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

Chapter 102 Xue Shan sells girls
Ning Xiaoxiao stared in disbelief at Su Mo's departing figure.

It took me a while to come to my senses.

Does he like his senior sister?
Therefore, even though she is very good-looking, she would never have any improper thoughts about herself.
As long as you cooperate with him, he will explain things clearly to your senior sister.

Will it hurt my relationship with my senior sister?
Furthermore, after wiping out the old bandits of Xianyan Mountain, he would certainly receive his share of the spoils, guaranteed to be no less than one hundred taels of silver.

Ning Xiaoxiao was completely bewildered for a long time before she finally understood what Su Mo meant by those words!
He thought he liked him?!
Is he deliberately coming to explain to me that there's no possibility between us?

Ning Xiaoxiao simply didn't know what to say!

I can't exactly chase him back and tell him that it wasn't like that at all, and that I was just... scared by him.

damn it!
How is she supposed to explain this?!
You can't exactly say that you went to see him and the young widow... that in the middle of the night!

……

Su Mo returned to the small flag office and frowned in thought.

The plan was to rectify the East Market anyway, so we might as well take care of the grain merchants' business at the same time.

As long as they control the grain merchants, they have nothing to fear from other businesses not cooperating with their tax collection plan!
He then summoned the Imperial Guards of the Jiazi Group under his command.

He ordered everyone to investigate the situation of major shops and merchants in the East Market under the guise of investigating the followers of the Heavenly Mother Sect!

Especially brothels, gambling dens, salt shops, and cloth shops.

These will become major sources of tax revenue in the future.

The strongmen and captains of the Jiazi Group immediately accepted the order and set to work!

Su Mo threw three hundred taels of silver at it, and the effect was immediate.

The other banner officers were naturally extremely surprised!

Those old hands in the Jiazi Group were completely subdued by Su Mo, the newly appointed junior officer, in just two or three days!
That's a truly remarkable technique!
Unfortunately, although Su Mo was only a junior officer, he was directly under Lin Moyin's management.

The other commanders couldn't get any information out of them for the time being!
Su Mo returned to the house without stopping.

Chen Qian and Du Zhongbai haven't returned yet, and it's unclear whether things went smoothly.

Su Mo thought for a moment, then wrote another letter and summoned Lady Chen over. He said in a deep voice, "Qianyu, give this letter to your father immediately!"

"He should be at my third uncle's house now, and it is not appropriate for me to meet him now."

Chen Qianyu was somewhat taken aback, and looked at the letter: "Give it to my father?"

Su Mo nodded, her expression serious: "Yes!"

"Give it to him personally, have him read it and then burn it. Then return to Chen Family Village in Eagle Valley and wait for my orders!"

Chen Qianyu hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "Su Lang, what happened?"

Su Mo smiled and said, "It's nothing, just in case."

Chen Qianyu could only nod: "This servant will go find my father right away!"

……

Chen Qianyu had just left not long ago.

There was a knock on the courtyard gate, and Su Mo thought that Du Zhongbai had returned.

My third uncle has a key to the house.

When they opened the door, they were stunned.

The one who came was Yan Dahu, the first-class servant of the Wang family who had given him the precious sword last time.

Upon seeing Su Mo, Yan Dahu immediately lowered his voice and said, "Lord Su, this is what the master instructed me to deliver to you!"

He handed a cloth bag to Su Mo: "The master also said that he hopes Su Ya will put in more effort to stabilize grain prices."

Su Mo thought to himself, "Just as I thought!"

This is a favor being handed to them.

Look at this cloth bag, it's so heavy, it must weigh more than ten pounds!

Su Mo nodded, made no promises, only said that he would pay a visit to the county magistrate later, and then sent Yan Dahu away.

Upon returning home, he opened the cloth bag and took a look.

His eyes widened instantly.

The first thing that catches the eye is a neatly cut red birth chart for a woman.

Xue Yishu's birth chart!

Although Su Mo thought that Xue Shan would go to great lengths to get him to deal with those grain merchants, he didn't expect the investment to be this substantial!
He did not know the meaning behind Wang's gift of the knife.

