At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

When Yu Yunxin came to the study and knocked on the door, it was Uncle He who came to open the door. When Uncle He saw Yu Yunxin, he asked, "Miss, are you here to see the young master?"

"Yu Yunxin said, Uncle He, where is my elder brother?" Yu Yunxin asked, looking at the clean and tidy study.

"He went to Shangyang County today." Uncle He replied.

"Did he go to Shangyang County to investigate the Wu family's affairs?" Yu Yunxin asked.

At this time, Yu Linshan came back carrying an old man in green clothes, and Yu Yunxin immediately went over to help Yu Linshan support the old man in green clothes.

"Brother, who is this man? He seems injured?" Yu Yunxin said as she looked at the old man in green with blood on his back.

"I picked him up on my way back from Shangyang County. I felt sorry for him so I saved him," said Yu Linshan.

"Where is Lianqiao?" Yu Linshan asked.

"Master Shan, I'm here." Lian Qiao walked out of the door and said.

Yu Yunxin and Qiu Shuang helped the old man in green clothes to the couch in the study.

Lian Qiao walked into the study with a medicine box and began to take the pulse of the old man in green.

Yu Yunxin pulled Qiu Shuang into the kitchen to boil hot water for the old man in green.

"This old gentleman is a martial artist! The knife wound on his back was coated with poison. If it weren't for his strong internal strength protecting his heart meridian, he would have met his death." Lian Qiao said.

"Then why is he still unconscious?" Yu Linshan asked.

"Don't worry, he will be fine after I give him acupuncture to detoxify. He just needs to rest for a while. He also suffered serious internal injuries, and he has been forced to use internal energy to detoxify, so it's best not to let him use his internal energy during this period." Lian Qiao replied, "I'll make him some medicine to help him detoxify, and you help him wipe the wound with hot water." After saying that, Lian Qiao walked out of the study.

The old man in green in the study room held Yu Linshan's hand and said weakly, "Thank you, little brother, for saving me."

"You're welcome, old sir. Who are those men in black and why do they want to kill you?" Yu Linshan asked.

"Little brother, I will repay you for saving my life, but you can't afford to offend those men in black, and I don't want to implicate you. I will leave after I force the poison out of your body." said the old man in green.

"Old man, I saved you not for your reward. Don't worry, this is where I study. It's very secluded and safe. And no matter who those people are, I, Yu Linshan, will not be afraid of them. It's your freedom to say it or not." Yu Linshan said and walked out of the room.

"Brother, is that old man okay?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"He is fine. I have been investigating the Wu family these days and found that they were colluding with the Shangyang County Magistrate and oppressing merchants. But they have restrained themselves a lot in the past few days." Yu Linshan said.

"Is that old man the merchant bullied by the Wu family?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"No, I just rescued him on the way. The Wu family is just a local overlord, and they did some things for Wu Tongzhou that are not decent enough." Yu Linshan said.

"Okay, if you need anything here, just tell me. I'll ask Lian Qiao to come over tomorrow to check on the old man's injuries." Yu Yunxin said and was about to leave.

"Okay, Xin'er, you take me to take good care of our godfather. I will study here for the next few days and wait until next year's provincial examination to help you pass the exam before I go back." Yu Linshan said.

"Okay! Big brother, I believe you will definitely figure out Li Yuan and come back." Yu Yunxin encouraged Yu Linshan with a smile, then turned around and left without paying any more attention to this little episode. What she wanted to think about now was how to raise ducks.

The night in Nanling County was exceptionally hot, and Yu Linshan was practicing sword alone in the yard.

The old man in green stood under the eaves and watched Yu Linshan practicing sword and said, "Your Gentleman Sword is not yet at the right level. You still lack internal strength. Just having a physical form is not enough."

Yu Linshan ignored the old man and continued practicing swordplay. The old man in green looked at Yu Linshan with a smile and thought to himself, "You have a similar temperament to my junior brother. Since you saved my life, I will teach you the Qing Nang secret book."

Suddenly, the old man in green began to cough and spat out a mouthful of blood.

When Yu Linshan saw this, he immediately stopped his sword, flew to the old man and asked, "Are you okay, old man?"

"I'm fine, but the toxins in my body have not been cleared. Can you use your internal energy to help me clear the toxins?" asked the old man in green.

"But my internal strength is not high?" Yu Linshan replied.

"It's okay. I'll recite the formula and you just follow along. In a few days my toxins will be cleared." The old man said as he began to recite the formula.

Yu Linshan had no choice but to listen to the old man's mantra and start to use his internal energy to heal the old man.

"You are a good boy! You have a talent for martial arts." said the old man.

