The scheming empress starts by conquering men

After everyone had finished distributing the coins, Youzi handed the remaining shell coins to Shaodian Sishui, feeling regretful.

If I had known earlier, I would have notified more people. So many fine shell coins were returned, and I always feel like the duck in my mouth flew away.

"Sir, the shell coins have been distributed. Here are the remaining ones. Do you want to say a few words?"

Shaodian Sishui's thoughts were interrupted, and she looked at Youzi with doubtful eyes.

"say?"

Youzi nodded.

"Yes, say something to the people who are about to go mining... uh..." She thought for a moment and described it; "exciting words!"

Exciting?

Oh, Shaodian Sishui suddenly realized and understood.

I want her to say something inspiring.

Every nobleman would say something inspiring when asking the people to work.

Youzi thought she was no exception.

It’s just mining. The money has been paid. Is there any need to make empty promises? There is no need.

Wait, mining?!

mine?

money?

Shaodian Sishui finally figured out what Ji Xingchen wanted!

He wanted minerals, wanted to obtain the minerals in the Beifa area, and use the minerals to exchange for money to support the army.

The Great Zhou was vast and rich in resources; the mineral resources of Qu Su and Dayu combined were not as rich as those of the Great Zhou.

The people had said before that Qu Suo and Dayu had just sold them food a few days ago.

In other words, this move was something Ji Xingchen had just thought of. It was not as meticulously planned and linked as she had thought before, but it just happened to be a natural outcome?

The reason for this was that she wiped out the Yang, Nong and Lou tribes, leaving their assets ownerless.

Therefore, Ji Xingchen set his sights on the surrounding mineral resources and wanted to take them for himself.

That's why he took advantage of the people and put on such a show for her.

Very good! Dare to plot against her behind her back, Shaodian Sishui's eyes were gloomy and full of frost.

Ji Xingchen, you are looking for death. She is busy with internal strife and has no time to pay attention to him, but he will find opportunities to take advantage of her and make her uncomfortable.

Everything he did, including eliminating Zhong Bohou, was just a matter of convenience. His purpose was to obtain a large amount of funds and minerals, which he wanted to keep for himself!

This means that someone from the Yang, Nong, and Lou tribes must have secretly colluded with Ji Xingchen to sell minerals to him at a low price, and the empress was completely unaware of this.

If the empress knew about this, how could she destroy these three tribes?

The empress had already dealt with it secretly.

Hahaha, that's right, this is just right.

Youzi stood cautiously by the side, looking at the ambiguous expression on the nobleman's face. She was so scared that she shrank her neck and dared not speak.

Shaodian Sishui figured out the key, and felt refreshed both physically and mentally. When she looked up at Youzi, gratitude was evident in her eyes.

"You have done a great job on this matter. It's all thanks to you! Let them go back and rest. Don't delay work tomorrow."

Youzi felt a little guilty after being praised, and waved his hands quickly, saying flatteringly: "It's my duty to do things for you, my noble man."

She turned around and conveyed Shaodian Sishui's order, asking the people to go back and start work early tomorrow.

Shaodian Sishui looked at Youziye's departing back with a comfortable smile on her face.

If this man had not pretended to obey and actually disobeyed, instigating the people to go on strike, she would not have been able to discover Ji Xingchen's little trick.

What they didn't know was that the three clans not only betrayed their master for fame and fortune and sold out Shao Chaogan, but also betrayed their master again, this time it was the Empress.

Ha ha ha ha…

There were many nobles who sold out their country for their own benefit. She was short-sighted before and always thought that those three tribes only served the empress, and she didn't realize the trick.

so fun!

That makes sense. Why Ji Xingchen is in Beifa now? It should be because of the mineral matter.

I guess he should be in Dongjun City now, right?

Or maybe, he was staying in the secret inn that was his private property.

"Shao Bohou, let's go to Dongjun City and stay at an inn. We haven't rested for a few days and we are very tired."

