Peng Mingde sighed, while his eyes lit up inwardly with delight. He maintained a steely look as he spoke softly, “Yue Zhong! Yuan Yeshan was indeed scum!
Yue Zhong laughed lightly as he blatantly distorted the facts: “What are you guys talking about? I did not touch a single hair on Yuan Yeshan. When I came in here, I saw his 4 bodyguards fighting amongst themselves and killing each other. He simply was not careful and was caught in the fray. The rest then died under each other’s merciless attacks!”
Wen Baoguo and Peng Mingde frowned. They were also experts at twisting the truth, but facing Yue Zhong’s shameless lie, they didn’t know how to react.
The few girls kneeling by Yue Zhong’s feet were even more confused, they had clearly seen Yue Zhong beheading Yuan Yeshan with their own eyes.
Yue Zhong smiled before he gave an offer. “This time, I have invited the 2 of you to discuss a potential deal! I want to use 100 tonnes of rations to buy 400,000 sets of quilts between the both of you.”
Wen Baoguo and Peng Mingde were smart people, and naturally knew of Yue Zhong’s intentions to wipe the slate clean with these 100 tonnes of food. Right now in SY County, a quilt was not even worth a jin of rations. Hearing those words from Yue Zhong, the 2 of them finally started to relax.
After the end of the world, 50 tonnes of rations was not a small amount. In SY County 5 jin of rations could cause a huge fight to break out and a slaughter amongst the survivors. One person after another would bite, kick privates, gouge eyes, punch and fight as dirty as they could. 50 tonnes of food could support 100 people for almost 200 days.
Yue Zhong was after all a strong expert, and had a huge force under him. As long as it didn’t reach a point of no return, Wen Baoguo and Peng Mingde weren’t willing to butt heads with Yue Zhong. Furthermore, Yue Zhong had provided them a subtle way out. As long as they put in a little more effort to convince the other officials, this matter would not be too huge of an issue.
Wen Baoguo pondered a while before exchanging a cold look with Peng Mingde. He then stepped forward and said: “Yue Zhong, this time I’ll overlook this! I hope there won’t be a second time. If it happens again, I can only give the order for your arrest.”
Yue Zhong lightly smiled and indifferently said “I got it.”
Seeing the obstinate Yue Zhong giving way, Wen Baoguo and Peng Mingde let out a breath of relief. Dealing with this stubborn and prideful Yue Zhong who could easily go on a rampage was a headache to them.
“I have a proposition for the 2 of you!” Yue Zhong suddenly spoke out.
“What is it?” Wen Baoguo spoke somewhat coldly. After Yue Zhong had killed Yuan Yeshan without regards for the law, Wen Baoguo had somewhat less of a favourable impression of Yue Zhong.
“I want to impose tax near the river!” Yue Zhong smiled, as he threw out this unexpected bomb.
“No way!! Definitely not!!” At almost the same time, Wen Baoguo and Peng Mingde immediately rejected the proposal.
Taxation was of utmost importance to a power. While there were few people who dared to fish at the river, and the tax gained per day could not even hit a tonne of fresh seafood, it was still a form of rations. Wen Baoguo and Peng Mingde would definitely not give this up.