If I send you to join the army and marry a woman, will you conquer the Empress?

Li Boyong watched as Qin Feng picked up the contract, a smug smile spreading across his face.

In his view, Qin Feng was about to back down.

After all, it's all in black and white, with the imperial seal and seal; no one can shirk this debt.

No matter how strong or domineering Qin Feng is, can he really disregard the royal family's reputation and openly renege on his debts in front of all the civil and military officials?

If he signs this new contract today, it will be tantamount to voluntarily putting his neck into the noose carefully prepared by the seven great families.

From then on, he, as the regent, would have to obey their every word and be manipulated at will, just like the previous emperors of the Xia family.

"Hehe, Regent, you flatter us. Our seven families are only acting for the sake of the Great Xia dynasty. The national treasury is empty; someone has to contribute money and effort, doesn't he?"

Li Boyong said hypocritically, his face as hypocritical as could be.

Qin Feng held the contract and examined it over and over as if it were an interesting toy.

Then he raised his head and looked at Li Boyong with an enigmatic smile on his face.

"Lord Li is right. The national treasury is empty, and we do need someone to contribute money and effort."

Just when everyone thought Qin Feng was about to say something that would compromise.

"Sizzle—"

A crisp tearing sound suddenly rang out in the hall.

Everyone was stunned!

Qin Feng, right in front of everyone, tore the contract that stated a debt of thirty-eight million taels in half!

"Sizzle! Sizzle!"

He seemed unsatisfied and tore the two halves of the contract into four pieces, then eight pieces...

Until that contract, which Li Boyong believed was enough to lock in the fate of the Great Xia Dynasty, turned into a pile of meaningless scraps of paper.

Qin Feng casually tossed his hand, and countless scraps of paper, like snowflakes, fluttered down from the sky.

The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was deathly silent.

Everyone froze in place as if they had been frozen in place, their faces filled with indescribable shock.

Qin Feng actually tore up the IOU?!

crazy!

This regent has truly gone mad!

Fuyao covered her mouth, her beautiful phoenix eyes wide open, her heart pounding wildly.

Although she knew Qin Feng was domineering, she never expected him to use such a direct and brutal method to solve the problem!

"You...you..."

Li Boyong's smug face froze instantly.

He watched helplessly as the scraps of paper drifted down before his eyes, his mind blank.

It took him several seconds to realize what was happening.

An uncontrollable rage, like a volcanic eruption, shot from his chest straight to the top of his head!

"Qin Feng!"

He let out a beastly roar, his gaunt face contorted with extreme rage, becoming ferocious and terrifying.

"You dare tear up the contract? You dare renege on your debt?"

"Are you trying to make us, the seven great families, our complete enemy?!"

The other six family heads also slammed their fists on the table and stood up, their eyes wide with anger and murderous intent as they glared at Qin Feng.

"Qin Feng! If you don't give us an explanation today, we will fight you to the death!"

"Arrogant brat! Do you really think you've secured this position?!"

The entire hall was instantly enveloped in a tense and terrifying atmosphere.

However, faced with the overwhelming rage of the seven family heads, Qin Feng simply stood up from the dragon throne.

He looked down at the seven faces of the prince, which were twisted with rage, his voice cold and devoid of any emotion.

"Explain?"

"I, the King, will give you an explanation today!"

Qin Feng clapped his hands.

"Bang!"

The two heavy doors of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were suddenly pushed open from the outside.

Everyone instinctively turned to look.

The people who came in were not soldiers in armor.

Instead, they were a group of ragged, emaciated people who looked as if they had crawled out of hell.

Each of them held an empty, broken bowl in their hands, their hungry, green eyes fixed on the exquisite dishes on the banquet table, making gurgling sounds in their throats.

Leading the group was the son of the young mother Qin Feng had met in front of the porridge stall in the south of the city, the baby he had personally carried back to the palace.

At this moment, he was being held in the arms of a wet nurse, his clear eyes curiously surveying the magnificent yet icy hall.

"Regent, what do you mean by this?"

Li Boyong frowned and shouted sternly.

"It means..."

Qin Feng's voice suddenly rose, like rolling thunder, exploding in everyone's ears.

"From this day forward, the Great Xia Dynasty owes you parasites not a single penny!"

"but!"

His tone suddenly shifted, and a terrifying killing intent flashed in his eyes!

"You owe them!"

He pointed to the disaster victims, and to the baby still in swaddling clothes.

"You owe my Great Xia countless people, whom you have exploited and oppressed!"

They deserve justice!

"They deserve a chance to live!"

The moment Qin Feng finished speaking.

"boom!"

Outside the hall, a series of synchronized footsteps, as loud as a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting, suddenly rang out!

Immediately afterwards, a general clad in heavy armor and covered in blood strode in.

It was Li Xuanba!

With a "plop," he knelt down on one knee in front of Qin Feng, his voice loud and clear.

"Reporting to General Qi!"

"By order of you, I have led the Tian Ce Army to completely surround the 'Five Clans Guild Hall'!"

"An investigation revealed that the Cui family of Boling, the Lu family of Fanyang, and other families had jointly established seventeen secret granaries in the capital, stockpiling more than three million shi (a unit of dry measure) of grain!"

"All grain warehouses have now been sealed off!"

"All the private soldiers who resisted have been killed on the spot!"

Li Xuanba's words struck the heads of the seven families like thunderbolts.

Their faces turned deathly pale instantly.

"You...you dare touch our granary?!"

Cui Jingshan pointed at Qin Feng, his voice trembling.

Qin Feng looked at him and smiled, a smile that was utterly sinister.

"Touch your granaries? I, too, will take your lives!"

He suddenly waved his hand, and the sound echoed throughout the entire palace.

"Issue my decree!"

"Anyone who hoards goods, drives up grain prices, and disregards the lives of the people shall be punished as a traitor!"

"Open all seized grain warehouses immediately!"

"Distribute the grain!!!"

……

Qin Feng's order spread like wildfire throughout the capital city in an instant.

The doors of the seventeen secret granaries controlled by the Tian Ce Army were smashed open.

Sacks of grain, piled high like mountains, were carried out by the soldiers and placed directly at the entrance of the granary.

When the people of the capital heard the news and rushed over with some skepticism, they were all horrified when they saw the mountain of grain piles!

"It's true! It's true! The Regent really opened the granaries and distributed grain!"

"My God! So much food! We're saved!"

"Long live the Regent! Long live His Majesty!"