From the fusion of Tongbei Quan to the Longevity Martial Saint

The Great Qian Dynasty was a martial arts-themed dynasty.

In this world where everyone is obsessed with martial arts, there is a serious lack of development in the humanities.

Fang Qing's casual remark about loyalty and righteousness left Li Zaotou pondering it for quite a while.

Li Zaotou was particularly fond of the eggshell that Fang Qing had brought him.

He accidentally gave the egg a push and discovered that it seemed to have its own thoughts.

It wobbles from side to side, but won't fall over.

After a while, it quiets down and then stands upright on the table.

In fact, Fang Qing placed mud at the bottom of the eggshell, which is the most primitive version of the roly-poly toy.

However, Fang Qing's eggshell did not have any human portraits painted on it.

If so, then it's even more similar.

Seeing that Fang Qing wasn't telling the truth, they knew they couldn't get anything out of him.

Li Zaotou looked at Yang Zhi:

"Tell me what happened?"

Yang Zhi was already terrified and stood next to Fang Qing.

When Li Zaotou asked the question, he was completely dumbfounded.

Looking into Li Zaotou's sharp eyes, he knew that if he didn't answer, things wouldn't end well today.

Yang Zhi could only stammer and make up a story:

"Probably, probably this demon egg took a lot of aphrodisiacs, so it stood up!"

Li Zaotou's eyes narrowed immediately.

"I'll give you ten catties of aphrodisiac in a bit. You'd better make all the eggs in the warehouse stand up."

"If you can't stand up, I'll chop off your head..."

"Ah, this..."

Yang Zhi quickly lowered his head and pretended to be a quail.

You made me say it, and if I say something wrong, you'll chop my head off!

Li Zaotou had never seen anything like this roly-poly toy before.

He immediately took the roly-poly toy that Fang Qing had made and held it in his hand, completely captivated.

"The gift you gave to the Fang family was very nice, but now it belongs to me."

And what was that excuse you just mentioned? Utter loyalty??

"That's a great line too, so refreshing and unconventional!"

"When I meet the Fang family later, I will say these words in my name, which will surely win their favor."

Upon seeing that Li Zaotou not only kept the gifts he had given to the Fang family for himself, but also tried to use his own words verbatim to flatter them, he realized that Li Zaotou was not only keeping them for himself, but also trying to use them to curry favor.

Fang Qing was immediately displeased.

Fang Qing has never been one to suffer a loss.

Did they try to steal from me?

He then stopped being polite with Li Zaotou.

He waved directly at Yang Zhi, grabbed two stools, and sat down opposite Li Zaotou.

At the same time, he grabbed the spare chopsticks next to him and threw all the mutton, beef, venison, or other seafood on the table into the hot pot.

He then ignored Li Zaotou's surprised look and began to eat heartily.

[Premium mutton, increases stamina by +1.5, absorption complete...]

[Premium donkey meat, increases stamina by +1, absorption complete...]

[Deer belly meat, increases stamina by 25, absorption complete...]

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When Fang Qing saw the table full of this deer belly meat, he realized that it alone could boost 25 stamina points in one go.

He then ate the venison with his chopsticks, and in no time, the venison was completely devoured.

"Li Zao Tou, do you still have any venison? Bring two more plates."

This Li the Salt Worker was quite a character. He frowned as he looked at Fang Qing and Yang Zhi, two lowly salt workers who were usually like ants in his eyes.

He sat openly and brazenly opposite himself.

Yang Zhi, in particular, ate while trembling.

His hands were shaking so badly they were like a leaf, but he ate very quickly.

The chopsticks kept reaching into the hot pot broth!

"You're begging to be hit, you know?"

Li Zaotou poked his teeth and glared fiercely at Yang Zhi!

Fang Qing ate all the meat from the hot pot that she liked.

But the next moment, a smile appeared on Li Zaotou's face.

Speaking the harshest words in the gentlest tone:

"Consider this meal my last meal for the two of you. Eat well, it's only fair."

