The scheming empress starts by conquering men

On a cold winter morning, the sun rises.

At this quiet moment, Dongjun City was shrouded in a silver haze.

The faint light shines through the quaint window lattices, sprinkling on the bluestone slabs, like the whisper of a peaceful time.

It was already past seven in the morning when Shaodian Sishui woke up, and the sky was just beginning to brighten.

After breakfast, she and Shao Chaogan went to the mine to supervise.

Inside the mine, people were digging slowly, and some were even yelling at the pheasants.

"Hey, come here and dig this piece of salt mine out of me."

The one who commanded the slaves was none other than Youzifu.

The slave didn't dare to retort. He hunched over, picked up the shovel, and started digging.

You Zifu stretched himself, sat down beside him and began to rest.

I was tired after digging for more than an hour.

She had to have a good rest. Anyway, she had already dug three stones in an hour, and it would not take long to finish digging ten stones.

The slave dug a few times, and with a ding, a golden gold fell out of the salt mine.

Gululu rolled a few times and ran to Youzi's father's feet.

"Ouch!"

As You Zifu sat down, he saw a flash of golden light before his eyes.

He didn't even bother to stand, and subconsciously pounced on the gold like a tiger, holding it in his arms.

He was so excited that he didn't dare to stand up straight, but moved away quietly little by little. When he saw the gold under him, You Zifu had difficulty breathing.

Oh my god! It’s gold! It’s gold!

It was not an illusion, nor was he seeing things; it was truly gold.

The gold even rolled to his feet.

What a great thing it is that it is his turn.

He didn't dare shout loudly. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he quickly put the gold away and hid it.

The slave pointed at the gold and was about to ask in surprise if it was gold, but You Zifu immediately coughed a few times.

"Hurry up and dig your mines. What are you looking at? You are a slave, how dare you covet something that doesn't belong to you?"

The slave opened his mouth; "But..."

That is gold dug out from the salt mine, and it should belong to you.

Before she could finish, You Zi's father said viciously, "But what but? Shut up! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will let my daughter not give you food. Do you believe it or not, starve to death?"

The slave immediately shut his mouth, his eyes became numb again, and he turned around to continue mining.

She was just a slave, and it was good enough for her to be alive. She should not meddle in other people's affairs, and she dared not offend the supervisor's father.

You Zi's father hid the gold and didn't even take any action from the miners nearby. He hurried to find his daughter.

Gold was found in the salt mine. It was such a big deal that I had to tell my daughter.

She said, how could a nobleman do a business that would lose money? The gold mined from the salt mine is better than the fine shell coins. No wonder the nobleman gave each of them a shell coin.

If it were her, she would be willing to give it to both of them.

No, I must tell my daughter and ask the benefactor to add more money.

Whenever he passed by a group of familiar people, someone would greet You Zifu.

"Father You Zi, have you finished digging?"

"Alas alas."

You Zi's father didn't say anything, just nodded and smiled, put his hands in his pockets, and continued walking forward.

Yang'er looked at her father, who was walking forward with his hands in his pockets. She raised her head and asked in confusion.

"Father, have you finished digging?"

You Zifu ignored his eldest daughter and continued walking forward with his hands in his pockets.

Dang'er murmured strangely, "Father, what's wrong with you? It's really strange."

The lord's servant was digging hard, saying as he dug: "Don't worry about my father, just dig your dig. We must dig more today so that we can get more shell coins."

Youzi's father kept walking forward, and finally, at the front, he saw his second daughter, Youzi.

"Son!"

The wanderer did not hear it and raised the whip in his hand to beat the slave.

"What are you looking at? Dig!"

The slave howled in pain but dared not resist, nor stop digging, digging desperately.

You Zi's father moved closer and shouted anxiously.

"Son! Come here quickly."

Youzi was about to continue smoking when he heard his father's voice and quickly turned around to look.

Then she saw her father with his hands clasped behind his back, acting suspiciously.

She curiously put away the whip, walked over, and looked suspicious.

"Father, why are you here? Are you tired? Then take a rest. I will let these slaves dig for you."

You Zifu shook his head, looked around, and approached his daughter, then grasped her sleeve with two fingers.

"Come with me, I have something to tell you."

Youzi looked puzzled; "What's going on? It's so mysterious."

"Hey, come with me." You Zifu pulled her and walked away.

Finally, the two of them walked to an empty corner and took out the gold in their arms.

