Fast Time Travel: The Posture of the Female Supporting Counterattack

Chapter 28 The Merchant's Daughter (28)

It is because of this incident that Lan Xi's father, Lan Zewen, had a hard time thinking about how to arrange these miners. This is a serious matter. These miners, the entire Lan family will be wiped out.

Why is this parchment in Duan Yuhe's hands? Considering that the dead soldiers of Xiyao Kingdom are here to capture her alive, it is not difficult to guess that Xiyao Kingdom already knows the secret of the abandoned iron ore tunnel.

As for why she was captured alive, the reason is very simple. It must be that the Dajing Ministry of Industry had two copies of the mine road map, one real and the other false. There is no way to find the location of the correct mine tunnel.

Not being able to find the right mine path, Xiyao's extensive digging at the border was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it would definitely attract Dajing's attention.

"Remember the period of half a year. If you don't have ten Beiyuan craftsmen in your hands within half a year, you know what will be waiting for you." Duan Yuhe took the parchment from Lan Xi's hand and waved to the dark guard. In a few breaths, the men in black and the hidden guards lying on the ground, including Duan Yuhe himself, disappeared without a trace, leaving only bloodstains all over the ground.

"Master, what the hell is going on here?" Shi Mo was so frightened that her legs were shaking now. She had followed Lan Xi for many years, and she had never seen such a battle before.

"Nothing, keep going."

After getting into the carriage, this time I changed to Qingtian to drive. Shi Mo opened the grid and took out the ointment to help Qingtian apply the medicine. Perhaps after seeing Qingtian and Qingtian bravely defending against the enemy, Shimo's attitude improved a lot.

Lan Xi, who was sitting there quietly at this moment, was no longer calm. She had a bold guess in her heart. Han Silou's father was the Southwest Tongben. What is Tongben? Tongben means "Tongben state affairs" or "Governor Tongben". "The province said that in Dajing, in order to strengthen the supervision and control of border local officials and prevent local officials from overpowering, a special post of "general judge" was established.

The general judge is directly appointed by the emperor to assist the state administration and has the power to report directly to the emperor.All matters concerning soldiers and civilians, money and grain, household registration, tax and service, and hearing of prison lawsuits can all be adjudicated.In addition to these, Tongpan can also be divided into grain transportation, water conservancy, farmland, horse herding, river and sea defense, etc.

Although the official position is not big, the authority is scary. It is not impossible for Han Tongsan to use his authority to obtain the mine road map of the abandoned iron mine.

Han Sirou and Chu Rouer entered the capital, and they were dressed as well as the noble ladies in the capital, and they didn't show much surprise when they saw the general's mansion. At that time, she still thought it was strange that Chu Zhentian's monthly salary couldn't afford this at all. The expenses of the mother and daughter can be ignored if the Han family has money, but Han Tongjuan's monthly salary is less than that of Chu Zhentian, and the family has no property, so where does the money come from?
If the guess is true, Han Tong will be accused of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, and even the entire General's Mansion will be involved.

Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, punishing the nine clans for crimes, and Li's life is a fart, and the matter of Beiyuan craftsmen has not yet been seen, and there is another joint and several responsibility that must die.

Damn, so what Lan Xi dislikes the most is completing tasks in various ancient worlds. Human beings living in the modern civilized world, just be content. At least there is no pressure from the imperial authority, and there is no danger of losing your head at every turn.

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Seven days later, the dilapidated carriage finally entered Qingzhou.

Although Qingzhou is not as prosperous as the capital city, it has the busiest pier in Dajing, and there is a lively scene of people coming and going in Qingzhou city.

Shopkeeper Tong of Qingzhou Four Seasons Store stood respectfully at the gate of a courtyard, welcoming Lan Xi's arrival.

After getting off the carriage, the boy and the shopkeeper came up to him: "Hello, Miss."

"Thank you for your hard work, Shopkeeper Tong."

"It's not hard, it's not hard." After shopkeeper Tong said this, he invited Lan Xi into the small courtyard.

After entering the room, Lan Xi directly asked if there was any news from shopkeeper Gou, and shopkeeper Tong did not hesitate to report the news from shopkeeper Gou in the past few days.

"There is nothing abnormal in Beiyuan for the time being, and there is no sign of any transaction, but the news from the shopkeepers of the Four Seasons Store in Xiyao and Shuixiu Country, that the Xiyao grain merchants have recently purchased grain at high prices, and grain from Shuixiu and other places Seeing this, the merchants want to make a fortune and step up their efforts to stockpile food."

"Isn't the subsidiary country of Xiyao a large producer? Why did they start buying grain at high prices?" Lan Xi frowned and asked.

"The Xiyao grain merchants are very tight-lipped about this matter, and the details are still being investigated. The current situation is that as long as there is grain, they will buy it at a high price. Our Four Seasons Store has also received a post from the Xiyao grain merchants to collect grain. As long as we If they are willing to deliver the food, they will come to collect the goods." Shopkeeper Tong replied.

"It's a bit interesting to come to receive the goods."

Grain merchants collect grain at high prices, either during the war preparation period, or fish in troubled waters to make war fortunes, or jointly control grain prices. Once grain prices rise, there will be widespread public complaints about the instability of the country.

Therefore, grain prices in various countries will be strictly controlled in peacetime. Xiyao grain merchants are collecting grain at a high price at this time, either to prepare for war, or they have received Beiyuan's intention to trade in advance.

"Pay close attention to the movements of the Xiyao grain merchants, and help me find someone else, the sooner the better."

It is unwise to put eggs in one basket, especially at this moment. Lan Xi dare not take it lightly and must take a two-pronged approach. The sooner the matter ends, the more time the Lan family will have to retreat.

"I don't know who the lady is looking for?"

"Ma Lao Liu, nicknamed Nine and a Half Fingers, his left little finger is missing a piece, and he likes to play on gambling boats every day."

"I seem to have heard of this person before." Shopkeeper Tong tried his best to search through the memories in his mind: "Ma Lao Liu, hiss~! Could it be that the miss is talking about Master Ma of the auspicious boat?"

"What? An auspicious boat? Master Ma?" Lan Xi couldn't hold back, and almost spit out a sip of tea. I haven't seen this guy for many years, but he is doing well.

Also, the original owner hasn't met Ma Laoliu for more than ten years. Ma Laoliu should be 40 years old now. It's normal to call a respectable person "Master Ma".

Lan Xi wiped her mouth: "Shopkeeper Tong, does the Master Ma you're talking about have a scar at the corner of his eye?"

"That's right, that's him. Miss knows Master Ma?"

Shopkeeper Tong looked at Lan Xi with a puzzled expression. To put it bluntly, Jixiang Chuanfang is a mobile casino on the sea. My lady and Mr. Ma are completely incompatible characters. There is no intersection, even if there is, it should be And Eldest Young Master or Second Young Master, why does Lan Xi know this Master Ma so clearly.

"Shi Mo, stay and take care of Qing Tian, ​​shopkeeper Tong, take me to the Ma Mansion immediately."

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate..." Shopkeeper Tong hesitated.

"There's nothing wrong with it." Lan Xi made a final decision, and shopkeeper Tong could only run ahead to lead Lan Xi.

(End of this chapter)