Become a founding empress in ancient times with the system

It was almost noon when Chen Ze and the other man finally returned.

"Sir, what Manager Sun said is basically true, but the Liu family seems to have reached the point where they can cover the sky with one hand." This made Chen Ze have some bad thoughts.

"However, we have heard that General Liu is particularly fond of young children, and girls under ten are preferred. He has a favorite concubine who is thirteen years old this year."

"I roughly estimated that there are at least thirty people in his mansion."

Sheng Changan felt a little nauseous, so the strange look from Manager Sun at that time was because of this idea.

"Anyone under ten is still a child." Li Hui was a little disgusted. She had been married at fifteen, and it had been sixteen years since then, and she still had no children. So she had a special pity for young children.

Chen Ze couldn't believe it when he heard it. "That's not all. There are rumors among the people that he doesn't care about men or women. I don't know if it's true." Although he was more inclined to believe that the rumors were true.

"The person who said this was vague and hesitant, and it looked like he was silenced." If he hadn't said it in a hurry, he wouldn't have known it.

"How's the banknote exchange going?" Sheng Changan didn't want to pay attention to these bad things. She knew there was nothing she could do. She only knew that this world was really disgusting.

"It's done. It's just as you expected, there was no price pressure." Or rather, it went exceptionally smoothly.

Of course, gold is a hard currency. If the Liu family really wants to rebel, whether they will recognize the Jing Dynasty's banknotes is still a question. However, looking at the current situation, they are not going to recognize it.

"You guys go and have some rest. We'll set off at dawn tomorrow." Sheng Changan couldn't wait to leave.

There were no more accidents in the following time, and the people who repaired the carriage seemed very honest.

Perhaps it was now clear what was on the carriage, so they naturally didn't need to do anything else.

The next morning:

Shopkeeper Sun looked at the people who were leaving early in the morning and added calmly, "Watch them leave the city."

When getting on the carriage, Sheng Changan pinched Li Hui and shook his head slowly. The most important thing now was to get out of the city.

What surprised her was that Xu Qing had been particularly well-behaved these past two days, almost staying in his room the entire time.

After walking for a while and making sure that no one was following them, the group stopped.

"Wang Yi, Chen Ze, take a few people with you to show the people outside Shanglian City a clear way out. We will be waiting for you nearby." Sheng Changan naturally would not miss such a good opportunity.

These poor people, Shanglian didn't want them, but she did. If they set out now, based on their walking distance, they should be able to reach Guangping by the end of the year if they are fast.

"Yes." Knowing the purpose of Sheng Changan's business trip, Chen Ze paid special attention to the residences of these poor people when inquiring about the news.

Li Hui also took his men to find a suitable resting place nearby.

As soon as he left the company, Xu Qing recovered and followed Li Dashan, chattering to himself.

Sheng Changan was somewhat thankful that her body could handle it. She didn't feel any discomfort after running around for days.

Wang Yiben was born in a poor family. He was able to survive to this day with so many children in such an environment, which shows that he has a strong ability to survive.

As soon as he arrived outside Shanglian City, he felt like a fish in water. After discussing with Chen Ze, he only left a seemingly true message. After all, if he said too much detail, he was afraid of being discovered.

So they went back and forth quite quickly and got things done in two days.

After setting off this time, Sheng Changan did not plan to stay in other places for long, and part of the gold was exchanged for silver notes. The speed of the group increased greatly.

More than two months later, they finally arrived at a relatively prosperous city in the south.

It was almost the New Year at this time, and Sheng Changan didn't plan to continue traveling, so he simply found a house here and settled down.

Speaking of which, the original owner’s birthday seems to be coming soon, and it’s exactly the same time as her original birthday, which is on the Spring Festival.

As soon as he arrived here, Sheng Changan fell ill.

"Young Master, come here, take your medicine." Xu Qing was extremely excited that he could finally be of use. This time, he did everything himself, from picking the medicine to boiling it and bringing it over.

Sheng Changan frowned. She had been lying in bed for five or six days, taking Chinese medicine three times a day. She felt like she had been pickled by the medicine.

But the illness came like a mountain falling on me. After a few days, although the fever had subsided, I still felt a little dizzy.

She ignored Xu Qing's attempt to feed her medicine, and directly picked up the bowl and swallowed it in one gulp. She didn't even dare to stop in the middle, for fear that she would not be able to drink it anymore and might even vomit it out.

Sheng Changan looked at the vast expanse of white outside the window and couldn't help but shiver. It was really cold. In order to keep warm, he could only put a charcoal basin in the room.

Li Hui suggested placing a few more, but she was worried about carbon monoxide poisoning before she recovered from her cold. She also specifically instructed that the windows in the room where the basins were placed must be left slightly open.

Listening to the jingling sounds outside, it seemed particularly lively. "What is going on?"

Xu Qing blinked and said, "I don't know."

Sheng Changan looked at him with some confusion. How could he not know this when he was such a fun-loving person?

But her energy was really not enough. Not long after she got up, she started to feel sleepy after listening to Xu Qing's non-stop talking.

"Hey! I wonder what happened to my fellow apprentices? Sir, let me tell you how I was accepted as an apprentice by the master."

Sheng Changan felt her head buzzing. She didn't know how many times she had heard this experience in the past few days.

"Xu Qing," Li Hui walked over and shouted, "Don't you know that you need to rest, sir? Come out and work."

Xu Qing sighed. He didn't know where Captain Li found so much work for him to do. He was always busy. "Here I come, here I come."

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Guangping County:

The winter here is extremely cold. In order to facilitate work, County Magistrate Wu, Lin Chuan, Shen Huaizhi and others simply moved into the county government office. It happened to be the Spring Festival, so everyone celebrated it together.

Even Du Zhong and his apprentice came running over.

Wu Xiancheng sighed leisurely, "I don't know where the adults have gone. The county has been much better this year."

At this time of year in previous years, he was always busy traveling, either because a house had collapsed or someone had frozen to death.

This year, every household has a kang (kang bed) and has stored food for the winter. As long as they stay at home, life is relatively easy. At the request of the adults, a unified fourteen-day holiday will be held starting from the Spring Festival.

In the military camp, they only need to be on duty on time, but they only have seven days off, after all, they cannot miss a single day of training.

Shen Pingyang was stunned for a moment, as if he remembered something. "Come to think of it, tomorrow is Master Sheng's birthday."

Of course County Magistrate Wu remembered it, and he felt a little regretful. This was the master's first year here, and he had planned to celebrate his birthday this year, but he didn't expect that the master was not in Guangping this year.