latelenovela Chapter 77 The Four Great Families of Medicine City (The Extinction of the Yang Family) (3 chapters
Chapter 77 The Four Great Families of Medicine City (The Extinction of the Yang Family) (3 chapters
"Your Highness, we don't have enough medicinal herbs."
The military doctor arrived at the commander's tent and reported to Qin Wu.
"Not enough medicinal herbs? What's going on?"
Qin Wu put down the official document in his hand.
He remembered that he had instructed people to prepare the medicine long ago, but it hadn't been long before the medicine was running out.
"Your Highness, there's nothing we can do. We didn't discover the problem with the barbarian soldiers before, which led to many wounded soldiers being poisoned. We spent a lot of time researching medicinal herbs to finally get rid of the poison."
"This has also led to our overuse of medicinal herbs."
The military doctor said awkwardly.
They never expected that a momentary mistake would lead to such a result.
"Very well, I understand. I will handle this matter."
Qin Wu finished speaking.
He then waved for the military doctor to leave.
"Go, bring Fu Hua to see me."
Qin Wu gave instructions to the guards outside the tent.
Not long after, Fu Hua rushed over.
"Your Majesty."
Fu Hua bowed.
"The army is running low on medicine. You must immediately send someone to contact medicine suppliers to replenish the army's supplies."
Qin Wu gave the order.
"Your Highness, I have already made contact, but all the herbal medicine merchants have raised their prices at the same time, and the price of herbs has now doubled."
When Fu Hua heard about the medicinal herbs, his face turned ashen as he replied.
Upon hearing that the herbal medicine merchant had raised prices at this time, Qin Wu's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"They're courting death."
Qin Wu said coldly.
"Go and convey my order to the herbal medicine merchants: this time, I will purchase all the herbs at 3% of their original price."
"Anyone who dares to disobey my orders will be exterminated along with their entire clan."
Qin Wu's words were filled with murderous intent.
He's not like other people; he doesn't have any scruples.
He wouldn't waste time on something that could be solved with a knife.
And they can't afford to waste time now.
Wasting even a little time is irresponsible to the soldiers.
In Qin Wu's view, the lives of his soldiers were far more precious and valuable than the lives of human beings.
"Your Highness, won't this cause discontent in the court?"
Fu Hua said with some concern.
After all, these herbal medicine merchants all have powerful backers; they are not powerless or insignificant individuals.
It can be said that touching them means touching the interests of a group of powerful and wealthy people.
"Dissatisfied? If they are dissatisfied, they can come to me. Whoever comes, I will kill them, and then there will be no one dissatisfied."
Qin Wu said domineeringly.
In his view, might makes right.
As for those who are dissatisfied?
If they have the ability, they can come and find him.
If he doesn't dare, then let him keep quiet.
"Yes, I will do it right away."
Seeing Qin Wu's attitude, Fu Hua said nothing more.
He had followed Qin Wu for so many years and knew Qin Wu's temperament very well.
Soon, Qin Wu's order reached the ears of several major medicinal herb merchants.
Medicine City.
Chinese Herbal Medicine Merchants Association.
"This Divine Martial King is so arrogant, he actually wants to buy medicinal herbs at 3% of the price. Does he really think we are easy to bully?"
"I said angrily."
Their medicine city is the largest production area of medicinal herbs in Dongqin.
It can be said that they control the entire medicinal herb business in Dongqin, and even the Emperor of Dongqin has to show them respect.
I never expected that someone would dare to speak to them like that.
"Hmph, they're the ones who're short of medicinal herbs now, yet they still act like this when they're begging for help."
Another middle-aged man snorted coldly.
In all these years, when have the four major families of Medicine City ever suffered such humiliation?
Everyone treats them with utmost courtesy.
"Alright, now is not the time to be angry. The Divine Martial King has given his order; how should we respond?"
The middle-aged man at the head of the group said.
This person is Li Wenbai, the head of the Li family, one of the four great families.
The two people who spoke earlier were Wu De, the head of the Wu family, and Liu Zhenghao, the head of the Liu family.
The last one is Yang Dianfeng, the head of the Yang family.
These four families control 7% of the medicinal herbs in the medicine city.
“The Divine Martial King dared to speak to us like that. In my opinion, we need to teach him a lesson. We have already doubled the price of medicinal herbs.”
"In my opinion, we have been too lenient. We should raise the price to 5 or 10 times and see if he can still be so tough."
"Yang family patriarch Yang Dianfeng said in a gloomy tone."
He still didn't believe that the Divine Martial King would actually dare to attack them.
“I think it’s possible. We’re not those powerless people. Who does he think he is to mess with us?”
Wu De also agreed with Yang Dianfeng's opinion.
Rumors circulated that the Divine Martial King was ruthless, but they didn't believe it.
They didn't believe Qin Wu would dare to attack them.
"I think that's a good idea. This time, we must make him understand who he can offend and who he cannot."
Li Wenbai sneered.
He didn't believe the rumors either.
After discussing it, the four of them decided on the matter.
The price of medicinal herbs increased tenfold.
Qin Wu received the message quickly.
Qin Wu then directly ordered his secret guards to take action against the Yang family, the least powerful of the four major families.
Not long after, shocking news spread throughout the medicine city.
The Yang family, one of the four major families in Medicine City, was wiped out overnight.
From the elderly in their seventies and eighties to newborn babies, everyone was killed.
Of all the people in the Yang family who could breathe, not one was still alive.
The entire Yang family compound was like a battlefield.
And surprisingly, not a single sound was made that night.
When they were discovered, it was the next morning when the vegetable delivery person knocked on the door for a long time without any response. Only then did they muster up the courage to climb the wall to see what was going on.
The scene that greeted the vegetable vendors upon entering terrified them so much they wet themselves.
It took a long time before they went to the government office to report the incident.
When the government officials heard that the Yang family had been exterminated, they thought it was a joke.
However, after seeing the vendor's condition, they still decided to send someone to check on him.
Upon inspection, the constables were quite frightened.
The news was thus spread.
The Li, Wu, and Liu families also received the news.
What are your thoughts on the Yang family's situation?
Li Wenbai looked at Wu De and Liu Zhenghao.
They never expected that the Yang family would be wiped out overnight, with hundreds of members leaving no survivors.
"I don't know. The government is still investigating. There were no clues left at the scene. I also sent people to ask the surrounding residents, and no one heard any noise from the Yang family last night."
"I wonder who the Yang family offended, that they were able to wipe them out so silently."
Liu Zhenghao shook his head.
Although the Yang family ranks last, their strength is not to be underestimated.
They kept many martial artists in their household, but unexpectedly, they all died.
"What power in Eastern Qin could accomplish this?"
"Such forces are rare."
Li Wenbai fell into deep thought.
Their four families were closely related, so they were considered prominent in Eastern Qin.
But overnight, the Yang family was wiped out.
They didn't even know who did it.
"I just received news that all of the Yang family's properties were also looted last night, and all the people in those properties were killed, just like the Yang family, with no survivors."
Wu De spoke at this moment.
The entire hall fell silent instantly.
Li Wenbai and the other man immediately looked at Wu De.
It's as if he's asking Wu De if he's not joking?
"Who did the Yang family offend?"
Li Wenbai said in a deep voice.
They simply couldn't understand who had done it.
"Let's report this to our superiors! Maybe they can find out."
After pondering for a moment, Liu Zhenghao still couldn't figure it out and had no clues.
It depends on whether the people above can find it.