Longevity starts with learning

Chapter 18 Black Gold Empire?

Perhaps it was the day of payment, and the inspection station, which usually had few people even if there were no people, was overcrowded and noisy at this time.

Chu Mu stared blankly at the money in his hand, but at the moment he was a little dazed.

If he remembered correctly, he seemed to have only been in the inspection station for four or five days.

And his monthly salary is only eight silver.

Calculated, if paid, his monthly salary would be more than one silver at most.

But now, in his hand, he is holding a dozen or so banknotes, the amount of which is as high as nine silver!
"Haha, you are stupid!"

He Ergou collected the money, put his arm around Chu Mu's shoulder, and smiled wryly.

Chu Mu raised his head, moved away inadvertently, and looked at He Ergou suspiciously: "This much money is..."

He Ergou's loud-speaking mouth suddenly twitched: "Everyone is the same, receiving double salaries, one is the salary from the imperial court, and the other is the reward from the higher-ups..."

Chu Mu faintly understood, but still asked tentatively, "The money for this reward?"

He Ergou raised his hand, pointed in the direction of the mine, and lowered his voice a little: "The mine is the cornucopia of our county. Every time we send mineral materials to the county, the county will intercept some of them."

"The mineral materials are so expensive. Think about it, in our mine, thousands of corvees are digging day and night, how much is that?"

"The master above eats meat, so he can't give us soup!"

"In our county, there are officials with double salaries..."

Chu Mu swallowed his saliva, he realized that he was still too naive, he thought that the big profit net was quite far away from him, who would have thought that his little inspector was also in the net...

He really wanted to ask if there was a gentleman named Lei Luo in Qinghe County.

This pure black gold empire!
In the end, Chu Mu still asked: "Such a ostentation, aren't you afraid that someone from above will investigate?"

He Ergou curled his lips: "Do you think the gentlemen in the county are not greedy?"

"Who will have trouble with money!"

"Besides, who dares to check?"

Chu Mu didn't ask any more questions. A big net of interests connected all the ruling classes in Qinghe County together, and the county would definitely be involved.

Such a huge net of interests, unless there is a complete liquidation from the bottom up, or Zhu Yuanzhang's determination and power to kill people at a higher level, otherwise, it is impossible for ordinary small fights to shake the slightest.

At this moment, Chu Mu felt an inexplicable sense of urgency. He wanted to find a history book and take a good look at it.

"Now you know the benefits of our inspection!"

He Ergou babbled carelessly, then changed the topic abruptly, put his arms around Chu Mu and said with a smile, "How about it, let me borrow some money, and I will pay you back next month!"

"New here, don't trust him. Whenever this bastard borrows money and repays it, he will send it to a woman's belly. Sooner or later, he will die on the woman's body!"

He Ergou immediately became angry, rushed up and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about, boy! Are you looking for faults!"

"Hey, you dog has a temper, why, did I say something wrong?"

"I grass (a kind of grass)..."

Such a change should not be too sudden. Before Chu Mu even realized the matter of borrowing money, He Ergou scuffled with someone.

It's just...Although He Ergou made the first move, it seems...it was the one who was beaten...

Fortunately, there were a lot of inspections around, and there were even a lot of corporals. Soon, with a scolding, there were inspections rushing up to fight.

Then the two were tied up and taken away, and there was a black-faced Baihu next to them. It was obvious that the two of them would definitely have nothing good to eat next.

"Uh uh..."

Chu Mu blinked, suddenly he wanted to lend money to He Ergou, and it didn't matter if he borrowed money or not.

This He Ergou is really pitiful. He asked him to borrow money twice, but each time he didn't have time to shirk it, and he slipped away without even saying a word.

"Am I taking black money?"

Chu Mu lowered his head and glanced at the banknotes in his hands. He is a good young man in the new century, and he has only been in this world for more than ten days, yet he actually put away the black money?

Chu Mu silently put the money into his pocket. The already thick pile of banknotes increased a bit in thickness, just like the skill proficiency on the light curtain panel increased.

Hmm... rest assured...

Chu Mu reckoned that he would feel more at ease when he received the monthly salary of [-] silver next month.

"Brother Mu!"

After walking a few steps, Chu Mu's shoulders were hugged again.

"I'll invite you to Fengyue Tower later in the evening!"

This time, Chu Mu didn't move away, glanced at the banknotes in Xu Yuan's hand, and pointedly said, "Have you got rich?"

"That is required!"

Xu Yuan chuckled, then carefully looked around, and then leaned into Chu Mu's ear: "Brother Mu, I've made a fortune!"

Chu Mu pretended to be puzzled: "Get rich?"

"At least this number!"

Xu Yuan opened his hands, and compared a number in a whisper.

"Twenty silver?"

Chu Mu raised his brows, a little surprised, the black market price is twenty coppers and one catty of iron, twenty silver, that is one hundred catties of iron, even Xu Yuan, a newcomer, can get twenty silvers, how much iron did their gang steal?

However, thinking of the scale of the mine, Chu Mu felt a little relieved. Thousands of corvees worked day and night, and the iron they stole was probably a drop in the bucket compared to the scale of the mine.

The real bosses still have to be those gentlemen in the county.

All officials in the county have double salaries, and even the scale of this soup is so large, one can imagine how terrifying the big head of meat will be.

I thought Chu Mu would ask curiously, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't see Chu Mu making a sound. Xu Yuan couldn't help asking:
"Brother Mu, don't you wonder where I got rich?"

Chu Mu shook his head: "Keep your own secret, don't tell me!"

Xu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then grinned: "Isn't this what you said to Brother Mu, and it's not someone else!"

Chu Mu waved his hand and changed the subject, "Did you just say that you invited me to Fengyuelou for dinner tonight?"

Xu Yuan suddenly became excited: "Brother Mu, you don't know that in Fengyue Tower..."

Chu Mu glanced at Xu Yuan's excited appearance, and couldn't help being speechless.

Fengyue Tower, you can tell its attributes just by listening to its name.

A place to eat, drink and have fun.

If Chu Mu remembered correctly, this kid Xu Yuan probably didn't even have a full hair, so he went to that place to have fun?

Small horse-drawn cart?
Can you pull it?

Chu Mu was suddenly curious, and couldn't help but look Xu Yuan up and down.

"Brother Mu, what's wrong with you?"

Chu Mu didn't answer, but instead asked, "When did you go to Fengyue Tower?"

"I went with Qianhu last time!"

Chu Mu's expression was a little strange: "So you ran over by yourself after that?"

"hey-hey……"

Xu Yuan was obviously embarrassed, but just smiled.

Chu Mu was speechless...

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(End of this chapter)