Farming and reading family

Xiao Chuyun was very excited to hear his boss say this, and took out his little notebook to write down everything.

Based on the scenery and eating habits of Xiangzhou recorded by Xiao Chuyun, Gao E also made adjustments to the dishes that Xiangzhou people liked to cook.

Of course, you have to confirm these yourself before handing them over to Tao Meiyu and others.

He Jiabei's side was also simple. According to him, the women in Xiangzhou City were pretty and gentle and easy to train.

After four days of preparation, Xiao Chuyun led the team to deliver the things to Xiangzhou City.

He also brought a letter that Gao E wrote to He Tangchun.

Before, he thought that dealing with bandits was too troublesome, but after listening to Xiao Chuyun's description of the local conditions in Xiangzhou, he felt that reclaiming wasteland was also a good option.

As long as He Tangchun reports the situation in Xiangzhou to the court and the court is willing to exempt taxes for a certain number of years, there will still be people willing to go and reclaim wasteland.

People who can't survive in Ruizhou now have one more choice and will no longer become bandits.

As for the sharp decline in Ruizhou's population, let the Ruizhou prefect solve it himself.

That day, Jin Gusheng came to Gao E and told her that there was another business in Qinzhou City that was making honeycomb coal.

"We can't stop others from doing business," Gao E said nonchalantly. "Will it have a big impact on us?"

"Yes, their honeycomb coal is cheaper." Jin Gusheng said directly.

He also knew the trick behind this. Those people had united to force them out of Qinzhou City.

"That's fine." Gao E smiled. "Let's first ensure that Hexian County is fully operational this winter."

Jin Gusheng nodded. "I see the quality of those honeycomb briquettes is quite uneven. I think someone will find the problem soon."

This person came quite quickly, and it was someone from the Tanzhou prefectural government office.

Because someone in Tanzhou City died after eating honeycomb coal, and the family was a scholarly family, the government took it very seriously.

The people who came were very aggressive and wanted to take Gao E away without any explanation.

Looking at the situation, Gao E probably wanted to pin the blame on her.

She thought of what Xu Boyan said about the background of the new prefect of Qinzhou, and how he said that he would not do things too badly.

Now it seems that this declining family is nothing more than this.

"How can you be sure that the honeycomb coal from my house was used to kill someone?" Gao E was unwilling to go easily.

"They said they bought the honeycomb coal from your house. Come with us." The bailiff said as he was about to arrest Gao E.

Lu Qingluo held his sword in front of Gao E and stared coldly at the yamen runners.

"You are trying to rebel," the bailiff shouted.

"What rebellion?" Zheng Fengan led the villagers over. "Our entire village uses honeycomb coal, and no one has had any problems. It's definitely not the honeycomb coal that's to blame."

"Yes, yes, yes." The villagers shouted.

"So many people in He County are using it, and they're all fine, so why did you get into trouble?"

……

The villagers were talking at once, and as long as Gao E was unwilling to go with the officials, they would protect Gao E.

"A bunch of unruly people." The bailiff said as he drew his sword.

Immediately, several young men rolled up their sleeves and stood in front, looking like they were afraid of each other.

"Stop, stop, stop it all." Cao Geng ran over and shouted to stop.

Everyone looked at Cao Geng.

"Lord Cao?" Gao E saluted.

When the yamen runners saw the local magistrate coming, they put away their knives and explained their purpose.

"If you come to my He County to arrest someone, you must ask Lord Deng to issue a document, and I must review it and confirm that it is correct before you can arrest the person. How come I didn't know about this at all?" Cao Geng said angrily.

Several yamen runners looked at each other, and one of them bowed and said, "Master Cao, we have to make an emergency decision. The family of the deceased has some influence in Tanzhou City, and they are making a big fuss."

"Just because things are going badly, does that mean we can ignore the law?" Cao Geng said sternly.

The yamen runner had never seen an official who would come to interfere even though it had nothing to do with him. "If this delays Lord Deng's business and causes unrest in Qinzhou City, can Lord Cao afford to take the blame?"

Cao Geng was silent.

Seeing Cao Geng like this, the yamen runner thought that Cao Geng was afraid.

Cao Geng looked at Gao E and asked, "Are you willing to go to Tanzhou City for this matter?"

"Since this involves human life, I naturally want to find out." Gao E said directly.

"Okay, then I'll accompany you there." Cao Geng said directly.

Several yamen runners looked at each other. They thought they could get some benefits from this trip, but they were afraid that there would be no benefits if they brought Cao Geng with them.

"Let's go too." A villager on the side shouted.

"Yes, we can't let the scholar's wife be bullied."

……

The village immediately selected a dozen young and strong men to accompany Gao E to Tanzhou City together with Cao Geng.

Gao E did not neglect them either. She pulled out all the carriages in her home, and everyone rode in the carriages to Tanzhou City together.

Those yamen runners had to ride on horses and blow in the cold wind.

Lu Qingluo laughed in the carriage.

Gao E looked at Lu Qingluo speechlessly.

"Have you been framed again?" Lu Qingluo said gloatingly.

"I guess someone is really dead." Gao E looked solemn.

In fact, Gao E has been very cautious about using honeycomb coal since the beginning, because if the impurities in the coal are not handled properly, the harmful gases generated by combustion can easily cause human poisoning.

This is why she always asks Jingu Sheng to strictly control the quality of coal.

Fortunately, the coal mine she had had a high content of clean coal and was of good quality. She also used a special furnace and repeatedly reminded the people who used it to pay attention to what they should pay attention to, so nothing went wrong.

In fact, it is not easy for ordinary people to have accidents. Nowadays, houses are poorly sealed, and the conditions for carbon monoxide poisoning are not met.

However, for those who are better off, whose houses are well sealed and are not used according to requirements, the probability of accidents is higher.

"Can using honeycomb coal really kill people?" Lu Qingluo was surprised.

"Using charcoal can also kill people." Gao E felt that she couldn't explain it clearly. "After you get to the city, go to the Yan family and ask Master Yan to come and see me."

"Okay." Luo Qingluo nodded.

A group of them marched into Qinzhou City in a mighty procession, and people around them were curious about what was going on.

Deng Yu knew that Gao E had some background, and Xu Boyan reminded him of this when he left Qinzhou City.

So he didn't do anything even though he saw that honeycomb coal was so profitable.

But this time someone died, so as the prefect of Qinzhou, he naturally had to deal with it.

But when he saw Cao Geng coming with a group of people and Gao E, he felt that this matter would not be simple.

Cao Geng also had a strong argument. The yamen runners who went to arrest the person did not have the documents, and he could not delay Lord Deng's business, so he accompanied Gao E.

As for those villagers, what's wrong with them coming to Qinzhou City?

"Since it involves human life, do you have any witnesses or physical evidence?" Cao Geng asked directly after giving his reason.

"Of course, I summoned Gao for questioning because I had evidence." Deng Yu used the questioning method, not to confirm Gao E's guilt. "Come here, bring the witnesses and evidence."

Soon the Ma family's housekeeper came up with a basket of honeycomb coal.

The housekeeper said that he had been buying honeycomb coal from the Chen family, and used more during those cold days. When he went to see the young master in the morning, he was already dead.

Gao E checked and found that it was indeed the honeycomb coal from her home.

"Ms. Gao, do you have anything to say?" Deng Yu looked at Gao E.

"I want to take a look at the account book of my honeycomb coal shop first to confirm the quantity of honeycomb coal that the Ma family bought from my shop." Gao E said directly.