It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Jia Wanhe looked at Lu Xingchen. Although Lu Xingchen was only a sixteen-year-old boy, he was a little afraid to look him in the eye.

Why is Lu Xingchen so powerful?

"Nephew, although that is what I said, you also know that we are living in a chaotic time and there is no surplus food in Song County." Jia Wanhe bowed slightly, with a humble attitude.

"Uncle Jia, my kindness to you cannot be resolved by saying that you don't have any surplus food." Lu Xingchen smiled faintly, his eyes falling on Jia Wanhe.

Jia Wanhe frowned slightly, "How about a thousand kilograms of food?"

"You're fucking sending away a beggar." Ling Xiao was furious and reached out to grab Jia Wanhe's collar.

Jia Wanhe was so scared that he held Ling Xiao's hands with both hands, "What are you going to do? I am your elder."

"What elder? An elder who acts like a rogue?" Ling Xiao simply picked up Jia Wanhe.

Jia Wanhe lifted his legs off the ground and kicked hard.

"You, you, put me down."

"Ling Xiao, put Uncle Jia down. He is right. He is our elder." Lu Xingchen stretched out his hand and shook it.

Ling Xiao threw Jia Wanhe to the ground with force.

Jia Wanhe was thrown to the ground, then got up again.

"The situation in Song County is indeed not optimistic, and now it is spring, which is also a time of food and money shortage. I really don't have much more to give to my nephew."

"In this way..." Jia Wanhe showed a confident expression.

"I'll write you an IOU and give you another 5,000 kilograms of grain in the fall."

Lu Xingchen shook his head and said, "I don't buy things on credit."

"If I had known that Jia Shibo was such a person, I should have waited until autumn to solve the trouble in Song County."

Jia Wanhe had a smile on his face, but he was unwilling to spend a penny.

Lu Xingchen was too lazy to argue with him anymore.

"It's okay if we don't have food. We can compensate with land and population."

"There are 330 villages in Song County, and I want 300 of them."

Jia Wanhe looked at Lu Xingchen with disbelief.

"You, you are robbing."

"Also, I want 10,000 taels of silver and 10,000 taels of gold."

Although Lu Xingchen had not checked the warehouse in Song County, based on the silver in the warehouse in Xing County, ten thousand taels of silver and ten thousand taels of gold were not a lot for Jia Wanhe.

The territorial area of ​​Song County and Xing County is similar, but the tax revenue in Song County is higher than that in Xing County. Moreover, Jia Wanhe is very stingy and must have saved up a fortune.

"No, it's impossible. This will cost me my life." Jia Wanhe shook his head and slowly backed away.

"Uncle Jia, I never do business at a loss. This is my lowest price. If you want to return to Song County, then ask your son to send the relevant documents and money over. Otherwise, you can stay here."

There were a total of 330 villages, Lu Xingchen took away 300 of them, and Jia Wanhe was left with only an empty county town, Song County.

"I'll give you a day to think about it. You must finish writing the letter before evening, and I'll send someone to deliver it."

“If you don’t agree, then I can only take you to Song County.

They said that you colluded with the bandits from Niutou Village to rob the common people of their property, and then you divided it equally.

See if the people believe you or me."

"Lu Xingchen...you, you traitor, you are more vicious than those bandits, I really am..." Jia Wanhe sat down on the ground and started crying loudly.

Lu Xingchen ignored him, turned around and left the room.

Ling Xiao snorted excitedly at Jia Wanhe.

"Young Master, you are so awesome. You are much better than me." Ling Xiao followed Lu Xingchen like a little tail.

"Master, do you think he will hand over the silver and land?"

"Of course, Jia Wanhe is so afraid of death." Lu Xingchen said confidently.

The people of Song County who fled to Xing County learned that the bandits in Niutou Village were killed by Lu Xingchen, and they could go home.

Common people came to the gate of the county government office and kowtowed to Lu Xingchen.

However, Lu Xingchen did not come out to meet them.

The common people reluctantly left Xingxian county.

Some people with skills just want to go home and then return to Xing County to continue working.

Because during this period they made a lot of money in Xing County, which they had never dared to imagine before.

Moreover, Lu Xingchen has introduced new policies for training craftsmen.

Those old craftsmen could take more apprentices, and the government would subsidize each apprentice with five copper coins.

These five copper coins are not a one-time subsidy, but a subsidy given every month.

The old master couldn't believe what he heard.

In the past, their skills would usually be passed down to their own family members, passed down to sons if they had one, and sometimes they were even reluctant to pass it on to nephews.

But now they are asked to teach outsiders, and each person is given a subsidy of five copper coins every month.

If a master teacher teaches ten people, he can earn fifty copper coins a month in subsidies from the government.

This income is really huge.

This made most of the old masters abandon the rules they had followed before.

The idle labor force in the homes of the common people heard that the government would help them learn skills from the masters and give them subsidies. They went home and thought about this idea for several nights but could not figure it out.

But no matter how you think about it, this is a good measure that is very beneficial to them.

The news that Lu Xingchen killed the leader of Niutou Village kept Wanxian County Magistrate Zhou Shu awake all night.

Zhou Shu was restless and wanted to discuss it with Zhao Long, the magistrate of Teng County.

Zhao Long also heard about it and was quite shocked. But he still didn't take Lu Xingchen too seriously.

He felt that it was just that the bandits in Niutou Village were too incompetent.

Zhou Shu sent someone to tell him that he wanted to meet again to discuss something.

The petite and beautiful image of Zhou Yuru kept appearing in Zhao Long's mind.

So he put forward conditions to Zhou Shu, that this time they should meet in Teng County, and he should bring Miss Zhou Yuru with him.

So Zhou Shu went to talk to his second daughter about this matter.

"I won't marry that bandit. If you force me to marry that bandit, I will die." Zhou Yuru was not joking, she really hit the pillar.

Fortunately, the rescue came in time and the man was not killed, but a large part of his head was broken and there was no way to take him to see Zhao Long.

Zhou Shu was so angry that he beat his daughter severely.

"When our county is taken away by others and you become homeless prisoners, you will know the benefits of marrying Zhao Long..."

Zhou Yuru said, "Even if I die, I will never marry that bandit."

Zhou Shu slammed the door and left.

"Master..." The master came over and said, "Since we are marrying off our daughter, why don't we marry Miss Yu Ru to Lu Xingchen?"

"I heard that Lu Xingchen is sixteen years old and has outstanding looks. He is the same age as Miss Yuru. They are a perfect match. If this marriage is successful, we won't have to worry about what Lu Xingchen will do to Wanxian."

Zhou Shu showed a surprised expression on his face.

Why didn't he think of that?

"Okay, okay, then you go to Xing County and bring some gifts over, but be careful and don't let Zhao Long know." Zhou Shu patted his master's shoulder with respect.