"I, old man, just want to pass the imperial examination now." Yu Linshan said.

"Then why are you practicing swordplay so late at night?" the old man asked.

"I'm tired of reading and want to stretch my muscles." Yu Linshan replied honestly.

"Isn't that right? From now on, you will practice qigong to detoxify me every morning and evening. It won't interfere with your studies." The old man looked at Yu Linshan with a smile.

"Okay! By the way, what do the three yin and three yang you just mentioned mean?" Yu Linshan asked.

“When the Qi channels gather in the internal organs, you can know whether it is insufficient or excessive by practicing the internal force in your internal organs for one cycle.” The old man smiled and touched his beard, then continued to instruct Yu Linshan.

Yu Lin felt that his internal strength had improved a lot under the guidance of the old man in green, so he thanked him, "Thank you for your guidance, old man."

"Why are you thanking me? Don't forget that you still have to use your internal energy to detoxify me tomorrow." After saying this, the old man went back to the house to rest.

"Why are there so many ducks quacking here in Qiu Shuang so early in the morning!" Yu Yunxin was awakened by the endless stream of ducks quacking.

"Miss, Boss Yang personally sent three carts of ducklings here today." Chunyu said.

"Three cars?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"Yes! There are more than 10,000 of them! Get up quickly, or the master will get angry." Chunyu continued.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yunxin said, "Hurry up and send the ducks to Xing Village." After that, she quickly got up and changed her clothes.

Arriving at the back court and seeing Yang Yunsheng sitting in the carriage, Yu Yunxin walked over and said, "I really didn't expect that Boss Yang would personally send him to Wangshan County."

"I'm just curious about what the young master wants to do with so many ducks?" Yang Yunsheng said.

"Bring all these ducklings with me." Yu Yunxin said as she asked the servants of the government office to put all the ducks in the car and then drove the car to the entrance of Xing Village.

"Sir, the county magistrate didn't expect you to come so soon." The head of Xing Village saw the carriage parked at the entrance of the village and immediately came over to greet it.

"Head, call everyone in your village who has rice fields over here. I will raise these ducks in the rice fields." Yu Yunxin glanced at the head of the village and said.

"Sir, with so many ducks, won't the rice be pecked to pieces?" asked the head of the village.

"The rice is no longer a young seedling. It will head in less than a month. How could the ducks peck at the crops?" Yu Yunxin glanced at Li Zheng and said this. She picked up three ducks from the carriage and sent them into the rice field. As soon as the ducks came into contact with water, they swam happily in the rice field and began to eat the insects crawling on the rice leaves.

At this time, the people of Chenjia Village came over and saw the ducks eating insects and said, "Mr. County Magistrate, we are so smart. Why didn't we think of using ducks to kill insects for us?"

"Grandpa, look at that little duck. It has eaten such a long rice locust." A naked little boy of five years old pointed at one of the ducks with a rice locust in its mouth and said.

"This duck has a peck on its beak, it's not a chicken, how could it peck at the crops?" said one of the people from Chenjia Village.

"Sir, how much is one of these ducks?" a villager asked.

"I won't sell these. I want you to raise them for me. You see, one acre of rice field can raise ten ducks. You can raise them in your own rice fields, but I want you to sign an agreement. When these ducks grow up, only I can take them in." Yu Yunxin said.

"Then how do you collect these ducks, sir?" asked the head of the village.

"For this, I charge eight cents per kilogram. The ducklings are provided by me. I will charge you by the kilogram no matter how many ducks you raise." Yu Yunxin said.

When the villagers heard the discussion, they said, "Ducks are most expensive at the market at ten cents a pound. Normally, if you go to the market to buy them, you have to wait for a long time. Now the county magistrate will come to collect eight cents. Besides, we didn't pay for the ducklings. We are just raising them for him, which means the county magistrate is giving us a chance to make money for free. Besides, since they are raised in water, we don't need much feed to remove insects in the water."

"Don't rush to reply. I have some requirements. First, I will send someone to check the health of the duck every seven days. Also, you'd better build a duck shed outside your rice field when you go back, and keep the duck shed clean." Yu Yunxin said calmly, "And if it's a male duck, I will send someone to get the duck down. Three cents for one ounce of duck down. What do you think?"

"What is this duck down? Is it the down from a duck? It costs three cents per ounce. Does the county magistrate have too much money and don't know where to spend it, so he comes to give us some money?" said the villagers.

Yu Yunxin smiled and said nothing as she looked at the crowd, "And if the duck lays eggs, I'll leave them to you, but you have to sell them to me. I'll charge you three cents a piece at the market price, or you can use three eggs to exchange for one duckling."

