The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 266 Women can also be rich and powerful

Mei Qiniang was puzzled. "Looking at Miss Jiang's expression, she should be suspicious of my purpose. If that's the case, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

Jiang Suining had just pointed out that she was doing this for information, so she should be aware that spending so much effort to collect information in this imperial city meant that she might have other intentions.

In this situation, is Jiang Suining still willing to cooperate with her?

"Of course I am a little worried, but to be honest, I am also very interested in all kinds of news in this imperial city. Moreover, since I am in this imperial city, if I want to do something, how can I not take any risks? It's just a matter of whether it's worth it."

Now, all the shops she runs are on track, and the saltpeter mines have been mined and sold one after another. It's time to do something else.

Although Mei Qinniang's background has not been found out yet, the piece of land is tempting enough for her.

Seeing that Mei Qinnan was still looking at him in confusion, Jiang Suining smiled leisurely.

"As the owner of Guangyun Tower, although she rarely shows up, I think Qi Niang should know that even in this imperial city where people are relatively open-minded, merchants, especially women doing business, do not have a high status."

"Ms. Jiang was just commended by the emperor not long ago."

"But this still doesn't affect the contempt and contempt that others give me when they see me." Jiang Suining picked up the teacup on the table and drank a sip of tea slowly. "Life is only a few decades long, and there are still many days ahead. I have to do something to see if I can make a difference. And since I want to do something... then the more chips I have, the better."

Mei Qinnan looked at Jiang Suining seriously, and seeing that she did not look like she was lying, she finally nodded.

"In that case, I look forward to our future cooperation."

Jiang Suining smiled and said, "Same here."

After discussing some matters regarding the cooperation, Jiang Suining left Guangyun Tower after a stick of incense.

"Miss, is what you just said true?"

Sitting in the carriage, Xier asked Jiang Suining.

"It's half true and half false." Jiang Suining straightened her dress.

Although she had decided to cooperate, there was no need to tell the truth under the current circumstances. After all, Mei Qinnan was hiding something from her.

"Miss, what you just said, that you were looked down upon because of your merchant status, are you really sad in your heart?"

She always thought that the young lady didn't care about these things. After all, when those people ridiculed the young lady as a merchant's daughter, she didn't think the young lady was so sad.

Could it be that she was too careless and didn't see the emotions that the young lady was trying to suppress?

"I'm not sad. I don't think there's anything shameful about being a merchant. I just think it's a little unfair."

"unfair?"

"Yes, it's unfair." Jiang Suining leaned on the carriage. "Although I don't mind, there are many people who mind. Those contempt and contempt may discourage many people, especially those women who want to support themselves by doing business. I don't know how far I can go, but even if it only brings a little change, it's good."

The first step is to expand the influence and let more people see that women can also be powerful and wealthy in this imperial city.

In the next few days, Jiang Suining asked Jiang Cheng to carefully count the cash that could be used.

After a thorough inventory, it was found that after leaving out the money for the subsequent turnover of the shop, the total amount of cash available was 250,000 taels.

Adding Mei Qinniang's side, it should be enough.

After raising the money, Jiang Suining went to see the land in the west of the city.

Beiyang was established many years ago. When the capital was first moved to the Imperial City, due to insufficient treasury, not all the buildings in the Imperial City were repaired or rebuilt.

As time went by, some old houses in the west of the city were not cleaned up in time. At first, there were still people living in them, but later due to natural disasters and disrepair, the court gradually moved the people living in that area to other places in the city, and the area was completely controlled and abandoned. And that piece of land naturally became the property of the court.

Jiang Suining and his team took a rough look and found that the area was approximately thirty acres.

Looking at the shabby house in front of her, Biyun said, "Although I have been in the imperial city for so long, I didn't know there was such a place."

It is said that the imperial city is full of gold and silver and is extremely rich, but who would have thought that there is such a place.

"I know." Xier looked at the old houses in front of her, "My godmother and I used to live here, but it has been abandoned for too long. Not only is it dilapidated, but there are also many snakes, insects, rats and ants in it. My godmother is in poor health and can't live here forever, so we moved away. But every night, there should still be a lot of homeless beggars gathering here."

Jiang Suining did not say anything, but was thinking in his mind how to layout and arrange the land if he bought it.

Because they were thinking, they walked a little further inside. As they were thinking, a mouse suddenly ran past them.

Biyun and the others were startled and stopped immediately. Then a skinny and dirty child ran out with a stone in his hand and threw it at the running mouse.

I don't know if it was because of years of practice or just good luck, but the arrow hit the mouse right on top.

The child ran over happily, picked up the mouse that was hit and bleeding, and ran away happily the same way he came.

"Are you going to eat the mouse?" Jiang Suining looked at Xier.

The latter nodded, with a complicated expression, "The people who live here are all beggars and homeless people. They live by begging. If they can't get money and food, they can only look for snakes, insects, rats and ants nearby. The rats that we find scary may be a full meal for the child just now."

Listening to Xier's words, Biyun couldn't help but imagine the scene in her mind and felt a little nauseous.

She always felt that she had lived a hard life, but compared to eating snakes, insects, rats and ants, at least she had been able to have some porridge to fill her stomach.

Jiang Suining frowned and looked at the direction where the beggar had just left. The next moment, he walked towards that direction.

After walking for a while, I could faintly hear some voices.

In an abandoned yard, Jiang Suining saw four children.

The mouse just now has been skinned and roasted on the fire in front of him.

The four children stared at the mouse with sparkling eyes, and one of them was even licking his lips, as if waiting for something delicious.

There was a broken iron pot hanging on the fire nearby. No one knew what was cooking inside, with only a few green wild vegetables floating on the surface.

When the children saw Jiang Suining and the others appear at the gate of the courtyard, they were startled. One of the taller ones immediately stood up and looked at them warily.