Chapter 79: Using Power to Pressure Others
This man's name is Huo San.
He is now Huo Yaoxing's servant and is very trusted by Huo Yaoxing.
As Huo Yaoxing rose in status, he also became Huo Yaoxing's confidant.
He gave Huo Yaoxing a lot of advice and also did a lot of dirty things for Huo Yaoxing that were not allowed to be seen in public.
It can be said that in Huo Yaoxing's heart, himself, his legal wife, and even Wen Ruyue who came later, were not as important as Huo San.
Wen Yan was surprised that Huo San came to buy the back mountain.
Wen Yan would not be so narcissistic as to think that Huo Yaoxing came for her.
They only met a few times before and after their engagement.
Moreover, every time they met, the parents of both parties were present, or they would just glance at each other from a distance and nod in greeting and that would be the end of the meeting.
There is no love between them. Even if they were to remarry, Huo Yaoxing shouldn't pay so much attention to her.
Is it a coincidence?
Wen Yan doesn't believe it!
Songshan Village is neither close nor far from the capital.
If he came for Wutong Academy, then he had better choices and it was not Songshan Village's turn at all.
Or is it that Wen Ruyue is short of manpower and asks Huo Yaoxing for help?
It shouldn't be.
Wen Ruyue is now very afraid that Huo Yaoxing will contact her.
There was no time to separate the two people, so how could we create opportunities for them!
In short, there is something strange about this matter.
Just as Wen Yan was thinking, Clan Leader Ying had already rushed to the desk.
He said anxiously to the clerk, "Sir, buy, we want to buy the land in the back mountain."
The clerk smiled at Huo San and said, "Look, they..."
Huo San frowned and interrupted him: "Do you know who my young master is? Do you really want to offend him?
It's all about selling land, no matter who you sell it to. If you sell the land to my son, you will definitely benefit from it in the future."
"This..." The clerk was in a dilemma.
Finally, he gave a look to Chief Chao Ying, telling him not to be stubborn anymore, as ordinary people like them could not afford to offend these people from the capital.
But this matter concerns the water supply for hundreds of people in the village, so Chief Ying did not dare to quit while he was ahead.
Not wanting to implicate the clerk, Chief Ying rebuked him, "You're not keeping your word. I made an agreement with the Chief Registrar a few days ago: if I can find someone to buy the mountain by today, I'll own it."
A hint of displeasure suddenly flashed in Huo San's eyes.
He reached into his sleeve pocket and pulled out a handful of silver melon seeds, scattering them in front of Patriarch Ying: "Quit while you're ahead. Don't cause trouble for yourself and your family."
This is threatening the patriarch with family members.
Patriarch Ying was very panicked.
If it wasn't a matter of drinking water for the entire village, he would have compromised, taken the money and left.
He gritted his teeth and said to Wen Yan, "Wife Zhilin, come here quickly and give the money we used to buy the mountain land to the officer."
Huo San frowned and said, "I can increase the price by 20%."
"You..." Patriarch Ying was almost furious.
But he was not the one who paid, so he didn't dare to bid as well.
I can only look at Wen Yan hopefully.
Wen Yan really wanted that hillside.
Moreover, the original price is not expensive, so you won’t lose money if you add a few rounds yourself.
She was about to raise the price.
Ying Zhilin held her back.
Ying Zhilin shook his head at her, gave her a reassuring look, and then said to Huo San, "As of now, the ownership of the forest behind our village still belongs to the village. Even if you want to buy it, you have to get the consent of our village head."
Chief Ying loudly stated his position: "I won't sell it to you, no matter how much you offer. This back mountain has already been bought by someone from our village."
Huo San immediately lost his patience: "How dare you, a mere village head, offend the prince of the Marquisate?"
Huo Yaoxing’s identity was brought out.
This shows his determination to win.
Wen Yan clapped his hands loudly. "The Marquis's son is so arrogant! I wonder if everyone in the capital knew that Master Huo was occupying farmers' forests, would he become even more arrogant?"
"Who are you! How dare you threaten me!" Huo San didn't expect that this woman, who looked weak and delicate, actually had such a bad temper.
Wen Yan said: "I am the sister of your family's prince's wife."
"Are you Wen Yan?!" Huo San looked at Wen Yan.
Unexpectedly, the prince originally wanted to marry the woman in front of him.
"Huo San, do you really want to snatch this land from me?" Wen Yan's tone suddenly became colder.
Huo San had heard of Wen Yan's deeds a long time ago.
Knowing that she is a complete lunatic.
When he gets ruthless, he even hurts himself.
If you cause trouble to your master just because of a mountain spring, it will not be worth it.
Huo San snorted coldly and walked away.
The troublesome person left.
Wen Yan's land purchase procedures went very smoothly.
After taking the mountain for more than two thousand taels of silver, the replacement procedures for the land for building the house were also completed.
Now that the title deed was in hand, the pending matter was resolved.
The construction of houses and workshops was immediately put on the agenda.
Clan leader Ying spread the news of hiring a laborer.
The wages were eighty cents a day, and one could work right at home, so many people in the village went to the clan leader's house to apply for the job.
No one knows better than him what kind of character the young people in the village have.
Soon, more than 20 strong, hard-working men were selected.
"Bang!"
A hand slammed down on the eight-immortal table: "Village head, what do you mean? I've been in line twice, why didn't you choose me?"
Patriarch Ying looked up.
Oh!
Still an acquaintance.
"Du Er, don't you have any idea how you do your job? Don't you understand why I didn't choose you?" Du Er was the one who raised the price yesterday.
He refused to change the land yesterday, and now he even dares to make trouble in front of him.
"Isn't it because I refused to give the land to Ying Zhilin to build a house? You're taking revenge today by refusing to sign me up for work."
Others chimed in: "That's right. The Ying family has a scholar after all, can't they be a little more generous?!"
"Who says that a scholar must be generous?" Wen Yan walked in at this time.
She glanced at Du Er, then at those who joined in the discussion.
"After I finish building my house, I'll open a workshop and hire workers." She chuckled. "I'm going to make this clear today: from now on, we won't hire Du Er. We won't hire anyone who has a good relationship with Du Er either."
"Why?" someone immediately said unconvincedly, "How can you deny everyone just because you're with him?"
"Birds of a feather flock together. The fact that I can play together with Du Er shows that they have similar interests and personalities. Naturally, I don't want anyone who has a good relationship with him." Wen Yan said.
After everyone thought about it carefully, they found that what she said made some sense.
Everyone immediately took a few steps back and kept their distance from Du Er, fearing that they would be associated with him and become the same kind of person as him.
With the help of Clan Leader Ying and Brother Chen, the construction of the house proceeded in an orderly manner, and Wen Yan could almost be a hands-off boss.
Wen Yan calculated the date and found out that Sun Rulan would be going to Beijing in the next two days.
She took out a feng shui map near the capital and carefully selected a burial place for Sun Rulan.
"What are you looking at? You look like you want to eat someone." Ying Zhilin's voice suddenly came to his ears.
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