303: Chapter 303 My Cheap Little Brother is Here

Seeing Zhao Li, who was unmoved by either persuasion or coercion, Qin Shuangyu could not help but feel angry. She slammed the table and said, "Shut up! Let me tell you the truth: we cannot afford to provoke that bastard. Don't think too highly of yourself. Your father and I are sending you to him to secure your future and take the opportunity to strengthen Mingjian Villa. So, you must not be foolish!"

Zhao Li was not stupid. Hearing Qin Shuangyu say this, he realized it was nothing more than seeing that Chen Hu had become successful, and he was being sent over as a younger brother to take advantage of the situation.

With his arrogant Heart-Nature, he felt uncomfortable and blurted out, "Mother, I won't go!"

"Why not?"

Qin Shuangyu glared at him.

"Hmph, I have no desire to curry favor with him. Even without fawning over him, I have the confidence to take Mingjian Villa to the next level!" Zhao Li said proudly.

Seeing this, Qin Shuangyu felt a headache coming on, and her tone softened: "Lier, Mother believes you can do it. However, even if you can advance Mingjian Villa in the future, its sphere of influence is limited to Lingzhou.

But if that bastard can unify the world, with his influence, we could make Mingjian Villa one of the top ten Sects in the world.

And my Qin Family could also rise with the tide.

Therefore, for the sake of Mingjian Villa and the Qin Family, you must go to that bastard.

Also, after you go, you must behave well in front of him; do not go against him.

Only when he acknowledges you will you gain many benefits.

Let me tell you in advance: that bastard has a Master who is a Gang-Refining Expert. As long as he acknowledges you, you can ask him to recommend you to become a disciple of that Gang-Refining Expert.

That way, you might surpass your father and grandfather and become a Gang-Refining Expert yourself."

Hearing that he could become a disciple of a Gang-Refining Expert, Zhao Li felt tempted.

Thus, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Alright, Mother, your son will listen to you!"

"That's more like it!"

Qin Shuangyu's face lit up with a brilliant smile: "There is no time to lose. Go to Lingzhou City to see your big brother now. Remember Mother's words: do not go against him. Even if he scolds or insults your father and me, do not object. Only in this way can you gain his trust!"

"I understand, Mother!" Zhao Li nodded solemnly.

On the other side.

Lingzhou City.

The Puppet officials had already written the notices and were posting them everywhere in the city.

Lingzhou City was the center of Lingzhou, after all, and news traveled very quickly there.

They knew that every time the Fierce Tiger Army conquered a place, they would implement policies of tax and grain refunds.

Therefore, as soon as the notices were posted, commoners gathered to watch, and then they flocked to the Provincial Zhenwu Bureau to claim their tax and grain refunds.

As the refunds began,

Chen Hu discovered that the number of his subordinates began to grow rapidly again.

By noon,

the number of his subordinates had increased by a full 4 million.

The total reached over 56 million.

In reality, in just one or two hours, they hadn't finished refunding the taxes for 4 million people.

But as the news spread, these commoners accepted Chen Hu and the Fierce Tiger Army.

At the same time, some of the teams sent out to confiscate the officials' assets returned.

To Chen Hu's slight disappointment,

they only managed to confiscate gold and silver jewelry worth 12 million taels of silver from Governor-General Zhao Tianqing's residence.

This wasn't because Governor-General Zhao Tianqing wasn't greedy.

But because he had spent the money recently.

Upon interrogating the steward of Governor-General Zhao Tianqing's residence, they learned that to maintain his position as Governor-General, he had sent 18,000 taels of silver to the Royal Capital.

Secondly, for the 30,000 new troops,

the costs of conscription, forging weapons and armor, and military pay were mostly covered by Governor-General Zhao Tianqing himself, with the Qin Family only contributing one-third.

Therefore, there wasn't much gold and silver left in his residence.

However, the Cultivation Techniques, Martial Skills, Spirit Medicine, Medicinal Pills, and exotic beast meat confiscated from his residence were quite substantial.

Together, these items were worth two or three hundred million taels of silver.

At this moment, Luo Ningshuang hurried over, looking somewhat excited: "Commander, I have already incorporated the Provincial Zhenwu Bureau into our Brocade Guard!"

