"Maid?" Wu Zhe was surprised.
Dugu Mo said casually: "What? How about not becoming your slave?"
Wu Zhe said: "I am not a slave in the first place, so I should be released."
Elder Leopard angrily reprimanded: "I don't know what's good or bad. Since I was involved in the disaster of the Zonghengquan Huo family's ransacking, it's a fluke to survive. Son, no, prince, you must know that Prince Mo has allowed you not to be a slave. It's a blessing, why don't you kneel down to thank you and make noise instead?"
"I know this too. In fact, I'm just a worthless little girl in the eyes of the prince. At most, I'm just an eye-catcher." Wu Zhe scratched his head: "But I'm sure, if you can bear with me for a month, I promise you Don't be my little girl anymore. Believe it or not?"
"If you don't want to be your little girl, how can you still be a big man?" Old Leopard laughed. While she was undeniably good-looking, he had never seen such a bold convict.
Of course, in a sense, this Zhou Zhiruo has not yet entered the Huo family's household registration, nor does she have the original status of a domestic slave, so she is not a convict.
Although Wu Zhe's current age and appearance are two years older than Xiao Ruoyao's state, he has reached the age of sixteen and twenty-eight. But in the eyes of Bao Lao, Dugu Mo and others, she still belongs to a little girl. "One month? What changes within one month?" Dugu Mo asked Wu Zhe back.
"I will show my worth, which will naturally make you, Prince, look at you differently."
"Value? Hehe, I just let you be a vase." Dugu Mo smiled very shamelessly.
Wu Zhe's face sank: "If you say that you arrange me to be a maid, then I will become a domestic slave. Even if I am not a slave, I am relatively free and cannot be killed or plundered at will. But you are talking about a maid, and a maid is a servant. The Patriarch’s, I understand that it’s not just for show. If it’s a critical moment, he can help out with an idea.”
"The maid's idea?" Dugu Mo and Bao Lao felt strange.
"Of course, Prince, you are busy with so many things every day, it is impossible to think about everything thoroughly. The so-called bystander is clear, maybe a word from the personal maid can wake up the dreamer."
Old Leopard sneered: "A little girl, how knowledgeable is she?"
Dugu Mo remained silent. Just looking at Wu Zhe.
Boss Wu Zhe was not happy: "How knowledgeable? Let me ask the prince and the old man."
"I don't know the depth, do you know how to address this old man?" Old Leopard stared.
"Hehe, I really don't know. I can guess Prince Mo, after all, I've heard this name many times in the past few days." Wu Zhe pursed his lips and smiled: "You didn't introduce me, and I don't have an old lady to support me. I know, not only can I be a vase, but I can change my career to fortune-telling." When she smiled like this, Old Leopard suddenly lost his temper: "This old man is a moon-rank saint."
"Wow—" Wu Zhe exclaimed, reaching out to grab Lao Bao's lapel. But he didn't dare to catch him: "You, you are the legendary saint..."
"Hmph, you still know." Old Leopard's face turned pale. Ordinary male disciples have long been accustomed to flattering and so on. He felt very comfortable being told this by this novelty and arrogant little girl.
Wu Zhe respectfully said: "Holy One, my little girl dares to ask a question. But Prince Mo is in charge of the house raid this time?"
"Why are you asking this?" Old Leopard couldn't help but look at Dugu Mo when he heard this question.
"I just want to talk about my suggestion." Wu Zhe shrugged his shoulders: "If you two have time, you may wish to listen to it. If it doesn't listen to you, it's a joke."
Her voice is tinkling and pleasant, but it doesn't make people feel bored.
Dugu Mo said: "Zonghengquan's rebellious feelings are real, if you want to ask for something, don't think about it."
"The prince is really wise, but the little girl is not pleading for the Huo family." Wu Zhe said: "Just as a maid. Tell me your opinion on the prince's termination of this matter."...
Both Bao Lao and Dugu Mo were a little surprised: "What do you think?"
"I watched with cold eyes for more than a day, and felt that the prince was very strict in governing the army, and his subordinates were almost free from greed." Wu Zhe talked about the situation in the past few days.
Old Leopard laughed and said: "Little girl can't do anything else, but this small mouth is quite good at talking. It's good to keep it by your side to blow the warm air."
Dugu Mo said with a smile: "Thank you for the old Leopard's suggestion, I also like to let her be by my side. Just be a vase to save face."
There are some similarities between Wu State and Jin State. When princes and other nobles attend banquets and other occasions, they often bring personal maids to serve them.
"Listen to me, okay?" Wu Zhe rolled his eyes.
"Bold, how dare you blame the prince?" Old Leopard said angrily.
Wu Zhe said: "Don't be so fierce, listen to me, if there is no reason, you can lose your temper again."
Bao Lao wanted to stop her. But Dugu Mo waved his hand and said calmly, "Oh, tell me."
Wu Zhe laughed and said, "Prince... Well, this title is really unpleasant, but it's better to be a young master."
"If what you said is reasonable, I will allow you to call me son." Dugu Mo was not used to being called a prince, and secretly felt that it was more comfortable to be called a son by a beautiful woman.
"It's good that you are rigorous in running the army, but you can think of why Xuanwu King, um, should be called Xuanwu Emperor. Why did you only arrange for you to handle this matter?"
