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Hearing Tang Yin's words, Wang Meng became a little more clear-headed. He looked at Tang Yin eagerly and said weakly, "Master, this subordinate knows his wrongs. Please spare my life … …"

"Too late!" Tang Yin didn't even bother to spare him another glance as he turned around and said, "Kill!"

Just as he finished speaking, Cheng Jin took out his blade and stabbed it straight at Wang Meng's neck.

"Puchi!" Following a cold flash of light, Wang Meng's huge head tumbled from his shoulder to the ground. Cheng Jin took this opportunity to lift it up and followed Tang Yin out of the bedroom.

Once he was outside, Tang Yin turned his head and glanced at Cheng Jin, and the more he looked, the more he liked him, and felt that Cheng Jin was a calm person, did things well, had a good cultivation, and could be considered a talent that was hard to come by.

If it was said that he did not think highly of Cheng Jin and the hidden arrow in the beginning, but now, he had to look at it with a whole new level of respect.

At this time, he was worrying about the matter of his Silver Bank being lacking because of the expansion of the army and the purchase of war horses. Tang Yin was furious but at the same time, he was also secretly happy. He said to Cheng Jin: "Cheng Jin, you have accomplished a great deed this time, what kind of reward do you want?"

"Your subordinate does not seek a reward for working for the lord!" Cheng Jin cupped his hands and said seriously.

Tang Yin nodded with a smile, and said: "Reward and punishment for meritorious service, is a matter of course. Each Dark Arrow will be rewarded with two thousand silver taels as a reward. " Pausing for a moment, he continued, "Cheng Jin, you have done very well in this matter. In the future, go ahead and investigate all the corrupt and rogue officials in the county and find out all of them.

If Wang Meng was like this, then there must be some greedy officials in the county who dared to go against the law. If he were to continue to investigate, one thing he wanted was to ensure that the attitude of the officials in the county would be good enough, and two, he could make up for the loss of Silver Bank.

However, the authority that he had given Cheng Jin was already large enough, it was already scary enough for officials to listen to the music after the trial, but for officials below Mayor, it was even more frightening. The Wang Meng case had not only made Dark Arrow famous in Pingyuan County, it had also made all the officials in the county avoid him and keep their distance.

At the same time, the news of the Spirit Cultivator of Dark having full control of the Pingyuan County was spread out widely, attracting more and more Spirit Cultivator of Dark s over. Adding in the group of friends that Cheng Jin had brought over, in a few days, the number of members of the Dark Arrow had already expanded to over thirty people.

Although the cultivation levels of the members were uneven, they were all Spirit Cultivator of Dark s.

As the number of people had increased, in order to make things easier for them to manage, Cheng Jin established three teams under Dark Arrow, one team for the higher cultivation, one team for the lower ranked, and two teams for the lower ranked. In order to save costs, one group of members led a thousand men and a Salary, the second group led a big captain, and the third group led a few Junior Captain Salary.

In addition, he also ordered a set of uniform clothing and armor for the Dark Arrow members. The Dark Arrow's members were all wearing black cloth armors, black leather armors, helmets on their heads, black cloaks on their backs, and black sabers on their waists. At this point, the Dark Arrow organization under Tang Yin's command had a set pattern, it would only increase its membership in the future, and there would be no major changes.

Seizing over a million silver from Wang Meng's family, Tang Yin's confidence increased greatly. He immediately got Shangguan Yuanji to find the Mo Country horse dealer Zhao Ju, and with the price of eighty silver for each, he increased the price by increasing the price by another three thousand horses. Adding the thousand horses that he had previously reserved, there were a total of four thousand horses.

Tang Yin was overjoyed to suddenly purchase so many warhorses and agreed that they would be delivered within half a month. He did not linger much longer at Heng City, and on the same day, he brought his servants back to Mo Country to prepare the horses.

After sending Zhao Ju away, Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji went to the Silver Bank s of the county capital. Looking at the antiques, brocade and cloths that Wang Meng had plundered from his family, Tang Yin rubbed his chin and said: "If I sell all of these things, I think I can get back quite a bit of silver!"

In the past, Tang Yin did not care much about money, nor did he care much about it, but now, it was different. As long as he heard money, his eyes would light up, not because he became greedy, but because he could understand the importance of money in this chaotic world. Expansion of the army, purchase of goods and materials, purchase of horses and fodder, distribution of military salaries, subsidy of death and injury to the soldiers, all of these didn't require money. All they needed was that bit of military pay and supplies given out by the county, and all 80,000 soldiers of Pingyuan Army would die of hunger and poverty.

Shangguan Yuanji nodded his head, and said: "If we can find a buyer, all these things can be sold for around a hundred thousand gold."

"Large buyer!" Tang Yin frowned, and muttered: "Within my Pingyuan County, where are the big buyers?" Speaking to this, he suddenly remembered a person. A few nights ago, he had met that young girl in the tea house. She claimed to be someone from Fan Family, and Fan Family was a large buyer as well.

If he were to ask her to buy these things, would she be able to accept his offer? Thinking about it, Tang Yin shook his head, he was not someone who would take the initiative to ask others for help, furthermore, the other party was a woman, and a woman who did not even place him in her eyes.

