Destiny is ashes

Chapter 365 Action (23)

"I didn't expect them to get addicted to extortion. They would deliver some goods every few days and then come over to force us to pay!"

As he said this, Shen Mubai took out a box of goods from the house with disdain. An Jing took a look and found that it was just some ordinary rice and millet, as well as some sour pomegranates and pickled vegetables used to supplement nutrients in the northern border.

“It’s actually edible.”

An Jing was a little surprised: "I thought they would just give us a symbolic box filled with gravel and coarse grains - it would be nice to give us real grains."

"Hey, do you know how much this costs?" Shen Mubai sighed. An Jing asked curiously, and then got a number that even Bai Qinghan turned his head away: "Thirty taels!"

"Thirty taels?!"

An Jing looked at the food in his hand, which could only feed people for two or three days at most, and raised his eyebrows: "That's it? With this little food, even if it's a frost disaster, there are still trade routes. One or two strings of money is the maximum, and thirty taels!"

——Isn’t this more real than the Demonic Cult?
"Thirty taels can buy Jade Dew to drink." Bai Qinghan whispered, "A whole bottle of Jade Dew is only thirty-five taels, which can last for ten days."

"Isn't it?" Shen Mubai shook her head. She heard footsteps coming from outside the door and rubbed her forehead and said, "This group of people is here again... Son, we know you are not short of money now, but you can't waste it like this. Can you make them quiet down for a while? We should leave here quickly..."

"no problem."

How could An Jing disobey his mother's request? He readily agreed and walked towards the door.

Outside.

A small group of warriors wearing thick blue cotton armor stood impatiently at the gate of the An family's courtyard.

"That's not necessary, brother. There are warriors in this house."

Someone who seemed more mature in the team said cautiously, "That voice was deep and powerful, and it shook the atmosphere. Maybe it was already full of internal energy. It won't be a problem if we lose this one."

"What do you know?"

The leading, somewhat wealthy warrior sneered, "So what if you're a warrior? Can a warrior not eat? Either get out of our city as soon as possible, or pay up!"

"If you can't pay, just mortgage your house. The brothers in the Chamber of Commerce will come over then. These damned locals will have to leave sooner or later."

He spoke in a low voice so that no one could hear him in a snowstorm, but he did not try to hide his words at all. It was obvious that he was already too arrogant to bother hiding anything anymore.

But the Linlang Chamber of Commerce does have the capital to be arrogant: they are the only channel of food and medicine for everyone in Linjiang City. They monopolize the lifeline of survival and can naturally consider themselves the masters.

Not to mention, the task they were given was actually to "obtain the property rights of these key streets as much as possible" to facilitate the Chamber of Commerce to carry out some key tasks later. Whether they were paid or not was not mentioned.

Therefore, all the money they can earn now can go into their own pockets, so it naturally cannot be wasted.

"This family is so arrogant."

At this moment, the leading warrior was already a little annoyed: "You don't really think you can get away with it, do you?"

He raised his hand and signaled the two warriors behind him to break the door open: "Open..."

boom!
The door burst open and a surge of air rushed out, blowing the two warriors who were about to open the door back more than ten steps, causing the leading warrior to subconsciously raise his hands to cover his eyes.

He walked out of the door calmly and leisurely. He paid no attention to the warriors who were cursing at the door and looked fierce but actually weak. Instead, he looked around the streets.

In addition to this team, there are two other teams collecting fees in the surrounding blocks.

It was more like extortion than charging. The Linlang Chamber of Commerce did provide food and fuel, but their charges were shockingly high, and few families could afford such high prices.

Of course, if you really don't have the money, you don't have to pay, but in the current Linjiang City, only the Linlang Chamber of Commerce can sell food. If you have nothing to eat, you will still have to spend a lot of money to buy food.

"You have no money and no food, but you want to feed your family? That's fine. After all, we are not evil spirits. Come, sign this contract..."

"House? You can continue to live here. But when the frost is over, you have to move out."

