Literary Dao True Realm, Literary Realm of Broadness

Lin Su's gaze sharpened. "Damn! Li San! You've struck it rich, huh? You got so much fatter over the New Year I nearly didn't recognize you."

"My lord, you're making fun of this lowly one..."

"Of course I am!" Lin Su patted his shoulder. "So? Have you been living like a lord these days?"

"My lord, how would this lowly one dare rely on your power and influence to lord it over others? I've always been cautious and prudent..."

"What's there to be cautious and prudent about? You're a great landowner sitting on nearly a million mu of fertile fields! What's wrong with letting loose for once? My attendant, Lin Su's attendant, ought to look like a lord wherever he goes!"

Li San's eyes went wide...

"How have the rents been?" Lin Su finally got to the point...

At the mention of rent, Li San was instantly full of life...

He had purchased nearly a million mu of fertile fields for Lin Su and rented them all to the people of Nanshan at the low rate of ten percent. He had initially thought the rent was far too low, but when harvest season arrived, he suddenly discovered that the rent collected was an astronomical figure...

One season's rent had come to 300,000 Silver Taels!

Three hundred thousand taels! He always felt his hands burning whenever he held them.

He had long hoped Lin Su would come so he could hand over the rent sooner. At last, he had waited until today.

Li San handed over banknotes worth 300,000 taels. Without even counting them, Lin Su took out another 10,000 taels and passed them over. "Li San, I got you fired from your job at the Inspectorate Department. I don't have much else, just plenty of money. These 10,000 taels are