Shao Chaogan was completely confused by Shaodian Sishui. He had so many questions to ask, but in the end he sighed to himself and followed her away.

Shaodian Sishui looked for one inn after another. No matter how good each one was, she used dissatisfaction as an excuse and moved on to the next one.

Until she came to an inn called "Yue Ji", looking at the name, she nodded with satisfaction.

The word "moon" should be here.

The moon represents Shaoding Haolan, which is the name Ji Xingchen specially gave her.

A moon and a star, it really is...

She sneered. As expected, it was exactly what was written in her book.

"Just stay here!"

She and Shao Chaogan led the horses, tied them to the stable, and swaggered into the hall.

As soon as the two of them entered, several eyes fell on them.

Shaodian Sishui knew that he had made the right decision, those eyes must be from Ji Xingchen's secret guards!

Shao Chaogan glanced at the people around her vigilantly, and her intuition told her that there was danger.

She approached Shaodian Sishui and whispered, "Your Highness, there is something wrong with this store."

Shaodian Sishui pretended not to hear and looked into the hall arrogantly.

"I'm staying at the hotel for the night. Where's the owner?"

Hearing the sound, the shopkeeper trotted out quickly.

"I'm coming!"

After seeing how Shaodian Sishui and Shao Chaogan were dressed, the shopkeeper put on a flattering smile very appropriately.

"Please forgive me, our hotel's first-class rooms are all full. If you want to stay here, you can only stay in a middle-class room."

Before Shaodian Sishui could reply, Shao Chaogan reminded her, "Miss, since the first-class rooms in this restaurant are full, why don't we go to another one?"

The shopkeeper also smiled and nodded; "You can change it, you can change it."

"Change?"

Shaodian Sishui raised his head arrogantly, snorted coldly, and looked at the shopkeeper with contempt.

"It's your honor that I can stay in your hotel. Tell those people who live in the superior rooms to get out and let me stay!"

As she spoke, she arrogantly took out the bag of shell coins and threw it at the shopkeeper.

"I have plenty of money, but I won't let the people living in the superior rooms get out!"

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed. "This, sir, this is not right! Those who can live in the superior rooms are all lords, I dare not offend them!"

"You don't dare to offend them, but do you dare to offend me?"

Shaodian Sishui raised his voice twice and everyone in the hall heard it.

The person who was secretly watching Shaodian Sishui hid in the dark and quickly turned around and went upstairs.

Shaodian Sishui saw everything out of the corner of his eye and sneered in his heart.

Ji Xingchen, are you here? Very good, I am here to settle accounts with you!

As she expected, Ji Xingchen was staying in this "Yueji" inn.

He arranged for someone to open this inn. It was an inn on the surface, but a secret contact point in secret.

There was a crisp knock on the door of Room A upstairs.

Inside the room, Ji Xingchen was half-lying lazily on the chaise longue, dozing with his eyes closed.

His long black hair hung down his body, and he wore a white gown with his chest wide open, revealing his strong and muscular chest muscles.

She looks very charming and beautiful.

Hearing the knock on the door, he suddenly opened his eyes, with a cold look in his eyes.

"Enter!"

The door opened and the secret guard beside him walked in, quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Young Master, Shaodian Sishui and Shao Chaogan have returned from the Beishan Salt Mine and are staying in our store."

"The young master had previously instructed that no one should stay in the store anymore, but that young master Si Shui was arrogant and domineering, making things difficult for the store owner."

"He said he wanted the owner to kick out all the people in the upper rooms and let her stay there!"

"We cannot reveal our identities, so we dare not come forward."

"I have come here specially to ask the master how to deal with this."

"Have you paid?" Ji Xingchen asked calmly.

The secret guard was stunned for a moment, then nodded; "Give it to me."

"A lot?" he asked again.

"It seems like there are quite a lot, a bag of shell coins." replied the secret guard.

Ji Xingchen said: "Then let her stay. She can stay as long as she wants. She is stupid and rich, who can stop her?"

"Yes, my subordinate will do it now."