The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming

"I was right about Miss Lu. You are not the kind of person who acts on emotion. There are not many people who can think so calmly after hearing such a story." The patriarch laughed, and the heaviness just now seemed to disappear in an instant.

"I just don't know what the clan leader sees in me. Could it be that I have connections with the northwest, so he wants to send your people to make merit?" Lu Linlang smiled and expressed her first thought.

"Yes and no. I do intend to ask Miss Lu to help introduce my people to the border to fight the Tatars. Since Miss Lu has heard of General Qiu, she knows that his greatest achievement back then was guarding the border and preventing the Tatars from attacking Daqi again for a hundred years.

It was precisely because he had a set of methods to deal with the Tatars, and he also summarized these methods. However, since General Qiu left and the emperor allowed people to forget about them, the method of dealing with the Tatars was also lost.

However, we still have a copy of the military strategy that General Qiu left behind after he retired to the mountains and studied it with great care. The Tatars were beaten to a pulp by General Qiu back then, and that is what we admire the most.

Before his passing, General Qiu had instructed our ancestors to hide in times of prosperity and emerge in times of chaos. Our clan has also practiced this philosophy. Now, at this precarious time of the Great Revelation, after years of training, we finally have the opportunity for actual combat, and naturally we will not let it go.

But I still have a request, young lady, and I need your help." The clan leader said this, stood up, and bowed to Lu Linlang.

"Please go ahead." Lu Linlang quickly stood up and walked aside.

"Although we also want to achieve great things, we also want to leave some of the fire. And after our observation, you are a person of great wisdom, so I would like to ask for your help and let Qiu Lin work by your side."

Patriarch Qiu also learned the lesson of General Qiu. He should not put the fate of the family on one person, but should spread it out everywhere. Otherwise, who knows if the next emperor will repeat the regret of the past.

They had been hermits for many years, and now that they were in the midst of troubled times, it was a good time to make achievements, so he discussed with his fellow tribesmen for several months and finally finalized this plan to divide the tribesmen into several groups.

"Chief Qiu, how could I possibly deserve your sincere request? The young chief is a rare talent. If we can have his protection, the safety of our village will be even more guaranteed."

"As long as you agree, we are satisfied. Please follow me. Our people have been able to live in these mountains for many years and grow in number because we have the confidence. If you agree to take care of our people today, I will tell you our greatest secret."

Patriarch Qiu took Lu Linlang to a place. He clapped his hands lightly, and the bookcase on one side of the house immediately moved away. A secret room that could accommodate two people appeared in front of Lu Linlang.

Lu Linlang looked at the dark secret room in front of her, swallowed her saliva, and followed in at the invitation of Patriarch Qiu.

"This is connected to the Princess's Tomb. It's the entire burial chamber of the Princess's Tomb. It was repaired bit by bit by General Qiu and our ancestors. Only we know the mechanism inside."

"So you must have someone here who is good at using mechanisms?" Lu Linlang pretended to be calm. These people were really not simple. They were full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. If they hadn't exposed themselves, no one would have thought that there was a princess's tomb in this mountain.

"Haha, Miss Lu guessed right. It does exist. If used on the battlefield, I think it will be of some use." Patriarch Qiu was still very pleased with this.

"Please, walk through a few more tombs and you will see it." Chief Qiu raised the torch. Although there was no one following him, Lu Linlang guessed that there must be other people inside.

They turned many corners, and found that the traps opened by Chief Qiu were everywhere. Soon they arrived at a tomb chamber. Inside the tomb chamber were carvings of the battle between the princess and General Qiu. The murals were so lifelike that if someone opened it a thousand years later, they would definitely be surprised.

"Miss Lu, the boxes in front of you are our confidence. You can take three boxes away. This is our gift to you." Patriarch Qiu turned on all the lights in the tomb, making it shine brightly.

There were a lot of boxes inside, but they were all closed.

"Chief Qiu, these must be gold, silver, and jewelry. These should be the burial objects for the princess and General Qiu."

"Yes, General Qiu said before he left that these yellow and white things are just things that can captivate people and turn them into something neither human nor ghost. They have no real function, so they can only be used to support the country in times of chaos."

"Patriarch Qiu is a righteous man, and your people are also remarkable. To repay their gratitude, they have stayed here from now on. If anyone else had seen such gold and silver treasures, they would have been tempted long ago and would not have stayed until today."

"Miss Lu, please accept this. Everything you do is for the greater good of your country. We have the treasures, but we don't know how to use them. It would be better to give them to someone who can truly make the most of them. Miss Lu, you probably don't have much use for your gold and silver. These can help you out in your immediate need. Besides, you've been away for so long, but you haven't brought anything back. This will only arouse suspicion. If you give these treasures to you, we can buy more land, so that the Northwest Army won't have to worry about food shortages."

"Thank you, Chief Qiu. I thank you on behalf of the thousands of soldiers in the northwest. Don't worry, I will use this money for good purposes and turn it into bags of food to provide security for the northwest army. When the world is stabilized, I will return this gold and silver in full."

Lu Linlang was in dire straits. No matter how many workshops she opened, the money could not be converted into cash quickly. The gold and silver sent by Patriarch Qiu just solved her urgent problem. Lu Linlang did not want to continue to be pretentious and accepted it directly.

However, she still wrote an IOU by hand and handed it to Chief Qiu. If her great cause could be accomplished, she would exchange the IOU for gold and silver.

"Miss Lu, you are so thoughtful. You don't have to return these gold and silver. I will ask Qiu Lin to help you move these boxes down the mountain later." Clan leader Qiu opened four boxes in front of Lu Linlang. As expected, they were full of gold, silver and jewelry, which were very valuable.

"I will definitely inform General He of Patriarch Qiu's actions. When I get a reply, I will have Qiu Lin notify you."

Lu Linlang stayed until after dark, and then returned to the village under the protection of Qiu Lin and others. Qiu Lin and others brought four large boxes home, and Yun Yi and others heard the noise.

"Yunyi, ask them all to leave and take care of Brother Qiu Lin. My cousin and I have something to say." After Lu Linlang gave the order, Yunxi and the others left on their own and continued to do their own things. As long as their sister came back safely, they would not ask anything else that was not their responsibility.

Guan Ling had just seen the boxes. Lu Linlang first took her to personally check the contents of the boxes, and then the two began to talk by candlelight at night.