Chapter 36: Big Fish, Bait
Xu Han sent 100,000 taels worth of grain, grass and materials to Jizhou.
Of course, 100,000 taels is a lot of money, but compared to the gap in Jizhou, this number is still only a drop in the bucket.
Not to mention that this year's snow disaster is surprisingly big, Jizhou was invaded by the Xia army at the time of the autumn harvest, and many people were busy fleeing before they had time to harvest the grain fields, which undoubtedly made this winter even worse. And these are all aside, but the Great Xia side is now ready to move, Mu Qingshan wants to expand the Mu family's army, but he can't get food, and the money and grain needed for the reconstruction of Dahuang City is still an astronomical amount. These things were enough to give Xu Han a headache.
It is true that he has scavenged a lot of money in the hands of the Yin family before and after, but after this incident, the other gate lords in Chang'an City have realized how ruthless this Xu Mansion Lord is, and they have all begun to restrain their hands and feet and hide some unclean transactions.
Xu Han's desire to repeat the trick from them would obviously not be as easy as before.
"This Gu family and the Zhao family are inevitably too cautious, we can't find their crimes from these files. Fang Ziyu, who was sitting in the courtyard of Tiance Mansion, closed the thick file in his hand and said with some dejection.
"Senior Sister Fang, don't be anxious, Skynet is restored and not leaked, I think as long as they do something unseemly, they will always leave a handle. Qin Keqing on the side saw that Fang Ziyu was a little unhappy, and hurriedly relieved, and there was also a thick pile of files in front of her.
These are all things that Xu Han brought back after the Yin family's affairs. Fang Ziyu, who was angry and raised his eyebrows in the game with the Yin family, volunteered to take over the errand, threatening to find out the mistakes of the Gu Zhao family in the dossier, and completely uproot them together with the Yin family.
This Gu Zhao family is one of the richest gentry in Chang'an City, even if the Yin family is small compared to it. If we can really get some oil and water from these two families, then the situation in Jizhou will definitely improve significantly.
With such thoughts, Fang Ziyu looked at this thick file for three days, and Qin Keqing and Ye Hongjian also came to help when they saw this, but they found that the file recorded by someone was indeed full of unsightly deeds about the Gu Zhao family, but with the experience of the Yin family before, the Gu Zhao family had hidden those related industries in the dark in the past few days, and for a while, they couldn't find loopholes to attack the two families.
"Isn't the Yin family's human certificate still in our hands? Why don't we start with the Yin family, these flies and insects that squeeze the people's fat and ointment can be eliminated by one, and the Yin family's family property is also extremely rich, which should temporarily alleviate the situation in Jizhou. "Miss Fang's little patience has obviously been drained in the past three days.
"Xu Han doesn't move the Yin family, naturally he has his reasons, we just need to wait and see what happens. Ye Hongjian, who had been listening for a long time, also closed the file in his hand at that time and said in a deep voice.
"Speaking of which, why hasn't the surnamed Xu seen anyone in the past few days? We are so busy here, where is he hiding alone?" Miss Fang saw that she couldn't talk about this little Uncle Ye, so she changed the topic.
"Xu Gongzi has been in the house all the time, and he may be thinking about what to do next, Senior Sister Fang, don't be too harsh on him, Xu Gongzi is also very hard. Qin Keqing on the side took over the conversation at that time, and defended Xu Han with an anxious face, as if he was afraid that someone would misunderstand Xu Han.
Seeing that these two people were all helping Xu Han to speak, Fang Ziyu suddenly felt bored.
"Okay, okay, your family surname Xu is the most amazing, right?" she glanced at the two of them, and said without words, she didn't care about the suddenly embarrassing atmosphere between Ye Hongjian and Qin Keqing, and jumped onto the martial arts stage, and looked at a Tiance army who was practicing sword skills defiantly.
"Here, let's fight. ”
Fang Ziyu's aggressiveness is also a well-known thing, and the Tiance Army was stunned for a moment when he saw this, then grinned, and flew towards Fang Ziyu with his body, fighting with her.
Qin Keqing and Ye Hongjian glanced at each other at that time, and they both saw a deep embarrassment in each other's eyes.
Qin Keqing's face was thinner after all, she stood up after a few breaths, and said softly with a crimson face: "I'll go to see how the porridge and rice prepared in the kitchen are, and I'll go to the soup tomorrow..." It's just that when he says this at this time, whether it is really such a thing, or just a simple escape, is not something that others can really say.
After saying this, she didn't wait for Ye Hongjian to give her half a response and left quickly.
Ye Hongjian didn't stop her, just looked at the back of the girl leaving, and shook her head with some distress.
