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

County Magistrate Liu stood up suddenly.

"What did you say? Say it again."

As he spoke, he walked out.

"Master, didn't we capture a deer yesterday? We were planning to stew it for you today to nourish your body, didn't we?"

"Chef Gao went to the kitchen that morning and found that not only was the deer gone, but also the rice, flour, a whole pig, and several slaughtered chickens and ducks were gone."

What the housekeeper didn't say was that several large iron pots on the kitchen stove were also missing.

But even with just this, County Magistrate Liu was so angry that he felt like vomiting blood.

His fat body walked in an anxious pace and he almost fell down several times.

If the butler hadn't been there to support him, he would have fallen flat on his face.

County Magistrate Liu came to the kitchen with all his belongings thrown away, and saw that it was empty with only four walls and a stove that could not be moved.

"This...this...what's going on?"

Magistrate Liu opened his eyes wide, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief.

The housekeeper was also at a loss.

"Go check, go check, and see who is so bold as to take the things in my house..."

Before Magistrate Liu could finish his words, the bad news arrived even faster.

"Master, master, it's bad, it's bad, all the food in the warehouse is gone."

"Master, the weapons in the armory are gone too."

"Master, the money in the treasury that was to be used as a tribute to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also disappeared!"

The bad news one after another made County Magistrate Liu's eyes turn black and he fainted.

"Master...Master..."

Magistrate Liu fainted.

At the same time, several wealthy and unscrupulous businessmen in the county discovered that more than half of their belongings were missing from their homes.

The amount of grain in the granary was reduced by tens of thousands of kilograms.

This this……

"Someone, there's a burglary in my house. Go and report it to the police. Go and report it to the police quickly."

"I can't live anymore, I can't live anymore!"

Ping'an County was in chaos.

All the officers and soldiers in the county government were mobilized to search the county town for thieves and bandits.

After leaving Ping'an County and preparing to go to the provincial capital, Xia Chan and her companions rested on a nearby mountain and looked at the bustling provincial capital at the foot of the mountain from afar.

"Sister-in-law, who do you think looks like a rich person here?"

Mrs. Xie smiled and said, "I don't know. The bigger the house, the richer the person?"

"That's the truth."

Xia Chan nodded, agreeing with what Mrs. Xie said: "But there are good people and bad people living in the big house. We still have to go down and take a walk to find out who is the good guy and who is the bad guy."

She was short of money and things, but she would not take things from good people.

The rich but unkind people are the source of her money and food.

"it is good."

The two sisters-in-law rested for a while and then went down the mountain. Before nightfall, they paid the entrance fee and entered the city.

The entrance fee to the city is twice as expensive as that of Ping'an County, twenty cents per person.

He came in empty-handed.

If you carry something to sell, you will be charged an additional space fee.

This is the situation now.

The provincial capital is more lively than the county town.

It's already evening, but there are still many people walking on the street, and they are dressed much better than those in the county town.

Xia Chan asked passers-by about the blacksmith shop in the city, found out its location, and went there with her sister-in-law.

There are quite a few weapons in her space, but it is probably not suitable for building a house.

In order to make building the house easier, she still had to customize some special tools for felling wood and digging foundations.

We arrived at the largest blacksmith shop in the city, and the owner was preparing to close the shop.

The muscular boss saw two middle-aged women coming over and thought they were here to buy hoes, sickles, etc., so he asked them to look inside.

Xia Chan asked, "Boss, do you have an axe, saw, or pickaxe for chopping trees?"

When the boss heard Xia Chan say several things in one breath, he stopped.

"Does this lady want to buy tools for building a house?"

"Yes."

"That's right, I have a few sets here, ladies, come in and take a look."

"it is good."

Xia Chan and Mrs. Xie went into the inner room of the blacksmith shop together.

I saw the shiny axes, saws, and pickaxes on the table in the room, all flashing with cold light and very sharp.

Xia Chan was very satisfied.

After paying the money, I packed up all the ironware in the boss' room.

Iron tools were very expensive. Three axes, two saws, three pickaxes, three hoes, two shovels and two sickles cost thirty taels of silver.

After Xia Chan finished packing, he saw a big hammer and a hatchet on the side.

She spent another fifteen taels of silver to buy two hammers and two axes.

The boss didn't expect such a big customer to come, so he gave Xia Chan an axe as a gift.

"I wonder where your wife lives? Do you want me to deliver the goods over?" The blacksmith shop owner attaches great importance to big customers like Xia Chan.

Xia Chan smiled and said, "Thank you, boss. My sister-in-law and I are used to doing farm work, so we can take this little bit."

She was carrying dozens of kilograms of things in her hands, but as long as she carried someone on her back, she could put the things into the space.

Just mentioned it for a moment, it has nothing to do with anything.

After coming out of the blacksmith shop, Xia Chan found a dead end. She asked her sister-in-law to watch outside. She went in and came out again, and the two large bags of ironware in her hands were gone.

Mrs. Xie once again admired Xia Chan's abilities.

But she didn't ask any more questions.

"Where are we going now?"

"Let's find an inn to stay in. We'll go around the city tomorrow and buy some toys to make the kids happy."

"Sister-in-law, don't spend any money. The children will be happy if they have something to eat every day."

Mrs. Xie is penniless now and feels a little embarrassed to let Xia Chan spend money.

Xia Chan raised her eyebrows: "Sister-in-law, don't you know how much money I have now?"

Mrs. Xie blinked and said, "I really don't know."

Xia Chan's smile grew even wider.

If she works harder, her money will be enough to buy a big city.

Even if Xie Lin does not rebel in the future but establishes his own country, she will have enough money to support him.

The two sisters-in-law found an inn to stay in.

There were just two "middle-aged women" and they did not ask for a very good room so as not to attract attention and cause unnecessary trouble.

I booked an ordinary room and prepared to go around the city after dinner.

As soon as he walked out of the inn, he was almost hit by a yamen runner riding a horse galloping on the street.

Xia Chan and Mrs. Xie stepped aside together.

I turned my head to see who was so arrogant, but when I turned around, I saw a child holding a candy man, standing blankly in the middle of the street.

He was frightened by the galloping horse.

Everyone around was terrified.

The horse's hooves were almost there.

Just two more steps and it would step on the child's head.

"Whoosh."

After a slight sound that cut through the air, the horse that had raised its hooves high suddenly felt weak and its body fell heavily to the ground.

The officer and soldier on horseback fell heavily from the horse.

"Boom..."

With a loud bang, the horse fell to the ground and was unable to get up. The soldier on the horse had one leg pressed under the horse's belly, and he let out a scream of extreme pain.

"My legs..."