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

Chapter 295 Su's Department Store is going to give Shenjing a little shock!
Su Mo was slightly taken aback when he saw Ning Xiaoxiao's face turn red instantly.

Then a sudden realization struck me!
Could it be that Xiao Lizhuang learned from Lin Moyin that she possessed the Pure Yang Technique, which could remove the Yin and cold evil energy from Ning Xiaoxiao's body, and then gave this little disciple to her as well?

Isn't this a case of two female disciples sharing one husband?
Given the prevailing societal views, after I treated Ning Xiaoxiao so well to dispel the cold, she would have no choice but to marry me!

Indeed, Ning Xiaoxiao's figure, even more petite than Qin Bier, perfectly matched Su Mo's original aesthetic standards.

However, Su Mo was a little conflicted.

Do I have too many women? I can hardly keep up with them all.

His relationship with the Empress was ambiguous.

There's also Nangong Sheyue, who seems to be interested in me too, and I've even seen her body!
There are too many!

As expected, Lin Moyin nodded gently: "This concubine has already paid her respects to Master."

“My master knows that you can remove my Yin energy, so he does not object to us being together.”

She paused slightly, then looked at Ning Xiaoxiao, whose face was flushed with embarrassment: "Master also instructed me to tell my husband to help Junior Sister Ning get rid of the cold in her body as soon as possible!"

"Junior Sister Ning has already reached the peak of the Body Observation Realm, but unfortunately, the accumulated Yin and Cold Qi is too heavy. Once she breaks through to the Soul Stabilization Realm, she may not be able to suppress the surging Qi, leading to a Qi deviation!"

Su Mo was taken aback: "It's that serious?"

Even when Lin Moyin was at the Divine Realm, she was still able to suppress the Heavenly Yin Evil Qi.

Why can't Ning Xiaoxiao?
Lin Moyin's expression turned slightly serious: "Master is an expert in medicine and personally examined Junior Sister Ning's body, so there's no mistake!"

"She came to the capital this time hoping to take advantage of the grand examination to meet the people of True Immortal Valley and fulfill the marriage agreement that her junior sister had made long ago..."

As she spoke, her face darkened slightly, and she snorted coldly: "When the disciples of Su Nu Palace got into trouble this time, Zhen Xian Valley and Fei Lai Peak Hanging Temple stood by and did nothing. Master was really angry and even planned to withdraw from the three-faction alliance. Naturally, Junior Sister Ning's marriage is ruined."

Su Mo gave a wry smile: "So, I'm the only one who can remove the yin energy from Junior Sister Ning?"

Lin Moyin hummed in agreement: "We can only rely on Su Lang."

Su Mo subconsciously looked at Ning Xiaoxiao and frowned when he saw her frightened yet shy expression: "I have just advanced to the Divine Realm, so it is not a problem for me to help my junior sister get rid of the cold."

"But from now on, all disciples of the Su Nu Palace will be like this..."

Lin Moyin stared at Su Mo in disbelief, her eyes wide: "What?"

"My husband has advanced to the Divine Realm?"

Shocked, she even called him "husband"!

Ning Xiaoxiao, disregarding her shyness and fear, stared at Su Mo in disbelief.

The last time he met Su Mo, he was still a Qi Refining cultivator, and it was she who killed the Azure Dragon Daoist.

Now you're telling yourself you've advanced to the Divine Realm?

Could it be that the Qi Refining Realm is followed by the Body Observation Realm and Soul Stabilization Realm, and directly leads to the Spirit Separation Realm?

Seeing their astonished expressions, Su Mo felt even more amplified by the system's power. He smiled and nodded, "I had some unexpected encounters a few days ago and suddenly I was promoted!"

Lin Moyin...

She had no idea what to say.

From the time Chen Bao gave Su Moyang the Heavenly Technique until now, it's been less than a year!
Lin Moyin, a complete novice who knew nothing about cultivation, advanced to the Divine Realm in just one year. What else could she say?

She cultivated the extremely dangerous Heavenly Serpent Yin Sha Technique on her own, and after more than ten years, she advanced to the Returning Aperture Realm. In her master's words, she was already a cultivation prodigy who was rare to see in a thousand years!

