Chapter 53: Be bold
Lu Chenyang shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, I... I will not be with other women except my wife..." His cheeks turned red as he said that, making the girl giggle.
There are many girls like this.
Lu Chenyang was so scared that he almost ran away.
Mu Ke laughed heartily when he heard about this: "Our Dongyi girls are all very beautiful. If Lord Lu likes them, it would be a blessing for them to choose two of them as maids."
Lu Chenyang shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, I have Zhaoxi, that's enough."
Zhao Xi puffed out her chest with pride, saying that the adults loved her the most and no one could replace her, hehe.
Lu Chenyang was worried that if he stayed any longer, his innocence would be in jeopardy. He quickly explained the situation and then asked to leave, eager to do so.
Mu Ke looked regretful, but he didn't force him to stay and carried out the task personally.
"Once the efficacy of the medicine comes out, I will send someone to inform you, and then you can draft the document." Mu Ke said.
Lu Chenyang nodded, "It has to be done as soon as possible. Spring is coming, and trade routes need to be open." After a pause, he added, "Also, please return the captured Han people as soon as possible."
Last time, Lu Chenyang only rescued a part of them. There were also Han people captured from other tribes. Releasing these captives was also one of the conditions for peace talks.
Mu Ke nodded: "I will ask them to do it as soon as possible."
Lu Chenyang clasped his fists and said, "The Grand Alliance Leader is very understanding and has made a decision for the sake of peace between the two sides. We will meet again in the future."
Mu Ke performed a Dongyi salute and then watched Lu Chenyang leave.
This man changed the lives of the young people of Yanquan County in one fell swoop. He saw endless possibilities in him.
Lu Chenyang walked out from the depths of the rainforest. Yan Xing had been guarding outside the rainforest for the past few days.
Yan Xing heard the noise coming from inside and looked up inadvertently. The handsome young man in the lead came out slowly in the morning light. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised and his eyes were bright, like stars.
Lu Chenyang happily walked up to Yan Xing and asked, "Young Master?"
Yan Xing came back to his senses and met his dark eyes. "Is everything going well?"
Lu Chenyang nodded heavily: "Once the peace agreement documents are drafted, we can sign the contract."
He walked beside him, chattering away.
He talked about what he saw and heard in the rainforest, and how smart the monkeys in the rainforest were; he talked about the insect banquet, and how delicious the peach blossom wine was.
"I saved this especially for you, you must drink a few more glasses." Lu Chenyang emphasized.
Chang Jing just watched quietly as Lu Chen Yangguang deceived his son with his mouth and the peach blossom wine given by Mu Ke, and thought he was such a scumbag.
"It seems like you've been having a good time in the rainforest these days?" Yan Xing asked.
Tan Feng said quickly: "Isn't that right? He's living a good life. If he doesn't come back, he will get married and have children there."
Yan Xing glanced at Lu Chenyang with a half-smile, "It seems that Lord Lu has had some luck with women."
Lu Chenyang blinked his eyes and said calmly, "That's not true. I'm just a poor county magistrate. How could any girl be interested in me?"
"I like it, I like it!" Tan Feng continued, "And there's more than one, there's a whole row of them, and they only want one night, not a formal relationship."
Lu Chenyang felt that Tan Feng was sometimes really annoying.
Yan Xing said coldly: "Okay, go back."
Lu Chenyang: "...No, why is he looking at me like that? I'm not asleep!"
He is such an upright person!
Lu Chenyang felt that he had suffered a great loss.
No one paid any attention to him, and Lu Chenyang stood there alone, feeling dissatisfied.
No, how could you treat a hero returning from an adventure like this? He brought back a peace treaty!
The news that the Dongyi people and the Han people had signed a peace treaty spread quickly. Lu Chenyang was not the kind of person who would do good deeds without leaving a name.
Such a good thing, of course it should be announced to the whole county! Let everyone know that their lives will be better and they don't have to worry about fighting anymore.
However, although the Han people were shocked by the news, they were not very happy.
After all, there is a grudge between the two parties. How is it possible that they can forget about the past and write off all the past events with just a few words and a smile?
These days, which family doesn’t have a victim harmed by the Dongyi people?
So the people were talking about it.
The Dongyi people accepted the Han people for medicine, so why did the Han people accept the Dongyi people?
Lu Chenyang also had a solution. The Dongyi people had a kind of rice seed that not only had a short growth cycle but also had a high yield.
