An Er curled his lips and ignored Huo Jingxuan. Otherwise, if he angered his master, he would be the one who would be in trouble and get beaten in the end.
Just at this time Leng Yue came over, and An Er asked casually, "Madam, how much does this shell cost?
Is it expensive? "
Leng Yue nodded.
Seeing this, An Er, the housekeeper, and Huo Jingxuan all came over and asked her in unison, "How much is it?"
Leng Yue scratched his head and thought for a long time, but still didn't know how to describe it to them.
She couldn't just say that there would be a Jack Ma in two days, because even if she told them, they wouldn't understand!
Suddenly, she thought of an apt description. "People say that a cannon shot is worth a ton of gold. It's about that expensive, right?"
The housekeeper and Huo Jingxuan leaned on An Er, one on each side, and said, "Help me, my legs are a little weak."
And asked An Er, "How many shots did we fire just now?"
An Er lowered his head and counted the shell casings that had fallen to the ground, "One, two, three..."
As he counted more, the housekeeper and Huo Jingxuan felt more and more heartbroken. They clutched their chests and said, "Oh, stop counting, stop counting. My heart is so cold!"
An Er finally gave them a heavy blow, "Eight, we just fired eight shots in total.
This number is so auspicious, 88 is a great fortune, we are going to get rich!"
"Oh! Eighty thousand taels of gold!
I don’t know whether I will get rich or not, but I know that if I continue like this, I will go bankrupt.
Wife, put them away quickly, put away both your big and small treasures!
When I look at them now, my heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ache all over.”
It was the first time that Leng Yue saw Huo Jingxuan's expression like this, so she obediently put away the Italian cannon and howitzer.
She also comforted Huo Jingxuan, "My husband, it is said that you can't earn anything if you don't spend it, so don't feel bad. I promise to earn back double what I spent."
Huo Jingxuan's eyes lit up instantly when he heard that. All of a sudden, the pain disappeared and he felt like he had endless energy.
"Yes, we can't waste this money!
We have to earn double the money back from that old bastard He Kun!"
He called all the secret guards and the Black Feather Army to come over, "Leave immediately to Heshen's residence. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground today, we must dig out all the valuables for me. I can't do business at a loss."
When they arrived at the place, Huo Jingxuan gave the order, "Search, search everything carefully, don't miss any corner, and don't leave a single penny behind."
The other secret guards and the Black Feather Army didn't know what was going on. They gathered together and grumbled, "What happened to me today? Why did I become obsessed with money?"
An Er came over calmly and said, "You guys don't know yet, but Madam just said that the shells are very valuable, one shell is almost equivalent to 10,000 taels of gold.
I was so worried about my grandfather that I couldn't even stand still. I kept saying that my heart and liver were in pain.
Isn't this just trying to make up for it?"
"Oh my god!
That thing is so expensive!
No, my heart and liver are aching now.
I won't talk any more. I have to go find some money. I just fired too many shots at you. If I don't make some more money, I'll make things difficult for you later."
After An Wu finished speaking, he rushed out first. When he passed by Huo Jingxuan, he walked around him, fearing that Huo Jingxuan would kick him and settle the score.
Fortunately, hard work paid off. In the end, a total of 100,000 taels of gold were found in Heshen's home, villa, and farm in the suburbs, which made up for the loss.
There were also quite a few antique paintings, calligraphy and banknotes, and cash left.
The housekeeper was even more despicable. He directly took out all the house deeds and land deeds, and sold all those that could be sold at low prices. Those that could not be sold were also mortgaged to the pawnshop. In any case, he had to maximize profits.
Leng Yue didn't expect that just a few random shells would irritate everyone like this.
While everyone was frantically searching for money, Leng Yue set his sights on the grain that He Kun was in charge of.
Since Huo Jingxuan wouldn't let her collect it, then she could just donate all the food to the disaster victims on behalf of He Kun!
There was drought in the north and floods in the south, and they were all short of food. Moreover, there were tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Liangshan, all of whom were victims of locust plagues and earthquakes, so they also had to share some food.
Now they are in a hurry to the northwest, and it is unrealistic to rely on them to deliver food, so they must find some reliable escort companies.
Leng Yue asked Huo Jingxuan who was counting money, "Husband, do you know a reliable escort agency?"
When An Er and Li Diyang heard this, they came over and asked Huo Jingxuan to take An Er away.
"You crow mouth, stay away from me.
Good things don't work, but bad things do. You gave me such a big scare right after you said that. Now I finally recovered. Stay away from me and shut your mouth. "
An Er immediately covered his mouth, but did not forget to push Li Diyang forward.
Li Diyang didn't know whether to say anything or not. It was rare to see the male master get angry, and it was quite scary.
He stammered, "Master, Madam, I know a reliable escort agency. When I escaped from that evil quarry and was seriously injured, it was Escort Chief Jiang who saved me.
He cured my injuries, took me in for a while, and helped me find a job so I could support myself."
Leng Yue's eyes suddenly lit up. Huo Jingxuan knew her too well and knew at a glance that she had set her eyes on the quarry again.
Sure enough, I heard her say, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about the quarry. Is it still open now?"
Li Diyang was confused. Why didn’t he talk about the escort agency?
How did you jump to the quarry?
But he still nodded and said, "It's open. I don't know who is behind it. It's obviously a place where people are eaten without leaving any bones, but no one dares to intervene.
Even if you report it to the authorities, it will be useless. If the county magistrate is in a good mood, he will ask you to pay a few taels of silver. If he is in a bad mood, he will just beat you with a stick, put you in jail, and finally send you to the quarry."
Li Diyang became angrier and angrier as he spoke. Whenever he mentioned the quarry, he gritted his teeth and wished he could tear off a piece of their flesh.
Now Leng Yue had an idea in her mind, "It turns out that the county magistrate is also involved, it seems that it is still a collusion between officials and businessmen!
An Er, come here, I have something for you to do."
An Er glanced at Huo Jingxuan, then quickly ran behind Leng Yue, pointed at his own mouth, and glanced at Huo Jingxuan.
That means I don't let him speak and tell him to shut up!
Huo Jingxuan was so angry that he wanted to kick him again, "You only know how to put on trouble for me, why haven't I seen you be so obedient before?
You better behave yourself, or I will beat you up."
An Er immediately stopped talking nonsense and stood up obediently, "Madam, if you have anything to say, just tell me."
Then Leng Yue said, "Go to the county government office now and beat up the county magistrate. Remember to hit him in the face, don't break his arms and legs, I still have use for them!
It would be best if you beat him to a point where even his own mother can't recognize him. Then you put him in prison clothes, knock him out, and send him to that black-hearted quarry.
Let him also feel the taste of being enslaved. "
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