Lin Jinyue knew how to use reverse psychology.
Xie Hong immediately flew into a rage: "What did you say! It's just 100,000 taels of silver. 100,000 taels is nothing to our Xie family. I wouldn't stoop to such despicable means to slander you."
Deputy General Gao also said, "Yes, it's all Chen Dawei talking nonsense. I'll tear his mouth apart!"
The two of them worked together to smooth things over.
Looking at their guilty expressions, Lin Jinyue could easily guess that he wasn't really trying to stop the unauthorized manufacture of weapons; he was clearly just trying to renege on his debt.
Lin Jinyue saw through it but didn't say anything.
After all, the benefits were real, and she really didn't dare let anyone know that she was researching crossbows. What if they were accused of rebellion? Would they still be able to live in peace?
That matter was simply brushed aside.
Lin Shucheng had originally invited Gu Shao and the others to have hot pot together, but after all that commotion, Gu Shao didn't want to stay any longer.
Lin Jinyue was calculating the time, worried that Xie Hong might get diarrhea here and spoil the hot pot experience. She couldn't wait for them to leave, since there would be plenty of time to eat hot pot in the future.
Gu Shao and his group left quickly, each carrying a large handful of skewers, including both vegetable and meat skewers.
Although reheating it after it's cold will affect the taste, it's still much better than the food made in ancient times when seasonings were scarce.
There were ten people coming, which wasn't a lot, and the distance wasn't too far; they could arrive in an hour, so they only brought a small boat.
They never even considered the issue of excretion.
It's not like I have kidney deficiency, how could I not be able to hold back for even an hour?
Can……
Xie Hong didn't expect that he would experience a sharp pain in his abdomen, which he could no longer bear.
Gu Shao looked at him in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
Xie Hong's face turned bright red, and he couldn't say a word.
He's using all his strength to hold back from pulling it out of the boat.
Every minute and every second was torture for him.
Xie Hong asked his subordinates almost every ten seconds how long it would take to arrive.
Finally, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
Upon seeing a jungle, they ordered the boat to stop.
As soon as the boat docked, he dashed out and into the woods to take care of this important matter.
To make matters worse, he was bitten on the butt by a snake.
Although it is not a venomous snake.
These days are just so unlucky.
Xie Hong gritted his teeth, convinced that Lin Jinyue was his nemesis.
What angered him even more was that, barely alive, he walked to the side of the boat and weakly said, "There must be something wrong with the kebabs they made!"
Dongyang, now favoring Lin Shucheng's family, said with dissatisfaction, "How could that be? My young master has a delicate stomach, and he hasn't had any problems with his food..."
Xie Hong took a deep breath, "Then why would I...would I..."
Gu Shao: "It must be because you're in a bad mood today. The doctor already told you to relax and not worry about anything."
Dongyang was still muttering to himself, "Could it be that General Xie is reluctant to part with those 100,000 taels of silver?"
Xie Hong heard every word clearly, gritted his teeth and glared at Dongyang, "This general doesn't have it! A bet is a bet, I will give it to you."
Xie Hong is a proud man and can't stand being provoked.
Lin Jinyue and Dongyang took turns provoking him. They heard that he was squatting on the chamber pot, having diarrhea, while having his servant count money to raise 100,000 taels to buy land for Lin Jinyue and the others.
*
Yunhe Village.
Lin Jinyue looked at the vast expanse of land on the opposite bank of the lake and felt very satisfied.
Although it is still a woodland, at least the terrain is flat and can be cultivated with a little clearing.
Nowadays, land is distributed per capita, and each family only receives a few plots of mountain land, which are inconvenient to cultivate.
Now that we have flat land and a lake right next to it, we can make full use of the lake water.
Lin Youcai looked at the land with a troubled expression: "Er Ya, this land is woodland, not suitable for farming."
Lin Jinyue was puzzled: "Why is it not easy to farm? It's just that clearing land is a bit hard work, but we have money again. Now a cow costs thirty taels of silver, so we can buy ten cows."
Lin Youcai: "No, shouldn't we leave some silver?"
Lin Jinyue answered confidently, "No, I won't keep you."
She then explained, "We can make money, and the most important thing now is to get the land cultivated."
Her farm is eager to be upgraded.
Upgrade quickly! Just grab a potato, sweet potato, or corn—you'll never have to worry about famine again.
Lin Fugui and the others looked distressed: "These more than 10,000 mu of land all need to be cultivated!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Youcai was so angry that he hit him on the head with his cane.
Lin Fugui is in his late thirties, almost forty, yet he's being chased by his father.
As Lin Youcai ran, he cursed, "You ungrateful wretch! You have land and you still complain about having too much! I think you've been living too comfortably lately! Tomorrow you're going to work in the mountains!"
Lin Jinyue couldn't stop laughing.
She said to Lin Youcai, "Of course we won't use it all for farming. We'll set aside a separate area for farming. If we have a lot of land, I think we should plant more fruit trees, like candied fruit and dried fruit. We'll need all kinds of fruit when we open a cold drink shop. We also need to save some of it for planting trees."
However, that afternoon, after taking a walk in the woods, they discovered that things were not as simple as they had thought.
Originally, the concern was that the woodlands and wastelands were not fertile enough.
This is easy to solve. Lin Jinyue has never farmed before, but she knows how to make fertilizer, so even barren land can increase yields.
But Lin Jinyue never expected that the vegetation here was so dense and the soil so compact that when she shoveled, she didn't bring up much soil, but she was the one who got exhausted first.
These are also easy to solve.
The most difficult ones are those trees that are so thick that it takes two people to hug them.
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