Tang Yin suddenly smiled, looked at Shangguan Yuanji and said: "Yuanji, aren't you the biggest merchant in the county?"

Shangguan Yuanji laughed bitterly and said: "It used to be, but it is definitely not now. I have donated all the money I can, if I want to get some more, I will have to sell my house and sell my land!"

Hearing that, Tang Yin waved his hands, and laughed: "That is unlikely." He knew that ever since he took office, Shangguan Yuanji had contributed a lot of money to his family to fill up the treasury. No matter how much he needed money, he couldn't force Shangguan Yuanji to sell his house to the extent of selling his land.

"We still have over a million taels of silver on us right now, so there's no rush to sell these things. Let's talk about it in the future!" Tang Yin patted Shangguan Yuanji's shoulder, and turned and walked out of the Silver Bank.

Tang Yin originally wanted to sell these items to Fan Family, but he was too embarrassed to take the initiative and speak of it.

In the afternoon, after Tang Yin finished eating, he was walking in the County Magistrate Mansion's backyard when the butler, Tang Zhong, reported that Fan Min had come to pay her respects to Tang Yin.

Fan Min? Tang Yin was extremely unfamiliar with this name, he did not remember this person personally, so he asked: "Who is she? What's the matter? "

Master, she did not explain her purpose for coming here, but claimed to be Fan Ju's daughter.

If it was before, Tang Yin would not know who Fan Ju was, but he had heard of the Fan Family from Qiu Zhen, and knew that the person in charge of the Fan Family was none other than Fan Ju. Fan Ju's daughter? Could it be that Fan Min was the woman who spoke so arrogantly in the teahouse that day?

Thinking of this, he calmed himself down and said to Tang Zhong: "Invite her in! Let her wait for me in the hall. "

"Yes!" "My Lord!" Tang Zhong replied and left.

Tang Yin strolled around the backyard for a while more before returning to his room. Then, he leisurely changed into a set of clean clothes and walked towards the Main Hall to see Fan Min.

The Fan Family was not a distinguished family, but a business tycoon instead. Their family fortune was strong, and their wealth was comparable to a nation's, so their position in the Feng Country was of utmost importance. Fan Ju's daughter, naturally had a noble position, so other people would not dare to be disrespectful to her, yet Tang Yin left her in the great hall, waiting for nearly half an hour.

When Tang Yin arrived, she was sitting on a chair and sipping a cup of tea, having his third cup.

Seeing Tang Yin, Fan Min put down the tea cup, stood up and calmly said: "I am Fan Min, I am here to pay my respects to Master Tang!"

Fan Min was indeed young, she was handsome, and was born with a natural smile on his face. Even though his straight face looked happy, it made people feel that she was close to him, but the temperament that he exuded was cold and evil, giving people an indescribable deterrent force. Being looked at by him, it was as if she was being stared by a wolf that could pounce at any time, which was not mentioned in the rumors.

She was sizing up Tang Yin, who was also sizing up her.

It really was her! The woman in the teahouse who could make him lose her head! Today, Fan Min was dressed in luxurious clothing. Besides being beautiful, she seemed even more graceful and elegant, making it difficult for people to not focus their eyes on her.

A beautiful and proud woman! Tang Yin laughed coldly in his heart, without showing any expression on his face. He chuckled and said: "What kind of wind is it today that brought the great miss of Fan Family to my residence!"

"Master is too polite!" Fan Min said sarcastically: "It is my honor to be able to take the time out to see me while Master is busy. Thinking about it, Master must have a lot of things to do, right? "

He had been quite free these past two days, where did this come from? Tang Yin's face flushed red, he muttered in his heart: What a sharp teeth girl! He laughed dryly and said, "It's okay, it's okay! Miss Fan Min, what are you here for? "

Fan Min's expression turned serious, she went straight to the point and said: "I have something that needs Master's help."

"Oh?" Tang Yin waved his hand, gesturing for Fan Min to sit down, after that he also sat down at the master's seat, picked up the teacup on the side of the table, and asked with a smile: "Miss Fan Min, please speak!"

"Master, you should have some understanding of our Fan Family, right?"

"Hm!" "One or two."

"Our Fan Family wants to extend the business to Pingyuan County, including the establishment of restaurants, teahouses, pawnshops, dyers, weavers and more. This will not only benefit the prosperity of our Pingyuan County, it will also increase our lord's achievements. Fan Min asked politely.

"Of course!" Tang Yin still did not understand her intentions, but he nodded his head and replied as he thought, "Of course I welcome them."

"But as you know, our Pingyuan County is not too peaceful. Not to mention that we are often invaded by foreign enemies, our hundred businesses are also abandoned and our population is small. If our Fan Family were to open so many shops in the Pingyuan County, putting in so much money, I'm afraid it would be difficult to earn money!"

"You mean …"

"I hope that Master can reduce the tax on my Fan Family by seventy percent. This way, we won't lose too much investment, I presume Master won't object?" Fan Min leaned her body forward and smiled as she placed her hand on the chair's handle. Not only did she speak with confidence, she also acted as if she was a benefactor.

Seeing that, Brother Shangguan who was standing behind Tang Yin nearly had his nose crooked from anger.