Chapter 76 Breakthrough in cultivation and the arrival of my brother-in-law
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After performing two almost identical scenes in a row, Chen Fangjie felt overwhelmed and felt a little boring.
Wang Mei, on the other hand, seems to be enjoying it and is even more energetic. She obviously likes this kind of life, which is quite a talent.
How could Wang Shouzhe have expected that this mediocre family general Wang Mei would start craving for his body without any trouble.
Something happened here.
Overall, Wang Shouzhe was quite satisfied with the completion of the second phase of the mission. Not only did he pay a high price of 40,000 dans of grain, but he also planted a fatal seed in the hearts of Liu Yongzhou and Zhao Dingtian to serve for the subsequent launch of the third plan.
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Subsequently, according to the original plan, the Donggang Chen family used two large merchant ships and specially removed the markings. The Wang family also transported the grain to Fenggu Farm in advance, using a lot of manpower to transport the grain to the large merchant ship overnight
superior.
Although transporting food back and forth seems like a waste of manpower and material resources, in such a special period, being more cautious means being safer.
For a Xuanwu family that can be passed down from generation to generation, the most important thing is not huge profits, but one word.
stable!
It is extremely difficult to achieve stability, but in the final analysis there are two general directions, the ability to avoid risks and the ability to resist risks.
If the Wang family was not currently facing internal and external troubles, Wang Shouzhe would not have wanted to come into contact with the Liu family and the Zhao family so quickly. He hoped more to manage the overall situation, plan for the long term, and eventually crush others with great momentum.
But in the current situation, he could only find a way to achieve the optimal solution.
Time passes day by day.
This day.
Wang Shouzhe practiced as usual, and when he went to the martial arts field at about nine o'clock, there was some irrepressible light shining in his eyes, and the aura on his body became sharper.
"Master, have you made a breakthrough?" Wang Gui, the servant, felt the powerful aura and said with surprise.
"I just broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm." Wang Shouzhe was calm, but he couldn't help but feel a little happy. Some time ago, Bian had reached the peak of the sixth level. After some days of consolidation and polishing, he felt something in his heart tonight and directly swallowed it.
I took a [Puiyuan Pill], pinched the spirit stone and sprinted.
Due to deep accumulation, resources and luck, I succeeded in one breath.
From today on, he, Wang Shouzhe, will be able to reach the late stage of Qi Refining.
Eighteen years old, seventh level of Qi Refining Realm!
Looking at the entire Changning Guard, this is also a very good achievement. Looking back, Longyan Patriarch was only eighteen years old when he achieved such an achievement, only half a year earlier than him.
Just after the breakthrough, the quality and quantity of Xuan Qi, as well as physical fitness, had significantly improved.
In the days to come, you need to practice hard, stabilize and familiarize yourself with the new level of power as soon as possible. However, if you want to practice to the eighth level of Qi Refining Realm, it is not very difficult, nor can you do it in a short time.
In the martial arts training ground, Wang Shouzhe practiced Xuanwu combat skills, body skills, sword skills, and string control skills. He could clearly feel that he was much stronger than before. I dare not say that he could beat the two previous versions of himself, but he felt that he was barely able to do so.
I can fight two more ordinary sixth-level Qi refining realms. The premise is that they are more ordinary...
After practicing for a while, until the sun was a little hot and the muscles and bones all over his body were sore, Wang Shouzhe went back and took a shower.
Afterwards, he brewed a small pot of Shanyang Xiaolingzhong in the side hall, calmed down and started to deal with some chores.
"Master, these are the recent information about the Liu family and the Zhao family." Wang Gui presented some information in letters.
Wang Shouzhe flipped through the information, his brows gradually furrowed, and when he saw the end, he slapped the table with a "bang" sound, his eyes full of coldness: "The Jackal Family is indeed the Jackal Family, clothed in human skin.
, and can’t hide the greed and cruelty deep in his heart.”
Although Wang Shouzhe had already predicted that once the Liu family and Zhao family started to implement the merger strategy, their methods would not be gentle. However, they did not expect that their methods could be so vicious and greedy.
Take the Liu family for example. There are less than 2,000 households under their control, and the total amount of fertile land reaches 30,000 to 40,000 acres. These homesteaders were severely affected by the insect infestation, and many of them were even poorly managed.
Families, after receiving food supplies, their food production is empty.
But among these farmers, there are also many middle peasants and even rich peasants.
Their families are relatively rich, and they habitually hoard some food. Therefore, as a whole, although the farmers in the area are still short of food, they can barely survive the disaster by borrowing from each other and enduring hardships.
But as soon as Liu intervened, he first arrested a group of middle peasants who were hoarding grain. Because they dared to privately lend grain to others, and they also dared to make a contract to repay twice the amount of grain they borrowed after the autumn harvest.
In the end, the middle peasants had to contribute part of their land to gain Liu's "understanding."
It's just okay. Some wealthy households saw that the folks in the countryside were pitiful and took the initiative to help the poor blind daters without charging half of interest.
This undoubtedly violated the fundamental interests of the Liu family. They secretly recruited some rogues among the casual cultivators, and went to the homes of wealthy households who were doing charity to cause trouble every day. They also asked for "relief," causing those wealthy households to retreat to protect themselves.