It was Su Mo who helped her advance to the Returning Aperture Realm. He found her the Five Elements Spirit Peach and told her that the Sweet Dew could greatly absorb the power of the Divine Essence Pill. With the help of Su Mo's Pure Yang Magic Power, she was able to barely advance!
In less than a year, Su Mo caught up with her after more than ten years of arduous cultivation!
Lin Moyin strongly suspected that Su Mo was not practicing the Yangtian Technique, but rather a supreme immortal technique from the mysterious Baiyujing and Kunlun Ruins!
Knowing that Su Mo had advanced to the Divine Realm, Lin Moyin suddenly remembered something, and her pretty face instantly turned as red as Ning Xiaoxiao's!
Since I couldn't truly enjoy myself before, this wicked fellow has come up with all sorts of tricks to keep me from dealing with him.

Now that you've advanced to the Divine Realm, you probably won't use such embarrassing tricks anymore, right?
Lin Moyin's face grew redder and redder as she thought about it. Finally, she took a breath, calmed herself down, and quickly changed the subject.

"Master said that disciples of the Su Nu Palace are not allowed to cultivate the Heavenly Serpent Yin Sha Technique and the Su Nu Xuan Yin Technique from now on, so there is no need for Su Lang to worry about it."

"Su Lang only needs to help Junior Sister Ning dispel the cold and evil energy from time to time."

Su Mo nodded: "If that's all, then it's not a big problem."

Ning Xiaoxiao's physical strength was probably eleven times weaker than her own, even if she advanced to the Soul-Stabilizing Realm.

With his own Vajra Pestle acting as a power bank to replenish his magic at any time, it was too easy for him to help her expel the cold. There was no need for him to press his body against hers for greater efficiency, unlike Lin Moyin in the past.

However, now is not the time to talk about this.

Su Mo thought for a moment and then said in a deep voice, "We'll discuss this later."

"Now that my husband is at war with the Wang family, the Cui family will likely also make a move in secret..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Moyin said in a deep voice, "The Wang family will be opening a new shop in Qinghefang tomorrow..."

Su Mo was stunned upon hearing this.

I never expected the Wang family to take such action, nor did I expect Lin Moyin to have investigated so thoroughly.

A woman who's a high-ranking official in an intelligence agency is just different!
Lin Moyin then added, "Based on the information I have obtained."

"The one in charge of this matter is Wang Wensheng, a servant of the Wang family, who is also the head steward of the Wang family and the head manager of the bookstore."

As she spoke, she took out a case file from her sleeve and handed it to Su Mo: "This is Wang Wensheng's detailed information!"

"This person is extremely cunning and not easy to deal with."

"He anticipated that the young master would lower the price of the cold Su paper to compete for market share, so he transferred a lot of silver to prepare to take over all of the young master's cold Su paper."

Su Mo was surprised that Lin Moyin had found so much information. Instead of looking at Wang Wensheng's file, she asked, "Anything else?"

Lin Moyin thought for a moment and said, "After that, I don't know much."

"We have received quite a few messages, but they haven't been compiled in detail. It's hard to say whether they're just a smokescreen released by the Wang family, so we won't say anything that might affect your judgment, sir!"

She paused, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she looked at Su Mo: "If the Wang family uses their wealth to pressure you into buying my cold Su paper at a low price, how will you respond, sir?"

Su Mo suddenly laughed: "If that's the case, I'll definitely award Wang Wensheng a badge as one of the top ten good people!"

Lin Moyin and Ning Xiaoxiao were immediately stunned.

"What do you mean by that, Su Lang?"

Lin Moyin couldn't understand the reason behind it: "If the Wang family does this, they can use their own channels to transport the young master's paper elsewhere and sell it at a high price. Wouldn't the young master be doing all the work for the Wang family?"

"My lord's paper cannot be sold in the capital."

"If you want to transport the goods to other places, away from the capital, the Wang family's power is even greater. They will definitely have many ways to make you lose everything. They might even disguise themselves as mountain bandits to rob you, or simply have someone burn all your paper!"

