Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

a few days later.

Qiu Man unloaded the basket of blue bricks on his back, turned his head and watched a convoy pass through the city gate and departed south.

He casually asked an acquaintance beside him, "What is that?"

The young man who was asked blinked his eyes, stopped the work of picking up bricks in his hand, and said blankly: "Uh... Brother Qiu, how do I know?"

He craned his neck and glanced at the convoy, guessing, "Did the nobles in the city leave?"

Qiu Man was just idle and bored to ask a question, not expecting to get any answer.

He heard the words and smiled, bent down and picked up the bricks with the young man.

But a short man next to the two of them suddenly approached Qiu Man.

"Brother Qiu, are you saying that the nobles in this city are going to run away and leave us here to fend for themselves?" he said in a low voice.

Qiu Man looked up at him and chuckled, "What are you thinking about?"

After Qiu Man's line and the other Sheng Dynasty survivors were sent to Jurong, they each received different placements.

Most of the people settled in the surrounding villages and cleared fields for cultivation. Others were sent to the vicinity to undertake other tasks.

For example, hate this group of people.

Now that the manpower in the city is very sufficient, Qi San was going to take the opportunity to reinforce the city wall, so he asked Rongguan to bring a group of people.

If they insisted that Qiuman's group was different from the others, it should be that when they were working, they were surrounded by some tall soldiers who were staring at them closely.

"I'm not talking nonsense!" Seeing that Qiu Man didn't care about his words, the short man quickly explained: "Think about it, this is the border gate, and there is still a war in the north!

"Now that the nobles have all escaped, it's not because they got the wind and went back to take refuge first. The rest of us stay here, and sooner or later we will be killed by the soldiers who came over!"

His words obviously had a very shocking effect, and all the people around who were busy moving bricks looked over.

The short man smiled proudly: "We have been living in the grasslands for decades, and we have never heard of coming to rescue us before, why are you suddenly kind this time? We exchanged 10,000 tall soldiers for us? !

"I see, there must be some shady secrets in it! These high-ranking officials and nobles don't want to make us feel better."

Qiu Manyi frowned and said coldly, "What do you mean?"

The short man squinted his eyes: "Brother Qiu, you are our boss, you have to decide for us!"

"What do you do?" Qiu Man pushed his head away.

He grabbed two blue bricks and threw them into the basket, and said, "I drew you all together before and asked everyone to gather together. I don't know where those Rong people are going to take us. The army of Sheng Chao took us and came back. What are you going to do.

"That's why I thought about taking precautions first, and when there is danger, I can use one place to do my best.

"Now it's Jurong, isn't it good?

"We all have a way to live, do what we should do well, and don't have such a messy mind!"

The short man was blocked by him so he didn't dare to speak, but a thin young man beside him suddenly aggrieved: "But...but Brother Qiu, don't you think that we are living a lot harder now than before?"

He rubbed his shoulders: "My shoulders are bruised, and the pain is so painful at night that I can't sleep. Now, when I was full of Jesus, this was never the case."

Among the Rong people, there are people who love to abuse slaves, and naturally there are also relatively kind and enthusiastic groups.

The "Man Jesus" in the mouth of the thin young man is a tribe that is not bad for the slaves of Shengren.

The people in their tribe treated the slaves of the Sheng Dynasty a bit like the way in which the generous landlords and their own laborers got along in the Sheng Dynasty.

Although the "long-term workers" have to work, it is not a problem to have enough food on weekdays. When it comes to major festivals, they can even eat a little broth from the "landlord"'s house.

The thin young man's work before was just feeding the horses and brushing the horses, and it was far less difficult than moving bricks and walls, so in the past few days, he had some nostalgia for the days in the grasslands.

Qiu Man sighed.

He also understood the hardships of the youth, patted his arm and said, "It can't be compared like this.

"In Manju, no matter how good the life is, it's still like that. But have you forgotten? The steward said before that, in Jurong, as long as we work hard, after three or five years, we will be able to have our own land. When the time comes, we want to do What is not by virtue of our own liking?

"In Mansus, can they give you cattle and sheep for you to nurture and control?

"This vision, we have to take the long view!"

"You believe this?" The short man who was quiet for a while suddenly raised his voice and said, "Brother Qiu, don't be confused!

"They can say such things out of thin air. I also said that if you follow me back to the Rong clan, I will immediately ask the Khan to make you a king!"

He sternly said "Bah": "How can there be such a good thing? It's just made up to trick us into giving them white jobs!"

When Qiu Man heard this, he finally looked straight at him.

He was about to say something when the soldier on duty noticed the abnormality here and shouted: "Hey! What about you over there? What are you doing?

"Work hard, don't be lazy!"

The group of people who originally gathered heard the warning and hurriedly dispersed.

The short man returned to his post and glared fiercely at Qiu Man who had his back turned to him.

But then he rolled his eyes, and while no one was paying attention, he rubbed against the thin young man who complained of shoulder pain just now.

Qiu Man filled a basket of green bricks again, and when he turned around, he saw two people who were burying their heads and whispering in one place.

