Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 367: The one who came to my door

When had Dugu Han ever suffered such an injustice? It's not like she hasn't dealt with other aristocratic families and warlords before. She has seen many powerful people. Even the royal family had to show her respect.

But she was also really afraid of Xia Lin, because Xia Lin was a bit unreasonable and arrogant. Of course, she could break up with him, but he had already made it clear that the Dugu family had invested 20 million taels of silver here, which was the total tax revenue of the Wei Dynasty for five years. Needless to say, this amount of money was terrifying.

Once they fall out, the money will naturally be gone. Then what? The Dugu family is not a warlord family. They don't have the ability to turn against each other directly. This is why they break up the whole into parts and invest in multiple things.

They can start a war, but when they really meet a butcher, they can only be controlled by him.

In any era, money is certainly very powerful, but when they really encounter someone who is risking their life, they are completely helpless.

For example, Xia Lin now, she knows that Xia Lin is the shield of the Wei Dynasty. As long as the Wei Dynasty exists, it is wishful thinking for her to fight against Xia Lin.

If they wanted to kill him, they had to overthrow the entire Wei Dynasty first. But at the moment, the old emperor was still alive, so everything was just empty talk. She could endure it, and she wouldn't just cry like other little girls. When she took a bath, she washed off a layer of skin where Xia Lin had touched her.

But I couldn't help imagining myself being pressed on the table in my mind. The more disgusted, abhorrent, repulsive, and resistant I felt, the more I couldn't help thinking about it. In the end, I could only slap the water with my hands, feeling helpless and furious.

Xia Lin, on his part, was doing some calculations. Although he had taken 20% of the shares in each of the Dugu family's warehousing, shipping, and weaving businesses, he had also paid the price for the equity of Ningbo Port.

This calculation didn't matter. He was so angry that he slapped his thigh and said, "Damn it, I lost money!"

It seems that he made a lot of money in a short period of time, but in fact, according to future development, that port will become the world's largest port, connecting the entire Baga and even farther ocean shipping. A large amount of goods from South Asia, Southeast Asia and even the Persian Gulf will be transited through Ningbo Port, and the throughput is likely to remain high for a long time in the future.

The more turbulent the times, the more important this eastern port would become, because it would most likely become the only functioning deep-water port. In other words, he gave 15% of the dividends of the Magic City of this era to the Dugu family.

Isn't this a loss of blood?
Now Xia Lin wished he could rush to Dugu Han and kill her by the neck, so that he could barely make up for the loss on this account.

But now that the contract has come into effect, although everyone praises him for being awesome, he is the only one in the world who knows how big a mistake he made in this moment of impulse.

"No, we still need someone who can do the math to help us."

Now Xia Lin really needs his own staff. Fuliang is no longer a place that can be managed by a makeshift team of three or five people.

No wonder those warlords are always recruiting talents in one way or another. It turns out that as their territory expands, they have become obviously fatigued in management and need more people to carry out differentiated management.

If this was the case even for warlords, Xia Lin now probably understood why the Wei Dynasty had the current semi-feudal and semi-separatist social situation.

To put it bluntly, the governance capacity is not commensurate with the land area. Letting those county heads do the work of high-ranking officials will inevitably lead to chaos.

"grown ups."

Just when Xia Lin was feeling frustrated, Luo Shixin came over quickly. He leaned over and said, "There is a woman in this town who is asking around for Zhang Zhongchun. She even told people that she is from the Gongsun clan in Lingnan."

Xia Lin was stunned and looked up in astonishment: "Huh?"

"Yes, she is from Lingnan Guangfu. Do you want to punish her?"

Xia Lin scratched his face and said, "I see. Take her to a secluded place first and don't let her run around. It will be troublesome if she is recognized."

A series of key words made Xia Lin dizzy. Guangfu, women, Gongsun clan, wasn't that the stupid princess...

What was she doing here? Didn't she arrange for Cen Wenben to give them the work quota? She even named someone. After all, she was a royal relative, and there were many people who knew her. There were many people in this place, and if she was discovered, this stupid kid would inevitably be killed.

Although Xia Lin was penniless, he still changed his clothes and went to look for Gongsun Hongyuan.

She had been taken to a small courtyard by Luo Shixin and was surrounded by guards. Her first reaction was that she had fallen into a trap, so she began to resist without listening to any explanation.

Who is Luo Shixin? He is a first-class warrior, but Gongsun Hongyuan's movements are light and graceful, and it is obvious that her abilities have improved after not seeing her for a long time. After several rounds, Luo Shixin was unable to gain any advantage over her.

"Hey, the little girl is really capable."

After Luo Shixin finished speaking, he pulled out the fine iron spear from his back and swung it. Hong Yuan wanted to let go of her strength, but she felt the force of the spear as heavy as a mountain when it touched her. Her palms went numb and she couldn't control her sword, which flew out.

