What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 190 Su Mo's wish comes true! (Thousand Households)
Lin Moyin stared blankly as Su Mo returned carrying two large bamboo baskets.

They lifted Xue Yishu, who was lying unconscious by the pillar, and carried her back to the inner room, placing her on a chair.

His gaze fell on Su Mo.

"Uh... what does 'wife' mean?"

What treasure is in the bamboo basket?

Lin Moyin was indeed extremely curious.

She had never met Su Mo before, and she was so nervous.

The young master used to be so calm and collected; he had never been so excited when he saw tens of thousands of taels of silver!
Could the contents of this bamboo basket be more valuable than ten thousand taels of silver?

But she stared wide-eyed at the bamboo basket, looking it over from side to side, yet she couldn't discern anything special about it.

Isn't it just common sand and soil?
Su Mo quickly closed the door, found a charcoal stove and lit it to raise the room temperature. Seeing that Lord Qianhu was very curious, he casually said, "Wife means madam, it's what we call her back home."

Lin Moyin blushed slightly and spat out, "Who's your wife!"

Then she became suspicious again: "Hometown? Isn't your hometown Changping County, my lord? How come I've never heard of the term 'wife' before?"

Su Mo coughed twice: "That's not the point!"

"The important thing is what's in this basket!"

Su Mo paused, then said with a hint of pride, "Don't underestimate it; there's a real treasure inside!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Moyin stared at the bamboo basket with even greater curiosity: "Isn't there just some sand inside? Is the treasure hidden in the sand?"

He paused, then couldn't help but ask, "What is the real treasure? Something more powerful than the Divine Arm Bow or the White Ox Crossbow?"

Su Mo scoffed, "Divine Arm Bow? Eight-Ox Crossbow?"

"You underestimate my precious thing!"

"Even ten thousand or a hundred thousand divine crossbows and eight-ox crossbows are nothing but dung before it!"

"Alcohol, soap, salt—all pale in comparison to this treasure..."

Lin Moyin gasped in shock.

Su Mo actually compared refined salt to the contents of this bamboo basket!

She swallowed hard: "So what if it's in front of this treasure?"

Su Mo sneered: "They're all the same—dung!"

Lin Moyin...

Su Mo looked around warily, fearing that Leng Liuxi might suddenly turn around and ruin his precious treasure again!

He leaned close to Lin Moyin's ear, his lips almost touching the earlobe of the Commander: "It's sweet potato inside!"

Lin Moyin felt a tickle in her ear and quickly pushed Su Mo away a little, but she also knew to lower her voice: "Sweet potato? What is a sweet potato, that it can be more expensive than refined salt?"

Su Mo chuckled and said, "It's edible food, with a huge yield, and it can save many people in critical moments!"

"Don't you think it's a treasure?"

Lin Moyin immediately stiffened.

People take food as their heaven!
The fall of every dynasty begins when the people can't get enough food!

High-yield grain crops are truly essential for the stability and prosperity of the nation!
However, in the Great Wu Dynasty, the main food crops were grains, and Lin Moyin had never heard of sweet potatoes.

She quickly asked in a low voice, "How much is the production volume?"

Su Mo thought for a moment and realized that his sweet potato was a great reward from the system, bigger than a fist.

Even if it cannot match the high yield of later improved varieties, it should be roughly the same.

Therefore, Su Mo whispered, "The yield per mu should be over thirty shi!"

Lin Moyin's expression changed drastically, and she almost cried out.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and covered her mouth.

After taking several deep breaths, still unable to contain his shock, he looked at Su Mo in disbelief: "The yield of sweet potatoes per mu is as high as three shi?"

Of the five grains produced in Dawu, rice has the highest yield.

However, the yield per mu is usually only one shi.

Even with the best fertile land, meticulous cultivation, and ample fertilizer supply, the highest yield per acre is only one and a half to two shi!
Sweet potatoes doubled the yield!
How can I prevent Lin Moyin's pretty face from turning pale with shock?

Su Mo chuckled smugly, "What did you think!"

