An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

They left home before daybreak.

In order to prevent the target from becoming too large, only four people went: a guard drove the carriage, Ah Qi rode a horse, and only Jing Chunxi and Tang Shuang were in the carriage.

They all wore very ordinary clothes, but because they had horses and carriages, outsiders thought they were a well-off family.

The road to Gantang Town, which is more than ten miles long, is very difficult to travel. Floods and droughts have caused the roads to be in a dilapidated state. In addition, the government does not repair them at all. The roads are not only bumpy, but there are also potholes on some roads that cannot be filled even with two cows.

Not long after leaving the east gate, half of the tea on the coffee table was spilled. Fortunately, no one was burned, but the cushion was also wet.

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Jing Chunxi suddenly lifted the car curtain and shouted loudly. If the shaking continued like this, she felt her waist would break.

As soon as the car stopped, Jing Chunxi jumped down with her skirt lifted up, and Tang Shuang followed suit.

Rubbing his waist, Jing Chunxi looked at the road ahead and complained, "My butt hurts so much! Why is this road so difficult to walk on?"

Tang Shuang also jumped on the spot, took a few deep breaths, and then hurriedly supported Jing Chunxi, smiling happily and saying, "This slave girl has a lot of flesh, so she can withstand earthquakes."

Jing Chunxi shook his head helplessly, pushed her away, and scolded her, "Just gloat over my misfortune!"

The guard driving the carriage had already eaten a mouthful of dust and spat a few times before he smiled sheepishly and said, "There's nothing I can do. I'm already driving very slowly. This road is worse than an old lady's teeth."

Sugar Frost looked ahead and was also very worried: "Miss, I'm afraid that even if we take the porcelain, we won't be able to pull it back."

Jing Chunxi was not anxious. Instead, he comforted them, saying, "There's nothing we can do about it. We can only take it one step at a time."

She didn't think it was a good idea to move all the porcelain into the basement; on the contrary, it would be a bit troublesome. Although there were no guards at the East Gate, moving too many porcelains would definitely attract attention, and the government runners were not pushovers.

Ah Qi watched them for a while, and when he saw that they hadn't boarded the carriage for a long time, he dismounted and walked over to Jing Chunxi, saying, "Miss, why don't you ride a horse? It's less bumpy."

Jing Chunxi shook his head and rejected Ah Qi's kindness: "Fortunately, we left early, so it's okay to delay a little. I haven't practiced for a long time. You guys walk slowly, I'll practice in the front."

When Sugar Frost heard this, her eyes lit up. She had wanted to practice for a long time and was so excited that she said, "Okay, okay! Master, let's have a race."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw that Jing Chunxi was wearing a skirt. He immediately felt a little discouraged and frowned, saying, "Master, your skirt is too much of a hindrance."

Lifting up the hems of her skirt and tying them around her waist, Jing Chunxi smiled smugly, "I've been prepared."

Whenever Jing Chunxi went out to do something, he was always ready. Besides having spare clothes in the car, he often wore a skirt over his leggings, which he could use right now.

Frosting couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master is so thoughtful that he has taken away all the work of this servant."

The carriage couldn't keep up with their pace.

At the beginning, Jing Chunxi and Tang Shuang were running in front. The road was uneven and they were not running fast. Ah Qi followed closely on horseback, and the carriage had been left behind a mile away.

As they approached Gantang Town, they walked slowly. Ah Qi said hello to the young lady and rode on ahead.

It was not yet the hour of Si, the sun had just risen, and the town was still shrouded in a light, cold morning mist.

The town is not big. The road passing through the town splits the street in half. The roofs are covered with gray dust, and the whole town looks very dilapidated.

There are very few carriages in the town, but the occasional north wind makes the air filled with the smell of earth and dust.

Most of the shops on both sides of the street were still closed, only one or two breakfast shops were steaming, and occasionally a few shouts could be heard.

Ah Qi had ridden ahead of them and had circled the town. When he saw them approach, he spurred his horse over and dismounted with a huge smile on his face, as if he had discovered some great news.

He walked quickly to Jing Chunxi, leading the horse, and said excitedly, "Miss, we have come to the right place. Several villages around this town are making porcelain. Even villages farther away from the town do it, but not on the scale of these villages."

As she ran, Jing Chunxi had already made a rough guess. She had already seen a lot of ceramic fragments dumped on the roadside. In the yards of the farmers she passed, there were also ceramic embryos that had been finished and then broken before being put into the kiln.

Jing Chunxi's eyes lit up and he tilted his ear to signal him to continue.

Ah Qi continued, "There's an even bigger surprise. I originally just wanted to ask where Liu Guangfa lived and where his porcelain kiln was located. But after asking a few more questions, I found out that the owners of the other three businesses are also from this town, just in different villages, not far from each other."

He said so much in one breath and looked a little tired, with dry lips, but his face and eyes were full of excitement.

He paused, then continued, "The locals here say that only the kaolin from Gantang Town is most suitable for making ceramics."

Jing Chunxi nodded and understood: it would be better to stay together. She was afraid that they would be scattered, entering and leaving the city, which would be very troublesome.

Ah Qi added, "They also said that except for a few large porcelain makers who are still holding on, the other small ones can hardly make ends meet. In the past few days, they have been forced to sell to the government at low prices."

This information was similar to what Tao Jin had originally said. If they did not come and instead allowed the government to oppress the people and rob and seize, I'm afraid the four big families would not be able to last another year or two at most.

"Can the government take the porcelain away? It's been a bumpy ride all the way into the city, so I'm afraid there won't be much good left."

Frosting asked suddenly, she thought about the bumpy road and how it was impossible to pull the porcelain.

Her words made Jing Chunxi frown slightly. This was indeed a problem. Even if the government's purchase price was very low, the quantity would be large, and the silver would not be small. They would not be stupid enough to keep it in their hands forever.

The truths that Tang Shuang blurted out always hit the point unintentionally, which made Jing Chunxi admire him.