"Boss, do you want to take the order?" Xie Chengyuan asked after entering the store.
The owner of the iron shop was sitting in the shop in a daze. When he heard the sound, he immediately came to his senses and looked towards the door.
When he saw two customers, he immediately forced a smile on his face and said, "What would you two like to buy?"
Xie Chengyuan continued, "We need a batch of horseshoes. Do you have any in stock?"
The iron shop owner said: "I'm sorry, we don't usually make this kind of thing. We need customers to place an order before we make it. Would you like to place an order?"
Xie Chengyuan lowered his eyes and looked at Shen Shuli, asking for her opinion.
"I wonder how long it will take the boss to make 200 pairs?" Shen Shuli asked.
"Normally, we have many blacksmiths in our shop and can complete the work in one day, but several of my blacksmiths' families have been infected with the epidemic. They have to take care of their families and cannot work. It may take longer, at least three days."
The iron shop owner quickly explained that he still hoped to receive orders and earn some income.
This took longer than Shen Shuli expected, but the situation was special and there was nothing that could be done about it.
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"I wonder if you can hire other blacksmiths to help with the work? If it can be completed within one day, I can pay an extra 10% as a reward."
When the iron shop owner heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
It never occurred to him that he could hire other blacksmiths to do the work temporarily.
All other blacksmith shops in the city were closed, so he could just ask these blacksmiths to help with the work.
"I need to go ask if anyone is willing to do it. Could you two wait for a moment?"
In this era, all blacksmith shops were run by craftsmen, and blacksmiths needed to apprentice to learn their skills.
Every blacksmith shop operates in a master-apprentice cooperation model, and it is not easy to hire a blacksmith.
But in the face of natural disasters, money is still very important.
No one would miss this opportunity to make a fortune!
The blacksmith left for half an hour before returning.
But the joy on his face told the result.
"My two guests, I have already made arrangements. I can complete your order within one day, but you need to pay half of the deposit first."
This request was not excessive, and Shen Shuli nodded in agreement.
"Make an offer."
"One horseshoe costs 250 coins. One horse needs four pairs. Two hundred pairs cost two hundred taels of silver in total. You need to pay a deposit of one hundred taels of silver first..."
The shop owner had already calculated the bill in advance and answered quickly.
Shen Shuli took out a hundred-liang silver note from her bosom and handed it to the other party.
The boss took it and looked at it carefully. After finding no problem, he immediately wrote the deed, stamped it, signed it, and handed it to Shen Shuli.
Shen Shuli took a look and put it away after confirming that there was no problem.
"Then I'll come to pick up the goods at this time tomorrow."
The task was half completed, and Shen Shuli breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, we will complete your order on time!" The iron shop owner smiled and saw the guest off, then immediately started to arrange for people to start work.
"Let's find a place to stay." Shen Shuli said to Xie Chengyuan.
"I guess all the inns are closed." Xie Chengyuan had no hope.
Shen Shuli said helplessly: "That's true, then where are we staying tonight?"
"Let's see if we can find an empty house to stay in for the night."
"It's the only way."
Xie Chengyuan took Shen Shuli and sneaked around the street for a long time.
Finally, I found a yard that seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time and climbed over the wall to get in.
The whole yard was in a dilapidated state after being soaked by the flood, and it looked like it had not been inhabited for a long time.
The two men did not break into the family's room, but simply cleared a place on the eaves under the roof and sat on the ground.
"You take a rest first, I'll go out and see if I can buy some food." Xie Chengyuan said.
"Okay, be careful, but I want to eat roast duck, I wonder if I can buy it~"
Shen Shuli was also a little hungry, so she didn't refuse and made the request.
Xie Chengyuan's lips curled slightly, his eyes full of doting: "Well, okay, I understand."
Seeing Xie Chengyuan leave, Shen Shuli immediately left the yard and prepared to go to the government warehouse.
Songshan County is most famous for its pine nuts, and the nearby mountains are all covered with wild pine forests.
The main source of income for the people here is collecting pine cones during the ripening season.
Shen Shuli didn't expect to encounter the land of pine nuts.
She has planted many fruit trees in her space, but no pine trees yet.
