Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

The burly man's eyes darkened slightly: "I'm afraid this matter is not up to my wife."

Qin Liu had to live in the bandit's village for a few days.

Many people in the village came to inquire about news about Anhua City.

Mo Ran and Ding Jicheng reported that most of the soldiers who stayed in the village had nowhere to go and did not dare to go far because they were worried about their families.

Qin Liu felt a little depressed.

She thought of the days before Ma Ang became an official.

Although I am poor, I feel very motivated every day.

The honest-looking soldiers in the village were like Ma Ang in the past, which made Qin Liu feel that he needed to do something.

Qin Liu revised several letters, but finally sighed.

Few prairie people know how to read.

But that was all she could do.

Rebellion is a serious crime of beheading, and it is very likely that the nine tribes will also be executed.

Qin Liu slept very restlessly that night. When he woke up, there was a lot of noise outside.

Qin Liu and Mo Ran slept in the same room and were quickly tied up by the Ming army who came in.The small bamboo tube Qin Liu carried with him survived the bandits' robbery unscathed, but did not survive the Ming army's search - it was taken away.

There are 200 taels of silver and two hostas collected by Qin Liu.Qin Liu wanted to snatch it back, but he failed due to the fierce threat of the Ming army.

The silver is for Qin Liu to use when he plans to buy a house in the south in the future. There are two jade hairpins. The one with sheep white fat jade is just ugly. The jasper hairpin is a gift from Zhu Yue.

When she left Yansui, she hesitated again and again and still did not return the jade hairpin to its original owner, but now she regretted it very much.If I had known that it would be taken away, it would be better to return it to Zhu Yue at that time.

But does she really want to give it back?
Before Qin Liu struggled with this issue for long, she saw two people coming over and staring at her with hatred.

The visitors were none other than Yang Shen and Hu Guangsi.

……

More than a month later, Qin Liu stood depressedly at Xunyang Wharf on the edge of the Yangtze River, looking around blankly.

After leaving Anhua City, there was no news from Bars. Instead, Yang Shen followed her here.

They tacitly never mentioned the transgression that night, and Qin Liu even declined Yang Shen to follow him many times.

But both Hu Guangsi and Yang Shen insisted that Yang Shen must accompany her southward, otherwise they would regret it for the rest of their lives if they encountered any dangers on the way.

Qin Liu originally wanted to meet up with Bars after Xi'an, but later he had more reasons to reject Yang Shen's companionship.

However, Bals never left any news and no trace at all.

After Qin Liu struggled for a while, he decided to go south to find a suitable place to stay, and then try to reunite with Bals and formulate a feasible plan to take over the old man and the children.

"Ji'an Prefecture is full of outstanding people and talented people. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been thousands of imperial examination scholars. By settling in Ji'an, it will be much easier for future generations to study and take academic examinations with the help of fellow villagers."

Yang Shen warned with sincerity.

Ah Jiang is stubborn and has always wanted to live in the southern coastal area.How did she know that with the sea breeze raging in the south and the invasion of overseas bandits, where could such a place with such a rich cultural atmosphere lead to a comfortable life?
Unfortunately, since the last time he lost his temper after drinking, Ah Jiang tried to keep a distance from him, and she would not fully listen to what he said.

Yang Shen felt a dull pain in his heart.The two finally separated.

But he has no regrets.These days of traveling thousands of miles together and working as a messenger to protect the flowers, he enjoys it very much.

However, Ah Jiang's alienation, politeness, and attitude of rejecting people from thousands of miles away made him feel sad.

Isn't he, Yang Shen, worse than a wild and untamed prairie barbarian?
"Your maternal ancestor, the Peng family, has its ancestral home in Ji'an Prefecture. Now the magistrate of Luling County in Ji'an Prefecture is Wang Shouren. My fellow seniors, with their care, should have no problem living in Ji'an."

Qin Liu had no impression of Liu Xuejiang's maternal family, but he was still very familiar with Wang Shouren's famous name.

"Then just follow what Young Master Yang said."

Wang Shouren, whose real name was Wang Yun and nicknamed Yangming, was an outstanding thinker, writer, military strategist, and educator in the Ming Dynasty. He was a master of spiritual studies.

Yang Shen was completely dejected.

The sentence Yang Gongzi is like a gap, pushing the relationship between the two people further and further away.

……

Qin Liu bought a large house with three entrances in Luling County, with a large garden surrounded by a lake, and several acres of paddy fields.

Of course, Ding Jicheng paid for the land, and Qin Liu is now penniless.

After tidying up the inside and outside of the newly purchased house, Qin Liu wanted to rush back to Sandcastle Town as soon as possible.There was no news from Bars for such a long time, and she felt very uneasy.

After Yang Shen arrived in Luling, he was very busy studying and meeting friends.

Qin Liu did not disturb Yang Shen, but left a letter and left early with Ding Jicheng, Mo Ran and others.

As soon as the group of people walked a few dozen miles, Yang Shen and his servants caught up with him and asked angrily: "Ah Jiang, are you going to break off our relationship with me? The road to the north is so long. How dangerous is it for a weak woman like you to go alone?" Do you know?!"

Qin Liu was moved by Yang Shen's persistence, but he still said: "We have been together thousands of miles, and Master Yang has shown his kindness and righteousness. How could Ah Jiang not know about it? It's just that the king has a wife, and Luo Fu also has a husband. Ah Jiang is a commoner's wife, with a good reputation It doesn't matter if it's a loss. Mr. Yang is famous for his talents, but he cannot ignore the differences between men and women."

Yang Shen raised his voice and said: "You and I are aboveboard, so why should we worry about others' slander? In ancient times, Zhao Kuangyin sent Jing Niang thousands of miles away. Why can't I, Yang Shen, escort you north?"

Qin Liu saw the magnanimity in Yang Shen's brows, and the previous depression and melancholy was gone, and he felt relieved.She was a mediocre widow who was about to move to another place. She was not worried about the world's opinion of her, but was worried about the bad influence it would have on Yang Shen.

In addition, Yang Shen had been depressed before, so she felt guilty and wanted to escape.

Today, it seems that Yang Shen has come out of the haze of "unable to ask for anything", so it would be better to have him escort him all the way.

……

At this time, Baers and Ahema, who were in Kaifeng Mansion, were talking.

"We have searched many iron workshops, but this one is the only one willing to take the risk of making a cannon barrel for us. However, the barrel is bulky and weighs a thousand kilograms. It is not easy to transport it back to the grassland after it is made." Bals said helplessly.

In the past few months, he had traveled around the Ming Dynasty just to build cannons.

During the Ming Dynasty, Mahamu, the great master of Wala, intercepted several red cannons from the Ming army and hid them in the Yinshan Mountains.

During the rebellion on the right wing last winter, Bars went to the Ming Dynasty to find gunpowder suitable for the red cannon on Urus's order.

But after Bals retrieved the gunpowder, he faced another big problem—decades later, these red cannons were rusty and no longer usable.

The cannon pits outside Genghis Khan's mausoleum were the power of one of the red cannons.

This spring, the angry Dayan Khan led the left-wing Mongolian soldiers to launch an attack on the right wing. Unfortunately, he was defeated by the right wing and was almost killed himself.

Dayan Khan, who suffered a defeat, realized that if they did not have a big weapon in hand, their group of left-wing cavalry who came from afar would not be an opponent of the right-wing cavalry who were waiting for work and were familiar with the terrain. (End of chapter)