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

Chapter 36, the second NPC
Refining salt is extremely risky, but the profits are also high!

During the Great Wu Dynasty, the price of refined salt was several times, or even ten times, that of coarse salt, reaching as high as eighty coins per catty!
The official price for coarse salt is ten coins.

Smuggled salt only costs five coins!

Official families, powerful clans, wealthy merchants, and even Taoist priests all had an enormous demand for refined salt.

Especially Taoist sorcerers, who only eat the highest grade of salt!
Coarse salt contains too many impurities and toxins, making it unacceptable to Taoist practitioners!

Based on the calculation that three catties of coarse salt yields two catties of refined salt.

Even if you buy government-manufactured salt and purify it, you can still make five times the profit!
If Chen Bao were allowed to directly refine low-cost smuggled salt.

More than fifteen times the profit!

With a little purification, one tael of silver can immediately become fifteen taels of silver!
Su Mo did a rough conversion.

I gasped!
Such enormous profits would likely tempt even the current Empress Wu!

Damn it!

It still can't be done!
Let Chen Bao sell smuggled salt honestly.

With their own support, the business can naturally grow much larger, even if it's just a pound of salt, the profit can be two large coins.

It's better than having the whole clan executed after the truth comes out!
If you ever face the calamity of having your family wiped out, offering this method to the Empress will surely be a trump card, perhaps even having the miraculous effect of bringing the dead back to life!
An immense fortune is right in front of you, yet you can't take it!
pity!

such a pity!
Su Mo was extremely frustrated!

Seeing that Su Mo seemed stunned, Chen Qianyu couldn't help but poke him with her big sword.

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Su Mo then came to her senses.

He temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​getting involved in the illegal salt trade: "It's alright."

"Let's go!"

These matters should be discussed in person with Chen Bao.

It's no use talking to the female knight.

The two entered the Babaozhai together.

Antique shops often also engage in pawn and redemption transactions.

When the shopkeeper saw that Su Mo had returned shortly after leaving, accompanied by a young female warrior carrying a large sword, he panicked.

They even said that Su Mo discovered the book and seal were fake and came back to make trouble for him!
problem.

I only sold it for a few dozen dollars!
Even a fool wouldn't think it's genuine, right?

Before the shopkeeper could decide whether to call the burly waiters in the back, they...

Chen Qianyu placed the cloth bag on the counter, adopting the demeanor of a female knight-errant: "Shopkeeper! I'm in urgent need of help!"

"How much silver can these gold bracelets be worth?"

The female warrior's true colors are revealed.

Su Mo chuckled to herself.

"Trying to save someone in an emergency"—that's definitely from reading too many martial arts novels!
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief.

So they came here to pawn something!

I opened the cloth bag and saw two heavy gold bracelets inside. They weighed at least five ounces each. The design wasn't great, but the value of gold bracelets lies entirely in their weight!
He picked up the gold bracelet and bit it, then took out the magnet and examined it carefully.

Finally, he said, "A pair of crude, low-quality gold bracelets shaped like dragons and phoenixes are worth twenty silver dollars if they're still alive, and thirty if they're dead!"

Chen Qianyu frowned: "You think you're only twenty?"

Seeing Su Mo smirking beside her, Chen, the female knight, blinked, picked up the heavy sword, and slammed it down on the counter with a bang: "Say that again?"

The shopkeeper's heart skipped a beat. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "If I live, I'll take thirty; if I die, I'll take forty-five!"

He paused, then said, "We really can't have any more!"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask other pawnshops."

Chen Qianyu thought for a moment, snorted, glanced at the gold bracelet, her eyes showing reluctance, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Pawn it!"

Gold was nominally exchanged for ten silver coins, but it could not be circulated in ordinary transactions.

Only people of extremely high status, such as those from official families or Taoist priests, can use it.

Exchanging money at a money exchange won't yield much better returns, and might even be worse!
Soon.

Chen Qianyu, carrying the silver, left the Babaozhai with Su Mo, then turned to Su Mo and said, "I have to go back to find my father."

"where are you going?"

Su Mo nodded and smiled, "Go ahead."

"I also need to go back to the yamen."

Chen Qianyu nodded, but after taking only a couple of steps, she suddenly turned back.

Her pretty face flushed slightly, and she looked a little embarrassed: "Mmm..."

"Su Mo... my lord..." After stammering for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "I want to be your servant!"

Su Mo was immediately taken aback: "You want to be a handyman?"

Judging from her attire, she clearly intended to be a chivalrous heroine, so why did she suddenly decide to become a lackey of the government?
This art style is a bit off!
Chen Qianyu took a deep breath, puffed out her chest, and looked directly at Su Mo with her pretty eyes: "Just tell me if it's okay or not!"

This scale!
Su Mo gasped.

He then laughed and said, "It's not that it's impossible!"

"But I don't accept just any kind of helper!"

"I need to test you!"

Chen Qianyu was a little confused: "How is the assessment conducted?"

As a female knight-errant with superb martial arts skills and unparalleled swordsmanship, why do I have to undergo an examination to become a clerk in the government office?

Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "If you become a servant, you'll be a member of the yamen (government office)."

"Let me ask you a question."

"If your father commits a crime and the authorities order you to arrest him, will you do it or not?"

The female warrior blurted out, "Of course we won't arrest them!"

"That's my dad!"

Su Mo snapped her fingers: "Congratulations! You passed!"

"Once my leave is over, I will take you to the yamen to register your case!"

"From now on, you'll be the lackey of the yamen... a lackey!"

Heroine Chen...

Chen, the female knight, left looking completely bewildered.

Su Mo couldn't help but smile.

It seems there's still a chance to salvage it.

The female knight-errant's moral bottom line is relatively flexible and has the potential to be cultivated.

He didn't want to keep a female knight-errant with an explosive sense of justice by his side, otherwise this thunderbolt would explode sooner or later!
The female warrior's figure disappeared completely.

Su Mo returned to Babaozhai: "Manager, redeem the pawned item!"

"A big gold bracelet that I just bought."

Shopkeeper...

Are these two young people just messing with me?
Do they really think they're easy to bully?
Which antique shop or pawnshop doesn't have a powerful backer?
The boss has connections in the government!

He coughed twice: "Young man, that gold bracelet was pawned and cannot be redeemed."

Su Mo rummaged through his money pouch, took out the yamen runner's badge, and placed it on the counter.

"Can you say that again?"

……

A moment later, Su Mo carried the book and seal in the brocade box and headed towards the yamen.

It was already noon, and the government office was closed.

Xue Shan rested in the inner quarters of the rear office.

Not wanting to disturb others, Su Mo took a detour to the side gate of the back office.

We hadn't even reached the side gate yet.

Then they heard a noise coming from the wall behind the government office.

Look up.

A scholar dressed in a scholar's robe climbed over the high wall.

The handsome scholar, perched atop the wall, looked in fear at the wall, which was more than half a meter high, and dared not jump down.

Turning his head, he happened to see Su Mo passing by. He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Brother..."

"Could you...could you provide assistance? I would be extremely grateful!"

Su Mo blinked.

She blinked again.

You read that right!

The guy who climbed over the wall was so bad at disguise that it was obvious he was a fake scholar.

Above her head was a yellow exclamation mark, flashing like a bright light bulb; it was impossible not to see it!

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