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Chapter 347 One hundred taels of silver
The venue hastily built by the guards of the East Palace is now crowded with enthusiastic Changming people.

Fang Weihan was extremely busy.

"Your Highness, my well is no longer producing water! My family of more than ten people have to fetch water from that well!"

"It's probably blocked by something down there...Wang Quanlin, take a few people to take a look with ropes."

"Here!"

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"Your Highness! That butcher Zhao from East Street owes me three taels of silver. He said he would pay me back when the new batch of pigs arrives, but how many days have passed! I have been urged repeatedly, but he just won't pay me back! That butcher Zhao is so smart. big……"

"Zhao Shouzhong, take a few people over to see what's going on with Butcher Zhao."

"Here!"

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"Your Highness, I want to marry a wife! Have mercy on me, Your Highness, I am already twenty-six years old this year, but I have never even touched a woman's hand!"

"Are you interested in coming to Donggongwei to develop? We are in need of talents like you here!"

"Ah? Can I do that too?"

"of course can!"

Fang Weihan smiled and nodded.

"Secretary! Take him for the assessment!"

"Here!"

Fang Weihan patted Mr. Zhao on the shoulder: "I'm going to the toilet. Old Zhao, please look after me for a while."

There were three or four people surrounding the old man. They were very busy, and I didn't know if they heard what he said.

He stood up, pulled away from the crowded crowd, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Fang Weihan expected that his move would bring him unprecedented popularity among the people, but he still underestimated the enthusiasm of the people of Changming.

It had only been a day, and the East Palace Guards had already handled hundreds of requests from people.

There are all kinds of commissions. For example, repairing a well, needing to pay a debt, or finding a wife are all common tasks. They can be solved by sending a few soldiers with cultivation skills there, which is easier to deal with.

There are also more troublesome entrustments, such as those involving aristocratic families and government officials.

For incidents like these, Fang Weihan asked the executing soldiers to negotiate with the attitude and name of the East Palace Guards. At the end of the day today, I didn’t encounter any obvious obstacles.

The reason is that the interest demands put forward by the common people are at the personal level and are not worth mentioning compared with the basic interests of the aristocratic family.

Now that he is in the limelight, no aristocratic family is willing to fall out with him over such a trivial matter.

Even if the Uehara Wang family is the most hostile and almost undying, they are currently busy reorganizing their resources and have maintained a tacit understanding with Fang Weihan's forces in a state of peace and harmony.

It was precisely because of this that he used the power of the East Palace Guards to invest in this kind of activity.

Of course, Fang Weihan could choose to distribute money directly to the people, but that would not comply with the laws of economics and would be quite unstable.

Money is obtained, but it will be spent in a moment. The memory left behind is limited after all, and it may lead to greed. But a personal act of help from one person to another can last forever like a spring in the heart.

To show kindness in return, direct communication between people is better. After all, it is better not to use coins as a medium.

This is a plan that kills three birds with one stone.

First, Fang Weihan can use this to re-consolidate his reputation and thereby increase the recognition of the East Palace Guards, which is also in line with his original intention of building this army. The combat effectiveness of an army recognized by the people is completely different from other ordinary armies.

Secondly, this move can improve Fang Tang's popularity like offering flowers to the Buddha, thereby bringing her closer to her. At the same time, it shows that his position is different from that of ordinary aristocratic families, which can ease the relationship between himself and Fang Tang.

Third, it can be used to disgust the Uehara Wang family.

Fang Weihan is still very satisfied with this plan.

Just when he was feeling complacent, he suddenly spotted a familiar person.

Fang Weihan walked quickly to the man and patted his shoulder from behind.

"Pei Jie? What are you doing here?"

The man seemed startled by him. When he turned around and saw that it was Fang Weihan, he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was Pei Jie whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Brother Fang!"

Pei Jie bowed with his hands raised.

"Are you here to join in the fun too?"

Fang Weihan looked at him curiously.

As far as he knew, Pei Jie usually stayed out of the house and just stayed in his small yard doing research on inventions. Why did he suddenly want to go out for a walk today?

Pei Jie hesitated for a moment: "I heard that Brother Fang led the East Palace Guards to pull out the venue here and wanted to solve the people's problems."

