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After a few rounds of drinks, Red Hair gradually got into the swing of things, and Black Dragon seized the opportunity to reveal his plan to join forces against Niu Family Village.

"Brother Bass, how's this wine?"

"Good, very good, it's a pity there are only two jars."

Basba smacked his lips, whether savoring the taste or regretting not being able to drink it again, it was hard to tell.

“Brother Bass, I’ve found out. This wine is called Niu Lan Shan, and it’s produced in Niujia Village. They have thousands of jars stored there.”

"Is this true?"

Upon seeing thousands of jars, Hong Mao sat bolt upright in astonishment; in his eyes, wealth was not as important as wine.

"Of course, and besides good wine, Niujia Village also has a lot of money. Brother Bass should know about the Bull Demon King-class ships that have recently appeared at sea, right? I heard you secretly bought a few of them."

"Yeah, what does it matter?"

"That Bull Demon King-class ship was also manufactured in Niujia Village."

"Sigh~~"

The two deadly temptations—his favorite fine wine and the ship that a pirate could never live without—had successfully lured Bass into his trap. However, Bass, as the leader of one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, was no fool.

"Black Dragon, such a big piece of fat meat, why are you being so kind?"

“Brother Bass, it’s not that I don’t want to eat, it’s just that a few days ago, I was careless and fell into the trap of that scoundrel Zhou Wu from Niujia Village. I lost a lot of brothers and boats. I had no choice but to come to you, brother. Let’s form an alliance to deal with Niujia Village. We’ll split the spoils fifty-fifty.”

Black Dragon knew that if he didn't tell the truth at this moment, it might arouse Bass's suspicion. Sure enough, after Black Dragon told the truth, Bass immediately put on a smiling face again.

"Three times seven, I get seven and you get three."

There's no such thing as brotherhood in the pirate world; it's good enough if they don't take advantage of your misfortune.

"Okay, listen to big brother."

Although Black Dragon was furious, he agreed on the surface, but in his heart he was already planning how to kill two birds with one stone, destroy Niu Family Village and deal with Bass at the same time, and preferably recruit his subordinates.

"Haha, don't worry, brother, I won't let you suffer."

. . . . .

Qingyang County.

"My lord, good news, great news!"

The advisor ran up to Kang Wen with a delighted expression.

"Master, what makes you so happy?"

"Sir, something terrible has happened in Niujia Village."

"what's the situation."

Since taking office as the magistrate of Qingyang County, Kang Wen has not achieved much in his political career, but he has always harbored resentment towards Zhou Wu because Zhou Wu ruined several of his opportunities to make a name for himself. So now all his thoughts are on making trouble for Zhou Wu. As soon as he heard about the situation in Niujia Village, he immediately perked up.

"My lord, Zhou Wu of Niujia Village has been building city walls without permission. I think he is preparing to rebel."

"Is this true?"

"Indeed, it's all over Qingyang County."

Kang Wenwen came from a poor family and studied hard for ten years to pass the imperial examination. Logically, he should have worked diligently to benefit the people. However, after taking office, he cleanly and decisively distanced himself from the people. He, who was originally from an ordinary family, disliked his former identity and was unwilling to have any contact with the people. So he stayed in the county government office and was naturally unaware of the rumors circulating on the streets.

Although Kang Wen believed the advisor's words, he decided to go and see for himself because the matter was of great importance. So he asked the advisor to arrange a carriage and accompany him.

The construction of the city wall in Niujia Village was in full swing. When Kang Wen and his advisor saw it with their own eyes, they were overjoyed. This was solid evidence that the unauthorized construction of the city wall was a crime punishable by treason.

"You choose the path to heaven but refuse to take it, while barging into the gates of hell when there are none, hahaha."

Kang Wen was overjoyed. For so long, he had been secretly monitoring Zhou Wu, but he hadn't found any evidence against him. He never expected to uncover such a huge scandal.

"Lord Kang?"

Just as Kang Wen's mind was filled with the scene of Zhou Wu's conviction, he was suddenly startled awake by someone—it was the village head of Niujia Village.

"Are you building a city wall?"

As a mere village head, Kang Wen naturally put on airs of officialdom again.

"Yes, sir."

Old Niu was a little confused by the question. Was his city wall not obvious enough?

"good, very good, excellent."

Seeing that the other party had admitted it so directly, Kang Wen said no more and left with his advisor.

No sooner had Kang Wen left than Zhou Wu arrived.

"Is there any progress on the construction of the Niuye City Wall?"

"Everything is normal, except that the magistrate just came by and left."

"Kang Wen? Did that bastard cause any trouble?"

"No, it just looks really strange."

"Hmph, ignore him. We'll do good deeds openly and honestly, and we're not afraid of him doing anything bad."

. . . . .

Kang Wen held back his laughter all the way back to the county government office before he dared to burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Zhou Wu, I don't think you're going to die this time. I'll report this to the higher-ups immediately."

"Sir, wait a minute. Prefect An and Zhou Wu are old acquaintances. Do you think it would be useful to report this to the prefect?"

As the county magistrate, Kang Wen was required to report any matter to the prefect according to procedure. If the prefect had no authority to handle it, the prefect would then report it to the prefect.

"Luckily you reminded me, but if we report it to a higher level and the facts are not true, we'll be in big trouble too."

"Sir, you saw it with your own eyes, and didn't the village head admit it?"

"Yes, the facts are right before our eyes, there is no way to defend ourselves, send someone directly to the capital."

"It's an adult."

The advisor and Kang Wen seemed to have foreseen Zhou Wu's fate and burst into laughter.

. . . . .

The Cabinet of the Capital.

Cabinet officials have resumed their repetitive work of reviewing memorials. The matter concerning Dazi has been resolved recently, and there are basically no major issues. Most of the memorials concern local matters, so everyone is feeling relaxed, especially the elder statesman. He can basically handle everything under his command, and he only needs to sit at his desk and wait to leave work each day.

"My lord, could you please take a look at this memorial?"

"Oh."

The old man, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened them and saw the strange expressions on the faces of the officials below. He then reached out and took the memorial.

"The magistrate of Qingyang County submitted a memorial? Is that the same Qingyang County that submitted the memorial a while ago requesting the repair of the city wall?"

"Yes, sir."

As expected, they are from the same family. The old man still has a good impression of Qingyang County, which has produced patriots. He just doesn't understand why, in less than a month, there are already reports from Qingyang County that he can't handle.

What is the content of the memorial?

Since it was Qingyang County, a place known for its patriots, the old man felt it must be another good thing.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, the memorial is from Kang Wen, the magistrate of Qingyang County, who is accusing Zhou Wu, the commander of the Qingyang Army, of illegally constructing city walls with the intention of plotting a rebellion."

After listening to the report from his subordinates, the old man's face twisted into a grimace. "It was your Qingyang County that built the city wall, and now that it's finished, you're here to complain? What exactly happened?"