Chapter 166 Liu Qun Returns to Haicheng

Liu Qun returned to Haicheng.

He only had a dozen or so people left under his command.

He was rescued by people from the Wang family.

The Wang family took advantage of the situation and started to hype up the situation, saying that the sea monsters in the North Sea were very ferocious and that Lu Yuan had ill intentions. As the official of North City, he actually maliciously lured the people to go to the North Sea to hunt pearls in order to please the court.

At the same time, the Wang family also wanted Lu Yuan to pay a high amount of compensation to Liu Qun.

Although Lu Yuan has been very generous in North City recently.

But he is extremely stingy by nature and won't give any extra cents.

Unless Liu Qun has pearls and uses them to exchange for money, he will have no money without pearls.

If anyone protests, County Lieutenant Niu will not be able to resist him.

Liu Qun is completely useless now, but the people under Niu County Magistrate are strong and powerful.

Now, the military power of North City is almost exclusively controlled by Lu Yuan's family.

All the constables in the county government obey Lu Yuan. It's because Lu Yuan controls the economic lifeline, and almost all of their family members and relatives work under Lu Yuan.

Although the Wang family has many servants and guards at home, they are obviously no match for the imperial barracks.

Moreover, the soldiers of Niu County Lieutenant can wear armor openly, and the generals can also wear armor.

It is already extremely remarkable for an ordinary person to have a long sword.

If you have a large quantity of armor, then Lu Yuan, as a senior official, can reasonably suspect that you have the intention of rebelling.

On the surface, the Wang family cannot defeat Lu Yuan.

They also didn't expect that Lu Yuan would be able to take over North City in just one month and also win the hearts of the people.

Now that they realized the problem, it was too late. The last time they spent a lot of money to hire pirates, they still failed to capture Lu Yuan.

And now, Lu Yuan took advantage of their trouble to stop the acquisition of Haizhu.

Lu Yuan gave a final deadline of three days, and those who still had Haizhu should deliver them quickly, because after the time limit he would not accept Haizhu.

The reason for giving a three-day deadline is that we don't want those people to work hard to collect pearls and end up not getting the corresponding rewards.

If there were any more pearls left, Lu Yuan would not want them. Lu Yuan also kindly advised Haimin that there were still pearls left that could be sold to the Wang family, and the Wang family would still buy them.

The Wang family is indeed purchasing pearls, because pearls can be made into jewelry and can also beautify the skin, so they have a certain value. However, the price of the pearls purchased by the Wang family is very low, ten copper coins per pearl. If the pearls are too small, they will not pay and will just rob them. If you are not convinced, the guards of the Wang family will teach you a lesson and make you convinced.

It is also because of this that although the Wang family has been purchasing pearls, not many people go to harvest them.

There are sea monsters in the North Sea. Going out to sea is not only a risk of sea monsters. If the weather changes drastically, the waves can easily overturn a large ship.

Going out to sea involves risking one's life, and with only ten copper coins, the money is a bit too little.

Although human life is worthless, it is not worthless to this extent.

And now, the government is also calling on everyone to learn how to farm and grow vegetables.

The income from fishing at sea is not low now.

Lu Yuan's farm has always been buying these seafood, and the price he pays is much higher than what the Wang family offers.

Now that the Wang family has lost their income from selling water, business at their shops is getting worse and worse.

Moreover, Lu Yuan’s shops were all far away from Wang’s shops. They were all located in very remote places and were considered wastelands.

But now, it has been revitalized by Lu Yuan. Pearl divers who want to sell pearls can only go to Lu Yuan. In addition, Lu Yuan's shop has good quality and low prices, so these people are naturally more willing to spend money in those shops.

Although the wages at Lu Yuan's construction site are low, they issue some coupons every month. Within three days, people can go to Lu Yuan's store to buy rice and oil within ten kilograms at only half the price. These people will definitely be willing to go to Lu Yuan's store to consume.

Sometimes there are also deals on fabrics and other items.

Moreover, these shops were built by the common people themselves, so the feeling is different, so they are naturally willing to go there.

The Wang family's shop was deserted and less and less people were around.

Lu Yuan also made the roads leading to his shop extra wide, which made the Wang family's road look a bit shabby compared to the Wang family's road.

The Wang family originally thought that those poor people would not be able to spend money in restaurants and hotels.

They think those poor people have no money and they don't need to care about their feelings.

However, most of the people in the north city are poor, and there are still few rich families.

People all like lively places.

Their shop was deserted and sad, with fewer and fewer people coming.

Moreover, Lu Yuan often introduces new dishes, the chef's cooking skills are better, the food tastes great, and the price is more affordable, which also makes those wealthy families unwilling to come to Wang's restaurant for dinner.

Another thing is that everyone knows that the Wang family is fighting with Lu Yuan.

Now it seems that Lu Yuan has won a great victory. These people are not stupid and are unwilling to have any dealings with the Wang family at this time. What if they are regarded as being in cahoots with the Wang family?
Now, because of the Wang family, Lu Yuan no longer accepts pearls.

These sea people are very angry.

They had finally made a lot of money, but now it's gone.

After three days, even if the sea dwellers sold the pearls to Lu Yuan at half price, only five taels of silver, Lu Yuan would not take them.

These sea people hated the Wang family even more, thinking that it was the Wang family that prevented them from making money.

Although sea monsters are scary, what is scarier than sea monsters is having no money and being poor!
The feeling of being hungry is really uncomfortable.

They are used to making quick money, and now it is really uncomfortable for them to earn penny by penny.

Now I only regret not having earned more.

But I heard that Lu Yuan is now asking Niu County Captain to train his troops, saying that they are going to go out to sea to eliminate sea monsters so that everyone can be safer when fishing.

The sea dwellers were all grateful to Lu Yuan.

Although the income from fishing is a little lower than that from pearl diving, it is still considerable. If you have a good catch, you won’t have to worry about food and drink for half a month.

And those seaweeds can actually be sold for money.

In the past, kelp was used to feed pigs, but nowadays, it can be made into a delicacy.

Nowadays, almost every household in the north city will buy some soy sauce, then cut the kelp into shreds and eat it with the soy sauce. If there is oil, stir-fry it with oil to make it more fragrant.

In just one month, everyone has become dependent on soy sauce.

Although soy sauce is not cheap, everyone has money nowadays.

Although the wages were a little low when working on a construction site, sometimes I would get coupons. If I used the coupons to buy soy sauce, it would only cost half the price, which was only a little more expensive than salt.

Once you feel like you're getting a bargain, you'll feel bad if you don't take advantage of it.

Basically, as long as coupons are issued, people will buy things.

Even if you can't use it at home, it would be great to sell it to others.