Chapter 18: The Black Gold Empire?
Maybe it's the day of pay, and the inspection station usually doesn't have many people even if it's a little bit, but at this time it's overcrowded and noisy.
Chu Mu looked at the banknotes in his hand in a daze, but he was a little dazed at the moment.
If he remembers correctly, it seems that he has only been in the inspection center for four or five days.
And his monthly salary is only eight silver.
Calculated together, if he is paid, his monthly salary will be more than one silver at most.
And now, in his hand, he is holding more than a dozen banknotes, the amount of which is as high as more than nine silver!
"Haha, stupid!"
He Ergou scraped together the money, put his arms around Chu Mu's shoulders, and smiled with a snarling face.
Chu Mu raised his head, inadvertently moved away, and looked at He Ergou as if he was puzzled: "This amount of money is ......"
He Ergou's mouth suddenly horned: "Everyone is the same, they receive double salaries, one is the silver given to us by the imperial court, and the other is the ...... that we are rewarded from above."
Chu Mu faintly had some understanding, but he still asked tentatively: "This reward money?" ”
He Ergou raised his hand, pointed in the direction of the mine, and lowered his voice a little: "Mine, our county's cornucopia, every time we send mineral materials to the county seat, the county will intercept a part." ”
"How expensive the ore is, think about it, our mine, thousands of conscripts digging day and night, how much does it cost!"
"The lord above eats meat, and he can't give us soup!"
"Those who have official bodies in our county are all double-paid ......"
Chu Mu swallowed his saliva, he found that he was still too simple, he originally thought that the big net of interests was quite far away from him, who would have thought that his little patrol was actually in the net......
He really wanted to ask if there was a man named Lei Luo in Qinghe County.
This pure black gold empire!
In the end, Chu Mu still asked: "So swaggering, aren't you afraid of the people above checking it?" ”
He Ergou pouted: "Do you think the old men in the county are not greedy?" ”
"Who will have trouble with money!"
"Besides, who dares to check?"
Chu Mu didn't ask any more questions, a large network of interests connected all the ruling classes in Qinghe County, and it would inevitably involve the county seat.
With such a huge network of interests, unless there is a complete liquidation from the bottom up, or a higher level of determination and power like Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous body, otherwise, it is impossible to shake the slightest bit of ordinary petty fights.
At this moment, Chu Mu had an inexplicable sense of urgency, he wanted to find a history book and take a good look at what this great Chu world was like.
"Now you know the benefits of our inspection!"
He Ergou made a big smirk, and then the conversation changed suddenly, hugged Chu Mu and said with a smile: "How about it, borrow some money, and pay you back next month!" ”
"The newcomer, don't believe him, when will this bastard repay the money he borrowed, he will send the woman's belly up, and sooner or later he will die on the woman!"
He Ergou was suddenly angry, and rushed up and scolded: "What are you kid talking nonsense! Find the difference, right? ”
"Oops, your dog is still losing his temper, what's the matter, I said it wrong?"
"I grass (a kind of grass) ......"
Such a change is not too sudden, Chu Mu didn't even react to the matter of borrowing money, and He Ergou scuffled with people.
Merely...... Although He Ergou made the first move, it seemed to be ...... It's the one who was beaten......
Fortunately, there are a lot of inspections around, and there are a lot of long queues, and soon, with a scolding, there will be inspections rushing up to pull the frame.
Then the two of them were tied up and dragged away, and there was a black-faced Baihu next to them, and it was obvious that the two of them would definitely have no good fruit to eat next.
"Uh-uh......"
Chu Mu blinked, he suddenly wanted to lend money to this He Ergou, it didn't matter if he borrowed it or not.
This He Ergou is really a little pitiful, he asked him to borrow money twice, but each time he didn't have time to shirk it, and before he even said anything, he was picked up and slipped away.
"Am I also receiving black money?"
Chu Mu glanced down at the banknotes in his hand, the conscience of heaven and earth, he was a good young man in the new century, and he had only been in this world for more than ten days, and he actually put away the black money?
Chu Mu silently put the money into his arms, and the already thick pile of banknotes increased a little in thickness, just like the skill proficiency on the light curtain panel increased.
Well...... Peace......
Chu Mu estimated that he should feel more at ease when he received sixteen silver next month.
"Brother Mu'er!"
Just a few steps away, Chu Mu's shoulders were hugged again.
"I'll invite you to Fengyue Tower next night!"
This time, Chu Mu didn't move his body, glanced at the banknote in Xu Yuan's hand, and said meaningfully: "The boy has made a fortune?" ”
"That's a must!"
Xu Yuan smiled, then looked around cautiously, and then came to Chu Mu's ear: "Brother Mu, I've made a fortune!" ”
Chu Mu pretended to be puzzled: "Make a fortune? ”
"At least that's the number!"
Xu Yuan stretched out his hand and compared a number.
"Twenty silver?"
Chu Mu raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, the black market price is twenty copper and one catty of iron, twenty silver, which is one hundred catties of iron, even Xu Yuan, a newcomer, can get twenty silver, their gang, how much iron has been stolen?
However, thinking of the scale of the mine, Chu Mu was a little relieved, thousands of conscripts worked day and night, and the iron they stole was estimated to be only a drop in the bucket compared to the scale of the mine.
The real big head has to be those old men in the county.
The officials in the county are all double-skilled, and even the scale of this soup is so large, you can imagine how terrifying the big head of meat will be.
I thought that Chu Mu would ask curiously, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't see Chu Mu make a sound, Xu Yuan couldn't help but ask:
"Brother Mu'er, aren't you curious about where I got my fortune from?"
Chu Mu shook his head: "Keep your own secrets, don't tell me!" ”
Xu Yuan was stunned, and then grinned: "Isn't this talking to Brother Mu'er, and it's not someone else!" ”
Chu Mu waved his hand and changed the subject: "You just said that you invited me to Fengyue Tower for dinner in the evening, right?" ”
Xu Yuan suddenly became excited: "Brother Mu'er, you don't know, there is ...... in Fengyue Building"
Chu Mu glanced at Xu Yuan's excited appearance, and couldn't help but be a little speechless.
Fengyue Tower, you can see its attributes by listening to the name.
A place to eat, drink and have fun.
If Chu Mu remembers correctly, Xu Yuan, this kid probably didn't even grow his hair, so he went to that place to have fun?
A small horse-drawn cart?
Can you pull it?
Chu Mu was suddenly a little curious, and couldn't help but look Xu Yuan up and down.
"Brother Mu'er, what's wrong with you?"
Chu Mu didn't answer, but asked, "When did you go to Fengyue Tower?" ”
"I followed Qianhu last time!"
Chu Mu's face was a little strange: "So you ran over alone after that?" ”
"Hey......
Xu Yuan was obviously a little embarrassed, but he just smiled.
Chu Mu was even more speechless......
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