TFWYH – Chapter 624 Business Partnership

Gesang had specifically come to find Ling Yue because he wanted to partner with her in business.

“Partner?” Ling Yue laughed cheerfully. “Gesang, this is the capital, right under the Emperor’s nose. Don’t tell me you want to smuggle beef here too? That definitely won’t work. My sister-in-law already told me to keep a low profile lately.”

Ling Yu had risen through the ranks so quickly that countless eyes were now fixed on him.

So from the moment Ling Yu became Minister of Revenue, Tang Wan had specifically called Ling Yue and Ling Chen aside and warned them to behave carefully for the time being.

Hadn’t she herself stopped running around outside so much these past few days?

It was all to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from taking advantage of them.

And now this guy had come asking her to smuggle beef with him again.

What was he thinking?

The moment Gesang heard this, he realized she had misunderstood and quickly explained, “The cooperation I’m talking about isn’t smuggling beef.”

Ling Yue immediately relaxed and became curious again. “Then besides smuggling beef, what else can you even do?”

“Hey! What kind of thing is that to say?” Gesang laughed in exasperation. “So in your eyes, I can only ever be a smuggler?”

“Well… not exactly…” Ling Yue scratched the back of her head awkwardly. “I was just curious!”

Gesang rolled his eyes at her. “You absolutely meant it that way.”

Ling Yue sighed helplessly. “Fine, fine, I apologize. So what business do you want to cooperate on?”

Gesang stopped teasing her and finally said seriously, “You know I’m from the Northern Frontier. We have many local specialties there, and one of them is jade. The price there is very cheap. I want to work with you to open a gambling stone workshop in the capital.”

“A gambling stone workshop?” Ling Yue shot to her feet, her eyes practically glowing.

Tang Wan had mentioned this business before.

Huge profits!

Ling Yue immediately asked, “How do we cooperate?”

Gesang replied, “In the future, I’ll transport rough jade stones from the Northern Frontier, and you’ll handle the sales. I want half the profits.”

Ling Yue froze for a moment, then slowly sat back down again. Smiling sweetly at him, she said, “Brother Gesang, we’ve known each other for so long—why are you trying to rip me off? That’s not very honest of you.”

Gesang frowned. “How am I ripping you off? The Northern Frontier is incredibly far away. A single round trip takes me over half a year, and I also have to hire escorts. Asking for half isn’t unreasonable, is it?”

Ling Yue shook one finger and continued, “That’s not how you should look at it. Jade may be as common as dirt where you’re from, but in the Heavenly Dynasty it’s extremely valuable. If I open a gambling stone workshop in the capital, do you think people won’t come cause trouble? And if troublemakers show up, can you handle them?”

Gesang instantly choked on his words.

Ling Yue noticed his expression and pressed on.

“The reason you came looking for me is because my connections are broader than yours, and I can protect the workshop, right? Since that’s the case, then you should know how much effort I’ll have to put in and how many relationships I’ll need to manage. Not to mention finding a shop location, renovating it, buying servants and guards, and so on… And what about you? You’re only transporting the raw stones. Could that possibly be harder than what I’ll have to do? Don’t forget—I’m just a fourteen-year-old baby!”

Gesang: …

Could you have even a little shame?

You call yourself a baby?

What kind of crafty, scheming baby acts like this?!

Please stop insulting actual babies!

Gesang knew he couldn’t argue with Ling Yue, so he gave up struggling and said irritably, “Then you tell me—what percentage are you giving me?”

Ling Yue thought for a moment before holding up two fingers.

“Twenty percent.”

Gesang slammed the table in anger. “Little Yue’er, I came to you because I thought you were an honest person. Since you clearly have no intention of cooperating sincerely, then forget this whole thing!”