At this moment, Luo Shixin's gun was as fast as a dragon, but he controlled the force very well, and it was on Hong Yuan's shoulder in a matter of seconds.

"Girl, I advise you not to break free. You have great abilities, but I'm afraid you can't stand this one. Just wait here obediently until the master comes."

"You are a very capable guard."

"Thanks for the compliment."

The two of them had been in this position for a while. Xia Lin finally came in. He took a look and started teasing: "Hey, are they fighting? Luo, let her go. It's okay. She's just a kid."

Xia Lin came to Hong Yuan and said, "Why are you here? I see you are not afraid of death." "I ran away when Xiao Liuzi wasn't paying attention. I don't want to stay in Guangzhou anymore and I have nowhere to go, so I came to you."

"Are you crazy?" Xia Lin put his hands on his waist and glanced at Luo Shixin, then sighed, "You are guilty of treason. If you are recognized, you will be beheaded."

"So what? Didn't you say you have all the power here? But you can't protect your own concubine?"

Hearing this, Luo Shixin, who was standing next to him, covered his mouth and burst out laughing. Xia Lin turned around and glared at him, then looked at Gongsun Hongyuan with a smile: "Good little girl, you have become sharp-tongued after not seeing you for a few days. This is not a place to talk, go inside first."

Xia Lin turned around and ordered, "Go get some food. She's so hungry that she looks pale."

Following Xia Lin into the house, Gongsun Hongyuan was sitting there with her stomach rumbling. She looked aggrieved and somewhat pitiful.

"Tell me, what are you doing here?"

"You're the one who calls me Xiao Liuzi and doesn't let me manage anything. I've been sitting in my house all day in Guangzhou. I thought I might as well go out for a walk, but I ran out of money halfway through..."

As expected, the silly kid was still the silly kid. Xia Lin sat there, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "So you decided to come and join me?"

"Yes." Gongsun Hongyuan nodded and said, "Didn't you have a concubine on your left and a concubine on your right? Now your concubines have no food to eat, do you care?"

"Shit..." Xia Lin smiled and shook his head, "I'm impressed by you. You're really lucky to be alive. Wait, let's eat first."

The food was quickly brought by Luo Shixin. Looking at the way Hong Yuan wolfed down the food, one could tell that her journey had not been smooth sailing.

"Drink some water, don't choke to death."

"You don't know, I was almost kidnapped by bandits on the way here. Fortunately, I have great agility and they chased me for three hours."

Hong Yuan took a sip of water and wiped her mouth. "It was not easy to get into Jiangnan Road. I came all the way along the official road and got here by performing and stealing chickens."

Xia Lin sighed: "So what are your plans now?"

"I don't know. I just don't want to stay there. It's so annoying."

Seeing her look, Xia Lin felt overwhelmed. Life could have been smooth sailing, but it seemed that God just couldn't stand someone having it too smooth, and he had to add some fun to the dull life.

"Then you can stay here first, but let me tell you, there are many people here who know you."

"I know. I met the Third Prince in the city, but he didn't recognize me. I just turned around and ran away." Hong Yuan yawned as she spoke, "I'm so tired... I want to sleep."

"sleep!"

"But I haven't showered yet, and I stink."

"Then wash it!"

"I……"

Xia Lin nodded when he saw her expression: "You can't take care of yourself, right? Okay, I'll take you to find Narcissus first."

He covered Hong Yuan with a veil, and then took her to where Narcissus and the others lived. After seeing Narcissus, Hong Yuan became happy and chattered to her sister Narcissus about the difficulties and obstacles they had encountered along the way.

"You guys take care of this silly child for a while." Xia Lin sat next to Chun Tao and said, "Strictly speaking, she is my niece. She is young and her brain is not very good. The genes of their Tuoba family are really not very good. Not many of them have good brains."

Chun Tao helped Xia Lin put his clothes in order: "Don't worry, Master. I'll take care of everything here. Just do your work."

"Alas, Sister Chuntao is still the cutest."

But Chun Tao, who always let Xia Lin do whatever he wanted, shook her finger and pushed him away: "No, Dong Niang has already informed me a few days ago that the master must abstain from sex for three months, otherwise he will be useless."

"Damn it..." Xia Lin cursed angrily, "Dong Niang is not so enthusiastic about other things."

At this moment, Luo Shixin came to the door again: "Master, Master, that Dugu kid is waiting for you at the government office again, do you want to see him?"

"Yes, how can a rich man not see him?"

Xia Lin said, then held Sister Chuntao's cheek and kissed her: "I'll come over for dinner tonight, you can buy some food later."

"Well, Master, go get busy."

(End of this chapter)