"..." Dugu Mo looked at Wu Zhe, but didn't speak.
"If the Emperor Xuanwu wants to make the Huo family's raids rigorous and fair, he only needs to send two courtiers who are not very close to each other to do it together. Although there will inevitably be disagreements with each other, under mutual surveillance, there will never be any corruption. Fundamentally You don't need to handle it."
"… go on."
Seeing that Dugu Mo could listen to it, Wu Zhe continued cheerfully: "You are only allowed to host this matter, Prince. I guess Emperor Xuanwu is a kind of connivance. He wants to connive you to do one thing..."
"..." Dugu Mo frowned.
"Pampering? One thing?" Old Leopard wondered impatiently beside him.
"Yes, the sage and young master can guess." Wu Zhe giggled.
Old Leopard scolded: "Prince Mo hasn't allowed you to address you as Young Master yet."
"It's okay, girl, you have aroused my interest in listening, let's continue." Dugu Mo asked Wu Zhe to continue.
He never thought that his father arranged for him to do this, and there would be other deep meanings.
"Thank you, son, for allowing my daughter to change her mind." Wu Zhe said happily, "Although the Zonghengquan Huo family is not a big family, they can be regarded as a wealthy place in the Wu Kingdom for decades. Emperor Xuanwu entrusted this wealth to the prince. The thing that pampered you was... Greedy ink!"
"Greedy ink!" Dugu Mo's eyes widened.
ink? ! Is this word a coincidence? It's still the same as my own name!
Old Leopard scolded sharply: "Nonsense! How could Emperor Xuanwu allow the prince to be greedy for ink!"
"No, what I said is not wrong at all!" Wu Zhe said: "Young Master, can you tell? Those who rule the world should be the first to rule the government. The key to governing the government is the word greed!"
"..." Dugu Mo listened quietly to the girl's words.
"The common people should avoid being corrupt but not diligent towards officials. As long as you are fair and not corrupt, you are a good official. The more diligent officials, the better. Kings and emperors should avoid mediocrity but not be greedy about officials. As long as you are not mediocre but have great achievements, Greedy ink is secondary."
"Well said!" Dugu Mo couldn't help but praise, and then quickly noticed that he lost his composure, and smiled: "You continue."
"Hey, so my lord, you ransacked the house this time, probably worth millions of taels?" Wu Zhe asked with a smile.
Old Leopard was stunned when he heard it just now, but now he smiled and said: "Little girl, I'm so knowledgeable."
This kind of big family, the base number for confiscating the house is in the tens of millions. Although this little girl speaks the truth, she is a yellow-haired girl after all, and her knowledge is not enough.
This kind of feeling gave Baolao and Dugu Mo a buffer in their understanding of Wu Zhe, but it was not too shocking.
"What? Tens of millions?" Wu Zhe asked back.
More than tens of millions, there are as many as 36 million! Although Lao Bao couldn't remember the exact number, he still knew the approximate number. It's just that Prince Mo didn't let him speak, so naturally he wouldn't tell a little girl.
"The account is on the table, you can take a look." Dugu Mo remembered that the lieutenant guarding the female family must hit every word, and he couldn't help thinking about how capable this girl is.
Unexpectedly, Dugu Mo asked Wu Zhe to look at the account book.
Wu Zhe jumped to the table, looking eager to try: "I read the account book, I won't be murdered, right?"
"Take a look and talk about your thoughts."
Wu Zhe also opened the top summary ledger, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile, "Are these real ledgers?"
Dugu Mo nodded.
"Of course." Old Leopard said, "Prince Mo is strict in running the army, and he will never be greedy for profit."
He deliberately avoided an ink word.
"Your Excellency, do you know that running an army is different from running an official?" Wu Zhe slapped the account book, "If you ransack your house so strictly, you will never have the chance to do so again. Maybe you will be impeached yourself. "
Dugu Mo frowned.
"What nonsense!" Old Bao wanted to stop again. In his heart, the differences in people's ranks are very important. If this little girl dares to talk nonsense in front of her master, even if she slaps her mouth, it would be considered light.
"Old Leopard, just listen to her." Dugu Mo said lightly.
As soon as these words came out, Old Bao didn't dare to make any noise, closed his mouth and stared at Wu Zhe.
Dugu Mo asked Wu Zhe again: "Girl, if you do it according to your way of thinking, what suggestions do you have?"
"Thirty-six million taels of silver! That's too much, how can you copy so much?" Wu Zhe snorted: "If you want me to say, Zonghengquan Huo's family is strong outside the middle, and he has long been defeated by the patriarch who is lustful and can't keep his business." It's almost a defeat. The silver taels confiscated in the house raids are at most six million taels."
Both Leopard Lao and Dugu Mo didn't react.
Wu Zhe waved his slender arm: "Young master only needs to hand over six million taels to the treasury, and the remaining thirty million taels to keep ten million taels for himself, and the remaining twenty million taels... to manage all parties in the court!"
The two stared blankly at Wu Zhe
"How can everyone not share the benefits of such a good thing as house raiding? You must know..." Wu Zhe raised his delicate face and said proudly: "Don't worry about scarcity but inequality, and there is no disaster for greed but no disaster for profit!"