At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

Yu Yunxin immediately called Lian Qiao over when she heard this, and gave Lian Qiao some semi-processed dishes and said, "These are for my brother. You will know how to cook them when you go there, right?"

"Don't worry, sir. I have learned everything. I will do it for you, sir. This is your intention." Lian Qiao replied.

"Okay, Lianqiao, be careful on the road. And you have to be careful with Yang Yunsheng too. He has strong inner strength and is a martial arts master." Yu Yunxin said as she was standing in the kitchen and looking at Yang Yunsheng who was eating happily in the pavilion.

"Don't worry! I'm an expert in using needles." Lian Qiao said with a smile.

After bidding farewell to Yang Yunsheng, Yu Yunxin went to Huashan Village. She liked the tea trees in Huashan Village very much, but unfortunately, hundreds of tea trees died in the tea garden due to drought this year.

"Sir, if you like this tea garden, I can transfer it to you?" said a villager.

Yu Yunxin looked at the tea plantation halfway up the mountain and asked, "Do you have any vacant land for sale?"

"Sir, except for the tea garden I bought, the rest of the land here is vacant land. Who has the money to buy mountain land?" said the villager.

"Is your tea not selling well?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"How can it be sold? This tea garden belongs to my ancestors. I don't have a tea shop. The tea shop owners in this town always lower the price. Not to mention the Wu family. I don't even get paid for delivering goods to them." said the villager.

"The Wu family in Shangyang County is in the tea business?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"The tea produced in Shangyang County is the best and most abundant in Nanling County. If you want to do tea business in Nanling County, you have to find the Wu family. Otherwise, don't even think about opening a tea house. The Wu family made their fortune by selling tea." said the villagers.

"Look at the villagers in Huashan Village growing rice and raising ducks. I also want to sell a few acres of land and grow crops. This way I won't starve to death. What's the use of this tea garden? It can't be used as food." The villager sighed.

After Yu Yunxin walked around the tea garden, she said, "How about this? I support you in buying the land, and I will also hire your family to manage the tea garden for me. What do you think?"

"Our family of eight would naturally agree to such a good thing." The villagers responded immediately upon hearing this.

"Okay, let's go to the village head's house and let me buy this tea garden first." Yu Yunxin said.

"Okay, I'll take you there right away." The villager said and took his four sons away. Yu Yunxin could see that the family in the tea garden were easy to get along with, otherwise this hundred-acre tea garden could sell half of the tea, and it would be impossible for them to live worse than the villagers in Huashan Village. Yu Yunxin looked at the clothes their family wore, which should be the worst in Huashan Village. The whole clothes were patched.

When they arrived at the headman's house, the headman said, "Old Su! Last year, the Wu family wanted to buy your tea garden, but you refused to agree."

The villager named Lao Su replied: "The price offered by the Wu family is too low. The village head is now the son of the county magistrate and wants to buy it. See."

The head of the village glanced at Yu Yunxin and said, "Sir, do you really want the Su family's tea garden?"

Yu Yunxin smiled and said, "My father likes to drink tea. I took a look at the environment here and it's very good. This young master has taken a fancy to the Su family's tea garden."

"Okay, I'll get the title deed for this tea garden right away." Old Su said as he took out the title deed for the tea garden.

Yu Yunxin took the deed and said, "I don't want to make long trips here and there. I also want to buy the bamboo forest outside the tea garden."

"More than half of this bamboo forest belongs to Chenjia Village. If you want it, I have to find the head of Chenjia Village." said the head of Huashan Village.

"That's right, I want the entire bamboo forest." Yu Yunxin said affirmatively.

"Okay, wait a moment. I'll go call the head of Chenjia Village over." After saying that, the head of Huashan Village walked out. After a long time, an old man in his eighties was seen being carried behind him.

The village head was carried in by four strong men. He looked pale. He glanced at Yu Yunxin and said, "Sir, I'm sorry. I'm too old to walk."

"The head of Chenjia Village won't be a problem." Yu Yunxin immediately said politely.

"Do you want the land in the bamboo forest?" asked a young man in tattered scholar's clothes.

"Yes, what's wrong? Is there any problem?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"No problem, but our village dug a lot of bamboo shoots this spring due to the drought. If you buy it, can the villagers go into the bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots?" asked the scholar.

"Of course you can. I will build a bamboo fence to enclose the deep bamboo forest. Don't go too deep into it because the flower valley is deep in the bamboo forest and she needs to use flowers to practice martial arts." Yu Yunxin said.

"Okay, that's no problem. I'll write a deed right away and you can sign it and then go to the government office to get it stamped, and the land in the bamboo forest will be yours." The scholar said and immediately began to write the deed.

Yu Yunxin took the land deed written by the scholar and took a look at it. The handwriting was a little bad but still understandable. She asked, "How about I write this deed?"

