238: Chapter 238 Another Surge

Upon seeing Chen Hu, Prefect Yang Ze could not help but burn with rage. He slammed the table and scolded, "Chen Hu, how bold of you! This is the Prefect's office; who allowed you to enter?"

"Prefect Yang, don't be so irritable. I've come to discuss something with you."

Without waiting for Prefect Yang Ze's permission, Chen Hu sat down directly and then instructed the maid outside, "Bring me a cup of tea!"

Chen Hu's blatant disregard for him made Prefect Yang Ze even more angry and annoyed.

However, he quickly regained his composure.

Officially, he had Princess Anping backing him.

In terms of martial power, the entire Linjiang Prefecture could do nothing against him.

Therefore, at this moment, he truly could not do anything to Chen Hu.

"Speak, what business do you have with me?" Prefect Yang Ze said, striving to maintain his dignity.

"I want to buy a piece of wasteland outside the city, and I need your seal, Prefect Yang!" Chen Hu said unhurriedly.

"Someone, summon He Third, the Head of the Household Division!"

Soon, He Third, the Head of the Household Division, arrived.

"Greetings, Prefect!"

"Greetings, Gang Leader Chen!"

Prefect Yang Ze spoke again, "Officer He, which piece of wasteland does Gang Leader Chen wish to purchase, and how large is it?"

He Third immediately presented the file he had brought. Prefect Yang Ze took it and strained his eyes to scan the figures representing the area of the wasteland.

Seeing that Chen Hu actually wanted to buy over fifty thousand acres of wasteland, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.

Although there were regulations regarding the price of this wasteland, it could be appropriately adjusted.

Therefore, Prefect Yang Ze asked again, "Has the price been set?"

He Third hurriedly said, "I await the Prefect's decision."

"Officer He, you may leave first. I will speak with Gang Leader Chen!" Prefect Yang Ze waved his hand.

"Yes!"

He Third sensibly withdrew.

"Gang Leader Chen, regarding your purchase of this wasteland, I will not interfere, and the price can be calculated at the lowest rate. However, my share cannot be less!" Speaking of this, Prefect Yang Ze remembered the more than ten million taels of silver he had lost.

That was what he had accumulated over several years of being an official. Every time he thought of the stolen gold and silver jewelry, he felt a sharp pang of pain.

"I can give the Prefect ten thousand taels!" Chen Hu thought for a moment and said.

"Fifteen thousand taels!" Prefect Yang Ze bargained.

"Nine thousand taels!" Chen Hu said calmly.

Prefect Yang Ze's expression changed. How could he lower the price? Fearing that Chen Hu would continue to lower the price, he immediately changed his tone, "Ten thousand taels, it is!"

Chen Hu did not hesitate and directly took out a ten-thousand-tael silver note and handed it to Prefect Yang Ze. Seeing the silver note, a smile appeared on Prefect Yang Ze's face. This was the largest sum of money he had received since his silver was stolen.

After paying the bribe, Prefect Yang Ze did not hesitate and immediately called He Third in to process the seal on the spot.

Half an hour later, Chen Hu left the Prefect's office with the deed and arrived at the Fierce Tiger Gang's General Hall.

He summoned the Head of the External Affairs Hall and threw a procurement list and silver notes at him, ordering him to purchase everything on the list as quickly as possible and deliver it to the wasteland outside the city.

After the Head of the External Affairs Hall left to carry out the orders, Chen Hu went to the dungeon and used today's opportunities for the two copy cards.

In the afternoon, Chen Hu arrived first at the wasteland more than ten miles outside the city.

With a wave of his hand, five hundred people appeared. These five hundred people were soldiers summoned from the cards. There were two hundred Tier 2 soldiers, two hundred Tier 3 soldiers, and one hundred Tier 4 soldiers.

Not long after, the Fierce Tiger Gang's convoy arrived. These soldiers immediately stepped forward to unload the items from the carts and store them collectively.

Then, some of the soldiers used tools to cut down trees in the surrounding area and began building wooden sheds. Another part of the soldiers went to the refugee area to recruit people according to Chen Hu's orders.