Since we are passing by, we must make arrangements.
As we all know, pine nuts take a long time to mature, and pine cones can only be collected twice every five years on average.
So pine nuts are expensive.
The pine trees in Songshan County were affected by the extremely hot weather, and the number of pine cones this year was pitifully small. The amount of pine nuts collected was two-thirds less than in previous years.
Before we had time to process the pine cones, a natural disaster of heavy rain suddenly struck.
It caused serious damage to the economy of Songshan County.
This caused Songshan County to have difficulty in cash flow and could not afford to buy epidemic medicines whose prices had skyrocketed.
This information was collected by Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan when they were asking about the blacksmith shop.
The two of them didn't know how much of it was true and how much was false.
Shen Shuli came to the county government treasury.
The treasury was guarded by soldiers.
She did not alert the officers and soldiers, but secretly went to the roof of the storehouse and opened a gap to check.
He found that there was a lot of food in the treasury, but the room was filled with a musty smell, and the sacks with pine nuts written on them seemed to be moldy.
The boxes containing silver were mostly empty.
It was the first time she had seen such a poor county government treasury, which showed that Songshan County was really poor.
But whether the poverty is caused by corruption or not, Shen Shuli needs to investigate it more thoroughly.
She secretly came to the county magistrate's bedroom, which was decorated very simply and no one was there.
At least on the surface, he should be a good official who is honest and upright.
Shen Shuli searched for a long time but couldn't find the county magistrate in the county government office. She was about to leave.
It happened that the county magistrate came back from outside.
He was covered in mud, his official hat was tilted, and his face was filled with sorrow.
"Still can't get the money together?" He asked the master beside him as he walked back.
"My Lord, the people all rely on pine nuts for their livelihood, but the flood came so suddenly that many people's homes were flooded, and the pine cones were soaked and moldy and can't be used..."
"Those wealthy merchants are unwilling to donate money to help the people. We can't force them."
"What should we do?" The county magistrate frowned even more tightly.
Shen Shuli already knew what was going on when she heard this.
She returned to the county government treasury again, put all the things in the warehouse into the space, and then put in a batch of grain, vegetables and all the medicinal materials needed to treat the epidemic.
The entire treasury was filled to the brim.
Shen Shuli didn't care whether the sudden appearance of these things would scare people to death.
Before leaving, Shen Shuli deliberately made some noise in the warehouse to alert the officers and soldiers outside.
The eight officers and soldiers noticed unusual noises coming from the treasury behind them and quickly opened the door to check.
The next moment, all eight people were shocked by the scene in the warehouse!
They had just opened the warehouse door once in the afternoon and knew what it looked like inside.
Since then, this door has never been opened again!
But who can tell them.
How come there are suddenly so many things in this room!
The treasury is almost filled to the brim!
"Oh my god, am I dazzled?"
"I think I'm dazzled too! Why does it feel like the warehouse is suddenly full?"
"You are not mistaken, these things are real. Report to the county magistrate immediately! Something happened in the warehouse!"
Two officers immediately stumbled over to report the matter to the county magistrate.
The already overwhelmed county magistrate's heart was in his throat when he heard about the incident at the government treasury!
Wearing only his inner garments, he hurried to check the treasury.
But he never expected it.
This is how the accident happened to the treasury!
"What the hell is going on? Why are there suddenly so many things?!"
"Who came to the treasury today?"
The county magistrate was so frightened that his legs and feet went limp, but he forced himself to remain calm and questioned his subordinates.
The eight officers and soldiers guarding the warehouse quickly reported the information to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate found it extremely unbelievable!
No one came to the treasury, and no supplies were put into the warehouse, so how did these things appear out of thin air!
"Sir, no matter what, this is a great thing for us!" The lawyer was still sober and quickly reminded the county magistrate.
After being reminded, the county magistrate reacted immediately.
"Hurry up and bring out a few bags to confirm what's inside!"
The officers and soldiers hurried to lift the bags.
When the bag was opened, it was filled with well-preserved common grains such as rice, flour, brown rice, soybeans, etc.
And all the herbs needed to treat the epidemic!
"Quick! Record down the types and quantities of these grains and herbs. There must not be any discrepancies!"
