Chapter 266 The price has increased

Mr. Liu immediately left Liu Hei and ran towards Pan Yun, but because the carriage fell into the ridge of the field, he accidentally tripped over the weeds while running up, and fell twice before he climbed onto the road.

"Master Sanzhu, please forgive me for my mistakes. I am willing to spend five hundred taels to buy the artifact. Please..."

Pan Jun smiled at him and said, "No more."

Mr. Liu fell to his knees and cried, "Master Sanzhu, please save our Liu family and all the townspeople. There are more than 800 people in our town~~"

Pan Jun stretched out five fingers, smiled gently and said, "Five thousand taels."

Mr. Liu's crying voice was stuck in his throat.

Pan Jun looked at his expression and turned away.

Mr. Liu reacted suddenly. He knew that Pan Yun was not a soft-hearted person. If he continued to pester her, he might not be able to buy it even with five thousand taels.

Mr. Liu was almost about to give up. Five thousand taels was ten times more than five hundred taels.

If he hadn't hesitated this afternoon and had agreed directly...

Regret overwhelmed him like a tide, but he soon came to his senses. He had to choose between life and money. Although money was also important, Mr. Liu still chose life.

He rushed forward, grabbed Pan Yun's trouser legs, and shouted, "Five thousand taels, I'll buy it!"

Pan Yun slapped his hand away with a whisk in annoyance and asked, "Do you pay, or do the townspeople pay?"

Master Liu said in a trembling voice: "I, I will go out, I will go out!"

The townspeople cannot afford five thousand taels. If he dares to ask them to pay this amount, they will rebel against him.

You can still give it a try for five hundred taels.

When the pressure is not great, they will always think that they can just bear it and it will pass. But when the pressure is so great, they may not be able to bear it.

Mr. Liu does have some cleverness.

After getting the answer, Pan Yun said, "Master Liu, please go back and wait. I don't have the ready-made formation flags and formation plates now. I will come to you when they are ready."

"How long will that take?"

Pan Jun lowered her head and looked at him quietly.

Mr. Liu felt frightened and didn't dare to argue anymore. He sat on the ground and watched Pan Yun walk away.

Master Zheng walked up to him and reached out to help him up, "Master Liu, please get up quickly."

Mr. Liu looked unhappy and pushed his hand away and stood up.

Mr. Zheng didn't mind. He smiled gently and wiped his hands on the corner of his clothes when he put them behind his back. "Mr. Liu, it's getting dark. Would you like to stay in the village for one night and have a meal?"

Mr. Liu refused. Although he wanted to get closer to Pan Yun, he knew that going up to her at this time would only add fuel to the fire and would not help ease the relationship between them.

Master Liu gritted his teeth and turned around, asking people to separate the horse and the cart and lift the cart onto the road.

Liu Hei had already decided not to do it anymore, so he didn't care about anything else. He crawled onto the road in his wet shoes and walked away kicking his legs.

Mr. Liu was so angry that he stood on the side of the road and scolded him for a long time.

Pan Yun did not stay in Zhengjia Village. After handing the formation plate to Mr. Zheng, he said, "I have other important matters to attend to. I will leave now."

Mr. Zheng couldn't persuade him to stay, so he could only bow again and thank him solemnly, "I know that Taoist Sanzhu couldn't bear to see us in trouble, so he came to remind us. This is your kindness, and kindness should not be let down. Zheng, on behalf of the villagers of Zhengjia Village, thanks Taoist Sanzhu."

Pan Yun reached out and held his hand, saying, "Master Zheng, you can catch thieves a thousand miles away, but you can't guard against them a thousand days. This is the territory of my Ming Dynasty. It belongs to you. Why are you still being driven to live in fear by a group of foreign pirates across the sea?"

"The only way to solve this problem once and for all is to wipe out the Japanese pirates and make it impossible for them to land."

Mr. Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Money can attract people's attention. As long as they are poor, they will come ashore to rob. How can we stop them?"

"The navy is strong enough. We can fight one pirate at a time and kill two pirates at a time. We can build a defense line on the island. If the Japanese pirates want to come in again, they will have to pass through the defense lines. Of course, we can stop them."

Mr. Zheng was shocked and said, "The cost is too huge. Not only the court, but also the people are unwilling to do it."

Wars cost money, and a strong navy requires even more money. The common people fought against the pirates in order to survive and live a good life.

But if the people can't make a living during the stage of strengthening the military, won't the result be the same?

Pan Yun said in a deep voice: "Master Zheng should know how profitable maritime trade is. What if the income from maritime trade can be nationalized and used to support the army?"

Mr. Zheng smiled, his eyes swept across the white hair on Pan Yun's temples, and he sighed, "I didn't expect that Taoist Sanzhu is still so naive at such a young age. Everyone knows that maritime trade can make money, but the pie is only this big. Who would be willing to spit out the pie in their mouth?"

"The nobles in Zhejiang and Fujian are unwilling, and the current emperor is even less willing. Who among these people can see the soldiers training on the beach? We are in a state of panic all day long."

Pan Yun looked at him solemnly and said, "How can you know that this cake cannot be torn off without trying it, Master Zheng? Besides, who said that the cake can only be this big? We can add flour and water to make it bigger."

