Travel to the famine year to go to the sea, and become rich with the zombie girlfriend

Except for Wang Qingyan, Ouyang Hua, Ning Yu, Li Nian and Xia Qingqing only started talking after hearing the officials outside sending Wang Pingzhi away.

"This County Magistrate Wang is so strange. I always feel that there is something weird in his eyes." Li Nian asked based on his intuition.

Ning Yu also agreed, looked at Ouyang Hua, and asked, "Does your Ouyang family have any relationship with him?"

Although Ouyang Hua had drunk quite a bit of wine, he still felt a little uncomfortable with what had happened today, so he slowly said, "We did have some acquaintance, but at the time I thought that was the last time we would see each other."

"When Wang Pingzhi came to Beijing to take the imperial examination, he was impoverished and even encountered robbers. I happened to be collecting rent with my men and rescued him." Ouyang Hua slowly walked to a chair and sat down, his eyes seeming to recall something from a long time ago. "I heard about his experience, so I brought him to my home. That day, I heard that he was very knowledgeable and could speak eloquently about statecraft. I admired him, so I gave him money to continue taking the exam..."

"Ah?" Ning Yu said in disbelief, "Then your Ouyang family has done him a great favor?"

"So he gave gold to your Ouyang Mansion as a thank you." Li Nian was a little surprised, but he still felt something was wrong. "That makes sense. Maybe we were overthinking it..."

"How many days did he stay at your house? Did anything unpleasant happen during that time?" Xia Qingqing asked.

Ouyang Hua thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "We only stayed there for two or three days in total. We got along very well and mostly just drank and wrote poetry. Nothing unpleasant happened..."

He was a businessman and had seen countless people. They hadn't seen each other for years, and he always felt a chill beneath Wang Pingzhi's smile, but he didn't know if it was just an illusion.

In the end, I didn't get any useful information, and the conversation ended with the servants outside urging me to do something.

However, Ouyang Hua is a smart man. Wang Pingzhi's act of giving away gold is very confusing, and the Ouyang family will definitely be on high alert.

The days that followed were quite peaceful. The school building was completed, and the sound of reading aloud was no longer heard at home.

Both the fishing boats and the coal mines were operating in an orderly manner. After Wang Pingzhi arrived, he quickly rectified the seafood trading market and solved all the problems there.

However, no one knew what punishment Huang Ziqiu received in the end, because he never appeared in front of Xia Qingqing again.

Autumn came gradually and went away quietly. People's clothes became thicker and they went out to sea less frequently.

That day, Xia Qingqing had just gotten up when she heard the sound of a carriage outside. She put on her clothes and went out, only to see Xiao Shunzi pulling the carriage to a stop at the door, talking to Qingfeng. Seeing Xia Qingqing, he immediately said, "Master Xia, I have something important to discuss with you."

Xia Qingqing looked at Xiao Shunzi's solemn face and had a bad feeling in her heart. She immediately said, "Come inside and talk."

"Boss Xia, there's heavy snow in Hancheng, and 100,000 zombies are trapped in the snow!"

"Mr. Liang has received a letter from the Second Master and hopes you can find a way to deliver coal to them."

Xia Qingqing immediately stood up from where she had just sat down, frowning and saying, "Hasn't the coal been transported several times already? Isn't it enough?!"

Xiao Shunzi choked up and said, "The messenger said that Lord Fan had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. He gave all the coal and food he had stored to the enemy. Even he has disappeared now."

Xia Qingqing clenched her fists, feeling furious. This Fan Youliang was actually a spy from the enemy country!

"In fact, the imperial court also sent supplies, but they were either robbed or burned. It seems that the enemy's spies have infiltrated deeply..."

Xiao Shunzi didn't understand why Xia Qingqing was asked to help with this matter. He just wanted to convey what Magistrate Liang wanted to say to the vassal state.

After saying everything she needed to say, Xia Qingqing began to pace around the room. Xiao Shunzi turned his head back and forth following Xia Qingqing's steps, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Shunzi was so tired from standing that Xia Qingqing finally looked up at him and said, "Go back and tell Magistrate Liang that I'll find a way. Don't let anyone else know about this."

"Master Liang has already explained it," Xiao Shunzi finally took out a brocade box and placed it on the table, saying, "This is given by the Second Master."

After Xiao Shunzi left, Xia Qingqing opened the brocade box. Inside were several thousand-liang silver notes and a note that read, "Thank you for your help."

However, there was one of the wrinkled banknotes that seemed to have been rubbed and was a little red.

If I'm not mistaken, it should be someone's bloodstain.

Xia Qingqing stayed in the house all morning and did not go out. Her family members were a little worried, but they did not disturb her.

It wasn't until lunchtime that Xia Qingqing left the room, smiling broadly as she said, "County Magistrate Liang is so kind to us. He's introduced several clients to us who want to buy coal. This time, I'm going on a long journey to personally escort the coal."

"Ah?" Everyone didn't expect it to be a good thing, but they didn't expect it to be so sudden.

"Where are you going? Is it far?" asked Mrs. Ding.

"These merchants are near Liyang City, not too far away, don't worry." Xia Qingqing said to Ding with a smile.

"Liyang City is not so bad. It's still quite a distance from Fengyang City. After all, there's a war going on there." Huo An nodded and said, "Then I'll go notify Tiezhu to prepare the supplies."

"I'll go."

Xia Qingqing left the courtyard and went to Stone Mountain alone. Mulan and Qingfeng squatted at the door like abandoned puppies.

Mulan cried, "Master, aren't you going to take me with you this time?"

"It doesn't matter whether I take you with me or not, but can't you take me with you too?" Qingfeng sighed and asked in confusion.

"Hey? I don't like to hear that. Why does the boss have to take you with him when he goes out? What's the extra thing?" Mulan said unconvincedly, "It's more convenient for a woman like me to take him with him."

Qingfeng looked Mulan up and down and said, "My martial arts skills are better than yours."

"I……"

While the two were arguing, Xia Qingqing had already arrived at Shitou Mountain. At this time, Shitou was handing over coal to people passing by. After noticing Xia Qingqing, he told others and hurried over.

"Qingqing, what's the matter?"

"Find some reliable people to work overtime tonight to deliver the goods to this address and pack them all in sacks." Xia Qingqing handed Tiezhu a piece of paper and instructed, "The sooner the better. Let me know when it's delivered, and someone will pick it up."

Xia Tiezhu nodded and said, "Don't worry."

"Besides these, here are five more orders, so hurry up! I'm leaving within two days to take them away!"

After informing Xia Tiezhu, Xia Qingqing still didn't feel relaxed. In addition to asking for coal, she also asked for food!