He hesitated for a moment, and after all, he left as if he had found nothing.

——

On the other side, Cao Mi and others were preparing to go to Shuijing.

Before Qi You left, he had mentioned to him that the eldest grandson Ling would send a batch of supplies from Lizhou.

About two months ago, she received news from Lizhou.

The two parties agreed on the time and place of the handover through letters. Cao Mi went out this time for this matter.

Because this was the first time between Liaozhou and Lizhou, and she also had something to ask Zhang Sun Ling, after thinking about it for a while, she decided to come over in person.

During the bumpy time on the road, Cao Mi only had one thought in his mind - he must build this section of the cement road as well!

Before Kangcheng to Changling, Changling to Jirong all built cement roads. Princess Bei'an has not suffered such a crime for a long time.

Fortunately, Shui Jing was not too far away from Ji Rong, and they arrived here more than half a month later.

The east of Liaozhou is close to the sea, and Shuijing can be regarded as the most prosperous seaside city in Liaozhou.

After Cao Mi arrived, he learned that Qi You had directly bought a port in Shuijingzhong in order to facilitate the exchange of goods between the two places.

Looking at the huge merchant ship that was unloading, Cao Mi had to sigh that Qi You really had deep pockets.

Changsun Ling was originally on the shore monitoring his subordinates' shipments, and when he saw Cao Mi's arrival, he hurried over to salute.

Cao Mi looked at the tall man who was a degree darker than he remembered, and hurriedly called out, "No need to be more polite...

"It's only been a year since I went to Lizhou, but the eldest grandson looks a lot haggard... It's really hard work."

"Where is the princess." Zhangsun Ling smiled indifferently: "Serving the prince and the princess, this is what the subordinates should do."

Cao Mi nodded.

She looked over to the ship and said with emotion, "How long has it been since then, has such a large merchant ship been built?"

Cao Mi stood in the distance, and could not feel the hugeness of the ship very well.

But just by swiping this hastily, she could judge that the boat that Chang Sun Ling was on was about fifty meters long.

"Ahem, it's not." Changsun Ling quickly explained: "When my subordinates ordered the shipyard, the merchant ship had already been built for the most part.

"Then, the subordinates found someone to build it completely.

"Hey, it's also the blessing of delaying the previous delay. This ship can be launched into the sea as soon as it is ready. Unlike other new ships, it has to be left to dry for several months."

Cao Mi suddenly said: "So it is."

Changsun Ling changed the subject and said, "Is this subordinate taking the princess to see it?"

Cao Mi responded, and Changsun Ling led her towards the ship.

While walking, the eldest grandson Ling introduced the things he brought this time.

"The things I brought the most this time were still the salt and sugar from Lizhou." Speaking of this, he was obviously very excited, "Thanks to the two preparation methods you gave before, the sugar and salt in Shonai can now be mass-produced. .

"We sold some of the salt and sugar and made a lot of profits, filling the huge loopholes left when we built Zhuangzi before."

Thinking of his own salt drying method and sugar making method, Cao Mi nodded in approval and said, "Although I gave the method, but you can do it this way, obviously you have put your heart into it, and it is worthy of praise."

Changsun Ling puffed out his chest unconsciously.

He added: "In terms of food, Lizhou produces a lot of rice.

"Beishi said that Rongguang has grown enough sweet potatoes and wheat, so this time he didn't bring much.

"We brought a batch of new rice that was just collected during the Qingming Festival this year. The taste is very good. The princess can keep it as a reward or share it."

Thinking of the crystal grains of rice, Cao Mi smiled with satisfaction: "Well, the arrangement of the North Temple is very good."

Apart from these, other goods appear to be ordinary.

Changsun Ling and Beisi also selected some Lizhou specialties from the perspective of practicality, such as various seafood and water hemp with Lizhou characteristics, but Cao Mi was a little lacking in interest.

Changsun Ling obviously saw it, he thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that the princess liked to collect all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. This time we also collected a batch from Lizhou and overseas, and presented it to the princess."

"Overseas?" Cao Mi's eyes lit up when he heard the word.

Changsun Ling waved for people to take things, and responded, "Well, it's a coincidence. At that time, when I met a foreigner, Beisi asked on a whim, and actually bought some from him."

"Well." Cao Mi restrained his expression on the surface, but he couldn't help but praised Bei Si several times in his heart!

She doesn't care what those things are, she only knows that with this excuse to cover up, she can finally take out the potatoes in the space!

Potatoes are not the same as sweet potatoes, you can still find some seeds. As soon as it is taken out, it is a whole, and it is not easy to explain the origin at all.

Cao Mi was worried about this for a while, but after seeing that the sweet potato harvest was already good, he put the matter aside for the time being.

The actions of the eldest grandson Ling and Beisi this time just gave her a wonderful excuse to smuggle out the potatoes "justifiably".

Changsun Ling didn't know what Cao Mi was thinking at this time. He recalled those strangely shaped plants, and only hoped that one or two lucky ones would be favored by the princess and make her happy.

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