If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

Qin Shu returned to the official inn and placed the small seal in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully.

The pattern on the small seal has obvious cracks on two sides.

If these cracks are used to connect with other seals, then there should be at least four seals in total.

There is one in Linbei Road, and there should be one in Hedong Road as well.

What about the other two?

Where is it?

From He Zhiwen's words, Qin Shu guessed that the eight prefectures and sixty-seven counties in Linbei Road, at least Suizhou, were still under the control of the imperial court.

And there is Cheng Mao.

Cheng Mao was demoted to this point, his backers fell, and there was no hope of reinstatement.

Those people probably wouldn't take him seriously.

Giving benefits only does not necessarily mean giving important tasks.

others……

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Xing outside the door suddenly replied: "Master."

Qin Shu came back to her senses and responded, "Come in."

Zhang Xing entered the room and handed Qin Shu a folded square note, "A little beggar outside the door just sent this to me."

Beggar?

Qin Shu was delighted and quickly took it and saw three crooked vertical lines drawn on the note.

She thought about it and turned the paper sideways, and the three vertical bars became the Chinese character "three" made up of three worms.

Could it be Feng San?

He came to Linbei Road?

Qin Shu was overjoyed and asked quickly, "But Feng San is here?"

Zhang Xing chuckled, "The master is indeed wise."

Qin Shu said, "Very good, let him come see me after he is settled."

Zhang Xing agreed and went back to pass on the message.

Qin Shu asked Qingzhu to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, as she was going to write a secret letter to the emperor.

After a conversation with He Zhiwen, Qin Shu had a general understanding of Linbei Road.

She wanted to gain a firm foothold in Linbei Road, and she must not take any action on the smuggling of salt until she was absolutely sure.

If you move, you will die!

The issue of smuggling salt affects the entire body.

It is impossible for the emperor to confront the entire Zhou Dynasty's private salt gang head-on for her before he has firmly established his throne.

Since we can't move temporarily, then don't move.

Qin Shu quickly wrote a letter, sealed it carefully with wax, and asked someone to call Ma Lai over.

Ma Lai no longer dared to act clever in front of Qin Shu, and knelt on one knee respectfully.

Qin Shu handed the letter to Ma Lai and said, "Send this letter to the capital at the fastest speed, eight hundred miles away. Be sure to wait for the emperor's reply and bring it back to me immediately."

Ma Lai quickly responded with a yes, took the letter with both hands, and when he saw that Qin Shu had no other instructions for the time being, he bowed and walked out.

Just as Ma Lai left, Zhang Xing came in from outside and handed Qin Shu a letter, "The person who came didn't announce himself, saying that the master of the house would know it at a glance."

Qin Shu opened the letter, which contained only one sentence, "The news has been spread, my lord, please be careful in everything you do."

It’s Cheng Mao.

Therefore, Cheng Mao’s ability to sit on the position of governor of a state was not entirely due to his connections.

If he had not been weak in his stance and had followed the wrong person, he would not have ended up like this.

When Grand Tutor Wei fell, he was still able to keep his official hat, which seemed to show that he had some skills.

Therefore, the person who was knocked unconscious by Fu Ying with a hidden weapon today was the mastermind hiding in the dark, who was sent to test Qin Shu's strength.

Well done!

Qin Shu twisted her fingers gently and ordered, "Let Mo Laowu and Zhu Zhi come in."

After the two entered the room, Qin Shu placed a stack of banknotes on the table beside her, tapped it lightly with her hand, and said, "I'll give you two a task."

When Mo Laowu and Zhu Zhi saw such a thick stack of silver bills, they were dumbfounded: They suddenly felt like their master wanted them to risk their lives?

Qin Shu smiled and said, "What's with that expression, you two? Have you seen these banknotes?"

"This is three hundred thousand taels. You two should take your people and buy as much land as possible in the prefectures, counties and villages in Linbei Road during this period of time."

"It doesn't have to be good farmland. We can focus on the entire mountain range, sandy land, or mountain terraces. The more the better."

“And there are shops.”

The Jiedufu was in Jizhou.

Therefore, "the shop should start from Jizhou, and we must make a big publicity. The more people know about it, the better."

"The shops are mainly embroidery shops, gold and silver jewelry, and jewelry and jade. The embroidery shop does not need a very good location, but the place must be spacious."

"We hired embroiderers, jewelry and jewellery craftsmen at high prices and signed employment contracts with them."

Mo Laowu and Zhu Zhi both bowed in response.

After giving the order, all I had to do was wait for the emperor's reply.

For the next ten days, Qin Shu and Fu Ying went out wandering around every day.

Uncertain whereabouts and unknown purpose.

It was very tiring to follow the two people's shadows all the way.

In the blink of an eye it is already the end of July.

The emperor's reply came late.

Qin Shu held the letter, and before she even opened it, she could already imagine the emperor's anger and helplessness when he received her letter.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have taken nearly twenty days to reply.

Expanding, the first line is Zhou Min's angry "Qin Shu, you are really brave."

The writing is very powerful, and it seems that the writer is very angry.

Qin Shu laughed and continued reading.

As expected, Zhou Min agreed to her request to establish farmland and recruit soldiers.

Although there was a hint of gnashing of teeth in his words.

If they didn't agree, not only would the problem of illegal salt trafficking not make any progress, but the already hollowed-out Great Zhou would also be unable to afford the expenses of grain and fodder at the borders.

So what if Qin Shu takes advantage of the situation?

Apart from doing what she said, Zhou Min really couldn't think of a better solution.

The Jiedushi recruited soldiers, but they were his own private soldiers.

In this way, Qin Shu's military power will expand rapidly and completely out of Zhou Min's control.

There are 100,000 soldiers stationed at Beiguan.

There are one to two million people in Linbei Road.

Recruiting soldiers to cultivate land, soldiers in wartime and civilians in peacetime. As long as Qin Shu deliberately conceals how many soldiers can be recruited, the court will have no way of knowing.

Once his desire for power grew, the imperial court would begin to worry that the military governors who held great power in the vassal states would join forces to seize his throne.

Qin Shu understood this.

Zhou Min knew the consequences better.

But I had to agree.

No wonder Zhou Min was so angry.

With Zhou Min's secret order, Qin Shu stood up with ease and ordered: "Okay, it's time for this governor to take up his post!"

The next day, Qin Shu left Suizhou under the escort of Suizhou governor Xu Yuanting, and headed towards Jizhou with full ceremonial equipment.

Two days later, the group arrived at Jizhou Jiedufu.

Normally, when a Jiedushi takes office, all officials from the prefectures, counties, and townships under his jurisdiction should come to pay their respects to him.

As a result, when the group arrived at the Jiedu Mansion, they saw only a deaf and old doorman who was sitting under a tree with a small stool, watching ants moving.

Mo Laowu walked forward and shouted for a long time, but he got the answer he wanted which was completely irrelevant.

Ever since the previous Jiedushi was hacked to death by soldiers sent by the Jiedushi of Hedong Road, the post of Jiedushi of Linbei Road has been vacant.

The Jiedufu doesn’t even have a person in charge, who would come?

Therefore, such a magnificent Jiedu Mansion has been abandoned for so many years.

There are however some officials in the mansion who are in charge of daily affairs. They usually show up to report for duty and handle matters that must be handled through the Jiedufu.

After chatting and bragging for a while, it's time to go home after get off work.

When Qin Shu and her men entered the mansion, a few sleepy-eyed officials came out of the duty room and looked at Qin Shu and the others in confusion.