The Founder of the Great Financial Family

Chapter 25

It seemed like he was so excited that he would start singing soon, but Andrew immediately scolded him with a frown, 

"Hey, you idiot! Orcs are roaming around, so how are we supposed to do the placer mining!?" 

"Well, isn't it fine as long as we're careful and Leo and Lucia are here as well to be lookouts, so what are you all worried about?"

"Lucia is too young!" 

"She can still at least be a lookout!" 

As the second and third child began to bicker once again, Rockefeller, who was watching, began to speak, 

"Well, I have something to tell you about that," Instantly, their attention was focused solely on him, and Rockefeller looked at these young siblings who only seemed to see him, 

"I would like to avoid placer mining in the future," 

It was Joshua who was most disappointed at those words. 

"Why not? Since Rockefeller-hyung got a job, wouldn't it be better if Andrew-hyung and I dig up gold dust? That way, the income would be doubled, right?" 

At those words, Rockefeller calmly shook his head, 

"No, I think the rumours circulating these days are too bad for that. If you guys run into an orc, it would be a big deal after all. And since I have a job now, there is no need to hang about doing something risky like that," 

"But isn't it a waste if we just stop like that?" At Joshua's reluctance to stop placer mining, Rockefeller began to explain the reasons why, 

"The most important thing is your safety. We have a way to eat and not starve to death right now, so there is no need to go out of your way to gather the placer gold," 

"Well.yeah," 

"And right now, even though we've done it for a while and not got caught, I think it's important to keep the fact that you can get placer gold at the Montefeltro estate a secret," 

At his vague words, both Andrew and Joshua looked up at him with curious eyes and asked, 

"Why, though?" 

"Of course, there is a reason," Rockefeller struggled internally on whether or not to tell his younger brothers since it was a groundless dream that could come to nothing. 

Well, it should be alright to tell them,'

"Hyung wants to buy this estate after earning a lot of money since this land is so good that you can even get gold from it," 

At that, his brothers looked surprised, 

"Really?"

"For real?"

"But is that possible?" 

Although there were some doubts, Rockefeller's answer was simple, 

"Of course, it is possible. The right to buy and sell their land is the right of a lord. So, if you have enough money, you can buy the estate. Whether the lord here sells the land to wealthy commoners or not is a matter for a later date, but even that's just a matter of adding more money until he can't refuse,"

All you really needed was money. 

A lot of money. 

Although his younger brothers didn't deny Rockefeller's logic, they also couldn't deny that it truly seemed like an impossible dream.

"But you have to be really rich to do that" 

"I don't think the lord would hand this land over for a small amount," 

"Right, so you'd have to be really extremely rich," 

"Is that possible?" 

"I don't know either," 

Rockefeller smiled and, to his doubtful little brothers, began to explain his luck, 

"We will never be able to make enough money to buy this estate if we spend our whole lives ploughing the fields or doing other labour because that's impossible in the first place. But didn't Hyung explain how to make a lot of money to you guys the other day? How do you make big money?" 

To that question, the younger brothers answered in unison, 

"By sitting around!" 

"Exactly right, big money is never made from direct labour. Either through business or some other form of unearned income in that sense, Hyung has already taken the first step by getting a job at Banco," 

It would be difficult for the younger siblings to understand or accept the meaning of Rockefeller's words right now, but Rockefeller made his point firm and clear on his occasion.

"You and I and the people in our family might have been born without any particular great talent, but that doesn't mean we'll be poor for the rest of our lives. If we put in the effort and have the will, it's quite possible to change our boring lives. So you guys just have to watch Hyung from now on. I'm going to show you how to get rich first hand."