After coming out of Beicheng Sijinyuan, Lu Songli asked people to put their feet on the threshing machine for mass production.
In Houcheng, under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, there are already several workshops, including breeding workshops, planting workshops, textile and garment making workshops, construction workshops... All of them are craftsmen with relevant experience.
Lu Songli took a look at the sky and decided to go back to Qin's house.
Recently, Qin Sheng went out to suppress bandits, because the suppression of bandits started from Houcheng and steadily advanced from north to south. In other words, the locations where bandits are being suppressed will only get further and further away. Qin Sheng's trip this time is not like he could go home from time to time when he was suppressing bandits in nearby counties and towns.
Lu Songli did the math, well, it's been half a month since he left home this time, and she missed him a little.
Today, Liaodong County's anti-bandit campaign is in full swing.
Half of the eighteen well-known bandits in Liaodong County were eradicated in just two months!
An average of one every seven days! It's so scary. No, it's too scary.
The people of Liaodong County applauded the situation of eradicating the bandit cancer in the territory.
The remaining bandits were frightened. Some of the most vicious ones felt that the governor of Liaodong County had done too much and refused to give them a way to survive. They wanted to massacre the village to vent their anger and intimidate the government and army.
This is none other than Anle Village in Wen County.
Wen County can be said to be located in the hinterland of Liaodong County, and Anle Village has a reputation for being vicious. They made it clear that they wanted to go against the official army.
But as soon as they took action, the Houcheng army led by Qin Sheng raided their lair and cut off their way back. Then they were made dumplings and nearly half of the bandits were directly slaughtered.
This move by Houcheng's army frightened the remaining mountain strongholds who wanted to fight head-on.
While Houcheng's army was cleaning up the battlefield, the following scene happened to the remaining bandits who survived.
After packing his baggage, Bandit A found his good friend Bandit B and said, "I want to secretly go down the mountain. Can you leave?"
Bandit B was shocked when he heard this, "Going down the mountain?"
Bandit A: "Yes, go down the mountain. Now all the major government offices in Liaodong County are opening up household registration. If I apply for household registration, I will be a good citizen."
Bandit B has his own worries: "I heard that the government will also check past criminal history."
Bandit A: "Just check. Anyway, I didn't touch anyone's life. At worst, if the things I committed before are found out, I will at most be sentenced to penance. Anyway, I heard from the old farmers that serving now is not as hard as before." "The most important thing is that the sentence is quite fair. Based on what he committed, he will be sentenced to half a year's service at most.
"I have realized clearly that there is no future for me as a bandit in Liaodong County. But I don't want to leave Liaodong County." People are cheap when they leave their hometown, so they should be good.
"Okay, that's all I've said. If you don't leave, I'm leaving."
"Wait for me! I'll go with you."
At Leigong Mountain in Wen County, Qin Yan diligently directed people to clean up the battlefield, and finally gave all the instructions. He grabbed the cowhide water bag hanging around his waist and drank three large gulps of water before he felt relieved.
After drinking the water, he glanced around and found that Xiao Liu Qin Sheng was biting a piece of grass in his mouth and looking dreamily in the direction of Houcheng in the north.
Qin Yan was speechless for a moment. He had already learned about Xiao Liu's problem from Lao San. Seeing him like this, he is close to becoming a wife-loving stone. But if he looks again, can he still see the sixth brother and sister?
Beside, Zhu Dazhuang and Zhou Da were biting their ears while working, "Based on my thirty years of experience in killing pigs, Mr. Six must be thinking about Mrs. Six."
Zhou Da: Could he not know that Mr. Six misses Mrs. Six? But, "Shh, Mr. Liu is not in a good mood lately, we'd better not mess with him."
Qin Sheng didn't care what others thought, he had been out for more than half a month. On the eighteenth day after not seeing my wife, I miss her.
Originally, after clearing out the bandits in Liaotuan County, he could go back to work. Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the change. Anle Village in Wen County was restless and wanted to provoke people at this moment. It didn't know that they had already been on guard against it and jumped over the wall.
After destroying Anle Village, they had already made arrangements in Xinchang County and Jujiu County and had to return for reinforcements.
He was saddened by the thought of not being able to go back immediately.
He misses his wife, but wonders if she misses him?
In the Southland, three days flew by in the blink of an eye.
Today is the last day of the deadline given by Zhu Congwen.
Xie Zhan arranged the work at hand, then got up and walked outside Chen's mansion.
Along the way, I met many people from the Chen clan, and they all greeted Xie Zhan.
Xie Zhan came to the agreed place again at the agreed time.
Seeing Xie Zhan's tired face, Zhu Congwen knew that he was doing something for him.
Xie Zhan didn't say much and went straight to the point, "Two hundred thousand taels, take it from Xiao Zhuya Island."
Hearing the price, Zhu Congwen's eyes widened, "It's so expensive, why don't you Chen family grab it?! According to the market price, your Xiaozhuya Island is worth a whopping 150,000 yuan. This is still high for me." Here it is. Normal market price is only one hundred thousand taels!"
Xie Zhan: "It's just this price anyway, it's up to you whether you want it or not!"
Zhu Congwen narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Xie Zhan. Was he taking him for granted? "I can't accept this price. Go and talk to Chen Jiaye. One hundred thousand taels is fine."
Xie Zhan said with a calm expression, "I have tried my best on this matter. We can't talk about it, so don't threaten me all the time. You must know that the Chen family is not short of money and has no intention of selling Xiao Zhuya Island."
Xie Zhan's potential meaning was that if he hadn't been forced, he wouldn't have been able to buy Xiao Zhuya Island no matter how much money he spent.
Now that he wants Xiaozhu Ya Island, if there are traces of it, don't blame the Chen family for asking for a high price.
Zhu Congwen understood what he meant, but understanding didn't mean he could accept it, "Aren't you afraid that I will really bring things between you and Miss Lu in front of Chen Jiaye?"
Xie Zhan glanced at him and said, "You can go if you want. Miss Lu and I have nothing to do."
As soon as Xie Zhan said this, Zhu Congwen knew that this matter was not negotiable.
There is a gold mine on Xiaozhuya Island, and an extra hundred thousand taels is nothing. Even if he didn't know how big the gold mine was, on such a big island, ten thousand taels of gold couldn't be mined?
Who let him reveal his intention to buy first? It is normal for the other party to sit down and raise the price.
"I agreed, when can the transaction be made?" In fact, he didn't want this transaction to drag on for too long, or things would change over time. Who knows if the Chen family will become suspicious and send someone to Xiaozhuya Island to check? In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, Zhu Congwen decided to agree.
Xie Zhan showed a hint of surprise at the right time and said, "You can do it at any time."
"Then we'll see you there at noon tomorrow morning."
He doesn't have that much cash on hand, and his own personal property is only about 100,000 taels. But it would be too slow to cash out, and if he touches these properties, his parents will definitely notice.
He decided to borrow money from Ji's Bank. As he was the legitimate son of the Zhu family, it shouldn't be a big problem. As for the interest, it doesn't matter. Once the gold mine is mined, it will be trivial.
Anyway, this transaction needs to be quick!
When he thought of this, Zhu Congwen couldn't sit still and left in a hurry.
