Ball Ball Cultivation

Han Chou looked in the direction indicated by Qiuqiu. He actually knew the owner of this house: "It is the courtyard of Su Sheng, the chief eunuch beside the old emperor."

Qiuqiu's spiritual sense checked and found only three or five servants inside: "You sneak into the east wing. There is a secret passage under the bed. You can go in and take a look."

Han Chou thought there was some secret inside, so he followed Qiuqiu's instructions, used his lightness skills, and carefully entered the secret room. What he saw was a room full of golden color.

In this era when the smelting industry was underdeveloped, the secret room of less than ten square meters was filled with gold, which even Qiuqiu was shocked.

Han Chou dug out the eunuch's preferences from his memory. Usually, when the princes asked him for information, they would give him some precious little things in exchange for some unimportant news from the emperor.

Even small officials like them would often give gifts. If you think about it carefully, he would only smile knowingly when given gold.

Qiuqiu: "His hobby is quite simple, he just wants to sleep on gold."

Han Chou didn't have any objection to the eunuch. He could still resist the temptation and asked patiently, "Old Ancestor, can I take this gold?"

Qiuqiu: "Take it. Su Sheng is dead after betraying the old emperor. These are ownerless treasures. I saw in the future that these golds were eventually obtained by the fleeing Tatar generals."

Han Chou: I knew that our ancestors were good at fortune-telling, could see the past and the future, and were omnipotent. But the speed at which his men collected the gold was not slow at all.

Qiuqiu: "His taste is too narrow. He only likes gold. He doesn't have any silver or jade at all."

Han Chou: "Ancestor, you want jade. I have collected some from the Wang family's secret room, but the quality is average. Let's go to the Chen family right away. They must have good jade. They have a jade mine."

Qiuqiu was just saying casually: "If you have good jade, you can make a protective jade amulet."

It was just a casual remark, and Han Chou heard Han Chou say happily: "I knew that the ancestor was powerful, so my next task reward must be the protective jade token."

Qiuqiu: My dear grandson, there’s no need to be so considerate.

The Chen family's awareness of danger is far inferior to that of the Wang family. Several women are still arguing about which family's legitimate daughter will marry the fifth prince as his principal wife.

Han Chou sneaked into the warehouse without hesitation and saw three big copper locks on the door. There was not even a ventilation window. He had to take out some wires and fixed the lock in just a few minutes.

"The lock-making technology in ancient times was really simple, and the mechanisms inside were very simple. My lock-picking speed has increased again."

Qiuqiu praised without any hesitation: "You are so great."

This is the Chen family's treasury, which is filled with treasures.

In Han Chou's eyes, they are all antiques, and in Qiuqiu's eyes, they are all inferior products.

Han Chou collected the things faster and faster, for he was afraid that the copper lock outside would be opened and discovered by the patrolling servants.

Fortunately, Qiuqiu helped to create a deception, and the patrolling servants went back and forth many times but did not notice anything unusual.

"Ancestor, what do you think this is?"

Qiuqiu's spiritual sense swept through it: "It's a simple mineral distribution map, but it's too abstract, like a ghost painting."

Han Chou said excitedly: "I didn't expect that legend to be true."

Without waiting for Qiuqiu to ask, he answered his own question: "Legend has it that hundreds of years ago there was a man with extraordinary abilities. He was born with the ability to see things that others could not. He was called the Ghost Seer. Legend has it that he left behind a painting. Whoever obtains this painting will obtain the whole world."

Qiuqiu: "He might have been born with x-ray vision, the kind that can see mineral veins. This is the mineral vein map he drew. I guess the Chen family just treated it as an ordinary ancient painting and put it in the warehouse, and you stole it."

Han Chou complained somewhat: "All the copper and iron mines that have been discovered are controlled by the aristocratic families and the imperial court. You have no idea how much Han Xue's research has cost. This is really a timely help."

Qiuqiu: This is the effect of the halo of the Girl of Fortune.

"Ancestor, once that Wang Chenxi dies, will our mission be completed?"

Qiuqiu said sadly, "You can't kill her. Wang Chenxi has a strong destiny. The only ones who can kill her are Gu Zhao and Han Xue herself. Because this Han Xue is not the real Han Xue, the only one who can kill her now is Gu Zhao. Don't be impulsive. If you succeed in killing her by chance, you will be retaliated. If things go wrong, we will be ostracized and return to the modern era."

Han Chou: "No, I just haven't had enough of this exciting life yet, and I don't want to leave early."

Qiuqiu touched his grandson's head and said, "Okay, I'll take you to load some food and supplies. After all, these should have been shipped to the border."

This time we were heading to the national treasury, which was so empty that even rats could escape. There was no good stuff there.

Qiuqiu guided Han Chou to sneak into the official room at the back.

Following Qiuqiu's instructions, they entered a storage yard connected to the warehouse, where seven warehouses' worth of food and fodder were hidden.

When collecting the food, Han Chou felt like crying. Although his arrival had the help of his ancestors and the Han family army did not suffer serious losses, many of the more than 50,000 soldiers who had been lost before died on the battlefield due to lack of food and physical strength.

These corrupt officials and these aristocratic families are all parasites, they all deserve to die.

Qiuqiu could sense Han Chou's emotional fluctuations: "This is considered a routine operation. The report stated 100,000 dan, but less than 80,000 dan were shipped out. Another 30% was lost on the way, and the leaders embezzled some more. Less than half reached the local officials, and they took a portion. 30% was passed down to the common people, and that's considered a successful rescue."

"This not only withholds funds from the Han family army, but also from the Yang family army guarding the southern border and the Kai family army in the west. Their situation is better than yours, but it is limited. They just secretly rely on the noble families and are supported by them. Your Han family relies on the prince recognized by the emperor, and can guarantee nearly twenty years of food and grass supply. It can be considered that the old emperor is kind."

Han Chou: Not comforted at all.

When he read history books, he had never felt anything about the killing of 100,000 or 200,000 people. It was just a string of data. But now he saw with his own eyes the burning of Yangcheng and his comrades struggling to survive in the sea of ​​fire. The shock in his heart could not be expressed in a few words.

He worked tirelessly every day to build a business empire and steal money everywhere in order to change the current situation in Yong State and vent the painful emotions in his heart through endless work.

Han Chou: "I want to send this food to the border, to my grandfather."

Qiuqiu: "Well, you can, but his food and grass can only last for a month or two, so you don't have to go to Jiangnan. There are several forces that want to take advantage of the civil unrest in Dayong to start a war, that is, an uprising."

Han Chou immediately regained his fighting spirit: "Is it the aristocratic families who are launching an uprising? We will go to Jiangnan early tomorrow morning. Without money and food to support us, I wonder how they can recruit soldiers!"