There was also a wealthy family with strong bones who still helped others secretly. As a result, a group of casual cultivators came to the door at night, and all the family members, old and young, were killed.
The Liu family has only one purpose, which is to allow families who have run out of ammunition and food to mortgage their fields in exchange for their old grain. According to intelligence, so far, although not many homesteaders have done this, they have done so.
However, as time goes by, the "famine" involving man-made factors becomes more and more serious. Sooner or later, some people will be unable to bear it and eventually replace their farmland with old grain whose prices have "skyrocketed".
Under this insect disaster, in order to avoid various consequences caused by a large number of refugees, various areas are usually sealed off, making it difficult for civilians to move between each other. This also brings various conveniences to Liu's plan.
What Liu wants is "not much", that is, he just wants to annex one-tenth of the land under his jurisdiction. The method should be cruel and fierce, and he will be able to do it in two months.
Of course, as a family member, the Liu family would not violate the law on the surface.
They will use "Tantai Heyu" to trade with the Liu family, which is called dry gold mortgage loan, and the custody will not incriminate the documents.
This is the so-called policy from above and countermeasures from below. Especially the aristocratic families in the countryside are like earth emperors to the common people. If they are shameless, they will really do whatever they want.
At this moment, Wang Shouzhe regretted "selling" Chen Liang to the Liu family and the Zhao family.
But this thought only fleetingly passed by. Even if he didn't take action, the Liu family and Zhao family would still get food from other places and stage the same plan. On the contrary, it would be equivalent to funding their bad friends and the situation would be out of control.
"Public resentment has arisen. Inform Wang Zhong to close the net and start a sniper plan. At the same time, find out for me the whereabouts of that group of loose cultivators who exterminated their families." Wang Shouzhe said with a gloomy face and wrote a secret order for his family generals to send out.
Although if we delay further, public dissatisfaction will accumulate even more. Waiting until the peak of public dissatisfaction to launch a sniper attack will be more beneficial to Wang's future plans. However, it is also likely to cause more tragedies for civilian families.
After dealing with the matter, I drank several glasses of Yangshan Xiaolingzhong to calm down.
"Master, please don't forget that Liu's second young master will come to visit today." Wang Gui carefully reminded him after observing his words.
The second young master of the Liu family?
After this reminder, Wang Shouzhe remembered that he had received a letter from the Liu family a few days ago, saying that Liu Yuanrui, the second son of the Liu clan leader, planned to arrive at Dingpu Ferry at noon today to visit the Wang family.
Wang Shouzhe and Liu Ruolan, the daughter of the Liu family, are already engaged. According to etiquette, the Wang family has to send personnel with corresponding status to greet them. Such reception tasks are usually handed over to the clan leader's legitimate son.
It's just that Wang Shouzhe hasn't married yet, and Liu Yuanrui is his future brother-in-law, so he has no choice but to go and greet her in person.
Prepare the carriage, prepare some fruits, and call two generals.
A group of people headed towards Dingpu Ferry, and the carriage passed by the outside of Zhuwei Lake.
At this time, the shores of Zhuwei Lake had changed. Among the hundreds of tenant farmers of the Wang family, young men were photographed here, clearing the reeds around Zhuwei Lake, leveling the land, and building greenhouses.
The person in charge of this work is Wang Shounuo, the third youngest member of the Shouzi generation. The tanned, tall and strong young man was originally organizing Qingzhuang to unload some wood and stone. When he saw Wang Shouzhe's carriage, he saw it in the distance. After saying hello, he continued working.
These work sheds were built to serve the next plan. Seeing that the third child was busy, he naturally didn't bother him.
The carriage continued to move forward slowly, all the way to Dingpu Ferry.
At this ferry, the Wang family also has some shop and ferry business. However, most of them are entrusted to the Wang family to manage, and they are all hard work such as transportation, and there is not much profit.
Wang Shouzhe went straight to the deep water trestle, and after waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, he saw a ferry approaching. After it docked, Liu Yuanrui and his party got off the ferry first without hesitation.
From afar, Wang Shouzhe greeted him with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty Yuan Rui is here. Shouzhe missed the welcome from afar and was rude and disrespectful. Please forgive me."
Liu Yuanrui is not yet sixteen years old this year. Although his face is a bit immature, he still has the handsomeness of a heroic young man set off by his fancy clothes.
He also smiled and hurried forward, shook his hands and returned the salute: "Yuan Rui has met brother Shouzhe. It is Yuan Rui who has taken the liberty to come here to chat. Please forgive me, brother Shouzhe." He has a graceful demeanor and a temperament that makes people feel comfortable.
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The children of the Xuanwu family, especially the direct descendants, have received an elite education since childhood, and the requirements for behavior and etiquette are very strict. The kind of children of the family who make trouble everywhere, are full of anger, and often provocatively twist their mouths and bare their teeth. It’s not that they don’t exist, it’s just that
Very rare. At least in front of others, he must be personable and well-educated.
Just when the two were chatting.
A pretty girl's voice came from behind Liu Yuanrui: "Brother-in-law, you are more handsome than I thought."
