"Captain, your brother Mi Mancang has come to see you."

While Li Mo and Li Zhenfeng were talking, Feng Yan came in and said.

Li Mo heard this and immediately said:

"Let him wait for a while, I'll be out right away."

"Hurry up and get dressed. I'll go out and wait for you."

Li Zhenfeng said something and walked out. When he arrived, Li Mo had just woken up and was still in the bathtub. He didn't even have time to get dressed.

After Li Mo got dressed and walked out, he saw Mi Man standing nervously in the small courtyard.

"Mancang, why did you come to see me?" Li Mo asked directly.

"Brother, someone came to collect the settlement fee. Our family has to pay 3 taels of silver every month. My parents were afraid of being cheated, so they asked me to ask you to go back and have a look." Mi Mancang quickly replied.

Li Mo couldn't help but smile when he heard this. What did he think it was?

The settlement fee is the tax paid by the residents of Fenglin County. It is collected once a month. It includes Li Mo and his team's daily patrol and security fees, street sanitation fees and other expenses.

The settlement fee is charged based on the size of the residence.

Their home is composed of two courtyards. The housing fee for courtyard No. 56, which is smaller and has only two rooms, is 1 tael of silver. Courtyard No. 57, which is larger and has three rooms, costs 2 taels of silver. The total fee is 3 taels.

Two silver coins.

This is just the tax on ordinary residential buildings. The tax on shops in the county is different. Taxes will be collected according to the size of the shop. The monthly tax is basically equivalent to one-half of the shop rent.

The breakfast shop they opened in Lijia Town also had to pay taxes. At that time, it was fifteen taels a month, which was not much compared to the profit.

After bringing his family to the city, he had already paid a month's settlement fee, but he forgot to tell them about it. He didn't expect that it would be time to pay the fee again today.

"The issue of the settlement allowance is true. It's almost dinner time now. I'll go back with you and talk to my parents."

After Li Mo finished speaking, he asked Li Zhenfeng: "Captain, do you want to go to my house to have something to eat?"

"I won't go. I have dinner waiting for me at home."

......

"Captain, something happened."

In the afternoon, Li Mo had just walked into the small courtyard of the patrol team when Zhou Lin and the others came over with worried expressions.

"What happened? Why are you all looking like this?" Li Mo asked with some confusion when he saw this.

"Huang Yide, the head of the Huang family, is back. He contacted some remnants of the Huang family after they escaped, raided our Li family's iron mines, killed our Li family's Lianzang realm old man Li Changhe, and rescued many clan members."

Zhou Lin and the others dropped a big bomb as soon as they opened their mouths, which shocked Li Mo.

"How is it possible? Wasn't he chased to Fucheng by Elder Li Xing?" Li Mo asked doubtfully.

"Huang Yide used the Huang family's hidden property in Fucheng to place a reward on the underground black market, offering one hundred thousand taels of silver for Elder Li Xing's head. Elder Li Xing was attacked by a strong man from the Refining Zang Realm who was killed by a killer organization. He is currently seriously injured and returning.

Arrive at the tribe.

It is said that many killers have come to our Fenglin County, and they all want Elder Li Xing's head in exchange for a reward." Zhou Lin explained.

"Where did you hear this news?" Li Mo was startled when he heard this.

"Many people in tea shops and restaurants are saying that I guess the news was deliberately released by the remnants of the Huang family," Feng Yan said.

Although the Li family raided the Huang family a month ago, many important members of the Huang family still escaped.

Fenglin County has been unusually quiet this month. Li Mo thought that the escaped members of the Huang family did not dare to take revenge and hid, but he did not expect that they would suddenly appear now.

It seems that Huang Yide's return and Li Xing's serious injury have made those in the Huang family a little bit ready to take action.

"What's the current situation in the clan?" Li Mo asked immediately.

"The clan leader cannot leave the clan now. He must stay to protect the safety of Elder Li Xing.

In addition, Li Kaiyuan, an old man from the Lianzang Realm tribe who is over eighty years old, is sitting in Lijia Town and can’t get away. Currently, only Li Changyun, an old man from the Lianzang Realm tribe who is seventy-one years old, can free his hands.

But many people think that Elder Li Xing will not escape this time, and the family is now in turmoil." Feng Yan replied.

"The patriarch can't leave the clan, what about the Huang family? Don't you care? And where is Zheng Hu, the head of Menghu Village?" Li Mo asked doubtfully.

"Of course Huang Yide cannot ignore it. The patriarch has already placed a huge reward on the underground black market for the heads of Huang Yide and Zheng Hu.

Huang Yide is probably too busy taking care of himself at the moment and is hiding. As for Zheng Hu, he disappeared after escaping from the battle a month ago." Feng Yan continued.

"Hmm! It sounds like these won't have any impact on us for the time being." Li Mo thought for a while and said.

"Originally, it really had no impact, but at the same time as this news came, there was also news that Cheng Wu, the master of the Cheng Family Martial Arts Hall, and Ji Fenghua, the master of the Ji Family Martial Arts Hall, broke through to the Zang Refining Realm yesterday.

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The owners of the two martial arts schools spread the news that they were worried that the Li family did not have enough manpower and wanted to send people to take over the security defense in Beicheng District. Now they have sent people to the Li family to discuss the matter with the clan leader." Feng Yan said with a bitter smile.

Li Mo's expression changed greatly when he heard this. He knew about the Cheng Family Martial Arts School and the Ji Family Martial Arts School. The Li family was the one who persuaded many small families and the two martial arts schools to jointly attack the Huang family's land.

In return, the Li family gave up the interests of Huangjia Town for ten years, which means that Huangjia Town will be managed by two martial arts schools and various small families within ten years.

This is the moment of crisis for the Li family. The two martial arts schools and those small families are eyeing the interests of Chengbei District, which is equivalent to breaking up with the Li family.

If the Li family chooses to give up, then the patrol members will have to withdraw from Beicheng District. How can Li Mo rest assured that his family will still stay here, and he will have to go to the south of the city to find a place to live.

"They are trying to take advantage of the situation! I'm afraid they have already sentenced Elder Li Xing to death in their hearts." Li Mo said with an ugly face.

"Captain, what do you think we should do?" Feng Yan asked worriedly.

"What can we do? It's time to patrol and rest. We can't influence the family's decision. If we really choose to abandon Beicheng District, we can only withdraw from here." Li Mo sighed.

......

When they patrolled again in the afternoon, they clearly felt the panic of the people around them. The recent frequent turmoil in Fenglin County made everyone feel deeply uneasy.

When the sun was about to set, a large number of people from the Li family suddenly began to emerge at the gate of Fenglin County.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Mo and the others heard the news. After meeting people from two martial arts schools, the clan leader Li Sheng made a decision that no one expected.

The Li family withdrew from Lijia Town. From now on, Lijia Town will be managed by the two major martial arts schools. All Li family members outside the county will immediately return to the county, including all demon-killing teams and hunting teams.
Chapter completed!