Chapter 520: The Merchants Counterattack

Building houses will also allow us to have more interactions with the Li people.

Xiao Yan hopes to cooperate with them.

The Li people have adapted to the local environment much better than the Han people. They have many unique survival wisdoms and can share what they have with the Han people.

Jiang Mingyue was already overjoyed when she heard that she would help the Fan family build a house.

When I heard Lu Qiniang say that she wanted to build another thirty rooms, I couldn't believe my ears.

She could hardly wait to return to her tribe and tell them about this.

Wenxuan is now in much better health.

He can read and write, and follows Xiao Yan to run errands and keep accounts. Although he doesn't talk much, he is calm and reliable.

Xiao Yan gave full authority to Lu Qiniang to oversee the house construction without any worries.

He took San Ya with him on daily horseback riding, shooting and hunting, and would occasionally "coincidentally" appear at the official residence, attracting the attention of those men.

When Lu Qiniang found out, she mocked him for "a peacock spreading its tail tail."

Xiao Yan would not let her go.

They haven't done their job properly for a long time.

Xiao Yan has some shadows about pregnancy.

But now, as time goes by and I have my own room, I have picked up the old "job" again.

The two of them started their shameless nightlife again.

This time, the Li people mobilized hundreds of strong men to help build the house, so although the project was large, the progress was very fast.

Mrs. Fan only wanted two houses, so he helped her build them first, and then continued with the "big project".

Perhaps it was because the trading company turned a blind eye to their request for the Li people to build houses; or because nothing happened after the Fan family built the house, the Han people who were exiled with them also asked the Li people to build houses for them.

The situation is getting better.

Although we didn't speak the same language, we spent a lot of time together building the house, which deepened our understanding of each other and the gap between us gradually narrowed.

Not to mention children.

San Ya is followed by dozens of children, regardless of ethnicity, who hang out together every day and follow her to "charge into battle". It is so lively.

Children learn languages ​​very quickly, especially San Ya, who has an extraordinary talent in this area.

After a few months, she could understand most of the Li language and communicate in simple terms.

While the adults were busy building the house, the children played together without any barriers.

It's not just about playing.

The Li children would take them to pick fruits.

The children climbed up the tall coconut trees and chopped down a bunch of coconuts.

Wild fruits are everywhere.

San Ya can also hunt. Even if she can only hunt a pheasant, she will cook it in a clay pot and give each person two sips of the soup.

The Li children are good at going to the sea, and the aroma of grilled fish seems to never stop.

San Ya "stole" salt and seasonings from home to make the originally bland grilled fish become fresh and fragrant.

The children gathered together, eating, drinking, playing and having fun.

The house was built in less than two months, and Xiao Yan brought in fifty or sixty people.

Lu Qinniang's land also began to produce.

Seven or eight neighbors gradually moved in around them.

Everything looks good.

However, the trading company remained silent, leaving Lu Qiniang worried.

That night before going to bed, Lu Qiniang said to Xiao Yan, "Why do I feel like those people are unusually quiet? Do you think they are planning something bad?"

"Of course." Xiao Yan wrung the towel dry.

Lu Qiniang reached out and took it, "I can do it myself, I don't need you, I'm not a child."

Xiao Yan always wanted to serve her.

But Lu Qiniang felt that she was not a baby in swaddling clothes, and she was so embarrassed.

"So when do you think they'll take action?"

Lu Qiniang thought desperately, if you really want to do it, then just do it sooner rather than later, so as to avoid worrying all the time.

"It will be soon." Xiao Yan seemed to know everything. "They are already arguing about this matter. But don't worry, they can't strangle us."

The situation was indeed tricky, and Xiao Yan had already prepared to find a boat to go back and forth to Qiongzhou for purchases.

But Erya is too awesome.

She traveled south from Ganzhou by water, and her speed was very slow, but judging by the time, she would soon arrive.

"I'm not afraid of facing them, but I'm afraid that others will retreat." Lu Qiniang said, "Ordinary people all want to live a peaceful and stable life."

When facing threats, we cannot expect everyone to stand firm.

"Xiao Yan, I've always wanted to tell you that we ordinary people are not the soldiers under your command."

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan took the towel she had used, washed it and hung it on the rack.

"When you're marching and fighting, you don't allow people to retreat. If they do, they're deserters and will be beheaded."

"yes."

"But we have to allow those who are now close to us to take care of themselves, don't you think?"

If the business company were to use force against them, many people might become fence-sitters.

Lu Qiniang thought all this over thoroughly and was afraid that Xiao Yan would get stuck in a rut.

"I know." Xiao Yan lay down next to her, "It won't come to that—Er Ya is coming soon."

He has people, supplies, and transportation channels, so the people from the trading company can't stop them.

Sure enough, a few days later, someone came to Lu Qiniang in panic.

"Abandoned Mother, this is bad. The people from the trading company are now unwilling to sell things to us."

People who build houses now basically still use things to exchange for help from the Li people.

Everything is bought from the business.

Not being able to buy things means that the house cannot be built anymore, which also means that life will be difficult in the future.

Lu Qiniang comforted her, "It's okay, don't panic. If you need anything, I'll lend it to you first. I still have some here."

"No, what will happen next?"

"Wait a few days, it will be resolved."

Lu Qinniang had no way to say anything, because Erya had already arrived with a large shipload of supplies.

If this news leaks out, I'm afraid someone will interfere.

I hope Erya comes soon to calm people down.

Originally, Xiao Yan wanted to contact the supplies himself, but with Erya's brilliant idea, now they just wait.

The visitor went back anxiously.

As a result, after waiting for a few days, San Ya came back from outside excitedly on horseback that afternoon.

"Mom, mom, I saw a big ship. I saw a really big ship approaching the shore. My dad asked me to come back and call for help!"

San Ya's voice instantly spread to every corner of the settlement.

"Big ship?" Lu Qiniang was hanging clothes in the yard and looked up suddenly when she heard the voice.

The wooden basin in her hand fell to the ground with a clang, and she didn't care anymore.

Arya! Arya is here!

Regardless of whether she brought anything with her, her daughter was finally by her side and no longer alone in a foreign land.