1524 Fast Expansion (1/2)

Meng Youjiang waited for a while. When his wife was gone, he fiercely said in a low voice, ”You stupid woman! I will beat you up to death! She used to be unbelievably obedient to me… I have no idea why she acted like that… Ah, it must be the medicine… Listen to her nonsense. She talked like she was the best… Hah hah… I didn't want to hurt her in front of others. If we were at home…”

He humphed and turned around. He looked at his subordinates and said, ”You must listen to me, brothers! A man should always be strict with his wife, or she will go crazy. Because you are all here, I didn't want to humiliate her. When I get home tonight, she will beg for my forgiveness!”

The others rolled their eyes, looking at the sky and then looking down at the floor. Some of them couldn't stop twisting their lips. Nobody dared to look Meng Youjiang in the eyes.

'Is this… really the head of our department?'

'Come on… What a coward!'

'He didn't dare to make a sound when his wife is around. Now he pretends to be like the strongest when his wife left… Listen to him… That's absurd…'

'Nobody believes that!'

”Pah!”

Somebody couldn't help spitting on the floor to show disdain…

”Who was it?” Meng Youjiang was not feeling well about it. As somebody frankly showed disdain, he was furious, so he shouted and said, ”Who spat? Stand out now!”

The subordinates were all shocked.

'The master acts like a powerless worm in front of his wife, yet a powerful dragon in front of us…'

Finally, the guy who spat was recognized. It was the Old Worm…

The Old Worm lowered his head but didn't feel guilty at all.

He couldn't help spitting to the floor, and he thought nobody would notice. However, he was wrong…

”Speak! Why did you spit?”

”I… Well… My throat is itchy…”

”Bullsh*t! I want the truth!”

”I… I… I… Hm… You are such a great man, my lord, and I saw just the best of you. Boiling blood filled my chest, and I was so inspired. I don't know what to say because I am not that well educated. All the words that I wanted to say to praise you are in that spit! I was simply showing my admiration to you…”

The others were all impressed by the Old Worm's incredible capability of lying. He said it like it was the sincerest voice from the bottom of his heart!

”Holy hell! Do you think I am stupid? I know you are lying! You think I don't know, don't you? Bastard! Did your family teach you to show your respect and admiration by spitting?” Meng Youjiang raged up and said, ”Oh, fine! Let me give you some reward then! Go to the Department of Penalty, and you are going to get ten whippings!”

”My lord… I just spat to the floor. That is it! What have I done wrong?”

”Humph… Are you trying to argue? You disrespect your superior by spitting… That is unforgivable…” Meng Youjiang got a chance to vent the anger in his chest, so he wouldn't easily let it go. ”Ten whippings! Do not miss even one!”

When he said it, a prime master of the other sect happened to walk over. As he heard Meng Youjiang, he was terrified.

'Isn't the Monarch's Hall too strict? That is brutal!'

'That man only spat in front of the others, and that brought him ten whippings. Really?'

'If we…'

'Well…'

'I can't imagine it.'

'It may not kill us, but we will be severely injured for sure! That is totally murder!'

”Please, who is Leader Meng?” He asked.

”What? I am!” Meng Youjiang was still angry, and he turned around staring at the prime master. ”Who are you? What do you want?”

The prime master was shocked by the murderous qi that hit him in the face. He nearly pissed himself. 'This is not nice… He wants to kill me… Is he going to kill me and take my territory?'

”I… I am the owner of those houses… I am here to talk about the deal… Please… Are you available now?” 'Oh, my heavens… I guess I shouldn't do more useless talking… I should just tell him what I want frankly.'

'He may cut me into halves if I try to take advantage of him… I can't give him the reason to kill me. I must stay low… The most important thing is to stay alive.'

”Hmm?” Meng Youjiang widely opened his eyes.

He looked at the prime master, who was as cowardly as a little bird. He was confused. 'I was going to talk to him… Why does he come first? Does he want to let go of his land so eagerly?'

”I wonder how much you are going to pay for our place…” The prime master affably asked. He had to ask because he had no idea how much Meng Youjiang was willing to offer him. He thought he shouldn't ask for more than Meng Youjiang was willing to pay because that might get himself killed immediately.

”Hmm?” Meng Youjiang frowned and thought. 'How much? My wife told me that ten thousand purple spirit coins were too much…'

The prime master's face turned colorless.

'Please, say something… How do I know what that means if you don't say a word? Just give me a number and I will agree… Come on…'

”How much do you want?” Meng Youjiang squinted at him, waiting for the seller to make a price.

Some leaders of the twelve units wanted to laugh, but they didn't dare. Nobody wanted to be punished like the Old Worm. 'Leader Meng fears for his wife, and we all know it. That is not all. He doesn't want others to know that he fears for his wife. He is angry, so we should better not to rile him.'

”That is…”

'How can I make a price? I don't dare! I am asking you to name a price. Just give me anything, and I will say yes! Why don't you just say it?!'

”How about one thousand?” Meng Youjiang half-closed his eyes.

”One thousand? What?” The prime master kept his eyes widely open.

'That is what I am worried about… This is an absurd price…'

The prime master really wanted to say something, but only dared to think in his head. 'Those are two compounds and four houses over there, with a big square in the middle… There are several mansions with shops on the first floor… I have spent so much and overcome so many difficulties to get all these… It is a great fortune we are talking about!'

'One thousand? Come on! Even five hundred thousand is not enough!'

However, Meng Youjiang seemed to be impatient, and his subordinates looked fierce and tough. They could plunder everything from him.

The prime master was a smart guy, so he knew what that meant.

He knew the expression in the subordinates' eyes. When people were snatching credits from each other, they showed that eye-expression… It meant if he dared to say no, one of those people would cut his head off for the credit…

'I don't want to be somebody else's spoils…'

The prime master was moaning in his own head.

”One thousand purple spirit coins… What? Don't you like it? Aren't you satisfied with it?” Meng Youjiang tried to smile, then pretended to be nice and friendly. 'She is wrong. What she said doesn't make sense. Look at this guy. He doesn't want to sell the place for such a low price. So obvious… Well, let me try ten thousand. If he doesn't accept ten thousand, I will raise the price. I am just doing everybody does in negotiation…'

When he was about to say something, the prime master suddenly shook his hand and shakily said, ”That sounds great… One thousand… I would like to sell my place! I would love to! The Monarch's Hall is so generous… Just as I expected!”

Meng Youjiang was shocked.

'What the hell… You accept one thousand, huh? Do you really think we are generous to give you just one thousand?'