I forged the supreme martial saint through health cultivation techniques.

Chapter 40 Queuing to Send Money

afternoon!

Wang Xiulan started tidying up at home, while Li Yuan and Li Jun helped her.

"Mother, just bring some clothes, we can buy the rest in the inner city later."

Li Yuan noticed that she had brought everything, even pots and pans.

"It must be very expensive in the inner city, so let's save as much as we can."

Wang Xiulan did not listen to him this time.

"Rich, very rich!"

Only then did Li Yuan tell her about the gold hidden in the cellar.

"gold!!!"

Wang Xiulan's eyes widened. She knew about the box, but it was locked, so she hadn't paid any attention to it. She never expected it to contain gold.

"Ah Yuan..."

"Mother, just listen to me."

Li Yuan knew she was going to ask, but he interrupted her. He thought that saying some things would only make her worry, so it was better not to say them.

"The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise; in the year of Jiazi, great fortune shall come to the world."

"The Yellow Turban Army is here, you have nothing to be afraid of!"

.....

Suddenly, a voice reached Willow Lane, calling out several times in a row.

When the people from Liushufang came out, they saw pieces of paper on the ground, but the people had already disappeared.

"The Yellow Turban Army, are they rebels?"

At this moment, someone spoke up.

"Don't talk nonsense. In just a few days, this place will be under the control of the Yellow Turban Army. Rebels, rebels? Don't you want to live?"

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!"

...

"Old Chen, what's written on this paper?"

"I forgot. You can't read either, so it's pointless to ask."

Uncle Chen looked at the paper in his hand, and just then Li Yuan walked over. "Perfect timing, Yuan, come and see what's written on this?"

"good!"

Li Yuan took a look and saw that there were not many words. The general meaning was that after the Yellow Turban Army entered the city, they would not oppress the people, but would open the granaries to distribute food to relieve the people, so there was no need to worry.

This is equivalent to appeasing the people in the outer city.

And after he told everyone what he meant.

"Really?"

"That's much better than the government office! They'll even provide us with relief. Won't we have food to eat then?"

"Really? That's amazing!"

.....

Among the crowd, some were skeptical, while others believed.

Why would someone lie to you? You have no money and no food!

Aunt Liu, who had been speaking, slowly walked over, but... Li Yuan found her expression very strange.

His eyes gleamed with smugness!

"Ever since Uncle Liu was arrested and sent to the front lines, her family has been barely hanging on!"

Something's not right!

"That's true, we can't make ends meet anyway, it doesn't matter who comes!"

At this point, someone echoed his sentiment.

"That's right, we're all ordinary people, the ones who should be worried are the rich!" Aunt Liu said, glancing at He Qiu's house. "Pah! That slut, she ran off ahead of time!"

After he finished cursing, he didn't forget to glance at Li Yuan.

"Why!"

At this moment, Uncle Chen sighed softly, "I don't know if it's good or bad."

"It's definitely better than before!"

Aunt Liu looked up, her eyes filled with urgency.

.....

"Ah Yuan, is this real or fake?"

Wang Xiulan heard it too.

Li Yuan naturally understood her thoughts, but he had a very bad feeling. "Go to the inner city, I'll go find Brother Qiu later."

Wang Xiulan hesitated, but ultimately remained silent.

...

"Mother, you stay hidden in the cellar. I'll be back soon."

Feeling uneasy, Li Yuan let them into the cellar, and of course, he also prepared plenty of food and water in case of any accidents.

"Go ahead, but be careful."

"understood."

Li Yuan nodded, covered the entrance to the cellar, but left a small gap, and also weighed down the two-hundred-pound stone from the backyard. "Mother, no matter what happens outside, don't agree to anything."

"Okay, I understand."

.....

After leaving home, Li Yuan wandered around the area and, as expected, encountered several groups of thugs.

Looking at these people, he didn't stand on ceremony and gave each of them a pebble to send them to their deaths.

Looking at the blood everywhere, he thought, "These corpses should intimidate some people."

Then we went straight to Xiaomofang.

Tofu shop!

"So many people."

When Li Yuan arrived, he found a long queue.

"What are you doing? Don't cut in line!"

Just as he was about to walk inside, a man suddenly shouted at him.

The next moment, everyone in line stared at him, and several burly men even looked hostile.

Li Yuan ignored them and instead called out inside, "Brother Qiu, it's me, Li Yuan."

A moment later, Qiu Tong, dressed in the uniform of a constable, appeared at the door. "Brother Yuan, come in quickly!"

He waved enthusiastically.

Under the envious gazes of these people, Li Yuan walked in.

"You all wait outside."

After saying that, Qiu Tong closed the door.

"Brother Qiu, what's going on?" Li Yuan asked.

"Them...aren't the rebels about to break in? These people all have a little money and are afraid of being 'robbed of the rich to help the poor,' so they're all thinking of going to the inner city."

"This isn't about satisfying them, but also about the government making some money on the side."

Qiu Tong poured him a cup of tea. "Here, have some tea. The prices of houses in the inner city and the permits have increased several times over."

Li Yuan took the teacup. "Thank you, Brother Qiu."

He understood that this was a joint effort between the government and the families in the inner city to exploit the relatively wealthy people in the outer city.

"You've come...to go to the inner city?"

Qiu Tong asked.

"Yes, I'll have to trouble Brother Qiu," Li Yuan said, cupping his hands in greeting.

"It's nothing."

Qiu Tong waved his hand. This was just something he did on the side. "But I still have to take the money. There are three people in your family, so you need three passes. I'll give you the original price, which is fifteen taels of silver in total."

"That's for sure."

"This is forty taels!"

Qiu Tong was taken aback. "Brother Yuan, what's going on?"

Fifteen taels would have been enough, why did he give so much?

"We also need a carriage, which would be a great help to you, Brother Qiu. Consider any extra money as a gift for your drinks."

"That won't do, that's too much."

Qiu Tong quickly refused, but there was no reason to take back money that had already been given away. "How about this, Brother Qiu, please put in some effort when buying the house later?"

"That....."

"Alright, Brother Qiu, please accept this. I don't know what I would have done without you here. Consider it helping out, brother."

It must be said that Li Yuan does know how to talk.

"Alright, brother, I'll take it. When you get to the inner city, stay with my sister for a while. I'll show you around the house."

"Don't be fooled by the fierce fighting outside; the inner city is completely unaffected."

Qiu Tong accepted the money without further refusal.

They chatted for a little while longer, and he personally saw Li Yuan off. "This Li Yuan is really good."

"younger sister....."

He did have some ideas; even if he couldn't be the principal wife, being a concubine would be acceptable.

"Lord Qiu, isn't it our turn?" The person at the front of the line had a forced smile on his face, but was actually very anxious inside, as were the people behind him.

The rebels had somehow broken in.

We'll feel more at ease if we get to the inner city sooner.

"Come in."

Qiu Tong suppressed her smile when facing them.