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"Six thousand taels a month? That's outrageous!"

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"It's really too much!"

Hua Chao did the calculation, and Ying Wuji was right, but...

She shook her head helplessly. "Wuji, your idea is good, but have you considered that there are only five hundred thousand people in the entire Jing City? Can the people of Jing City afford to buy thirty thousand books a month?"

Ying Wuji smiled and waved his hand. "Sister Hua Chao! Normally, we can't sell that many books, but next month is the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference. How many people will come? Are there no booksellers willing to buy and sell books for profit?"

"We'll lower the price to two hundred and fifty texts, or even lower. Do you think they will buy a lot and then sell them elsewhere? Although we won't earn six thousand taels this way, once the channel is opened, we can sell thirty thousand copies every month!"

"Well..."

Hua Chao knew that Ying Wuji was right, but she still felt a little unreal. It was true that they might only earn a little over four thousand taels a month, but that was still scary. And if they could expand the channel and let Ying Wuji train more "Kato Taka", they would definitely earn more in the future.

She didn't know what Kato Taka was, but she knew that he was very quick with his hands and could help her brother and sister earn money.

But...

Hua Chao laughed and sighed, "But then, you're probably going to become the enemy of all the bookstores and those who copy books!"

Ying Wuji laughed, "Isn't that great?"

Hua Chao was stunned, "Ah? Aren't you afraid?"

"Why should I be afraid? Li Kingdom hasn't even had time to protect me yet. If they interfere with the industry I'm seriously developing, and if it affects Li's diplomacy, so what?"

Enemy?

I like this identity the most. Ying Wuji was worried that he wouldn't have a chance to harvest a lot of attribute points, but now it was presented to him.

This time, I'm going to score big!

Hua Chao looked at his unscrupulous appearance and was slightly lost in thought. She hadn't felt this peaceful in a long time.

...

In the next few days, Jing City was calm.

The only difference from usual was that more and more students from other cities and even countries rushed to Li Kingdom, waiting for the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference to be held next month.

However, the number of people now was far from the peak. Even so, Jing City was much livelier than usual.

Embassy of Flame Kingdom.

After a few days of rest and the unique golden wound medicine of the Flame Kingdom royal family, Ji Su's thirteen sword wounds finally scabbed and fell off. But when he got out of bed, he still groaned in pain.

"That dog Ying Wuji. The Thirteen Swords didn't hit the vital points. I really can't pick a fight with him."

He was so angry!

The first thing he did when he returned from the yamen that day was to use a messaging talisman to complain to his father, the Flame King. As a result, the Flame King only took a glance and saw that he only had skin injuries, and scolded him.

Never been in a fight? Useless!Have you ever gone crying to your own home after being beaten up? What a loser!

If you've never been beaten up and only suffered superficial injuries, you're too stupid to even fake it. I've never seen anyone so foolish!

There are ten thousand ways to cause trouble for Ying Wuji, but you had to choose the most difficult and thankless one? I should have drowned you in a chamber pot when you were a child!

Ji Su was furious and only wanted to find Ying Wuji and make him pay for the thirteen wounds a thousand times over.

But that kid's swordsmanship was a bit strange. Even though he hadn't broken through the eleventh level in any aspect of essence, energy or spirit, he could easily dissolve his own true energy. The tip of his sword was like a ghostly phantom and impossible to defend against.

He leaned on the railing, took a brief rest, and asked his subordinates, "Has Wuji been up to anything lately?"

His subordinate quickly replied, "In response to young master, Wuji hasn't been to the paper shop these days."@@novelbin@@

Ji Su sneered, "It would be strange if he did. This person thinks highly of himself and believes that he can revive the paper shop just by taking over. I want to see which scholar or bookstore in our Kingdom Qian is willing to buy their worthless paper."

The subordinate hesitated, "There actually is..."

Ji Su's eyebrows jumped, "Tell me more!"

The subordinate quickly reported, "These days, our people have been keeping an eye on their paper shop during the day. Suddenly, one day they found that the paper they were drying had decreased, and they felt that something was amiss. They continued to watch at night and found that they were delivering goods to Shangmo Bookstore at night. The backlog of goods should have been cleared by half."

"Half!"

Ji Su was shocked. He had been keeping an eye on the paper shop from start to finish and knew exactly how terrifying Kingdom Qian's stockpile was. But they had cleared half of it just like that? His voice carried a hint of anger, "Who is this Shangmo Bookstore? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The subordinate's expression was a bit strange, "The bookstore was originally called Shangru Bookstore, but it couldn't continue due to poor management and was sold to someone else."

"Who?"

"I don't know, but we saw Hua Chao Miss there that day!"

"Hua Chao..."

Ji Su thought of the scene at the yamen that day and his face suddenly sank, "This is bad! How could I not have thought that this dog Ying Wuji would actually use his looks to deceive women and cheat their money? He's a beast!"

He was the only prime minister in the entire court of Kingdom Li who advocated for the alliance with Kingdom Yan, so he had a close relationship with Luo Ming and naturally knew about Hua Chao's background. Although he didn't know how much money Hua Chao had, he could guess that it was a considerable amount.

Just meeting her would cost twenty taels of red silk. Even though most of it had been taken by Yihong Ge, they had probably saved up a considerable amount over the years. If they were ruthless enough, they could even buy out the paper shop that Kingdom Qian had hoarded.

He had thought of many strategies that Ying Wuji might adopt, but he never thought that he would deceive women and live off their money.

Although this waste couldn't do anything right, his appearance was truly admirable.

Damn it!

He had forgotten about this matter.Ji Su's voice trembled with anger, "How could you only discover such an important clue now?"

His subordinate was also aggrieved, "Young master! This is the capital of Kingdom Li. It's already very polite of them to allow us to send people to monitor Kingdom Qian's paper shop."

"Fine!"

Ji Su was helpless. The fact was that no matter how powerful their motherland was, this was still Kingdom Li's territory, and any political expansion was strictly prohibited. The intelligence network was an extremely sensitive area.

The subordinate asked, "Young master! What should we do now?"

Ji Su spat, "What should we do? Contact Luo Ming! His cheap sister is about to be cheated out of her money and body. He should be more anxious than me!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

The subordinates responded one after another and quickly left the embassy, heading towards the Minister's Mansion.

...

After one stick of incense.

Luo Ming's expression had become grim, "Is this true?"

Ji Su cursed, "Of course! Didn't the prime minister ask you to keep an eye on your sister every day? How come you don't even know what she's doing?"

Luo Ming was angry, "I didn't argue with Ying Wuji last time...I went to study with my teacher. My sister has a personal maid protecting her, so I didn't pay attention...Did Ying Wuji really harm my sister?"

Ji Su was speechless, "If you don't believe it, go to the yamen and find out who the owner of Shangmo Bookstore is, and then go to the bookstore to see how much scrap paper they've hoarded. You'd better not argue anymore. If you win the argument, your nephew will have two stepmothers!"

Luo Ming: "..."

Watching Luo Ming leave the embassy in a rage, Ji Su finally showed a hint of a smile.

Now, Ying Wuji was like a piece of smelly dog shit that no one wanted to touch in Kingdom Li. If the prime minister knew that his daughter had been deceived by him, he would definitely be the first to come out and stop it, or at least make an effort to crush Kingdom Qian's paper shop.

Using a borrowed knife to kill someone.

I really am a genius in diplomacy.

It's just a pity...

Hua Chao, although twenty-seven years old, was still a beauty that could be described as "the beauty of the nation." The mature charm she exuded only made people's hearts sway even more.

How did she end up being taken advantage of by Ying Wuji?