kvmb Chapter 486 A Three-Foot Sword Should Be Used to Achieve Unparalleled Merit
Chapter 486 A Three-Foot Sword Should Be Used to Achieve Unparalleled Merit
Li Qingyun couldn't afford a Bloodfeathered Chicken that cost 20 taels each, so he could only earn some profit by acting as a middleman in the trade.
Li Qingyun believed he could afford a Blood Feather Chicken that cost 10 taels each, since he had earned a considerable amount of money and supplies from both eliminating the Sun family and acting as a middleman in the Blood Feather Chicken trade.
Using these funds and provisions to train the city guards and increase the county's defenses is very appropriate.
"Alright, alright."
Chen Dao reluctantly agreed to all of them: "Lord Zheng, 2000 per month; Lord Xu, 200 per month; Lord Li, 200 per month. That's settled."
Although his face was full of helplessness, Chen Dao was not as unwilling as he appeared. Although the price of the blood-feathered chickens sold to the three people was reduced by half, the quantity was still considerable. 2800 blood-feathered chickens a month was enough to allow Chenjia Village to earn more profits than before.
The reason he looked so helpless was simply to stop the others from further haggling.
"Young friend Chen is indeed a generous man."
Zheng Qing and the others, having achieved their goal, did not hold back their praises and lauded Chen Dao.
With the low-priced blood-feathered chickens provided by Chen Dao, they were able to train a powerful army and have enough confidence to confront the imperial court.
"correct."
Xu Zhiwen seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to Zheng Qing, saying, "Lord Zheng, there are more than just our three counties in Taicang Prefecture. What about the other two counties?"
Taicang Prefecture has five counties. Taiping County and Ding'an County are governed by Xu Zhiwen and Li Qingyun respectively, while Dingxing County is directly governed by the prefectural city, namely the prefect Zheng Qing.
In addition, there are Dingjun County and Dingping County.
These five counties combined make up the complete Taicang Prefecture.
Only the heads of three counties are present now. If the other two counties are not of one mind with us, then Zheng Qing's plan will probably fail.
After all, Dingjun County and Dingping County have very special geographical locations. The former borders Taiqing County, where the prefecture is located, and the latter borders Jingzhou. If Zheng Qing cannot obtain the support of the magistrates of these two counties, even if he builds a powerful army, he probably will not be able to achieve his goal of having an army to support him.
"I have already discussed this with the magistrates of Dingjun County and Dingping County."
Zheng Qing replied, "The magistrates of these two counties are quite reasonable and willing to join my plan, so Lord Xu need not worry that they will interfere with our plans."
It must be said that, given the rampant problems and extreme corruption within the entire Xia Kingdom, the officials of Taicang County were practically an anomaly.
Above them was Zheng Qing, a prefect who was incorruptible and did not take bribes; below them were county magistrates like Xu Zhiwen and Li Qingyun, who were honest and upright and maintained the integrity of scholars. Even the magistrates of Dingjun County and Dingping County, although not necessarily honest and incorruptible, still had some of the integrity of scholars and were quite disgusted by the bad policies of the court. Therefore, they were willing to stand with Zheng Qing.
"That's good."
Xu Zhiwen nodded, completely relieved.
Shortly afterward, after discussing the specific details, everyone got up and left.
"Mr. Chen."
At this moment, Zheng Qiuyan suddenly called out to Chen Dao and asked, "Young Master Chen, are you planning to go to the prefectural city?"
"Exactly."
Chen Dao did not deny it.
"Would you like me to come along?"
"If Miss Zheng is willing, then of course there is no problem."
"When will we leave?"
"Two days later."
"it is good."
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Two days later, the Zheng family caravan, having unloaded all the transported goods into Zheng Baolou's warehouse, prepared to return to the county town. Chen Dao, Chen Cheng, Zheng Qiuyan, and Qingying also prepared to set off for the prefectural city.
Zheng Qing glanced at Zheng Qiuyan, who was following Chen Dao, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly that daughters are hard to keep at home once they grow up. He then said, "Yan'er, be careful on your way to the prefectural city."
The current prefectural city is quite different from the one of the past. Ever since the news spread that the Azure King had a large amount of python blood grass and python bone grass, a large number of martial artists have gathered in the prefectural city. It is no exaggeration to say that in the current prefectural city, you can hit a martial artist by throwing a brick at random.
Under such circumstances, the security situation in the prefectural city would naturally not be very good, which is why Zheng Qing specifically instructed Zheng Qiuyan to be careful.
"Father, rest assured, your daughter knows what's important."
Zheng Qiuyan nodded.
"In that case, let's set off."
Soon, the caravan set off. Chen Dao and Chen Cheng rode their horses and mingled with the caravan, intending to travel with it to the county town and then from there to the prefectural city.
Just as the caravan was leaving Chenjia Village, on the majestic Great Wall, a middle-aged man in full armor gazed at the boundless grassland to the north, his eyes deep and unfathomable.
"Commander."
At this moment, a man in his thirties, also dressed in armor, strode over, saluted the middle-aged man, and said in a deep voice, "Several urgent messages have been sent from the capital ordering you to return. Are you really not planning to go back?"
"What if the barbarians attack if I go back?"
The middle-aged man asked without turning his head.
His name is Tian Yu, and he is the commander of the Great Wall Army of the Xia Kingdom, leading an army of more than 300,000 men!
To date, 40-year-old Tian Yu has led the Great Wall Army for more than 10 years, and he has been fighting against the barbarians for 20 years!
Tian Yu did not have any illustrious background; his real name was Tian Daniu.
Just from this name, you can tell how poor Tian Yu's background was.
Tian Yu, born in Youzhou, came from a family that was typical of the working class in the Xia Kingdom. His family owned only a few acres of poor land, and even the oxen used for plowing the fields had to be rented from landlords or government officials by his parents.
It was precisely because his family didn't have any cattle that Tian Yu's parents named him Da Niu (Big Ox).
Although he came from a humble background, Tian Yu's childhood was not particularly difficult. Because there were only three people in his family, the produce from their farmland was enough to feed them after paying the imperial tax. Although the food was not good, they were able to survive.
For many people in the Xia Kingdom, surviving, which seems like a simple thing, is already an extremely fortunate thing.
At least that's what Tian Yu thought. So even though he had to do farm work with his father since he was a child, Tian Yu didn't have any complaints. He just couldn't help but think about getting ahead of others sometimes.
As Tian Yu grew older, his knowledge and experience also broadened, and gradually, his desire to stand out from the crowd became stronger.
Especially after learning about the extravagant lives of those landlords and powerful families, the idea of making a name for himself grew stronger in Tian Yu's mind.
A true man is born between heaven and earth, and should wield a three-foot sword to achieve unparalleled feats!
This was a bold statement that Tian Yu heard from a scholar when he was young. At that time, he was too young to understand the deeper meaning of the statement, but he felt that the statement was very impressive.
But as he grew older, Tian Yu gradually came to understand the domineering and heroic spirit in those words!