Chapter 705: Calculating Every Step

"Will those people's names really appear in Qingzhou Chronicles?"

On the way back, Tantai Qingyue couldn't help but ask.

Ning Chen smiled, "Of course I will...but my name will appear at the front.

On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, there was a big disaster in Qingzhou. The king of the town worked tirelessly to provide relief for thousands of miles. The people were hungry and cold, and there were evil cults at work. There were external and internal troubles. The king of the town strategized, attacked Gao'an City from afar, and destroyed the Tianshen Sect nearby, and tried his best to help. The people of Qingzhou have overcome the difficulties..."

The names of those businessmen are mentioned, but the world only remembers the first one. Who cares who is second and third? "

Tantai Qingyue said: "Since you want to leave your name in history, why not just distribute those materials to the people for free? Wouldn't this be a better way to gain a good reputation?"

Ning Chen glanced at her and said with a smile: "We cannot let people develop the habit of getting something for nothing. Things that are too easy to obtain are often not cherished.

I did not hesitate to condescend to a banquet with Qingzhou merchants and ask them to donate money to the people. However, I was attacked by cult members and the Hongyun Tower was stained with blood... I must let the people know that the linen and cotton they received were bought with my life. "

Tantai Qingyue Liu frowned slightly, "You are so scary, you plot every step!"

Ning Chen chuckled, "Is it true that I am attacking Gao'an City from far away? Is it true that I am working for the benefit of the people? After such hard work, it's not too much to gain a good name, right?"

Tantai Qingyue snorted coldly, "Aren't you afraid that those businessmen won't donate?"

Ning Chen shrugged, "As long as you enter Hongyun Tower, you have to donate even if you don't donate... If you donate, they will be a good person. If you don't donate, I will kill them."

"Tantai Qingyue, you seem to sympathize with those businessmen?"

Tantai Qingyue said: "As long as they are schemed against by you, I sympathize with them... There is no reason."

Ning Chen's lips twitched, "I don't think you should call her Saint, call her Holy Mother? Tantai Qingyue, I think you just don't deserve it."

Tantai Qingyue's cold eyes became colder and colder. With a flick of his thumb, the long sword was unsheathed three inches, and the cold light flickered.

Pan Yucheng's eyes shrank and he looked wary.

Ning Chen's eyes darkened, and he stepped in front of Tantai Qingyue and stared at him coldly, "Want to kill me? I know you blame me for Xiliang's failure... Then let me tell you, Xiliang Liang’s failure is not my fault, it can only be blamed on your incompetence.”

Ning Chen slowly raised his hand and reached towards Tantai Qingyue's face.

Tantai Qingyue subconsciously hid back.

"If you dare to hide, a large number of Xiliang slaves in Xuanwu City will die."

Tantai Qingyue was stunned.

Ning Chen pinched her cheek and exerted force with his fingers, showing no mercy.

He said word for word: "If you dare to draw your sword against me in the future, I guarantee that Xiliang will destroy the country... If you dare to show murderous intentions to me again, I will destroy you without hesitation.

Although you are beautiful, the women around me are not worse than you. The only thing that makes me like you is your martial arts... I keep you by my side so that you can protect me. If your sword dares You are useless to me. "

After saying this, Ning Chen slowly let go of his hand, turned around and left.

This woman is arrogant and arrogant. If her pride is not shattered, she will never be able to tell the difference between the king and the king.

Tantai Qingyue stared at Ning Chen's back blankly, tears welling up in her eyes.

She is the Saint of Xiliang. She has a distinguished status, is the best in martial arts, and is respected by others. When has she ever been treated like this?

She was angry and aggrieved, and she had an indescribable emotion in her heart.

"What are you doing standing still? Follow me."

Ning Chen's voice came from the front.

Tantai Qingyue turned her head and wiped away her tears, her expression returned to its previous coldness, and she followed him silently.

Return to the government office.

Ning Chen came to the study room.

"Xiao Danzi, grind ink."

Tantai Qingyue stepped forward with a cold face and studied ink for Ning Chen.

Ning Chen picked up his pen and wrote quickly.

Tantai Qingyue's eyes were full of disgust, and she discovered another flaw in Ning Chen. In addition to being sinister and ruthless, this man also had a particularly ugly handwriting.

Ning Chen wrote two notices.

One is to inform the people that they can receive linen and cotton tomorrow.

The other one is to commend those businessmen for their good deeds.

After finishing writing, Ning Chen picked it up, looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Tantai Qingyue couldn't help but ask: "Don't you want to be famous? Why didn't you mention anything about the danger in Hongyun Tower?"

Ning Chen looked contemptuous, "If you want others to talk about this kind of thing, how can you put gold on your own face?

I don’t need to tell you what happened tonight. There are so many soldiers on the scene. They will make a name for me. "

Immediately, Ning Chen called Pan Yucheng and asked him to post the notice overnight.

Ning Chen took a breath of hot air and rubbed his hands, "Xiao Danzi, are you cold?"

Tantai Qingyue was startled for a moment and nodded slightly.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "I'm cold too... How about we squeeze in together at night and join a group to keep warm?"

Tantai Qingyue said coldly: "I'm not cold!"

Ning Chen said: "Actually, I'm not very cold. The key is that I'm afraid... Lao Pan went to put up notices. No one is protecting me. You have to protect me personally."

Tantai Qingyue responded in silence.

"If you don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence."

Tantai Qingyue turned around and left.

Ning Chen shrugged, "If you don't agree, forget it. I'll sleep by myself."

...

The next day, early morning.

Pan Yucheng walked into Ning Chen's room carrying a bowl of hot porridge.

Ning Chen poked his head out from under the quilt, took the porridge bowl, and lay beside the bed, slurping.

"Have all the people been notified?"

Pan Yucheng nodded, "The notice has arrived. I just asked, General Niu is already leading people to distribute linen and cotton."

Ning Chen nodded slightly.

"By the way, is there any news about Lord Liang?"

Pan Yucheng shook his head slightly, "Not yet!"

Ning Chen frowned slightly, and wondered in his heart, could something have happened?

Ning Chen still respected a good official like Liang Anzhi.

With the protection of the Ning An Army, nothing should happen.

Now the problems of food and heating have been solved for the time being, and now it's a problem of housing.

The houses of the people were all collapsed by the heavy snow.

Repairing the houses requires wood, but the trees inside and outside Qingzhou City have been burned by the people for heating.

"Old Pan, go do something... Send some people to Zhangzhou to buy wood at a high price, but don't really buy it... Let the merchants in Zhangzhou know that Qingzhou is in urgent need of wood. The price of wood has skyrocketed, at least ten times higher than the market price, and the price is still rising."

Pan Yucheng thought about it and understood, "You want to trick Zhangzhou merchants into transporting wood to Qingzhou?"

Ning Chen used this trick when Yunzhou was hit by a flood last year.

Ning Chen rolled his eyes, "What do you mean by cheating? A large amount of wood is transported to Qingzhou, and the price will naturally fall... If they don't want to sell it, they can take it back."

Pan Yucheng's mouth twitched slightly. It's such a long way to transport it here, and then transport it back... Those merchants won't lose a lot of money?

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to go to Zhangzhou right away."

"Wait!" Ning Chen stopped him and handed him the empty bowl in his hand, "Give me another bowl!"