Chapter 295 Miss Her Miss Her
After coming out of the fourth courtyard of the North City, Lu Songli asked someone to take the foot-operated thresher for mass production.
In Houcheng, there are already several workshops under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, including breeding workshops, planting workshops, textile and garment workshops, construction workshops...all of which are staffed by craftsmen with relevant experience.
Lu Songli took a look at the sky and decided to go back to the Qin family.
Recently, Qin Sheng had been out suppressing bandits. Starting from Houcheng, the campaign was steadily progressing north to south. This meant the area of the suppression was only getting farther and farther away. This time, Qin Sheng wasn't able to return home regularly, unlike his previous campaigns in nearby towns.
Lu Songli calculated and thought, well, he has been away for half a month this time, and she misses him a little.
Today, the anti-bandit campaign in Liaodong County is in full swing.
Half of the eighteen well-known bandits in Liaodong County were eliminated in just two months!
That's an average of one every seven days! That's terrifying. No, that's terrifying.
The people of Liaodong County applauded the fact that they were determined to eradicate the banditry in the country.
The remaining bandits were all frightened. Some of the most vicious ones thought that the Liaodong County governor was too cruel and would not give them a chance to live. They wanted to massacre the village to vent their anger and intimidate the government troops.
This is no one else but Anle Village in Wen County.
Wen County can be said to be located in the heart of Liaodong County. Anle Village has a bad reputation, and they are clearly trying to go against the official army.
But as soon as they took action, the Houcheng army led by Qin Sheng raided their lair, cut off their way back, and then they were surrounded and nearly half of the bandits were slaughtered.
This move by the Houcheng army intimidated the remaining strongholds that wanted to confront them head-on.
While the Houcheng army was clearing the battlefield, the following scene was happening to the remaining surviving bandits.
Bandit A packed his bags and found his good friend Bandit B: "I want to sneak down the mountain. Do you want to come with me?"
Bandit B was shocked when he heard this, "Go down the mountain?"
Bandit A: "Yes, let's go down the mountain. Now the major government offices in Liaodong County are open for household registration. I will go and register and become a good citizen."
Bandit B had his own concerns: "I heard the authorities will also investigate past criminal history."
Bandit A: "Just investigate, I haven't killed anyone anyway. The worst that can happen is if my past crimes are dug up, I'll be sentenced to penal servitude at best. Anyway, I heard from those old farmers that serving in the army now is not as hard as before." The most important thing is that the verdict is quite fair. For what he did, he will be sentenced to a maximum of six months in prison.
"I have realized that there is no future in being a bandit in Liaodong County. But I don't want to leave Liaodong County." People are despised when they leave their hometown, so let's become good people.
"Okay, that's all I have to say. If you don't leave, I'm leaving."
"Wait for me! I'll go with you."
At Leigong Mountain in Wen County, Qin Yan diligently directed his men to clean up the battlefield. After finally giving all the orders, he grabbed the cowhide water bag hanging around his waist and took three big gulps of water before he felt recovered.
After drinking the water, he glanced around and found that Xiaoliu Qin Sheng was biting a piece of grass in his mouth, staring blankly in the direction of Houcheng in the north.
Qin Yan was speechless for a moment. He had already learned about Xiaoliu's problem from the third brother. Looking at him like this, he was almost like a wife-watching stone. But if he looked again, would he still be able to see his sixth brother's wife?
Nearby, Zhu Dazhuang and Zhou Da were whispering to each other while working. "Based on my thirty years of experience as a butcher, Master Six must be thinking about Madam Six."
Zhou Da: How could he not know that Sixth Master missed Sixth Madam? But, "Shh, Sixth Master hasn't been in a good mood lately, we'd better not provoke him."
Qin Sheng didn't care what others thought. He had been out for more than half a month. It was the eighteenth day since he last saw his wife. He missed her so much.
Originally, he would have gone back after clearing out the bandits in Liao County. However, plans couldn't keep up with changes. Anle Village in Wen County was restless and chose to provoke them at this juncture, unaware that they had long been prepared for its desperate actions.
After destroying Anle Village, they had made arrangements in Xinchang County and Jujiu County and had to return for support.
He was sad at the thought of not being able to go back immediately.
He misses his wife, but he wonders if his wife misses him?
In the South, three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Today is the last day of the deadline given by Zhu Congwen.
Xie Zhan arranged the work at hand and stood up to walk out of Chen's house.
Along the way, they met many members of the Chen family, and they all greeted Xie Zhan.
Xie Zhan arrived at the agreed place again at the agreed time.
When Zhu Congwen saw that Xie Zhan looked tired, he knew that he was doing something for him.
Xie Zhan said nothing more and went straight to the point, "Two hundred thousand taels, Xiao Zhuya Island is yours to take."
Upon hearing the price, Zhu Congwen's eyes widened. "It's so expensive, why don't you Chen family go and rob it?! According to the market price, your little Zhuya Island is worth a maximum of 150,000, and that's the high price I paid. The normal market price is only 100,000 taels!"
Xie Zhan: "Anyway, that's the price. It's up to you whether you want it or not!"
Zhu Congwen narrowed his eyes and stared at Xie Zhan. Was he taking advantage of him? "I can't accept this price. Go talk to Chen Jiaye. One hundred thousand taels is fine."
Xie Zhan said calmly, "I've tried my best. We can't talk about it, and you shouldn't keep threatening me. You should know that the Chen family is not short of money and has no intention of selling Xiao Zhuya Island."
Xie Zhan's hidden meaning was that if he was not forced, he would not be able to buy this small Zhuya Island no matter how much money he spent.
Now that he wants Xiao Zhuya Island, and the clues have been revealed, don't blame the Chen family for asking for a high price.
Zhu Congwen understood what he meant, but understanding didn't mean he could accept it. "Aren't you afraid that I'll really tell Chen Jiaye about what happened between you and Miss Lu?"
Xie Zhan glanced at him and said, "You can go if you want. There's nothing going on between Miss Lu and me."
As soon as Xie Zhan said this, Zhu Congwen knew that there was no room for negotiation on this matter.
Xiao Zhuya Island had a gold mine, so an extra 100,000 taels was nothing. Even if he didn't know how big the gold mine was, wouldn't it be possible to mine 10,000 taels of gold from such a small island?
Since he was the first to reveal his intention to buy, it is normal for the other party to ask for a higher price.
"I agree. When can we trade?" He didn't want the deal to drag on for too long, as it could lead to problems. Who knew if the Chen family would become suspicious and send someone to investigate Xiao Zhuya Island? To avoid further complications, Zhu Congwen decided to agree.
Xie Zhan showed a hint of surprise at the right moment, "Anytime."
"Then we'll meet tomorrow morning at 3:00 PM."
He didn't have that much cash on hand, and his personal assets were only worth about 100,000 taels. But converting them into cash was too slow, and if he touched these assets, his parents would definitely find out.
He decided to borrow money from the Ji family bank. Given his status as the eldest son of the Zhu family, it shouldn't be a problem. As for the interest, it didn't matter. Once the gold mine was mined, it would be a small matter.
Anyway, this transaction has to be fast!
Thinking of this, Zhu Congwen could no longer sit still and left in a hurry.
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