Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 132
Pang Yudi glanced at her, frowned and said, "What Qizhuang? This is Wanxi."

After finishing speaking, he crossed his arms on his chest and said displeasedly: "This is the place Miss Xie San mentioned in her letter, why don't you even know the name?"

Xie Yanniang choked, she only remembered the name from now on, but she didn't know what the original name was.

After it was bought by the fifteen princes, a village was built nearby to cover people's eyes and ears, which is Qizhuang.

If it hadn't been for several times, Xie Yanniang might not have recognized this place.

There is yellow sand everywhere, and the ground is dry and cracked. It can be seen at a glance that it is a wasteland that has not been cultivated for a long time.

Sure enough, I saw Kang Yunzhang leading the two of them coming from a distance, and reported to Ruan Jingxin: "My lord, this is a low-grade field, and the crops are not viable. There is only one village nearby, but the population is withered. Dozens of people."

The two people behind them had gray hair, ragged clothes, sallow complexion, and thin figures, which looked very loose in old clothes.The patches on the clothes are layer upon layer, which shows that the people here are living a very bad life.

Everyone who can walk around here has gone, only some older people are left, who are reluctant to leave this place.

They had never seen a high official before, and they knelt down on the ground trembling slightly.

Kang Yunzhang introduced: "This is the village chief and his father, who have lived here for decades."

Xie Yanniang looked from a distance, amidst the flying yellow sand, there were only a few dilapidated earthen houses with potholes, which had been filled up several times.

"Nothing can be grown here, and the government doesn't care?" Ruan Jingxin put his hands behind his back. This is near the middle of Beijing, and it is reasonable to say that it is under the jurisdiction of the governor of Beijing.

The old man shook his head, sighed and said: "I don't know, my lord. Although the land was not good a few years ago, the ponds could raise some fish, and the mountains also had wild game. Young people with strength can hunt, and the skins can be sold well. For the price, life can go on.”

Another younger man answered, "It's a pity that in the past ten years, the pond has become muddy, and a large number of fish have died. The prey on the mountain has also become less and less. Other places have worked hard to make ends meet, and only some old people are left to make do with some wild vegetables and roots."

Beijing is so prosperous and prosperous, but I never expected that there is such a difficult and miserable place just a hundred miles away.

With the comparison, Xie Yanniang felt that the people in this village were very desolate.

The two old men were supported by Pang Yudi and Kang Yunzhang to speak, and Xie Yanniang realized that their foreheads were black, and they were faintly dead.

Obviously they stayed here, waiting to die.

Xie Yanniang can see it, but how can Ruan Jingxin not?

He looked at the two of them, the ridges on their faces were deeper than their actual age because of poverty and hunger.

Years and suffering have left deep marks on their faces, and these people have resigned themselves to their fate, just waiting to live to the last moment in this place where they have lived for half their lives.

"If I want to buy all the land in the village, you have to leave here, are you willing?"

The village chief heard Kang Yunzhang hint that this nobleman wanted to buy the land here.At first, I just thought that some high-ranking official had more spare money and wanted to buy some land.

Now anyone with eyes can see that the disciples in this village are barren, and they can't plant anything, so why buy them?
Although he was poor, he didn't do anything to hide his conscience. He replied in a low voice: "My lord is interested in this place, it's the blessing of grassroots. It's just that nothing can be grown here for nearly ten years, and it's useless if you buy it." Not big."

After hearing this, Pang Yudi also yelled: "This place is full of wind and sand. Not to mention the woods nearby, there is almost no grass growing. If you build a Zhuangzi, the outside is also bare, which is really not beautiful."

As he said, he glanced at Yanniang and thanked her.

I don't know the truth of what this woman said, but the boss believed it?

In Pang Yudi's view, it's better to be more cautious.

Although it is said that there is no doubt about the employment of people, but this little girl does not step out of the door, can she really "foresee" this?

Not to mention the others, Pang Yudi is still dubious.

The village head fell silent, but his father was anxious.It is rare that someone is willing to pay for the land here, even if the price is low, it is still some money so that they can live.

It doesn't matter if they are old, they always have to plan for their children and grandchildren.

Thinking of his unmarried grandson, who was suffering all over from moving around at the pier, the old man couldn't help but get red eyes: "The price here is low, and you can buy it for a radius of ten miles for 100 taels. Although you can't grow anything, But it’s still possible to build other workshops.”

It's not far from the center of Beijing, and it only takes more than half an hour for the carriage to go there.

The workshop is set up here, uninhabited, not afraid of disturbing others, let alone leaking secrets, it is indeed a good place to keep secrets in the workshop.

Pang Yudi's heart was moved when he heard it. If the boss built a Zhuangzi and dragged all those lazy people over, it would be a good place to practice.

100 taels is a lot, but not much.

For ordinary people, two or three taels of silver are enough to keep a family alive for half a year.

Ruan Jingxin nodded slightly, and Kang Yunzhang took out the banknote and prepared the contract.

The two pressed their fingerprints without saying anything, and went back to pack their things with gratitude, ready to move out.

Ruan Jingxin walked slowly on the wasteland, the sand and dust mixed with gravel, the land was extremely barren.If you step on it, the cracks will be more severe.