"Yes! Yes! My family was poor, so I only studied for two years and then stopped. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, sir." The scholar replied.

Yu Yunxin smiled, picked up the pen and started writing. Soon she finished a land deed and handed it to the scholar.

"The county magistrate's son wrote the best. The characters look like those in a book," the scholar praised.

"This is regular script. I have a copybook. If you like it, young master, you can come to work in my tea garden." Yu Yunxin asked.

"Is what you said true, sir?" the scholar asked.

"Yes, I need to build several rows of houses in my tea garden and hire some workers," Yu Yunxin continued.

At this time, the head of Huashan Village asked, "Sir, are you going to use people from our Huashan Village?"

"Of course. I will hire anyone as long as they are hardworking and serious about their work," said Yu Yunxin.

"Okay, then I'll sell you all the mountain land south of Sifu Mountain in Huashan Village." After saying that, the head of the village simply asked Yu Yunxin to write the land deed.

When the bailiff heard that the son of the county magistrate wanted to buy land, he came over very actively to measure the land.

As soon as a yamen runner saw Yu Yunxin, he approached her and said, "Sir, why are you buying mountain land? Why not buy some good farmland?"

"You're right. Look, now half of the villagers are digging canals to divert water on the mountain, and the other half are working on water conservancy projects. If the water conservancy projects are completed, I think the area below the mountain will become fertile fields in the future." Yu Yunxin thought for a while and said.

Fortunately, the heads of the two villages were there, and Yu Yunxin asked, "How much is the price of the vacant land here?"

"Sir, if the good farmland is one mu, it will be two taels of silver. If the wasteland in our village is like the mountain land, it will be five hundred coins per mu." said the head of the village.

"Okay, I'll first take the two thousand acres of wasteland at the foot of the mountain. Now I'd like to trouble a few yamen runners to measure the land on the other side." Yu Yunxin said, pointing to the vacant land at the foot of the mountain.

"It's just a small matter, don't bother with it." The bailiff replied.

"Brothers, quickly measure the area here and then go to the other end." The bailiff said to the other two.

"I will also buy ten acres of land later and rely on you, young master." said a villager from the tea garden.

"Old Su, have you really thought about it?" asked the village chief of Huashan Village.

"Although our family is large, ten acres of land is enough," said Su villager.

"Okay, let's go to the government office together later!" Yu Yunxin said to the villagers of Su Village in the tea garden.

The yamen runners quickly finished the measurement and came to the county government with their tools and everyone else.

When Yu Tinghai saw that his daughter wanted to buy 3,000 acres of mountain land, he asked, "Xin'er, why are you buying so much mountain land and a half-dead tea garden?"

"Of course my father is doing business." Yu Yunxin raised her eyebrows and said.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want in Wangshan County!" After saying that, he waved his hand and stamped a few seals. Yu Yunxin took the stamped land deed and left one copy in the county government office and kept one for herself. After greeting everyone, he happily returned to the back office.

She could now be said to be a free person, and she began to paint the manor she wanted.

In Nanling County, Chunyu and Lianqiao were busy roasting duck and rabbit in Shulin's kitchen.

"What the young lady made smells so good. The young master will definitely like it later." Chunyu said.

"Okay, it's time for dinner. Bring out the roasted rabbit and duck first! These braised dishes of mine still need some more cooking." Lian Qiao said.

Chunyu quickly brought the freshly-baked roast rabbit and roast duck to the stone table in the yard. Yu Linshan came out as soon as he smelled the fragrance, and the old man in green came out with him.

"How come the food you cook is so delicious!" The old man in green praised Chunyu.

"Old man, these are not made by me. The young lady taught me to make them. I wanted to give them to Young Master Shan. Young Master Shan must have worked hard in studying these days." Chunyu said as he picked up a few pieces of duck skin, dipped them in sauce and handed them to Yu Linshan.

Yu Linshan said as soon as he saw her: "Chunyu, I don't need you to wait on me for dinner."

"This is how you have to eat roast duck. I'm afraid the young master won't be able to eat it the first time, so let me teach you." Chunyu said with a blush as she looked at Yu Linshan.

"Okay, Chunyu, go call Uncle He and Lianqiao to come and have dinner together." Yu Linshan said as he took the thin crust with sauce handed over by Chunyu.

Haru responded and walked towards the kitchen.

"Boy, you are so lucky to have such a child bride." The old man in green looked at Chunyu and then at Yu Linshan and said.

"What nonsense are you talking about, old man? She is my cousin's maid." Yu Linshan said as he took a bite of the wrapped duck skin and he couldn't speak once it went into his mouth.

The old man smiled when he saw it and imitated Chunyu's just now, wrapping the crispy roasted duck skin in thin skin. What's wrong with it? Is it poisonous? As he said this, he also took a bite and had the same reaction as Yu Linshan.

