Chapter 121

Saying this, Su Lie straightened his expression and warned Su Xuan: "Of course, once you truly marry that Cai Lord Yuan, you must not look down on her because of this and treat her badly, understand?"

"Our Su family and the Cai clan have been in-laws for generations, we cannot become enemies because of this, understand?"

"Understand!"

Su Xuan nodded with a smile: "Don't you know my character, Father?"

"As long as they are my women, don't I treat them all equally and treat them extremely well?"

As a transmigrator and reborn person, in his concept, the boundary between wife and concubine is very blurred. In his eyes, they are all his women, so naturally, they should all be treated well.

Otherwise, don't go and harm others.

He only admits to being a philanderer, but he absolutely does not admit to, nor does he want to be, a scumbag.

"Hmm!"

Su Lie nodded with a smile: "That is true! Then let's settle this matter!"

"Aren't you also planning to marry Zhen Jiang some time after you marry Xun Cai, and make up a wedding for Zou Zou Qian and Bian Yu'er as well?"

"By then, just add Cai Lord Yuan to it!"

Anyway, it's just taking a concubine, it doesn't have much impact.

"Hmm! Let's do it that way!"

Su Xuan naturally had no objections.

Speaking of which, this Cai Lord Yuan is also a historical beauty!

Now she belongs to him.

As for Liu Biao?

An old man, how could he have the nerve to marry a young girl?

He can't give her happiness, so let him take on this responsibility!

2 months later,

Jiangling City was brand new compared to 2 months ago, becoming completely different.

Several main roads had been replanned and constructed.

To speed up the process, Su Xuan even used newly produced cement.

Of course, it was all produced in a secret base newly built in the mountains near Jiangling City;

To keep it secret, he not only signed spiritual contracts with all workers and researchers, but he also separated the processes and handed them to different people.

Ensuring as much as possible that the technology would not leak.

Because of the addition of cement, the construction of streets, houses, and even city walls had accelerated by who knows how many times.

The streets were wider and cleaner.

There were also many new high-rise buildings and the like.

Su Xuan took the opportunity of the expansion to properly replan Jiangling City.

The renovation and expansion of the city were still ongoing, but the outline could already be seen. The future Jiangling City would inevitably be a grand and prosperous large city.

Of course, so as not to attract covetousness, he told the outside world that cement was a special kind of 'three-in-one soil', and the cost was extremely high, the difficulty of manufacturing was extremely great... and so on.

He also didn't use cement to plaster walls on a large scale, mainly using it as an adhesive and for paving roads.

This greatly dispelled the covetousness of outsiders.

Additionally, he also had the workers who used this material for construction sign spiritual contracts to keep it secret.

Greatly reducing the speed and possibility of the news spreading.

As for those who saw the finished product?

They would only think it was a special method, and wouldn't know the specifics.

This day,

"My lord! The newly appointed Inspector of Jingzhou, Wang Rui, requests an audience!"

A personal guard ran over, handed over a visiting card, and reported.

"Oh?"

Su Xuan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, took the visiting card, looked at it, and nodded: "Invite him in!"

At the same time, Su Xuan pondered suspiciously in his heart: "What could this Wang Rui be coming to find me for at this time?"

"Zhicai, what do you think?"

Saying this, he looked at Xi Zhicai, who was burying his head in handling government affairs to the side.

Xi Zhicai stopped his pen, looked up and replied: "I heard that this Wang Rui had already arrived in Jiangling City a few days ago;"

"The people below had already mentioned it to me, but I didn't pay attention to it before;"

"Now it seems that this person is likely coming with ill intent. My lord, you should be careful."

Of course, Xi Zhicai felt that Su Xuan didn't need to be afraid of anything at all.

He was just a provincial Inspector, even if the status and power of Inspectors had been gradually increasing in recent years, they were still just Inspectors.

They still only had a certain amount of supervisory power and military power, not even comparable to a Governor, let alone Su Xuan, who was also the General who Suppresses the South.

If Wang Rui didn't know what was good for him, Su Xuan could completely ignore him.

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded in understanding.

Soon, a personal guard brought a middle-aged man in.

"Jingzhou Inspector Wang Rui, greets the Governor!"

As soon as Wang Rui entered, he bowed slightly to Su Xuan with an arrogant expression, somewhat impolitely.

"Hmm?"

Su Xuan raised his eyebrows, looked at Xi Zhicai, and thought: "Zhicai really guessed right, this person is indeed coming with ill intent!"

"This is interesting!"

Theoretically, Wang Rui should have called Su Xuan 'General who Suppresses the South'.

After all, the position of General who Suppresses the South is higher and more honorable than that of Governor of Nan Commandery.

But he specifically called him 'Governor of Nan Commandery', which is very interesting.

Is this because he doesn't want to be crushed by Su Xuan's status? Or does he have ulterior motives?

He really wanted to know where Wang Rui got the guts to come and find trouble with him?

Could it be because he is young?

With these thoughts, Su Xuan didn't pretend anything, leaned back in his chair, waved his hand indifferently and said: "Inspector Wang, no need for formalities. Speak! What is the matter coming to find me?"

"You..."

Wang Rui saw Su Xuan's attitude and immediately exploded, wanting to get angry.

But he happened to meet Su Xuan's indifferent gaze, and immediately felt a chill down his spine.

"Bad! Forgot that this brat was forged in the killing of the battlefield;"

"I originally thought he was young and hadn't been in officialdom for long, so he should be easy to handle. Now it seems I miscalculated!"

"I also underestimated this person!"

Thinking this, Wang Rui quickly suppressed the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and swallowed this humiliation;

Immediately, he straightened his clothes, changed to a business-like tone, bowed slightly to Su Xuan and said: "It is like this! The development of Hanshou over these years has not kept up with the development of the various commanderies in Jingzhou;"

"It is no longer appropriate for the Inspector's Mansion to continue to be set up there;"

"Coincidentally, Jiangling has been developing very well recently, and Governor Su happens to be expanding this Jiangling City;"

"Therefore, I intend to move the Jingzhou Inspector's Mansion from Hanshou to Jiangling City. I hope the Governor can provide some convenience."

After finishing, Wang Rui sneered in his heart: "I bet you can't figure out the problem in this;"

"Once you agree and let my Inspector's Mansion settle in this Jiangling City, by then, even if you want to drive me away, it will be too late!"

"After all, I am the Inspector, and I have supervisory power over you;"

"If you dare to oppose me, I can completely impeach you to His Majesty;"

"As long as I take root in Jiangling, by then, who has the final say in this Jiangling City and even Nan Commandery will not be up to you!"

"Tsk tsk! You just go ahead and build this Jiangling City for me, and develop this Nan Commandery well;"

"By then, all of this will be mine!"

"Coincidentally, I can also take the opportunity to pick on your faults and find trouble for you, hehe...."

Wang Rui didn't know at all that all these thoughts in his heart had been read by Su Xuan using mind-reading.

Su Xuan was also speechless in his heart: "Who gave this guy the confidence and courage to covet my Jiangling City and Nan Commandery?"