Chapter 485 : Extravagant
After Prefect Tan raided the Xu family, the people of Xinping City no longer dared to ignore this great lord prefect, who had been restraining himself since taking office. Not to mention the bailiffs and yamen1 attendants, even the low-ranking officials in the yamen1 were courteous when they saw him. What kind of family was the Xu family? In Xinping City, they could be considered one of the very best, a snake in its home territory2, whom these officials usually treated with respect whenever they met them. However, Prefect Tan dared to ask Yun Qing to raid the Xu family clean upside down.
With his subordinates holding him in such awe and reverence, Prefect Tan’s work became much smoother. That day, Prefect Tan was attending to matters at the yamen1 when his steward handed him a notice of visit, saying, “Master, this is from the Eldest Old Master Zhao.”
Prefect Tan replied, “The Zhao family can’t bear it anymore.” When the Xu family was raided, the gold, silver, and jewellery were only small items; the lion’s share was the estates and stores.
Prefect Tan was now very clear about the situation in Xinping City. The land occupied by the Xu family accounted for one-fifth of the entire Xinping City. The total amount of land in Xinping City was only over 130,000, and the Xu family occupied over 20,000 mu3, half of which was high quality. As for the stores, a third of them belonged to the Xu family, a truly wealthy family.
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