In this weird world, I use my body to control all things

Chen Mo held two large hammers, each weighing a hundred pounds.

This is the trophy captured in Xingluo Mountain before. This is a good weapon.

My adoptive father was good at swordsmanship and had top-grade weapons, so naturally he disdained the use of these two big hammers.

So Chen Mo asked for them and prepared them for his own use. Before undergoing his last transformation, he was quite comfortable with these two hammers.

However, after the transformation, the two hammers were a little light, but they were enough.

As for the long spear he originally used, it is now even lighter and tighter in his hand.

So he put away the spear first and used these two sledgehammers instead.

The most important thing is that these two hammers are cheap. Although they are relatively well-made, they have no technical content. They are just forged from ordinary fine steel.

He is going to explore the mirage next. Even if this weapon is lost in the mirage, Chen Mo won't feel bad.

But the spear mixed with iron bars is different. The iron bars cannot be refined by ordinary warriors, but are refined by Qi Refiners from refined steel.

A small piece weighs a hundred or ten kilograms. When mixed into a weapon, it can make the weapon both flexible and sharp.

If you want to use iron bars to refine weapons, the cost is high, and there is no way to convert it into silver.

At least they have to bring out Mirage or Blood Essence Stone before those Qi Refiners are willing to help refine the iron tendons.

And you have to find another blacksmith who is strong enough, preferably with a certain level of martial arts, to make this iron bar into a weapon.

It can be said that if you want to refine such a weapon in your hand, it will cost a lot of money.

Chen Mo had the idea of ​​refining it, but he didn't have enough money.

If he wants to shoot a steel gun, it must not weigh only one or two hundred kilograms. It must be made at least four hundred kilograms.

In this way, even if it is reincarnated again, the weapon itself will be enough to be used.

According to what he knew about the market in Xiaqi Valley, at least four blood stones were needed to build such a weapon.

Three pieces are used to purchase materials, and one piece is used as a reward for the craftsman who made the weapons.

Chen Mo doesn't have that much on hand right now. If he wants to build it, he still has to save a while.

Of course, everything starts with improving one's own strength, and the creation of weapons is not very urgent.

Even if it is built, Chen Mo has no intention of taking this weapon into the mirage.

If you go to Mirage on weekdays, you can just use a blunt instrument such as a hammer.

First of all, there are all kinds of strange monsters in the mirage, and there may be creatures like strange deer that can assimilate their own weapons.

Even if weapons made from ordinary fine steel are expensive, they only cost money, so you won’t feel bad if you lose them.

The cost of weapons made of various special materials was too high. If something went wrong, he would be really distressed.

Second, through his several encounters with mirage monsters, he found that these monsters were not easy to kill with sharp weapons.

The heads were cut off and the bodies were quartered by five horses, but they were still alive, and their bodies would still squirm, trying to piece them together again.

It is a better choice to smash it directly into pulp with a hammer.

After carefully placing the two sledgehammers in the courtyard, Chen Mo went to move other heavy objects on the carriage.

It's okay to talk about other things, the armor bow, it can't be moved down by ordinary handlebars.

To get everything back, especially the two big hammers.

Chen Mo not only drove the car himself, but also hired a big truck to deliver all the things.

"Sir, how can I let you do this rough work? We can do it." He Luoyun gasped and hurried over, and the few followers who followed him looked at him.

He quickly helped Chen Mo unload everything from the carriage, and took out the money to help settle the cost of hiring the carriage.

"Go in and talk." Chen Mo smiled at He Luoyun.

In fact, he is quite satisfied with this person. First of all, the other person is doing his job and he doesn't need to worry too much.

Secondly, he was asked to help collect evidence that Liu Mingqiao was corrupt and perverting the law, which he also helped do.

These two points alone are enough to prove that this person is available.

In other words, in the eyes of others, he is already a member of his own faction.

"Alas!" He Luoyun nodded repeatedly, a joyful look flashing across his face.

He really didn't expect that not long after Liu Mingqiao disappeared, the government would no longer pursue the matter, and after three or two months, Chen Mo would be appointed as the new director of salt transportation.

There is a collusion between Zhou Cheng and Du Tiandao, which is not something that a small person like him can learn at will.

At least he had to wait for a while, and only after Zhou Cheng was executed by the Nine Tribes could he know the news.

But no matter what, He Luoyun knew that he made the right choice to help Chen Mo.

This is an opportunity. As long as you can seize it, your business can increase four or five times.

"I won't be here during this period. I hope nothing happens to Niuji?"

Chen Mo pushed the door open and walked into the room to sit down, but when he saw a layer of dust on the chair, he stood and asked.

"My lord, I wish Niuji will be quite stable for the rest of the month. It's just that something happened within the jurisdiction of the Salt Transportation Department."

He Luoyun looked respectful and replied in a deep voice.

Without waiting for Chen Mo's prompting, he continued to tell the story.

"I learned that after you took office, two private salt dealers who had a good relationship with Liu Mingqiao moved their families and left a lot of money behind before leaving."

