What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 118 The Empress! Phoenix Cry Division!

Seeing Su Mo walk to the courtyard gate, Ding Yu quickly called out to Su Mo.

"Hey, you little brat, don't go yet!"

"Tell me, how much money did he actually make?"

Su Mo turned around and blinked: "Lord Ding, didn't you already figure it out?"

"Three in, four out; five in, six out, each gaining one coin, totaling two large coins!"

Ding Yu, however, said instead, "That's not right!"

"If he goes in and out three times in a row, he can get three coins!"

"Since the chicken is worth six coins, why sell it for four coins and buy it back for five coins? Isn't that a waste of time and an extra coin?"

Su Mo smiled and said, "This is a matter of theory versus practice."

"Theoretically, he could make three times the money, but in practice, that might not be the case!"

"After two rounds of operations, it's already good to have a surplus."

"If the price of chickens falls, and it's only worth three coins, not only will we have worked for nothing, but we might even have to lose one coin!"

After pausing, seeing Ding Yu's thoughtful expression, Su Mo continued, "Of course, if we have enough capital, we can buy up all the chickens in the market and then try to drive up the price of chickens. We can definitely make even more money!"

"This involves the way of monopoly."

"Such price gouging of chickens is universally despised. If the government does not impose restrictions and allows merchants to pursue profits at will, chaos will inevitably ensue sooner or later."

"The same applies to grain prices!"

Ding Yu nodded: "You're quite something, kid."

"This seemingly simple act of buying and selling chicken products perfectly illustrates the business principle of buying low and selling high!"

“Merchants who do not engage in production should indeed be strictly restricted.”

Su Mo smiled and said, "In that case, may I take my leave?"

Ding Yu glared at him immediately: "I didn't kick you out, yet you, a mere lowly officer in brocade robes, are in such a hurry to leave?"

"Hmph, such opportunistic questions don't count!"

"another one!"

Su Mo sighed: "Lord Ding, are you sure you still want me to ask questions?"

Ding Yu snorted heavily: "Just ask, I told you to!"

Su Mo thought for a moment and said, "My three neighbors will each pay ten coins for lodging at an inn one day, for a total of thirty coins."

"The innkeeper said there was a discount today and told the waiter to return five coins. The waiter, however, pocketed two coins and gave one coin back to each of the three men. The three men then each paid nine coins for their lodging!"

"Excuse me!"

"The three neighbors each contributed twenty-seven coins, the shop assistant received two coins, totaling twenty-nine coins. Who has the remaining one coin?"

Ding Yu blurted out, "Easy!"

"There's one more coin, in...in..."

After standing there for a while, he suddenly slapped his forehead: "You little rascal! You almost got me all confused!"

"The way of wealth is that for every loan there must be a credit, and the amount of each loan must be equal!"

"The three of them contributed twenty-seven coins, the shopkeeper received twenty-five, and the waiter received two!"

After saying that, he looked at Su Mo indifferently: "It seems that Brother Xiuzhi has exaggerated."

"You little rascal, all you're good at is cheating and slyness!"

Ding Yu waved his hand: "Go, and don't come here again!"

Su Mo originally wanted to leave.

This Ding Yu is in such a sorry state; he doesn't seem to have any powerful backing. There's no need to waste time on him.

No wonder Wang Xiuzhi didn't recommend him to his father-in-law.

But Su Mo was displeased when Ding Yu said that.

He used to be a homebody.

Most otaku are keyboard warriors.

Keyboard warriors, also known as argumentative people!
A contrarian is someone who can argue for ages, whether they're right or wrong.

Su Mo sneered: "Lord Ding is right."

"However, in my humble opinion, Lord Ding is nothing special!"

Ding Yu's face suddenly darkened: "What arrogance!"

"I'd like to hear what they're really like!"

Despite being largely ostracized within the Ministry of Revenue, he held onto his position firmly thanks to his solid financial management and calculation skills.

How can I tolerate being told that I'm nothing special by a mere kid!

Su Mo said calmly, "The art of lending is nothing more than the simplest and most basic issue in the realm of wealth."

"Who told you, sir, that this is the way to acquire wealth in the world?"

Ding Yu snorted heavily: "Isn't that right?"

Su Mo looked at Ding Yu expressionlessly: "If that's the case, I'm afraid anyone who knows a little arithmetic could become a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Revenue!"

"May I ask, Lord Ding, are you knowledgeable in asset allocation, risk management, and investment strategies?"

"Do you know what inflation is? What is deflation?" "Do you know how to regulate import and export trade using tariffs?"

Ding Yu was dumbfounded.

