HLnovel Chapter 343 A huge sum of money
Chapter 343 A huge sum of money
"Jintang, have you forgotten something important?"
Xiao Mo's hands never stopped while he was talking, gently massaging Ye Jintang's shoulders.
"how come."
There was no one in the room at this moment, but Ye Jintang still lowered his voice deliberately.
"Not counting antiques, calligraphy and paintings, silk and satin, the Hua family has 130 million taels of silver in cash alone."
Upon hearing this amount, Xiao Mo was so surprised that he couldn't utter a word for a long time. He thought that with the Hua family's accumulation over the years, the amount of silver might be more than the treasury of Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, but he didn't expect it to be so much more.
"Jintang said earlier that you only wanted 10%. This is not fair to you. I feel bad for you for working so hard and only getting so little. Why don't we split it in half?"
"No, I'll still take 10%, but the antiques, calligraphy and paintings, silks, satins, and some jewelry will all belong to me."
“Isn’t this a bit too little?”
Ye Jintang shook her head. Her space was almost full and there was no shortage of things.
"Okay, that's settled then. However, I can't take so much silver for now. Can you give it to me later?"
"Of course, whenever you need it, just tell me one day in advance."
Xiao Mo’s current main task is to overthrow the Hua family and become the real ruler of Ningchuan City.
Only after he has complete control over Ningchuan City will he use this money to build Ningcheng City and slowly take Ningchuan Prefecture completely into his hands.
"Unfortunately, we didn't find the real tax ledger in the warehouse or basement, and we don't know where Hua Cailiang hid it."
"It's okay. We'll be able to find it when we raid the Hua family."
Xiao Mo was not so obsessed with the real account book. He already had a lot of evidence that could get Hua Cailiang killed, so it didn't matter much whether he had the real tax and silver account book or not.
Xiao Mo sat next to Ye Jintang and asked her about her recent pharmaceutical production.
"Can your immortality pill really make the person who takes it immortal?"
"How is that possible? Taking the longevity pill will only improve your physical condition and make you live a little longer. As for immortality, that is basically impossible."
The spring water in Ye Jintang's space is so amazing, but it can only improve people's physique and has no special effect of longevity. The spring water in the space is so bad, let alone a pill.
"Oh, can the Changsheng Pills help me cure my leg disease? I can't wait to stand up, and the medicine I'm taking now is still too slow to work."
Taking a look at his legs, Xiao Mo felt mixed emotions. He could clearly feel that the injury on his legs was getting better day by day, but every time he wanted to walk, his legs would still be weak. This feeling was really maddening.
"The poison you were poisoned with is too overbearing. Even if my medicine is supernatural, it will take some time for them to fight the toxins in your body."
"But after the Longevity Pill is made, you can try it. It might work. A lot of precious herbs are used to make the Longevity Pill. Maybe one of them can completely eliminate the poison in your body."
Changsheng Pills are relatively mild medicines. Even if Xiao Mo cannot detoxify after taking them, it will not do any harm to his body. Ye Jintang is very relieved about this.
"Okay, then I'll wait for your longevity pills to try."
While talking, Xiao Mo moved a little closer to Ye Jintang, his hand still resting on her waist.
"The west room is too cold. Can I move to your outer room?"
"How could that be? We all use the same floor heater, so the temperature in the west room and the east room are different. I think it would be good for His Majesty to live in the west room."
Ye Jintang slapped Xiao Mo's hand away, stood up, and asked Luzhu to come in and help her change clothes.
She knew best what Xiao Mo was planning, but he acted foolishly last time, and she would not feel relieved if she did not leave him alone for a few days. She would wait until she calmed down before doing anything else.
However, Ye Jintang underestimated Xiao Mo's ability to cling to her. He kept nagging for a long time and refused to leave her place. In the end, she had to force him out.
A winter solstice sacrifice allowed everyone in Ningchuan City to see Xiao Mo's strength, and Hua Cailiang finally could no longer sit still.
The next morning, Hua Cailiang called all his men to the City Lord's Mansion to discuss matters.
"Brother, if we don't move, Xiao Mo will ride on our heads."
"Really? I heard that Xiao Mo wants to appoint your concubine's daughter as his concubine."
"That's not true, brother, don't listen to the Qin Wangfei's nonsense. She can't even tolerate Duan Linghui, so how could she be so kind as to let the Qin Wang appoint a concubine."
Ke Wenhai was sweating profusely when asked by Hua Cailiang. He was determined to stand on Hua Cailiang's side. If Xiao Mo held the real power, considering the degree of hostility between him and Imperial Noble Consort Dehui, the Ke family would definitely suffer.
"There is no best. I hate those who sit on the fence the most."
Ke Wenhai quickly expressed his loyalty.
"The little Taoist priest that I mentioned last time sent me a bottle of poison, saying it's colorless and odorless and very useful."
"Is it really that powerful?"
"We'll find out after we try it."
Ke Wenhai asked someone to bring over a half-grown puppy. He wrapped a pill in a snack and threw it to the puppy.
The puppy had just swallowed the snack when within two breaths he vomited blood and fell to the ground.
"This poison looks good."
"As long as he takes the poison, even the Great Immortal can't save him. Just put a pill in the King of Qin's porridge bowl and he will die."
Ke Wenhai handed the small jade-colored porcelain bottle in his hand to Ke Wenhai in a very servile manner.
It’s not so easy to get Xiao Mo to swallow the poison.
Hua Cailiang immediately called his trusted aides and asked them whether any of their spies in the Prince Qin's Palace were serving Xiao Mo now.
"The spies we planted in the Prince of Qin's mansion were almost all removed after he moved in. Later, the Prince of Qin lived in Wutong Courtyard, and the people serving him were all the Princess of Qin's people. It was not easy for me to plant someone in there."
Looking at his confidant kneeling on the ground, Hua Cailiang's eyelids twitched.
"You mean to say that we don't have any available spies in the Qin Palace right now?"
"Yes, there are still two servants left, but they only do cleaning work and can't even go into the backyard."
After hearing this, Hua Cailiang was too lazy to complain. He always felt that the people around him were more or less smart, but now he realized that they were all idiots and none of them could help him.
When Xiao Mo first came to Ningchuan City, the entire Prince Qin's Mansion was full of his people inside and out. It only took him a short time to replace them all.
Thinking of this, Hua Cailiang finally realized that Xiao Mo was much more powerful than he had imagined. He had suffered losses at his hands repeatedly because he had underestimated him.
"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and find a way to place spies in Wutong Courtyard. Even if they can't serve in Xiao Mo's room, at least they should be able to get to the small kitchen."
"Yes, my subordinate will do it now."
Hua Cailiang was unhappy, but he couldn't think of a better way to get rid of Xiao Mo. For the time being, he could only wait and see if he could find a way to place someone around Xiao Mo.
Just as Hua Cailiang and Ke Wenhai were discussing how to deal with Xiao Mo, the City Lord's Mansion's steward rushed into the study.
"Master, something bad is happening."
"What happened? You look so flustered. What's the point of that?"
Hua Cai felt guilty and was suspicious of the steward, who was old and usually very steady in his work. What happened today?