[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-202":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202512,1553,"Chapter 202: Lin Xuan Qi’s Proposition","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-202",202,"\u003Cp>Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night watchman banged on his gong, signaling that it was two incense time past midnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Burrowing under his warm candlelight, Governor Tan was still going through the piles of documents sent to him by his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without fail, all the documents were about how they needed money so that the city could keep functioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph. These corrupted souls shall meet their end soon.\" He lamented and rejected the request for funding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Governor Tan, or more accurately Lee Yi Hong, knew they were corrupted, but he had not expected them to ask for more in the face of such calamity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The peasants’ lives were nothing to them but an excuse to gain more money and wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He genuinely saw no hope for the Da Qian Dynasty but to bring it all down and start over on a clean slate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Lord’s dream where everyone would be equal was the only way ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could continue with the next document, the Governor heard a knock on his door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who’s there?\" He glanced at the door and clenched his fist, getting ready in case it was someone hostile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his relief, a familiar voice sounded from behind the closed door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, Sima Ye from the Sima Family is requesting a visit.\" The Governor’s servant said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, master. He is waiting right outside.\" The Governor’s servant replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send him to the guestroom. Tell him that I’ll be there soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor put down his brush and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would Sima Ye want from him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe Sima Ye was still pissed with his decision to let Ruo Zhi take over Lee Zhen Ren, and Sima Ye wanted him to overturn the decision?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these cultivators ever thought about were themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor shook his head and thought while he stood up and got to the guest room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Governor Tan, sorry to intrude so late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to get back to the Qing Feng Sect tomorrow, so this is the only time I have left.\" Sima Ye stood up and greeted him when he saw the Governor enter the guest room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor gave him a nod as acknowledgement and said, \"It’s fine, I was up dealing with some documents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat down, waited for his servant to pour him a cup of tea, and said, \"What brings you here at this hour?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m here with a proposition from someone else.\" Sima Ye said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it comes, the Governor thought while he sipped the tea from his teacup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every single one of them was the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but be prejudiced against cultivators like Sima Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One of my friends suggested that he could help with the situation in the city...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that is?\" The Governor put down his teacup and glanced at Sima Ye with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope it’s not another request to ask for funding and not do any actual work like how his subordinates were thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the only thing that came to his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was pleasantly surprised when Sima Ye briefed him on Lin Xuan Qi’s suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My friend suggested that he could provide charity porridge all over the city, but he is willing to do so if you agree to a tax rebate for his charity work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tax rebate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, he provides the porridge, and you give him a rebate on his tax for the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The money is better used for him to employ more workers and set up new businesses than let the officials waste it under the hundred layers of bureaucracy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor sat in his chair, and he started to weigh the pros and cons of this suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded too good to be true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if he got the tax rebate but kept the money instead of putting it to use?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew them too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will agree to it on the condition that he puts the money into use first before I give him the tax rebate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor decided to take a gamble and go with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would deal with the imperial court later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he was able to keep Hong Feng City safe and get it back to prosperity, no one could fault him in the imperial court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And maybe, due to his performance, he would even have a chance to meet with the emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, that’s when the Dark Lord’s silk pouch comes in handy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Deal. He would be setting up two new factories and employing new workers with the money.\" Sima Ye replied without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor nodded his head and said, \"I would want to see it done soon. Or else, the deal is off.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Ye cupped his hands at the Governor and said, \"It shall be done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Satisfied, the Governor held up his teacup and proposed a toast to Sima Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Ye picked up the teacup he had and downed the tea inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor was intrigued with whose idea it was, and he asked, \"Who is this friend of yours? Maybe he would like to help me in administering the city?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was an idea from a young master, Lin Xuan Qi from the Lin Clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Xuan Qi from the Lin Clan?\" The name didn’t ring a bell in the Governor’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of all the rich Clans and Families in Hong Feng City, he had never heard of someone called Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shall have to pay him a visit soon, the Governor thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Lin Xuan Qi from the Lin Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is young and full of new ideas, but I’m afraid he wouldn’t be that interested in helping out with administering the city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sima Ye had never heard much about doing so from Lin Xuan Qi, so he figured that Lin Xuan Qi wouldn’t be interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor nodded his head and gave out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was something he had expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in their right mind would want to try and help a decaying dynasty?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was such a pity for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor caught a glimpse of light, yet it quickly turned dark again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was enough to pique the Governor’s interest in Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be interesting for him to see what other ideas Lin Xuan Qi had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor thought in his mind while he gave a smile to Sima Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>",1059,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","0ff617c3851d37762ea7e1d78f7c2a171a567a536889e2945d55a436497e4844","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-203","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-201",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]