An Jing could hear such a conversation taking place in front of a small house not far away. Apparently, someone sold his property to buy some food this time - he did get a large box full of food, which was ten times or even a hundred times larger than the small box Shen Mubai had taken out before.

In comparison, this is indeed a lot, enough for a family to survive the beast tide, but compared to the price of the house, it is hard to say that this is not a bargain.

An Jing turned his head and looked at the group of warriors from the Linlang Chamber of Commerce in front of him. An invisible aura spread, causing the warriors in the team who were originally cursing to shut their mouths subconsciously.

"You charge thirty silver coins for this kind of thing?"

An Jing smiled and said, "Even if it's only three taels of silver, you can make a lot of money, right?"

"Eat it if you want, no bargaining!"

Seeing that An Jing could still speak and did not start fighting directly, the leader of the team became proud again, shaking his chin and said: "What's more, you are not only buying food, but also the protection service of our Linlang Chamber of Commerce!"

"Look over there!"

He squinted his eyes and looked at the ruins on the other side of the street. "The city is in chaos right now. There are many bandits and thieves lurking here. If you don't want your house to be burned down in the middle of the night, you'd better pay us and we will provide you with services!"

Naked threat. An Jing was not angry, and even felt nostalgic: "Sometimes I always think that there shouldn't be such stupid people in this world - but from another perspective, you are indeed smart and capable of action, no wonder you can always make money and always win."

"But honestly, if you keep winning, winning, winning, you're bound to lose everything in the end."

Without waiting for the team of warriors to reply, An Jing raised his hand and waved in the air.

The air rippled like flowing water, and invisible power surged, hitting the small group of warriors together.

In an instant, they were just like the miscellaneous utensils on the table that were swept off the table by a big hand. They were directly slapped away by An Jing's invisible big hand, drawing a perfect arc and falling several blocks away.

"Someone's taking action!"

"Quick! Notify headquarters!"

On the same street, the other two teams also noticed the movement here. They were immediately horrified and retreated as quickly as possible, notifying the Chamber of Commerce headquarters: "There is a strong warrior who is resisting with force! Quickly let the priest...!"

An Jing raised his finger and pointed it lightly at the two teams of warriors from the Linlang Chamber of Commerce. Immediately, they fell to the ground in the snow one by one and began to twitch on the spot.

An Jing used Shaoyang sword technique to activate the tendons and muscles in their bodies, making it difficult for them to control themselves.

It was because An Jing was in a good mood that he held back. Otherwise, all of these people would have lost some parts.

"Qinghan."

An Jing didn't look back, but just shouted. He knew that Bai Qinghan could understand what he meant and take good care of his mother.

"Jing'er, what are you going to do?"

Shen Mubai poked her head out from behind the door. She saw An Jing slap away the warriors from the Linlang Chamber of Commerce who had been blackmailing her for many days. She felt relieved, but when she saw that An Jing hadn't come back, she couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Shouldn't we pack up and leave early?"

"No, mother, I have something else to do."

An Jing originally planned to leave Linjiang City as soon as possible and go to Broken Blade Mountain to look for the Fuxie fragments - but just now, he became interested: "Are all the brothers from the Chamber of Commerce coming here? Is the Linlang Chamber of Commerce planning to move the entire organization here? What's so special about Linjiang City?"

Although there is no obvious evidence, various factors are telling An Jing that there must be some huge conspiracy behind Linjiang City... It is related to the devil and also to Dachen.

An Jing would not miss this opportunity. He planned to find Xu Tai to see what the situation was like over there.

When Shen Mubai heard this, she knew that her son was in a good mood - just like she had no way to stop An Jing from selling herself to save her. An Jing might respect her as a mother, but if he wanted to do something, he would definitely take action.

"Then I'll hide first." So Shen Mubai sighed and encouraged: "Be careful!"

"Yes, mother, take care of yourself." An Jing smiled, shook his body, and then disappeared.

(End of this chapter)