"You cleaned me out again as soon as you came back. Here, take it and go."
Wu Deshui glared at Lin Hao, his mustache bristling. The fellow had come to clean him out again. Earlier, he had gotten a hundred thousand taels in Silver Notes from somewhere and asked him to exchange them for silver and gold.
Wu Deshui had been forced to make a trip out and exchange them with some wealthy households in Dam Market.
The exchange rate for gold around Wei An had now been driven up to nearly 1:25.
But thanks to the Dragon Lizard Jerky and the Elephant Heart that followed, Wu Deshui looked noticeably healthier despite his bristling mustache and glare. His complexion was rosy, and his vitality had improved considerably.
Even his voice had grown stronger.
"Oh, Master, these Silver Notes are great. So handy and convenient."
Grinning, Lin Hao started squeezing money out of the old man, practically emptying the Martial Arts School's silver reserves.
But despite his complaints, Wu Deshui still lowered his voice afterward and asked Lin Hao, "Did something happen?"
When his second and fourth disciples had returned earlier, they had given him a rough account of Lin Hao's exploits. That made Wu Deshui suspect that something had happened over at Sword-Forging Manor.
"A little. The Yanhuang Trade Association is probably going to be purged, and then an imperial decree will be issued to arrest transmigrators. I'm exchanging some silver here in case I need it."
Lin Hao had little reason to hide anything from his master.
Although he could not readily discuss the coup, there was nothing wrong with sharing the intelligence Old Yin had gathered.
"I knew it. The Yanhuang Trade Association is a tall tree that catches the wind, so it's hardly surprising. You don't need