Ancient Drought: The Official Sacrificed Beauties, I Took Them All In

Jiang Tian transmigrated to the Great Xia Dynasty and was immediately met with a drought that had lasted for many years. The county magistrate, in order to pray for rain from the Dragon King, prepa...

Chapter 297 These Aristocratic Families, I'll Make an Example From Them

After Qian Renxue left, Xiao He smiled slightly and said, "My lord, could you give each of us brothers a bottle of that 'fat house happy water'?"

"You've had this before?"

Jiang Tian couldn't remember when he had ever prepared Sprite and Coke for Xiao He.

"I've never tried it, but Miss Nangong said it tastes really good, and it makes your mouth feel numb."

"Alright, I'll let you drink to your heart's content today." Jiang Tian redeemed four large 2.5-liter bottles of Sprite from the system shop.

There was a bottle in front of each person.

Everyone looked at the Sprite bottle from left to right, front to back, and over and over again, but they still didn't know how to open it.

Jiang Tian took a bottle of Sprite and unscrewed the cap.

With a soft "poof," a burst of air shot out.

The sound was pleasant and melodious.

Several people immediately followed Jiang Tian's example.

They quickly unscrewed the bottle cap.

Because the bottle was tossed around in their hands, the carbon dioxide inside had been fully released.

When Xiao He unscrewed the bottle, with a "pfft," the Sprite inside sprayed more than a meter high.

The same is true for everyone else.

Everyone thought this "fat otaku happiness water" was incredibly precious, so when they saw that the water in this bottle had sprayed out, they didn't want to waste it.

Xiao He, Shen Wansan, and Song Yingxing quickly covered their mouths with the Sprite bottle.

The three guys were drinking Sprite in big gulps.

But when they tried to stop the Sprite from gushing out with their mouths, they couldn't stop it at all.

Sprite was gushing out of their noses.

The group of people coughed repeatedly from the choking.

"What are you doing? You need to handle Sprite gently." Jiang Tian burst into laughter as he watched Sprite spray out of their noses.

The three of them looked at each other, still reluctant to take their mouths off.

After a long time, the cough finally stopped.

The three of them savored their Sprite carefully.

"Delicious, really delicious, sweet and cool." Song Yingxing gave a thumbs up.

Shen Wansan also gave a thumbs up: "I've drunk a lot of good things in my life, but I've never drunk such delicious soda before."

My lord, what does "fat otaku" mean?

Jiang Tian pointed at Shen Wansan, who was slightly overweight: "Being fat means you're like this, and being a homebody means staying at home all day."

Shen Wansan nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"Xiao He, have you finished dealing with the matters in Ji Province?"

Xiao He nodded repeatedly: "My lord, I have already made arrangements for the affairs of Ji Province after receiving your message by carrier pigeon."

"The task I'm assigning you this time is to first allocate the nearby land to me, and then I'll give you 2 million catties of grain, 5 million catties of beef and mutton, and 10 million catties of fruits and vegetables."

Upon hearing this, Xiao He was stunned. He had not expected that Jiang Tian had so much merchandise.

"My lord, give me all that grain, fruit, vegetables, beef, and mutton," Shen Wansan said hastily. "I can quickly convert it into cash."

“Alright, but this grain is what I promised to give to the local people. I will give the grain to Xiao He first, and I will give you another 2 million catties of grain in a few days.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Xiao He, all those farmlands outside the city need to be redistributed. This is a difficult task. Tell me how many people we need to work with."

“Yes…” Xiao He quickly stood up and said, “My lord, these past two days have been filled with princes, ministers and some clans in the city. I’m worried that doing this will provoke their anger.”

"I've wanted to take down these clans for a long time." Jiang Tian slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly. "The Li clan of Longxi, the Wang clan of Langya, the Yang clan of Hongnong, the Xiao clan of Lanling..."

None of these clans are good people.

“In the land of Great Xia, where there are countless wicked people, they all live a life of ease and comfort.”

The lives and deaths of ordinary people are none of their concern.

Each of them owns tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land. Now that I, Jiang Tian, ​​have arrived, all this fertile land is mine. I will distribute it to the people if I wish.

“But…” Xiao He was still a little worried.

"Bai Qi is currently recruiting soldiers. He has 10,000 new Qin troops. You must know best the fighting strength of these 10,000 Qin cavalry."

Xiao He nodded.

"If we distribute this land to the people, what do you think will happen?" Jiang Tian asked, looking at Xiao He and Shen Wansan.

"My lord, once the people have acquired the land, they will support you at all costs."

"My lord is truly brilliant," Shen Wansan gave a thumbs up. "Once the people have land, they will surely regard you as their provider and their second parents."

"My lord, if this were done throughout the entire land, all the people would submit to us."

Jiang Tian has already acquired a lake covering 200,000 mu (approximately 13,333 hectares) about 30 li (approximately 15 kilometers) west of Beijing.

This lake alone, covering an area of ​​200,000 mu, has already made the local people worship the river and sky.

If Jiang Tian were to reclaim all the land from the landlords and wealthy landowners, and then distribute that land equally among the common people...

The public's support for Jiang Tian is self-evident.

"Since my lord has made his decision, then I'll go all out."

“Shen Wansan, Ji Yanran from the World Society recently came to see me. Their World Society wants to do salt and iron business.”

Shen Wansan was greatly surprised when he heard this.

"This salt and iron business is related to the lifeline of a country, and this kind of business cannot be handed over to others casually. Just let me manage it."

"Ji Yanran promised me benefits, and I also agreed to temporarily hand over the salt business to her. If this little girl dares to act recklessly, I will not let her off."

Jiang Tian took out a beautifully packaged thousand-year-old ginseng and a beautifully packaged ten-thousand-year-old ginseng.

Jiang Tian handed the two items to Shen Wansan.

“You’re a discerning person; take a look and see how much these two items are worth.”

Shen Wansan opened the box.

He brought the ginseng and lingzhi to his eyes and was immediately taken aback.

This ginseng and lingzhi are priceless and have the power to bring the dead back to life.

"My lord, each of these ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms costs at least 50,000 taels of silver."

"If someone wants to buy these things to save their life, then the price is hard to say."

"I still have tens of thousands of catties of ginseng and lingzhi."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wansan was immediately stunned.

"My lord, are you referring to such high-quality thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-thousand-year-old lingzhi?"

Jiang Tian nodded.

These thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-thousand-year-old lingzhi mushrooms are extremely difficult to obtain.

This is why thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-thousand-year-old lingzhi are so valuable.

Jiang Tian actually had tens of thousands of kilograms of this thing.

"My lord, you're not joking with me, are you? I, Shen Wansan, have been in business for so many years, and I've handled no fewer than a thousand ginseng roots."

"But I've handled fewer than 20 thousand-year-old ginseng roots of this quality in my entire life, and you have tens of thousands of kilograms of them."

"Each type weighs about 50,000 jin, and their quality is similar to these, or even better."