Longevity Reward Redemption: The Immortal Clan Starts with Farmers

32: Danger! The Anti-Chen Alliance is formed!”Old Wang is right. Originally, the market in the county town was enough to support our wine shops.”

”But as soon as the Chen Family arrived, our wine sales plummeted. My shop’s sales dropped by seventy percent, and yours probably dropped too!”

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A middle-aged man immediately stood up to agree, his tone filled with jealousy and hatred toward the Chen Family. Their source of wealth had been completely cut off by them.

”Exactly! The Chen Family has taken another eight hundred mu of land to grow grain for brewing wine. They are leaving us no way to survive!”

”We’ll fight those named Chen to the end! Since they’ve cut off our livelihood, we won’t let them live either!”

For a moment, as everyone thought of their own wine sales, their expressions turned grim. Their emotions stirred, and they began to voice their condemnations one after another.

”Ahem, listen to me for a moment!”

At that moment, the white-haired old man coughed twice. The group’s chatter was interrupted, but it was clear this old man held significant weight in their hearts, so everyone stopped talking to listen to him.

This old man was the leader of the wine industry in Longwei County, the owner of the largest wine shop, Qingfeng Wine, and the head of the Wang Family, Wang Xuan.

”That Chen Family originally relied on the Genius Martial Artist Chen Chuanwu, so we didn’t take any action before and let them do as they pleased. But now, Chen Chuanwu has gone to join the army!”

”The Annan Prefecture is conscripting for a great war with the barbarians. I heard even Immortals are involved. Whether Chen Chuanwu can even come back is still up in the air.”

”Even if he does return, so what? By then, we will have wiped out the Chen Family, and the deed will be done. It’s not like we can’t hire a Bone Tempering Realm Martial Artist if we spend enough silver!”

Listening to Wang Xuan’s analysis, the crowd’s faint dread of the Chen Family gradually vanished.

They were simply afraid of Chen Chuanwu coming for revenge, but what if Chen Chuanwu died on the battlefield?

Even if he didn’t die, the silver gained from destroying the Chen Family would be enough to hire a martial arts expert to protect them and go head-to-head with Chen Chuanwu.

”Old Wang, what should we do then? Give us a plan!”

”Yes, Old Wang, tell us a method, and we’ll all follow your lead!”

The group gathered around Wang Xuan, cupping their hands in inquiry.

”Each of us will contribute a sum of silver. Our Wang Family has ties with a Commandant in the military. We’ll ask him to step in and inspect the Chen Family’s shops, making it so they have wine but can’t sell it...”

”When that time comes, we will step forward to buy the Chen Family’s secret recipe. If they are sensible, they’ll sell it to us, and the recipe will be shared among our families.”

”If they aren’t sensible... we’ll hire some bandits to wipe out the Chen Family. Without Chen Chuanwu, the Chen Family is just meat on the chopping block!”

A flash of greed and ruthlessness crossed Wang Xuan’s cloudy old eyes. His gaze swept over the crowd, and like fire igniting kindling, he set the greed in their hearts ablaze.

The Chen Family’s wine recipe was definitely a Sharp Weapon for amassing wealth. If they could obtain it, the county’s wine market would be completely under their control.

”Agreed! I support Old Wang’s plan. My family will provide the silver!”

”My family is in too. If we don’t resist now, there’ll be no way to live. We might as well give it our all!”

Stimulated by the future Wang Xuan described, everyone agreed to his plan. Wang Xuan looked at the enthusiastic crowd and chuckled.

He thought to himself that they still wanted the Chen Family’s secret recipe. Once the Chen Family was destroyed and the recipe obtained, that would be the moment for the Wang Family’s rise. Sharing the recipe among several families was just a lie to trick them into providing silver!

Just as a smile played at the corners of Wang Xuan’s mouth, thinking his plan was about to succeed, a sneer suddenly came from a corner.

”Ridiculous. You people are truly naive!”

The group was in high spirits when someone suddenly doused them with cold water. They were naturally annoyed and glared at the person in the corner.

