This was the first time Nan Qu had done something like this, and to be honest, it was quite embarrassing. But in order for Xiao Bai to recover as quickly as possible, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and do it.

After Su Jing led the water away, the coachman finally couldn't help but ask, "Miss Nan, are you water in here? Can you really cure diseases?"

Nan Qu smiled mysteriously: "What you're splashing is just ordinary water, but it'll be different after I've touched it."

The driver was puzzled, but didn't say anything.

Soon, Su Jing sent someone to say that the medicine was running low, so Nan Qu told the driver to go and fetch more water.

It took three trips and six Qi-cultivating pills from Nanqu to finally ensure that everyone in Qianlong City could drink this water.

Afterwards, Nan Qu reminded Su Jing to have the City Lord's Mansion issue a notice informing them that whether they were passing by or hadn't yet had a chance to drink the medicine, they could receive a bowl of medicine at the city gate within three days.

Nan Qu's suggestion naturally earned Su Jing a lot of praise.

Only after confirming that they were alright did Nanqu dare to proceed with the next step of the recruitment plan.

Of course, this was also done in cooperation with the government.

Nanqu offered either 50 or 20 coins per day, which would cover three full meals. Nanqu assumed they would all choose the option of full meals, since 10 coins per meal wasn't much.

After all, a simple bowl of vegetarian noodles costs six coins, and Southern opera is all-you-can-eat.

However, many people still chose the fifty coins, while only a few chose the option of filling their stomachs and adding twenty coins.

"That's normal. After all, not everyone is a one-person household where only one person is fed. Everyone has a family. If he's fed, how can his family of several people survive on just twenty coins for three meals a day?"

Nan Qu sighed: "Lord Su, I wonder how the situation with the bandits on our side is going?"

Su Jing hadn't expected Nan Qu's thoughts to jump around so quickly, so he explained, "I'm afraid it will take more time. Now some people from the martial arts world have joined, but they still can't compare to the mountain bandits who have been living deep in the mountains for years."

Nan Qu didn't want to wait any longer. Originally, she planned to exchange some silver in the nearest town after they got rid of the bandits, but now it seemed that she couldn't wait any longer.

"May I borrow Lord Su's horse?"

Su Jing naturally had no objections, but asked, "I wonder what Miss Nan's plans are?"

Nan Qu didn't hide anything: "The wages I have are only enough for these people to work for about ten more days. I need to go to other towns to exchange them for some silver."

Su Jing smiled upon hearing this: "In that case, Miss Nan need not worry too much. As far as I know, a security escort will be sent by Tianhui Money Exchange tomorrow. With the money exchange there, you can exchange as much silver as you want."

Money exchanges do often offer pawn services, Nanqu nodded, "That works too. But are you sure the escort agency won't be intercepted by bandits?"

Su Jing said, "Miss Nan probably doesn't know, but in this world, no one dares to intercept the shipments from Tianhui Money Shop. That's because it's the Tian family's money shop."

Nan Qu suddenly realized, "They're royalty, after all. Ordinary people wouldn't dare to mess with them. After all, doing so might mean being crushed by their army."

However, to everyone's surprise, the very next day, the shipment from Tianhui Money Shop was indeed intercepted.

Nan Qu's eyes lit up upon hearing this. Since she had been intercepted, robbing the bandit stronghold's money wouldn't count as robbing the government, right?

As the famous military strategist Brother Li said, these are two separate accounts!

Therefore, Nanqu walked outside without any psychological burden.

Her goal was simple: to collect some money to build a house.

It's because her inn is too dilapidated; she needs money to repair it. And since she's contributing to their country's development, isn't it reasonable for her to receive an advance on her salary?

It has to be said that no matter which dynasty it was, why couldn't these knock-offs ever make any progress?

Nan Qu said she entered the mountain village without any challenge.

However, looking at these people in the mountain stronghold, Nan Qu's lips curled up: "Interesting."

She didn't care what was interesting about it. Her goal was money.

If she wasn't mistaken, the money wasn't in some treasure vault, but rather in the back mountain!

Sure enough, when Nanqu arrived at the back mountain, she saw a group of bandits who moved with practiced ease, pulling several carts with deep ruts along.

There's even a cleanup afterwards.

Tsk tsk, these bandits are really well-trained.

Nan Qu held silver needles in her hand, flicked her wrist, and all the bandits were frozen in place. Nan Qu then brazenly went up and opened a box, which indeed contained silver.

Just as Nan Qu was about to take everything, she heard a commotion over there. It was hard to explain how so many things could just disappear like that. So Nan Qu simply took two boxes.

Before the others could arrive, he collected the silver needles from them and flew away.

Of course, she didn't actually fly away. If these were just ordinary mountain bandits, Nanqu wouldn't care. The key is that they weren't.

Her mission is to create a culinary world.

With war raging, who can still enjoy good food?

Thinking about this, Nan Qu suddenly felt that she hadn't taken enough money. For such a big matter, two boxes of silver weren't nearly enough.

Nan Qu could tell from the sight of the newcomers that they were clearly bandits that the other side had probably already begun their retreat.

By then, the people tasked with suppressing the bandits will likely have vanished.

Thinking this, Nan Qu took out the sleeping potion. She stood in the wind in front of them, and as the wind blew, the potion instantly knocked out everyone.

Later, in order to prevent the heroes who were fighting bandits from discovering these people, she kindly released a sky rocket.

Her two sons bought this for her during the Chinese New Year. She just doesn't know if it can be used as a signal flare; if not, then so be it. She's gone to such lengths; it's just lucky they didn't catch them.

After finishing all that, Nan Qu left gracefully.

After returning home, she happily went to her room to look at the silver ingots.

When Nanqu saw the markings and serial number on the silver ingot, she was completely displeased. What the hell? A worthless piece of silver, and it has a special serial number?

Do you really think she can't do anything about it?

Silver isn't like copper coins; it's illegal to mint it privately. Silver can be melted down, reshaped, and it's still silver!

Of course, the Southern Opera was also worried about the standard weight of officially minted silver, but they never considered cutting the silver into pieces for direct use. Instead, they went through the trouble of going to the modern era, spending some money to have all the silver melted down and made into silver fruits weighing one tael each.

However, now that she has returned to the modern world, Nan Qu naturally wants to stay and meet the child.

Moreover, Nanqu did not forget to send things and clothes to Grandpa Tang.

So she simply made everything herself, one set of clothes for each member of the Su family, and also one set for Old Master Tang and the shameless Tang Yulin.

Having acquired these valuable items, Nanqu naturally wouldn't forget Taya from the magical time and space.

Protective jade pendants are not available for the time being, but various elixirs and ordinary jade pendants from the cultivation world are essential.

In addition, tea and wine are also essential.