Chapter 35: The Treasury Remediation Plan

Lin Xiaotian, sitting on the soft couch, also broke into a smile.

Lin Qingshan pretended to cough. He got one cough out, couldn’t hold it in, and the cough dissolved into laughter.

Even the eldest brother was laughing at him. Lin Feiyuan got up and went after Lin Yaoyao.

“Yaoyao, you dare laugh at your third brother! As your elder brother, I’m going to teach you a lesson today.”

Lin Feiyuan chased Lin Yaoyao around the room. When she got tired, she quickly hid behind Lin Qingshan.

“Big brother, save me!”

Lin Feiyuan refused to let it go. She dared to call him a crybaby, so today he would make her cry too.

“I’ll make you a crybaby too!”

The two circled around Lin Qingshan, who stood motionless, letting them horse around. They chased each other back and forth like children.

Lin Yaoyao couldn’t run anymore. Panting, she raised her hand in surrender.

“Third Brother… Third Brother, I was wrong! Stop chasing me. I have a way to solve the treasury problem!”

Lin Feiyuan had chased her for a while without even breathing hard. If anyone ever found out about the nickname “crybaby,” he’d be mocked for life.

“Let’s see who’s the crybaby later…”

Lin Feiyuan had made up his mind to teach Lin Yaoyao a lesson, but when she said she had a way to solve the treasury problem, he froze on the spot.

Lin Qingshan’s cool expression turned serious. He looked at Lin Yaoyao, still gasping for breath.

“Yaoyao, is that true?”

Lin Yaoyao plopped down on a stool, poured herself a cup of water, and only then caught her breath.

“I’ve thought of some countermeasures for the treasury matter. Since Big Brother and Third Brother are here, you can take a look.”

Lin Feiyuan cut in, “Selling me off doesn’t count as a plan!”

Lin Yaoyao giggled behind her hand. Lin Feiyuan was still hung up on her earlier joke about selling him to the Tianxiang Tower.

Seeing Lin Feiyuan’s timid, guilty look, Lin Qingshan sighed. One thing really does subdue another.

He had tried to discipline Lin Feiyuan in the past, hitting him, punishing him, coaxing him, but the guy wouldn’t listen to reason. He acted like a reckless little demon who feared nothing.

Now, in front of Lin Yaoyao, he looked a bit cowardly. It seemed he really was afraid she might sell him.

“Third Brother, don’t talk nonsense. Why would Yaoyao sell you?”

Lin Feiyuan hung his head and said nothing. He’d just have to swallow this loss.

‘My good eldest brother, you have no idea about Lin Yaoyao’s underhanded tricks. If you really get her riled up, she’d actually do it.’

Lin Yaoyao smiled without a word. Lin Qingshan reached out and smacked Lin Feiyuan’s head as a mild punishment.

Lin Yaoyao stopped keeping them in suspense. Since the treasury problem had come up, she had been thinking of countermeasures. Making up the entire treasury deficit within three months was no easy task.

“This is the plan I made! Take a look!”

Chunyu handed a thick stack of paper to Lin Qingshan. On top were several large characters: “Treasury Deficit Remediation Plan.”

A plan? What an interesting term.

Lin Qingshan continued flipping through it. It recorded the number of treasures lost from the treasury, analyzed the situation of the borrowing families, and estimated that five to six tenths could be recovered.

The spirit stone deficit alone was over three hundred million. Adding in the unreturned treasures, they would need to prepare one billion spirit stones.

“One billion?”

Lin Qingshan knew the treasury matter required a huge number of spirit stones, but he didn’t know the exact deficit.

Lin Yaoyao put the concrete debt figure before them. Only then did Lin Qingshan realize how difficult the road ahead was.

One billion spirit stones was the entire annual income of the Tiandu Kingdom!

Seeing Lin Qingshan’s ashen face, Lin Feiyuan felt something was wrong.

His eldest brother was someone who never showed his emotions. If he looked this grim, there must be a big problem.

Lin Feiyuan snatched the “Treasury Deficit Remediation Plan” from Lin Qingshan’s hand. His face changed abruptly, and he looked like he was about to cry.

“How is this possible? One billion? Even if you sold me, I couldn’t pay it back in my next life or the one after that!”

Cough, cough, cough!

Lin Xiaotian on the couch coughed harder. He clutched his chest with a frown, and a servant hurriedly patted his back.

Lin Yaoyao felt sorry for Lin Xiaotian. He was struggling with illness, yet he still worried about the treasury.

“Everyone, don’t worry. One billion is just my rough estimate. If we can get all the treasures back, the gap will be much smaller.”

Lin Qingshan nodded. Lin Yaoyao took the “Treasury Deficit Remediation Plan” from Lin Feiyuan and pointed to a page.

“We can split it into three steps. First, collect the debts. Second, generate wealth. Third, take out loans.”

How to collect debts?

How to generate wealth?

How to take out loans?

Lin Qingshan, Lin Feiyuan, and Lin Xiaotian all looked at Lin Yaoyao. So what exactly should be done?

Lin Yaoyao flipped to the next page. It was blank. She felt a bit embarrassed. Time had been too tight, and she hadn’t gotten around to writing it yet.

“Sorry, I forgot to write it in. This plan is version 1.0. I’ll upgrade it later.”

Version 1.0?

Three pairs of eyes hungry for knowledge looked at her again. Lin Yaoyao let out an awkward laugh and quickly changed the subject.

“Third Brother, you caused this mess, so don’t think you can slack off. During the day, you’ll collect debts, and at night you’ll come back and earn money.”

Lin Feiyuan straightened up and immediately promised to work hard to get those things back.

If they wouldn’t return them, he’d just stay there and refuse to leave.

No problem!

With that attitude, he’d probably succeed nine times out of ten.

“Yaoyao, when it comes to generating wealth, I really can’t think of a good method.”

Lin Qingshan had been exceptionally talented since childhood. Under his father’s guidance, he cultivated diligently, represented the family in competitions, and won resources for them.

But now his legs were crippled, so he had no way to earn resources.

Lin Yaoyao understood his confusion. Children of great families never had to worry about money. Asking them to earn it now really was a hard place to start.

“Big Brother, there are only a few ways to generate wealth: skill, resources, and information. For example, Third Brother has a skill, making talismans. We can sell talismans to earn money. One talisman is worth a lot, and Third Brother can draw quite a few in one night.”

Lin Qingshan was surprised. When did his third brother learn to make talismans? He had no idea.

Lin Feiyuan then demonstrated his talisman skill, and even Lin Yaoyao was impressed.

In such a short time, Lin Feiyuan had improved rapidly. He could even draw talismans in the air.

He really was a talisman genius.

Lin Qingshan was amazed. He had once spent time studying talismans, but he could never grasp the method.

“Feiyuan, you’re amazing. You can actually make talismans. I’ll definitely tell Father about this later.”

Lin Feiyuan’s lips curved up in pride. Lin Yaoyao immediately poured cold water on him.

“Third Brother, your cultivation is still limited, and you’re only an apprentice talisman master. Even if you don’t eat or sleep, a night’s worth of talismans would probably sell for a hundred thousand spirit stones. In three months, at most you’d earn nine million spirit stones.”

Lin Feiyuan counted on his fingers. Nine million spirit stones was still nowhere near one billion.

Lin Feiyuan deflated like a punctured ball. He looked dejected and kind of cute.

Lin Yaoyao couldn’t bear to tease him anymore. She cleared her throat and continued.

“Besides making money with skills, we can also make money with resources. For instance, the spirit soil in my courtyard can grow rare spirit herbs.”

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