A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

For Shen Qingqian, being an official is not about seeking benefits for himself, but about having a platform to benefit the people.

But the Queen Mother kept causing trouble for her because of a little personal grudge, and the Emperor, as the ruler of a country, actually indulged his mother in doing so and dismissed her from her official position. This made Shen Qingqian very disappointed with the court and the Emperor.

The emperor and the queen mother thought that she would lose her official position and her life would be worse than before. They thought this was a punishment for her.

In fact, this is not the case. Shen Qingqian is no longer an official and his life is even better after returning home. It can be said that he is free and worry-free.

When her brothers and sisters heard about her situation, they did not feel sorry for her. Instead, they felt relieved that she had returned to them.

However, Shen Qingqian also knew that if she wanted to live a stable and worry-free life in this dynasty, she must have enough strength.

Therefore, Shen Qingqian not only had to speed up the production of guns, but also had to produce bombs in large quantities.

On the Empress Dowager's side, Eunuch Wu and Nanny Qiu had already been buried.

The Queen Mother lost her two right-hand men at once, and she wished she could kill Shen Qingqian immediately to avenge Eunuch Wu and Nanny Qiu, and also to wipe out her previous humiliation.

However, after the two previous failures, the Queen Mother would not act rashly again. She planned carefully and waited for the right time to act.

If Zhao Yichen or King Xiaoyao saw Eunuch Wu's injuries when he was dying, they would definitely recognize that it was a gunshot wound.

And no matter which of them, they will find out the owner of the gun.

It’s a pity that King Xiaoyao has just returned to the capital, and I don’t know how many things he has to do. How can he care about the injury of a servant!

Zhao Yichen was not in the capital these days. He and Zhao Yifeng went to Shahe County to repair the dam.

Zhao Yichen and Zhao Yifeng had no idea what had happened in the capital in the past few days.

So until Eunuch Wu was buried, no one could recognize what hidden weapon had taken Eunuch Wu's life!

The emperor originally gave the task of repairing the dam to Zhao Yifeng and the newly appointed Minister of Works, but Zhao Yichen took the initiative to ask the emperor, saying that he had just finished his work in the past few days and wanted to go to Shahe County to help. The emperor agreed.

But in fact, Zhao Yichen was deliberately avoiding it. He always thought that something really happened between him and Mu Xinyue. He was angry that Mu Xinyue drugged him and plotted against him, but he couldn't not take responsibility!

In addition, the Queen Mother was eager to arrange a marriage between him and Mu Xinyue, and often summoned him to the palace to lecture him, telling him how good Mu Xinyue was and asking him to treat her well.

Zhao Yichen was so annoyed that he had to go out and find some peace and quiet.

Otherwise, with such a big thing happening to Shen Qingqian, it would be impossible for Zhao Yichen and Zhao Yifeng not to show up.

Ping'an Town. That night, forty or fifty guests suddenly came to Shen Qingqian's inn, all of them were strong men, saying that they were a caravan passing through here to transport goods.

There are ten large guest rooms in Shen Qingqian's Inn, each of which can accommodate three people;

There are six small rooms, two of which were converted into chess and card rooms by Shen Qingqian. But after the snowstorm, war, and economic depression, chess and card rooms in small towns became less practical, so Shen Qingfeng converted them into guest rooms.

The house price has dropped a bit compared to before, but it is still the most expensive in the town. Of course, the conditions are still the best in the town.

Each small guest room can accommodate two people, so six rooms can only accommodate twelve people.

Even if all the guest rooms were allocated to these people, there would not be enough, not to mention that there are other guests staying in the inn!

Shen Qingqian counted and found that there were six large guest rooms available and only two small guest rooms, which meant that only twenty-two people could be accommodated at the moment.

Shen Qingqian said to one of the men, "We only have eight rooms left. We can't accommodate so many people. How about some of you stay here and the rest of you find another inn to stay in?"

The man said, "Just leave the remaining rooms to us. We can sleep on the floor in the hot summer."

Perhaps because he was afraid that Shen Qingqian would disagree, he explained, "Our goods need to be looked after by people in shifts. We are a little worried if there are not enough people."

After hearing what he said, Shen Qingqian thought it made sense and agreed.

The night was peaceful and those people left early the next morning.

But just one day later, another caravan moved into the inn. The number of people was about the same as that day, also about 40 to 50.

Shen Qingqian was a little puzzled, wondering why so many caravans passed by here in the past two days?

But she had her own things to do every day, so this kind of thing only passed through her mind once and she didn't think about it any more.

In the evening, Shen Qingqian came back from the mountain on horseback. When passing by the entrance of the college, he saw Shen Qinglan standing there, probably waiting for Liangzi to finish school.

Shen Qingqian got off the horse, tied it to a tree by the roadside, walked over and asked, "Sister, are you here to pick up Liangzi?"

Shen Qinglan saw that it was her and said with a smile: "Qingqian is back? I'm here to pick up Liangzi from school, but it seems I'm here too early today, so I have to wait a while!"

Shen Qingqian said: "Then I'll wait with you!"

"Okay, but are you hungry? I just bought some snacks when I passed by the snack shop. Do you want to eat some first?"

Shen Qinglan opened the paper bag in his hand.

Shen Qingqian reached out and pushed the paper bag back, saying, "Big sister, I'm not a child. What does it look like to eat standing at the entrance of the academy?"

Shen Qinglan chuckled and said, "Okay, let's go back and eat later."

It turned out that Shen Qinglan was indeed early. The two sisters talked for a long time before other parents who came to pick up their children came one after another.

As more and more people gathered, they couldn't help but start chatting.

"It's been so hot these past few days, and it hasn't rained at all!"

"Yes, the Dragon Boat Festival is just a dozen days away, how can it not be hot? But then again, there is indeed little rain this year. The few times it rained were only drizzles, not a single heavy rain. The crops that have grown here are a little wilted!"

"Who says it's not true? If God doesn't send some heavy rain soon, this year's crops will be in jeopardy! You businessmen can still have a meal to eat, but we farmers will probably starve again!"

"Alas, we are just a small business, and the money we earn is just enough to fill our stomachs.

But our grocery store has been doing well these past two days. Many outsiders have come to the town. Has the sales of my small grocery store in two days equaled the sales of the previous month?"

"Yes, yes, I heard that too. My sister-in-law's family runs an inn. They said that there have been caravans passing through our town every day these days, and their inn is full every day..."