After the wooden sheds were built one by one, Chen Hu continuously took out grain from his Storage Ring to fill them.

Over half an hour later, the first batch of refugees arrived. There were over five thousand of them.

Because Chen Hu's conditions were relatively lenient this time, he accepted everyone, regardless of age or gender. As long as they arrived here, everyone could receive five jin of grain.

As these arriving refugees received the grain, they felt at ease. Furthermore, under the direction of the soldiers, they began to clear the wasteland.

Since there were five hundred loyal soldiers here, Chen Hu did not stay long and returned home directly.

Qin Hongxue and the four sisters were not at home; they wanted to open a martial arts school and had gone out together to find a suitable location.

He went straight to the backyard. Chen Hu took out a Comprehension Ability jade pendant and gave it to Liu Xiangyue. As soon as she put on the jade pendant, Liu Xiangyue felt its benefits. She was overjoyed and kissed Chen Hu on the cheek.

Having Cultivated the Yin Yang Heaven Technique with Chen Hu for two consecutive nights, Liu Xiangyue's cultivation was already on the verge of a Breakthrough. With this Comprehension Ability jade pendant, her chances were even greater.

"Husband, I want to go into seclusion to attempt a Breakthrough!"

"Go ahead, I will act as your Protector!" Chen Hu said.

Soon, Liu Xiangyue entered a quiet room to attempt the Breakthrough. Chen Hu used his Spiritual Sense to observe her situation. However, according to his observations, Liu Xiangyue's cultivation was steadily improving, and there shouldn't be any mishaps.

Originally, the head chef at home was Liu Xiangyue. But today she needed to go into seclusion for her Breakthrough, so the head chef became Liu Xianglan.

Chen Hu took out another exotic beast dragon. The women were all very happy to see the exotic beast dragon, and some were even secretly swallowing their saliva. After tasting the flavor of the exotic beast dragon, it was hard for them to forget it.

Liu Xianglan herself had a certain amount of talent. Coupled with eating exotic beast meat every day and her own diligence, her cultivation had now reached the Late Stage of the Skin Refining Realm. Handling a Tier 1 exotic beast dragon was not a problem for her.

Moreover, she had Qianxue and Qianyu assisting her. Because these two girls had started Cultivating a step earlier than Liu Xianglan, they had both reached the Flesh Refining Realm.

As for the eight maids including Ruyi and Zhizhi, the leaders Ruyi and Zhizhi had both stepped into the Tendon Refining Realm. The other six maids had all stepped into the Late Stage of the Flesh Refining Realm. In addition, Tan Yue and Li Qian had both stepped into the Marrow Refining Realm.

Even Dongfang Jun's cultivation had ascended to a higher level, breaking through to the Late-stage Refining Viscera. At the same time, the Realms of Zhao Zilong and Dian Wei were also approaching Perfection; when that time came, they would be able to attempt to break through to the Blood Refining Realm.

Time flew by, and it was around seven o'clock in the evening. A surge of uncontrollable energy suddenly erupted in the quiet room. However, it was suppressed in time by Chen Hu.

Indeed, Liu Xiangyue had successfully made a Breakthrough and entered the Middle Stage of the Blood Refining Realm in one go.

A while later, when Liu Xiangyue walked out of the quiet room, the women stepped forward to congratulate her.

"Dinner is served!" At Chen Hu's command, the women brought the prepared dishes from the kitchen to the table.

After dinner, Chen Hu directly used Near and Far to arrive at the wasteland outside the city.

Chen Hu scanned with his Spiritual Sense and discovered that over eighteen thousand refugees had gathered here. At the same time, the wasteland had been cleared, and thousands of wooden sheds had been built. For this, Chen Hu felt very pleased.

He had people gather all these refugees in the open space. Soon, these refugees were assembled. And Chen Hu began to go through the process.

After going through the process, Chen Hu had 18,236 more subordinates under his name. The number of subordinates had surged to 31,377. Once midnight passed tonight, he would be able to harvest 31,377 points of subordinate value.