Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1141 - 1146 Xiang Yun’s Decision (1)

Chapter 1141: Chapter 1146 Xiang Yun’s Decision (1)

Zheng Ye withdrew with a belly full of doubts. Before leaving, he couldn’t help but steal a glance at the Empress Dowager’s kang table, racked his brain but couldn’t figure out what method she had used to calculate the accounts. She simply drew some strange symbols on a piece of paper and worked out a thick ledger of accounts; it was truly incredible!

If Cai Wei knew what was on Zheng Ye’s mind, she would kindly tell him her method of calculating accounts was very simple—the arithmetic of Arabic numerals!

After dinner, Nangong Yi suggested taking Cai Wei to the Imperial Garden for a walk, saying it would help digest the meal. Cai Wei harbored no suspicions and, pleased, followed him to the Imperial Garden.

At this moment, night had just fallen. The lamps in the Imperial Garden had not yet been lit, and the objects were still dimly visible but all were indistinct shadows. It wasn’t nearly as picturesque as during the day, especially the distant rockeries and pavilions which, in the dark of night, loomed ominously in their blackness.

Although Cai Wei didn’t like walking at this hour, seeing the man’s enthusiastic demeanor, she couldn’t bear to dampen his spirits, so she continued to walk with him.

The night grew darker, and gradually even the path they were walking on became invisible, yet the man’s enthusiasm did not wane as he chatted with Cai Wei while they walked.

"I heard you built a commercial street in Lingbei?"

"Yes! With the introduction of glass in Lingbei, it will soon become prosperous. Business there is definitely profitable!"

"Aren’t you afraid that more people there might rob your glass business?"

"Not at all—"

Cai Wei smiled proudly, like a cunning little fox.

"Tuoba Kui has already signed an agreement with me. All the glass from the Meng slaves will be purchased only by me, they aren’t allowed to sell it to others. This agreement has been made into a law by the Meng slaves, and their people dare not easily violate it. What’s more, there are few merchants brave enough to encroach on Meng slave territory and break their laws. Even if there are some, unless they’re willing to pay a high price, no Meng slave would dare sell them the glass."

"If they spend a high price to buy the glass and then manage to transport it safely across the Kalun Mountain, I would also admit they’re capable!"

As he talked about transporting glass, Nangong Yi suddenly thought of his own tragic experience when returning from a northern expedition, and he realized how shrewd his little wife was.

The Kalun Mountain is steep and lofty, making the transport of such fragile items over its ridges a challenging task. Considering the high cost of purchasing the glass, potential losses during transportation, and the labor costs of carried the glass over mountains, a piece of glass would indeed earn very little profit, thus no one would target the glass business.

Nangong Yi laughed too, affectionately pinched her nose, and said, "You are already the Empress, and all the treasures of the Great Jin Nation’s treasury are at your disposal. Why are you still so obsessed with wealth?"

Cai Wei earnestly replied, "I am not short of money, and I have enough to spend for a lifetime. The reason I still think about earning money is that there are so many pitiful people in the world—elderly without support, children without dependents, those who wear no clothes, those starved of food. I just want to earn more money to open more Nursing Homes, to provide a place of refuge for those homeless and pitiful people, preventing them from dying of cold or hunger, and to make this society more harmonious and comfortable!"

In the night wind, Cai Wei’s voice was soft and gentle, with the clear and sweet distinctiveness of a maiden, soft and gurgling like the water in a small stream, gentle but resolutely determined, compelling respect!

After saying this, Nangong Yi was silent for a long time. After a while, he finally said slowly, "Wei’er, what virtues and abilities do I, Nangong Yi, possess to deserve you in this lifetime!"