Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Xiao Lan also understood, after all, gold and silver are money, and can be used directly. But jewelry and other things must be exchanged for money before they can be used. Shen Liu was more tolerant towards the soldiers who followed him, and he didn't care much about them keeping a little or two privately. After all, if there were too many of these things, they would not be worth much, so it would be better to leave them as trophies to his subordinates, and he kept the gold and silver things to support the soldiers.

"General Shen has to rearrange his defenses and pay his soldiers, so he must be short of money," Xiao Lan asked.

"That's right. He has to feed so many soldiers and so many mouths waiting for food every day. How can he not be short of money?" said Zhao Dongjia.

Zhao Dongjia brought up the topic of selling southern goods to the north. "Before the Hu people went south and the relationship between the two sides was not tense, our Liaodong Prefecture's tea, silk and other things were shipped to the Hu people's territory and sold very well. Although the Hu people have been defeated and have paid money to the court, the border is still closed and goods are shipped over there. There is an urgent need for these things." At this point, Zhao Dongjia whispered, "I heard that some smugglers took these things over and brought back sheep, horses and specialties from there. As long as they survived and came back, they all made a lot of money."

Xiao Lan's eyes lit up when she heard this. But this kind of business is not something that most people can do, and she has no connections. She must have found a way to do it before. If she acts rashly, she might lose her life.

While Zhao Dongjia was talking to Xiaolan and Shengxuan, he heard the door open.

"Brother Xuan, Xiaolan, you guys are really back." It was Hu Yidao who pushed the door open. Ever since Zhang Qingnian, Liu took the children and Mr. Huang back to Shengjia Village, Hu Yidao would come to Xiaolan's house every night. When he saw two carriages parked in front of Xiaolan's house, he was surprised at first, then overjoyed, thinking that Xiaolan and her family might be back.

"Uncle Hu, come in and sit down." Xiao Lan hurriedly stood up and greeted Hu Yidao.

When Hu Yidao learned that the father and daughter were coming to the city to pick someone up, he agreed without hesitation to accompany the father and daughter to the government office in the city tomorrow to see if anything really happened. In case there was any problem, he could help.

Ever since Zhang Qingnian returned to Shengjiatun, Hu Yidao has not been idle. The task of picking up shells at the beach was assigned to him. At that time, Zhang Qingnian made an agreement with him to deliver shells to Shengjiatun once a month.

"Uncle Hu, you don't need to help for now. We don't know what it is. Let's go to the government office tomorrow. You should go pick up shells first. Don't delay this job. My family's workshop is about to be completed, and we will need a large number of shells afterwards." Xiao Lan said.

Hu Yidao nodded and said, "If you have something to say, you must tell me. Although I am a rough man, I have a lot of strength."

The next day they went to the yamen, and it was Shen Ada who received them. Xiao Lan felt thoughtful. Last time, Shen Liu took the ice-making recipe from her. Now that summer was over, selling ice was a seasonal business. Could this be a cover-up by Shen Liu, who deliberately tricked them into coming to pick someone up, and actually wanted to get benefits from her?

When Xiaolan and Shengxuan saw Mr. Sheng, Mrs. Cui and Chunhua in prison, well, Xiaolan admitted that she was indeed judging others by her own standards.

"Dad, Mom, Chunhua, why are you in jail?" When Sheng Xuan first saw Old Man Sheng, Cui and Chunhua, he rubbed his eyes hard, thinking he was in a trance. After he saw clearly that they were indeed his parents and sister, he hurriedly walked to the side of the prison, knelt down and asked.

It's only been a month, and the old couple and Chunhua are in jail. Regardless of what caused the three of them to be in jail, why are there only the old couple and Chunhua? Where are the eldest and second oldest brothers?

After Old Master Sheng, Cui and Chunhua were put in jail, no one cared about them. This was because the two brothers Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai fled to Hejian County with their families, and the old man was already working in Hejian County.

When the family passed by Black Tiger Village, they were new here and didn't know how dangerous Black Tiger Village was. Of course, they didn't have much money to buy their way through. They were unlucky because they happened to meet the people from Black Tiger Village who were out foraging. So, Sheng Nuo and Sheng Kai ran away with their family. After all, Mr. Sheng and Cui were old and not as agile as they used to be, so the carriage they were in was hijacked and taken up the mountain.

After they got to the mountain, the leader of the Black Tiger Village did not make things difficult for the old couple because he had taken a fancy to their daughter Chunhua. He wanted to let the whole family live with him in the mountain. The old couple naturally refused, but what kind of place is the Black Tiger Village? How could a village composed of a group of mountain bandits be good people? Even though the old couple was reluctant, Chunhua still put on her red wedding dress the next day and married the leader.

The leader of the Black Tiger Village is called Black Tiger. He is 46 years old this year. His former wife was tortured to death by him. Although Chunhua is not the most beautiful, in this era of starvation, she is considered to be above average in appearance.

It is not known whether it was a blessing in disguise or a real misfortune, but on the third day after Chunhua's marriage, Shen Liu led his soldiers to wipe out Heihu Mountain. Heihu died in the battle and all the bandits were locked up. Of course, Heihu's relatives, Mr. Sheng, Cui and Chunhua were also locked up.

Of course, the group of extremely vicious bandits would be sentenced to immediate execution. As the victims of Mr. Sheng's family, the prefect still asked Shen Liu for his opinion. After all, it was he who dealt with the bandits and captured the criminals.

Shen Ada was also present at the time. He heard the surname Sheng sound familiar. After thinking for a while, he finally knew why it sounded familiar. After Xiaolan saved Shen Liu, he investigated Xiaolan's family thoroughly. The old couple and Chunhua might be Xiaolan's grandfather, grandmother and aunt.

Shouldn't their family live in Shengjia Village? How did they end up in Heihu Village? Shen Ada was puzzled by this matter. The prefect asked Mr. Sheng and Cui many times, but the old couple remained silent. They just kept hugging Chunhua and crying, saying that their daughter had a miserable life.

The prefect was at a loss and could only ask Shen Liu how to deal with them. After all, they were still Hei Hu's relatives in name, although this marriage was forced.

After General Shen A whispered in Shen Liu's ear about the relationship between Mr. Sheng, Mrs. Cui, Chunhua and Xiaolan's family, Shen Liu fell into deep thought. After a long while, he asked the prefect to send someone to notify Mr. Sheng's son to pick them up.

Sheng Xuan was worried about Grandpa Sheng and Cui, and was deeply moved by their filial piety. However, rationally speaking, what they urgently needed to know was why Grandpa Sheng and his wife were in prison? Where were her uncles and their families? Why were they separated from Grandpa?

"A county magistrate who ruins a family, a prefect who wipes out a clan." Even common people who can't read a single word know what this sentence means. Xiao Lan is really worried that the old Sheng family will do something naughty again and implicate them. Even if they split up, they can't write two Sheng characters with one stroke. If the whole family is really wiped out, their family will not be able to escape.