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It's all because of that corrupt official's concubines and maids.
"Your Majesty, I will give all these women to you as well."
The corrupt official hurriedly said this as soon as he entered the room.
"My lord, what's wrong...?"
"Sir, don't you want us anymore?"
"I don't want to! I don't want to go with them!"
...
Several concubines immediately rushed forward, crying and making a scene.
But he was immediately kicked to the ground by the corrupt official.
"Get lost! I'm about to lose my own head!"
"I don't have time to care about you guys!"
The concubines were stunned for a moment.
She then immediately started crying and making a fuss.
Their voices,
This immediately made Ruan Xiaoqi extremely irritated.
"boom!"
Ruan Xiaoqi kicked the table over with one foot.
"Whoever makes a sound, I will skin her alive!"
He startled me like that.
The dozen or so women immediately trembled.
Gathered together,
I dare not be troubled anymore.
"alright,"
Ruan Xiaoqi kicked the county magistrate in the buttocks.
"Where is all that money you've hidden?"
"Find it for me right now!"
"Yes, yes,"
The county magistrate quickly nodded.
He walked to the bedside in the bedroom.
After moving the bedding off the bed
A wooden door was visible below.
The county magistrate stepped forward and saw the wooden door open.
Below was a secret room.
"All the money I've saved up over the past two years is here."
"You can go down now,"
Worried that there might be a trap in this secret room,
Ruan Xiaoqi raised her hand directly.
He shoved the corrupt official into the secret passage.
Then he followed them down.
Beneath the county magistrate's bed,
It turned out to be a secret chamber, about three or four zhang in diameter.
It was filled with all kinds of gold and silver jewelry.
There are also antiques and calligraphy.
Ruan Xiaoqi stared at all in shock.
He asked subconsciously,
How much money would these cost?
"I acquired all of this during my two years in office,"
The magistrate of Mingzhou said smugly,
"The contents of this house, when calculated..."
"That's a full million strings of cash!"
"Damn it, the birthday tribute that Liang Zhongshu sends to Cai Jing every year is only about 100,000 strings of cash,"
Ruan Xiaoqi exclaimed in surprise,
"You corrupt official, how did you manage to amass so much wealth in just two years?"
"Your Majesty is unaware of this,"
The corrupt official in Mingzhou hurriedly explained,
“Minnesota is a major port,”
"Merchant ships came and went in an endless stream..."
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"Just take a little bit from it,"
The magistrate of Mingzhou explained,
"Naturally, this much has accumulated."
"Is doing business at sea really that profitable?"
Ruan Xiaoqi couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.
At this point,
He then realized what was happening.
Why did Zhao Yuan say that before?
We need to get Liangshan to do business with the three overseas countries.
If what this corrupt official said is really true,
Maritime trade is so profitable
For Liangshan, that was...
This is obviously a great thing.
The most important things for a rebellion are money and supplies.
Only when both of these are complete
Only then can they recruit soldiers and horses.
"Men, load all this wealth onto the ship!"
Ruan Xiaoqi laughed heartily.
"With these goods, we'll head south this time,"
"The money used to purchase ships and timber,"
"Not only did we make it back, we made even more!"
...
When Zhao Yuan's fleet arrived at the north bank of Moon Lake,
Just then, they saw Ruan Xiaoqi leading people to move the gold and silver treasures that had been seized from the Mingzhou government office.
Seeing Zhao Yuan and Ruan Xiaowu approaching,
Ruan Xiaoqi hurriedly came over to show off her success.
"Brother, Fifth Brother, we've really struck it rich this time!"
Upon learning that a million strings of cash had been found in the residence of that corrupt official in Mingzhou,
Zhao Yuan and Ruan Xiaowu,
They all looked completely surprised.
"Hasn't this corrupt official only been in office for two years?"
Zhao Yuan asked in surprise,
"How did you accumulate so much wealth?"
"It must all be due to the exploitation of the people of this city,"
Ruan Xiaowu said hatefully,
"That corrupt official truly deserves to die."
"Fifth Brother, I asked that corrupt official the same question,"
Ruan Xiaoqi replied,
"That fellow said that of this million strings of cash,"
"Most of them came from the port of Minnesota,"
"A small portion of it is squeezed from the people."
"Hmm, that makes much more sense."
Zhao Yuan smiled and nodded.
"We've all seen the harbors of Minnesota."
"Up to a hundred ships enter and leave the port every day,"
"Only in this way could this corrupt official have amassed such a fortune in just two years."
"Tsk, is this how you make money doing business at sea?"
Ruan Xiaowu asked in surprise.
"Fifth Brother, you've heard about coming to Jiangnan, haven't you?"
Zhao Yuan chuckled.
“If the goods acquired by the Great Song Dynasty are transported to overseas countries, they can generate ten or even a hundred times the profit.”
"And the spices and treasures brought back from those overseas countries also yielded a hundredfold profit."
“With all that back and forth, the money earned was countless.”
"No wonder my brother said we should do business with the Liao, Goryeo, and Japan,"
Ruan Xiaowu couldn't help but nod.
"If we could really make that much money,"
"That's about taking some risks at sea,"
"It was worth it!"
"Well, it's not just about making money,"
Zhao Yuan laughed.
"These three countries also contain things that Liangshan urgently needs,"