Divorced woman with child travels through time

"Madam is absolutely right!" Lin Er stood up again and bowed solemnly. "Building residences is not difficult, but the problem lies in the charcoal fire. How can we possibly provide enough firewood to keep tens of thousands of people warm? How can we possibly solve this problem?"

Lin Er's words were tinged with bitterness. He was born in the North, but his family was poor and unable to survive, so he fled to the South with his family. Therefore, he knew the bitter cold of the North best.

"That's not difficult, but I'll have to trouble you, Brother Nie." Chen Wenfang bowed to him respectfully.

Brother Nie stood up for no apparent reason, "Madam, please speak freely."

Chen Wenfang spoke eloquently, “I have already found out that the Hedong Road is now a coal-producing area and is not far from Youzhou. I will trouble Brother Nie to open up this trade route. As long as coal comes, we will buy as much as we can. I will set up warehouses and shops here for grain and coal. You don’t need to worry about money. Time waits for no one. You should take your men and set off tomorrow!”

Brother Nie glanced at Wang Erniu, and nodded again, "Bring a few more teams of brothers, we must take this road."

"Don't worry, it's the same old routine." Brother Nie chuckled. "Then I'll head back now if I have nothing else to do."

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, brother!" Wang Erniu got up and saw him out the door.

Brother Nie has taken on the task and needs to go back to prepare some things. Although it's not far away, it will still take him a day or two.

"Madam has made excellent arrangements. I will cooperate to ensure the county's official announcement and documents are in order. You can rest assured and do your job well." Lin Er understood the implied meaning from the melody.

"Okay, thank you very much, sir." Chen Wenfang liked it when smart people spoke like this.

Wang Erniu saw Lin Er off at the door. Lin Er hurried a few steps into the courtyard and whispered to him, "General, I had the Qi Battalion investigate. This Zhang Yuntai is an official's man. He seems to be investigating us. The Lin Battalion also sent word that they've already found Lin Shi, and they're investigating him one by one, very thoroughly."

"Okay, I understand! Qi Shi sent me a message saying we can discuss things further. If it's inconvenient, you can act according to the circumstances; that's your right." Wang Erniu's expression remained unchanged as he patted his shoulder.

Lin Er felt deeply trusted. "Lin Er takes his leave!"

inside the house.

"What about me? What can I do?" Zhang Biao asked hastily when he saw that they all had made arrangements.

"I heard that Brother Zhang is helping the general select the best candidates to join his personal guards. I plan to go to the West Ward, but the general is unavailable, so I need to trouble Brother Zhang to help me by bringing people to oversee things," Chen Wenfang quickly explained.

"No problem, no problem, just let me know, Madam." The hundreds of men that Zhang Biao brought had already dispersed into the army. Seeing that he liked to manage things and didn't like to fight in the east and west, Wang Erjun selected some people like him from the army to form a military management committee, which was specifically responsible for resolving military supplies or other conflicts among soldiers.

After everyone had left, Wang Erniu stood up and hugged her. "How are you? Are you free now, Madam?"

"Wait!" Chen Wenfang took a step back, blocking his groping hands, and tried to resist. "How about we talk things out first? We can address your needs after that?"

"No! Madam, you can do whatever you want, I don't care, but your dear husband has to come first. You have to solve my problem first." Wang Erniu pulled her close, locked her in his arms, groped her all over, and easily carried her into the inner room.

The remaining content is somewhat unsuitable for children.

Chen Wenfang was awakened by Sister-in-law Nie's knocking on the door.

"Coming, coming! Come in!" Chen Wenfang snapped out of her daze as she thought about what she was going to do today.

Two maids followed Sister-in-law Nie in. Chen Wenfang had already sat up and put on her undergarments. Fangmei, as usual, went to tidy up the quilt.

Sister-in-law Nie inadvertently caught a glimpse of her expression and couldn't help but notice something strange about it.

Fangmei noticed that she was being stared at, so she grabbed her things and left in a slightly flustered manner.

Outside the door, Zhang Biao squatted on the stone stool by the door, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, waiting nonchalantly.

Chen Wenfang rushed out without even having breakfast, "Haha, sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"It's alright, it's alright, madam, get in the carriage, shall we set off now?"

"Okay." Chen Wenfang helped Sister-in-law Nie into the car.

The carriage began to move, with Zhang Biao leading dozens of men on horseback behind it. Wang Erniu finally felt relieved and withdrew his guards.

"Second sister, didn't you notice that Fangmei's eyes looked a little strange?" Sister-in-law Nie finally spoke up.

"What's wrong? Just tell me?" Chen Wenfang's eyes were still on the paper as she kept stuffing pastries into her mouth. What kind of cake is this? Hmm, it's hard and doesn't taste good. I still need to return the shop as soon as possible.

"When I saw her taking in the blankets, she took a deep breath, and that expression... how should I put it? It just wasn't right." Sister-in-law Nie was a bit tongue-tied and didn't know how to describe it.

"She inhaled? Was it like she smelled a flower and thought it smelled sweet?" Chen Wenfang swallowed with difficulty, her face cold and disgusted as she asked her.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly it." Sister-in-law Nie nodded quickly.

"Alright, this girl can't be kept around. Find someone to sell her off later." Chen Wenfang lowered her head, no longer wanting to deal with these trivial matters. Sure enough, her feeling was right; this girl had ulterior motives and was actually eyeing her man. She couldn't be kept around.

"Okay, I'll take care of it later." Sister-in-law Nie is always efficient, so I guess I won't have to see her again in a couple of days.

As soon as the carriage entered the West Ward, it attracted countless eyes. The weather was fine, and many people, men and women, were standing or squatting together, idly basking in the sun at street corners and wall corners.

Chen Wenfang did not get off the carriage. She opened the window and looked around. Her carriage had been coming frequently these days, and those who were interested should be able to recognize it. In any case, no one dared to stop her.

"Let's pick that vacant lot, the one behind it. There are no houses there, and it's mostly trading places. Once the houses are built, we can move these people there, and then rebuild here!" Chen Wenfang had already done the research; this was just a formality to make things easier for Zhang Biao.

“Brother Zhang! Make sure you coordinate with the people here. Everyone must be registered and receive food according to the number of people. Everyone who wants to eat must work. All food must be prepared and eaten on the spot and must not be handled by anyone else, not even the person in charge. Pick a few capable women here who are clean and have an auntie look after them. It shouldn’t be too difficult.”

"Alright! Whoa~" Zhang Biao jumped off his horse and said coldly, "All of you, come here! Where is the person in charge here? Is the workshop owner here? Anyone want to work? Two meals a day, all you can eat!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone gathered around. A group of lazy men, like those eyeing a freshly roasted chicken, came over with their eyes bulging with desire.

“Is what you say true, sir?” someone boldly asked.