“No matter which immortal left this, we must record it and wait for the day when we can repay the immortal for saving Songshan County!”
"Also, don't spread this matter, lest someone pretends to be the Enxian and asks us for repayment!"
"Yes, sir!"
The lawyer immediately ordered the soldiers to call all officials from all departments to work overtime.
Doctors from all over the city were asked to help prepare and decoct medicines according to the prescriptions, and to distribute the medicines free of charge to the people infected with the epidemic.
At the same time, a venue was set up outside the county government office to provide porridge to the people.
Shen Shuli didn't expect the county magistrate's execution ability to be so strong.
Before she even walked back to the yard, the news had spread throughout the county.
“It seems that this lady’s vision is still very sharp, and I didn’t make a mistake in choosing someone.” Shen Shuli was in a good mood.
Although this deal was a bit of a loss for her, she would definitely not let herself suffer any loss.
Because she has set her sights on the pine trees on the mountains in Songshan County.
Just consider those food and medicinal herbs as payment in exchange for the pine trees.
Back to the yard.
Xie Chengyuan hasn't come back yet.
Shen Shuli couldn't help but laugh foolishly.
It seems that it is difficult to buy roast duck in Songshan County at the moment, otherwise Xie Chengyuan would have returned long ago.
Waited another quarter of an hour.
Shen Shuli was extremely hungry and was just about to get something from the space to fill her stomach when Xie Chengyuan finally came back.
When he saw Shen Shuli in the yard, his tense heart finally relaxed.
He walked over pretending to be relaxed and handed the food box to Shen Shuli.
"You must be impatient, come and eat, the roast duck is still hot. I begged the restaurant owner for a long time to make it fresh."
Shen Shuli had already smelled the fragrance coming from the food box.
"Don't just stand there, come over and eat with us."
She couldn't wait to open the lunch box and invited Xie Chengyuan to sit down and eat together.
"Yeah." Xie Chengyuan sat cross-legged opposite Shen Shuli and took out the plates one by one and arranged them.
Shen Shuli didn't expect Xie Chengyuan to buy so many delicious foods.
There is not only roast duck, but also braised pork, roast pigeon, roast lamb chops, pine nut pork ribs soup, fried corn with pine nuts, and a bowl of sweet porridge.
When Xie Chengyuan saw her eyes shining when she saw food, all the depression in his heart disappeared.
He actually just returned.
Because the restaurant is temporarily closed.
He begged the shop owner for a long time before he agreed to cook a few dishes for him, but it would take a lot of time to prepare the ingredients.
Xie Chengyuan was worried that Shen Shuli would wait too long, so he came back early to tell her something.
But he didn't expect that Shen Shuli happened to secretly leave the yard.
He really wanted to follow and take a look.
But he knew in his heart that she had sent him away on purpose because she wanted to act alone.
After he watched her sneak into the county government office, he did not follow her.
He waited outside the county government office until she came out safely, and then he returned to the restaurant to get the food.
Since they started traveling together, Xie Chengyuan would always secretly observe Shen Shuli.
It has long been discovered that she likes to sneak out of the team and act alone.
What’s even more interesting is that every time she leaves alone, good things happen to the team.
She must have many unknown secrets...
But he had no intention of investigating or prying into the matter.
Because he had a sense of propriety and knew that the relationship between them had not yet reached that stage.
Shen Shuli ate heartlessly and quickly ate most of it.
I have to say that the cooking skills of this restaurant are excellent, and every dish tastes excellent.
Seeing that she was full, Xie Chengyuan finished the remaining food and cleared the tableware.
"The night is long. Do you need me to teach you some Qinggong?" Xie Chengyuan leaned lazily against the wall, his eyes fixed on Shen Shuli's back.
Upon hearing this, Shen Shuli immediately turned around and looked at Xie Chengyuan eagerly, nodding: "Yes, yes~"
Perhaps Qinggong was a little difficult for Shen Shuli, and she had only been able to get started after studying for a long time.
I can only jump one foot high. If I want to jump higher, I will lose my balance and fall.
It was the slowest one among all the techniques she practiced, and it tortured her so much that she wanted to give up.
It was almost dawn, but Shen Shuli was still struggling with herself.