"It's so delicious. I didn't expect Xin'er to be so talented in eating." Yu Linshan said.

The old man in green also said, "I have traveled all over the country for so many years and I have never eaten anything so delicious."

"Really? I have some delicious food here." Lian Qiao smiled and brought out a pot of braised duck neck and grilled duck intestines.

Chunyu then brought a pot of roasted rabbit meat, and everyone sat around the stone table, eating happily.

"If I eat these often, I won't want to leave." said the old man in green.

Lian Qiao asked, "By the way, old man, how is your injury these days?"

"This poison is too strong and I cannot force it out completely. It's okay, I know some medical skills, so don't bother me, young lady." The old man in green replied.

"Okay, then I'll leave some medicinal herbs here for the old man! It's getting late and Chunyu and I have to go back." Lian Qiao said.

Uncle He said, "Master, please stay for dinner. I'll go find a carriage for Lianqiao and Chunyu." After saying that, Uncle He went out with the two maids.

The old man in green said with a smile while eating: "I really envy the life of you rich people, you have someone to serve you everything."

"Old man, do you have the nerve to say that? I still have to use my internal energy to force the poison out of you every day," said Yu Linshan.

"Okay, you are a young master, you are different from other young masters, you don't have a young master's temper." The old man went back to the house after eating. He couldn't eat and drink for free. Sometimes he would sweep the yard and help Yu Linshan organize the bookshelf. He would also write some internal skills formulas for Yu Linshan from time to time, which meant that he would burn the formulas to ashes after Yu Linshan finished practicing.

Three bandits on the official road of Nanling County asked, "Where have the dozen or so people including Lao Si been these days?"

"You said they wouldn't go to the brothel, and they forgot to come back." said another bandit.

"There's a carriage in front of Snake Eyes." said the youngest of the three bandits.

"We don't rob people." The bandit named Snake Eyes replied.

"There are two girls over there. How about we kidnap them and make them our wives?" said an older mountain bandit standing nearby.

"You kid is missing a girl. If you like, how about I kidnap one for you and make her your wife? I'll let you have a taste of a woman too." Snake Eyes replied.

"Snake Eyes, aren't you afraid that the Third In Command will punish you by military law if he finds out?" asked the oldest one.

"Go to hell, Third In Command. Our Tiger Leap Village is not a military camp and we don't need his tricks." Snake Eyes said as he narrowed his eyes. His eyes were small to begin with, and when he narrowed them you couldn't see his eyes.

After saying that, he jumped out. When the driver saw him, he immediately stopped the car and said, "Ladies, these are bandits. Run away quickly."

Chunyu wanted to jump out of the carriage when he heard this, but Lianqiao stopped him and said, "Don't worry, I have drugs. Don't be afraid, driver, there are a few bandits."

"There are three girls." The driver said tremblingly.

Lian Qiao got off the carriage, looked at the three bandits in front of her, and laughed, "You three are the only ones who want to rob me?"

"Snake Eyes is a pretty girl. She is about the same age as you, Brother Bao. Why don't we kidnap her and make her your wife?" The bandit said to Lian Qiao.

Lian Qiao has been practicing Ba Duan Jin these days. Although he lacks internal strength, he can still use silver needles and hidden weapons.

Before anyone could get close to her, three silver needles flew out and pierced directly into the necks of the three people. She had poisoned the silver needles, but it was enough to make the three people unconscious.

The three of them fell to the ground. Chun Yu came out and asked, "Sister Lian Qiao, what should we do now?"

"Coachman, drive back to the county government office." After Lian Qiao finished speaking, he immediately turned around. Not daring to waste time, he directly pulled Chunyu into the carriage and asked the coachman to drive fast.

Yu Yunxin had just finished painting her tea garden when Chunyu and Lianqiao came over and said, "Miss, we met bandits on our way back to the county government office. Fortunately, Lianqiao had a silver needle to knock them out."

"These bandits are so bold! If you don't believe me, I'll go find my father." Yu Yunxin said angrily when she heard it.

At this time, Yu Tinghai was looking at the water conservancy map of Wangshan County in his study, and County Magistrate Tang was also busy with water conservancy matters these days.

"Sir, these villagers volunteered to dig the canal, but we don't have money. What should we do?" asked County Magistrate Tang.

"Write down the names of these people and wherever they live, and you can exempt them from taxes and deduct their labor. Don't worry, I have told this suggestion to Governor Yang. All farmers who participate in the water conservancy projects this year will be exempt from the capitation tax. Also, if there are merchants who also provide manpower, they will also be exempted from commercial taxes based on the number of people and work conditions." Yu Tinghai said.

"Sir, this is a good idea! I will inform all the merchants." County Magistrate Tang agreed upon hearing this.