Chapter 286 Make a scene and get fifteen years of tax exemption in a lower-class area

"Prince Xiao, tell me, can that area be considered a superior place? Your royal family has always lived a life of luxury and ease, so you probably don't know what a superior place looks like!"

"Look carefully, that's called inferior land. Your Xiao family can't just use their power to call a deer a horse..." The more she spoke, the angrier she became, wishing she could punch Xiao Jingchen.

"Hehe... I think this is the emperor's way of testing you..." He said somewhat reluctantly, looking at the angry Lin Luoxi and then at the large wasteland overgrown with thorns and bushes.

"Hmph, you're really sharp-tongued. I think the Xiao family can't take a joke..." Lin Luoxi was so angry that she let go of Xiao Jingchen's collar, took a step back, turned her head, and ignored Xiao Jingchen.

“Miss Lin, how about we stick to the previous agreement? I’ll exempt you from taxes on this land for fifteen years. With your abilities, fifteen years is more than enough time for you to make money…”

For some reason, Xiao Jingchen felt guilty in front of Lin Luoxi and dared not get angry because of her rude behavior.

"Lin Yi, bring me the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone." Xiao Jingchen's words made Lin Luoxi feel a little better, but fearing that all members of the Xiao family were the same and liked to go back on their word, she immediately asked Lin Yi to bring the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"Okay!" Lin Yi was particularly impressed with his young lady. Not only could she subdue those ferocious beasts, but she also dared to yell and curse at royals like the Ninth Prince. She was amazing.

Lin Luoxi took a pen, dipped it in ink, and quickly wrote a series of agreements on the paper, finally having Xiao Jingchen sign and affix his seal.

"Miss Lin, are you finally calmed down?" After leaving his handprint, Xiao Jingchen asked shamelessly.

"Hmm, more or less..." With the written agreement in hand, Lin Luoxi finally became much more amiable towards Xiao Jingchen.

Lin Yi was instructed to gather the villagers who had helped her plow the fields and ask again if anyone was willing to help clear the wasteland, with the wages remaining the same.

There is plenty of fertile land in Heiyan Town, but it is not the busy farming season now.

As soon as they heard there was work to be done, everyone responded very enthusiastically and came to sign up.

Showing no sign of fatigue from plowing all night, they continued to carry their tools and swarmed toward Lin Luoxi's patch of wasteland.

Seeing the huge crowd, they rushed into the thicket of thorny bushes, and soon a large section of those bushes fell down.

Lin Luoxi couldn't help but sigh at the allure of money; money can make the devil turn the millstone, especially for living people who need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves.

"Miss Lin is so decisive and efficient." Looking at the barren land filled with people working, Xiao Jingchen couldn't help but sigh.

"There's nothing I can do. The prince only exempted me from taxes for fifteen years. I need to hurry up and earn money..." Although Lin Luoxi felt a little better, it didn't stop her from using this sentence to annoy Xiao Jingchen from time to time.

"..." Xiao Jingchen stopped talking. As long as things weren't resolved here, Lin Luoxi would definitely provoke him from time to time.

Clearing wasteland is slower than plowing fields. It took two whole days and more than a thousand people to clear that thousand acres of wasteland.

Lin Luoxi wanted to quickly finalize the plans for this place, so she took a walk around the area.

A plant was discovered in Black Rock Town that looks remarkably like a modern thorny vine. It will grow as long as it is planted in the soil, and there are a great many of them.

Upon discovering this, she immediately hired the people of Blackrock Town to cut down the thorny vines and fence off all her wasteland and barren fields.

This project is much simpler than building a wall on her 800 acres of wasteland in Wutong Village. In addition, with more people involved, the construction period is also much shorter.

It took a full fifteen days to complete the replacement of the fence with thorny vines, and it looks quite nice from a distance.

To help the thorny vines revive quickly, Lin Luoxi diluted spiritual dew in water and had the villagers carry it to irrigate the vines.

The people in front were planting thorny vines, and the thorny vines behind them had already come back to life and were sprouting little green shoots.

"Miss Lin, you're so clever! How did you know to use these thorny vines instead of a wall?" Xiao Jingchen noticed this while patrolling the area with Lin Luoxi and asked in surprise.

Such a wall not only keeps out thieves and releases wild animals, but it is also durable and a good thing.

"It's just my gut feeling! I guess God thinks I'm too pitiful for being deceived, so He gave me a hint in my dream..." Lin Luoxi would never tell Xiao Jingchen the truth.

"Hehe..." Damn it, this is never going to end! Every time he asks, he answers like this on purpose. Xiao Jingchen feels so frustrated.

Seeing Xiao Jingchen's humiliation, Lin Jize and the others who were following behind lowered their heads, their shoulders trembling, not daring to make a sound, for fear that Xiao Jingchen would seize on their weakness and make things difficult for them.

After inspecting the area, he found that the thorny vine wall had already been erected, and he began to think about when to start building the house.

Immediately send someone from Lin Yi back to invite Master Zhao and the others over. Lin Luoxi has already designed the blueprints for the houses here, and construction can begin as soon as Master Zhao arrives.

The second day—

While Lin Luoxi was waiting for Master Zhao and his group to arrive, Li Menqian and the others also came with them.

"Big brother, Han Chuan, Wen Jin, Wen Tao, what brings you here?" Lin Luoxi was quite surprised to see the four people who came with Master Zhao's group.

"Second sister, you haven't been home for a month. You've been so busy, we all miss you. Is it wrong for us to come and see you?" Lin Wenqian's eyes reddened when he saw Lin Luoxi standing at the door to greet them.

"You've lost weight and grown taller. Your chin is so sharp now. Have you been eating poorly for the past month...?"

Originally, they wanted to tell Lin Luoxi about their joy at passing the imperial examination, but seeing how Lin Luoxi had worked so hard for the family and lost weight made their feelings fade and turn into self-blame.

As the boys in the family, they should be the ones to shoulder the burden. Instead, they let their younger sister, a girl, work hard every day to support the family. It's really not right of them to do that.

Looking at Lin Luoxi's sharp chin, her previous baby fat is gone, and her body is much slimmer, making her appear taller. It's clear that she's had a tough month away from home and probably hasn't been eating properly on time.

"Second sister, why have you become so thin..." Lin Wentao, the youngest of the four, couldn't hide his excitement when he saw Lin Luoxi and rushed over to hug her.

He wrapped his arms around Lin Luoxi's waist and found that her waist was so thin that he could wrap his arm around it. He felt a pang of heartache and tears welled up in his eyes.

"It's okay, I think it's fine like this..." Seeing Lin Wentao cry, Lin Luoxi couldn't help but comfort him.

For the past month, I've been running around with the people every day, and even with the spiritual dew, my body is still a bit exhausted.