”Who’s speaking! Hiding your head and showing your tail! Come out!”

The person in the corner, shrouded in a black robe, slowly walked out. He pulled back his hood to reveal a fleshy face; it was Liu Jinshan.

”You are all too naive. Do you really think that besides Chen Chuanwu, there is no one else in the Chen Family who can handle things?”

”I’m telling you, Chen Changsheng’s second son is also a Bone Tempering Realm Martial Artist, and his martial skills are no less than Chen Chuanwu’s!”

Everyone recognized Liu Jinshan; after all, he had been a prominent figure in the county before. Upon hearing Liu Jinshan’s information, a chill ran down everyone’s spines!

No matter how much money they had, they were just merchants. A Bone Tempering Realm Martial Artist could slaughter them like sheep!

”Liu Jinshan, is what you’re saying for real?”

Wang Xuan was equally startled and stood up abruptly. He was also broken into a cold sweat by this news, knowing they were about to move against the Chen Family.

”Heh, do you think I went through all the trouble to come here just to joke with you?”

Liu Jinshan sneered, his disdainful gaze sweeping over the crowd. Just as he expected, these merchants were all bullies who feared the strong.

Hearing that the Chen Family had another Bone Tempering Realm expert, their Aura instantly withered, and the entire room fell silent.

”However, don’t be afraid. A Bone Tempering Realm Martial Artist is an expert in our county, but in Annan Prefecture, they aren’t much...”

Liu Jinshan walked to the table and spoke with a smile, then poured himself a cup of jasmine tea and sipped it slowly.

”What do you mean?”

Hearing Liu Jinshan’s words, Wang Xuan’s eyebrows shot up. It seemed Liu Jinshan had the confidence to deal with the Chen Family.

”I have talked with the tea merchants in the county. They are willing to each contribute silver to hire the famous Black Wind Bandits from Annan Prefecture to deal with the Chen Family...”

”It’s just that the tea merchants in the county don’t have enough wealth to afford the Black Wind Bandits. You should know that their leader is a Blood Refining Realm expert!”

Everyone gasped at Liu Jinshan’s words. A Blood Refining Realm expert—Longwei County hadn’t seen such a figure in decades.

Perhaps only the Military Official who was about to retire and hadn’t fought in over twenty years was the only Blood Refining Realm expert in the county.

”My Wang Family will provide the silver! But what about the distribution of the wine recipe?”

Old Wang Xuan’s cloudy eyes darted around. After a moment of silence, he suddenly stood up and spoke to Liu Jinshan.

”The same as you discussed before. The wine recipe will be shared among your families, and the secret recipe for jasmine tea will belong to the tea merchants in the county!”

Upon hearing this, the group realized that by aligning with Liu Jinshan, not only would their interests remain unaffected, but their strength would also be greatly bolstered. After a brief consideration, they all expressed their intent to join.

”Our family will provide the silver too!”

”Liu Jinshan, just say how much silver is needed!”

Liu Jinshan smiled and waved his hand, signaling for silence. He said softly:

”Since everyone is willing to join, then our Anti-Chen Alliance is officially formed.”

”If anyone does anything detrimental to the Alliance, we will all strike them together!”

Hearing Liu Jinshan’s words, everyone nodded. For them, forming an Alliance provided more security.

”Liu Jinshan, my Wang Family is willing to join the Alliance, but I have one question. We all have something to gain, but what is it that you want?”

Liu Jinshan chuckled. With a calm expression, he recounted how Liu Chuanwen had seized his land and how Liu Xingye’s arm had been severed.

”I am merely doing this for revenge. My son’s path in martial arts is completely hopeless. I want the Chen Family to be ruined along with my son!”

Hearing Liu Jinshan’s words, everyone expressed their understanding and believed his reasoning. Liu Jinshan remained outwardly composed, but inwardly, he thought to himself.

”Besides revenge, I want your money and efforts to help my Liu Family rise again... but you don’t need to know about that!”