HLnovel Chapter 117 Qu Yuan's Expectation
Chapter 117 Qu Yuan's Expectation
Five days later, an imperial edict arrived in Jinchuan County!
After reading the imperial edict, a trace of deep helplessness flashed across the county magistrate's face.
Although he had known about the tribute for a long time, he did not expect that the tribute this time would come so quickly, and... the amount of annual cloth required was so large...
If the people knew this news...
The county magistrate was dejected in his study.
But at the same time, the Qu family was overjoyed!
"Hahaha! Okay! Okay!"
"The tribute issue is finally confirmed!"
"This time, my Qu family will reach a higher level!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
The head of the Qu family, Qu Yuan, couldn't stop smiling!
He was sure that he had control over 99% of the cloth in Jinchuan County!
The tribute this time requires a lot of annual cloth. If the county magistrate wants to collect it all, he has only one choice: to ask him for help!
By then, he can vent all the anger he had suffered before!
"Father, then...will Lord Xue have to come to you for help this time?" Qu Jing asked expectantly.
"Haha, of course!" Qu Yuan looked proud.
"Now all the cloth in Jinchuan County is in my hands. If he wants to complete the task assigned by the court, he has only one choice, and that is to come and beg me!"
"Hahahaha!"
As Qu Yuan spoke, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Great!"
Qu Jing was also extremely excited when he heard his father's words!
Didn’t Xue Bin want to get rid of him?!
This time... he has a chance to control Xue Bin!
The father and son of the Qu family were both immersed in their own imaginations.
But what the two didn't know was that the county magistrate had already sent Master Xue San to Zhoujia Village.
……
At noon, at the entrance of Zhoujia Village, Mr. Xue Sanye, dressed in a black yamen official's uniform, came galloping on a tall horse!
"That's... Mr. Xue San?"
"Go and inform the village chief!"
Old Wu, who was guarding the village entrance, was shocked when he saw Mr. Xue San coming!
After sending someone to inform Jiang Chen, Old Wu hurried forward to greet him.
"Third Master, why are you here?"
Third Master Xue got off his horse, patted Old Wu on the shoulder and said, "Old Wu, I came here this time to talk to my second brother. Where is he?"
"Uncle San, I have sent someone to notify the village chief, he will be here soon!" Old Wu said in a deep voice.
"By the way, Third Master, you are here now. Is there something important going on?"
Old Wu's face was full of worry. It wasn't even the fifteenth day of the first lunar month yet, and Mr. Xue had hurried to Zhoujia Village. He always had a bad feeling.
"Alas! It's hard to explain in words!"
Xue Sanye sighed helplessly, then gritted his teeth and said, "The court will pay tribute to the grassland!"
"What!?"
When Old Wu and other veteran soldiers heard this, they were all stunned!
Before that, they were all soldiers fighting on the grassland!
Now, hearing that the imperial court wants to pay tribute to the grassland, how can they bear it!
"Damn those steppe Tartars! Damn them all!"
"The court is incompetent! Evil officials are in power!"
"I really want to kill all those Tartars and all the treacherous officials!"
As Old Wu and the others spoke, an extremely powerful murderous aura burst out from their bodies!
"this……!?"
Mr. Xue was extremely shocked when he saw the murderous looks of those people!
These old soldiers are so powerful!
There is really no comparison between the thugs under his command and these old soldiers!
Even the yamen runners are not as good as these old soldiers!
How great it would be if these people followed him!
……
"What's...what happened to you?"
At this time, Jiang Chen arrived at the entrance of the village.
Seeing the murderous looks of Old Wu and his companions, Jiang Chen couldn't help but look puzzled.
"Village Chief, we...we are fine, it's just..."
When Old Wu saw Jiang Chen coming, he quickly suppressed his murderous intent.
But he was still too angry to speak.
"This...?" Jiang Chen was even more confused.
Seeing this, Third Master Xue stepped forward and said, "Second brother, don't be nervous. Old Wu and the others are a little angry because they heard that the imperial court wanted to pay tribute to the grassland."
"The imperial court pays tribute to the grassland?"
Jiang Chen frowned and looked at Third Master Xue: "Brother, has this matter been decided?"
"Not bad!"
Mr. Xue nodded.
"Second brother, I came here this time because my second uncle asked me to inform you to prepare the cloth. Because the imperial edict from the court has arrived!"
"I didn't expect it to be so fast!" Jiang Chen frowned slightly.
He originally thought that this time the tribute would have to be paid after the first month of the year.
But now it seems that it may be even faster!
Then his cloth...may not be enough!
"Brother, has the court told us the specific time for paying tribute?" Jiang Chen asked Third Master Xue.
"This... not at the moment, but my second uncle said that this matter will not be later than March, so he will prepare the cloth on the spot in mid-February."
"Your side, is everything ok?"
Third Master Xue looked at Jiang Chen with some concern.
Jiang Chen thought for a while and then said, "There's still one month left, absolutely no problem!"
"Brother, go back and tell Uncle Er that there will be absolutely no problems on my side!"
"Okay, then I'll go back first and you prepare well!" Master Xue nodded, then rode away from Zhoujia Village on horseback.
……
"What!? The tribute is paid in advance?"
When Jiang Chen told Qin Ruyue the news, Qin Ruyue was also surprised!
"Yes, the tribute has been paid ahead of schedule. We must prepare the required cloth by mid-February!" Jiang Chen said in a deep voice.
"Mid-February..." Qin Ruyue lowered her head and thought.
Jiang Chen did not interrupt, because he knew that Qin Ruyue was calculating whether the cloth was enough.
After a moment, Qin Ruyue raised her head and said, "Husband, I roughly calculated that if we work day and night, we should be able to catch up!"
"Besides, we stockpiled enough raw materials before the New Year, so there shouldn't be any problem!"
Jiang Chen heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "Okay, that's good, let's focus on stockpiling now. As for the Qu family, we can't sell them cloth anymore!"
"Yes, I know." Qin Ruyue nodded obediently.
The large amount of cloth that the Qu family found in the market before was released by Qin Ruyue!
Her purpose was to take the funds out of the Qu family's hands and force them to mortgage their real estate.
Now that she has achieved this goal, she naturally doesn't need to provide cloth to the Qu family anymore!
"It's time to reap the harvest. Let's see how the Qu family dies this time!"
When Qin Ruyue thought about this, the smile on her face became more intense.
When Jiang Chen saw Qin Ruyue like this, he also laughed.
This time, he wants to destroy the Qu family!
Otherwise, how could he get rid of the hatred in his heart!
Just when Jiang Chen and Qin Ruyue were secretly happy, Mu Qingqing came to Jiang Chen's house.
When Jiang Chen heard Mu Qingqing coming, he was moved and hurried out to greet her.
"Miss Qingqing, you are here."
Jiang Chen saw Mu Qingqing and forced a smile.
"Huh? What's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?" Mu Qingqing couldn't help but feel nervous when she saw Jiang Chen's forced smile.
She didn't know when Jiang Chen had already occupied a place in her heart.
Perhaps, Mu Qingqing herself did not realize it.
"Miss Qingqing, the imperial court... is going to pay tribute to the grassland!"
"What!?"