"Sir, County Magistrate, do you mean that if we only take female ducks, we can use three duck eggs to deduct the money for one duckling?" asked the villager.

“You can say that.” Yu Yunxin replied.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's sign an agreement with the county magistrate's son right away!" the villagers said impatiently.

Yu Yunxin looked at everyone and said, "Okay, you guys line up and sign, come and get the ducklings. Don't be in a hurry. If anyone dares to cut in line, I won't give him the ducklings."

After saying that, Qiu Shuang brought out a table from the carriage. Yu Yunxin had printed tens of thousands of copies of these agreements at a bookstore. The villagers could receive the ducklings after signing and stamping their names. Many people here could not write their own names, so Yu Yunxin asked them to just press ten fingers.

"Sir, I accidentally cut two fingers while doing carpentry three years ago. What should I do?" asked a villager who was so thin that his bones were visible.

“It doesn’t matter, just sign with as many fingers as you have!” Yu Yunxin replied.

Unexpectedly, people from nearby villages heard about it and came here to collect ducklings. Soon, three carts of ducklings were sold out in the morning, including the ducklings bought in the market in the past few days.

"Mr. Yu, what are you going to do with so many ducks when the time comes?" Yang Yunsheng asked.

"A duck is a treasure from head to toe. How about this, if you don't mind, I'll make you some duck dishes?" Yu Yunxin said.

"Great! This is the first time I taste the food cooked by the county magistrate's son!" Yang Yunsheng replied immediately upon hearing it.

"Qiushuang, go to the market and buy ten adult ducks. And buy two rabbits from the Zhang family in Xing Village. We can't just eat ducks." Yu Yunxin said as she got on the carriage.

When Qiu Shuang heard this, she immediately took Lian Qiao with her and got on another carriage to get ready.

Yu Yunxin took Yang Yunsheng back to the back hall, and asked Chunyu to greet Yang Yunsheng while she started to work in the kitchen. The first dish was of course the roast duck with skin, and she also prepared ring cakes and various sauces, followed by braised duck necks, duck feet, duck gizzards, etc. Then there was the iron plate duck intestines, braised chestnut duck, sour plum duck, and the last one was roast rabbit meat.

Yang Yunsheng saw that the table was full of ducks and smiled, "It seems that I am in for a treat today. Each dish is different, right?"

"Come, try this piece of roast duck skin first. It should be eaten while hot." Yu Yunxin said as she slowed down her movements and asked Yang Yunsheng to eat it like her.

"Yes, the roast duck skin is crispy, and it tastes really good with the thin pancake wrapped around it." Yang Yunsheng couldn't help but say.

"This is the one that took me the most time. It's sprinkled with white sesame seeds and it smells so good. It's the grilled duck intestines. How about a try?" Yu Yunxin picked up a few strings of duck intestines and handed them to Yang Yunsheng.

"This is the first time I eat these. It would be even better if there was some wine." Yang Yunsheng sighed while eating.

Yu Yunxin said, "I'm still young, and my father won't let me drink. If I drink alcohol with these dishes, I won't be able to taste them. I can't drink alcohol with these dishes for the first time. It's better to drink beer when it's so hot."

"Beer? What kind of beer is it?" Yang Yunsheng asked.

Yu Yunxin thought about it and said, "It's a kind of alcoholic beverage made from malt. It has a lot of foam and is very fragrant."

"Oh, Mr. Yu, you can also brew wine?" Yang Yunsheng asked curiously as he looked at Yu Yunxin.

"Of course we will, but there's a drought in Nanling County this year and there's no wheat. How can we make beer?" Yu Yunxin replied.

"My farm in the south has bought a lot this year. If you are willing, I can ship some wheat to you." Yang Yunsheng said, "If you pair these dishes with the wine you mentioned, you can open a restaurant and the business will be very good."

"Boss Yang, you really have a discerning eye. This duck is still a little one. If you raise it using my method, the taste of the duck will be much better than the one on the table." Yu Yunxin said.

"It's okay, we can cooperate. I'll help you find a restaurant. You don't have to pay me for the duck. Let's just consider it as our cooperation!" Yang Yunsheng said, looking at the table full of dishes.

"How can I say that the ducklings are what I want? If the cooperation is to be achieved later, let's talk about it later!" Yu Yunxin gave all the five thousand taels of silver notes to Yang Yunsheng and said, "If this five thousand taels is not enough for the next batch of ducklings and chickens, tell me."

"Okay, I'll send some wheat over another day. I'm waiting for the bubbling wine you mentioned." Yang Yunsheng said as he picked up the duck neck and started to gnaw on it.

"Can you take my people with you when you go back later?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"Sure." Yang Yunsheng replied without thinking.