"Yes, that's right, it does happen."

Fang Weihan nodded and stared at Pei Jie:

"So what happened to you?"

"...Sure enough, I still can't hide it from Brother Fang." Pei Jie smiled bitterly.

"Ha, I knew that if you hadn't encountered something, you would have come out of that small courtyard?"

Fang Weihan said angrily.

"Next time you encounter something like this, just go to the palace to find me. If you help me develop a saddle, I should help you."

"That matter is just a piece of cake. Besides, Brother Fang helped me break through the bottleneck of level four. In theory, I owe Brother Fang more."

Pei Jie looked a little embarrassed.

"Okay, we are all our own people, why are you so polite?"

Fang Weihan waved his hand.

"Tell me what happened."

"That's it..." Pei Jie tidied up his words, "I want to ask Brother Fang to help me find someone."

"Looking for someone? Who?"

"A little boy..."

Fang Weihan interrupted him and stretched out his hand to motion for Pei Jie to follow him.

"There are many people here, come with me."

Under the banner not far away, Mr. Zhao was so busy that he was sweating profusely.

"Where did this little bastard Fang Weihan go? Damn it, why don't you come back... fell into the toilet?"

He cursed in his heart.

But Fang Weihan had obviously forgotten that the reason he had just asked Mr. Zhao for leave was to go to the toilet. He took Pei Jie to a teahouse, opened a private room on the second floor, and at the same time clothed several Heavy soundproofing array.

A set of movements was performed smoothly and skillfully, making Pei Jie next to him stunned.

"Don't be surprised, confidentiality is required."

Fang Weihan said casually.

"I don't know how many people in the capital are watching me, just waiting for me to make a mistake and ruin my reputation. I'm just prepared."

He put down the last sound-proof formation, clapped his hands, returned to Pei Jie, and poured him a cup of tea himself.

"Okay, now tell me, what kind of little boy is he?"

"He is the youngest son of a family next door to my small yard. He is the fifth in the family. Everyone usually calls him Xiao Wu."

Pei Jie said.

Fang Weihan took a sip of tea: "Is he friends with you?"

"It's not really about friendship, it's just that that kid always runs towards me every day. He seems to be particularly interested in the Mo family's mechanism skills."

Pei Jie sighed sadly.

"I saw that he was so curious, so I took the time to give him some pointers. I didn't expect that this kid was quite talented in the art of mechanism. In just a few days, he actually figured out the solution to the compound Luban lock."

"The world is generally not interested in Tiangongmo practitioners, and those who are interested are even more talented. Seeing such a little guy in front of me, I also had the idea of ​​​​accepting a disciple."

"As a result, when I came to visit him, the family next door said he was lost."

Fang Weihan frowned, instinctively feeling that something was wrong.

"lost?"

He continued to ask. "How did you lose it?"

Pei Jie said: "His mother said that Xiaowu went out that day and told her to go next door to find me, and then she never came back."

"How exactly was it lost? Was it lost by yourself, or was it kidnapped by someone else? Didn't the family next door see it?"

"No."

Fang Weihan knocked on the table, thoughtfully.

It is not uncommon for a child to get lost in Changming City.

In a modern society with a well-developed social and legal system, the evil deeds of human traffickers cannot be completely eliminated, let alone in today's chaotic legal system.

Could it be that he was abducted by someone?

Inference alone is not enough, Fang Weihan must obtain more information.

"Come on, let's go see the scene."

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A moment later, Fang Weihan led dozens of East Palace Guards and soldiers to Pei Jie's residence.

This is the junction of the outer city and the inner city, a well-known no-man's land with particularly poor public security.

In order to free up more money for research funding, Pei Jie chose this more economical place as his residence.

"Aren't you now the chief officer and captain of Shaofu Temple? Take the time to change yourself to a better place. What will it be like to live here all the time!"

Fang Weihan said.

Pei Jie agreed with some shame: "Well, what Brother Fang said is that I will look for a new place to live in a few days."

A group of solemn and neat soldiers appeared in such a place and instantly attracted everyone's attention. No one dared to come up to provoke them, and the originally noisy streets gradually became silent.

They walked to the human room that Pei Jie was talking about.