Li Zao Tou turned directly to the servants beside him and said:

"Bring two more plates of venison."

But as time went on, Li Zaotou's expression grew increasingly grim.

They discovered that Fang Qing was an incredibly big eater.

Later, another 5 plates of mutton and 6 plates of beef were served.

In addition to the venison that was just served,

Fang Qing devoured everything on the table, from seafood to vegetables, leaving nothing behind.

This food was almost enough for two meals for a Body Tempering Realm expert like Li Zaotou.

Judging from Fang Qing's still unsatisfied expression, it seemed as if he had only eaten half a full meal.

"Is this kid some kind of reincarnation of the gluttonous beast Taotie? How can he eat so much?"

Just then, hurried footsteps came from outside.

Li Zaotou recovered from his shock.

"They're here..."

Immediately afterwards, Li Laolai and Li Meng, along with several men, rushed in carrying several sacks.

"Sir, we just found 1500 jin of salt in the homes of Fang Qing and Yang Zhi."

After careful examination, we found that the bag and the color of the salt inside were exactly the same as the salt that was missing from our warehouse.

It must be that Fang Qing and Yang Zhi colluded with salt bandits to sell smuggled salt in secret. I urge Lord Li to make the final decision.

Upon hearing this, Li Zaotou immediately raised his eyebrows.

Become!

It was worth it for me to hold these two up and even treat them to a hot pot meal!

As Li Zaotou stood up, the kind and benevolent expression he had just worn had completely vanished.

He changed to a stern demeanor, outwardly fierce but inwardly weak, and stared intently in the direction of Fang Qing and Yang Zhi.

Fang Qing was alright at this moment; he had already seen through Li Zaotou's backup plan.

However, he did not expect that Li Zaotou would use such an old trick as framing someone.

Needless to say, Li Zaotou must have specifically asked Li Laolai to put this 1500 jin of salt in his and Yang Zhi's house.

Yang Zhi was struck dumb, and he stood up from his seat in a panic.

According to the laws of the Great Qianlong era, selling smuggled salt was a capital offense, punishable by death.

For the Hui merchants like the Fang family, doing this might offer a glimmer of hope, but for these lower-level salt producers, being branded with such a crime meant they had virtually no chance of survival.

Li Zao Tou would never give Fang Qing and Yang Zhi a chance to explain.

He shrugged, then spread his hands and said:

"This 1500 catties of smuggled salt, and it's even related to salt bandits, means you two have no chance of survival."

However, Li Zaotou showed no intention of making a move, his gaze fixed on his newly built house.

In particular, he specially transplanted some high-quality fruit trees from the city.

There were several birdcages nearby, and inside, several orioles were singing beautiful songs.

A scene of birds singing and flowers blooming.

I'm giving you two choices:

First, surrender, tie yourselves up with ropes, and then I'll just beat you both to death.

Your other option is to run away. I won't stop you, and I certainly won't lay a finger on you.

After all, you two are just lowly salt farmers; don't you dare dirty my hands or mess up my house.

"After you escape, I will immediately inform the Fang family of Huizhou merchants and the Six Doors about this matter."

Li Zaotou's true colors were revealed, and he laid out his design in full:

"Neither the Fang family of Huizhou merchants nor the Six Doors (a government agency) wanted anyone to smuggle their salt."

I can assure you, even if the two of you were to flee for your lives, the officials and the Fang family would send their top experts to capture you and publicly execute you by slow slicing, as a warning to others.

At this point, Li Zao Tou turned his keen gaze from the birdcage beside him and looked in Fang Qing's direction:

"I hate fighting and killing the most!"

"Why bother with physical violence when you can kill someone with just words?"

"I planned all of this in advance. I can kill you two without lifting a finger."

After saying that, Li Zao Tou nodded his head and said:

"Actually, this is what made me the head of the saltworks and the manager of the entire salt field!"

"Unfortunately, do you salt farmers even have one?"

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