All the money was emptied on the way to exile, and there was too much money to spend

She thought about this today.

Although there are not many people here, there are mountains and rivers in the distance and a primeval forest behind them.

However, it must be admitted that the geographical conditions here are not actually very remote.

If you take the water route instead of the mountain road, it will only take two hours to reach the town outside.

If you take the mountain road, it will take a day to cross the mountain.

To be honest, this geographical location is not too remote.

Since there were refugees fleeing here before, there may be even more people coming here in the future.

There are so many people, it would be tiring to just rely on them to take care of it.

It would be better to let those secret guards or confidants who want to settle down come here and settle down.

It would be nice if we just built another city.

As for whether the Xie family will be betrayed again?

Xia Chan thought about it and felt that the charges against the Xie family had been cleared, and if nothing unexpected happened, the Daqing Dynasty would no longer exist.

The Xie family is about to become the old people of the previous dynasty, and there is no point in betraying them.

And then again, Xia Chan is not afraid of being betrayed.

If there are any more troops or other people who want to murder the Xie family, let them come.

She kills every one that comes, and kills a pair that comes!

With her around, Xie Lin around, and the whole Xie family young and old working together, they are not afraid of anything that comes their way outside.

Xie Lin understood what his wife meant. He held her hand, kissed it, and solemnly agreed.

"I will contact them tomorrow."

"Okay, tell grandma by the way."

Although she is the head of the Xie family, the old lady is still there after all.

If there is anything happening at home or any major decision to be made, the old lady must be informed.

With the old lady's wisdom, she naturally would not interfere with their decision.

"it is good."

After the couple finished talking, they fell asleep in each other's arms.

It was the middle of the night and I wasn't in the mood to do that anymore.

The next morning, Xie Lin and Xia Chan went to the main courtyard together and explained the situation to the old lady and the people at home.

"Sister-in-law, do you mean that we should build a city here?"

Xie Chang was the first to react and asked Xia Chan.

Xia Chan nodded.

"Yes, big brother. I have checked. There are a lot of open space here. There are mountains, water, and natural passes. They are good for defense. We can build a city here to house those homeless refugees."

What Xia Chan actually thought was that, if nothing unexpected happened, the Xie family would never leave this place in this lifetime.

Since they are going to live here forever, they certainly can't live alone with their own family.

Xie Yunying, Xie Yunyao, and Xie Wenjun and the others, you have to look at each other, right?

If we want to meet each other, we need someone.

When there are more people, there will be conditions for choice.

"It's very chaotic outside now, and it's not suitable for us to live in the city outside, but no one stipulates that we can't build a city ourselves."

Summer cicada added.

Brothers Xie Chang and Xie Yuan had no objection.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xie II even regarded Xia Chan's words as an imperial decree.

As for the other people in the family, they have already been asking what will be done after the city is built?

"Aunt, will you be the city lord in the future?"

Xie Wenbo asked while pulling Xia Chan's skirt.

Xia Chan smiled and said, "Bo Ge'er, do you want to be the city lord?"

"Well...if it's my aunt, I don't want to be one. If it's not my aunt, I want to be one."

He's only five years old, but he dares to think like that.

Xie Chang and his wife were standing by and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry when seeing their son being so serious.

Children speak without restraint, they really do.

After things were confirmed, everyone began to prepare for building the city.

Xie Lin has been contacting the secret guards these days, asking about the situation outside and whether they want to come here to live.

Of course, he must explain the living conditions here to them in advance.

Otherwise, if others come here happily, then see this desolate place and regret their decision and want to go back, that would be inappropriate.

Time is also very precious. Xie Lin himself doesn’t want to waste time, nor does he want other people to waste time because of him.

While Xie Lin was busy contacting people, Xia Chan was pestered by Xie Yunying and the others and wanted to go up the mountain with them.

Xia Chan nodded.

"Don't go to the mountains, go outside."

"Okay, okay, sister-in-law, where are we going?"

As long as she can go out, Xie Yunying is happy.

Xia Chan raised her eyes and glanced at the main gate. "Go to the village to find someone."

"Oh, okay."

The three aunts and sisters-in-law, plus Wei Hua, left the Xie family compound and went to the village.

They were wearing very thick clothes and thick snow boots under their skirts.

Walking in the snow in the cold wind, I didn't feel cold at all.

When we arrived at the village, we saw that the only five households had their wooden doors closed.

In the cold winter, not everyone is like the summer cicadas, who have no shortage of supplies or carbon.

The door of the house was closed, and the whole family, young and old, huddled together on a kang to keep warm.

Xia Chan came to Wang's house first.

Wang Da and the others obviously didn't expect to see Xia Chan again so soon.

And there are several other girls from the Xie family.

Wang Dalian quickly stood up and wanted to give up the room so that his wife could entertain Xia Chan and the others.

Since all the visitors were women, Wang naturally felt embarrassed to stay in the house all the time.

"Madam, our home is very simple. I am sorry for the trouble you and the girls have suffered."

Wang Da said this and was about to leave.

Xia Chan called him.

"I'm here to find you."

Wang Da: "Looking for me?"

He was puzzled. "Madam, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"It's nothing. Of all the families that moved in, you're the only one that impressed me the most."

So I came to find him.

Wang Da chuckled, feeling quite uncomfortable.

He scratched his head and stood aside, with his eyes lowered, waiting for Xia Chan's instructions.

Xia Chan looked around their house and sat down on the long bench. "What did your family do for a living?"

"Madam, before the famine, my family was a blacksmith shop. My father and I ran the shop and earned a few copper coins to support our family."

There are two brothers in the Wang family. Wang Da is six years older than his younger brother.

All the family's blacksmithing skills were passed on to him.

His younger brother was a scholar and had originally planned to take the exam after two years.

If he could pass the imperial examination and become a scholar, the Wang family would be honored.

But unexpectedly, before Wang Qian came to an end, famine and war came.

His father was beaten to death on the spot by soldiers, so he fled here with his family. Fortunately, he was taken in by the Xie family, otherwise, he didn't know what the future of his family would be.

After listening to Wang Da's experience, Xia Chan nodded.

"What does it take to open a blacksmith shop?"

"Third Madam?"

Wang Da was still immersed in the sorrow of his father's passing and the loss of his ancestral craft, but suddenly he heard Xia Chan say this.

He raised his head in surprise and looked at Xia Chan bravely.

Xia Chan's face was full of seriousness.

I'm not kidding.

Does this noble man in front of him really intend to let him reopen the blacksmith shop?

No, even if he is not allowed to open the blacksmith shop, even if he is allowed to work in the blacksmith shop, it would be a very good thing.