The Dongyi people were willing to give this rice seed to the Han people and let them sow it.
This is a matter of having enough to eat. You know, more than 80% of the people in the county still can't eat white rice.
There are many wastelands in Lingnan, most of which have not been mined. This is mainly because these vacant lands are very remote and separated by mountains.
Moreover, the people of Lingnan can also go to the mountains to hunt and pick mushrooms. Even if they can't eat rice, they won't starve.
This time, Lu Chenyang exchanged for these seeds that were regarded as "national treasures" by the Dongyi people. It can be said that the Dongyi people also spent a lot of money.
Who could resist the temptation of rice? Even if there was a blood feud, it was all in the past after all. Those who were still alive had to eat first, right?
When Shen Shiqian heard the news, he broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he quickly admitted his mistake and took the Shen family with him to seek refuge. Otherwise, once the news got out, the Shen family would have been liquidated.
Lu Chenyang is really... too awesome.
Shen Shiqian secretly admired him in his heart. He was also a proud and arrogant person who always thought highly of himself, but this was the first time he felt so convinced by a person of the same age.
He had a premonition that Lu Chenyang's future would be more than this.
And he will become one of Lu Chenyang's helpers. In the officialdom, money is definitely needed to bribe people. This is the so-called collusion between officials and businessmen.
Thinking of what Lu Chenyang had done, Shen Shiqian changed his words to a less intense one, calling it mutual benefit.
The weather is getting warmer and spring plowing is about to begin.
Spring plowing is always the most important thing. Even in the past, the Dongyi people would not provoke conflicts during spring plowing. Everything had to give way to spring plowing.
However, they couldn't use the Dongyi people's seeds this year, so they had to wait until next season. However, since the peace talks had been successful, they weren't in a hurry.
Spring plowing has made the entire Yanquan County busy. Unexpectedly, there have been no disturbances, fights or conflicts this year.
At this time of year in previous years, people would either fight over water, or over land, or commit petty theft, etc. In short, there were always various reasons to fight.
But this year everyone was very well-behaved and no one caused any trouble. Even if they accidentally bumped into each other, they would glare at each other fiercely, put their hands on their hips and curse at each other, but no one dared to raise their claws.
It fully demonstrates the good virtue of arguing but avoiding violence.
Everyone knows that their county magistrate has a bad temper and attaches great importance to spring plowing. If anyone dares to cause trouble, he will not let them go.
All the bad guys in Yanquan County kept a low profile.
Changjing said that evil will be punished by evil, and then he was beaten by Zhaoxi.
Another important thing about spring plowing is collecting taxes, mainly commercial taxes. After all, Yanquan County is so poor that the people can't even get enough to eat.
Moreover, because Lingnan was far away and poor, not much silver could be collected, and there was no need for Lingnan to transport tax silver back to Beijing, so all of it was used for local expenses.
This gave the local county magistrate a great convenience. Of course, if anything happened in Lingnan, the court could not allocate funds or grain.
Simply put, we hope that Yanquanxian will be a sensible, obedient, independent and self-reliant child.
The government's expenses depend on commercial taxes, and the merchants are all looking to the Shen family.
Everyone also knew that Shen Shiqian seemed to have reached a reconciliation with Lu Chenyang - many people saw the two of them having dinner together that day.
One month after starting to collect commercial taxes, Shen Shiqian spread the word that their Shen family would pay the taxes, thus confirming the reconciliation between the Shen family and Lu Chenyang.
In order to build momentum for Lu Chenyang, Shen Shiqian packed the tax silver into boxes. There were four boxes of silver in total. He personally escorted them and sent them to the yamen in a grand manner.
Since the Shen family acted in this way, other wealthy families in the city naturally realized the situation and handed over the money obediently.
Xu Zhenghui was taking notes, his hands shaking as he watched cartloads of silver being delivered into the warehouse.
Li Dajun was stunned. "How much silver does this cost? Has Yanquan County ever had so much silver?"
Xu Zhenghui said quietly, "You might as well be bold. Since Yanquan County started keeping county annals, we've never seen so much silver at once."
The two looked at Lu Chenyang who was talking to Shen Shiqian and glanced at each other.
At this point, the two of them were in sync with each other, and fortunately they were quick to admit their mistake.
The two men puffed out their chests. Now that the government had money, they felt confident.
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