Jiang Yi's current life was very monotonous. Apart from arranging other people to do things, he would hide in his room to cultivate or go to Immortal Qian's room to ask him questions about cultivation.
Time always passed very quickly when one was cultivating. In the blink of an eye, another day and night had passed.
Just like that, the day One-eye said he would come to collect money came. Today would decide the life and death of the Jiang family.
Today, many major families in Chongwen Town were paying attention to the Jiang family. They wanted to see how the Jiang family would deal with it. However, they waited and waited until it was almost noon, but there was still no movement. It was as if the so-called one eye did not exist at all.
Many people were relieved. For example, the original guards of the Jiang family who had just been brought back by Jiang Shan with a large sum of money. They were glad that they did not have to fight with the bandits, but there were also people who were furious because of this. For example, the other squires of Chongwen Town, Master Tan, were angry that he had missed a great opportunity to annex the Jiang family.
Chongwen Town, Tan Family.
"Old Master, I heard that Jiang Yi swaggered around the Jiang family's mansion today and didn't even look at it.”
A shifty-looking man with braids on his back said to Master Tan. This man was Master Tan's trusted aide, Advisor Liu.
"What happened? Do you know why One-eye didn't come this morning? Did you send anyone to investigate?”
Hearing this, an old man with a braid on the back of his head put away the folding fan in his hand. It was the wealthy family of Chongwen Town, Master Tan.
"I sent someone early in the morning. I think they should be back soon.”The advisor said.
Old Master Tan frowned.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside.
"Master, Grand Master, I, Lin San, have come back after hearing some news.”A servant shouted as he ran.
Looking at the panting Lin San, Master Tan immediately asked,""Lin San, tell me what happened. Why didn't One-eye come to find trouble with the Jiang family? Isn't today the day he comes to collect money?”
"Old Master, One-eye is dead!”Lin San said.
"What?!" Master Tan and Advisor Liu exclaimed, especially Advisor Liu. A few days ago, he had gone up the mountain and seen an eye. At that time, he was still alive and well. How could he suddenly die?
"Master, Grand Master, I heard that a few days ago, a fire broke out on the mountain and One Eye died on the spot. Now, it's their original Second Master.”Lin San explained," And the second-in-charge who just took over doesn't intend to fight the Jiang family now.”
"How could that eye be so useless? He was inexplicably usurped by his second-in-command!”Private Advisor Liu said angrily.
Lin San only said that there was a fire on the mountain, and the second head took the throne. Advisor Liu naturally put the blame of usurping power on the head of the second head. When he went to the mountain last time, he felt that the second head was not a law-abiding person. He had to say that his intuition was really accurate.
Speaking of this, Old Master Tan was also very angry. When he heard that One-eye had forced the Jiang family to fork out 300,000 yuan, he was very happy. He thought that he could take the opportunity to absorb the Jiang family's property at a low price. He had been coveting the Jiang family's fields and shops for a long time.
Therefore, when he received the news, he immediately arranged for Advisor Liu to go to Eagle Beak Mountain to discuss cooperation with One Eye. He was willing to take over the Jiang family's land deed as soon as One Eye got it. One Eye agreed.
In exchange, Old Master Tan returned the favor and helped One Eye appease the other major families in Chongwen Town, saying that he was willing to give them a share of the profits.
Speaking of which, Old Master Tan and the Jiang Family did not have any deep hatred. It was just that Jiang Yi often despised him and did not respect his elders at all, so they had a feud. Moreover, the Jiang Family's assets were indeed huge. He had been coveting them for a long time.
Master Tan didn't have the guts to collude with bandits and exterminate an entire family. However, he still had the guts to collude with bandits and plunder other people's property. Moreover, he was very bold.
Therefore, for the sake of the Jiang family's property, Master Tan, who was both a scholar and an official, thought that he was still a scholar of the Qing Dynasty. He also had the pride of a scholar and would not associate himself with bandits and hooligans that he looked down on. At the same time, he arranged for Advisor Liu to actively contact One-eye to take over the Jiang family's property.
Who asked the Jiang family to have so few people? There was only Jiang Yi, this male. As long as he died suddenly, he, Master Tan, had plenty of ways to get his hands on the property.
Looking at the angry Master Tan, Advisor Liu chuckled." Master, don't be angry. If we can't do it this time, we still have a chance. Speaking of which, what do you think of Little Zhang's wife?"”
The Little Zhang that Private Advisor Liu was talking about was naturally Master Tan's coachman, Zhang Dadan. His wife, Hong Xing, had already cheated on Master Tan.
Hearing this, Old Master Tan's angry expression instantly disappeared. He revealed a smile that all men understood. Coupled with his old face, he looked particularly wretched.
"This feeling is not worth mentioning to outsiders.”After saying that, Master Tan walked into the back hall while waving his folding fan.
Jiang Yi naturally did not know about the Tan Family's internal conversation. Right now, he had already ended his cultivation and was currently watching over the Jiang Family's guards.
Jiang Yi carefully observed these guards. It seemed that none of them had the habit of smoking drugs. They were all quite energetic. They all carried a Hanyang gun on their backs, although anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that they were a group of motley crew.
Jiang Shan and Jiang Hu stood at the front. Their mental state was much stronger than the others. Their bodies were straight. Even under the scorching sun, they still maintained their lofty and motionless state.
As for the others, they were in a much worse state. After being exposed to the sun for a long time, they began to stagger. Many people directly sat on the ground, motionless, and only panted continuously.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Yi said,"Alright, all of you go and rest. Jiang Shan and Jiang Hu, you two stay behind.”
"Young Master, do you have any other instructions?”The two of them answered in unison.
"It's nothing. After you're done resting, you two take all the guards to run around Chongwen Town to train their physical strength.”Jiang Yi said.
Jiang Yi himself did not know how to train soldiers, so he only asked all the guards to stand in a military posture and run long distance to train their willpower, obedience, and physical strength. As for how to train soldiers, he had to wait for Yang Dingwen to return. As a former Beiyang officer, he had a certain ability to train soldiers.
However, the training of the guards of the Jiang family was always in the charge of the vice-captain, which caused the problem that the guards of the Jiang family were a mob. The so-called vice-captain had already escaped with the gold, silver, and soft goods the moment One-Eye arrived.
At the same time, Jiang Yi also wanted to open a literacy class to let those guards learn how to read. After all, a cultured person could learn the use of weapons and tactics faster than an uncultured person, and form combat strength earlier.
However, considering that there were not many literate people in the Jiang family, Jiang Yi planned to hand this important task to Yi Tian.
At this moment, Yi Tian was still instructing the helpers in front of the Jiang family's warehouse to move the stones.
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