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

Chapter 542 Burning Your Building

"General Xia, you are worrying too much. This time we just admire your generosity and want to have a drink with you."

"Call me Lord." Xia Lin tilted his head back and said, "I am a general of the Wei Dynasty, not a general of your Tang Dynasty."

The people present exchanged glances, and soon they all put on smiles and agreed, "Yes, yes, yes, what the Marquis said makes sense."

At this moment, Xia Lin finally put on a smiling face. When he smiled, everyone's pressure was relieved a little. It is said that power is a man's aphrodisiac.

Who are all these people here? They are ordinary people who would have their eyes gouged out if they looked at them for one second, people who would have to pave the road with dirt and splash water to clean the streets wherever they go. However, such people became immortal because someone brought a little smile to their faces.

Xia Lin has no real power in Li Tang, but everyone acknowledges his strength. First of all, the new city project is completely handed over to him. Although there is Du Ruhui as the supervisor in the middle, everyone knows that it is just a show.

After all, Du Ruhui was also supported by the Dugu family, and now the head of the Dugu family is sitting next to Xia Lin, like a fucking little bird.

The Dugu family not only has a close relationship with Xia Lin, but also has the Grand Marshal of Li Tang's army. Li Yuan's separation of powers gave the military power to his own daughter. That is to say, the Dugu family not only has the highest control over Li Tang's military system, but also has a super heavyweight minister who can mediate between Li Tang and Tian Wei.

Judging from the current situation, Xia Lin's status is probably even higher than that of the Dugu family. Although no one knows why, judging from the seating arrangement, the head of the Dugu family took the initiative to give the main seat to Xia Lin. In other words, in private, Xia Lin is above and the head of the Dugu family is below.

How should I put it? It's not wrong. After all, the head of the Dugu family is small in stature, and if she is on top, the water will be too deep for her to withstand.

"First of all."

Xia Lin stood up again, holding the cup. All the people sitting at the table stood up quickly in unison.

If you ask whether they are happy or convinced in their hearts, the answer is naturally no, but their mission today is to win over Xia Lin, even at all costs, mainly to buy more time for that party's action.

As long as they could win over the power of the Western Turks and send their army from the Hexi Corridor to force Li Yuan to give up his ideas and expel Xia Lin, their goal would be achieved.

They wanted to take Xincheng, and they couldn’t let it fall into the hands of such a person at all costs.

"I'd like to offer a toast to you all. I'm a rough man from the military, and I don't know how to be polite. I also know the purpose of your coming here today." Xia Lin said with a smile: "I don't have any other requests, but I'm attracted to this Shifang Building. What do you think?"

"Secondly, go back and tell the heads of the families behind you that I always believe in living in harmony with the world. I have no enemies or friends. If you are willing to cooperate, then sit down and have a good talk. As the saying goes, a country has its own laws and a family has its own rules. Let's set up the rules and there is nothing that cannot be discussed."

"Finally, I wish you all the best and success in your endeavors."

Xia Lin raised the glass and drank it all, and the others did the same.

When they saw that Xia Lin was so easy to talk to and only wanted the Shifang Building, they were quite surprised, but they didn't say anything. Compared with the new city that covered dozens or even hundreds of miles in radius, a small Shifang Building would be a choice for anyone with a normal brain.

Immediately, someone from the Yang family stood up and bowed, saying, "If General Xia likes this Shifang Building, our Yang family will give it to you as a gift."

Xia Lin laughed and waved his hands: "No merit, no reward. I just like it, but I never take away what others love. My brother Dugu also said that today, he will take care of all the things I like."

At this moment, Dugu Han stood up with a smile, took out Fuliang's credit note from his pocket and put it on the turntable of the big table: "This is a promissory note for 270,000 taels, please check it."

"This..." The Yang family disciple was stunned for a moment: "No, no, this is too much."

"Take it." Dugu Han's voice was full of leniency: "I've calculated that including the person and the property, it's about 200,000 taels. The extra 70,000 is my apology for taking someone's love away."

The Yang family member glanced at Dugu Han and put the money into his pocket with a stiff expression. He did not need to verify its authenticity. The value of the Fuliang promissory note was extremely high. Because the system there was well established, merchants traveling there were happy to carry this thing. There was even a case of exchanging cash for a promissory note for an additional fee of fifteen hundred yuan.

"Then I will go and report to the Patriarch."

Dugu Han waved his hand and told him to leave.

After that, both the host and the guests were enjoying themselves. After the five dishes and three rounds of wine had been served, the young man from the Yang family came back in a hurry, bringing the land deed and the slave contract of this place.

"General Xia, the master of the family said that we will accept the money from Shifanglou, but General Xia is too polite. The master of the family will host a banquet for you in a few days. I hope you will come and show up."

Xia Lin took the various contracts, smiled and nodded: "I will definitely visit you."

