Shen Feng never thought about the sudden appearance of Zhao's shopkeeper as an official, after all, even the current village chief was forced to press on himself.

"Yes, if you become an official, then everything will be easy to do, and you can do whatever you want with this kind of thing. You don't have to worry about this and that as you do now. Shopkeeper Zhao said.

"But we don't have a way, even if we go to the exam to gain fame, now is not the time?" Shen Feng thought to himself, what kind of joke could he be an official.

"It's not that troublesome, I'm talking about donating money to officials, although famous, basically not participating in local management. Shopkeeper Zhao said.

"Can it be like this?" Shen Feng seemed to understand a little, there seemed to be this kind of phenomenon in history before, but he really didn't expect that there would be one in this world, so it felt a little weird.

"Hey, of course you can, you don't know what the finances of Mengyue Country are empty now, let me tell you, you pull ten horses and run wild in the granary of the treasury at will, you can't touch the grain, how serious do you say this situation is!"

"Ah, why is this happening?" Shen Feng was very surprised, how could such an empty country as the treasury still exist?

"Now is the eventful season of the Dream Moon Country, especially the Cloudless Country in the west and the Dacheng Country in the south, which have been trying to swallow the Dream Moon Country in recent years, so they have been violating the borders of the Dream Moon Country. As a result, the state treasury was overspent, and His Majesty the Emperor, in order to solve the urgent need, had to issue an order to allow silver or grain to be exchanged for official positions, and the money could be used to meet military expenses. However, because the price of changing officials is too high, and most of the people who are exchanged are just some fictitious positions and have no real power, the effect is not very good. Shopkeeper Zhao said with emotion.

"Then wouldn't it be useless for me to donate the official?"

Those who donate officials are generally the children of rich families, and their purpose in donating officials is either for fame or to gain power, but they have to go to a small remote place to do so, and the small place is poor, so naturally no one wants to come. Just like Xiang Heng, although his home is in Jianlong City, but it is just a small family, it is really a big man, who wants to come to this place to suffer? If you donate, how can you also donate a general Wei Qian from the sixth grade, in this way, not only in terms of level higher than Xiang Heng, the county of the eighth grade, but also because of the restless border in recent years, resulting in the filling of the vacancy of the military attache very quickly, once there is a chance to fill the vacancy, let alone make up for the lack of Wei Qianzong from the sixth grade, even if it is to make up for the same as Xiang Heng from the eighth grade of the foreign commissioner, that strength is much stronger than him as a civil official. Shopkeeper Zhao thought for a long time before shaking his head and said.

"At that time, even if you stop at your original post, you can still have an establishment of nearly a thousand soldiers, that is a real soldier? As long as you don't anger Shangguan, hehe, who dares to touch you? Even the bandits in Daze Mountain have to think carefully about the consequences before embarrassing you. That's the best way to go. Before Shen Feng could think about it, Shopkeeper Zhao applauded his brilliant idea that suddenly appeared.

"Hehe, I'm really a little moved to hear you say that, but how can we donate, and there is no way, I don't even know which way the door opens?" Shen Feng said with a wry smile.

"Hehe, the old man can think of this, naturally after some consideration, if this matter is to be done, we have to go to Old Man An, he has a student named Guan Xinghe, and now he is the staff of Shentu Yuanwu, the lord of Longcheng City. You can ask him to write a letter, and then I will take it directly to Longcheng to find him, presumably there should be no problem. Shopkeeper Zhao said happily with an expression of Zhizhu in his hand.

"Then do you know how much silver you need? Don't we are talking about it now, but the price is too high for us to pay, isn't it a waste of spitting. Shen Feng asked with a smile.

"This, I'll do the math!" Shopkeeper Zhao found an abacus, and after crackling and knocking it, "At least 30,000 taels of silver, how about it?

"Of course there is, it's still a big problem, it's too much, right?" Shen Feng said with a wry smile.

