"Ladies and gentlemen, how can our Zhao family have 5,000 gold coins? We have been providing disaster relief for more than ten days, feeding tens of thousands of people every day, are we not doing enough?" Zhao Wuwei was very angry.

"This is the order of the city lord, we have informed you, and the gold coins must be handed over to the city lord's mansion within two days. After speaking, the soldier turned around and left, not giving Zhao Wuwei a chance to explain at all.

In the evening, Zhao Zhenduo came back from outside the city and saw his father sitting in the living room with a sad face.

"Father, are you not feeling well?"

"Alas, I'm not sick physically, but I'm sick in my heart. The City Lord's Mansion asked us to take out 5,000 gold coins for disaster relief within two days, how can we have so much money?"

"Aren't they messing around? We've been providing disaster relief for so long, how can we still have money?" Zhao Zhenduo was also very angry after hearing this.

"They are taking the opportunity to attack us and take revenge on us. Zhao Wuwei had already thought of this question.

"What can I do then? I can't twist my arms around my thighs, and if we don't, we'll be severely punished by them. ”

"Father, don't say we don't, even after we turn it in, they will still use their methods to persecute us. Zhao Zhenduo saw things very clearly.

After a while, Xu Baichuan came to Zhao's house. Recently, he had spent at least 50,000 gold coins for disaster relief, but he also received an order from the city lord today, and he actually asked him to donate 20,000 gold coins.

"Our Xu family is in business, and now there is a lot of backlog of goods. I have already spent 50,000 gold coins, and the Xu family is willing to take another 100,000 gold coins for disaster relief. But now real estate, shops, and goods cannot be traded, and now these things cannot be sold even at half price. ”

"And food is the most expensive nowadays, how can I have so much money?" Xu Baichuan sighed, making it difficult for him to take out 20,000 gold coins now.

"Brother Xu, I think this donation for disaster relief is small, and hitting our two families is their purpose. Zhao Zhenduo reminded Xu Baichuan.

"I don't know what they mean, that's why I came to talk to you about what else you can do. ”

"What good can we do, as long as they don't want to let us go, no matter how much money they have, they will squeeze it out. Zhao Zhenduo knew that the Zhao family would fall again, and it was inevitable that they would fall again.

Duan Wuxian was determined to suppress the Zhao family, today was the day to pay the money, and many businessmen and tycoons had already come over to pay the money.

Xu Baichuan also sent 20,000 gold coins early in the morning, and his family has no extra money now. There are more than 20,000 gold coins in total, and he sent 3,000 to the Zhao family, but now he has almost no money in his hand.

Zhao Zhenduo also rushed to the City Lord's Mansion, the Zhao family really couldn't take out the gold coins, he came over today and handed over three thousand gold coins, which Xu Baichuan sent to them in the morning.

"City Lord, our Zhao family really has no money. These 3,000 gold coins are all borrowed, can you give us 2,000 gold coins for the sake of our disaster relief for half a month?" Zhao Zhenduo pleaded with Duan Wuxian in every possible way.

"If everybody says no, then there will be no relief for the victims? If what I say doesn't count, then what's the use of me, the lord of the city? I can give you two days, and if you can't pay it within two days, then your house will be confiscated and the two thousand gold coins will be compensated. If you dare not pay it, then all the adults of your Zhao family will go to prison. ”

Duan Wuxian won't give them a way to live, all of this is carefully planned, how can he give up because he begged?

It's been a year and a half since the last incident, and he hasn't been threatened in any way. He has always been concerned about Zhao Fei's situation, and he has not walked out of Qinghuang Mountain. If you were still worried before, but a natural disaster completely cut off the life of Zhao Fei and others.

He had always suspected that the old man was the backing of the Zhao family, but the old man had disappeared for more than half a year and was estimated not to come back. Now there is nothing to worry about, so he wants to use this opportunity to completely defeat the Zhao family.

Besides, he is in the name of the City Lord's Mansion, and fighting against the City Lord's Mansion is against the entire Blue Wolf Empire, which is his greatest reliance.

"You go home now and raise money, and I'll give you two days. It must be handed in after two days, otherwise it will be waiting to be sent to prison at that time. ”

Zhao Zhenduo reluctantly left the City Lord's Mansion, and now Duan Wuxian is determined to force them to a dead end.

Some big families of the Yan family and the Zhang family did not go to open porridge sheds outside the city. They also donate very little food, and they are not willing to give even a hundred people a day.

The porridge shacks of the Zhao family and the Xu family have stopped, and they have no money or food to continue the disaster relief.

The food left by the Zhao family is only enough to eat for a few days, and they will have no food to eat in a few days.

Two days later, a group of soldiers stormed into Zhao's house and drove everyone out, and the Zhao family's house was forcibly occupied by the soldiers.

Two days later, the Zhao family's mansion was forcibly auctioned off by the City Lord's Mansion for 2,000 gold coins.

The Zhao Mansion, which was worth at least six or seven thousand gold coins, was bought by a mysterious person with two thousand gold coins.

More than 20 people had to move back to the courtyard where Zhao Fei used to live temporarily, and their old house had already been inhabited by many victims.

Before the Zhao family rose, it was ruthlessly suppressed by the city lord. It's back to the way it was, and it's worse than ever.

A week later, the Zhao family also ran out of food, and they relied on the help of the Xu Mansion every day to survive.

