingzhe is not a mean and ungrateful person. Even if he finds out a problem, he will just give the person a warning and that's it.

Those who perform well will be rewarded generously.

Finally, another red envelope of 100 Wen was given to all the guys.

……

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.

Su Mingzhe had already taken care of all thirty-six shops.

Although the business did not flourish, it did improve a lot.

Su Mingzhe accompanied Tie Yuxiang to pay respects to her parents, and heard Su's mother praising her man:

"Master, although Mingzhe is not good at the imperial examinations, his business skills are still better than those of his ancestors!"

"This is called the disciple surpassing the master!"

Su's father was also very satisfied with his son's performance. After praising him, he expressed his willingness to hand over the Su family's property to his son for management.

Then another month passed.

As Su's father slowly let go, Su Mingzhe has taken over all the Su family's businesses and started traveling around Jingxiang.

……

Winter goes and spring comes in a blink of an eye.

Emperor Taiding of the Yuan Dynasty died of illness in Shangdu on the eve of Su Mingzhe's wedding, and was posthumously named Xianzong.

Because Emperor Taiding had not chosen a crown prince, four princes competed for the throne.

After half a year of dispute, Wuzong's second son finally seized the throne and changed the reign title to Tianli.

Emperor Tianli did not have many direct troops, and the power in the court was basically controlled by powerful ministers.

The experience of Emperor Tianli stimulated the princes of various provinces to make moves.

Many princes began to make friends with ministers in the court, hoping that they could become the next lucky one and reach the top to become the supreme ruler.

Prince Ning, whose fief was in the Jingxiang area, was considered the most active one.

……

It was a scorching summer day.

Su Mingzhe was accompanying the pregnant Tie Yuxiang to enjoy the cool air on the rockery at home when he suddenly heard the housekeeper Jin Fu come to report that the carriage and horse business had been closed down by the government. The corners of his mouth could not help but slightly raise:
"when did it happen?"

"This morning."

Butler Jin Fu looked a little flustered and said:
"Master, the government officials said that our carriage and horse company was carrying prohibited items and accepting stolen goods, and they wanted us to pay a fine of 1,000 taels of silver..."

"Don't worry, it's not that troublesome!"

Su Mingzhe had long known that this was trouble caused by his good friend Lin Jingyuan.

Even when Lin Jingyuan was making the plan, Su Mingzhe was using his spiritual sense to hear every word of the plan he discussed with the steward of Prince Ning's Mansion.

"Well, go to the accounting office and withdraw 5,000 taels of silver and give it to Liu, the steward of Prince Ning's palace. He has always protected our Su family. Ask him for his opinion on whether to pay the fine."

Su Mingzhe gave an order, and although the housekeeper Jinfu was surprised why so much more money had to be spent, he still hurried to do it.

Over the past six months, Su Mingzhe has been in charge of the Su family shop. After several rectifications, the income on the account has changed significantly.

Originally, the Su Mansion shop had a monthly gross profit of 6,000 taels, but now it has increased to more than 160 million.

This is doubled.

Therefore, everyone in the Su family admires Young Master Su Mingzhe.

Three days later.

The housekeeper Jinfu reported back with a sad face:

"Master, that housekeeper Liu took the money but didn't do the work. Our silk shop has been closed down again!"

"It doesn't matter. Go to the account office and get another 5,000 taels of silver, and then go look for Butler Liu!"

Su Mingzhe said, without waiting for the butler to respond, he gave instructions:
"Butler Liu will definitely agree to your request in person, but he will definitely not do anything. You don't have to worry. Just wait outside the gate of Prince Ning's mansion every day and wait for news. Remember, you should be more nervous while waiting. If you run into Lin Jingyuan one day, you can ask him to help you get the news..."

"What the young master means is..."

The butler Jinfu's expression suddenly changed.

Being able to be the steward of the Su Mansion, he was certainly not stupid. After listening to Su Mingzhe's talk, he immediately understood that the investigation of his own business was probably related to Lin Jingyuan.

Seeing that his young master was calm and composed, he immediately realized that everything was within his young master's expectations and control, which made him feel relieved.

After the housekeeper left, Su Mingzhe sighed:

"Brother Lin, Brother Lin, God is merciful and I wanted to accumulate some blessings for the child so that you could live a few more days. But in the end, you insisted on committing suicide. You can't blame me!"