The Big Landlord Chapter 68.1

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Chapter 68.1 - Coincidence

Jun Zi City, Wu Wang Palace

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Fu Yuan Wu was also very concerned about the ledger, particularly because there was information contained within that involved his maternal grandfather's student. If someone with ulterior motives got a hold of that ledger then it could bring trouble to his maternal grandfather.

On the other hand, if they made use of this matter properly, then it could be very beneficial to them.

Hong Province's moniker as the Hometown of Rice wasn't just a random nickname. It was aptly deserved. Contained within Hong Province was an abundance of profit to be made. Therefore, there were quite a lot of people aiming for Hong Province. In addition to his maternal grandfather's student, Liu Fei Hong, there was that group of people* with their sights set on Hong Province. If he could get the ledger and exploit it, then he had the confidence that he could bring those people down a few pegs. Even if he couldn't uproot them pletely, if he could break their wings then it would be very satisfactory.

[*T/N: 那些人 - literally "that group of people" or "those people." Does not specify who, but I'm guessing it is his rivals for the throne.]

Fu Yuan Wu thought his calculations were very good. He even wanted to go to his imperial father and ask for an imperial decree.

Translations by Vanilla Muse

He never considered once that Jiang Zhong Ting would not be able to take down a small time landlord from the county, or the fact that Fu Wu Tian would be there.

But it didn't take long for news of Jiang Zhong Ting's death to arrive.

"What did you say? Jiang Zhong Ting is dead?"

Fu Yuan Wu stood up suddenly from his seat and glared at the person who came to give the report. He never thought that the plan could fail, let alone that Jiang Zhong Ting would die because of it.

The messenger hurried prostrated himself on the ground and did not dare to look directly at the angry prince.

[T/N: Don't shoot the poor messenger, yo! >_