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Steward Qin, who had been waiting outside the entire time, came in with a plate of cold snacks. When he saw the absent-minded look on King Yue's face, he couldn't help but guess what had just happened."My prince, why has Lady Mu left? I've even prepared some snacks! "
When King Yue came back to his senses, he couldn't help but smile. Although it wasn't obvious, Steward Qin who knew him well could tell at a glance.
"Uncle Qin, go find someone to notify Jinlan and ask her to bring a thin cloak over. It's still rather cold out in the garden."
Steward Qin quickly agreed, "Yes, this old servant will go now."
In the next few days, Mu Yunyao purposely avoided King Fu, and while she was teaching Ming Yin, she went straight to the Su residence.
Ming Yin had been extremely focused on her studies, and in just a few short days, she had been able to achieve great results.
"Ming Yin, I've taught you everything I need to. The rest can only be experienced by you."
Ming Yin promptly nodded his head and bowed respectfully towards Mu Yunyao."Thank you, Miss Mu." If it wasn't for Mu Yunyao, it was unknown when she would've been able to obtain this opportunity.
No need to be overly courteous, remember what you've said before. When you really see Li Yuan, you must restrain yourself and never reveal anything. Also, don't use the powder that I've given to you carelessly.
"Yes. Miss, please be at ease. I will definitely not lose weight because of such a small matter." After learning the art of assassination, she had wanted to infiltrate the Governor's Mansion countless times to assassinate Li Yuan, but in the end she resisted it. She would not be so quick, but she would make those black-hearted people pay the price.
Seeing her expression, Mu Yunyao relaxed, "Mn, go back and rest."
After Ming Yin left, the six silver taels brought back the news."Mistress, the news has been confirmed. The salt merchants are indeed colluding with the government to use the name of purchasing salt to pay the salt tax."
Mu Yunyao's fingertips trembled as a smile flashed across her eyes."You've worked hard. When he returns, you'll definitely reward him well."
"This is what he should do."
Mu Yunyao thought carefully for a moment before she picked up the letter and headed to the embroidered garden next door.
It had been more than ten days since Mu Yunyao had lost her composure the last time she saw King Yue. Now that she was outside the study, when she heard him call her in, she still felt a little uncomfortable in her heart: "Greetings, Fourth Master."
Yue Yang sized up Mu Yunyao, his eyes clear and indifferent, without a trace of abnormality."You haven't gone to the flower room these few days, the flowers inside have all blossomed, and now they're exceptionally beautiful."
"The weather has already warmed up for more than a day, and the flowers outside are already blooming, let alone the flowers in the flower room. The flowers are blooming freely outside."
"From the looks of it, you seem to be very happy. Is this news from Yangzhou City?"
"A letter was sent saying that it could be confirmed. Our previous guess was correct. The salt merchant indeed wanted to use the method of purchasing salt to fill the deficit!"
"These people are truly audacious." Although the imperial government forbade the sale of private salt, only 30% of the people in Jiangnan were in the government. The rest of the 70% were privately sold by these salt merchants. This sort of thing was prohibited even in the government, so the emperor definitely knew about it.
"Forget it." This is good as well. If they abide by the law, we really won't have the chance to interfere." Yue Yang carefully thought about it and quickly thought about his plan. After that, he tried to find loopholes and after a while, he said, "I will immediately get people to watch them, as long as it is him.
If we dare to tamper with the transportation, I will have a way to snatch out the real salt." From this, it could be seen that his foundation in Jiangnan was definitely not shallow, and it was really hard to know how long he had been secretly setting it up."Fourth Master, I've heard from Qi Cheng that this time, he used around 6 million silver taels to buy salt, and this is only the price of buying salt in large quantities.
"If you sell this batch of salt, it will cost you tens of millions of silver taels. Since the salt merchants dared to do so, they naturally have something to rely on. You must be extra careful and not make any mistakes."
"Don't worry, I'll personally keep an eye on him. Nothing will happen to him."
Mu Yunyao's eyes moved as the corner of her mouth lifted into a smile."Then, have Fourth Master thought about how to split the silver?"
You teach Ming Yin. If you manage to get close to Li Yuan, and help him with the salt tax verification, it would also be considered a contribution, but the most important thing is for me to help. I can give you ten percent of it.
"Master Four is too stingy, but you're right, I didn't contribute too much, so I won't take even a single cent of the money after I sell this batch of salt." Mu Yunyao said with a smile.
Yue Yang's heart skipped a beat. This was not her usual style of doing things."Even if it is 10%, it would still be worth millions of silver. Don't you feel sorry for it?"
"I don't want the silver taels from the salt, but if I can find a way to get them elsewhere, I'll give them all to me. What do you say?"
Yue Yang quickly thought about it. Other than this batch of salt being silver, where else could he get the oil from? Mu Yunyao didn't give him any time to think, "Fourth Master, earning silver depends on one's ability. If your man has the ability to snatch the salt, then the silver that he sells will naturally belong to you. If I have a way to get silver from other places, then this silver will naturally belong to me.
Do you want to haggle over some small profits with me? "
Yue Yang couldn't help but laugh: "Alright, I promise you." Mu Yunyao's heart filled with joy. She quickly walked to the side of the table, grabbed a pen and paper, and made a written agreement."Words have no basis, let's write it as proof!"
After signing the contract, Mu Yunyao carefully put it away before feeling her heart at peace, "I won't disturb Fourth Master any longer, I'll be taking my leave." The last time she was leaving the study in a hurry, she looked as calm as ever, but in reality, her heart was already in a mess. Otherwise, with her personality, she would have left in a proper manner just like before, not forgetting to greet them.
She was not completely unmoved.
Thinking of this conclusion, the Winged King felt satisfied, as if he had done something huge.
When they returned home, Mu Yunyao immediately called out to them, "Six taels of silver. Go and inform everyone that Ziling City is ready and the shop is set on the other side of the nebula market. Tell him to prepare to open another Treasure Aura Pavilion as soon as possible."
He grabbed the salt. She did not have many people under her that she could use, so from the beginning she did not have any plans for this batch of salt. Instead, she took another route, starting from the salt merchants themselves.
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