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Peace Order-Chapter 831 - 104 Gifts, Jiangnan, Trend, Martial World Sword Madman Drinking Together_2
Chapter 831: Chapter 104 Gifts, Jiangnan, Trend, Martial World Sword Madman Drinking Together_2
Xue Shuangtao shook her head and said, "I don’t want it."
She raised her eyebrows and said, "I know you care about me, but what if I asked you to leave your Qilin Army, abandon the Jiangnan Eighteen States that are at the heart of the world, return to Jiangzhou City of Chen Country, Guan Yi City, and stay with me."
"Just like that day, enjoying the spring outing, picking flowers, and playing the zither and eating dates at the temple fair, would you be willing?"
She stared intently at Li Guanyi, then smiled and said:
"You wouldn’t be willing."
"Coincidentally, neither would I."
"I initially only wanted to help you, but later when managing Changfeng Building, I also saw some dark things that a woman from an aristocratic family would normally not see."
"Girls who went mad after being wantonly bought and humiliated six or seven times, boys whose eyes were gouged out and kneecaps removed, becoming beggar children, massacred cities after defeat, the barely surviving common people."
"Back then, we picked flowers and climbed trees, but..."
"Outside, the central part of Chen Country faced heavy taxes year after year, to the point that survival was impossible."
"People had to sell their daughters for porridge."
"Exchanging porridge and living frugally to raise sons, who then went to perform forced labor."
"Only to die on the road transporting grain to the front line."
"Knowing these things, I can no longer go back."
Xue Shuangtao laughed softly.
She looked at Li Guanyi and earnestly said:
"I gradually understand your thoughts."
"Therefore, if you want to fight against these injustices, I am willing to accompany you. The world is vast, I won’t follow you to Jiangnan or accompany you to the Western Regions, I am a descendant of the fierce tigers of this world."
"Accompanying you to Jiangnan or around the world would be wonderful."
"But I don’t like it."
"Even if I’m just a plum tree kept in the courtyard, a plum tree is still a plum tree."
"I had a gift for you, come!"
Xue Shuangtao smiled gently, she reached out and grabbed Li Guanyi’s wrist, then led him outside, both heading to Changfeng Building. The original Tower Master of Changfeng was a very delicate woman, about thirty years old, upon seeing them, she repeatedly bowed and said with a bitter smile:
"My Lord, please do not take offense."
"The young lady insisted on this."
Li Guanyi assured her it was no problem, and Xue Shuangtao led him to the back where the Xue Family’s carriages were parked, with one large carriage towing another. Most were at the Xue Family’s Trade Guild in Central State, except for one here.
Zhao Dabing was sitting there, looking bored, upon seeing Li Guanyi approach, he was overjoyed, like springs under his hips, he jumped up instantly, a wide smile spreading across his face, took a step forward.
But then remembered his current status was different, he was just a ’non-entering realm’ carter of the Xue Family, while the young man before him was marquis Qin Wu, opening the household with the same rank as three ministers.
The status gap was too great, so great that Zhao Dabing raised his hand but only scratched his head awkwardly, yet Li Guanyi directly stretched out his arm, draping it over the carter’s shoulder, saying: "Brother Zhao, got any salted peanuts left?"
Zhao Dabing was momentarily stunned, then a smile curled up his lips, unable to hide it.
Opening a household, same as three ministers, Marquis Qin Wu indeed!
Returning, wouldn’t that make those others envious, their eyes turning red?
Zhao Dabing patted his chest, saying: "That’s needless to say, when you come out to face the elements, eating dry rations, you have to have something salty like these to keep going, otherwise, you won’t have the energy for anything."
He pulled out a pile of salted peanuts and stuffed them into Li Guanyi’s hands.
Xue Shuangtao asked Zhao Dabing and the person in charge of Changfeng Building in Central State to leave, then she reached out, gently pressed the carriage compartment, and said: "Inside here is the gift I prepared for you."
She struggled a bit to open it, despite having martial arts instruction from someone like Chen Qingyan, it was still a short time, and the young lady’s realm now was only Second Layer Heaven level, considered extraordinarily gifted for her age.
But in the current upheaval of the world, it seemed insufficient.
When chaos erupts, it entangles everything together.
The principle of a Second Layer Heaven enemy being only Second Layer Heaven or even One Layer Heaven doesn’t hold.
For instance, Ye Buyi and others, young generals around twenty years old, their martial arts were not weak, their family heritage profound, with promising futures, but their opponents could be Xiao Wuliang, or Yuwen Lie, possibly Jiang Su, this is the matching mechanism of chaotic times.
Seize the key weak points and strike ruthlessly.
Make novices face the First Divine General.
Li Guanyi looked at what was inside the carriage, seeing a series of large boxes, judging from the deep impressions left by the wheels, they were quite heavy. Xue Shuangtao smiled at Li Guanyi and said: "We transported many fine porcelain items from Chen Country."
"They can be sold for a very good price here."
"Those are gifts for aristocratic families and the royal family, the ones here are for you..." She reached out and opened a box, inside were sheets of paper, with writing and fingerprints, Li Guanyi looked over, and his expression gradually stiffened.
Xue Shuangtao softly said:
"They are the indentures of people from the states and counties around Jiangnan Eighteen States."
"The Xue Family obtained them easily, but the aristocratic families won’t release people, it’s their usual practice, chewing the benefits without letting go, the local bullies oppress the newcomers, the money is given, the indentures are given, and even the land deeds are given."
"All procedures comply with the laws and statutes, yet they won’t release people, nor the land, colluding with the government."
"They even pride themselves on having the advantage."
Xue Shuangtao suddenly laughed triumphantly:
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