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In fact, Fang Ziyu really wronged Xu Han, so many things pressed on Xu Han's shoulders, he was so busy, how could he have anything to do to find fun somewhere?
He locked himself in the room, but he didn't think about the next step but how to go.
But since that day, after he fought Gu Daozuo in front of the people of Chang'an City, the dragon qi in his body, which had been turned into sword intent, suddenly reappeared.
At first, Xu Han thought that this was the fish that had slipped through the net before, or that the dragon qi could not be assimilated in his body after it was transformed into sword intent, and he turned from sword intent to dragon qi again.
But after he took a closer look, he found that these dragon qi were not what he originally had in his body, but things that poured into his body from the outside world out of nowhere.
This made Xu Han very confused.
He was quite surprised that he could absorb dragon qi from that dragon's body before, and even had some speculations about his life experience, but this time, this dragon qi was even more unbelievable.
For this reason, Xu Han looked through many books in the Tiance Mansion but did not find the answer, whether it was the Linglong Pavilion or the Tiance Mansion, the collection of books was quite rich, but the records about the dragon qi were rarely mentioned, as if someone was deliberately covering up all the information related to this thing.
Xu Han couldn't find an answer, so he simply put it aside.
He used the remaining time to transform the newly poured dragon qi into his body into sword intent again, which was not too difficult for Xu Han who had the previous experience, but it inevitably took some more time.
I have to say that although the origin of the dragon qi seems a little incredible, this wisp of dragon qi entered the body, and the pale yellow sword intent in Xu Han's body turned into a light yellow, and the power wrapped in his sword intent was significantly improved.
Xu Han was full of energy, and after completing the transformation of the sword intent, he tried to impact the human element, one of the three elements in his body, again.
With the terrifying power enveloped in that sword intent, Xu Han easily opened up Renyuan, and Diyuan also reached a threshold that could be broken at any time under such an impact.
Xu Han secretly calculated, if this continued, in less than a month, he would be able to break through the three-element realm and go to the secret realm.
Such a speed was naturally surprisingly fast, Xu Han hesitated for a long time before suppressing the temptation to step into the secluded realm, temporarily accepted the exercises, and opened his eyes for the first time in three days.
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Coincidentally, the eyes had just opened, and there was a knock at the door.
Xu Han stood up and opened the door, but what caught his eye was Ye Hongjian's extremely beautiful face.
"The Lord of the Xu Mansion is finally ready to go out, you don't have to go out of this door, but you want to break your Miss Qin. She looked Xu Han, who was neatly dressed, up and down, and asked with squinted eyes.
Xu Han rolled his eyes, a little unable to resist the teasing look on the girl's face.
"What's wrong?" he asked, deliberately staggering the subject.
Ye Hongjian is not the one who messes around, and she no longer dwells on this topic, but said: "We have gone through the files you have given us in the past few days, but the Gu and Zhao families are extremely cautious, and they really can't find any loopholes for us to drill for a while." ”
"The Yin family has fallen into such a world, and the Gu and Zhao families have long been on guard in their hearts when they want to come, and it is normal to not find a vacancy. Xu Han nodded when he heard this, and the calm look on his face could see that he had expected this matter.
"But there is still a big gap in the money and food needed in Jizhou..."Ye Hongjian saw that Xu Han was still calm, and suddenly a little anxious, she hurriedly spoke, trying to make Xu Han realize how difficult their situation is now.
But after Xu Han heard this, he looked at Ye Hongjian with a smile on his face, and did not respond.
This made Ye Hongjian a little confused about Xu Han's thoughts.
"Do you want to do it to the Yin family again?" Ye Hongjian guessed, with the evidence they held in their hands, it was indeed enough for the Yin family to be completely defeated, and then this opportunity, they could naturally collect another wave of Yin family's property, so as to alleviate the situation in Jizhou.
But although the Yin family is big, the wealth they have is still far from solving Jizhou's current predicament.
But if they didn't do anything to the Yin family, they would indeed not be able to find a way to find enough money for a while, thinking of this, Ye Hongjian sighed.
"That's not bad, take one step at a time, eat the big fish of the Yin family first..."
Ye Hongjian muttered, but at that moment, a light sound suddenly sounded behind him, as if something heavy had fallen from the sky.
She was shocked and hurriedly turned around to look, but saw Chu Qiuli, who was full of scum, carrying a figure like a chicken, slowly falling in the courtyard outside Xu Han's house.
And that "little chicken" is the big fish she talked about before - Yin Cheng, the head of the Yin family.
Xu Han leaned forward slightly at that time, and his lips leaned against Ye Hongjian's ear.
He exhaled hot air and chuckled in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
"The Yin family is not a big fish. ”
"At most, it's bait for catching big fish..."