Mr. Zheng shook his head and said, "I am old, and I have a large family behind me. I dare not try. I dare not try."

Pan Jun smiled, clasped his fists and said goodbye.

Mr. Zheng only sent them to the door.

Pan Yun did not leave the village, and Master Liu was still there getting his carriage.

The three of them flew out directly from the side of the village using Qinggong, bypassing Master Liu and getting on the main road.

When there were only three of them, Pan Jun put away the long sword in Miao Zhen's arms, picked up Pan Xiaohei and threw him to the ground, letting it run away on its own.

Miao Zhen shook her numb hands and asked, "Little Master, shall we go back to find Third Master and the others?"

Pan Jun said "hmm". "Are you still doing Mr. Liu's business?"

"Go ahead, it's five thousand taels, why not do it?" Pan Yun said, "Let Fourth Senior Sister earn the money, I will teach her this combination formation."

Miaozhen: "I want to learn too."

Pan Yun: "Then learn it, but with your current level of cultivation, it's hard for you to draw it."

Miao Zhen: "Who cares? Let's learn it first."

Pan Yun liked her enthusiasm and agreed immediately, "I'll teach you together in the evening."

Miaohe knew that she couldn't learn it, so she decided not to join in the fun, "I want to take a bath and sleep at night."

She hadn't had a bath or a good night's sleep in a long time.

Pan Yun and Miao Zhen turned their heads together, looking at her with envy and jealousy.

The three of them were fast and soon caught up with the cursing Liu Hei.

The three of them walked behind him and could clearly see the blood marks on his back.

Pan Jun frowned and quickened his pace to chase him, "Hey, idiot."

Liu Hei turned around and saw the three people. His eyes lit up and he immediately put his hands together and said, "Master."

Seeing him put his hands together in greeting, Pan Yun couldn't help but smile, and didn't mind, throwing a can of medicine to him, "This is for your face."

Then he took out another bottle of medicine and a roll of gauze, motioning him to turn his back, "You've been traveling so hard, if you don't bandage it, it will become serious even if it wasn't serious at first."

Liu Hei was stunned, then quickly thanked him and turned his back.

Miao and Miaozhen took out a pair of scissors and water, cut off some of the damaged clothes near the wound, used tweezers to clean off some of the scraps of cloth stuck on it, washed the dirty areas with water, and pressed the water dry with cotton cloth before applying medicine to him.

The three of them moved quickly and coordinated well, and soon bandaged the wound on his back.

Liu Hei felt a lump in his heart and couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe his eyes.

Seeing him crying, Pan Yun asked, "Does it hurt?"

Liu Hei shook his head.

Pan Yun brought up the topic and diverted his attention, "What are you going to do after you quit your job?"

"I don't know," Liu Hei said, "I still have two mu of land. If I don't want to farm, I can go to the city to find a job. I can feed the whole family and I can make a living by carrying bags."

Pan Jun was stunned, "Don't you have any family?"

"No more," Liu Hei said, "My mother died of illness a few years ago. My father was working in the fields when he encountered pirates coming ashore. He ran away with his hoe on his shoulder. The pirates didn't chase him, but he fell into a ditch and died. I am the only one left in my family."

"The tribe saw that I couldn't make a living on my own, so they asked Liu Tai to find me a job, and I went to guard the door for them. As long as I didn't starve to death every month, that was enough."

He paused and said, "But I don't think I should be like this. I don't drink, I don't gamble, I don't have women, I work hard, how come I still have no money after a year?"

Pan Jun: “Why?”

Liu Hei slapped his thigh and said, "Because the money he gave me is not right."

He said, "I finally understand. Liu Tai is very stingy. He is stingy to outsiders, and to us clan members. He is stingy to anyone who works for him."

"People borrowed food from him, but he asked them to pay him back at the price he set. The money they paid back could buy two or three times the amount of food."

Liu Hei: "So anyone who borrows grain from him will become poorer and poorer no matter how hard they try."

"I feel it's wrong. I can't continue living like this with him."

Pan Yun sighed and said, "He brings bad luck to all of you."

Liu Hei's eyes widened. "Master Sanzhu, you also think he is our nemesis, right?"

Pan Yun nodded.

Liu Hei slapped his thigh and said, "I said I was right."

After saying that, he sighed again, "It's a pity that even if they know, it doesn't matter. Many people still can't live without him."

Pan Yun also sighed.

Liu Hei looked around and whispered, "Master Sanzhu, is there any way to make him unable to defeat us?"

what else can we do?

Mr. Liu is born with a black heart and possesses power and resources. It is not because he is so smart that he can scheme against others, but because he is in a high position and can take away the resources that ordinary people have worked hard for with just a raise of his hand.

Such people will not last long, at most three generations, and their family will surely fail.

But Liu Hei and the current townspeople obviously cannot wait until that time.

There is a way...

Pan Yun shook his head and said, "There is no other way. You have to stay away from him. When your luck is not as good as his, stay away from him."

The bad guy's luck is against the will of heaven, and this method is too insidious. It is better to defeat the opponent with wisdom and intelligence.

Liu Hei was discouraged, "How do we know that our luck is stronger than his?"

(End of this chapter)