Situ Nan looked at Situ Jin, and did not speak for a while, like Situ Jin, this was also the first time that Situ Nan observed his son so closely.

I have to say that this kid does look very similar to himself, Situ Nan quickly admitted this in his heart, but Olivia's face suddenly appeared in his mind, and Situ Nan immediately didn't continue to look at Situ Jin's mood: "Next month, you will be engaged to Her Royal Highness Princess Aldrich Theresia, I hope you are mentally prepared in advance." Situ Nan said lightly.

"So that's the case!" Situ Jin sneered in his heart, but his face was expressionless: "Yes, father." ”

Situ Jin's reaction made Situ Nan a little unexpected, he thought that Situ Jin would take the initiative to ask something, at least there should be a reaction on his face, but nothing.

At this moment, Situ Nan suddenly found that he couldn't see through this son, just like he couldn't see through his mother Olivia.

Thinking of Olive again, Situ Nan felt a little upset, he waved his hand at Situ Jin, and said, "Okay, it's okay, you can go out." ”

Situ Jin bowed slightly to Situ Nan, turned around, and was about to walk out of the room, when Situ Nan's voice came from behind: "Jin!"

Situ Jin stopped, but did not look back.

Situ Nan continued: "This is also an opportunity for you, I hope you take advantage of it. ”

Situ Jin didn't make any reaction, and walked out of the study directly, returning to the room, where Xiu was already waiting respectfully.

"Young Master, is there something that Lord Earl is looking for you?" Seeing Situ Jin coming back, Xiu immediately asked.

"How much do you know about Aldrich Theresia? Situ Jin asked directly.

"En?" Xiu was startled at first, and then said a little urgently: "What, young master, are you also beginning to be interested in the number one beauty of this empire?"

Situ Jin glanced at Xiu: "You are really getting more and more presumptuous. Having said that, there was no dissatisfaction in his tone: "As my fiancée, I think I need to get to know the other party." ”

"Fiancée?" Xiu Hu looked at Situ Jin suspiciously.

"The old man just told me that I should be engaged to this princess next month. ”

Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then joked: "This is a good thing, young master, after all, it is extremely rare to have such a beautiful person as Her Royal Highness Theresia on the mainland, I heard that her suitors are as many as carp crossing the river, countless, after knowing this news, I don't know how many noble sons will be heartbroken because of this!"

"Alright, Xiu, that's the end of the joke. Situ Jin said solemnly: "Hurry up and tell me what you know." ”

Seeing that Situ was serious, Xiu Ye finally put away his joking face: "Yes, young master." ”

"As far as I know, Her Highness is 15 years old this year, her father is the current King Aldrich XXIV, and her mother is Orlando's eldest princess, Gran Daisy. At that time, Aldrich XXIV, who was already in his sixtieth year, fell in love with the 16-year-old Gran Daisy at a court banquet, and sent someone to Orlando to propose to the Emperor Grant Gran VII. Glenn VII agreed, but on the condition that their first child would return to Orlando after his death to inherit the throne of Orlando, and he also had Aldrich XXIV promise that the Yarrow Empire and the Orlando Empire would never be merged into one nation. ”

Hearing Xiu's words, Situ Jin nodded, he had also heard a little about these.

"I have to say that this Gran VII is very cunning, he has no children under his knees, only 5 daughters, if he does not rely on external forces, after his death, it will be difficult for his daughter to inherit the throne smoothly, after all, women are inherently weaker than men politically, but after marrying the powerful Yarrow Empire, all this is guaranteed, after all, half of his granddaughter's blood is from the Aldrich royal family, let her ascend the throne, presumably Aldrich XXIV is also very happy, and even if others block it, Aldrich XXIV will not be a bystander。 ”

Situ Jin nodded: "This Glenn VII is indeed very smart, this is not a relatively simple and easy path he has found for Orlando's survival. ”

"That's right. Xiu agreed: "Orlando is only a small and medium-sized country, with a poor geographical location, and it is sandwiched between many countries, and it is difficult for it to survive if it does not find a strong backer for itself. ”

"Is Glenn VII still alive?" asked Situ Jin.

Xiu nodded: "Yes, but I heard that his physical condition is getting worse and worse now, and it seems that the day when Princess Theresia will go back to inherit the throne should not be far away, but, young master," Xiu paused for a moment and said, "Do you really want to marry this Princess Theresia?"

Situ Jin smiled: "Why not?"

Indeed, for the current Situ Jin, it really doesn't matter who he marries, for him it's just a woman, of course, this is not to say that he has a tendency to despise women, it's just that like in his previous life, he doesn't pay so much attention to his emotional life in this life.

Xiu looked a little worried: "Young master, this Princess Theresia is the sister of the second prince, she undoubtedly supports the second prince to sit on the throne, but as far as I know, Lord Earl supports the eldest prince, let you marry Princess Theresia at this time"

Before Xiu finished speaking, Situ Jin chuckled: "It's okay, then I'll follow my father's wishes." ”

Xiu looked at Situ Jin and didn't know what Situ Jin was thinking, in fact, most of the time he couldn't see through Situ Jin.

The two were silent for a while, Xiu suddenly turned around, took down a few account books on the desk next to him, and said to Situ Jin: "By the way, young master, this is the account book of the trading bank this quarter, you can take a look." ”

Situ Jin took the account book handed over by Xiu, flipped through it a few times, and then looked up and said: "What's the matter, I remember that when I first took over the firm a few years ago, the quarterly turnover was at least seventy or eighty thousand gold coins, and it has only been a few years?

On the mainland of Ceylon, there are three types of universal gold coins, namely copper, silver and gold, which can be exchanged between the three.

100 copper coins are equal to 1 silver coin, and 10 silver coins are equal to 1 gold coin. Normally, 1 silver coin can provide a family of five to live for at least half a month, and they will live well, while a gold coin can make them live a carefree life for half a year.

Xiu's face was also a little more solemn: "Young master, I suggest you go to the trading house to have a look." ”

After Situ Jin took over a trading house and three workshops from Situ Nan three years ago, he didn't manage them in any way because he had been busy cultivating, but he didn't expect that the performance of the trading house would be reduced by half in such a short period of time.

Although there are still three workshops, the workshops are under the name of the trading house, which produces and provides products for sale for the trading house, and does not generate any turnover in itself, so the income of the trading house represents the total income of the three workshops and the trading house itself.

The income has shrunk like this all of a sudden, and even Situ Jin, who has never cared much about money, can't help but care. Unable to leave the firm alone like this, Situ decided to go to the firm immediately to take a look in person.