"However, if sweet potatoes are planted several times in a row, the yield will drop and they will be more susceptible to diseases, so detoxification treatment is necessary."

Lin Moyin was slightly taken aback: "Sweet potatoes are poisonous?"

Su Mo explained, "It's not poisonous... well, I can't explain it to you clearly. We'll study this issue later."

"Of course, even without detoxification, the yield should still be around ten shi per mu."

Su Mo paused, then said, "The sweet potatoes can't be hidden for long; they'll eventually have to be presented to the imperial court, but the detoxification technology is another matter."

"At that time, our yield will be thirty shi, while theirs will only be ten shi. As long as we don't say anything, they won't know that it's because of the virus removal technology. They will only think that we grow it well."

"Not only can you make a lot of money, but you can also save your life in a critical moment!"

Su Mo sighed: "The refined salt technology saved us from disaster, but we won't be able to use it next time. We need to find another trump card to save our lives!"

Lin Moyin sighed and said in a low voice, "That detoxification technology can double the production, so it really can't be easily leaked!"

She paused, then reminded Su Mo, "However, you misspoke just now."

"It's three shi per mu, not thirty shi!"

Su Mo was stunned, staring blankly at Lin Moyin: "What San Shi?"

"I meant thirty shi!"

Even the usually composed Commander Qianhu stammered upon hearing this, his eyes widening as he stared intently at Su Mo: "Thirty...thirty shi?"

Su Mo chuckled: "Nonsense!"

"A mere three bushels of grain, and you dare call it a treasure?"

Thirty shi (石) is no more than three thousand jin (斤), and that's an understatement.

Later generations produced high-yield sweet potatoes, which could yield 100 shi per mu!

But Lin Moyin was completely petrified.

It took him a while to come to his senses, his face still showing disbelief: "What you said, sir, is really thirty bushels?"

"My lord...my lord has not deceived me?"

Su Mo nodded and said, "Why would I lie to you!"

"You'll see when the sweet potatoes are planted!"

"Moreover, besides the tubers, the vines and leaves of sweet potatoes are also edible, although they taste terrible and are mainly used to feed livestock!"

Su Mo felt increasingly pleased with herself: "Our several thousand acres of mountain land on Gufeng Mountain are perfect for growing sweet potatoes."

"This stuff can grow even in barren, water-scarce mountainous areas, but the yield is a bit low, probably around ten shi (a unit of dry measure)."

"We'll use the sweet potato vines to feed the pigs, then we can eat as much meat as we want!"

Lin Moyin was completely speechless.

Seeing Su Mo move the two bamboo baskets to the side of the charcoal brazier, he immediately became anxious and hurriedly said, "Young master, be careful!"

"Won't this burn the sweet potato?"

Su Mo...

Finally, he could only smile wryly and say, "Madam, there's no need to worry! This thing is very rough; it's afraid of the cold but not the heat!"

Lin Moyin didn't know what to say.

Where in the world can you find a grain that yields thirty bushels of grain per mu, doesn't rely on soil fertility, is very hardy, and whose stems and leaves are edible?

If such a crop truly existed, would there still be people starving to death in the world?

Could it be the immortal food that my lord brought out from the twelve towers and five cities of the Jade Capital?
She didn't care what Su Mo said and immediately went to close the doors and windows to keep the cold wind out of the room.

He even personally lit several charcoal braziers and urged Su Mo to get busy as well.

Su Mo was speechless.

Although the inner hall is over a hundred square meters, there are seven or eight charcoal braziers burning and the doors and windows are tightly closed. Isn't this suicide by burning charcoal?

He smiled wryly and said, "Everyone says there's no need to be nervous!"

"With the doors and windows closed so tightly, it's easy to get charcoal poisoning!"

"Tomorrow I will go and buy some silk to build it a warm room, and it will survive."

If all else fails, there are still potato seeds grown by the villagers over at Shenma Rock.

Su Mo was not as attentive as Lin Moyin.

He, who was used to the idea of ​​yielding thousands of catties of rice and tens of thousands of catties of potatoes per mu by later generations, could hardly understand the impact and shock that a grain crop with a yield of thirty shi per mu had on the ancients!