Su Mo smiled and said, "The Wang family's method of dealing with ordinary merchants is indeed standard and flawless."

"After all, the production efficiency is what it is."

"I estimate that in Wang Wensheng's eyes, given the quality of Lengsu paper, its cost must be far higher than that of Wang family paper. If the price is reduced to the same level as Wang family paper, he would probably lose a lot of money!"

"What a pity..."

Su Mo sighed regretfully: "The Wang family has no idea how low the production cost of Lengsu paper is! Nor do they know how large the output of Lengsu paper is!"

"As long as I guarantee there will be a surplus!"

"The Wang family's actions will only make them distributors for the husband, and will instead help Lengsu Paper open up the market and build its reputation!"

In many people's eyes, the paper market looks huge.

In fact, Su Mo felt that this was just a luxury industry.

Ninety-nine percent of people cannot afford paper!
After the Wang family purchased cold-pressed Su paper and transported it to other places for resale, making huge profits, wouldn't other merchants follow suit? When all the merchants came to buy their own cold-pressed Su paper, would the Wang family still be able to sell their paper?
With its high quality, low price, and large production volume, Lengsu paper, if it were to employ dumping tactics, wouldn't it drive Wang family paper out of its league?

The Wang family thought they were selling at a low price, but they ended up hurting people with their own money!
That's absolutely wrong!

However, since the Wang family has such plans, I really need to think carefully about the price and set a price that the Wang family can accept but will also hurt them!
As long as paper continues to generate profits, paper mills can rapidly expand their scale!
Anyway, there are plenty of workers. Refugees from all over the country are flocking to the capital. As long as Gufeng Mountain can accommodate them, recruiting another 100,000 people will not be a problem.

The key is that the core technology of papermaking must be kept strictly confidential!

The formation of a private army on Gufeng Mountain is of utmost urgency.

Thinking of this, Su Mo's expression turned serious: "Mo'er, I have a letter to send to Ma Wei, the prefect of Wanghai County. The Embroidered Uniform Guard's delivery channels are faster..."

Female salt smuggler, stop causing trouble outside and come to my bowl right now!

……

Naturally, a great deal of things followed.

After all, with the opening of two shops, Su Mo still needed to contact Princess Baicheng, Wen Yannian of Shangzuo, and many other people, so he had to handle many things personally.

Furthermore, now that we know about the Wang family's plans...

Su Mo specially sent people to Lonely Peak Mountain to transport back thousands of knives of cold Su paper.

The Wang family will sell as many as they can buy!

The sooner the Empress sees the terrifying profits from paper, the stronger her support will become!
Furthermore, since the bookstore is named Su's Department Store, it certainly can't only sell paper.

Su Mo prepared some unusual items, intending to use them as a gimmick to attract the attention of the people of Shenjing.

Anyway, after a whole day, even though Su Mo was a sorcerer at the Divine Realm, he felt mentally exhausted.

That evening, Liu Siyun and the others very considerately let Su Mo return to Lin Moyin.

But Su Mo's dream of truly cultivating together with Lord Qianhu did not come true!
Lord Qianhu firmly disagreed with wasting his energy at this critical juncture, and wouldn't even let Su Mo touch him.

To avoid any oversights in the first major battle with the Wang family.

In addition, he was also afraid that Su Mo would run out of magic power and Ning Xiaoxiao would be unable to suppress the sudden breakthrough in her cultivation level, leaving Su Mo with no ability to help Ning Xiaoxiao dispel the Yin energy!

Su Mo was extremely frustrated, but there was nothing she could do!

We can only wait until we've dealt with the Wang family!

……

The next morning, while Su Mo was still fast asleep, he suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an icy river.

I opened my eyes with a start.

He was shocked to see Lin Moyin with a sly look on her face, reaching her cold hands into his chest and abdomen!
Su Mo was both amused and exasperated.

It's several degrees below zero right now!
"It seems that the lady's cold and malevolent aura is quite severe."

Su Mo gave Lin Moyin a deep look: "Would you like your husband to dispel the cold for you?"

"I feel extremely energetic and full of magical power!"

