Shuxiang handed a locked sandalwood box to Gu Yan, and turned around to help her sister Mo Xiang clean up Gu Yan's clothes.

Gu Yan stood at the door with a big box in her arms, squinted at the fifty children packing their things in the yard.

These people are the foundation of her foothold in the Great Wei Dynasty and are her trump card for saving her life. This is no more peaceful and prosperous than in the previous life. There are too many unpredictable things here. If she wants to survive, not only will she be able to have a group of loyal subordinates, but she will also have a group of loyal subordinates.

The reason why she so kindly saved these people in the name of buying people was to train these people into secret guards and killers so that she could protect herself in times of crisis and save her parents and brothers.

My father is an official, and the officialdom is unpredictable. She has to make complete preparations in advance. In addition, these people will be her eyes and ears, and she has to make plans for her future life.

She will get married sooner or later. The women in the inner house have many methods, no worse than the intrigues in the court. She doesn't want to live a frustrated life. If someone dares to touch her, she doesn't mind killing them. It's hard for her to do it, but someone can help her.

Gu Yan gently stroked the box in her hand and stared at the box in her hand.

This box is dull and has no carved except for a special copper lock. If it weren't for sandalwood, no one would pick it up if it weren't for sandalwood.

But the things contained in it are precious things, most of them are silver notes, as well as some precious jewelry and gems. The silver notes were earned by her uncle when she went to sea in the past two years, and the gems were given by her mother.

Thinking of the silver notes inside, Gu Yan picked up the corners of her lips slightly, as if she showed a smile.

Changzhou is located on the coast. The ordinary people here make a living by fishing, while merchants venture to go out to sea and sell silk, tea, porcelain from the Wei Dynasty to countries across the sea in exchange for gold, ivory, pearls, jade, and various gemstones, jewelry, corals, dioramas, colored greens, etc., which can be said that the profit of the sea is so high that it can be said that it is almost multiple times or dozens of times.

The Great Wei opened the coastal areas and allowed merchants to trade in coastal cities. The Tang family naturally wanted to make some money by relying on Gu An. Therefore, eight years ago, the Tang family asked Gu Yan's uncle Tang Zhenting to come to Changzhou with Gu An. Five large ships built a year later went into the sea and started maritime trade.

It was not stupid to go out to make this position for many years. Seeing that his brother-in-law built a big ship, he devoted all the filial piety given by various coastal merchants over the past year. In order to support his younger brother, Tang invested most of his dowry. Half a year later, the Tang family's merchant ship returned, earning five times the profit for Tang, and Gu An also made a lot of money. Since then, Tang and Gu An invested money in every time the Tang family went to sea. They made a lot of money in seven years, just Tang's one.

People earn more than twenty times the dowry she had back then. You should know that Tang's dowry was so generous that the princess couldn't help but be jealous. Although she didn't carry so much dowry when the princess got married, all 120 pieces of makeup were full, and each one was twice the size of an ordinary box. This was open. The Tang family secretly gave her a silver note at the bottom of the box. It shows how rich the Tang family is, and how much the Tang family has earned in the past seven years.

Three years ago, Gu Yan started to invest in the money. At first, she had no money in hand. She asked Gu An and Tang to borrow 10,000 taels from each other, and Gu Zhehan also had to borrow 500 taels from him. When she asked her what she wanted to do, she didn't say anything, Gu An and Tang did not lend it. Gu Yan stubbornly kept saying a word and just followed you silently until the three of them were pestered and had no choice but to lend it to her. It was also that the family had money, so she would do whatever she wanted. But none of the three expected that she would give it to Tang Zhenting after taking the money and asked him to help her earn money.

After half a year, Gu Yan returned the money and added two layers of interest. This time Gu Yan earned a full 80,000 taels.

Then Gu Yan set aside 1,000 taels of silver he earned every time, and invested all the rest. The income from going to sea for five times was almost as good as the profits of the Tang family in seven years.

Now all these silver notes are in this box, which is the capital for her to train these people in the future.

Thinking about how to train these people in the future, Mo Xiang came over and held a moon brocade in her hand.

"Miss, Yuehuajin is not easy to preserve. The lady said we will cut it for you to make a dress."

Gu Yan held the big box and looked down at the white moonlight brocade in Mo Xiang's hand, wrinkled his head and wrinkled again.

The Tang family is an imperial merchant, specializing in fabrics in the palace. The moon brocade tributed by the Tang family is soft, bright in color, gorgeous and beautiful. No matter what color the moon brocade is, it shines with dazzling silver light under the moonlight. When you walk around, it is like wearing lakes, rivers and seas on your body, making you feel like a dream.

Moonlight brocade is loved by the concubines, but it is not easy to weave and dye. It only pays ten pieces of tribute every year. It is the first-class brocade that the empresses in the harem compete for. It is even common for a battle for a Moonlight brocade. Each concubine is proud of owning a Moonlight brocade.

But such a good moonlight brocade is not favored by Gu Yan.

First, it is too gorgeous and does not conform to her low-key personality. Second, Yuehuajin is the royal use in the palace and is not easy for outsiders to obtain. Except for everything in the palace, only the Tang family can wear it. However, they are also very low-key and dare not wear it in public places in the capital. The location is remote and unpretentious.

Gu Yan was not happy, so she wanted Mo Xiang to put it away first, but when she thought about Tang's resentment when she looked at her in the morning, she swallowed her words when she said that she had just reached her mouth.

Forget it, who made her her mother? She was an orphan in her previous life and had never received love from her parents. She had made up for it in this life and had an extra brother. She was quite satisfied. Just follow her mother's wishes. After all, she really loves herself.

Gu Yan nodded, thought of something, and said, "Buy more men's clothing."

If Gu Yan knew that he had said seven words to a maid, Gu An, Tang, and Gu Zhehan would have to fight Mo Xiang.

Why did my daughter (sister) say so many words to her? The family teased her every day just to let her say two more words, but she ignored her. Now she actually said so much to a maid. Isn’t this what makes them jealous? My daughter (sister) rarely said so many words to them!

Mo Xiang said a few more words to Gu Yan. After Gu Yan finished giving the order, he hugged Yuehuajin to Tang's place. There was no embroiderer around Gu Yan. It was okay to make a small handkerchief, and people around Tang's clothes were enough to cut clothes.

When Tang learned that his daughter finally nodded and asked to take Yuehuajin to make a dress, she almost got crazy.

Tang took Zhao's mother's hand and patted her, and said with a look of finally getting what she wanted, "It's not easy. I thought this Yuehuajin would be rotten to the warehouse sooner or later, but I didn't expect that this girl really agreed. This Yuehuajin has been in the warehouse for five years. It was the one my father asked Zhenting to bring it to me when she gave birth to Yan. I said I would ask Yan'er to make a dress, but she didn't listen at all. Now, I can finally take it out and make it. I just have to think about what it is made. There are many styles now, and I don't know where the capital..."

Mother Zhao listened to Tang's self-talk and twitched the corners of her mouth, "My wife! The lady is just using Yuehuajin as a dress. Are you happy to be like this?
Chapter completed!