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Village Chief Han and Xu Miao came out of Zhou Chenli's house. Village Chief Han grabbed Xu Miao's arm and took her into his room.

After entering the house, Village Chief Han asked Xu Miao anxiously, "Ah Miao, what do you think the Duke means by this?"

"Let's go back and prepare. We've been digging for several years, and he hasn't given us any definite information!"

When Village Chief Han met Zhou Chenli, he told them to set off and return to Hanjia Village the next day, but he did not tell them how many years they would be allowed to dig or how much they would dig.

I started to feel upset again.

Xu Miao waited until Village Chief Han finished speaking before smiling and saying, "Don't worry, Uncle Han. Let's go back and start preparing. Once the shopkeeper arrives in Hanjia Village, we'll start excavating in large quantities."

"I think the Duke must have a plan in mind, otherwise he wouldn't just let us go back and prepare."

Xu Miao probably thought about Zhou Chenli's plan in his mind, so he waited for the shopkeeper to come and see how the specific details would be arranged.

But the fact that Hanjia Village can mine coal has been decided.

Village Chief Han was completely confused by what Xu Miao said. Couldn't these people from the capital explain themselves more clearly?

When he speaks, he is evasive and it is hard to guess what he is saying.

Oh, it’s so hard to deal with people like them.

The farmers in the village are the easiest to talk to and the easiest to get things done. If they have something to say, they will just say it directly. There is no need to guess!

The next morning, Xu Miao and Village Chief Han said goodbye to Zhou Chenli and rode their horses to Hanjia Village.

Passing by the abandoned house on the way, Village Chief Han said with emotion: "A Miao, this dilapidated house now belongs to our Han Village."

"Tell me, what's the point of having this shabby house? It cost us twenty taels of silver, but I think this shabby house is not worth even two taels of silver."

"Bah! That damned yamen runner just thought we were easy to talk to and asked for twenty taels. I think he's just asking for an exorbitant price. What nonsense!"

This dilapidated house is considered the boundary marker between Hanjia Village and Dingzhou City. The yamen runner who handles the land deed demands twenty taels of silver before he is willing to sell this dilapidated house to Hanjia Village.

He also said that twenty taels was the lowest price he gave out of kindness, and if the homeowner were to sell it, he would definitely not sell it so cheaply.

Xu Miao stopped his horse at the door of the dilapidated house and said to the village chief Han, "Aunt Han wants to be an innkeeper, right? This house will be kept for her when more people come to Hanjia Village to dig coal."

"Let's build a transit inn here so that those who come to Hanjia Village to work can have a place to rest on the way."

After hearing what Xu Miao said, Village Chief Han was surprised and said, "When did your Aunt Han say she wanted to be the innkeeper? How come I didn't know about this?"

"This woman is quite ambitious. She even wants to be the proprietress. She can't even figure out an account. How can she be the proprietress of this inn? I think she is just daydreaming!"

Xu Miao and Village Chief Han chatted and laughed as they rode back to Hanjia Village.

This trip home was the most comfortable moment for both of them in recent days.

Past that dilapidated house is the territory of Hanjia Village. Village chief Han suddenly felt that he was extremely awesome now.

Is there any village in Northern Xinjiang that is as big as Hanjia Village? He is now the village chief of the largest village in Northern Xinjiang. Once the coal mine in Hanjia Village is dug up, maybe he can become the village chief of the richest village in Northern Xinjiang.

When Village Chief Han thought about it, it felt like a dream.

If Xu Miao had not arrived in Hanjia Village, he would not even dare to have such a dream.

Zhou Chenli rested in the inn for another day before coming to General Liu's residence.

General Liu met Commander Ye the day before, who came to the mansion to report in advance.

General Liu was very surprised when he saw that the person who came to report was Commander Ye.

He knew Commander Ye. He was Zhou Chenli's personal bodyguard. He had been following the old Duke since he was alive and was a loyal servant of the Duke's Mansion.

General Liu asked Commander Ye, "Is it the Duke who has come to Dingzhou City?"

Commander Ye bowed and said, "General, the Duke has arrived in Dingzhou City. He has something to discuss with you. He wants to come to your residence tomorrow morning. He's worried that you might not be home, so he asked me to come and inform you in advance."

General Liu: "Okay, go back and tell the Duke that I will be waiting for him at home tomorrow morning."

After Commander Ye left, General Liu said to his wife, "What could have brought the Duke of Dingguo all the way from the capital to Dingzhou City?"

General Liu couldn't think of anything that would require Zhou Chenli to make a personal trip to the northern border.

This Duke is a big shot in the capital. Others may not know, but he knows the relationship between Zhou Chenli and the emperor.

Could it be that the emperor has some secret information that he wants Zhou Chenli to tell him?

Mrs. Liu couldn't figure out what had happened that made Zhou Chenli come all the way from the capital.

After pondering for a moment, he reminded General Liu, "Could it be about Ah Cheng? Could it be that something has happened with the Crown Prince in the capital, and the Emperor wants to summon Ah Cheng back to the capital?"

General Liu shook his head. "There's been no news from the capital. If anything happened to the Crown Prince, spies would have sent us a secret report long ago."

In the northern border, there are spies secretly stationed in the capital.

If there was any disturbance in the capital, General Liu would have known the news long ago.

He has been in the Northern Frontier for so many years, he can't just be deaf and blind. For some things, he still needs to know the news earlier so that he can be fully prepared.

Later, General Liu and his wife stopped discussing the matter. They sat at home and discussed it for a long time but could not come to a conclusion.

I decided to stop guessing and wait to see what Zhou Chenli would say when he came to my house tomorrow.

The next morning, after Zhou Chenli had breakfast, he strolled slowly to General Liu's residence and met General Liu and his wife who had been waiting for him for a long time.

As soon as they met, General Liu didn't bother to be polite with Zhou Chenli. He started by asking Zhou Chenli why he came to Dingzhou City.

"What brings the Duke to the Northern Frontier? What's going on with the Emperor?"

General Liu thought about it all night last night and felt that the emperor had some secret that he wanted to tell him.

Only then did he send Zhou Chenli to Dingzhou City in a low-key manner.

Zhou Chenli was in the reception room of General Liu's mansion. He slowly drank a sip of hot tea and then spoke to General Liu and his wife in a soft voice.

"Your Majesty, there's nothing wrong. I have something to discuss with the General. It's a personal matter. I'm from the Duke of Dingguo Mansion and I'm going to cause trouble for General Liu."

After hearing what Zhou Chenli said, General Liu felt relieved.

As long as the emperor is fine, it will be easy to deal with. The private affairs of the Duke Dingguo Mansion must be related to Miss Xu from Hanjia Village.

How much ability can a girl have and how much trouble can she cause?

General Liu felt relieved and took a sip of the hot tea from the bowl in front of him. He then smiled at Zhou Chenli and said, "Duke Ding's Mansion can still come to me for help. The Duke really thinks highly of a simple man like me."