Chapter 219 The Law
"I...have nowhere to go. I only managed to fight those pirate ships by eating the food offered by the merchants at the Sea God Temple. I've eaten a lot of your food now, and I...haven't helped you yet. I can't leave!"
Xia felt increasingly justified and finally told Qin Mo with a straight face that she needed to help Qin Mo before she could leave.
Then she settled down in Qin Mo's palace, eating more food and accumulating more debt, which gave her even more reason to stay.
Today is the day when the servants and maids of the Prince's mansion receive their monthly salaries. The exquisite copper and silver coins make everyone smile. Only Shia has a bitter face. She can eat and live for free and even have new clothes, but she waited in front of the accountant for a long time and did not hear her name called.
"Qin Mo, why does everyone else get a monthly salary but I don't?"
Qin Mo glanced at Shia and said calmly, "Only my servants, maids, and retainers receive salaries. They either call me 'Your Highness' or 'Prince.' What do you... call me?"
Xia was embarrassed. She had insisted on calling Qin Mo by his name, which had angered everyone. Even Lin Ruoxi almost broke off their friendship. In the end, Qin Mo saved Xia's self-esteem by saying, "I am a prince of the Great Xia, not a prince of the whole country."
"But...but..." Xia hesitated for a moment before failing to come up with a suitable reason. Lin Ruoxi often took her shopping in the commercial district, and all the delicious food and fun activities cost money. She had already owed Lin Ruoxi many times and had to pay it back as soon as possible.
"You're always helping me, so what are you good at?"
Qin Mo looked at the stammering Xia and was speechless. This girl had the height of an adult, but her mentality was really worrying. She had helped her in her mansion for a month, and apart from making her face rosy, she hadn't done anything else.
"I...will capsize the ship..."
Shia racked her brains for a while, only able to come up with one decent skill. Then she looked at Qin Mo hopefully, wondering if her skill would be useful.
"I don't have any boats here that need to be capsized... You came from India, do you know the ports and local customs along the coast?"
Qin Mo thought for a while before realizing that Shia might be of some use. The officials had already laid a foundation in Southeast Asia for several years, and it was time to continue exploring and expanding westward.
Shia's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly, saying, "I know, I know, I've been there, but their cities aren't as prosperous as your Tamsui City, and they're very dirty. Do you want to go there to sell things?"
Xia and Lin Ruoxi were very familiar with each other, and the Lin family were big shots in the business world of Dayuan. Xia naturally knew the power of Dayuan's ocean trade. After Qin Mo's suggestion, Xia immediately thought of his most useful role - to be a guide.
Qin Mo picked up a finely crafted charcoal pencil and began drawing on the white paper. Soon, a regional nautical chart of East Africa and the Indian Ocean was completed, and he began to point to the ports he remembered and ask questions.
"This is Aden, this is Diu, this is Goa, this is Ceylon. The gems in Ceylon are so beautiful, but I have no money and I'm too embarrassed to rob them..." Shia mentioned money again, and implied that he was capable of robbing.
"Do you know the details of the ocean? Mark them on paper and you'll be rich."
Qin Mo nodded secretly as he looked at the cities on the map that were very similar to those in his previous life. He glanced at Shia with satisfaction; the beauty was indeed not just a pretty face, but at least she was a traveler.
Shia was very cautious this time, holding the charcoal pencil and thinking for a long time before drawing a single stroke. Several times she drew and then erased it, her face full of distress.
Qin Mo found it strange and peeked over to take a look. She was immediately surprised to find that what Shia was drawing was not an island, but the ocean currents of the Indian Ocean.
"Xia, when you arrived in Zhu, was it spring or autumn?"
"It's spring, how did you know?"
Qin Mo nodded. The ocean currents in the Indian Ocean are affected by the monsoon, and the flow is completely opposite in winter and summer. When Shia came, it was during the transition period, so it was a bit chaotic.
"Shia, you... really helped me, thank you!" Qin Mo sincerely thanked her. The sea chart in his mind needed to be verified, which required a lot of manpower and time. Shia undoubtedly saved him time.
"So I can take the money now, right? I want the same amount as that stingy maid..."
Shia excitedly pointed at Kaihime behind Qin Mo, which infuriated her. The two were practically natural enemies, always ready to lash out whenever they met.
"Oh! Okay..."
Kaihime now has her own big business, but she stubbornly goes to the royal palace's accounting office every month to collect her personal maid's monthly salary. Lin Ruoxi secretly calls her the stingiest personal maid.
Shia threw down her pen and paper and ran outside. She found the accounting office where monthly salaries were paid, and stretched out her fair hand, saying, "Your Highness, my monthly salary is the same as that stingy maid's."
The old accountant quickly counted out twenty silver coins and respectfully placed them in Shia's hand, bowing and scraping in the same manner as he did with Kaihime. "Your Highness has taken in another personal maid!"
Hsia excitedly went to find Lin Ruoxi, as she was eager to share the joy of receiving her salary with her friend. However, she was blocked by a long-legged woman as soon as she turned the moon gate.
Shia gripped her silver coins tightly in both hands, and began to glare and confront Kaihime, whose eyes were cold.
The servants and guards around them all walked around them. In the royal palace, Kaihime was no longer just Qin Mo's maid. No one dared to come and get in her way.
After a long while, Shia's cold face suddenly broke into a smile, and she took out a silver coin and handed it to Kaihime.
"Big sister... I'll treat you to hot pot..."
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