Chu Qing is free, really free. The work in the school kitchen is currently transferred to Zhang Erni. Zhang Erni can earn an extra 10 yuan every day after finishing the work in the fields, which makes her family relationship less tense.

With his spare time, Chu Qing began to think about a way out. This is a border town, not a place to stay for a long time, but he can't leave it for a while. Now as a refugee, he can settle in the village, but cannot enter the city. If he wants to go to the mainland,

, you can’t even guarantee your safety on the road.

Since I can't leave, I have to find a way to be more stable. Chu Qing now has 1,000 taels of silver. This is not a small amount. According to the price here, fertile land is only 7 taels per mu, ordinary land is 5 taels per mu, and wasteland is one tael.

An acre of land can be bought with the money of Chu Qing. But no, who will cultivate the land after buying it? The villagers here are almost running out of land to cultivate, and there are too few men.

Xiaobao is playing with his Hsinchu pen. Xiaobao likes this smallest one very much. His little hand holds it just right. There is a bamboo knot less than an inch away from the tip of the pen. Even if his little hand gets sweaty, it will not

Let your finger slide onto the tip of the pen.

Xiaobao took a pen and drew on the paper. Chu Qing couldn't think about anything anymore, so he came to watch Xiaobao draw. Xiaobao seemed to be drawing a mountain. The lines were too simple. Xiaobao was there again representing the mountain.

Two dots are drawn in the line east and west.

"What is this? A spring?" Chu Qing tried his best to guess Xiaobao's "creative concept." Suddenly, there was a little bell in his head that "dinged": This, this is not the Donglun fake bandits.

The map in the boot! The map representing the iron ore!

Chu Qing picked up the "painting" and said, "Xiaobao, is that the map of the iron mine location you painted?"

Xiaobao nodded. This picture... Xiaobao has a good memory! Chu Qing looked at the map and smiled, I have somewhere to spend my money!

"Xiaobao, let's have a small meeting." Chu Qing treated Xiaobao as an adult. Xiaobao nodded solemnly.

"If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. We can't make long-term plans. But we need to plan for the days ahead." Chu Qing said. Xiaobao nodded again, he thought so too.

"This is no longer the time when we just came here. At that time, we were penniless and had problems eating." Chu Qing paused and recalled what it was like more than ten days ago.

"But now we have 1,000 taels of silver. We have to make use of it. This is a border town and it's not peaceful, but we can't leave for a while. It's not safe to go on the road. We have to do something with these 1,000 taels and let the money make money. We

With more money, you can hire bodyguards, change places, and live a good life." Chu Qing said simply, fearing that her children would not understand it if they were young.

"I want to open a blacksmith shop, a bigger one!" Chu Qing said his purpose.

"The wasteland here only costs 1 tael of silver per acre. It doesn't cost us much money to buy a piece of land. We also need to build a blacksmith house, build a furnace, hire a blacksmith, and process supplied materials."

Chu Qing pointed to Xiaobao's "painting" again: "Look, this map of Zhizhou must be reported to the court. The country does not allow private mining. The court will definitely send people to explore and mine. It cannot mine anymore.

Send it all the way to the capital, make weapons, farm tools, etc., and then transport it all the way back? The mine is close to our place, if we open a blacksmith shop nearby, we will definitely be able to attract a lot of business." Chu Qing was confident.

Manman said, "1,000 taels of silver is definitely enough to build a large blacksmith shop!"

Xiaobao had no expression, but he stood up and walked to the utility rack, grabbed the brush with the banknotes on it, pulled out one and stuffed it into Chu Qing's hand.

One hundred taels means one hundred acres of land. That’s enough!

Jizhou Prefectural Government House.

When Song Tingshan returned to the back house, Mrs. Song came to greet him: "The master is back."

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!"

Before Song Tingshan could speak to his wife, shouts were heard in the main hall. "This boy!" Mrs. Song said with a smile. Xu Guangzhi stepped into the doorstep in a hurry, followed by the helpless butler.

"Go down." Song Tingshan motioned to the housekeeper.

