Chapter 30

Twenty-nine, bribery? Bribery is good!

Su Qiao got off the carriage with a puzzled look.

He saw that the carriage had already stopped inside a separate courtyard.

The courtyard was not too large, just a standard Sihe Academy set.

But from the decoration to the furnishings, every corner of the entire courtyard revealed a touch of elegance.

In the small courtyard, several potted landscapes were planted.

Even in the Great Ming, such a residence in Jin Ling would absolutely be impossible to buy for less than one hundred taels.

Before Su Qiao could come to his senses.

A young man ran out quickly from within the courtyard.

Seeing Su Qiao, he hurriedly came out from the main hall to welcome him.

"This must be Lord Su, right?"

Su Qiao clasped his hands in a bow while asking with a puzzled look.

"You are...?"

The young man immediately smiled.

"I am Shen Boding, the Proprietor of the Hengtong Shipping Line."

Having spoken, Shen Boding began to complain bitterly to Su Qiao.

"Lord Su does not know, ever since the court announced the sea ban, we who sail the seas have suffered unbearably!"

"Thanks to Lord Su's righteous speech in the court a few days ago..."

As soon as these words were spoken, before Shen Boding could finish.

Su Qiao saw through the visitor's intention.

Just this courtyard.

And look at this person's status.

Isn't this clearly coming to bribe me?!

Thinking of this.

Su Qiao's eyes grew even brighter.

I have already confronted him to this extent.

And Old Zhu still hasn't killed me, has he?

Then I am going to make money!

Whether it was my past life or this life.

Su Qiao has never experienced what it feels like to be a corrupt official.

Thinking of this, Su Qiao immediately looked at Shen Boding beside him and smiled.

"In that case, shall we speak inside?"

Having spoken, Su Qiao made a gesture toward Shen Boding.

Shen Boding looked at Su Qiao with some surprise.

He originally thought Su Qiao was a greenhorn.

Upon seeing such a heavy gift from him, he must have been terrified out of his wits.

He never expected that things would proceed so smoothly.

Shen Boding immediately smiled.

"Good, good! Let us speak inside right now!"

Su Qiao walked into the main hall himself, examining the arrangement before him in detail.

Having spoken, Su Qiao plopped down onto the Taishi chair in the main hall.

As soon as he sat down, before Shen Boding could speak.

Su Qiao immediately let out a sigh.

"Sigh..."

Shen Boding's heart immediately tightened, looking at Su Qiao nervously and asking.

"What is wrong, Lord Su?"

Su Qiao clicked his tongue and said.

"Sigh, Squire Shen does not know, I have had a flaw since childhood."

Shen Boding looked at Su Qiao with a puzzled expression and asked.

"Please instruct, Lord Su."

Su Qiao immediately smiled mysteriously.

"When I use furniture, I can only use redwood; nothing else will do."

Having spoken, Su Qiao pointed to the round-backed chair beneath him.

"This Manchurian ash chair, sitting on it just digs into the buttocks."

Hearing this, Shen Boding's eyes immediately lit up.

I am not afraid of you accepting it.

I am afraid only that you will not accept it!

"This is easy to solve!"

"Lord Su, please wait!"

Having spoken, Shen Boding stood up and shouted at the two guards outside the main hall.

"Quick, go back to the manor and bring over that set of redwood furniture I just brought back from the Southern Seas!"

"Yes!"

One of the attendants immediately hurried out of the residence.

Su Qiao couldn't help but stretch again, sighing helplessly,

"Sigh, Squire Shen, look, I really didn't mean that."

Shen Boding immediately laughed,

"Right, how could my lord Su have such an intention?"

"This commoner saw that my lord Su had just arrived in Jin Ling and took the initiative to offer these."

Hearing this, Su Qiao couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Squire Shen, you misunderstood."

"I mean..."

"Sigh, I am just a person who loves to drink tea; if it isn't Zhengshan Xiaozhong, it makes my throat feel spicy."

Shen Boding immediately slapped his forehead.

"I was too hasty. Hey, you, go fetch ten jin of top-quality tea..."

Su Qiao looked at Shen Boding speechlessly.

Only after a long while did he spit out two words from his mouth,

"Just this little bit?"

Hearing this, Shen Boding couldn't help but be stunned.

Just this... little bit?!

Sixty taels are enough to skin you and stuff you with straw!

This little bit is enough to skin and stuff ten of you with straw!

Shen Boding's face couldn't help but show a look of difficulty.

Then he sat down heavily beside Su Qiao.

Pointing a finger at the nearby writing desk, he spoke in a low voice,

"My lord Su, you say, how much?"

Su Qiao took it completely lightly.

He blurted out,

"Two hundred thousand taels!"

Shen Boding: "..."

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