I couldn't understand a word Su Mo was saying!
Su Mo then said calmly, "The ways of wealth are as vast as the ocean. If used properly, they can achieve feats that even a million-strong army could not conquer!"

Su Mo got more and more excited as he spoke: "Take the Di people of the North for example."

"Even with an army of 100,000 and an annual expenditure of one million taels of silver, the Great Wu could not subdue them."

"If we use the means of wealth, we can completely eradicate this scourge without a single soldier!"

Various economic warfare cases in later generations.

This is sufficient proof of the terror of economic measures.

The once-mighty superpower collapsed in the economic war.

A fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue actually viewed economics as a simple matter of equal borrowing and lending.

It is estimated that they still hold the view that all wealth in the world is predetermined!

Su Mo found it utterly ridiculous!
The economic and knowledge level of the Great Wu Dynasty was truly backward to an extreme degree.

No wonder the entire imperial court was dirt poor.

Hearing Su Mo's arrogant words, claiming that the threat of the Northern Barbarians could be quelled without losing a single soldier, they were shocked.

Although Ding Yu did not believe it, he still asked subconsciously, "What method do you have that you dare to say you can quell the Northern Di threat without losing a single soldier?"

The Eastern Yi, Southern Man, Western Rong, and Northern Di have always been a major threat to the Great Wu, causing losses to the Great Wu every year amounting to tens of millions of taels of silver!

If one of them can be pacified, it will be an immense achievement, and being ennobled and appointed as a prime minister will be a given!
Su Mo sneered inwardly.

Anyone who has read ancient time-travel novels must know the strategy of the wool war!

There are indeed cases of sheep eating people in later generations that can be used as a reference!
Regardless of whether it's old-fashioned or not, and regardless of whether it's truly effective.

But it's definitely good enough to shock the natives!

Su Mo isn't stupid.

This is a plan that allows you to gain the Empress's favor and thus get promoted and make a fortune without offending anyone.

How could I possibly tell Ding Yu?

If anything, it should be told to the Commander-in-Chief so that he can be promoted!
Therefore, Su Mo looked at Ding Yu with a serious expression and said, "Lord Ding, I was just bragging."

"Sir, you don't actually mean it, do you?"

With that, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and said, "This humble official takes his leave!"

He then strode out of the courtyard, leaving the Ministry of Revenue official bewildered in the wind!

Su Mo exited through the side door and walked out onto the main street.

This Ding Yu is completely unreliable; he wasted ten taels of silver.

Well, I should go to the Southern Garrison Command first to report for duty.

Then, I'll wait for the Commander to assign me to the Sixth Subordinate Office, where I'll start my rise in rank and wealth by managing military craftsmen.

When the time comes, first find out the level of military industry of the Great Wu Dynasty, and it would be best to ask the commander of the thousand for some information about magical artifacts.

Then decide whether to present the improved steelmaking method.

I'll become a seventh-rank captain!

Reporting to the Southern Garrison Command is also simple.

The Embroidered Uniform Guards were military officers, most of whom were illiterate and certainly couldn't write reports or anything like that.

As long as one goes to the Southern Garrison Command, one can answer the relevant questions.

Lord Qianhu had already paved the way and built up relationships for himself.

It's probably just a formality.

Immediately, Su Mo asked Jiang Lan to lead the way, preparing to head towards the Southern Garrison Command!

Unfortunately, the Southern Garrison Command was located within the inner city, and even Jiang Lan, who was only familiar with the outer city, didn't know where the Garrison Command was...

……

In the Divine Dragon Palace, Empress Leng Liuxi stared expressionlessly at the secret memorial in her hand.

He then looked at the woman in black standing with her head bowed and said, "Notify the Southern Garrison Command to have Su Mo report to the Phoenix Cry Command!"

"Focus our inquiry on the business practices of the East and West Markets in Changping County!"

The woman in black responded and left!

Leng Liuxi's gaze fell on Mi Zhe again.

"Humph!"

"What a loud tone!"

"A mere lowly clerk in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, a mere government official, dares to claim that he can quell the Northern Barbarian threat without firing a single shot!"

As the empress who controls the world, Leng Liuxi certainly couldn't possibly rely solely on the Embroidered Uniform Guard as her eyes, ears, and hounds!
Although the Phoenix Cry Division is far smaller than the Embroidered Uniform Guard, which has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and whose reach covers the entire world, it is still a force to be reckoned with.

But within this capital city.

The power and capabilities of the Fengming Division are second only to those of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

I'm a piece of trash, but I want to fight! I hope you readers will help me get back on track! 7,000 words today, and another big chapter after 11 PM tonight! If I don't get the 10,000-word update badge this month, I might as well die!
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