It's clearly a crossover game, but the system insists it's a pirate game.

All the women have dowries. Yaoyue and Lianxing's dowry is the peripheral industry of the entire Yihua Palace. Although they still have to manage all the expenses within the Yihua Palace, the most they have are resources for martial arts training, such as medicinal herbs. As for food, drink and other daily necessities, those are just small change.

The dowry that Wanwan brought consisted of the Yin Gui Sect's properties in the Central Plains. The vast majority of these properties were brothels or casinos. The most valuable part of these properties was not the annual dividends, but the information they gathered about the martial arts world, which prevented the Zhou family from becoming deaf and blind.

The dowry Wang Yuyan brought consisted of her mother and maternal grandfather. As for the martial arts from Mantuo Manor... nothing was wasted; everything that could be moved was brought over. Just because the Zhou family didn't learn them doesn't mean others can't.

Huang Rong's dowry naturally consisted of treasures from Peach Blossom Island, martial arts techniques, formations, and even a living person—that's right, the Old Urchin was also sent to Zhou Mountain as part of the dowry. Zhou Ye didn't mind; the old man was quite adorable and could play with the children at home. He could stay if he wanted, or leave whenever he wanted.

Dai Qisi's dowry was the entire Silver Serpent Island, an uninhabited island she discovered by chance, which has now naturally become one of the Zhou family's most secretive escape routes.

The ruthless dowry was due to connections with the government. Don't underestimate this connection; ever since she moved into Zhou Mountain, the prefect of Jiangling Prefecture has returned double the previous dowry and added another twenty years of tax exemption.

In terms of money, Fu Junzhuo's dowry may be the most meager, but in another respect, it ranks among the top, because she also has a hidden dowry: a Grandmaster!

Of course, there's another hidden dowry: two younger sisters-in-law...

This wasn't calculated by Zhou Ye, but by Huang Rong and the others!

Although he had stated that he had enough women in his family and hadn't taken a liking to the two scrawny young girls, none of the women believed him, which deeply hurt Zhou Ye...

Zhou Ye himself didn't know exactly how much wealth the Zhou family had, because he never went into the gold vault or the treasure vault. As long as his family said they were out of money, he would just go and search for another treasure. If all else failed, those corrupt officials were also a kind of silver vault!

Therefore, although the Jiang family's property was taken over by Huang Rong and Qi Fang a long time ago, it was not merged into the Zhou family's property. It was the property of the two brothers, Wuque and Xiaoyu. They could send people to manage it, but they would not merge it. How could a mother and aunt covet the property of their son and nephew?

However, it is precisely because of this care that the two brothers are now in a real bind!

Too much, too much variety!

There are seven necessities for going out: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Apart from the salt industry, which is controlled by the imperial court, the other six industries are all run by people in the Jiang family, and some even on a large scale. As soon as they heard that their young master had finally returned, all the stewards and managers blocked the Jiang family compound. Everyone wanted to report to the two young masters first, and no one would give way to the other.

It's noisy outside, and it's not quiet inside either.

"You're the older brother, and I'm the younger brother. You should be in charge of this family, so as the older brother, you should be the one going out to handle things!"

"Now you know I'm the older brother? Then you'll do as I say and go out and deal with it, okay?"

The two brothers pushed and pulled each other, and before they knew it, they were standing on either side of Zhou Ye. Then, at the same time, their hands grabbed someone who was drinking tea.

"Dad, why don't you go out and handle it?"

Zhou Ye blew on the tea foam, then took a sip, and replied unhurriedly, "Not going to act anymore? Hmph, can't even handle such a small scene? What's there to be afraid of? When you brothers go out together, all you'll get to do is listen to some flattery."

Jiang Xiaoyu's eyes darted around: "It's not that I'm scared, it's that I'm annoyed. Besides, we're still young, aren't we? What if we mess things up?"

"A mishap?" Zhou Ye slammed his teacup on the table, grinning. "With me here, there won't be any mishaps! Go for it, I've got you guys covered!"

"good!"

Jiang Xiaoyu jumped up immediately, grabbed Jiang Wuque, and ran outside. They didn't return until evening, both brothers beaming: "Dad, we've got it all sorted out!"

Is it really that fast?

Zhou Ye nodded in satisfaction: "Tell me, how did you handle it?"

Jiang Xiaoyu chuckled: "We've sold off all of the Jiang family's assets!"

Sold?

Zhou Ye nearly choked on his breath. After catching his breath, he asked curiously, "Who did you sell it to? The Jiang family's assets are considerable. Who could have acquired them in such a short time?"

Jiang Wuque laughed and said, "They've all been sold to our family!"

Zhou Ye's lips twitched. Before he could even ask for details, Jiang Xiaoyu continued, "The main reason for selling it to us is convenience. You see, if we sold it to someone else, we'd have to transport the money back to Zhou Shan. But if we sell it to us, the money doesn't even have to leave the vault. Isn't that convenient?"

After a moment of stunned silence, Zhou Ye looked at the two boys with a strange expression and remained speechless for a long time.

"Dad, we've avenged ourselves and taken care of the business. What's next?"

Seeing the two brothers smiling, Zhou Ye suddenly reached out and hugged them: "There's no need to pretend to be so strong in front of Dad."

Jiang Xiaoyu and Jiang Wuque, though they didn't cry out loud, were both in tears.

They weren't heartless ingrates; they had personally avenged their parents' deaths. Logically, the Jiang family's assets shouldn't have been sold, because if they were, the Jiang family of Jiangnan would cease to exist.

But the kindness of raising someone is greater than the kindness of giving birth!

They had heard their mother, Huang Rong, say that when they decided to adopt their father, he wasn't the wealthy head of the Zhou family, but a poor boy. The first thing he did after becoming rich was to buy a house, and the second thing he did was to hire wet nurses for the two brothers.

The two brothers did not change their surname; they were still surnamed Jiang. However, from childhood to adulthood, Zhou Ye had always raised them as his own sons, and even before they were weaned, he had already planned for their future.

If these two brothers were to separate themselves from the Zhou family for the sake of a little bit of property, that would truly be called heartless!

But that doesn't mean they aren't heartbroken. It's perfectly reasonable for a son to cry in his father's arms for a while.

"Alright, take a good rest for two days, offer incense to your parents, and then we'll go visit your Wanwan's mother's hometown. I heard it's been quite chaotic there lately. Let's go take a look. If there's anything we can gain, we'll take advantage of it; if not, we'll just watch the show."

"OK."

After watching the two brothers leave, Zhou Ye sighed. He didn't know about other families, but in his own family, the mental health of teenagers was also a very important matter.

As the eldest and second eldest in the family, they are the role models for all the children in the Zhou family!

Originally, he was planning to go home and stay in bed, but seeing the two brothers' condition, he had to change his mind and decided to take them out for a walk to clear their heads.