The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 18 Earning Extra Money Easily

Consort Yu's enduring favor for many years was undoubtedly due to the tireless efforts of the senior eunuch.

Having cultivated his influence over the years, his spies and informants had long since spread throughout the entire harem.

They even gained control of the old emperor's Dragon Shadow Guard.

Most of the time, he was able to issue orders on behalf of Emperor Beiwen.

All the shady things that Emperor Beiwen wanted to do were initiated by him.

It's no exaggeration to say that he was the most obedient dog kept by the old emperor.

Especially in recent years, the old emperor has become even more outrageous.

The civil service in the imperial court had long been suffering.

The old emperor was overjoyed whenever they were unhappy.

They are increasingly reliant on the head steward.

To get things done, you need people and money.

And then there was the influence of Consort Yu's pillow talk.

The wealthy but powerless Zuo family became easy prey in their eyes.

only.

Of the "embezzled funds" that the head of the Zuo family voluntarily surrendered, the amount that ended up in the national treasury was less than the amount sent to the private treasury of the chief steward.

The reason they targeted the Zuo clan was simply because they lacked power.

Also, Yu Linglong learned by chance that the Zuo family had a treasure map!

The rumor is that if the treasure in this map can be retrieved, it will surpass all the wealth of this continent.

She and her beloved have endured humiliation and hardship over the years.

What they were planning was certainly not merely the positions of favored concubine and chief eunuch.

If you're going to do something, do it to be someone superior to others.

Therefore, the treasure map must be found.

The chief steward's confidant was making arrests in Leyuan County.

They immediately subjected the Zuo family patriarch to torture and forced confession, but he refused to divulge anything, even at the cost of his life.

They searched the Zuo family's ancestral home inside and out dozens of times.

They even dug up the ground three feet deep and disturbed people's ancestral graves.

We just didn't find any treasure map.

He left a glimmer of hope for his direct descendants, but his real intention was to fish for them.

After receiving information that the Zuo clan had already set off, the carrier pigeons from Shangdu brought more instructions.

The next day, everyone in the post station woke up.

Many people slipped and fell flat on their faces as soon as they got off the kang (heated brick bed).

My legs no longer feel like my own.

My whole body aches!

He staggers when he walks.

The officials wouldn't give everyone a few extra days of rest.

It is not yet Chen Shi (7-9 AM).

Thirty-pound iron chains and wooden shackles were already arranged for the leading men.

Zuo Wenkang stared at his chubby son.

One moment she was cheek to cheek with him, the next she turned and went to find his mother without looking back.

He clutched his chest: That ungrateful brat! All that talking last night was for nothing!
The ungrateful little fat boy clung to his mother, pleading, "Mommy, Mommy, Fatty loves Mommy the most!"

The sugar content in the voice is seriously excessive.

Gan Minglan: "That's not what you said when your father gave you a bath last night!"

The chubby boy's round, fleshy face and bright, bouncy eyes darted around, and he wasn't embarrassed at all after being exposed.

"I love my daddy who helps me take a bath!"

"Hmph, you're quite the fair one! Do you prefer a mother who likes to give you meat buns and sweet fruits, or a mother who likes to carry you around?"

"Hehe, I like them all, I like them all!"

The little guy covered his mouth, his eyes crinkling into crescents – he was incredibly cute.

In any case, Gan Minglan is completely powerless against his cuteness.

“Let’s agree on this first. There will be plenty of meat buns and sweet fruit for lunch, but you will have to walk by yourself this morning. I will carry you on my back when it gets warmer in the afternoon.”

She entered the space in the early hours of the morning, seizing every moment to improve her superpowers.

Afterwards, he even helped Fatty with his meridians.

Otherwise, where would the little guy get the energy to act cute and cuddly here?

The meat buns and mulberries tasted absolutely delicious.

Fatty agreed to his mother's request without hesitation. He had to be able to walk again!

It seemed as if fate was deliberately making things difficult for them.

Today's temperature is even hotter than yesterday's.

After completing the morning's tasks, I was already half dead.

By the afternoon.

One by one, the elderly people walking in the middle of the group collapsed and couldn't get up.

Suspected heatstroke.

The officials, seeing this, were not angry.

Their chance to earn extra money has arrived.

The officer leading the group announced loudly:

"Listen up, you guys in the middle, you're moving way too slowly."

In order not to hold everyone back, we must reach the border town within the stipulated time.

We've now provided two mule carts for your transportation!

Two taels of silver per hour, and only 16 seats in two carriages!
No bargaining, first come, first served!

"Wow"

The elderly were overjoyed when the news was announced.

The two underlings stood by, beaming with pride.

Leader surnamed Huang:

"Tsk tsk! We walk for five hours and fifty miles a day, and with sixteen positions, we can earn 160 taels a day. Eight taels each for you and me, plus two taels for each of the brothers, is just right!"

Mao, the head of the gang:

"Brother, we can take bigger steps! There won't be inns all the time on the road. When we camp out, we can eat and drink, and we can sell our warm clothes for a high price."

"Hehe, I will never look down on these old folks as a burden again! They are definitely a source of wealth for me."

"As the old saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. The Zuo family is a century-old clan, and even a collateral branch is rolling in fat."

"To be honest, in order to secure this job, my brother gave our boss at least this much money."

As the two of them expected.

They only discussed it for a short while before deciding to hitch a ride on the mule cart that they had vacated.

They even let the first few people who collapsed get on the bus to rest.

The rest can take turns riding the bus.

Sixteen positions.

There are 45 elderly people who are able to hitchhike, and each person can save at least two hours of walking each day.

Luo is one of the few people in this group who doesn't have the ability to hitch a ride.

Zuo Wenkang's great-grandfather was born out of wedlock and did not receive much of the ancestral property.

Several generations down.

All that remained of Zuo's father's property was a two-courtyard house and over a hundred acres of fertile land.

And so, they couldn't hold on.

Before Zuo's father died, he was a heavy medicine user.

After several years of selling off more than 100 mu of land to pay for medical treatment, less than six mu remained.

To make a living, Luo washed clothes for others, earning only half a string of cash a month.

She only enjoyed a few years of carefree life after her daughter-in-law married into the family.

Those who have experienced poverty value money more.

Luo Shi never felt at ease keeping the monthly dividends from the Gan family's pork shop at home.

Apart from daily expenses, she would secretly exchange her silver for small-denomination banknotes at the end of each year.

at this time.

Five fifty-tael silver notes were hidden in a secret pocket of her inner garment.

She felt fortunate more than once.

I'm glad I have the habit of carrying banknotes with me.

Otherwise, who knows who would benefit!
When the constables ransacked their home, they didn't give them a chance to pack their belongings.

Do you want her to take the silver notes and ride the mule cart now?
It would be better to just kill her!

She's not yet forty, so she's not too old.

How can we afford to eat and drink along the way without money?

This family would definitely fall apart without her!

(End of this chapter)