"You have full authority over the Brocade Guard; you don't need to report everything to me. I trust you absolutely!" Chen Hu said with a smile.

"Mwah!"

Luo Ningshuang kissed Chen Hu on the cheek and said happily: "Little Hu, you are so good; I love you to death!"

"Daring to ambush me? I must counterattack!"

Chen Hu reached out and pulled Luo Ningshuang into his arms.

After they were lovey-dovey for a while, Chen Hu said: "It's noon already; let's eat first, and then we'll get back to work!"

After taking Lingzhou City, Chen Hu had brought the two young ladies, Chuchu and Chu Xiang, over.

He didn't know what the Chu Family was thinking.

Although they were both Young Misses from a prominent family, both women were excellent at cooking.

Unlike Ruyi and Zhizhi, who were proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but only had average cooking skills.

The two of them had just prepared to go eat.

Suddenly a servant came to report that someone outside claiming to be his younger brother had come to see him.

"A younger brother?"

Chen Hu thought of that opportunistic brother, Zhao Li.

"Arrange for him to wait in the side hall. I will see him after I finish eating!" Chen Hu said.

"Yes!"

"Little Hu, he is your own younger brother. Are you just going to leave him hanging like that?"

Luo Ningshuang asked with a smile.

"He doesn't come early or late; he shows up just as I've conquered Lingzhou City. I'm afraid he's come with the intention of taking advantage of the situation!" Chen Hu said with a mocking expression: "If I leave him waiting and he still has the thick skin to stay, I fear this guy has big plans!"

"Then if that's really the case, how do you plan to arrange him?" Luo Ningshuang asked again.

"Since I know he has ill intentions, I will naturally drive him away!"

Chen Hu said dismissively. As for keeping the other party by his side and waiting for them to make a mistake before driving them away, he was too lazy to do that.

"Won't that affect your reputation?"

Luo Ningshuang asked with some concern: "They are your immediate family, after all. What if they come out and slander you in the future?"

"What about it?"

Chen Hu sneered: "If they don't jump out to cause trouble, I'll pretend they don't exist. If they insist on jumping out to cause trouble, I have plenty of methods to deal with them. Alright, let's not talk about them; let's hurry up and eat, lest it spoil our appetite!"

On the other side.

Zhao Li was led to the side hall by a servant of the Provincial Zhenwu Bureau.

Seeing that it was the side hall, Zhao Li was immediately dissatisfied.

But thinking of his mother's repeated instructions before he left, he swallowed his anger.

However, he still whispered to the accompanying Qin Changge: "Uncle, this Chen Hu doesn't seem to regard me as his brother at all, actually arranging me in the side hall!"

"Ali, if you cannot tolerate small things, you will spoil great plans!" Qin Changge said in a deep voice.

Qin Shuangyu had arranged for him to accompany Zhao Li because she was worried that Zhao Li, being hot-blooded, would offend Chen Hu.

If that happened, they would have no way to leverage his influence.

Now, the Fierce Tiger Army was already famous throughout Lingzhou.

Especially the 14,000-strong army that had appeared outside Lingzhou City today, which had shocked all parties.

The 4,000 Organ Refining cavalry and 10,000 Marrow Refining cavalry were simply too terrifying.

One must know that Mingjian Villa was one of the top ten powers in Lingzhou.

Even so, the total number of Organ Refining Martial Artists in Mingjian Villa did not exceed one hundred.

If you gathered all the Organ Refining Martial Artists from all the powers in Lingzhou together, there wouldn't be more than a thousand.

But Chen Hu had an army of 4,000 Organ Refining experts under his command; one can imagine how terrifying that was.

With such an army, who could stop them if they wanted to conquer a city?

Even a Gang-Refining Expert might not be able to go head-to-head against 4,000 Organ Refining cavalry.

It was precisely because of this that Qin Shuangyu felt the possibility of Chen Hu conquering the world was extremely high.

Moreover, who knew if these 4,000 Organ Refining cavalry were Chen Hu's only trump card?

What if he had other Organ Refining soldiers up his sleeve!