Seeing that the banquet was about to end, everyone was very happy today. They just felt that Xia Daosheng was not as difficult to deal with as they had imagined. Maybe it was because he was unfamiliar with the place and he bought Shifang Building probably to make friends with the local families.

So they were all ready to leave with a sense of satisfaction in their hearts.

"Hey, Patriarch Dugu, please stay."

Just when they were about to leave, Xia Lin suddenly called out to Dugu Jing, and Dugu Jing's scalp tingled when he heard the voice of "Master Dugu". After all, the real Master Dugu was sitting there, and although Xia Lin's voice was not overstepping his authority, Dugu Jing felt embarrassed.

"General, please don't do this... the master is there."

"It's okay. You are also the head of the family." Xia Lin smiled and said to Dugu Jing, "The Red Sleeve Girl in Jinling City is yours, right? Ask her to come back tomorrow. I want to meet her." Dugu Jing was stunned for a moment: "What... Red Sleeve Girl?"

"Go back and ask the romantic people in your family. They should know."

Dugu Jing's face changed immediately when he heard this name, but he still agreed and ran away quickly...

At this moment, Xia Lin and Dugu Han were the only ones left in the huge room. Xia Lin glanced at the deed and said with a smile, "What do you mean?"

"Burn it." Dugu Han's eyes were red after drinking a few cups. He staggered to Xia Lin and threw himself into his arms. He said drunkenly, "Light a firework show that will shock Chang'an."

"okay."

Soon, Xia Lin called the manager of Shifang Building over and first expelled all the people in the place, including maids, guests, servants, etc., leaving no one behind.

The manager didn't dare to ask. Anyway, this was their family property now, so they just had to do whatever the boss told them to do.

He immediately sent people to clear out the entire Shifang Building, and soon only Xia Lin and Dugu Han were left in the huge, luxurious building.

Then Xia Lin began to carry out lamp oil and liquor from the warehouse, throwing them jar by jar on the ground.

Suddenly the entire Shifang Building was filled with the aroma of wine, and the entire room was filled with the stimulating feeling brought by alcohol.

Watching the lamp oil mixed with alcohol flowing everywhere, Xia Lin took Dugu Han a few steps back and came to the door of Shifang Building.

It was late at night and everything around was already quiet.

"This is a good place. There are gardens within a mile. It won't burn down other people's houses."

"Hahahaha, how can anyone live in this place?" Dugu Han leaned her head in Xia Lin's arms. The cool breeze made her a little dizzy: "I want to light a fire!"

"Okay... you light it, you light it." Xia Lin touched her head and said, "After you light the fire, can you go home and sleep?"

"it is good!"

Holding the torch, Dugu Han threw it into the gate without even a moment's hesitation. The alcohol, lamp oil and alcohol vapor were ignited by the open flame and immediately burst into flames. This most luxurious and even overly luxurious high-rise building in Chang'an City caught fire in the blink of an eye.

It is made entirely of wood and burns very quickly.

There was a south wind tonight, and the fire was fanned by the wind. The Shifang Building was completely turned into a torch in about ten minutes. By the time people around shouted "fire", it was actually impossible to extinguish the fire.

It burned later and later, like a lamp illuminating the entire Chang'an City. In the dark night, one could clearly see the blazing flames even from twenty miles away.

"Shifang Building!?"

Yang Ying, the head of the Yang family, also saw this scene. He stood at the window, staring at the fire in the distance with wide eyes, his hands clenched on the window frame until his knuckles turned white.

Looking at the raging flames that were like bright lamps, the muscles on his face trembled unnaturally and his breathing became heavy.

Only then did he realize that Xia Lin's purchase of the building was not a compromise but a declaration of war!

Li Yuan was standing on the palace wall at this moment, gazing at the fire of Shifang Tower from afar. He supported himself on the arrow stack with both hands and let out a long breath.

He said nothing, but at this moment he completely understood why the neighboring Wei State said to release Xia Lin.

He is a ferocious tiger who eats people wherever he goes.

"Hahaha……"

When returning to Shifang Tower, Dugu Han watched the Shifang Tower becoming more and more prosperous. She smiled very happily. It was unknown whether she was happy because the repression of all these years was finally released or because she hated this place.

Xia Lin was standing nearby with his hands behind his back, also gazing at this magnificent fireworks display.

Twenty-seven thousand taels of gold and silver were worth it for such a beautiful scenery. At least Dugu Han would definitely think it was worth it, because even Xia Lin rarely saw Douyazi laughing so wildly.

"If you keep laughing, your mammary glands will become unblocked, and you will have to breastfeed when you go back."

"I want to go home..." Dugu Han turned around and hugged Xia Lin's waist, buried his face in his chest and began to act coquettishly.

There were quite a few people around at this moment, many of whom knew Dugu Han. Seeing this scene, they were more shocked than seeing the Shifang Building burn down...

(End of this chapter)