Xie Chengyuan could only persuade him: "Let's stop here today. It's not advisable to practice too much every day, it will hurt your meridians."
"uh-huh."
Shen Shuli felt a little upset. She dusted herself off and went back to lie down on the ground under the eaves.
Xie Chengyuan was meditating nearby, watching over the person in front of him.
The horseshoe order would not be completed until the evening, so the two would need to stay in the city for another day.
"I think the team will soon pass through Songshan County. Let's buy some things and send them over."
With nothing to do, Shen Shuli suggested going shopping.
Xie Chengyuan always responded.
But there were very few shops open in the city, and many of the goods sold showed signs of being damaged by the flood.
The two of them managed to scrape together a sack of local specialty pine nuts and preserved fruits from several shops.
The others can't buy anything useful to the team.
Xie Chengyuan carried the sack and asked Shen Shuli: "Will you leave the city with me, or will I leave the city alone?"
Shen Shuli thought for a moment and said, "Take me out of the city. I'll go to the mountains outside the city to see if I can hunt some game for the team."
"OK."
Xie Chengyuan carried the sack and took Shen Shuli with him, sneaking out of the city from the place where he entered the city yesterday.
The horses were still grazing leisurely.
Watching Xie Chengyuan riding away on horseback, Shen Shuli smiled triumphantly and quickly headed into the mountains in the direction of the pine forest.
The pine forest is on the inner side of the mountain, which means there may be wild animals lurking there.
Almost all the pine trees here are more than 30 meters tall and very sturdy. You can roughly guess the age of the pine tree from the thickness of the trunk.
Only pine nuts from mature pine trees taste the best.
These pine trees are the foundation of life for the people of Songshan. Shen Shuli walked all the way to the edge of the mountains.
This is already in the deeper mountains, and for safety reasons, people basically don't hang out here.
Shen Shuli immediately tried to see if she could use space to uproot the pine tree.
“It really works!”
In this way.
Shen Shuli no longer had to work hard to dig out tree roots.
All the adult pine trees at the edge of the pine forest were taken into the space in one go.
We also collected some newly grown pine seedlings on the ground.
Then he transplanted all the pine trees to the mountains in the space. He was busy for an entire afternoon and planted ten acres of mountain land.
This green but bare mountain range finally had its first forest.
The ten acres of pine forest were watered with diluted spiritual spring water, hoping that these pine trees would produce bigger and more delicious pine nuts next year.
During the time when Shen Shuli was busy, Big Bear and the tigress's family of six had been playing around Shen Shuli's spirit body.
The little guys were very curious about the sudden appearance of the forest.
But each of them is very disruptive.
As soon as Shen Shuli planted her head, Big Bear and the little tiger cubs started to curiously bump into the tree and play.
They all calmed down after being kicked several times by Shen Shuli.
The big white dragon snake that was still trapped in the iron cage had been hitting the iron cage violently after discovering Shen Shuli's appearance, trying to get her to let it out.
But Shen Shuli ignored it completely, but she didn't want it to starve to death, so she would feed it a cow or a mule from time to time to make it shut up.
What’s even more interesting is that the big white geese in the space seem to have set their eyes on this little earthworm.
They all surrounded the iron cage, either attacking the giant white snake with sonic waves or twisting it with their mouths to take revenge.
The dragon snake was very annoyed by the noise, but it couldn't get out. Even its tongue couldn't penetrate the iron cage. It could only bang against the cage in frustration and anger to vent its anger.
Shen Shuli was so happy that she couldn't straighten her back.
Shen Shuli dug ten acres of pine trees and finished it in just two hours.
It has to be said that since the space was upgraded, it has greatly facilitated Shen Shuli's hard work.
There's still some time.
Shen Shuli continued to go into the mountains.
There were obvious signs of wild animal activities on the mountain next door, and Shen Shuli wanted to take the opportunity to catch some prey to expand the animal species in the space.
After walking for a long time and finding no trace of prey, Shen Shuli had no choice but to give up and go back.
Because the journey was long, the sun had already set when we returned to the foot of the mountain.
Xie Chengyuan was waiting anxiously at the place where the two separated.