But Chen Qian understands!

Su knew that Wang had no intention of marrying Xue Yishu to him; on the contrary, she was reminding him not to be delusional about a toad wanting to eat swan meat!

Unexpectedly, in order to avoid a direct confrontation with the grain merchants, Xue Shan even sent over Xue Yishu's birth chart!
This is even more thorough than Chen Bao selling his daughter!

Su Mo looked at the birth date and time on the birth chart.

Unexpectedly, Xue Yishu is three years older than me, definitely an older single woman!

A woman three years older than her husband is said to bring him good fortune.

Therefore, inside the cloth bag were ingots of glittering gold, totaling more than a hundred taels, enough to forge a large gold brick!

Su Mo immediately became conflicted.

If Lord Hyakugo hadn't confessed his feelings, he definitely wouldn't have hesitated at all.

Marrying Xue Yishu would allow one to establish a strategic partnership with the Xue family and gain the backing of a powerful sorcerer at the Divine Realm.

But now, Lord Hyakujō is about to become Lord Sūninjō!
My favorability rating is almost maxed out!
Marrying a woman from the Hundred Households is a done deal!
In fact, following his uncle's advice, it would be best to marry Lin Moyin before she was promoted to commander of a thousand households!

A seventh-rank officer is entitled to have one wife and one concubine.

But would Xue Yishu be willing to become a concubine?

Women in ancient times who dared to elope were definitely very independent-minded!

Sometimes having too many women can be a problem!
We can't just keep the gold and return the betrothal letter, can we?
Moreover, Xue Yishu is the second woman I've ever met with an exclamation mark above her head!

Just as Su Mo was struggling with this decision.

Suddenly, the sound of a bowstring rang out.

An arrow shot swiftly towards Su Mo!

Su Mo's expression suddenly darkened, and he swiftly reached out and grabbed the arrow.

He quickly slipped out of the second hall, only to see a black shadow fleeing at an extremely fast speed, disappearing into the alley in the blink of an eye!

Su Hei looked at the arrow in his hand with a sullen face. He was shocked to see that the arrowhead had been removed and a strip of cloth was tied to the shaft!

Upon untying the cloth strip, a look of suspicion immediately appeared on his face!

"Tonight at midnight, I long to meet you?"

……

Chen Qian and Du Zhongbai returned one after the other!
Judging from their expressions, you can tell that the trip went very smoothly!

After all, it cost two hundred taels of silver to pave the way, and it also involved the face of Lord Lin, who was about to become a commander of a thousand!
He Xingguo and Bai Shouren had absolutely no reason to refuse.

Chen Qian and Du Zhongbai were also taken aback when they saw Xue Yishu's birth chart.

Du Zhongbai certainly hoped that Dongweng would marry Xue Yishu.

That's the eldest daughter of the county magistrate!
Seeing that Su Mo and Chen Qian both frowned, he was certain that there must be a reason he didn't know, so he wouldn't easily express his opinion.

Chen Qian hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "The betrothal letter cannot be returned!"

"Leave the betrothal letter, and Xue Shan will not dare to hold back!"

"After all, with the betrothal letter in hand, he won't be able to escape responsibility if something happens to you!"

Su Mo frowned: "What about Lord Centurion?"

Chen Qian replied without hesitation, "The position of principal wife will definitely be reserved for her!"

"As for Xue Yishu, whether she is willing to be a concubine or not, we'll discuss that after this matter is settled!"

This statement came out.

The body of Eucommia ulmoides was shocked!
He looked at Su Mo with an incredulous expression!
Chen Qian then asked, "Is everything prepared outside the city?"

"This matter is of utmost importance and cannot be allowed to fail!"

Su Mo nodded: "I've already sent a letter to Chen Bao. Given Chen Bao's cautious nature, there shouldn't be any problems!"

He turned to Du Zhongbai and said, "Mr. Du, go and pay a visit to Magistrate Xue and ask him to proceed according to the plan!"

He paused, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and his gaze fell on the arrows and strips of cloth on the table. He said coldly, "Tonight, I'll see who's playing tricks!"

(End of this chapter)