Jinghong Tower

Zhou Fu rushed towards He Ran, but before he could reach He Ran, he was pushed to the ground by two women dressed as maids.

Zhou Fu was still shouting, but He Ran winked and Liu Xia took off Zhou Fu's chin. Zhou Fu's mouth was open and he couldn't say a word.

He Ran then looked at the crowd, and the sweet smile returned to her face. But this time, when everyone saw her, she was no longer the harmless little girl. She was clearly a female evil star.

The female evil star raised her hand casually, and with a snap, a short knife was inserted into the table.

"What I don't like the most is waste. It's shameful to waste food, and it's shameful to waste talents. You are all our officials in the Zhou Dynasty, so you can't waste it. Tomorrow morning, you will all follow me to Pingyang. By the way, the finances are tight now. , you need to bring your own rice and food. If you don’t have a salary, you don’t care about food, but you must go because you are all officials of the imperial court."

It was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop.

After a while, a weak voice asked: "General, what can we do when we arrive in Pingyang? Are we going to work in the yamen? We won't need so many people, right?"

He Ran shook his head: "There are plenty of people in the yamen, but there is a shortage of people in other places. For example, there is always a shortage of people in the army. There are still many refugees who need to be resettled. People in each village also need to comfort them. By the way, there are also mines. All the minor officials who were originally in the mine were killed by me, and you can just make up for it when you go."

Everyone felt chills running down their spines, asking them to go to the army? To resettle the refugees? Going to the village? Also, go to the mines?

She also said that she had killed all the minor officials in the mine?

They are doing well in Pingyao and can afford to be an official. Which family does not have a lot of business to take care of? Only when they are crazy will they go to Pingyang to work as coolies. By the way, they have to prepare their own food rations.

Just hearing it makes them not want to live.

Another person boldly asked: "The official is not in good health, can the general be lenient?"

He Ran nodded: "Of course."

Everyone was overjoyed and the fire of hope was rekindled: "Is it really possible?"

He Ran: "Really."

"Xiaguan's family has an eighty-year-old mother."

"The official is old."

"I'm a lower official."

He Ran waved his hand without waiting for them to explain their reasons one by one: "If you don't want to go, you can pay 10,000 taels of silver per person, or you can use coarse grains of equivalent value instead. As long as you pay enough silver or coarse grains, you can stay in Pingyao and take care of you." Do business, serve your parents, have children and grandchildren around your knees, and share a family relationship.”

Seeing them stunned, He Ran continued: "Ten thousand taels, only ten thousand taels. If you can't buy it with ten thousand taels, you will suffer a loss and you won't be fooled. The real price is worth it."

There was silence.

Finally, someone raised his hand: "Ten thousand taels, I'm out."

Then, someone else raised their hand and said, "I'll do it too."

"I'll give it too!"

"I also."

In the end, He Ran took 660,000 taels of silver from Pingyao. Of course, half of it was coarse grains. It was wartime, and food would become increasingly scarce and expensive. If you stock up on more grain now, you would be better off in the future. Come in handy.

Ten thousand taels per person, fifty-six people in total, totaling 560,000 taels.

The extra one hundred thousand taels was obtained from Zhou Fu.

Zhou Fu was a corrupt official. He Ran thought that it was his first offense and he was fined one hundred thousand taels of silver as a warning to others. Of course, if he committed the crime again next time, it would not be one hundred thousand taels.

Although Zhou Fu was rich, one hundred thousand taels was really not a small sum. Moreover, despite his first glance, he was actually very stingy. The one hundred thousand taels caused him to bleed profusely. Although he saved a life, he was still very stingy. He was so angry that he became seriously ill. After he recovered, he ordered the whole family not to eat meat or drink alcohol for three years, and the female family members were not allowed to buy jewelry or make new clothes. The news about Zhou Fu's family soon reached He Ran's ears, and He Ran laughed loudly. One hundred thousand taels was worth it.

Zhong Yi watched all these things in Pingyao. Although he was not in the restaurant that day, the matter was not a secret, and He Ran did not deliberately hide it. On the contrary, she wished that everyone would know.

Therefore, Zhong Yi knew about the fighting situation in the restaurant that day.

When he followed He Ran to Pingyang and saw the large and small boxes and rice grains following them, he still didn't understand.

He Ran's goal was achieved.

From beginning to end, she had only one purpose, to get money from these merchants.

She didn't want to sell her official position, nor did she want the officials she bought with money to continue to play a role, so she took advantage of the scheme and used this method to get more than 600,000 taels of silver from these people.

As for Zhou Fu, the outstanding person, by the way, saying that he is the outstanding person is flattering him. This person is just a fool. He is so foolish that he is like a trustee arranged by He Ran.

In fact, at least half of the businessmen in Pingyao City thought Zhou Fu was a shill.

The one hundred thousand taels of silver were props. Yes, Zhou Fu was cooperating with He Ran in acting. The two of them were Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer.

In the following years, Zhou Fu's family was isolated by Pingyao merchants, which he did not expect. Therefore, he cursed those people, calling them white-eyed wolves and heartless, which was all in vain.

Of course, these are things to follow.

There was too much money, which delayed the trip. Therefore, He Ran and his party did not arrive in Pingyang until three days later.

Seeing He Ran bringing back so much money and food, even Feng Jieying was dumbfounded.

"How did you get these?" Feng Xueying was curious.

He Ran was triumphant and smiled obscenely: "Guess."

Feng Jieying didn't want to guess anymore. He found that he was becoming more and more observant of people's words. When he saw He Ran's obscene smile, he knew that the money and food must have been obtained through deception.

He Ran told him about Zhong Yi and asked for his opinion: "Of course, if Mr. Feng doesn't want to see him, then I will refuse for you. Anyway, this is our home court. He can still force his way in and fight with me." Do you like it?"

Feng Jieying: She actually used phase reading?

Why didn't you say it was a blind date?

If Feng Xueying said he was missing, he believed that He Ran would definitely give him a chin.

"See you, I'll definitely see you." Feng Xueying said.

He Ran's smile became even brighter, "Oh, Jinyang City is here."

But He Ran didn't expect that this priceless meeting would only take less than half an hour.

Zhong Yi walked out of the house and saw He Ran feeding the parrots in the yard.

The golden sunshine shines on the girl's body, like a golden edge, and the parrot in her hand...

Back then, the last news he heard about that person was that she had a talking parrot.

It is said that the parrot is green, very smart and can talk a lot.

The man also said: I will raise birds from now on. Raising birds is much better than raising children. (End of chapter)