What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 101 Junior Sister, please cooperate!

Su Mo walked back to his small officer's office with suspicion.

He also failed to notice the strange looks from the banner officers in the banner officers' council hall.

what on earth is it?

Why is Ning Xiaoxiao so afraid of me?
Could it be related to Lin Moyin?

Did Lin Moyin warn her not to have any contact with her?
The more Su Mo thought about it, the more likely it seemed!

Before leaving, Lord Baihu specifically warned himself not to have any extramarital affairs!
Having figured this out, Su Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Honestly, I never intended to provoke Ning Xiaoxiao!

She's Lin Moyin's junior sister!
If you try to kill two birds with one stone, you'll surely get punished by the censors!
Although she was indeed petite and pretty, her figure was still so small and undeveloped, how could I possibly like her!
I like big ones!

Su Mo shook his head, trying not to think about whether he liked Ning Xiaoxiao or not.

Immediately open the case file and start reading.

The more he looked, the uglier his expression became!

The situation of the riots in Tieshan County was not as serious as he thought; it was probably exaggerated by Xue Shan.

Only about two thousand people actually participated in the rebellion.

The main targets were Shuimo Village and Niujia Village. Many other villages were just trying to take advantage of the chaos and would disperse as soon as the fighting started.

Those who fled to Changping County were people from Niujiazhai, numbering about 1,200, more than half of whom were women, children, and infants.

The most formidable among them were the five Niu brothers, who were the leaders.

His ancestors were notorious bandits who practiced the Rolling Stone Kung Fu, a skill that combined internal and external cultivation. He possessed superhuman strength and was invulnerable to swords and spears.

They have all reached the level of top-tier masters!

When the five brothers join forces, they can form a battle formation that rivals top-tier combat power!
According to the latest information gathered by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The people of Niujia Village are hiding in Yuanbao Valley!
Su Mo was speechless.

After their rebellion failed, they fled in panic, even taking women and children with them. I don't know what they were thinking!
Apart from the people from Niujiazhai.

In addition, five or six groups of rioters also entered the territory of Changping County.

Most of them were outlaws,江湖人士 (jianghu figures), or were originally mountain bandits or robbers.

Not a big deal.

The main reason for the rebellion in Niujiazhai and Shuimozhai was that the fields in the two villages were severely affected by locust plagues. Crops were damaged by locusts, resulting in a significant reduction in yield and even a complete crop failure.

The price of grain in Tieshan County skyrocketed, and the village could not afford to buy grain. In addition, the villagers were beaten and killed by the grain store, so they rebelled in anger!

In addition, the case file also contains judgments made by the Imperial Guards.

Just as Su Mo thought, it was highly likely that the Heavenly Mother Cult was secretly instigating this.

After reviewing the information about Niujiazhai, Su Mo felt much more at ease.

Since they have their families with them, they probably won't go out to plunder in the short term, lest they attract the attention of the authorities.

They should wait until the storm subsides and before their food supplies run out, then find a strategic mountaintop and become outlaws.

If they hadn't been targeted by Su Mo, their plan might have actually come to fruition.

After all, the Western Hills are extremely large, and finding them among the many hills and dense forests, and then sending troops to surround and annihilate them, is extremely difficult!

Most importantly, Tieshan County will definitely classify them as rioters.

How could I possibly go through the trouble of hunting them down for no reward?

In that case, Su Mo has enough time to plan!
What darkened Su Mo's face was the situation of the grain merchants in Changping County!

Changping County, with a population of hundreds of thousands, is not a major grain-producing county, so the profits from the grain business are naturally far higher than those from the salt business!
There are dozens of grain stores in Changping County.

But most of them are small-scale operations or act as retailers.

There are only seven truly major grain traders.

Seeing the backgrounds of these seven grain merchants, Su Mo was at a loss for words.

The first Dayou Grain Store was a branch of the Dayou Grain Store in Yong'an Prefecture.

The mastermind behind it all is Fu Duogu, the third brother of Fu, the commander of the Imperial Guard in Yong'an Prefecture!
Yes, that's the commander who ambushed the demoness of the Heavenly Mother Cult with a gun, who looked incredibly powerful, but was killed by the demoness in one fell swoop!
Although Commander Fu died in battle, he will certainly receive commendation from the imperial court, and may even be posthumously granted some honorary title.

Under these circumstances, would Su Mo dare to take action against his third brother Fu Duogu's grain supply?
I read on.

Behind the scenes of Su's Grain Store is the Su family of Yong'an Prefecture.

Although they both have the surname Su, the Su in this person's name can be followed by the name of a prefect!
The property of Prefect Su of Yong'an!
Su Mo was completely speechless.

Fortunately, the next five companies, although they also had considerable backgrounds, were either backed by government officials or were large grain merchants with enormous assets.

But at least they weren't as difficult to deal with as the Fu family, which was protected by the buff of loyalty and righteousness, or the Su family, which was under the jurisdiction of Prefect Su!

If we want to make an example of one to warn a hundred, we can only choose from these five families!
We still need to go back and discuss it carefully with my third uncle and Du Zhongbai before we can make a decision!

Su Mo closed the case file with a dark expression.

He cursed Xue Shan under his breath!
That old fox must know about the grain merchant's background.

If you don't offer enough benefits, then let him play by himself!
I'll just focus my energy on Niujia Village!
Even without the government intervening to borrow guards, soldiers, archers, and civilians, etc.

If we carefully consider our options, we might be able to make the people of Niujiazhai and the bandits of Xianyanshan mutually weaken each other!
However, they won't help Xue Shan solve this major problem.

It won't be easy for Old Wang to deal with that so-called Azure Dragon Taoist.

We still need to prepare for both possibilities.

I should return the case file to Ning Xiaoxiao and see if I can persuade her to take action herself and capture that Azure Dragon Taoist.

At worst, we'll give her half of the spoils from the bandit suppression!
Lin Moyin is short of money, so her junior sister can't be much richer!
Thinking of Ning Xiaoxiao, who feared him like the plague and wouldn't even let him get close.

Su Mo's headache started again.

It's all Lord Hyakuho's fault!
Why are you jealous? You haven't had any bad intentions towards your junior sister.

I do like petite and delicate girls.

But that doesn't mean you should go for every petite woman you see!

Besides, even if I had the will and the courage, I didn't have the ability!

They are immortal cultivators at the peak of the Body Observation Realm; how could they just go and do it on their own?

But no matter what, I still have to go see Ning Xiaoxiao again.

It's best to make it clear to her that you like Lord Hyakuto, not her, and tell her not to overthink it!
Otherwise, if things continue like this, how will they cooperate with my actions?

Yes! I must make things clear to her and reassure her to cooperate. If the female commander blames me, I will take full responsibility and won't make things difficult for my junior sister!

Su Mo made up her mind and immediately picked up the case file and left!
(End of this chapter)