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"Then let's sell it for charity."

Lin Mo interrupted,

"The disaster relief recipients are the victims in Lianhai County."

"We'll only sell one of each item, making them unique. This way, we can test the highest price the market is willing to accept, giving you a reference for future pricing, and we won't give anyone cause for criticism. After all, it's for disaster relief; who would dare say a word against it?"

Yue Wanjin's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed his approval repeatedly, but then he remembered something else:

"Although the charity sale is good, gatherings of this scale must be reported to the prefectural government for registration according to regulations, otherwise they will be investigated later..."

"I'll handle things with the prefect."

Lin Mo waved his hand.

"You just need to focus on preparing for the auction."

"Then I'll leave it to you, Lord Lin!"

Yue Wanjin was completely relieved and bowed deeply to him. He was familiar with the army, but he didn't have any strong connections with the prefect, so it was really difficult to deal with him!

After finalizing the auction details, Yue Wanjin turned his attention to the heavy wooden crates in the courtyard.

The men pried open the box, and the white silver ingots gleamed with a cool luster in the morning light. Yue Wanjin casually picked up a silver ingot and flipped it over. The moment his fingertips touched the smooth, mirror-like silver surface, he froze.

He lightly scratched it with his fingernail, then brought it to his mouth and bit it with his teeth. The lazy expression on his face instantly froze, replaced by a focused look that was a mixture of shock and disbelief.

He strode to the window, held the silver ingot up to the sunlight and examined it repeatedly. He then asked the accountant to bring a touchstone to compare its color. After fussing over it for a while, he finally put the silver ingot down and returned to the table. His expression had changed.

"Lord Lin, I have worked in the money exchange for most of my life, and I have handled at least several million taels of official and private silver. I have never heard of silver with such high purity."

Ordinary official silver is said to be pure, but in reality, it always contains some copper. Your batch probably doesn't even have 10% impurities.

This is no longer ordinary silver, this is…”

He paused, unable to find the right words to describe it.

Lin Mo didn't reply, but just smiled at him.

Seeing Lin Mo's pretentious demeanor, Yue Wanjin immediately started to imagine the rest.

"This young magistrate's use of such astonishingly high purity silver is both a demonstration of his power and a test of the Yue family's sincerity in doing business!"

He hesitated for a moment, then held up two fingers, his tone more solemn than ever before:

"Lord Lin, the quality of this batch of silver is too good. If I were to buy it at the market price of one-tenth, my conscience would not allow it."

Thus, I will convert this batch of goods into 12 to 1, which is 100,000 taels of silver and 12,000 taels of gold.

Consider this an old man revealing his true intentions to you, sir. Our two families will have a long road of cooperation ahead, and the Yue family will never take advantage of a friend.

Lin Mo put down his teacup, stood up, and extended his palm.

Yue Wanjin was stunned for a moment, then understood. He also extended his palm, and the two of them gave each other a high five in the air, thus finalizing the deal and the long-term cooperation in the future.

As evening fell, Lin Mo, carrying a set of expensive glass goblets and a silver mirror that he had specially bought, rode in a carriage with Long Qingxue to the prefectural government office in Hezhou.

The prefectural government office was located in the center of Hezhou City, with two stone lions in front of the gate, their bared teeth and claws making it far more imposing than the Yue family's.

Lin Mo handed over the visiting card and reported to the gatekeeper:

"Lin Mo, the magistrate of Lianhai County, requests an audience with his wife!"

The gatekeeper took it and glanced at it, his gaze lingering for a moment on Lin Mo and Long Qingxue's faces:

"Hold on!"

After saying this, he turned and walked into the mansion.

After waiting for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a steward with a mustache came out to lead the two into a side hall to serve tea.

After waiting for another half an hour, Pei Ziyu slowly walked out from the back hall.

He was in his forties, thin, and wore a blue official robe that had been washed until the collar was somewhat faded. He stood upright and exuded the uprightness of a scholar.

He took his seat in the main seat and first bowed to Long Qingxue with his hands clasped in greeting:

"I've been busy with official duties, sorry to have kept you waiting, my dear sister."

Then he looked at Lin Mo:

"This must be Lin Mo, the magistrate of Lianhai County!"

"Your humble servant Lin Mo greets Your Excellency!"

Lin Mo stood up and clasped his hands in a salute.

Pei Ziyu waved his hand:

"Sit down!"

The ensuing conversation was lukewarm.

Pei Ziyu inquired about Long Qingxue's recent situation and whether she had settled down properly in Lianhai County. Her tone was polite but she maintained a distance, neither too distant to be impolite nor too close to make people feel that they could become friends.

Lin Mo saw this and made a judgment in his mind: Pei Ziyu still remembered his teacher's kindness, but that kindness could not be over-exploited.

He could arrange a reasonable identity and place to stay for Long Qingxue within his power, but he didn't want Long Qingxue to trouble him any further.

After Lin Mo and the other two had finished exchanging pleasantries, he took out two items from his bundle and gently placed them on the coffee table.

A set of crystal-clear glass wine glasses, a palm-sized glass mirror, the silver mirror reflecting a soft halo under the candlelight.

"Lord Pei, I acquired this by chance from a merchant from the Western Regions."

The merchant from the west said he had brought these items from the far west, and bought a few because they looked novel, but they just sat there gathering dust.

"When I met Lord Pei today, I really didn't have anything worthwhile to offer, so I remembered these few trinkets. If Lord Pei likes them, please keep them; it will be a good use of them."

After Lin Mo finished speaking, he gestured to the servant serving him to give it to Pei Ziyu.

Pei Ziyu was about to drink her tea when her gaze fell upon these items, and a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes.

He put down his teacup, picked up the glass mirror brought by a servant, and looked at his thin face again and again, even seeing the few premature white hairs at his temples clearly.

He put down the mirror, picked up the glass again, and turned it around in the candlelight. The glass was as thin as a cicada's wing, and the candlelight cast a small patch of colorful light on the rosewood table through the glass.

He stared at the patch of light for several moments before gently placing the cup back on the coffee table. When he looked up, the amazement in his eyes had not completely faded, but his tone had already returned to the politeness and propriety of officialdom.

"Magistrate Lin, these two items are far too valuable."

Such a clear glass vessel was something I had only seen once before, when I was in the capital, among the tribute items for the imperial palace. Moreover, that tribute glass cup still had air bubbles and was far less clear than this one.

Needless to say, this mirror is so clear that it can distinguish every single hair on a person's body, probably even surpassing the bronze mirrors in the palace.

"Magistrate Lin has brought such a generous gift on his first visit; I, Pei, truly feel unworthy of it."

"Lord Pei, you are too kind. You have shown me great kindness and recognition. Besides, these things are not particularly valuable; it's just that the journey was long and only a small amount was transported here."

Upon hearing this, Pei Ziyu smiled, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and after a moment of contemplation, slowly spoke:

"Magistrate Lin, it's not that I'm being pretentious."

As an official in Lianhai County, I know exactly how much salary you receive.

Although these items were acquired from foreign merchants, they must have cost you a considerable amount of your savings.

"You're new here, and Lianhai is a notoriously poor and remote place. There are many things you'll need money for. How could I let you spend money?"