CHAPTER 103: BUSY CLAN LEADER

The men and women held the piece of paper in their hands and glanced at Lin Xuan Qi with an anxious look.

"Master Lin..." One of them frowned and said, "...We can’t read."

Lin Xuan Qi nodded his head and said, "Don’t worry.

"There will be time for lessons.

"In the meantime, Zhi Yong here shall recite the rules to you."

Zhi Yong took a deep breath and took a step forward.

"First rule, Master say you do..."

He went on and recited the rules that Lin Xuan Qi had gone through with him patiently.

As he did so, Lin Xuan Qi nodded approvingly at him.

Zhi Yong was reliable as usual.

And come to think of it, he hadn’t gotten around to asking Lee He Song to teach him martial arts.

When everything was settled, he would go and ask Lee He Song about it.

"Yes, Master Lin." The men and women nodded.

Xue Cong assigned the remaining six women among her, Yue Jie and Yue Xin.

So, Xue Cong had two servants under her.

Yue Jie had three while Yue Xin also had two.

It was looking to be much more like a rich man’s mansion.

Lin Xuan Qi thought when he marveled at how things were moving.

And with all the people working hard under him, he would then be able to finally take a breather.

"Come with me." Lin Xuan Qi said to the remaining two men.

They were the ones without any assignments so far.

"Let them settle in while I bring these two men to the horse stable." Lin Xuan Qi said, and the others bowed at him.

"Yes, Master Lin."

He led the two men to the horse stable, which was at the west of the mansion, not too far away from the wooden gates.

The horse stable was a wooden building that was empty.

It had separated compartments for the horses to live in.

Equipment required was also available and the two men felt right at home immediately.

"Would this be appropriate for you to take care of and rear horses?

"I would be buying some and a horse carriage soon." He asked.

The two men nodded their heads and said, "It’s more than appropriate, this place is big enough for ten or more horses."

"That’s good to hear." Lin Xuan Qi glanced at the surroundings and said, "Do you have horse dealers that you are familiar with?"

Both of them glanced at each other for a moment and said, "We do. But..."

"How much do you need?" Lin Xuan Qi asked.

"It might cost a tael of silver each for a horse and five taels of silver for the horse carriage."

He nodded and shook his head at the fact that a slave only costs as much as a horse.

Beneath its prosperous facade between the cultivators and clans, the Da Qian Dynasty wasn’t the greatest to live in if you weren’t born with the right talents or family.

He felt fortunate to be blessed with the Clan Prosperity System.

Something that others would kill to have.

"Go and request for the funds from Senior Xue Cong. Just let her know it’s what I want." Lin Xuan Qi said.

In the meantime, he would also be asking around about the market rate for horses and horse carriages.

Without any trust yet, he wasn’t about to let them cheat him out of it.

"Settle in first, it’s going to be dinner soon." He said and led them to the living quarters.

The other servants were already there in the living quarters.

Now the once empty living quarters were livelier with all the activities that were happening.

Some were unpacking, and some were cleaning the beds and furniture.

One thing for sure was that they were doing it with a smile on their faces.

The living quarters were heaven compared to what they were used to.

Their beds were made of crop stalks compared to the clean and soft beds in the living quarters.

Chairs, cabinets, and living essentials were in abundance.

Some of them got emotional and wanted to cry when they saw Lin Xuan Qi coming to the living quarters.

He was like a saint to them right now.

"Pick your room and settle down." Lin Xuan Qi said, and the two men proceeded to do so.

"I shall leave you to it." He said.

Lin Xuan Qi turned around and walked towards his bedroom afterwards.

After such a busy day, it was time for him to take a breather.

The first thing he did when he got back into his room was to pour himself a cup of tea.

"This young master shit can be tiring." He sighed and took a sip of his tea.

It was, however, not the end of it.

There were the recruits from the security team coming in tomorrow.

And he also needed to check on the factories to see how they were doing.

Lastly, he needed to get the first batch of soap out as soon as possible.

It was time for him to pay Sima Long and Hun Xiong Kun a visit again.

He wanted to check on Zhang Jie about the demand that she was supposed to hype up.

The delivery of rice had increased substantially from the system, so he had to negotiate with Hun Xiong Kun.

This time it was best for him to do so personally with such a huge amount of increase from ninety kilograms daily to the eventual six hundred forty kilograms.

And if Hun Xiong Kun couldn’t take in such an amount, he would have to seek out other rice merchants in the Rice Merchant Association.

A place that was under the control of Magistrate Ho.

He would want to avoid it if he could.

While he pondered on the stuff he had to get done, the evening breeze blew into his room, and he put down his teacup, stopped himself from his thoughts to enjoy the brief moment of respite.

It would be great if it was like this forever, he thought.

But it was only a fleeting thought, with so many mouths under him, he had to make sure they didn’t go hungry.

Such was the life of a Clan Leader.

...

In the mountains outside Hong Feng City.

Burly men dressed in rags and animal fur stood quietly in the cover of the thick foliage.

They glanced around nervously.

Their attacks had been met with the constables dispatched by the magistrate.

Things weren’t going their way.

Crack.

The sound of a tree branch breaking broke the silence and the burly men held their weapons in their hands tightly.