Chapter 1980: Chapter 1977: Upheaval

Not even a bit surprised.

Chu Ziluo watched, suddenly understanding, it seemed that Mother had already known the news, presumably informed by Father.

“Mother, do you need me to do something?”

“Help me calculate how much wages each member of the caravan should receive appropriately.” Ye Muyu, seeing she wanted to help, didn’t spoil her and gave her some work to do.

It wasn’t exactly Chu Ziluo’s first time doing this kind of work.

Nowadays, most of the household finances were managed by her, including distributing the monthly allowance and rewards to the servants in the residence, all passed through her hands.

“Alright.” Chu Ziluo first took the ledger from the capital to look at.

Then she took a blank sheet of paper.

First, she considered the daily wages of the servant boys working in the medicine shop in the capital, and then compared them to the monthly wages of other caravans.

Ye Muyu established some rules for the caravan, clear and detailed, appearing as a large volume. When these people joined the caravan and signed the contract, these details would need to be included.

After finishing, she had a servant send a message to Tang Dongfeng, indicating that he should take her to inspect the selected people later.

Ye Muyu stood up, went to the next room, and changed into plain clothes, her hair styled simply, with some disguises on her face.

As she was ready, the message also came from Tang Dongfeng.

Tang Dongfeng had been looking for manpower recently.

It’s just that the recent unrest in the capital slowed his pace.

Fortunately, from the start, he didn’t focus solely on looking for people in the capital, after all, nobody knew if a randomly picked person might be a crony of some high official.

He seized the opportunity to leave the capital to buy properties and open the medicine shop, meanwhile looking for manpower.

He returned yesterday, realizing something was off before even entering the capital, so he found a way to leave immediately, not even entering the capital, directly heading back to the county city below.

But he always had people watching the situation in the capital and contacted Ye Muyu.

Upon receiving the news, he hurried back at the first moment.

Ye Muyu was very pleased with his attentiveness, and took Su Mei and Liuye with her as she set out.

Chu Ziluo, learning that she was leaving, didn’t chase after her, only said, “Mother, I will stay home and also take care of my brother, you go ahead and be busy.”

“Alright, I’ll be back sooner.”

Nuanbao was easy to handle, otherwise, Ye Muyu wouldn’t dare to always leave with peace of mind. Having an unclingy yet sensible son brought this bit of joy.

Meanwhile, Chu Heng had gone to the military camp outside the capital.

His appearance instantly drew the attention of many soldiers.

The local officials had no idea what was happening in the palace, but those with positions had some guesses, yet dared not leak anything.

But the camp’s leaders, while some had a good impression of Chu Heng, most were more on guard against him.

However, Chu Heng was prepared beforehand and didn’t show any timidity due to this. Upon reaching the camp, he went straight to the camp, checking the ledgers.

This was something he had dealt with before, knowing full well that the ledgers handed over by those below had issues, he hadn’t said much at the time, merely kept the evidence quietly, noting down useful information.

Then, he showed the evidence of them using fake ledgers to deceive him to a few officials.

Since the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of War had been vacant, several officials with the strength to compete for that position in the Ministry of War had some thoughts.

Originally, Hu Hua, who lost the chance for a promotion due to Chu Heng’s sudden arrival, was pleasantly surprised.

Today, in the Ministry of War, he was arrogant, publicly declaring himself as certain to obtain that position.

Moreover, the Minister of War, Xiang City, did not deny this statement.

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