"Brother-in-law, I found two Feng Shui masters. There are too few people here who do this. I traveled to several counties just to find these two Feng Shui masters." Xu Guangze grabbed the teacup on the table and drank it in one gulp. There is really no county master.

Looks like.

"It doesn't matter. We are just exploring the terrain first. The report has been sent out. The emperor is probably aware of it by now, and the court will send someone down soon."

"Come on, come on, I've brought everyone here, why don't you go take a look?" Xu Guangze is an activist.

"Hey, what are you busy with?" Hong Liang strode in. The last rescue operation brought Hong Liang and Song Tingshan a lot closer. In the past, they were just ordinary colleagues, but now they have a life-long friendship. Song Tingshan and Song Tingshan

Xu Guangze hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Hong Liang was a second-rank general who served as a auxiliary to the country. He came to Jizhou to guard the border town with the command of the army. Therefore, for the fifth-rank magistrate of the state and the seventh-rank county magistrate, this was a must-do, no matter how close the relationship was.

Hong Liang waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and said directly to Song Tingshan: "Brother Xian, I sent the escort team you asked for. It's just in time for the meal. You made arrangements, but I didn't eat either."

Of course Song Tingshan agreed immediately. Hong Liang said again:

"I was supposed to file a memorial to explain what happened to Cao Wang, but Cao Wang is now in your prison and nothing more has been found during the trial. You know everything I know about this matter, so why don't you report it directly? That's it.

Let's just sign together. Also, you can go and see the team escorting Cao Wang later."

A military general handles things quickly.

"While you guys are chatting, I'll go take care of the kitchen and stew pigeons for lunch." Mrs. Song excused herself.

"Let's go to the study first. Guangzhi, you're coming too." Song Tingshan took them to the study. The three of them re-narrated the whole process of the incident. After reorganizing their thoughts, they discovered one thing: the incident

The cause of the incident was the entry of rogue bandits into the village. From here on, Chu Qing was involved in the entire incident, and it played a very important role.

"Ms. Yuan is a person!" Song Tingshan said.

"That's right! This thing shocked me. That day, a group of wounded people in Wushu Village escorted a group of bandits and dragged a dead man into the city. Mr. Xie also followed." Xu Guangzhi chewed his teeth and said: "

That scene, tut!”

"The teacher is here too?" Song Tingshan really didn't know about this. Xu Guangze didn't mention it when he reported to him last time, and the focus at that time was on the map.

“Yes! Mr.

A woman was interrogated. I asked Mr. Xie how he was interrogated. Mr. Xie only said that Mrs. Yuan wanted to cut off their luck, and he didn't know anything else. Even the villagers said they didn't know. Are they crazy?"

Xu Guangze is still incredible.

"I only found out that Lord Hong was being controlled because people from the Secret Investigation Department came to visit me and intercepted me at the entrance of the General Military Mansion." Song Tingshan also recalled.

"I haven't been able to pass on the news. The thief Cao Wang only gave me a steamed bun and a bowl of water every day. I had a stomachache again. Then Madam Yuan came. She also used the excuse of borrowing money from the toilet." Hong Liang also responded.

He said, he felt that most women didn't have the guts not to say anything, and they couldn't think of excuses like...that.

"I originally thought that the manpower of the Secret Investigation Department could steal Mr. Hong out smoothly, but I didn't expect it to be so troublesome." Song Tingshan felt that more luck should be considered in this rescue operation.

Mr. Hong also felt the same way: "Cao Wang became anxious when he found out about the iron mine. He sent many people to my yard to force me to hand over the military talisman. Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a troublesome thing. Thanks to Mrs. Yuan, otherwise

Even if you force me out, my family will not be saved, and many people will be lost. Brother Song, you have to mention this in the memorial. I owe you a big favor."

"Yes, this Madam Yuan went out and rescued my wife and my sister-in-law, and even carried a shelter. How can an ordinary person do this? If she reacts a little slower, the shopkeeper of Huasheng Pavilion will have to run away.

." Song Tingshan responded.

"Oh, talent! What do you think our Daxuan lacks most now? It's not money, it's talent!" Xu Guangze concluded.
Chapter completed!