Fang Weihan glanced at him, and Cao Cao, the guard leader behind him, understood and stepped forward to knock on the dilapidated door.

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door, and not long after, the door was opened.

"Who?"

A young man yawned and opened the door. When he saw a piece of armor shining in the cold light outside, his face that had been impatient just now turned pale with fear.

"Fellow military lords, are you here..."

he asked cautiously.

The soldiers led by the East Palace Guards asked: "I heard that your family lost a child?"

"Lost a child? Ah...that's what happened."

He was stunned for a moment and nodded quickly.

"That's my little brother. He was lost a few days ago. We've been searching for him on the street these days."

Fang Weihan glanced at him.

The eye sockets are sunken, the eyes are protruding, the skin color is dull and dull, the movements are stiff, and the lower body is unstable.

If you indulge in excessive thoughts, you may have just woken up.

He narrowed his eyes.

"Third brother, who is here outside?"

Another man with a stubble on his face came out and yawned. When he saw the situation outside, he trembled all over and was so frightened that he almost flew out of his mind.

Pei Jie was a little anxious and quickly stepped forward and asked, "Brother Gai, I am Pei Jie who lives next door. We have met before."

"Ah yes, Pei Jie."

Gai Er reacted, suppressed the fear in his heart, took a few steps forward and took Pei Jie's arm, full of affection.

The aroma of low-quality powder came to his face, and Fang Weihan quietly dodged to avoid it.

"Brother Pei, what's going on?"

The second son of the Gai family pulled Pei Jie and asked in a low voice.

Fang Weihan shook his head slightly at Pei Jie,

Pei Jie paused: "Didn't Xiao Wu get lost? I found some helpers from the army to see if I could get Xiao Wu back."

"Oh, so it's because of this..."

The second son of the Gai family rolled his eyes.

"Military lords, our little five has been missing for several days, and I can't find him even if I try. Otherwise... we won't bother you lords?"

"I don't want you to go in vain. How about I invite you to have a meal in the building on the side?"

"Brother Gai, it's absolutely impossible."

Pei Jie was shocked. He never expected to hear such words from his mouth.

"Brother Pei, thank you very much this time. But my mother's health is not very good. Our brothers finally persuaded her to accept the fact that Xiao Wu was lost. Now that she brings it up... I'm afraid her old man's body won't be able to bear it. ah!"

The second son of the Gai family said in embarrassment.

"But Xiao Wu..."

Pei Jie wanted to argue some more, but the second son of the Gai family had already passed him and walked towards Fang Weihan.

"Commander, let's go and have a good meal..."

He quietly took out a piece of broken silver and tried to put it into Fang Weihan's hand, while also trying to put his arm around his shoulder.

This is a no-nonsense old man who seems to be very popular in this area. He probably used this trick to get a lot of court officials.

But unfortunately, he did not recognize the white and gray uniforms of this army, nor did he find the spirit of this army that was completely different from other armies, nor did he recognize...who the leader was.

"Qiang!"

The sergeant pulled out his sword and put it coldly on his neck, forcing him to stop.

Many of the East Palace guards drew their weapons one after another, and their murderous looks almost made the two Gai brothers wet their pants.

"Is your little brother really lost?"

Fang Weihan asked.

Even if the two of them didn't know Fang Weihan, they now realized that this person's identity was probably extremely extraordinary.

"It's... it's true."

The second son of the Gai family said with a pale face.

The light from the stars in Fang Weihan's hand flashed away, and countless star threads were connected to his head.

He couldn't help but scream.

"I'll ask again..."

"Is your Xiaowu really lost?"

"No... not."

The second child of the Gai family looked horrified, covering his mouth with his hands and shaking his head, not knowing why he told the truth.

"We sold him to Renyazi."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone present changed instantly.

Pei Jie raised his head in disbelief and pointed at him with his finger, trembling.

Fang Weihan asked coldly: "How much did it cost?"

The second son of the Gai family pinched his own throat and tried his best to organize himself to make a sound, but in the end he still couldn't resist Jingtian's power of cause and effect.

"One hundred taels of silver."

Fang Weihan smiled coldly.

"For one hundred taels of silver, you sold your own brother to someone else?"

"How can your brother's life be measured in money?"

(End of this chapter)