But soon, Su Mo regretted his words.

It was the middle of the night, and snow was falling heavily outside. Anyone would be in a worse mood than Su Mo if they were kicked out at this hour.

In particular, I can't sleep with the beautiful, long-legged lady until I buy the silk!
What also frustrated Su Mo was...

As he was leaving, his concubine's eyebrows twitched, and she looked like she was about to wake up, but the commander knocked her back to sleep with a tap on the back of her neck!
It seems that Lord Qianhu has completely embraced the role of the Empress.

Such an important matter must not be known to the concubine!
Of course, Lord Qianhu also knew that it was very excessive of him to kick out the male owner of the Su residence.

So, blushing, he made certain promises, which gave Su Mo a lot of motivation!

Silk shops are definitely not open in the middle of the night.

Su Mo still bought the silk.

The silk shop owner, who was woken up in the middle of the night, enthusiastically drove to deliver the goods to Su Mo himself!

When the car arrived at the Su residence.

Su Mo nodded politely to the silk shop owner: "Thank you for your help, shopkeeper!"

The shopkeeper, with his white beard, quickly smiled and said, "No trouble at all! No trouble at all! It's what I should do!"

Su Mo fastened the Embroidered Uniform Guard's captain's badge back to his waist, and then sheathed the fine steel battle sword that Ding Bashi had custom-made for him: "Take care, shopkeeper!"

The silk shop owner breathed a sigh of relief and bowed deeply.

He then fled in his car!
Su Mo successfully completed the purchasing task, but it wasn't enough!
They were immediately forced by Lord Sengoku to work together to build a greenhouse.

Then, a hard wooden board was placed over the silk to prevent the heavy snow from damaging it!
Finally, the bamboo baskets and charcoal braziers were moved back to the greenhouse.

After all that work...

The rooster crowed!
Su Mo glanced at the Commander: "I'm sleepy!"

The commander blushed slightly: "Summon the servants and keep an eye on the greenhouse. Make sure nothing goes wrong!"

Su Mo was helpless.

With a dark expression, he kicked Jiang Laoshi's door hard...

"Madam...is it time for you to retire now?"

Lady Qianhu's pretty face turned bright red as she covered her nose, saying, "It stinks... wash it clean first..."

Su Mo took a deep breath and looked at the Commander with a serious expression: "I think that in order to save time and precious water and firewood..."

"We have to shower together!"

Inappropriate sounds soon drifted from the steamy bathroom.

The commander appeared both ashamed and angry: "Young master, you truly don't follow the usual path!"

Su Mo: "You won't even let me walk on the broad road?"

"Hmm... My wife is so kind and gentle, I'm delighted... My dear... let me go one more time!"

……

The spring mattress was snatched away by someone without any sense of sportsmanship, but Su Mo still slept very comfortably.

I was not awakened until the sun was high in the sky by urgent knocking on the door.

Lord Qianhu was startled and was about to get up when his eyebrows suddenly furrowed.

In the past, Su Mo used her connections to get in, and she made a lot of money. This time, using connections will only lead to a huge loss!

Indescribable pain!

She glared at Su Mo fiercely, then quickly dressed despite the pain.

Su Mo said in a deep voice, "Who!"

"My lord, it's me!" Liu Siyun's excited voice came from outside the door. "My lord, there's great news!"

Su Mo was taken aback and called Liu Siyun in: "The imperial edict has arrived?"

But in his heart he thought that Leng Xixi was indeed efficient.

He got his position as a centurion and his noble title so quickly.

"This humble servant greets elder sister!" Liu Siyun, her pretty face slightly flushed, bowed and greeted Lin Moyin before saying, "It's not an imperial decree!"

"Do you and my sister know that Tianyi Tower has been vandalized?"

Liu Siyun became more and more excited as she spoke: "Many guests are talking about this!"

"Even the number of customers in the store has increased!"

Su Mo and Lin Moyin looked at each other in bewilderment!

Tianyi Tower is owned by Zhang Shouning!
Who smashed up Tianyi Building?

Lin Moyin frowned, looking at Su Mo with suspicion, and said, "Could it be..."

