Liu Yixian hurried slowly, and finally returned to the land of the Liu family in the middle of the night, but this was not his territory, and the relatives saw the patriarch coming, and hurriedly packed up, and finally in the second half of the night, the old man lay on the bed, ending the day's travel.

Early the next morning, he hastily said goodbye to his relatives, rushed to his territory in a hurry, and ordered all the outposts along the way, asking them to immediately inform all the lords in the Liu family's sphere of influence, so that they could rush to Bandai City before noon, and he had important matters to discuss.

The forces of the Liu family control a large area of land in the south of Baoling Prefecture, of which the core area is occupied by the Liu family, the non-core areas are also controlled by foreign relatives, and even the lords of remote areas are also divided by their families, so Quan Yuren is so jealous of him and does not dare to easily confront him.

Since Quan Yuren became the lord of Baoling City and actually became the master of Baoling Prefecture, Liu Yixian no longer participated in the political affairs of the state, and focused on the clan's industry, and exhorted the juniors not to be overly obsessed with power, avoid disputes, and keep the ancestral property is the greatest blessing to future generations.

He used his actions to interpret his views, and worked silently for thirty years, making the territory controlled by the clan rich and prosperous, stronger than one year after another. It is precisely because of this that the Liu family does not need to seek family interests through politics, and naturally rarely appears in the council. After a long time, even though all the nobles knew their strength, no one regarded them as political enemies.

This time, after Liu Yixian learned about the matter of the Spirit Clan, he immediately went to Baoling City, the first to be surprised were the people in the clan, followed by the nobles in the council, seeing the old man come forward in person, they all thought that the matter of the Spirit Clan would definitely come to an end, but the two waves of people did not expect to pay such a high price.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, Liu Yi first entered Bandai City, which was the largest city in the territory of the Liu family, and was built by the two generations of the Liu family at great expense. Their long-term strategy is evident from the name alone, and they want to use this city to assert their family's dominance for generations.

Most of the nobles built their own cities, but due to the distribution of population, the farther away from Baoling City, the smaller the city, like this city located in the relatively sparsely populated southern hinterland, such a large scale is rare, and the city defense is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, after several ten-year beast tides, except for the deep claw marks on the city wall, there is no damage.

Although the city is not as crowded as Baoling City, it is still thriving. As far as the eye can see, the expressions on the faces of the residents here are obviously more relaxed than those of Baoling City, they speak slowly and do things in an orderly manner, and they don't feel the pressure of life at all.

Liu Yi returned to the city lord's mansion first, and the second son and eldest grandson immediately came out to greet them when they got the news, one of them was in charge of finance, and the other was in charge of city defense, and they were the old man's right-hand men.

The second son, Liu Zhiyun, in his fifties, is not gorgeous, but clean and neat, and his temperament is more energetic than his peers.

The eldest grandson Liu Mingtong, more than 30 years old, tall, magnificent, his father Liu Zhigeng is deceased, in order to get the appreciation of his grandfather, he worked hard for several years, and finally deserved the position of the eldest grandson. Due to the wealth accumulated by the Liu family, after obtaining the permission of the family, he vigorously developed the city defense, not only the lords' cities, but also the ordinary villages and towns built high walls, greatly reducing the damage caused by the attack of demonic beasts.

Seeing Liu Yixian's sad face and nervous expression, the uncle and nephew immediately understood that the trip was not smooth, so they talked in a whisper in the hall, waiting for Liu Yi to wash and change clothes first.

Half an hour later, Liu Yi first summoned his uncle and nephew into the inner hall, told them about the experience of Baoling City, and instructed Liu Zhiyun to prepare the spirit stone as soon as possible, so as not to repeat Baoling City.

"Father, eighty spirit stones will emptie all the lords' savings, and we can't take them out. ”

"Sell all the uncultivated wasteland on the periphery, and if it is still not enough, sell the land that has been divided, and take the lords to my borders, and divide the land of my old man among them. ”

"Father, your territory is the core of my clan, how can you give it to outsiders, besides..."

"I don't need you to say more, even if I sell this city, I will also keep the Spirit Clan out. ”

Seeing that Liu Yi was angry first, Liu Zhiyun changed his way of saying and continued to persuade: "Father, the decision you made is naturally the best choice for human beings, but you alone are in charge of this matter, I am afraid that it will be too weak, since you have summoned the whole clan to come to discuss, it is better to wait for everyone to be present, and then inform them of your decision, I believe that with the strength of my Liu clan, this matter will be resolved according to your thoughts." ”

Liu Yixian summoned the whole clan to inform him of the matter, but he just wanted to tell an answer, he wanted to solve it by himself and not cause trouble to anyone, which was not the same as Liu Zhiyun's idea of raising money and land from the clansmen, but Liu Zhiyun didn't say it clearly, so Liu Yixian naturally agreed.

Liu Mingtong didn't say a word, as a junior, he didn't dare to participate in the discussion when he saw his grandfather's ugly face, but he also felt that it was a good idea to sell the core land, not to mention that there were five hundred valuable wings, which was not only a matter of money, but also such a large amount on the market.

