Chapter 1410: Eve
Chapter 1410: Eve
Starting a venture required capital. Many wealthy merchants needed to clean up their image because the money or methods they used to start out were not clean.On a national scale, Western powers rose mainly through external plunder, first by slave trading to seize labor, and second by massacres to seize resources.
Madam Qi now had a vast enterprise. Where did her starting capital come from? Certainly not from the Earthly Preceptor.
Qi Xuansu guessed correctly. Madam Qi’s initial capital did indeed come from Elder Yao’s palace. Although things like the sarira and Shebishi Venom were valuable, they were hard to sell, and ordinary people dared not touch them. If the Daoist Order investigated, the consequences would be severe.
Of course, Madam Qi would never admit it. Strictly speaking, half of it belonged to Qi Xuansu, but she had no intention of sharing. After all, she was a money-grubber. But more importantly, she had also sworn that Qi Xuansu would live the rest of his life coinless.
Qi Xuansu put away the two ink sticks and asked, “By the way, will you attend the ceremony, Madam Qi?”
Madam Qi thought for a moment. “There’s no need for me to go. Su Yuanyi will be there. That’s enough.”
Qi Xuansu persuaded her. “You should go. There will be many old acquaintances. You can catch up with them.”
Madam Qi gave a rather ridiculous reason. “I’m shy around strangers.”
Qi Xuansu was speechless for quite a while.
Even Little Yin was not afraid of strangers. How could an old woman like Madam Qi be shy? No one would believe her.
Qi Xuansu did not push further. “If you don’t want to go, then forget it.”