Chapter 350 The Lumberjack's Gift Package
Xin Nian turned her head and shouted into the air, "Liu Huo, go and bring the guard on duty at the fence over for questioning."

"Yes, girl."

Xin Nian looked at Qian Furong and smiled, "Why are you wandering around like this?"

It's strange, the treatment at the fence is only slightly better than that at the base detention center.

The emperor, along with his concubines and sons, now lives there enjoying a life of luxury. How could this girl from the Qian family have run away without her permission?
Qian Furong took two steps back, feeling an urge to run away.

But she also knew in her heart that in front of this all-powerful master of supernatural abilities, trying to escape was simply a pipe dream.

On the day they were brought to the base, the Qian family followed behind the emperor and witnessed firsthand the ruthless methods used by Xin Liu and the crown prince to suppress them.

His father died after the Crown Prince snapped his neck.

She was terrified when she woke up in the middle of the night.

Just when things were finally starting to calm down, I never expected to run into this female devil.

Qian Furong hesitated for less than three seconds before kneeling down and trembling as she explained, "Please forgive me, Sixth Miss, it was...it was my recklessness that led me to run around."

"I... I was actually following Captain Jiang's orders to go to the East Street market to buy some food."

"Please forgive me, Sixth Miss. I will never dare to disturb Young Master Cheng's peace and quiet again." Qian Furong said, looking up at Young Master Cheng with her eyes full of tears and a look of extreme grievance.

Cheng Xu felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze and instinctively hid behind Xin Nian.

Xin Nian stared expressionlessly at the woman kneeling before her.

After the base achieved stable development before the Lunar New Year, Xin Nian transferred a batch of breeding chickens and ducks from the tinderbox, allowing some eligible families to register and receive them for free.

According to regulations, for the first three years, 50% of the poultry and livestock raised must be handed over to the base, and only 20% needs to be handed over each year thereafter, with the remaining profits belonging to each household.

Now that the base is becoming increasingly rich in resources, after more than a year of hard work, many wealthy families have rented stalls in the East-West Street trading market to sell their surplus goods and buy other items.

Therefore, the trading markets on East Street and South Street became more and more popular every day.

The base is also happy to see this happen.

Those with business acumen, who simply follow the basic rules, have already quietly begun to amass wealth.

However, Qian Furong's statement that she was going to the East Street trading market to make purchases was rather amusing.

Who is she anyway? How could a prisoner be allowed to make purchases?
Xin Nian raised her hand and waved it, and Qian Furong immediately cried out in panic, "Sixth Miss, you can't just kill me like that. I am also a member of the Icefield Base. You can't just kill the base's residents indiscriminately."

"You're still a resident?" Dr. Zhuang mocked her without any politeness. "Do you have a resident ID card? Do you have a serial number? We legitimate residents all have numerical serial numbers!"

A prisoner dares to boast that he's a resident of the base? Stop bragging.

Qian Furong was quite frightened and shouted, "I, of course I'm a resident. My fiancé is Cheng Xu! Cheng Xu is my fiancé."

Cheng Xu jumped up in fright, waving his hands repeatedly, "No, no, Sixth Miss, I have never had a marriage agreement with her. It's all her fault, she's lying and framing me. She even made my father sick these past two days!"

Xin Nian turned to look at Young Master Cheng, who was like a frightened bird, and was both amused and annoyed. "What are you panicking for! Stand still! Why are you hiding? I'm here."

"Dali, slap her." Xin Nian gave the order, and Dali rushed in, delivering several crisp slaps to Qian Furong's face without saying a word.

“I don’t even care to talk about you, Miss Qian. The Crown Prince told me about your situation long ago. You previously relied on Consort Qian’s influence to try to recruit Young Master Cheng as your son-in-law, but you were met with strong opposition. He even used his connections to send the entire Cheng family, young and old, to exile.”

"The tables have turned. You still want to use force? Are you out of your mind?"

"You're just looking at how well the Cheng family is doing, and you insist on going to their doorstep to make trouble for them!"

Qian Furong, her face pale, forced a defense, "I didn't. The marriage was arranged by His Majesty and the Empress, I..."

"What 'Your Majesty' or 'Your Majesty'?" Xin Nian kicked the woman, sending her tumbling to the ground, then put her hands on her hips and raised her chin. "In our Icefield Base, there are only the Base Commander and his wife!"

"The Her Majesty and Empress you speak of are nothing more than prisoners behind bars!"

"Girl." Liu Huo strode over, dragging a trembling guard along, and threw him to the ground. "This man is named Jiang Yao, and he is the captain of the third team responsible for guarding the fence."

"I asked around, and of the three teams guarding the fence, only he secretly let Qian Furong go out to buy things."

"It was called purchasing, but in reality, Qian Furong only bought a few things each time, yet she came to the clinic several times to cause trouble for Young Master Cheng."

Cheng Xu nodded repeatedly, his face flushed with anger as he complained, "Yes, it's her. She keeps coming to me and nagging, interfering with our work, and even made my father sick."

Xin Nian's gaze darted back and forth between Captain Jiang and Qian Furong.

"Remove this person and send him to a construction site for three years of unpaid service. If he doesn't repent within three years, throw him out of the base and add him to the blacklist."

Captain Jiang collapsed to the ground, weak and sobbing, "Miss, I was also deceived by Qian Furong. Please give me another chance!"

Only those who take the test know how fierce the competition is for the captain's position.

He had worked hard to get the position of fence guard captain. As long as he worked hard like everyone else, he would get no less than 100 points every month, which would be enough to support his whole family.

But he was blinded by greed and took a small bribe from the Qian family, releasing Qian Furong.

The key is that if Qian Furong really wins Young Master Cheng's favor, that would be fine. The two of them would be a perfect match, and he would also gain a favor from Young Master Cheng.

But to my surprise! Qian Furong, that woman, didn't tell the truth at all. She said the marriage agreement and feelings were all fake, and that Young Master Cheng avoided her like the plague.

“The people inside the fence are just too idle, that’s why they come out to stir up trouble.” Xin Nian made a quick decision with a slap of her hand.

“Starting today, take the prisoners from the fence to the logging camp every day to cut down trees for free for women and elderly people from poor families who do not have adult men to help them.”

Qian Furong's eyes widened in panic, and she screamed, "Miss? You want His Majesty and the Empress to go and cut down trees?"

“Why not?” Xin Nian’s eyes turned cold, making the final decision.

"I've been feeding you all for free for over a year, providing you with good food and drink, but you haven't done a single job! Why should I support a bunch of good-for-nothings?"

Qian Furong wanted to scream and retort, "How can you feed them like that! You're just feeding them dry biscuits and water every day! Why don't you go and see what kind of state His Majesty, Empress, and the Second Prince have been in?"
Xin Nian waved her hand and said, "Pass on the word. How much trash is left in the fence?"

Liu Huo twitched his lips. "Twenty-three people."

The others had been vying to offer suggestions to the base or to try to be released for labor reform more than six months ago...


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