In the city lord's mansion of Bandai City, in order to piece together the spirit stone, everyone expressed their opinions, and the Liu family naturally donated generously, they protected their own clan and their ancestral property, but the relatives and the lords of the feudal division have not expressed their position, so they have become the target of public criticism, and they are looking for a solution half-push and half-push.

"Don't be embarrassed for them, after all, this is our Liu family..."

Liu Zhiyun waited for a long time and didn't see anyone dare to refuse sternly, but seeing that his father was going to come forward to stop him, he couldn't wait any longer, so he rarely interrupted Liu Yixian and said: "I know that it is difficult for some strong people to let you all contribute according to the hands of our Liu family, but according to the current situation, we really can't bear such a heavy debt, it is better for me and my nephew Mingtong to guarantee, you will temporarily lend us the money, and when he waits for the impact of this matter to pass, our uncle and nephew will definitely return the principal and interest to you." ”

"Second son, this method is feasible, we already want to contribute, you say, how much to borrow?"

"We still have some money, if you need it urgently, I'll get it for you right away. ”

"Second son, if you still talk about any interest, you can use it. ”

Seeing that it was borrowing money, everyone immediately expressed their position, and finally waited for the way out, so everyone hypocritically expressed their loyalty.

"Since everyone agrees, then you are welcome, please lend me twenty times the tax of each fiefdom, preferably tomorrow, and I will sign the note in person. ”

"This..."

"Twenty times..."

"Zhiyun, how can you..."

Liu Yixian also felt that he was deliberately making things difficult when he heard it, and as soon as he opened his mouth to reprimand, he was interrupted by a young man who suddenly stood up, the young man was red-faced, and pointed at Liu Zhiyun and scolded: "You are sincerely embarrassed by us, who will take out the twenty times the tax, your Liu family has done something wrong, you have to let everyone bear the consequences, who is he Mu Chen, don't you know in your hearts, even the emperor can't fight him, with your group of old stubborn people in a corner of the peace, you also want to compete with him, it's just a fool's dream." Thanks to your Liu family, who claim to be the head of the nobles in the state, the spirit clan has not seen everything before they have made this stupid move, lost the lives of their children and grandchildren, and made such a large debt, and forced us to share it equally if they couldn't afford it, let me tell you Liu Zhiyun, my father made a lifetime of cattle and horses in exchange for the land, and I will not give it to you at all. ”

The opportunity finally came, and Liu Zhiyun, who was scolded, not only did not get angry, but raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but Liu Yixian behind him was annoyed and angry, and he slapped the case and scolded angrily: "You are presumptuous, my old man has been the master all his life, and no one dares to humiliate me like this in person." ”

"Humiliate you? I will humiliate you by telling the truth, my father because of this year's bad harvest, dragged his long-term illness to beg your Liu family, just a hundred and ten gold coins, your Liu family's heir actually asked my father to sell my sister to him as a maid, he served you conscientiously all his life, but in the end you were forced to die on the way home, don't think that your generation is high, no one dares to tell the truth. Liu Yixian, our family does not owe you, all the land of our family was legally bought from you, and I have the title deed, if you dare to take it by force, I will go to the homeland city to sue you. With that, the young man pushed the crowd away and strode away.

"Someone, take it down for me, staff... Cane to death. Liu Yi stretched out his hand and pointed at the young man, trembling with anger.

The attendants stopped the young man, kicked him to the ground with two or three kicks, and then swarmed him up and beat him to death in the hall with their wooden staffs.

Liu Yi looked at the corpse first, his anger had not subsided, and he pointed to the heir of the Liu family and asked, "Who forced his father to death, who... Who?"

A middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties suddenly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, saying that he had taken the initiative to compensate the young man after learning about the incident, and he did not expect that there would be a fatality.

"My Liu family's face has made you lose everything, break his legs, take back the territory, from today you will stay in Bandai City, and you are not allowed to step out of the city gate. ”

After Liu Yi explained these things first, he brushed his sleeves away, and the middle-aged man who accepted the punishment was dragged out of the hall, and after a while, the sound of sticks and wails sounded at the same time, until the sound disappeared, and no one dared to speak, all of them lowered their heads and looked at each other.

The lords with foreign surnames were especially afraid, they saw that the young man with the same identity was beaten to death, so they probed their brains to observe Liu Zhiyun, waiting for him to speak.

"No one thought of such a thing, but since it has been dealt with according to the patriarch's wishes, I won't repeat anything, and I hope that you will fulfill your promise as soon as possible and work together to tide over the difficulties for the clan. ”

After saying this, Liu Zhiyun was about to leave, but as soon as he took a step, someone stopped him: "Second son, although I am a relative, I can't watch our Liu family in trouble and ignore it, borrowing money is too foreign, I am willing to cut out half of the territory to help our Liu family get through the difficulties." ”

With the first person with a foreign surname giving land, the rest of the people also rushed to cede the property, and there was a corpse lying in front of him that was still oozing blood, and no one wanted to be the second, and if they didn't express their position now, they wouldn't be able to take out twenty times the tax tomorrow, and they were all exploited, so it was better to take the initiative to pay it, and they could still leave some face.

