Having startled the person, Su Yunzhi touched her nose somewhat embarrassedly, "Auntie, I just came to take a look."

"Have you eaten?" Zhang asked.

Su Yunzhi nodded, "I've already eaten with the Master and the others."

Zhang picked up a clean bowl, lifted the pot lid, and quickly filled the bowl with rice and dishes.

He then pulled Su Yunzhi to a table and sat her down. “There’s still some food in the pot. Eat some more. You’ve become so thin. You must not have been eating properly.”

Zhang placed a large bowl of food in front of him and left despite his objections.

Su Yunzhi was both amused and touched, her heart pounding with emotion, and she picked up her chopsticks to start eating.

He wasn't a picky eater, and after taking one bite, he thought the food in the cafeteria was quite delicious.

The kitchen staff were busy, and Su Yunzhi ate while looking around.

Looking up, she saw the notice board in the canteen. It was too far away to see clearly, so Su Yunzhi simply took her bowl and walked to the notice board.

The posters included safety notices, information on today's canteen menu, some of Longtan's policies and regulations, and this month's welfare benefits.

Su Yunzhi became increasingly alarmed as he looked around. Anan and his group were quietly growing stronger in Longtan in a way he was unaware of.

When Zhang finished her work and came out of the dining hall, Su Yunzhi was nowhere to be seen. There was an empty bowl on the table where he had just been sitting.

After leaving the canteen, Su Yunzhi walked for a while and saw a large field behind the county government office.

The fields were covered in lush greenery, planted with crops he didn't recognize.

On the other side of the field, there are rows of houses. Without even asking anyone, he can smell what kind of livestock are being raised just from the air.

There were sounds of chickens and ducks, but the strongest smell came from pork.

In front of them were vast fields of farmland, and behind them were rows of newly built houses, square and neat, with the sounds of talking and laughing coming from time to time.

How exactly did they manage to achieve both basic needs like food and clothing and build the entire Longtan County town in such a short time?

Su Yunzhi continued to wander around Longtan County with a head full of questions.

As they passed by a house, the door suddenly opened from the inside, and a beautiful girl walked out.

Before he could react, the girl recognized him first.

"Uncle Yunzhi, when did you come to Longtan?"

Lin Huihui immediately recognized the person in front of her as her uncle's classmate, Su Yunzhi.

Su Yunzhi asked, "I just came here with Boss Wu today. Do you live here?"

Lin Huihui shook her head, "This is Sister Anan's winery, and we work here."

Su Yunzhi then realized, "The wine that Master Dao drank at noon was brewed by you."

Lin Huihui chuckled, "That's right, Sister Anan said drinking is bad for your health, so she always tells the teacher not to drink too much. But he was able to drink today, so is the teacher drunk?"

"I did drink too much." Su Yunzhi smiled faintly, glancing at the tightly closed door of the house next door. "Is anyone living in that house over there?"

“This is a spice shop, and the ones next door are also workshops…” Lin Huihui pointed to each courtyard and said to him.

Upon learning that she couldn't go inside to see the secret recipe, Su Yunzhi tactfully took her leave.

Su Yunzhi's legs were already sore from walking, so he decided to go back and rest to process what he had seen. Longtan had given him so many surprises.

As he walked closer to the city gate, he saw the gate suddenly open, and twenty or thirty mule carts loaded with goods rushed in from outside.

A handsome young man got off the train and stood nearby, making a lot of noise.

Be careful! Don't break anything.

Chen Gu noticed that some oilcloth had been lifted, and carefully went over to cover it up.

"Oh dear, how did you manage to drive the carriage? You didn't even notice the tarpaulin was lifted up, and now the things inside are all ruined by the sun."

"Drive the truck to the shop first, clean the shop, and then unload the goods."

Su Yunzhi watched him jumping around by himself, feeling both curious and amused.

After instructing his servants, Chen Gu caught a glimpse of a handsome man out of the corner of his eye and stared at him for a long time.

Although the man was dressed simply, his air of authority was undeniable.

Having traveled extensively, Chen Gu immediately recognized Su Yunzhi's extraordinary qualities and stepped forward to bow in greeting.

"My name is Chen Gu from Yongqing City. May I ask how you should address me, sir?"

Su Yunzhi returned the greeting politely, "My name is Su Yunzhi, and I come from Cangwu County."

"A scholar?" Chen Gu asked.

Su Yunzhi nodded, "From the Su family of Sword City."

Chen Gu knew very little about the family in the Central Plains, which was thousands of miles away, and he had no interest in paying attention to them.

Although he had never heard of it before, he still politely said, "I've heard so much about you!"

Su Yunzhi pointed to the mule cart and people he had brought, "Does Young Master Chen intend to settle down in Longtan?"

Chen Gu shook his head slightly, then suddenly leaned closer to him and lowered his voice, "No, the city lord gifted the Chen family a shop. Longtan County will open to the public after the New Year, and my father asked me to open the shop."

Then, remembering something, he reminded Su Yunzhi, "Brother Su, while there are still houses in Longtan, you should hurry up and pick one out, otherwise you won't even be able to snatch one later."

"Brother Chen, what makes you say that?" Su Yunzhi asked, puzzled.

“My dad said that Longtan will take off soon after the New Year, and many people will definitely come here to do business and buy property,” Chen Gu explained patiently.

Su Yunzhi smiled bitterly to herself. In the past six months, many of her younger sisters in the clan had gotten married. The Su family was not wealthy to begin with, and with all this, they were already struggling to make ends meet.

He still politely thanked Chen Gu, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Brother Chen."

"I'm leaving, I'm leaving. I'll have tea with you again when I have time." Chen Gu waved to him and strode after the mule cart.

Back at the school, Master Dao was fast asleep, while Zhou Linzhao was already teaching the children.

Su Yunzhi took out paper and pen, began grinding ink, and wrote a letter to her father, asking the ship that had gone to deliver goods to take it back with it.

He had a vague decision in his mind, and he wanted to wait until after the New Year to go home and tell his father.

Su Yunzhi picked up his pen and wrote down everything he had seen and heard that day. He wrote several pages in a long and detailed manner, and only after he finished did he feel his hand getting sore.

The next day, before dawn, Lin Yinan was woken up by Qianxia.

"Third Madam, the son-in-law is back."

Where is he now?

"Inside the county government hall, they captured quite a few bandits."

"Okay, I'll go take a look. You stay here and watch over Nineteen."

Lin Yinan sat up, kissed the sleeping Yun Shijiu on the cheek, got dressed, and tiptoed out the door.

The county government office was brightly lit, and Lin Yiheng, Pan Qingfeng, and Liang Wen were also there.

As soon as she stepped into the lobby, Lin Yinan, with her keen sense of smell, smelled a strong odor of medicine. Someone was injured!

Yun Mo sat wearily at the head of the table, his cold, murderous gaze fixed on the three men kneeling on the floor of the hall, their hands tied behind their backs.

Lin Yinan stepped past the group and looked Yun Mo up and down.

"Are you injured?"

Yun Mo held her hand. "No, a few of my men were injured."

"Did you call Dr. Lin? Is it serious?"

Lin Yinan had a vague feeling that something was wrong; these bandits were surprisingly powerful.

"They're all superficial wounds, and they've already been bandaged," Yun Mo said.

How many bandits have come?