As soon as the gold was taken out, Youzi's eyes lit up instantly and he stared at it and exclaimed.

"Gold?? Father, where did this come from?"

"Keep your voice down!"

You Zi's father was so scared that he kicked his feet quickly, turned his head and looked around, and when he saw that no one noticed them, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to glare at his daughter.

"Can't you learn to be calm like your father?"

She is out of control every day and is the only one who can make a fuss.

Youzi rubbed his hands together and urged her eagerly.

"Hurry up and take it out! Gold, gold! Where did the gold come from?"

Her voice was much lower than before. This time, You Zi's father did not blame her. He took out the gold from his arms and handed it to his daughter, lowering his voice.

"From the mines."

The wanderer took the gold and looked at it from front to back, left to right, up and down.

"No mark, no owner of gold, great!"

"This is the first time I've seen gold being dug out of a salt mine. Father, you are such a great benefactor to me!"

She felt like she was dreaming and bit it with her upper teeth.

I found it difficult to bite, but it tasted a bit salty.

"Bah bah bah!"

The traveler spat a few times and his face suddenly lit up with a smile.

"This is real gold. It's really dug out from a salt mine. It's quite salty."

"No!" Her expression suddenly changed, and she looked at her father furtively, "How can gold be dug out of a salt mine?"

The father of the wandering child frowned, "Why can't we dig it out? It has been dug out, hasn't it?"

Youzi scratched his head in confusion.

Yes, it was indeed dug out, but how could there be gold in the salt mine?

You Zi's father had no idea of ​​the doubts in his daughter's mind, so he quietly leaned over to ask.

"I'm telling you, you have to ask the nobleman for more money. I'm saying that the nobleman looks so smart, why is he so stupid to hire us to mine at such a high price? It turns out that there is gold in the mine."

"That makes sense. I told you that you have to ask the noble man to pay more."

Youzi's thoughts were interrupted by his father. He was so confused that he stared at his father in a daze.

"Father, what nonsense are you talking about? The contract is proof, you have already signed it, how can you add more money?"

"Everyone must work for eight hours every day to get one premium coin!"

You Zi's father was stunned for a moment and exclaimed.

You can’t add money, but you still want to dig gold for the nobleman?

Who would be willing to do such a thing?

He gritted his teeth and glared at his daughter reluctantly.

"Then I'm done. I dig gold for the noble lady, and she gives me a fine shell coin. I'm done. That's it. I'm on strike."

Youzi stared at him helplessly.

"Father! You can go on strike, but I'll take back your money. You've worked for nothing today."

As she spoke, she explained to her father.

"It's written in black and white that you have to work for eight hours every day to get one fine coin every month, and you have to reach the amount of ten stones per day."

"Why can't we strike?" You Zi's father was unreasonable. "Why should we dig gold for her? This much gold is enough to exchange for many fine shell coins."

"That's so easy!" the traveler said excitedly, "We can just dig up the gold and hide it all."

You Zifu frowned; "But I seem to remember that the contract says that the things we dig up belong to you, we can't keep them for ourselves, what if we are discovered..."

"Father, you are so confused!" Youzi lowered his voice, his eyes flashing with a gleam of brilliance; "If there is really gold in the salt mine, how much gold is there, can you know? Isn't it just a piece hidden? If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know?"

"What if we dig up gold again?" asked You Zi's father.

"Then continue hiding."

You Zi's father's eyes lit up and he nodded heavily: "Okay, second brother, I will listen to you."

He thought of something again and said hesitantly, "But..."

"What else?" Youzi was a little impatient.

You Zi's father said, "What if someone else also digs up gold and hands it over? Wouldn't that expose our secret?"

Youzi was stunned. That was the truth. Since her father could dig gold, it meant that others could do it too.

It would be unacceptable if others handed in their contributions but they did not.

Youzi frowned, this was a bit troublesome.

what can we do about it?

You Zifu's eyes flickered slightly, and he thought of a good idea.

"How about we secretly communicate with the villagers and tell them whoever digs up the gold will own it. If no one tells anyone, then you won't know about it, right?"

Youzi sighed, looking distressed. "This way, I can't keep the gold all to myself."

Youzi's father slapped her on the back of the head and taught her a lesson: "You still want to keep it all for yourself. It's good enough if you can dig a few pieces! People can't be too greedy. Only when everyone benefits can we put the gold in our pockets."