Chapter 954: Master Ming leaves

Oh, Master Ming let out a light laugh, and his voice suddenly turned cold: "Are you speaking for the Qin family girl? Are you defending her?"

At this moment, Mr. Wen Tao's legs went weak and he almost knelt down before Mr. Ming. He quickly calmed himself and clarified, "No, I'm from an aristocratic family and my heart is solely with the Aristocratic Family Alliance. In my eyes, the Qin family girl is just a tool to help me make money."

He added, "You are the future pillar of the country. How can a woman like the Qin family, who cannot pass the imperial examinations to become an official, compare with you?"

Wen Tao had heard of Lian Shisheng, but they, the descendants, were neither qualified nor capable of possessing Lian Shisheng.

But Master Ming has this ability.

But he couldn't understand what was going on in Mr. Ming's mind. Why would he fall for Qin Xiaomi?

He really, sincerely advised Master Ming not to provoke this female King of Hell. If she was forced into a corner, she would really dare and be able to drag everyone to death with her!

"See, you're just defending her." Young Master Ming shook his head in disappointment, his eyes slanting downwards, his expression instantly darkening. "You, the sons of noble families from the borderlands, have been assimilated by her and unknowingly started defending this pariah. And because of this inner defense, you've lost your vigilance against the Qin family, which is why the Qin, Jiang, and the Chen and Huang families shipped high-yield grains and potato seeds to Taifeng Town!"

"You've gone to great lengths to write books, exaggerating their toxicity, exaggerating the failures of their cultivation, destroying their reputation, and expending vast amounts of manpower to stop them for centuries, yet you've completely failed. From now on, the Aristocratic Family Alliance will lose its advantage in controlling the world's life-saving grain. Damn you!"

Mr. Wen Tao was finally frightened and knelt down, begging, "Master, please spare us! We failed miserably. Please give us another chance to atone for our sins!"

Young Master Ming had a gloomy, chubby face and said nothing.

Mr. Wen Tao did not dare to beg for mercy anymore. He just knelt on the ground like the servants beside him, waiting for Master Ming to speak.

After an unknown amount of time, Mr. Wen Tao heard footsteps, which frightened him so much that his body began to tremble.

"Ha, Uncle Wen, you are really embarrassing me. Please get up." Master Ming personally helped Wen Tao up.

Wen Tao got up a little slowly and was picked up by the assassin next to him.

"Uncle Wen, please sit down."

The assassin pushed Mr. Wen Tao to the edge of the chair and forced him to sit down.

"Uncle Wen, please have some tea."

A teacup was stuffed into Wen Tao's hand by the assassin.

Wen Tao trembled, but he still had to force a smile. He took a sip of tea and asked respectfully, "What should we do now? Please give me your instructions, sir."

This time, Master Ming didn't scare anyone. Instead, he gave a direct order: "Clear all the open and covert forces in the east, south, west, and north. Those who have neglected their duties, forgotten the power of the aristocratic alliance, and betrayed their master will all die of illness. Then support a group of new people to guard the routes and each checkpoint..."

Mr. Wen Tao: “…”

No, I'm just a kid from a remote family. How could I be capable of doing the things you mentioned?

But does Wen Tao dare to say no?

dare not.

He could only nod in agreement and then asked, "Sir, what should we do about Taizhou Prefecture? There are over a thousand carts of high-yield potato seeds outside Taizhou Prefecture. Should we deliberately create confusion and block them multiple times to delay the discovery of the potato seed caravan's whereabouts, so that the potatoes will rot from being stored too long and lose their ability to be used as seeds?"

He added hastily, "Although this method is foolish, it can delay the planting of Ershu for a year... Within a year, the chances of an attack from the Eastern Desert army are very high. Therefore, if we only need to delay for a year, the imperial court will have to beg us for military rations."

You bastard, you're a fence-sitter. If you behave like this, you'll easily die early.

"Delaying the planting of the second potato for one year is indeed beneficial to us. It can help us gain the say in wartime food and make Emperor Wuxing make more compromises with us..." Master Ming said, echoing Wen Tao's opinion.