After the affairs in the hall were dealt with, Liu Zhiyun went to the inner courtyard to report to his father in the bedroom, and Liu Yixian lay on his side on the side of the bed, with his back to his son.

"Father, I made a rough calculation, and sold the recovered land, plus the savings in the city, enough for eighty spirit stones. ”

"Bury that child, buy the house deed and title deed back from his family for three times the price, and then you can arrange for someone to send them to the homeland city, and don't let them live here." ”

"Yes, father, as for Liu..."

"Raise him in the city, and his family will also pick him up, after all, it is the Liu family, I can't watch him starve to death, all the expenses will be borne by me, and when the matter is over, find another piece of land for his son, so that he doesn't hate my great-grandfather." ”

"Yes, Father, about Penetrate..."

"You deal with Mingtong, my old man is tired, let's go out." ”

Liu Zhiyun respectfully closed the door, and then went to Liu Mingtong, and the uncle and nephew had to discuss the matter of penetrating the wings in detail.

"Uncle, as my grandfather said, I will buy all those villages, and my nephew will do it tomorrow. ”

"Wait, Mingtong, it's not difficult to buy that piece of land, but Touyi is the private property of the villagers, and buying land alone won't make a difference. ”

"So what do you say?"

"You take a large group of people to those villages, and then tell the truth to the village chiefs of each village, promising them that they can exchange Touyi for a larger piece of land, and then threaten with the news that the Spirit Clan will move to their villages and towns in the future, I believe that they will definitely move out of there in the face of temptation and fear, and then bring them into Bandai City to settle down, and we will naturally get our hands on Touyi. ”

"But uncle, how can we give them so much?"

"I'll talk about this later, let's solve the urgent need first. ”

"Okay, nephew, let's go now. ”

"Wait, take these thirty spirit stones as well, go to the villages and towns and go directly to the homeland city, return the spirit stones to Mu Chen, and let everyone see the strength of our Liu family. ”

After discussing these, Liu Zhiyun went to count the land to be sold in detail, and ordered someone to release the news to the major nobles. Liu Mingtong gathered his own soldiers in the city and prepared to go.

Because the land controlled by the Liu clan is far away from Baoling City, there are a total of 70,000 or 80,000 people living in it, and only houses have been built on the southwest side of Bandai City, but no one lives there. The problem of insufficient population has plagued Liu Yixian for many years, so he moved all the farmers in the core area into the city, and transformed the original villages and towns into strongholds mainly to resist invasions. When the farming season is busy, the main labor force lives in the base and concentrates on farming. When the farmer is not working, he returns to the city to participate in military training and improve his ability to resist demonic beasts. Therefore, the men of the right age in the city can not only farm but also fight, which is also the fundamental reason why their clan territory is getting stronger and stronger year by year.

In the human continent, the army is firmly in the hands of the imperial power and the city lord, although the nobles will organize some government soldiers in order to defend themselves, but most of them are limited in number and have low combat effectiveness, armed forces like the Liu clan are relatively rare, if you put aside the age, there are nearly 20,000 soldiers under the age of fifty in the city of Wandai alone, and they have received military training.

Liu Mingtong gathered the elite 3,000 cavalry in the city, and went out of the city from the north gate in four columns. If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, Liu Zhiyun would definitely not show his combat power and avoid Baoling City being afraid.

The people in the city watched the large army set off and guessed the reason with each other, but unlike the people of Baoling City, their expressions were calm and not flustered, they all knew that something was happening, but no one thought that it would affect their lives.

At the same time, the clan relatives surnamed Liu and the lords with foreign surnames who were about to leave Bandai City had an estrangement, they had been involved in relatives and servants before, and they got along quite well, but because of today's meeting, the clan relatives were more united, and they decided that people with foreign surnames would turn their backs on themselves at critical moments and were not trustworthy. The lord with a foreign surname thinks that the Liu clan is bullying the small and unreasonable, as long as the interests are touched, they will not hesitate to cut themselves, and it is not worth serving them anymore.

This group of people was forced to stop on both sides of the road, to make way for the cavalry to go out of the city, seemingly helpless situation, but in fact it formed a stark contrast, on one side is the clan surnamed Liu, on the other side is the lord with the surname of the foreign surname, the two waves of people do not mix with each other, only through eye contact, but most of them are whispering on the side, several people are looking for a target to discuss, and after a contemptuous look, they join the discussion.

When all the cavalry passed, the two waves of people naturally came together, greeting each other with false smiles, and the clear dividing line also changed from a physical path to a disagreement in the heart, and the peaceful scene was always a little embarrassing no matter how the performance was performed, and finally at the city gate, they embarked on a different path.