[{"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-225":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},1202535,1553,"Chapter 225: Showdown With the Magistrate","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-225",225,"\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at the Rice Merchant Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man dressed in rags knelt in front of the rice merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had come back from where Lin Xuan Qi was dispensing the charity porridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were looking down at him from their seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you sure the cultivator ran away after the Governor arrived?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I’m sure...\" The man replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! These cultivators can’t be trusted!\" One of the rice merchants shouted and slammed his wine cup onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other rice merchants’ faces pulled long, and they gave out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them thought that things would get settled by the Magistrate and the cultivators, so they had just bought another batch of rice from the rice suppliers at a very high price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it might be the peak price if things didn’t work in their favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not all...\" The man that was kneeling down stammered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else! Say it. Stop keeping us in suspense.\" The rice merchant shouted at the man in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man lowered his head in fear and said, \"The Governor also said that there would indeed be an increase in the rice supply very soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think so?\" The rice merchant wasn’t convinced as they knew that they had all the rice supply cornered, except for Hun Xiong Kun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think so... The porridge I got today wasn’t as diluted. There were even grains of rice that could be seen in it.\" The man replied with his body shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rice merchant frowned and asked his compatriots, \"Any news from Hun Xiong Kun’s shop?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of them replied, \"Yes, Hun Xiong Kun had more to sell than usual; it was an increase of five hundred kilograms, nothing to be worried about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing to be worried about?!\" The rice merchant wasn’t too pleased and shouted at his compatriot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relax, it’s not going to make a dent.\" The other rice merchant said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if it were true that Hun Xiong Kun will be getting more supplies?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should we take a gamble?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve put all my money into buying more of the supplies; we must make sure that the rice supplies remain controlled by us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of them got worried, and they started to chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most wanted to try and keep the status quo as they couldn’t afford to lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And some of them wavered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They didn’t go all in and didn’t want to be stuck with the rice when the price eventually plummeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they kept quiet and pretended to be with those that wanted the status quo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Masters! Masters! Bad news.\" Another man rushed into the meeting room and shouted frantically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it now?\" The rice merchant frowned and had a bad feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things were going in a direction that he didn’t like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The buyers refuse to pay at the price we’ve demanded, saying that there would be more rice supplies coming in, promised to them by the Governor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news struck the rice merchants like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Governor....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More chatter in the meeting room ensued after the rice merchants got the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, more of them were in two minds about the rice supply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s get rid of Hun Xiong Kun once and for all!\" One of them stood up and suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you dumb or what?\" The others shouted at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor already had his eyes on them, and it would give the Governor the opportunity to get rid of them if they did so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their only hope now was in the Magistrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I shall make you pay for your rudeness!\" Magistrate Ho shouted at the Governor’s men while he tried his best to stay on the horse’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor’s men had stormed into his residence and dragged him out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he wasn’t allowed to take his constables with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magistrate Ho thought that it might be due to the actions of the Six Pulse Sword Sect, and he was ready to pretend that he didn’t know anything about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor had so far only given him warnings to suppress the rice price, and nothing substantial had happened to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he didn’t think much about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the rice merchants were behind him, he had his chips for bargaining with the Governor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he arrived at the porridge stall, he was surprised to see that it was still operating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned and got down from the horse’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the Six Pulse Sword Sect not do anything? He thought silently to himself while he was led to where the Governor was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor was discussing with Lin Xuan Qi the new factories and how Lin Xuan Qi planned to expand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every step was planned, and Lin Xuan Qi made sure to emphasize the fact that he was spending money in Hong Feng City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made sure to explain to the Governor how these jobs and the new factories could rejuvenate the city after all the devastation from the rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Governor nodded and took note of everything he said and compared his ideas with the Dark Lord’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were some similarities and some differences, to which the Governor was now getting more convinced that the Dark Lord’s way might not be the only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the Governor saw the Magistrate approaching, his mood drastically dived for the worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Magistrate Ho, took you a while, huh.\" The Governor pointed at Magistrate Ho and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi stood beside the Governor and kept quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All ready for a good show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magistrate thought that the Governor meant that he had arrived too late, and he said, \"Your men came and pulled me out of my work!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had to give them a dressing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I want to complain to you about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’ve stopped my constables from coming with me and beaten up some of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These men of yours are getting out of hand; I think it’s best you punish them accordingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If not, I as the Magistrate wouldn’t be able to give out orders to my men anymore, now that they’ve humiliated me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magistrate blabbered to the Governor about what had happened, not realizing the situation he was in right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he glanced at the Governor’s face, he froze when he saw the Governor staring at him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","c5e8bacdc91b04d09db949bb7c0eac1da3580ffae72811f3b0ebc422f779e2b9","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-226","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-224",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]