Chapter 522: Cleverness and Self-Destruction! [3]

"Five hundred million!"

"Three months!"

Dong Huang was shocked.

Niu Yaodi nodded while saying: "I heard my younger brother mention it long ago, saying that Duan Yu sent people to sell salt from Hedong Commandery, but I didn't know where it was sold to."

"If I hadn't heard it today, how would I know it was so profitable."

"Three months is five hundred million *qian*."

Niu Yaodi looked at Dong Huang and said: "Nowadays, the position of the Three Excellencies only costs one hundred million *qian*."

"If you had this money…"

Three Excellencies.

Dong Huang's eyes widened.

"But… but this money is Duan Yu's." Dong Huang's brows furrowed again immediately.

"You…" Niu Yaodi stomped her feet in anger and said: "Why are you so dense?"

"How is it Duan Yu's?"

"This salt was sold from your uncle's place. That is your uncle, and you are the eldest son of the Dong family."

"He, Duan Yu, is just an outsider."

"If it weren't for him marrying Yi'er, would this money have ended up in Duan Yu's pocket?"

Dong Huang nodded with a frown.

"Then what do you want me to do?" Dong Huang asked, looking at Niu Yaodi: "Go and ask Duan Yu for it?"

"Are you stupid?" Niu Yaodi looked at Dong Huang with a look of "iron not becoming steel": "If you just go and ask, will he give it to you?"

Indeed.

Dong Huang nodded. Would Duan Yu give him the money he had already put in his pocket?

"I regret it now. If my brother had married Yi'er in the beginning, you wouldn't have had such a hard time now," Niu Yaodi said regretfully: "I would only need one word, and my brother would naturally help you. Forget about a county magistrate; even buying you a prefecture wouldn't be a problem."

"Alas…"

Dong Huang shook his head and sighed: "What's the use of saying this now?"

"If I don't ask Duan Yu for the money, should I go find my uncle?"

Niu Yaodi thought for a moment, pulled Dong Huang to sit down, and then shook her head: "Even if you go find your uncle now, what's the use?"

"Duan Yu is Yi'er's husband now."

"Besides, if Duan Yu finds out about this, won't he go looking for it?"

Dong Huang turned to look at Niu Yaodi impatiently: "This won't work, that won't work. Then tell me what will work?"

"If there is a way, just say it directly."

"A way…"

"There is definitely one, I just don't know if you have the guts…" Niu Yaodi lowered her voice and looked at Dong Huang.

"Why wouldn't I have the guts!" Dong Huang said loudly: "What is there that I don't have the guts to do?"

Five hundred million!

Five hundred million *qian*!

One hundred million *qian* could buy a position as one of the Three Excellencies in Luoyang.

Although there was no real power, it was still a position as one of the Three Excellencies.

Just take a little bit out to buy a prefecture, buy a title.

And this was only three months of income.

What if it were a year? What if it were ten years?

With so much money, what wouldn't he have?

Beautiful women, mansions, luxury.

By then, would he still need to be holed up in a remote place like Longxi?

With this money, he could do whatever he wanted.

Niu Yaodi's eyes flickered, and then she lowered her voice and whispered into Dong Huang's ear. ===== CHAPTER 524 =====