Chapter 197 Old Friends in the South
Before Lü Songli and his group set off, Lü Songli approached Xue Xu and said, "Mr. Xue, I'm sure you know that we have a piece of land in Longcheng. I'd like you to bring a group of people to stay in Longcheng and use that 100 hectares of land as a base to manage Longcheng. What do you think?"
It wouldn't be long before they reached their place of exile. In Pingzhou, she and the three Qin brothers were in charge, which was enough. It would be a bit of a waste for him to go along.
Xue Xu didn't say anything, he was thinking.
"There were about six or seven brothers in the reconnaissance team who were injured before, and all of them stayed in Longcheng. They were only slightly injured and only need a little rest before they can be useful. In addition, I will allocate another 1,000 taels of gold to you. Is that okay?" Lu Songli asked Xue Xu.
Xue Xu was quite surprised to hear this. He was given one thousand taels of gold to take to Dragon City? One thousand taels of gold was equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver. After they divided the spoils twice, no, it was dividends. The total amount of gold and silver that the Sixth Young Master's wife and her husband received was probably around twenty-five thousand taels.
She immediately gave him ten thousand taels. Did she trust him so much? Xue Xu looked at her.
Lu Songli looked at him without hesitation.
Xue Xu slowly bowed and saluted, "Since the Sixth Young Master's wife trusts me, then I will take on the responsibility."
Lu Songli looked towards the direction of Longcheng with a distant gaze. "The land of Longcheng is of great use to me. No matter what happens, I can give up everything else, but I must keep that land for me. Of course, the premise is that you have to be there too."
Qin Heng, Qin Zhao, Xu Zheng, Yang Wei and others were all shocked by Lu Songli's generosity. Including the one hundred hectares of land, she almost entrusted most of her fortune to Xue Xu. Did she trust him so much?
Qin Sheng didn't care. He was only responsible for getting back the money and land. Besides, most of them were her own private property, so she could arrange them however she wanted.
In response, Lu Songli just smiled and said, "Don't employ those you doubt, and don't doubt those you employ."
They worried that Xue Xu would abscond with the money, but that was because they didn't understand his ambitions and ideals, or how difficult it was to accomplish what he wanted. For that ideal, Xue Xu had dedicated over a decade of his youth and energy to a gamble with Chen Jiaye, only to find that Chen Jiaye had let him down. Similarly, Xue Xu was willing to sacrifice his life for his ideal.
As long as he saw that hope in her, he wouldn't let her down. Furthermore, even if Xue Xu failed her, she would still have a way to take that land back. She was that confident.
Also because of Lu Songli's generosity, those members of the reconnaissance team who were slightly injured accepted the arrangement of leaving them in Longcheng and waiting for Mr. Xue's deployment.
Before parting, Lu Songli gave Xue Xu one last word, "Mr. Xue, let me say one last thing. All your decisions must be people-oriented. Remember, if you preserve the land but lose the people, you lose both the land and the people. If you preserve the people but lose the land, you preserve both the land and the people. Remember this."
As soon as Lu Songli said this, Qin Sheng's eyes lit up instantly, with a dazzling brilliance.
Qin Heng, Qin Zhao, Xue Xu and others couldn't help but chew on it after hearing it, with thoughtful expressions in their eyes.
Yang Wei, Xu Zheng, and some of the more perceptive members of the team were stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
Finally, Xue Xu bowed, turned around, and left with the six members of the reconnaissance team.
Lu Songli and his group watched them leave until they could no longer see their backs, and then they slowly set off on their way.
Southland, Main City, West District
In a vast manor, an old man with a handsome and elegant appearance was having a meal, and four servants were serving him.
Judging from the square table, the food on the table was not very rich. There was only a bowl of rice, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, plus a side dish.
A quarter of an hour later, the old man put down his chopsticks and touched his stomach. He had eaten every grain of rice in the bowl, but there were still quite a few dishes left.
Japonica rice is really his favorite, and he misses it if he doesn’t eat it for a day.
He is so rich, yet he eats so simply. He is really frugal. The old man, Ji Wuyin, sighed to himself.
Just after he finished eating, he sneezed twice in a row, and Ji Wuyin began to wonder in his heart, who is thinking about him? Is someone thinking about his money again?
When his trusted servant brought back a letter from outside, he took it and looked at it, and was very surprised. A letter from Xue Guangxian?
Seeing that the handwriting was his and comparing it with the secret code, Ji Wuyin confirmed that it was indeed a letter from Xue Guangxian.
As he opened the letter, he thought, "Hasn't this old man disappeared for three years? He thought he had died somewhere."
After he opened the letter and read it, he started cursing. This old guy hadn't appeared for several years, and as soon as he showed up, he gave him a difficult problem. He really made the wrong friends.
But what could he do? He had to do what needed to be done.
Wait, he read the letter again, and then Ji Wuyin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. That old Xue Guangxian still wants to mess with the Chen family? Hasn't he had enough revenge yet?
Ji Wuyin didn't think so. The old man would never leave the Southland without taking full revenge. Since he left three years ago, he felt that he had recovered all the hard work he had put in with interest.
If this wasn't the reason, why would this old man bother Chen Jiaye? And even involve the patriarch of the Xie family who was exiled from Chang'an?
Ji Wuyin held the letter and thought about it, and suddenly thought of a possibility. Could it be that the old man had found someone new whom he wanted to assist?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
What this guy wants to do is too difficult. It takes an ordinary person to make him achieve his long-cherished wish.
Moreover, this guy's personality is very difficult to deal with. He is stingy, selfish, and arrogant because of his talent. He looks down on ordinary people. Only a leader with great talent and a broad mind can convince him and willingly assist him.
But where was such a person easy to find? He had lived for forty years, traveled extensively, and met countless people, many of whom were outstanding and talented. He had mentioned a few of them to the old man, but he had rejected them all.
Over the years, the old man has only had his eyes on Chen Jiaye.
Back then, Chen Jiaye was also an ambitious man, otherwise the old man would not have followed and assisted him wholeheartedly for ten years!
Chen Jiaye deserved it. Xue Guangxian had helped him push the Chen family to the pinnacle of aristocratic families, even surpassing the Gu and Lu families.
He had promised Xue Guangxian something before, but he kept shirking his responsibilities. Did he really think it was so easy to take advantage of that old man Xue Guangxian?
Look, Xue Guangxian turned against the Chen family and joined forces with several other major families to rush towards the Chen family, directly slashing 40% of the Chen family's strength at its peak. It must have hurt him to death, right?
The old man had misjudged Chen Jiaye. But he was still young then. Now, after all these years, the old man's vision was very sharp. If there was someone he really liked, he would still be very curious about who it was.
Ji Wuyin picked up the letter and took another look. He discovered that the letter had been sent from Liucheng, Liaoxi County. Was there a lord in that area that the old man could admire?
No, next time he writes, he'll definitely ask that old man. If that old man doesn't give him an answer, he won't do the things he asked him to do anymore! Humph!
Thinking of this, Ji Wuyin called his confidants and gave them instructions.
Therefore, before Xie Zhan arrived in Lingnan, his legend had already spread in some high-end restaurants in the south.
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