Pang Yudi frowned and looked at the land, but Kang Yunzhang was thoughtful: "My lord, I have seen such a land before, and there is no grass growing. It is just south of Panshan."

After all, Pang Yudi muttered: "Panshan? That's not the late emperor's..."

He froze for a moment, re-examined the land, and suddenly felt that the place where not a single blade of grass grew was cute.

That was the treasury of the first emperor, the gold mine of the Qing Kingdom.

If there are really mineral deposits under the ground, it is indeed very likely that the surrounding area will be barren.

"Miss Xie, what do you think?" Ruan Jingxin turned around and asked her suddenly.

The letter paper only stated that there was a treasure under here, Xie Yanniang didn't say it clearly.

At this moment, she could only bite the bullet and say: "My lord, the girl thinks... this place is worth buying."

"Is it worth it?" Ruan Jingxin murmured in a low voice, the wind picked up, her black hair fluttered, and her clothes fluttered.

Kang Yunzhang held the land deed in his hand, but this matter had actually been decided a long time ago.

Buying a plausible treasure for 100 taels was actually no pain to Ruan Jingxin.

If it is true, the kindness sent by Xie Yanniang is strong enough.

Ruan Jingxin's eyes darkened, one could tell if it was real or not.

He nodded slightly to Kang Yunzhang, who quickly backed out.

"Since it's over, we should continue to enjoy the flowers along the road."

This is the real reason why Ruan Jingxin brought Xie Yanniang out. You have to do a full set of plays, don't you?

Xie Yanniang thought that after buying this land, Ruan Jingxin would send her away, and she was still thinking about where to go to pass the time.

Now is just right, and she doesn't want to go back to Xie's mansion so soon.

Without Xie Ruitong, Xie Churou's mood might not be much better, and Mrs. Xie might take the opportunity to rub herself...

Xie Yanniang is in a good mood, this land has already been bought by Ruan Jingxin, and it will have nothing to do with the fifteen princes in the future.

It was Long Zhiyu who bought the land by mistake at the beginning, and unintentionally dug the gold mine under the land when building Zhuangzi.

To achieve a great cause, money is indispensable.

This gold mine is like a tiger with wings added to him.

Now that it is in the hands of the regent, what will Long Zhiyu use to achieve his great cause?

Xie Yanniang is happy to see that he can add trouble to the fifteen princes.

She got into the carriage with a smile, put her arms around the white wolf, and rubbed its hair with both hands, making it a mess.

However, Bai Lang felt Xie Yanniang's good mood, and put his head in her embrace, twisting and turning.

For a time, one person and one wolf made a fuss.

Xie Yanniang was rubbed on the neck by the white wolf, and pushed it with a smile: "Itchy, it's too itchy..."

As she spoke, she laughed until the hairpin on her bun was crooked.

But the white wolf in his arms suddenly paused, raised his head vigilantly, rushed over and pressed Xie Yanniang under him.

Xie Yanniang was quite shocked, the white wolf crawled on her body, its claws pressed against her shoulders, its head was lowered, the two rows of sharp teeth were right in front of it, it would be a lie to say that it wasn't scary.

Before she could react, she heard a "bang" in her ear, and the roof of the carriage was split open!
The sawdust fell down, Xie Yanniang stretched out her hand to cover her eyes, she was completely dumbfounded.

"The one surnamed Li, take your life!"

A sound of gnashing of teeth was not far away, and Xie Yanniang felt vaguely familiar.

When she got up and took a look, who was the tall man with a big knife in his hand but Meng Mingqi?
The white wolf jumped out of the carriage, raised his head and let out a wolf howl, his front paw was scratching the soil, his whole body was tense, full of hostility towards Meng Mingqi.

Ruan Jingxin supported Xie Yanniang with one hand, and slowly got off the carriage.

Pang Yudi held two knives in both hands, and looked at Meng Mingqi coldly: "I don't know that the Rong people who have always been upright have also learned to sneak attack?"

"For you executioners who killed your people, why should you be more open and upright!" A young man behind Meng Mingqi, with a white face and beardless, was wearing a blue robe. fan.Wearing a jade crown on her head and a pair of leather boots on her feet, she looks nondescript.

Xie Yanniang guessed the identity of this young man, seems to be Meng Mingqi's military advisor?

Meng Mingqi clenched his sword tightly and pointed at Ruan Jingxin from a distance: "Don't think that if you escaped once, you can escape again! Sooner or later, my sword will be used to sacrifice your blood to the dead clansmen!"

Pang Yudi snorted coldly: "Come here directly if you have the ability, what's the point of chirping like a bitch?"

He glared at the young man behind Meng Mingqi again, and said with a sneer: "There are also turtles that only hide behind others. Please, I beg you, maybe I will give you a whole corpse!"

The White Tiger General's words were so vicious that the young man's face turned black and his eyes widened. He wanted to pounce on him and tear Pang Yudi's mouth open.

It's just that the complexion of the young man returned to normal in a blink of an eye, and Xie Yanniang was amazed by the effort of changing his face.

(End of this chapter)