A natural disaster brought a catastrophic blow to the entire Flame City, and by the way, the Zhao family was also sunk.

After knowing all this, Yan Xue secretly rejoiced that her first step of revenge had been successful. She also has a second-step, third-step plan. She wanted to force the Zhao family to rebel, and then kill them all.

The elixir left by the old man to the Zhao family when he left has always been kept by Zhao Zhenduo.

Last time, he sold three Qi Refining Pills, and now he still has some pills in his hand, but he can't sell them anymore. These are the fundamentals of the rise of the Zhao family, and they cannot sell the only remaining hope of the Zhao family for the sake of their immediate livelihood.

They are overcoming all difficulties and will have hope in surviving.

A natural disaster afflicted the people of Limin, but it fattened the city lord Duan Wuxian. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he made a fortune of at least 200,000 gold coins, not counting countless properties and other items.

Duan Wuxi, who was not very bold himself, became more and more bold after being instigated by Yan Xue.

But the disaster is not a one-way street, a few days later, in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, all the young and middle-aged people were arrested by the city lord's mansion to repair the city. I work more than a dozen hours a day, and I don't get enough to eat.

"Father, we work for more than ten hours during the day and have to rest for a while at night, we don't have time to cultivate at all, and if we continue to cultivate like this, we can't improve at all. ”

Ten days later, Zhao Zhenduo couldn't bear it anymore and started complaining.

"Then what else can be done?" Zhao Wuwei was also helpless.

In the end, Zhao Zhenduo cheekily went to find Xu Baichuan.

"There is almost no business in our shop, and there are still dozens of people to feed our subordinates and men, and to dismiss them now is to let them die. But as long as I, Xu Baichuan, still have a breath, I can't let you suffer. We still have a large amount of goods in our warehouse, and I will go to Duan Wuxian and send him some gifts to him, so that he can be exempted from your servitude. ”

After Xu Baichuan's repeated begging, and sending out a few carriages of silk and other items, Duan Wuxian finally agreed to exempt the Zhao family from servitude. The Zhao family can finally be at ease for a while.

They cultivate day and night, and only by improving their own strength will they not be arbitrarily slaughtered by others.

Yan Xue had forced the Zhao family to such an extent that she decided to let the Zhao family go for the time being.

She also needs to cultivate, and she can't use all her energy to deal with this group of waste in her eyes.

The disaster was alleviated after half a year, and the Blue Wolf Empire transferred a large amount of food, goods, and sent disaster relief saints.

Many of the victims have returned to their hometowns and are starting to rebuild their homes.

The Flame City has also gradually stabilized, but after this disaster, the former prosperity has gone away.

The streets were in tatters, the shops were in a state of depression, and the number of poor people had risen dramatically.

After the victims left, the Zhao family returned to a few years ago, Zhao Wuwei moved back to the old mansion, and Zhao Zhenduo stayed in Zhao Fei's original mansion and continued to cultivate with the young people of the Zhao family.

The Zhao family's new house was bought by someone else, but no one has moved in until now. They didn't know that the person who bought the new house was the lord of the castle himself.

He didn't pay a penny, and used clever means to take the Zhao family's mansion for himself.

Duan Wuxian has no shortage of houses to live in, and he doesn't want to sell this house now, because the house can't be sold at a good price now. He had to wait until everything was okay in Flame City before he sold the house, so he could sell it for a good price.

After half a year of adjustment, the Xu family recovered slightly, and some of the inventory was sold out, and some gold coins were returned.

But at this time, Xu Baichuan no longer had the ambition he had before, and the Xu family quickly declined in Flame City. The former glory is gone, and it has been squeezed out of the first-class family, and it has even slipped into the ranks of the third-rate family.

If you don't have the strength, you will inevitably be discriminated against by others, Xu Baichuan is now closed every day, and he puts all his mind on cultivation.

"Hahahaha. I finally broke through again. ”

Early in the morning, Duan Wuxian stood in the courtyard looking up to the sky and laughing wildly, and now he had advanced to the first order, and finally reached the eighth order of the Refining Earth Realm.

The stronger his own strength, the more stable the position of the city lord. In recent years, due to his greed for power, he has abandoned his cultivation. Compared to other city lords, his own strength is the weakest. The last time he went to the imperial capital, he was stimulated, and he has been practicing penance for more than a year.

"Father, congratulations on your advancement, this is a great joy. ”

Duan Chun was happy for his father, his father advanced, and the Duan family was even more unmatched in Flame City.

He was accustomed to the benefits that power and strength brought to the Duan family, and as long as he was willing to work hard, he would definitely be able to take over his father's position as the city lord in the future.

"Chun'er, you are not too young, you are almost twenty years old, and you have reached the age when you should start a family. Recently, I arranged for someone to go to Yan's house to discuss and hold your wedding. ”

Duan Wuxian was in a good mood today, and suddenly wanted to get married to his son.

"Thank you, father, boy, I've been waiting for this day for a long time. ”

Duan Chun was overjoyed, the woman he dreamed of was finally going to marry her home.

"Look at your kid's excitement, isn't it just to marry a woman. As long as you want to marry, I can marry you a few daughters-in-law back. There are many big families who befriend us, and it is their blessing to be a concubine for you. Duan Wuxian laughed.

He was telling the truth, whether it was in terms of power, money, or cultivation, he was the undisputed number one in Flame City.

Countless people are scolding him, and they are all proud to be able to establish a relationship with the city lord's mansion.