Lin Moyin rolled her eyes at him: "Nonsense!"

"Get up right now! Who sleeps until 7 AM every day? How will you manage to attend the morning court sessions later!"

Su Mo chuckled: "The Embroidered Uniform Guards don't have to attend court, do they?"

"It's better not to be a court official. Anyway, getting your husband up at midnight is just a pipe dream!"

Lin Moyin snorted: "The Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard has to go to court!"

Su Mo laughed heartily: "Even if I become the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I will not go to court! If His Majesty dares to force me to attend court, I will retire and return to my hometown to spite her!"

Lin Moyin was so angry that her teeth itched, and she couldn't help but circulate her magic power, making her hands even colder, like ice cubes.

Su Mo glared at Lin Moyin: "Madam has gone too far!"

"If I, as your husband, do not take action, wouldn't that be a breach of my authority as a husband!"

He swiftly lifted the lady's skirt.

Lin Moyin fled in panic!
Su Mo gave a smug snort!
If we don't teach her a lesson, she'll think her husband is easy to bully!

After Lin Moyin's outburst, Su Mo was wide awake. Even though it was just dawn outside, she could only get up, fuming!
When Su Mo got up, she was surprised to find that Xue Yishu had also returned to the house at some point!

Xue Shan and Wang Shi are indeed quite open-minded!
They actually released Xue Yishu!

It was a rare occasion for the whole family to be together, sitting around the big table for breakfast.

Su Mo waved his hand, his fighting spirit soaring, and said, "Let's go!"

"They'll all go with their husbands to do business and make money!"

Su Mo didn't need to personally handle the opening of the shop, since he had already paid to hire a manager and staff. If Su Mo had to do everything himself, wouldn't that be a waste of money?

However, since it's the first day of business, Su Mo has invited two heavyweight figures, Princess Baicheng and Ye Wenshan, to come and support him, so of course he has to personally greet them.

While we're at it, let's also see how much silver the Wang family has prepared, that they're so confident they can buy up all their cold Suzhou paper!

As for whether Zhong Yin would come or not, Su Mo didn't have high hopes.

The women were also excited and got into the black carriage with Su Mo, heading towards Qinghefang.

The Empress's black carriage is indeed quite large.

Su Mo, Lin Moyin, Xue Yishu, Liu Siyun, Jiang Lan, Yin Rou, Chen Qianyu, Qin Bier, Ning Xiaoxiao, and nine others squeezed into the carriage, yet it didn't feel crowded at all.

This left Su Mo slightly disappointed.

Jiang Laoshi, the coachman, was more cautious than ever before, and steadily drove the carriage to Qinghefang.

Then, the busiest area along the Xima River, with its interconnected street-front shops covering more than 500 square meters, came into Su Mo's view!

The Su family's department store and clothing store were connected by a small door, and it was a shop that Liu Siyun had searched for quite some time to find.

Su Mo sighed upon seeing the shop.

The rent for just these two shops alone is five hundred taels of silver a year!
Based on a 30-year payback period, a shop of only 500 square meters is worth 15,000 taels of silver!
Qinghefang truly lives up to its reputation as one of the three most prosperous neighborhoods in the capital; the property prices here are almost comparable to those of houses on the outskirts of the imperial city!
The two shops, which had long since hung up their signs, were now covered with red cloth, adorned with fabric flowers made of red silk.

Sure enough, right across the street, there was a new shop that looked even bigger and more imposing, ready to open.

Su Mo looked around.

There were already a large number of onlookers.

About a hundred Imperial Guards from the Upper Left Garrison arrived, led personally by Wen Yannian, the commander of the Upper Left Garrison. The Imperial Guards were all dressed in blue robes with straight swords at their waists and were maintaining order.

Ever since he forced the grain store to sell grain to the Su family last time, Wen Yannian has been completely on Su Mo's bad side and has been working very hard!

However, Princess Baicheng and her personal guards were nowhere to be seen.

Furthermore, Ip Man-shan, who was supposed to come, was nowhere to be seen.

Su Mo frowned immediately.

They won't stand me up, will they?

(End of this chapter)