As he spoke, He Luoyun took out a stack of banknotes from his arms, and many banknotes with cipher text written on them.

These bank checks are all large-value deposit checks, and each one has a corresponding cipher text. If you want to take it out, you must not only have the bank note, but also the cipher text.

"This is the money left by the two private salt dealers. Please take a look at it, sir."

Chen Mo took the bank note with his hand. At a glance, it seemed to be five or six thousand taels.

It seems that the two private salt dealers saw Liu Mingqiao's fate and were worried that when Chen Mo, the new salt transport envoy, arrived, they would be liquidated and targeted as his accomplices.

After all, not only do they have a close relationship with Liu Mingqiao, but more importantly, they are very rich and do not have the ability to protect their money.

He was worried that Chen Mo would attack them first when he took office, so he took the first step.

However, they were smart enough to leave a large fortune before leaving to ensure that Chen Mo would not continue to pursue the case.

"Then they leave, can someone take over their business?" Chen Mo casually put the banknotes on the table aside and asked softly.

"Sir, before you take office, no one dares to take the initiative to pick you up." He Luoyun replied honestly.

The private salt business is a business, but if you don't find a good relationship and just go ahead and do it, the whole family may not know how they died.

So Chen Mo didn't nod, so no one dared to take the initiative to take over this business.

"Can you take over their business?" Chen Mo looked at He Luoyun with a smile.

If the other party has done something for you, you can't let him do it in vain, you have to give him some benefit.

"Yes!" He Luoyun waited for Chen Mo's words and nodded decisively in agreement.

"Okay, then it's up to you to pick it up. Work hard, I will have more things for you to do in the future."

Chen Mo smiled. He really planned to ask He Luoyun to do something for him, mainly because he was easier to use.

Since there have been no problems using him so far, there is no need to take the risk to find someone else.

"Thank you, sir!" He Luoyun bowed down and took out a stack of banknotes from his arms.

"Master, please keep these silver coins for tea. If you need me in the future, just give me your instructions and I will help you even if you go up mountains of swords and seas of fire!"

He Luoyun's tone was slightly excited. If Chen Mo hadn't been in front of him now, he might have jumped up.

The business of those two big private salt dealers is much bigger than mine. As long as we can take over the business safely, we can make money in the future.

Even if you still have to manage things up and down, you can earn far more money than before.

As long as this business can be stabilized, the money for his son's martial arts training will not be worried at all, and various supplementary decoctions can be used.

He Luoyun himself knew that if he only practiced martial arts without taking supplements, he would be fine in his prime, but in old age his whole body would hurt.

He is like this now. When it's cloudy and rainy, it hurts almost every time he moves. This is after he has only practiced martial arts for a few years.

He has suffered this sin and will never let his children suffer the same sin again.

"The little man will take your leave first. Sir, please rest." He Luoyun bowed and left.

Chen Mo looked at the banknotes in his hand. The two private salt dealers left a total of 6,000 taels of silver before leaving. He Luoyun just brought another 1,000 taels.

I have to say that it is indeed good to be promoted. Once this official position is promoted, I will receive seven thousand taels of silver without doing anything.

You can accept all the seven thousand taels of silver yourself, but if you want to collect another two taels of silver, you have to take it out and sort it out.

He Luoyun called someone for help from nowhere, and he was now helping to clean up in the yard.

"I just took office, so I have to go check on the situation first and stay at home to keep an eye on things." Chen Mo walked up to Zhao Yu and told her in a low voice.

Now that I have taken office, I have to do something quickly.

You can also take this opportunity to check out the conditions in nearby military camps and decide which military camps to visit every month in the future.

"Okay, don't worry, I will take care of everything at home." Zhao Yu nodded.

She understood that Chen Mo was talking about the box containing the bow and armor. Compared with it, it didn't matter even if everything else was lost.

After leaving his small courtyard, Chen Mo drove away and left the horses and carriages at the previous military camp for people to take care of.

He did not ride a horse himself and chose to travel alone.

Mainly riding a horse, which is nowhere near as fast as my own legs.

The head of the Seventh Grade Salt Transport Department has no subordinate officials, not even soldiers under his command.

This position is said to be to escort official salt and crack down on illegal salt dealers, but it is more about patrolling various places to ensure that the salt transport envoys and salt transport envoys under his command are doing their jobs.

Of course, although he has no direct subordinate soldiers, he can mobilize all the soldiers in the entire Salt Transport Department at will.

Therefore, the salary of the salt transport envoys and the salt transport envoys and the income from selling private salt will also give themselves a share of the profits.

Although the General Directorate of Salt Transport does not have direct subordinate soldiers, it can independently recruit officials to work.

Chen Mo has asked his adoptive father for help, but he has to wait for the rest of his life before the people can arrive one after another.

He didn't force anyone to come over. After all, he could survive after fighting a war, so he naturally wanted to go home and see his relatives and friends.

Chen Mo walked around the entire area responsible for the Salt Transportation Department and told everyone that everything was in accordance with past practices.

