Farming and reading family

Gao E was stunned when she heard the answer. It seemed that Xu Boyan would be in danger of death if he went to Shuoxi.

"When I followed Lord Xu to Shuoxi, I was also prepared to never come back." Mo Xun said calmly.

He now exudes calmness, rather than the dead silence he had before.

Cao Geng sighed, "The Shuoxi barbarians have no moral principles."

After a while, Cao Geng stood up and said goodbye, saying that he would come back to visit Lord Xu.

As soon as he left, Xu Boyan came out and asked, "Where's Cao Geng?"

"Just left." Gao E thought Xu Boyan had something to do with Cao Geng. "Send someone to call him back?"

"No thanks." Xu Boyan said as he sat down. "Thank you very much."

"What?" Gao E was surprised.

"Qing'er's matter."

Gao E didn't care: "She calls me Big Sister. I'm just looking after him. It has nothing to do with you."

Xu Boyan smiled.

"How come you can come to see Qing'er?" Gao E was surprised.

Officials in Dachang are not allowed to move around freely; they must obtain permission before going anywhere.

"I am now the emperor's secret inspector, responsible for investigating the civil unrest in various places. I can go anywhere." Xu Boyan said directly.

"Oh?" Gao E was surprised, and her expression suddenly became serious. "So, you are the emperor's sword. What if the emperor uses you to answer to those powerful families?"

Xu Boyan laughed when he heard Gao E say this. It seemed that she also knew the root cause of this civil uprising: "So I made another promise to the emperor."

"What?" Gao E was thinking about what promise she could make to prevent the emperor from making this decision.

"Conquer Shuoxi." Xu Boyan said directly.

Gao E suddenly realized that this condition could indeed impress the emperor.

"Are you sure?" Gao E looked at Xu Boyan.

"There wasn't one before, but there is one now." Xu Boyan is very confident.

Gao E didn't know where his confidence came from.

Lu Qingluo had never liked Xu Boyan, so after seeing him leave, he came to Gao E and asked, "Will he get into trouble again?"

"Not this time." Gao E hesitated for a moment. "Zhu Mo died in Shuoxi."

Lu Qingluo paused for a moment, then stopped caring: "I knew that following Xu Boyan would not end well."

Gao E sighed slightly when she saw Lu Qingluo like this. In fact, she didn't expect Zhu Mo to end up like this.

Lu Qingluo said it lightly, but she sat in the room for a long time at night. In the end, she felt that Zhu Mo really had nothing to do with her.

Xu Boyan spent one night in Batou Village and then left, and named his daughter Lihong.

Gao E thought the name was really tacky and loud, but since it was given by her father, she let it go.

After the rain, everything returns to normal, and the land needs to be deeply plowed in preparation for autumn sowing.

However, Lu Er Niang's silkworm breeding was not affected at all. If the mulberry trees sprouted more leaves in the afternoon, she would hatch more silkworm seedlings and harvest another crop.

Huanxizhu in Hexian County has reopened and is doing surprisingly good business.

Gao E thought that He County was suffering from a severe drought and everyone was in a hurry. It seems that she was overthinking it. People really didn't show off their wealth, so she was the one who had to bear the brunt of the situation.

But she just expressed her feelings. To put it bluntly, she was willing to do this.

The third brother and his wife went about busying themselves with cooking.

That day, the eldest brother came again to discuss the matter of growing spices. Gao E suddenly remembered that Ghost Crying Mountain should be available for purchase, so she went to Cao Geng to ask about it.

Qu Zhonglai was originally declared dead by the government, and since no one has come to inherit Ghost Crying Mountain, it can indeed be taken back by the imperial court.

After the last snake trapping, there have been no more poisonous snakes in large numbers in the Ghost Crying Mountain area. However, the cold pond has not dried up even during the two-year drought.

At first, people around wanted to go there to get water, but who knew that drinking the water there would cause diarrhea, so no one went there anymore.

Gao E didn't know what was going on about the diarrhea caused by drinking water from the cold pond.

When Wei Kai and his men were there, no one drank the water from the cold pond because they used it to make iron.

Cao Geng didn't ask Gao E why she wanted to buy the place: "This is the land deed."

Gao E took a good look at it and put it away: "Thank you, Lord Cao."

He County became peaceful after the rain, but the situation outside became worse. It was said that the slave rebellion had spread slowly from the south to the north, and many robberies and murders of wealthy businessmen had occurred.

This caused prices in the city to soar, but the wealthy businessmen did not dare to live on the farms, nor did they dare to order their tenants to send them things at this critical juncture.

The court began to discuss this matter as soon as it opened, but no conclusion was reached.

No one wants to encircle and suppress them, as they all know it is a thankless task.

What they are even more reluctant to mention is that the fundamental purpose of slavery reform is to reform the slave system, so they keep arguing about it.

This year's autumn sowing went exceptionally smoothly, but Gao'e's granary is almost empty. If next year's summer harvest is not a good one, Gao'e will have to find a way to survive.

After the autumn sowing, the weather turns cooler and it is time to start preparing for winter.

However, winter matters in Baotou Village are relatively simple now, and there is no need to repair houses. If you want to save trouble, you can buy some honeycomb coal and prepare winter clothes.

In previous years, Gao'e had to hire a lot of people to do work. This year, the house was built, the clam pond was dug, and the mulberry forest was planted. Apart from some daily maintenance, no one was needed.

As a result, the villagers had some free time and would run to Chen Qing's house when they had nothing to do.

They couldn't go directly to Gao E because the gate of the mansion was so high that they felt timid.

They came to Chen Qing to see what Gao E was planning to do, so they could have something to do.

Chen Qing really needs people.

There were too many ginger stones on the ground at Ghost Crying Mountain, so even if they were going to grow spices, they had to tidy up the land. So after discussing with Gao E, he took the villagers to tidy up the land.

Tao Meiyu originally didn't want to use coal, but she felt that honeycomb coal was not coal.

"You want to use honeycomb coal to burn the earth dragon?" Gao E wanted to laugh when she heard it.

"I've thought about it, it's cheaper than charcoal." Tao Meiyu said seriously.

Gao E thought it was cheaper than charcoal: "Okay, I'll ask the workshop to make you some coal briquettes. It's more convenient to burn earth dragons."

"Coal briquettes?" This was the first time Tao Meiyun had heard of this. "Okay, if you say it's convenient, then it must be."

Tao Meiyun's coal briquettes were delivered, and He County also welcomed the first snow of the year, which was quite heavy.

Gao E was watching people making coal balls when a messenger brought a letter. She saw that it was from Que'er.

It turned out that there was also a civil uprising where they lived. She and Zheng Xiaoshun had already returned to the capital and had a child. She was complaining that children were difficult to raise and asked her why she had five.

"Mom, mom..." Zhengchuan came running over. "Mom, go check it out! My second brother is fighting with someone."

Gao E's expression froze. Her son never fought with others, so he must have been picked on.

"Let's go." She followed Zhengchuan.

When Gao E went over, she saw a large group of people fighting, including adults and children, even Hu Zhexing was involved. She didn't know what was going on for a while.

"Stop it!" Gao E shouted.

When the people in Batou Village heard Gao E's scolding, they stopped immediately.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you tell me to stop!" Deng wiped the blood from his nose and was about to hit Chen Zhengyan.