"Mr. Xie, you're back." Shen Shuli approached Xie Chengyuan quickly, carrying a few wild rabbits.
Xie Chengyuan turned around immediately after hearing this, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Shen Shuli was safe and sound.
"Why did you take so long? I looked for you around the mountain several times but couldn't find you." Xie Chengyuan did not hide his worry at all.
Shen Shuli held the processed hare in front of him and explained, "I wanted to go into the mountains to hunt some prey, but unfortunately I didn't find any large prey. I only caught a few hares. Let's roast them and eat them later."
"I'm glad you're okay. Wait for me here. The blacksmith shop should have made the horseshoes. I'll go get them first." Xie Chengyuan said.
"Okay, here's the banknote for you." Shen Shuli quickly took out the banknote and handed it to him.
Xie Chengyuan did not refuse. After taking the banknote, he jumped onto the city wall and disappeared.
Shen Shuli quickly fed the horse diluted spiritual spring water, and also gathered a lot of grass from the space pasture to feed the horse.
The horse ate to his heart's content.
Shen Shuli lit the fire and started roasting the rabbit meat.
The rabbit meat was almost roasted when Xie Chengyuan came back carrying two large sacks.
"Oh, so fast?"
Xie Chengyuan was faster than Shen Shuli expected.
"Well, the iron shop was quite efficient and finished the work ahead of schedule," Xie Chengyuan explained.
"Not bad, not bad. Come and eat it. It's already baked."
Shen Shuli handed a piece of roasted rabbit to Xie Chengyuan.
"Then I won't be polite." Xie Chengyuan took the roasted rabbit meat and sat next to Shen Shuli and started eating.
"Where is the team?" Shen Shuli asked.
"We should be passing Songshan County now. If we chase them later, we should be able to catch up with them before dark."
"Then let's eat quickly. We'll trim the horses' hooves when we get back and put the horseshoes on them overnight."
"good."
After the two of them finished eating, Shen Shuli fixed the two sacks on the horses.
"How about I ride the horse and you use Qinggong?"
It wouldn't be too tiring for two people to sit on one horse, but there were two hundred pairs of horseshoes, which together weighed almost as much as three people.
It's a bit of a burden for the horse.
Xie Chengyuan thought about it and suggested proudly: "How about I take you flying, and let the horse run faster with the things on its own."
Shen Shuli thought about it and felt that what he said made sense.
Xie Chengyuan's Qinggong speed is almost the same as the speed of a horse running at a high speed. If she were riding a horse, the horse's speed would be slightly slower.
"All right."
Xie Chengyuan's mouth curved up, he patted the horse and let it run by itself, then took Shen Shuli and flew in front of the horse, letting the horse watch them so that they would not go wrong.
Before dark, the two finally caught up with the team.
Su Yunhai led the team to rest in an open space on the side of the road.
In order to prevent passing victims from transmitting the virus to the team, Su Yunhai specially took out oilcloth to block the roadside for isolation.
To prevent the tarpaulin from being maliciously damaged by passers-by, guards are stationed on the roadside.
Ever since he knew that Lingquan medicinal wine could enhance physical fitness and resistance, Su Yunhai would give a sip of Lingquan medicinal wine to Su Chen's family, the bodyguards, and the Silver Black Armor Guards every day.
I'm just worried that they might get caught accidentally.
After Shen Shuli informed her parents that she was safe, she said loudly, "Dad, we have bought the horseshoes. Ask who in the team can make them. I can't do this job."
Xie Chengyuan followed Shen Shuli carrying two sacks and said, "Don't worry, I can do it. Leave it to me."
Shen Shuli didn't expect Xie Chengyuan to do this, and stared at him for several times in surprise.
"You really don't look like the legendary dude."
Xie Chengyuan touched his nose awkwardly and did not respond. After greeting Su Yunhai, he called my dear Xie Chengyue and Xuan Guang to start working.
"I know how to repair horse hooves. I'll do this job." Shen Shuli followed a few people and raised her hand to sign up.
She loves watching short videos in modern times.
I especially like watching videos like hoof trimming that can relieve stress.
But she is the type who thinks she has learned how to see with her eyes a long time ago, and she thinks her hands can do the same.
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