His salt transport envoys, salt transport envoys, and all kinds of private salt dealers, large and small, also paid him a sum of money according to the rules.

This money is no longer given once a month, but received once a quarter.

Chen Mo came in person this time to show everyone that he had taken office.

With this, next time someone will send the money that should be sent to Zhu Niu Ji one after another.

After walking around, Chen Mo already had more than 23,000 taels of silver notes in his hand, which was a large deposit of 100 taels each.

Even so, it's still quite a thick stack in your hand.

This also shows that transporting illegal salt is indeed a huge profit among huge profits.

This money is not counted as a fraction. Of the money, 20% will be given to his adoptive father, who is his immediate boss.

Another 20% is to be given to the Commander-in-Chief of the Dingzhou Patrol Guard, General Zhou Dongzhou.

He had made great contributions during the siege of Du Tiandao Sect and now he has been promoted to a high level.

There are still 20% to be given to the prefect of Dingzhou and 10% to the prefect of Xingyuan Prefecture.

In addition, the guards and prefects of Anyang Prefecture also have to give half a percent each.

Although 70% of the area under his jurisdiction is in Xingyuan Prefecture, a considerable part of it is in Anyang Prefecture, so he must take care of everything.

After all the money was taken away, I still had more than 4,300 taels left.

Divided evenly, that's more than 1,400 taels of silver per month, which is only a part of my income.

There will also be free wages to eat, and the private salt dealers he protects will also give him an extra profit.

Chen Mo did some rough calculations, and adding them all together, he had more than two thousand taels of silver every month.

No wonder they say that three years to clear the magistrate's office is worth one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.

As a seventh-grade official, I can earn more than 20,000 taels of silver a year.

What's more, a fifth-grade magistrate, even a Qing magistrate, as long as he is not too Qing, can earn less than 30,000 yuan a year.

If I were a little greedy, I don’t know how big this number would be.

Chen Mo sealed the banknote and put it into the envelope along with the cipher text.

As long as his officials arrive, he can send them out one by one.

The officials who can do this are all old soldiers under General Sun and are of the same clan as him.

And there is no one who has a wife, children, family, and business, who can run away from a monk but not from a temple.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to guarantee that someone would not be tempted by such a large amount of money.

"Stop working, let's eat first!" Zhao Yu knocked on the door and shouted softly.

"It'll be ready soon." Chen Mo responded, locked the box containing the banknotes three times, pushed it under the bed and put it away, then he got up and walked to the dining room.

In the dining room, steaming food was served one after another.

Zhao Yu put a lot of effort into making this meal. She knew that Chen Mo was working very hard. She just took office and didn't have time to stay at home, so she hurriedly went on inspection and worked hard for several days before going home.

She cooked this meal carefully, mainly because she wanted to reward him.

Liudao bought cold dishes and cooked food, and she made Liudao hot stir-fries herself.

There are also four major dishes: braised pork elbow, braised beef, earthen hen soup, and steamed sea bass.

"I'll do it, you just have a good rest." Seeing Chen Mo walking into the kitchen to help, Zhao Yu hurriedly pushed him away.

When the last dish was served, she sat at the dinner table with a comfortable smile.

"You must be tired." Chen Mo handed over a cup of slightly warm tea.

She took it and took a few sips before urging, "Eat it quickly, it will get cold if you don't."

Now that the weather has entered winter, it is not as good as spring and summer. If the food is cold, it will not taste good.

Chen Mo immediately ate happily, let go of his stomach, and had a delicious meal.

The elbow sauce is rich in flavor, the pancake rolls are quite good, and the braised beef is so tender that it can be eaten with the meat and tendons in just three bites.

The earthenware hen soup is quite delicious.

As for the steamed seabass, it should be eaten while it is hot so that it is not fishy.

By the time the cups and plates on the table were in a mess, all the vegetables on the plate had been eaten.

Zhao Yu made a new pot of tea and poured it for Chen Mo and himself to drink.

After finishing the meal, neither of them wanted to move much. There was no harm in clearing the dishes and chopsticks on the table after a while.

"I found out the location of Ningye Mansion. It's next to Baoning Mansion, more than 1,700 miles away from us."

Chen Mo slowly said that he didn't know where Ningye Mansion was before because of his low status, but it's different now.

He couldn't get the more detailed map of Dingzhou, but the simple version was not difficult.

"I have basically finished all the things I have been doing during my term of office. I will be relatively free for the next half month, and there will be nothing major to be busy with."

What Chen Mo said was true. His position was an absolutely leisure job, as he only needed to collect cash and deliver money.

As for other matters, his staff will do it for him, so he doesn't have to do it himself.

When the officials are not available, he can just be idle.

"If you want to go to Ningye Mansion to find your relatives, I will make preparations and send you there."

It was more than 1,700 miles, and if she didn't escort her, she might not even be halfway there.

"If you don't want to go and are willing to stay at home, I will marry you."

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he stopped talking. The relationship between him and Zhao Yu had been in name only for almost a year.

No matter what happens now, it is time to make a decision, and if we put it off, the longer it is put off, the harder it will be to solve it.