Chapter 479 Northern Territory (3)

"Lingxiao".

After Shen Jingshu finished speaking, Mo Lang disappeared.

Wen Qingyu suggested again that Shen Jingshu and her son go to the General's Mansion first.

Chen Jingshu was in a dilemma.

She really didn't want to trouble others too much. Even though it was a poor little courtyard, she had bought it by pawning her jewelry; it was her home.

"Go there first, and we'll find another place closer to the General's Mansion once you've recovered. This place is too remote and unsafe."

Also, the reason I sent you to the general's mansion was because I wanted your help.

Wen Qingyu spoke about the current situation in the northern border.

With the war just ended and the northwestern frontier expanding, grazing was encouraged there, and caravans began purchasing cattle, sheep, and horses from this region.

In addition, to ensure that the people here have enough to eat and wear, they introduced cotton and upland rice from the southern islands. They are currently conducting trial plantings.

Furthermore, we should engage in trade with various regions to sell our local specialties, such as goat milk paste, cashmere cloth, blankets, and medicinal herbs.

They garrisoned the border regions, cultivated land, and established clinics, pharmacies, and post stations...

There are just too many things.

"But what can I do? I can't do anything." Shen Jingshu looked at Wen Qingyu's radiant face as she talked about these things, and felt very envious.

She really is different from before.

She found her self-worth.

It's not just the title of a general's wife.

"Why can't you do it? You are more learned than me, you can write articles to attract more merchants to the North, you are better at arithmetic than me, you can mix spices, and you have also learned horseback riding."

These were all embellishments you learned to be a matriarch before, but now they can all be used in real situations.

I spent three years in the North, but during those three years I rarely left the palace and did nothing for the people.

"I'm only just starting out, but thanks to the guidance of an expert."

Wen Qingyu became more and more excited as she spoke.

"You've heard of the legendary healer Lu Qingqing, right? She's my mentor and close friend. Every time we write to each other, she always comes up with many ingenious ideas..."

It's Lu Qingqing again?

She is not only a miracle doctor and a teacher, but also knows so much.

No wonder the Emperor values ​​her so highly.

“Jing Shu, let’s go. I’ll show you the letters she wrote, and you’ll see what an amazing person she is.”

She said, "Women can shine too."

"Women are also the radiant sun."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know medicine, business, or academics. As long as you want to, you can become anything you want to be."

...

Another sunset.

After the city wall was completed, the laborers put their iron tools together, received a steamed bun from the overseer, and left exhausted.

A few people silently gnawed on their hard cornbread as they walked toward their sleeping shacks.

The steamed bun was choking me; I coughed a few times, and my nose started to sting.

"I don't know how my mother is doing. I'm afraid I'll never see her again in this lifetime."

I'm sorry to her.

The others could not answer him; their faces were filled with sorrow.

"Can I escape? I'd rather go home and see my mother again, even if I get caught and executed."

"No!" The person in front stopped him from his idea.

"Before you even see your mother, you'll be wanted by the whole world, and your mother will be despised by everyone."

"Brother Xiao, what should we do?" the man cried in despair.

"It feels like I've seen the end of my life."

Ling Xiao's eyes glazed over for a moment, then he said, "First, send a letter home, and then... slowly figure out a way. Perhaps, the Emperor will grant a general amnesty..."

Even if the emperor grants a general amnesty, it won't apply to these traitors.

One year, two years, five years, ten years, how much longer can his mother live?

"Shh, someone's talking." Ling Xiao made a gesture.

The group instantly crouched down and slowly approached a dilapidated house.

The voices inside were mumbling and incoherent, not in Mandarin at all.

The one speaking is... a Northern Barbarian!

There are Northern Di spies in the city!

Occasionally, a few words of Mandarin were spoken, and it sounded like, "We've kidnapped the general's wife, so don't worry about Gu Chengye not handing her over."

Ling Xiao peeked out and saw five people at the base of the wall, who looked no different from the Da Gan people.

He even saw one of them when the city walls were being built!

Was Jiang Da a Northern Barbarian?

No, the real Chiang Kai-shek must be dead.

"Tian Gui and I will keep an eye on things here. You two go and report to the foreman," Ling Xiao assigned.

Suddenly remembering the foreman's mean and arrogant manner, he changed his mind: "You two split up. One of you go and report to the foreman, and the other sneaks away from the patrol to the General's Mansion to find the General."

The two immediately crouched down and left.

Ling Xiao and Tian Gui continued to keep an eye on the people inside.

Suddenly, someone shouted from behind, "Who goes there! You've all finished work, why aren't you back in your shack? Are you trying to run away?"

Oh no! The patrol officers saw us!

Ling Xiao hurried to check on the spies. Three of the five spies inside jumped over the wall and ran away when they heard the noise, while the remaining two looked at them menacingly.

Ling Xiao and Tian Gui leaped over the wall and grabbed at the two men.

"My lord, they are Northern Barbarians!"

"Nonsense! You're all desperate for credit!" the two retorted.

Three patrolmen rushed over with knives, yelling, "Stop it, all of you!"

Jiang Daxian let go, his face full of resentment: "Sir, this afternoon when we were repairing the city wall, I heard them discussing how to pretend to have discovered a Northern Di spy in order to ask the General for credit and escape punishment!"

"These two are treacherous and cunning! If the lord hadn't noticed, they would have killed us, mistaking us for Liao bandits!"

Tian Gui was furious. "That's utter nonsense! You were just speaking in some barbarian language!"

"Say it in the Mandi language, then tell me a single word!"

"you!"

Ling Xiao pulled Tian Gui aside and said to the patrolman, "Sir, we did hear them speaking the Di language just now, and they said they wanted to kidnap the general's wife. Please send someone to the general's mansion to check the situation, just in case."

"Hmph." The patrolman looked at Ling Xiao, whose skills were quite impressive, with an unfathomable gaze.

“If I remember correctly, you got into trouble yesterday, didn’t you? You stood up for your brother and were disrespectful to the foreman, so you got whipped several times.”

"What, now that you're in the North, you want to form alliances? Are you planning to escape together?"

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