He suddenly stopped, turned to look at Liu Siyun, and said expressionlessly, "You go out first!"

Liu Siyun quickly gave Lin Moyin a slight bow and said, "This servant takes her leave!"

Su Mo waved his hand: "Stay!"

He then looked at Lin Moyin and said, "Siyun is one of us. I trust her!"

Liu Siyun hurriedly said, "My lord, I must go back to the restaurant to keep an eye on things."

"I won't disturb you and my sister's conversation any longer."

Lin Moyin frowned again and said calmly, "If my lord tells you to stay, then stay! But don't go spreading rumors, or I won't let you off the hook!"

Liu Siyun was overjoyed and quickly said, "Sister, don't worry, I swear I will never talk nonsense, otherwise you can beat or kill me as you please, I will have no complaints!"

Lin Moyin ignored Liu Siyun and turned to Su Mo: "Cold-hearted?"

Su Mo nodded: "It's almost certainly her!"

He immediately exclaimed in amazement, "Lord Leng is truly remarkable! He's avenging us! So majestic and powerful, he takes revenge without holding back for a single day!"

He paused for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh: "She really dares to smash things!"

"Zhang Shouning will be furious this time!"

Lin Moyin was speechless.

Su Mo blinked, then suddenly lowered her voice and asked, "What exactly is Lord Leng's identity?"

"They're not even afraid of His Majesty's own uncle, and they even smashed up his Tianyi Tower!"

Liu Siyun...

She regretted staying.

According to what my husband and Sister Lin said, the first floor that day belonged to the Emperor's brother-in-law?
That seemingly gentle and kind Lord Leng, who comes to the young master's residence every day, is actually so brave that he dares to smash up the Imperial Uncle's shop.

The gossipy beauty was starting to question the meaning of life!
Lin Moyin frowned and pondered for a long time before finally shaking her head: "Even I cannot guess!"

Su Mo was immediately stunned.

His own wife was a commander of the Imperial Guard, and should have been very clear about her status as a member of the royal family. How could even she not guess Leng Xi's background?
It should be easy to guess who this royal family member is who enjoys the Empress's trust and whose status is even higher than that of Nangong Sheyue!
Seeing Su Mo's expression, Lin Moyin was both amused and exasperated, and rolled her eyes at Su Mo: "There are many members of the royal family!"

"The late emperor had more than twenty princesses and princes alone, not to mention the offspring of other princes and princesses!"

She lowered her voice: "This is still the public one."

"The late emperor was naturally... no one knows how many secrets he harbored!"

"As a member of the Phoenix Cry Division, Leng Xixi is deeply favored by the Empress, so her identity is kept extremely secret. She might even be someone who is at odds with the Empress on the surface!"

"How dare we, the Embroidered Uniform Guards, spy on such royal secrets!"

Lin Moyin opened and closed her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but after looking at Liu Siyun, she changed the subject: "However, Leng Xixi is indeed very good to my husband."

"With her looking after my husband, I can rest assured!"

Don't let her cold demeanor fool you; she always tries to take advantage of the Su family.

But they really do treat Su Mo well!
Not only did he painstakingly try to get Su Mo into a government official position, but he also sought a noble title for Su Mo and even covered up the matter of confiscating his family's property and exterminating his clan, such as the smuggling of salt.

Lin Moyin really... really couldn't imagine what kind of bad intentions Leng Xixi could have!
There seems to be only one reason!

Lin Moyin's pretty face fell.

Just as Lord Qianhu was worried about losing his position as the head of the inner quarters, a shocked voice suddenly came from the outer courtyard: "Master! Master!"

"An angel has come!"

Lin Moyin's delicate body trembled!
He stared at Su Mo in disbelief.

Imperial decree?

Did we arrive a little too quickly?

Suddenly, images flashed through Lin Moyin's mind.

Leng Xixi entered the palace early in the morning and said to the Empress, "Your Majesty, Su Mo has rendered meritorious service. How about giving him the rank of centurion and a noble title?"

The Empress nodded: "Alright!"

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(End of this chapter)