HLnovel Chapter 200 Copper Mine
Chapter 200 Copper Mine
Wang Jinyi made up his mind to tell his grandmother about the Cao family before his parents left, so that his mother could leave with peace of mind and no longer worry about the whereabouts of the two Feng sisters.
Seeing Qingyu starting to sort out the accounts, Wang Jinyi said to the nurse:
"Nurse, keep an eye on the main hall. When the elders have finished their discussion, send me a message."
The nurse came back just after she left and told Wang Jinyi:
"Miss. The chief has called for more tea. I'm afraid we'll finish our chat soon and go out."
Before the nurse finished her words, Qing'er came in and said:
"Miss, Madam asked the young master and the young lady to see off the old master and the old lady."
After hearing this, Wang Jinyi quickly pulled her brother out of the house and almost trotted back home. She was worried that she had something to confess to her grandfather and felt a little uneasy.
Seeing that his grandparents, parents and four other parents were all there, Wang Jinyi felt that if he confessed this matter today, it might cause quite a shock to the family.
When the mother saw her two children coming, she smiled and waved. Wang Jinyi secretly encouraged herself in her heart. No matter what, the matter of the Cao family must be made clear today. It can't be delayed any longer.
Then he walked up to his grandparents, bowed, and said loudly:
"Grandfather, Jin'er has something important to report to you alone. I hope you can take some time to talk to Jin'er in detail."
"Oh?"
The grandfather smiled and glanced at his little granddaughter, who was not even as tall as his thigh, and asked in a soft voice:
"Is it something important?"
"Grandfather, this is a very important matter."
Grandfather straightened his expression when he heard it, but soon smiled at grandmother and said jokingly:
"Jin'er, what you want to say is a matter of great importance, right? Then go to the main hall with grandfather to discuss it."
Then he turned back and whispered to his wife, "Wait a minute, I want to know what else this child has."
Wang Jinyi lowered his head and trotted after his grandfather into the main hall. His mother guessed something from outside the door, pursed her lips and lowered her head slightly.
As soon as Wang Jinyi entered the room, he took great pains to close the two doors of the main hall tightly.
As the grandfather entered the main hall, he heard the sound of the two doors of the main hall closing behind him. He turned around and found that his little granddaughter was already kneeling behind him.
Although he was surprised, his expression did not change. He looked at his little granddaughter with his hands behind his back, kneeling on the mat obediently.
Wang Jinyi told the story of great importance in great detail.
From the moment Wang Jinyi first visited the Yuanfengmao store, she suspected that someone was designing to drag the Wang family into trouble, so she decided to investigate Chang Xiangxiang'er's husband, Cao An's family, and sent Wu Mei to follow up the investigation until she discovered that Cao An's family stored ore.
The ore was then transferred to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in the capital. The Right Prime Minister's Mansion sent people to Xunyang City...
Then he made a bold guess that the Cao family had opened a mine privately, and used the records in Guanzi.Di Shu to speculate that the mine opened by Cao An's family was a copper mine.
At this point, the grandfather had slowly sat down, holding the armrests of the chair tightly with both hands, without saying a word, allowing the child to explain his thoughts and speculations in detail.
Then he asked:
"Jin'er, what do you think the value of this copper mine is?"
Wang Jinyi said boldly without reservation:
“If my grandfather had opened a private mine, the harm would have been endless.
If it is indeed copper mine, it can be used to mint copper coins, which will disrupt the national economy.
If it is used for private weapon casting, it will cause great damage to the stability of the country.
If farm tools are cast privately, it can be considered a certain help to society, but if the position serves a single class, it will only harm the entire society without any progress.
If ritual vessels were made secretly, it would confuse the existing social system.
Grandfather, ever since I found out that Cao An's family was secretly opening a copper mine, Jin'er couldn't sleep at night, always worried that this matter would cause unrest. But I was too young and incompetent, so I could only send people to continue tracking and investigating. At the same time, I was planning a way out, but I was really powerless, so I told Grandfather everything. "
"Jin'er, who is involved in this matter?"
"Grandfather, this was Jin'er's own idea. She did it herself. She had a maidservant named Wu Mei who participated in the whole process.
In addition, I speculate that the Ouyang family has discovered this matter and sent two people here in the name of orphans, and they have already participated in this matter..."
Wang Jinyi stared with his big eyes, watching every change in his grandfather's expression, afraid of missing anything. Although his grandfather's expression and tone did not change, he could feel that he attached great importance to this matter and his demeanor became extremely solemn.
When my grandfather heard that the Ouyang family and the two guards had gotten involved, he was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became calm again.
"Jin'er, don't tell anyone else about this. Leave it to your grandfather. Don't be so bold and follow suspicious people easily in the future. If you have any doubts, come back and tell the adults at home, okay?!"
Wang Jinyi nodded sincerely, feeling relieved. She had finally handed over this hot potato and put her worries to rest.
I was worried that I had stirred up a hornet's nest and that my family would be implicated, so I asked again:
"Grandfather, is this a very difficult matter?! What should we do from now on?"
"Jin'er, once this matter is handed over to grandfather, you will pretend that you have never been involved in it and never knew about it. You must completely forget it from your mind and never talk about it with anyone again!"
Wang Jinyi knew the seriousness of this matter, nodded firmly, and replied:
"Jin'er knows that this matter is serious. Jin'er understands."
"Jin'er, someone will come tomorrow. You should hand over the Wu sister and the Feng sisters who are involved in this matter to grandfather. We can talk about the rest when we have the chance."
After saying this, the grandfather stood up and helped his granddaughter up from the futon. At the same time, he squatted down and stared closely into Wang Jinyi's eyes, and asked again:
"Jin'er, do you know how serious this matter is?"
Wang Jinyi looked directly into her grandfather's eyes without flinching and replied, "Grandfather, Jin'er understands!"
"In this case, Jin'er, make a promise to grandfather."
Wang Jinyi raised a hand and vowed:
"Jin'er swears here that you will not discuss this matter with anyone else without your grandfather's permission. If you break your oath, you are not worthy of being a descendant of the Wang family!"
Just after making the oath, Wang Jinyi suddenly remembered that she had told her mother about this. Oh no!
So he quickly grabbed the corner of his grandfather's robe and said hastily:
"Grandfather, I have talked to my mother about this before..."
The grandfather just stood up straight, then squatted down again, looked into the child's eyes and asked:
"What did you say?"
"It told the whole story of how Wu Mei and Feng Jie discovered the Cao family's mining business."
"So now at least four people in the family know about this."
Wang Jinyi thought about it and realized that the four people his grandfather was referring to were his grandfather, his mother (who might have already told his father), and himself.
In other words, now only grandmother doesn't know, and other adults in the family may know. Grandfather shook his head helplessly.
The four adults returned to the main hall and closed the door. Wang Jinyi took her brother's hand, lowered her head, and walked back to the backyard silently.