Hearing that, the man's face turned green and white.
Jiang Pengji waved her fan and said leisurely, "You have a good relationship with my father, but you don't have the right to call yourself my elder, let alone address me as the eldest lady of the Liu family. Is that something you can call me? To put it bluntly, you have already offended your superiors and have no respect for the law! According to Dongqing's laws, if I want to punish you with a small punishment, no one can find fault with it, right? "
The man's expression froze. He couldn't breathe, but he couldn't swallow it.
Not long ago, he was still proud of himself, laughing at the little girl who gave in to him. He didn't expect her to use her power to oppress him.
Did she have no shame?
Oh, the little fairy has always been shameless.
To prevent Jiang Pengji from continuing to attack him, he could only tidy up his state of mind and solemnly pay his respects just now.
Jiang Pengji suddenly stabbed him in the heart. "Just now, you said that I am of marriageable age. To put it bluntly, it's something that even my father doesn't care about, but you can't wait. At the very least, I can find a son-in-law, and their children will all have the surname Liu. After all, they will still have the blood of the Liu family. It's better than adopting someone else's fake son and pretending to raise him as one's own son. It's better. "
After she finished speaking, she looked at him with a faint smile. She raised her hand and closed the sandalwood brocade fan, tapping it rhythmically on her palm.
The man's expression became extremely ugly. Not only was Jiang Pengji using her power to oppress him, but there was also the meaning behind her words.
Everyone in Chongzhou knew that it was difficult for him to have children. He had many daughters, but there was no sign of a son.
To prevent the direct line of descent from being abandoned, he could only adopt a nephew from one of his brothers as a fake son. He was still fuming.
He didn't expect such an embarrassing matter to be spoken of in public by a little girl who was still wet behind the ears.
His reputation was on the floor!
Didn't Liu Xi just rush to Chongzhou today? Why was he so familiar with the matters in Chongzhou?
Unbeknownst to him, Jiang Pengji had no time to understand the power network in Chongzhou, let alone know who they were.
But that wasn't important.
Jiang Pengji lowered her eyes and said, "Since it's your first offense, I won't hold it against you. Get up."
The man was furious. When the others saw the situation, they re-evaluated Jiang Pengji.
Zhang Xuan had thought that the other party had a good temper, but from the looks of it, it turned out that the other party had a sharp personality.
She didn't understand the ways of the world. If she didn't know how to build a good relationship with them at this time, she would suffer in the future.
Chongzhou was not a place where a prefecture magistrate could cover the sky with one hand.
Back then, Jiang Pengji had suggested that Liu She fight for the position of Chongzhou's magistrate. There were two reasons: the aristocratic families were scarce and they were rich in sandalwood.
Landowning households were scarce, but it wasn't as if they didn't exist.
On the contrary, it was precisely because of the small number of landowning households that they were especially close to one another, and their marriages were also very solid.
Liu She had been operating in Chongzhou for many years and had only obtained a portion of the authority. The other portion was in the hands of these aristocratic families. If they sincerely wanted to cause trouble for Jiang Pengji, although it would not be to the extent of making it difficult for her to move, it would be enough to annoy her to the point of being badly battered.
Liu She purposely arranged for both parties to meet. His original intention was to let Jiang Pengji familiarize herself with them so that they could interact more easily in the future.
Who would have thought that Jiang Pengji's side would be cold and uncooperative? The aristocratic families of Chongzhou would bully Jiang Pengji because she was a woman and she was young. If Jiang Pengji was really declining, the portion of authority that Liu She had given her would be completely swallowed up by these aristocratic families.
Everyone knew how to calculate, it was just a matter of who was faster and smarter.
Without a doubt, Jiang Pengji had a personality that refused to be taken advantage of. How could she tolerate others giving her a bad attitude?
She secretly gestured to Liyun, who was guarding outside. With the cover of her loose and luxurious robes, no one noticed.
Liu She, who was at the side, spoke up to smooth things over. At the same time, he glanced at Jiang Pengji with a worried gaze.
The maids carried the dining table and filed in from outside. Liu Zhao, who was squatting in the corner, saw them and his eyes lit up.
At the banquet, Jiang Pengji was not facing one person's provocation. She was facing the combined suppression of all the stubborn forces in Chongzhou.
However, she had already mentioned her status as the prefecture magistrate. The others could not use their status as elders to criticize her.
Even so, they still had ways to make things difficult for Jiang Pengji.
It seemed like they were asking her how she would govern Chongzhou in the future, but in reality, they were hinting to her not to be too stupid. Chongzhou was not her Wanzhou. The atmosphere here was very tough. Even if she was the noble prefecture magistrate, if she was unlucky and accidentally encountered a group of horse bandits who ran out to take advantage of her, she would not be able to call for help even if she called for help. It was a concern on the surface, but it was actually a threat.
Liu Zhao, who was a bystander, was watching the immortals fight. He was excited to watch and was even more determined not to get involved.
It was not bad to be a quiet and handsome man, to be a rarely seen sibling clan, and to be free and unfettered for a lifetime.
After three rounds of wine, Jiang Pengji had already roughly explained her plan to farm land. The heads of the various families all declined.
Taking advantage of the chaos in Chongzhou, they used tricks and plunder to annex countless fertile lands and mansions.
In other words, as long as there was land in the entire Chongzhou that could be farmed, it was basically theirs.
If Jiang Pengji wanted to farm land on a large scale, she would definitely have to borrow land from them.
It was fine to borrow things, but she was afraid that once she lent it, she would not be able to get it back.
Moreover, why would a weak woman need so much land?
Farm land to deal with the Northern borderline?
Was she out of her mind?
If she was willing to sacrifice her looks to get closer to the Northern borderline, she might be able to exchange for three to five years of peace for the people of Chongzhou.
None of them were willing to agree.
Once it involved their own interests, the heads of the aristocratic families were like the reincarnation of loaches. They were all slippery.
One said that they did not have much land. Those were the sacrificial fields of their clan and could not be lent out.
One said that their fields were all barren dry land. Even if they lent it out, the crops planted there would not be able to survive.
One said that their fertile lands were all within the borders of the three cities that the Northern borderline had snatched away. In name, it was theirs, but in reality, it was all the Northern borderline's.
There were also people who complained that they were poor. It was not a problem to borrow the land, but they had to pay high rent. They could not let their families starve.
Other than that, there were all kinds of reasons that emerged endlessly. It made people speechless.
Was this the head of the aristocratic families or the head of the gangsters in the marketplace?
Jiang Pengji was not in a hurry. She drank her wine on her own and occasionally talked to Liu She. She looked unmoved.
The heads of the families were also waiting patiently. When Jiang Pengji lost her patience and panicked, they would be able to gain control.
At that moment, Jiang Pengji suddenly said, "Father, do you have enough troops and horses?"
Liu She smiled. "I think it should be enough."
Jiang Pengji said, "I brought 12,000 elites from Wanzhou. Each of them can fight one against five. It is indeed enough."
The father and daughter talked in riddles. The others had a bad feeling.
As if to confirm their guess, there was a concentrated sound of armor rubbing against each other.
"What's going on outside?"
Jiang Pengji knocked the closed fan on the table with a bang. The crisp sound broke the tense atmosphere.
However, what she said next made people feel like they had fallen into hell.
"I have always been afraid of trouble. If you are not willing to discuss it properly, then I can only find another way. Since you refuse a toast, how about drinking a forfeit? "
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