"Grandson, you go and inquire whose territory the villages and towns around the ghoul tomb are, and my old man will buy them all. ”

Liu Mingtong, who was still thinking about the situation, was interrupted by his grandfather's questioning, and immediately replied: "Yes, grandfather." The grandson had a rough idea of the location of the tomb, and since it was adjacent to the beast's lair, I think the lord would be happy that someone paid for it. ”

The three of them discussed for a while, and at noon, the Liu clan and the lords arrived one after another, gathered in the hall, and guessed the meaning of the patriarch, almost all of them came to hear the good news, after all, the patriarch came forward in person, even if it was the old city lord Quan Yuren, he still had to give some face.

The three most powerful people of the Liu family walked out of the inner hall, everyone saluted, and after a polite speech, everyone took their seats, Liu Yi first began to tell about the trip to Baoling City in the past few days, and the faces of the clansmen became more and more panicked, until someone bowed his head and sobbed, he stopped and sighed.

"Cousin, my old man brought back the body of your son Liu Jie, and he also ordered someone to clean up and change clothes, if you..."

"Uncle Tang, the child Liu Jie also died for my Liu family, I have a request, I don't know if you can agree?" It was Liu Jie's father Liu Zhengwu who spoke, one of them is one of the few affiliates of the Liu family who participated in the military and political affairs of the state, due to the position reasons, the family is not in the territory all the year round, but the martial spirit of several generations has been recognized by the clansmen and is highly respected.

"You say. ”

"Can you keep him out of the clan ancestral hall first, and then join the throne after my death. ”

"You are..."

"The little nephew wants his son to witness with his own eyes how our Liu clan drove the alien race out of the human land, how to punish the murderer who forced him to death, and how to settle under Jiuquan if he did not reach the goal in his military career. ”

"It's a pity that my nephew is here, so be it. ”

After this episode, Liu Yi was sad and lightly informed everyone of the result of the argument with Mu Chen, compared to the huge debt, he was more concerned about Liu Jie's life, thinking that he did not protect his clansmen.

"Father has handed over the matter of spirit stones and penetrating wings to our uncle and nephew, everyone knows what it means to have eighty spirit stones and five hundred penetrating wings, even if the inventory of Bandai City is emptied, it is a drop in the bucket, so we decided to sell..."

Speaking of this, Liu Zhiyun deliberately slowed down the speed of his speech, and his eyes kept staring at Liu Zhengwu, who lost his son, and just as he thought, Liu Zhengwu immediately grabbed the words: "Cousin, although my territory is not big, but in order to avenge Xiao'er, for the sake of our Liu family, you can take it." ”

"Our Liu family has never been involved in state disputes, but I didn't expect Liu Jie to be forced to die in the council, as his uncle, I am willing to hand over all the land on the west side of the territory, I don't believe that we have guarded Baoling Prefecture for several generations, and it will be taken away by him Mu Chen alone. ”

"Liu Jie does not lose the face of the family, and I am willing to sell the grain and make a contribution. ”

"I have two spirit stones and ten thousand gold coins. ”

"All the mines in my territory are yours. ”

"Two villages and towns in the northeast of my city have been sold. ”

"I..."

The children surnamed Liu contributed money and land one after another, which made Liu Yixian's eyes moist, looking at the scene of unity, he was even more convinced that he was fighting Mu Chen, and he would never let him get what he wanted.

Liu Zhiyun also achieved his goal, and concentrated on writing down what each relative said, and when the meeting was over, he would immediately count the total number and gather the spirit stones as soon as possible.

The relatives at the back of the seat and the lords of the feudal clan are not of the same mind with the surname Liu in this matter, they either got the fief through marriage, or by making cattle and horses, how could they cut it back with a moment of brain fever, so everyone was silent, eager to end this charity conference held by blood.

"Brother-in-law, isn't your woodland all cut down, it's useless, sell it. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the eyes of the children surnamed Liu were focused on their relatives and lords, most of their territories were on the periphery, the inhabitants were relatively few, and the area was large, and if they wanted to sell, they should start selling from there, and finally someone noticed this, and then everyone surnamed Liu launched an offensive.

"That's it, old horse, your land turned out to be our family's hunting ground, and there was no valuable arable land, so take it out and sell it. ”

"Village Chief Wu, isn't that big depression in the east of your village useless, you complained to me a few days ago, saying that it was always waterlogged and muddy, and this time you can take action. ”

"Uncle, I don't want the money you owe me, just take the two villages under your jurisdiction, the total number of villagers is only more than 200 people, so I can relocate. ”

"Xiao Zhu, I heard that iron ore has been found in your mountain, do you have to pay some money for selling ore? ”

The children surnamed Liu knocked on the side of each sentence and I said one by one, so that these people with foreign surnames didn't know how to answer, so they had to smile with their faces, saying that it was not easy for them to be poor, not because they didn't want to share, but because they really couldn't afford it.

Liu Zhiyun looked at these silent, waiting for the opportunity, once someone resisted strongly, he would have an excuse to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, forcing these people with foreign surnames to take the initiative to pay money.