The next moment, his yin energy surged again, and he angrily scolded Wen Tao in a low voice: "Fool, judging by the freshness of the taro and mountain potatoes in Taifeng Town, do you really think there are over a thousand carts of potato seeds outside Taizhou Mansion? The truth is, over a thousand carts of potato seeds are still in the fields. These lowly people have already planted the second batch of potatoes in the farms outside Taizhou Mansion... So it's too late. It's useless to stop them. It will only make people laugh."

This?

Wen Tao was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Yes, yes, although the second potato has the ability to keep fresh, it can't keep fresh for six months... Huang Yanglong, that thief, actually secretly planted the second potato outside Taizhou Mansion, greatly shortening the transportation time. That's why the second potato didn't rot when it arrived in town, preserving the potato seed's power."

The transportation time was shortened, and when the potato seeds arrived at Taifeng Town, none of them had rotted.

Otherwise, if it had been transported all the way from Lingnan Prefecture, it would have turned into a pile of rotten potatoes and would have lost its threat.

Master Ming looked at him and truly thought, "Uncle Wen, you are truly too foolish."

He said it with great sincerity. Wen Tao was so humiliated that his face turned red, but he still had to humbly ask for advice: "Please give me some advice, sir."

Master Ming: "The most likely possibility is that the second potato isn't just being grown outside Taizhou Prefecture, but somewhere in Northeast China... The Xue family has so many farms, if they just randomly picked one and planted one, who would know?"

Wen Tao was shocked. "Well, we really can't stop them, and we can't use tricks to delay the large-scale trial planting of the second potato. What should we do?"

Young Master Ming was a man of wisdom. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Of course, I should rush to Taizhou Mansion as soon as possible and become the first person to protect the high-yield grain and potato seeds."

Wen Tao: "Young Master, what you mean is..."

"Uncle Wen, you don't need to know. Just stay here and be a spy for the aristocratic family." Master Ming looked down on Wen Tao's intelligence. Fearing he might do something bad, he didn't tell him in detail. He only instructed him, "Make arrangements. I'll leave tomorrow when the busiest time is."

Are you leaving?

Are you finally leaving?

Wen Tao was so happy that he almost lost his composure and said hurriedly, "Yes, I will make sure it's arranged."

Master Ming glanced at him, knowing exactly what he was thinking, but he didn't expose it. Instead, he stood up and bowed to Wen Tao: "I'm grateful for your hospitality during this trip, Uncle Wen. Your nephew is grateful."

Wen Tao was so scared that he almost knelt down in front of him again.

But he had to continue playing along with this psychopath: "Nephew, you're too kind. Every year, my Wen family entertains many traveling sons of noble families and officials. I'm just one of them. There's really no need to thank you."

Master Ming smiled and said, "Uncle Wen, please pay more attention to the Qin family's daughter's matter."

Mr. Wen Tao was sweating profusely and shouting in his heart, "Just give me a knife and stop torturing me like this."

Also, do you have to be so pessimistic that you want Qin Xiaomi to be your immortal?

To be honest, when it comes to tactics and ruthlessness, she may not lose to you. But you are in great danger.

Why?

Because Qin Xiaomi is not afraid of death, but you cherish your life!

"Don't worry, sir. Uncle will keep a close eye on her." Wen Tao agreed.

Only then did Master Ming let him go and said he wanted to rest.

Wen Tao felt like he had been pardoned and hurriedly took his men away.

……

The next morning, Qin Xiaomi was still sleeping soundly when several groups of people were waiting for her at the sentry post halfway across the street.

Some people came to buy new anthelmintic drugs.

Some people came to inquire about taro, sweet potato and mountain sweet potato.

Some people came to ask about recruiting workers outside the town.

In short, she didn't want to sleep in because Grandma Qin woke her up: "Grandpa, please hurry up, everyone is waiting anxiously. Go out and do your work first, and then catch up on some sleep after you're done."

Qin Xiaomi had no choice but to get up, have breakfast, and then take Aunt Qin and a group of servants to deal with the pile of work.