"Oh, not so much? Then I'll think about it again. Shopkeeper Zhao frowned again and thought about it for a long time, "At least this number must be obtained, and if it is too picky, it will be more troublesome to fill the gap in the future." How much do you still lack? If you don't, I'll pay you some first?"

"I'll be honest with you, I don't know how many I have left, but what you said is really good, I'll go back and see if there are so many, and then I'll call you back. Shopkeeper Zhao's question really stumped Shen Feng, and he said with a wry smile.

"That's okay, if you plan to do this before the year, you have to do it as soon as possible, after all, you still need some formalities and processes to do, and I'm afraid it's too late. Before leaving, the shopkeeper Zhao advised.

"Okay, you can wait for my news!"

Since he needed to confirm his current property, Shen Feng rented a carriage and returned.

Back at home, Shen Feng went straight to a spare room next to the study, and took out all the messy things except for the things he bought in the store that could not be exposed for the time being. For example, the jade ornaments taken in Hanzhang Cave, four large boxes of silver ingots, half a box of gold bars, and some weapons taken in the armory of the Xiao Mansion were all stacked in the corners. Then he called Shen Fu over.

"Young master, are you looking for me?"

"You help me calculate how many taels of silver there are, and then add this gold bar, and then give me a total, I have an urgent need." By the way, put those weapons here first, and when you have time, or arrange not to find a place to put them up. Shen Feng felt that it was more appropriate for people like Shen Fu to do these things, after all, he didn't know much about what it was to convert, don't make a mistake again when the time comes, then it will be a foreign appearance.

"Okay, I'll move a chair for Childe to make a cup of tea first, and by the way, I have to find an abacus. Childe rests first, and I'll get it right soon. After Shen Fu finished speaking, he walked out directly.

Shen Feng was bored rummaging through the boxes, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't feel enough, after all, the figure of 30,000 taels was too huge, no wonder the effect of donating officials was not good, this was not something that ordinary people could reach at all. Or even if someone like Xiang Heng who lives in Longcheng only donated a small county and went to such a far place to serve?

Shen Fu came back quickly, and after waiting for Shen Feng to sit down and drink tea, he squatted there with an abacus while counting, and crackling and pulling the abacus. It didn't take long for a large box of silver ingots to be counted, "Young master, this box is five hundred taels of silver." ”

"Oh, then the other three boxes should also be five hundred taels, a total of two thousand taels, can you first look at the half box of gold bars and see how many?" Shen Feng estimated that he touched it, and then spoke again.

Shen Fu nodded, came to the chest of gold bars, and started to crackle again. Since it was only half a box, it was also calculated quickly, "These gold bars can also be converted into a thousand taels of silver." ”

"That's only three thousand taels in total, how far is it?" Indeed, for ordinary people, three thousand taels of silver is equivalent to more than three million yuan in modern society, so it is a very large number for many people, but for donors, it is still far away, Shen Feng scratched his head a little.

"What about those ornaments? Estimate the approximate value of them yourself?" There was no way, Shen Feng had no choice but to hit the idea on the ornaments.

"Young master, these things are only an approximate amount, if you exchange them, after all, it depends on the market and the other party's liking, but in my opinion, it can probably be sold for a thousand taels of silver!" The ornaments were all placed directly on the ground, so Shen Fu had a rough estimate after taking a look.

"Still not enough?" What can I do again? After a few turns, before he could figure out the idea of money, he heard someone outside.

"Fauber, lock the door first, let's go out first to see who's coming. After Shen Feng gave an order, he walked out first.

As soon as he walked outside the door of the main room, he saw Zhongli Xueyi leading the members of the Fire Wolf Mercenary Group to bring in a few people with cloths on their heads.

"Brought them all?" Shen Feng asked.

"Yes, as you commanded, I have found all the places I can find, and I will find a few of them. Zhongli Xueyi came to Shen Feng and said.

"So, I put them in a room and put them under the watchful eye of the brothers, and I was able to use them. After seeing these people, Shen Feng's head flashed, and an idea of making money immediately popped up.