The scheming empress starts by conquering men

Xin Yinzhen, Shi Haiying and Shu Feng were so frightened that they dared not speak a word and just listened in amazement.

What on earth is the Sixth Princess going to do?

It is outrageous enough to dig out gold from a mine, but what is even more outrageous is to make men work as petty officials?

Yes, they felt that Xiaoman had a hard life, but they didn't want him to be a petty official. They were just a group of unruly people.

It would be fine to give him some work to earn some money, but how can a man be made a clerk?

Even if we find someone, we have to find a suitable woman to be the official.

Shao Chaogan took a few steps forward and spoke in a low voice.

"Your Highness, this is not possible. There has never been a precedent for a man to be a minor official since ancient times. If this matter spreads to Bianjing, it will probably cause criticism from the censors in Bianjing."

"By then, even the Empress will find you ridiculous and may even throw you into prison. Your Highness, wouldn't that be a loss?"

How to unify the world in the future!

Shaodian Sishui has a smile on her lips, and the hen crowing at dawn turns into the chirping rooster crowing at dawn. The hen means female and the chirping means male. Not bad, not bad, and full of artistic conception.

When she thought about the fact that there were many men in the female-dominated world who were no worse than women, and she even thought about becoming an emperor unprecedented in history and unrivaled in history, she realized that some things were destined to be broken.

A world where women are supreme and equal rights exist? She never thought that the people who are capable of doing what she wants will be in her place and be used by her.

Instead of changing people's views abruptly, it is better to influence them bit by bit.

She chuckled, strode to the bottom of the hall, stood with her hands behind her back, and spoke slowly with her back to the crowd.

"The little thief could steal the Marquis's order and money quietly, which shows that he is quite capable."

"This kind of talent is just a minor clerk in the mines. It's not as serious as you say."

"Besides."

She turned her head and looked at everyone with sharp eyes.

"If you don't tell me, and I don't tell you, how can the news of that group of unruly people being trapped in the mines spread from one person to ten people, and from ten to a hundred people?"

Even if there comes a day when truth cannot be hidden, and she will have already reached a high position by then, or will be just one step away from that position, what does she have to fear?

Xin Yinzhen was a little surprised. Didn’t the Sixth Princess want to breach the contract and terminate the employment relationship? Why did she say to trap them in the mine?

What does the Sixth Princess mean?

The matter was concluded in this way.

Even though everyone felt uncomfortable and thought it was inappropriate for His Highness to let a man be an official, even if it was just a minor official.

But they couldn't, nor did they dare, refute.

Shaodian Sishui didn't care what they thought. After the deal was done, he took the contract back to the inn.

It was already afternoon when she returned to the inn. She didn't even have time to eat before she started to get busy.

The first thing she and Shao Chaogan did was to take a few bags of crude salt ore and find the dozen or so families who were mining. There was salt ore hidden under the beds of every household, just enough to behead them.

The second thing was to write a letter to my senior brother Xuanyuan Qiongchan, asking him to come to Beifa to perform divination.

The third thing was to personally write the appointment letter, appointing Xiaoman as the salt mine inspector. He could take office after the prefect ascended the throne tomorrow.

The fourth thing was to open a fine salt workshop in Dongjun City and recruit people to work.

The production of fine salt in Beifa should have been put on the agenda long ago, and she has been waiting for the opportunity.

That group of lawless, sneaky and unruly people were conscripted into the mines, and tomorrow they would be forced by her to mine without money and repay the defaulted debts.

From tomorrow on, they will not be able to get out even if they die.

The remaining honest people just went to work in the workshop she opened.

Kill two birds with one stone. Just got it done.

It was already dark when she finished her work.

Shaodian Sishui was a little tired from running back and forth, so he didn't want to eat and just lay down to rest.

At around six o'clock the next morning, Shaodian Sishui went to the mine first.

When she got there, she saw many people in a dishevel, working hard at mining.

Youzi handed the mining records to Shaodian Sishui with a tired look on his face.

"My dear, this is the amount of ore we mined yesterday. This money..." She rubbed her hands; "Should I pay it back?"

Shaodian Sishui looked at the number and exclaimed, "Wow!"

More than one hundred slaves dug only two thousand kilograms of salt, or twenty stones.

Although there were only about forty people, they dug more than 10,000 kilograms of salt, hundreds of stones of salt.

As expected, since ancient times, people have died for money and birds have died for food, and this has never changed.

Her face changed slightly, and she asked in a cold voice, "Hundreds of stones of salt, do you think I am a fool? You are just over 40 people, how did you dig out so much salt in the specified time, huh?"

Youzi's heart skipped a beat.

They were so busy mining for gold day and night that they actually forgot about this saying.

But she reacted very quickly, bowed her head and said flatteringly, "Your Excellency, you don't know that we have been working day and night, and we only dug a little more just to save you more money so that we can finish digging out the salt in the mine as soon as possible."

"is it?"

There was a cold light in Shaodian Sishui's eyes, and he stared at her without blinking, as if he wanted to see through her.

The traveler was sweating profusely, thinking that he was indeed careless. He should have brought less salt mine and just added a little bit every day.

It's all her fault. She wanted more money, so she did something bad in a fit of anger.

But she couldn't admit it, so she could only nod reluctantly.

"Really, really, sir, I am telling the truth! Besides, the contract does not say that you can only mine within the specified time, and if the amount you dig is more than ten stones, you will get shell coins as a reward. It says that as long as the amount you dig is more than ten stones, you will be rewarded with shell coins."

Shaodian Sishui smiled softly. She made this loophole on purpose because she wanted to hear what she said.

"Yes, the contract I wrote did not say so, but don't forget that I should give you money."

Youzi smiled flatteringly and nodded, that's right, just give them the money, otherwise they can go on strike.

She rubbed her hands together, waiting to get the money.

Shaodian Sishui said calmly, "Let's first calculate the amount of gold and salt you have stolen. We can calculate the amount of mining separately."

What gold?

What salt mine?

Youzi paused and looked at her in astonishment. "My dear, we didn't dig out any gold, nor did we hide any salt mines."

Shaodian Sishui did not comment, but asked, "How much salt did you dig before you dug out four gold pieces yesterday?"

Youzi frowned and thought for a while, "About ten stones?"

Shaodian Sishui hummed, "I'll calculate based on the amount of salt you dig out, which is 10 stones. How much salt have you dug out now? 100 stones, right?"

"Ten stones of salt mines can produce four gold pieces, so one hundred stones of salt mines can produce forty gold pieces. Logically, you should give me forty gold pieces, right?"

"You didn't hand over the gold, so naturally we can't give you shell coins. What's more, there is so much gold. Even if you work here for decades without taking a penny, it will be difficult to make up for the shortfall."

Youzi nodded subconsciously in a daze.

According to this algorithm, it is correct.

But the problem is...

"My lord, we only dug out those four gold pieces, and didn't dig out any extra ones!"

How could she calculate like that? Who knows how much gold is in the salt mine? They haven't dug it up at all. This calculation won't work.

Shaodian Sishui was unhappy when she heard her sophistry.

He stared at her with a dagger-like gaze; "So you are planning to steal my gold?"

"Sir, we really didn't dig up any gold, really not!"

Youzi looked aggrieved, she really didn't dig it out.

If she had dug up the gold and embezzled it, she might have felt guilty, but the problem was that she was accused of embezzling gold even before she had dug up the gold and embezzled it.

If this gets out, their reputation will be ruined.

"I don't care how you argue. Either you hand over the gold to me and I will give you the silver. Or you can just work in the mine and make up for the gold until the value of the gold you stole is fully made up."