Chapter 170 Trading Plan
Su Ying was puzzled, "Why do the spies from the Southern Kingdom want to see you?"
Xiao Jin shook his head. There was friction again on the border between the Southern Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom. The Southern Kingdom sent people over at this time, most likely to want his life to prevent future troubles, or perhaps to recruit him. But no matter which one it was, he would not have a good ending.
"Nothing good will happen."
"When I chased after them, there were only these two people. If they don't send any news back for a long time, the Southern Country will definitely not give up." By then, the other party may send more people to look for them.
"I will deal with these two people. We can only strengthen the defense first. They won't be able to find us in a short time. Select a few people from No. 1 and his men to take turns guarding the gate, just in case." No. 1 and his men are more familiar with him, so they can detect any abnormality more quickly.
Su Ying nodded. The only way now was to delay time and strengthen themselves, so that even if the enemy came in the future, they would have the strength to resist.
That night, Jiang Yang and his men dealt with the two men.
But this incident also reminded Su Ying and Xiao Jin that the Tiger Camp still had many defensive loopholes, which needed to be improved as soon as possible.
So early the next morning, Xiao Jin continued to lead people up the mountain to cut wood, intending to use wood as the main material, and rocks and mud as auxiliary materials to build a fence to enclose the entire Tiger Camp and ensure the safety of the Tiger Camp to the greatest extent.
Su Ying was just about to go out to dig out the charcoal that had been burned a few days ago when she saw Qiao Yang running towards her.
"Madam Su, where are you going?" Qiao Yang rushed all the way to Su Ying without even catching his breath.
"Go to the back mountain to dig charcoal." Under the guidance of the young man, the charcoal they burned was better and better. Today was already the third batch. At this rate, the people in Tiger Camp would definitely not lack charcoal this winter.
"The Chu State has reopened its doors. My eldest brother said he wanted to take this opportunity to go buy some things, so he asked me to come and ask Madam Su if you still want the things on the list you listed last time. If you do, we can bring them back this time."
"The Chu State has opened the door again?"
"Yeah, I don't know why, but the people who have been checking over there sent me a message saying that it's open for sale again."
“Is there anyone collecting charcoal over there?”
Qiao Yang scratched his head. "It's hard to say, but it's almost winter, so it should be needed. Madam Su wants to sell charcoal?"
"We have burned a lot of charcoal during this period. It would be great if we could exchange it for food or other necessities."
"Then I'll go back and ask my eldest brother if he has any ideas for this."
"kindness."
Qiao Yang didn't let Su Ying wait too long. After asking, he immediately found her and explained the situation to her.
Hu Wei knew a merchant before, but he was not sure whether he would buy charcoal. If Su Ying wanted to sell it, he could bring it to her and try.
Although Hu Wei did not give a clear answer, Su Ying felt that there was still hope for this matter.
"Go to the forest and pick up some large leaves. The more the better. Also go get some vines. There are plenty of them in the forest ahead. You will use them to bundle the charcoal later." Su Ying said to the people who were doing the work.
After saying that, she looked at Qiao Yang and said, "Go get a few more trucks and load them with charcoal. Then take all of this and sell it."
"Okay, I'll go pull the cart."
After everyone picked the leaves, Su Ying asked them to stack the large leaves together, and then carefully put the charcoal that had been burned previously on top to prevent it from spreading. After stacking the charcoal into a cylindrical shape, they used thin vines to carefully tie up and secure the charcoal. When Qiao Yang pulled the car over, Su Ying and the others had already tied up the charcoal that had been burned a few days ago.
Number One directed everyone to carefully lift the charcoal onto the truck and stack it.
The five carts that Qiao Yang brought were all full, but there were still many that had not been loaded. However, there were limited horse-drawn carriages in the East District, so he could only borrow some from the South District and the North District.
Before dark, he got five more carts back and loaded all the charcoal.
“It would be great if all this charcoal could be sold.”
Everyone looked at the carts of charcoal, and light gradually appeared in their eyes. If all this charcoal could be exchanged for food, they would not starve to death this winter.
"It's getting late, everyone should go home." Su Ying asked everyone to go home. "Qiao Yang, go back and tell your eldest brother that I will go with him tomorrow."
"Madam Su wants to go with us?"
"Well, I feel uneasy if I don't follow all these charcoals myself."
"Then I'll take the charcoal back and tell my brother that you can go to Tiger Camp early tomorrow morning, Madam Su."
Su Ying nodded, "Okay."
During dinner in the evening, Su Ying explained to everyone that she would be going to the outskirts of Chu State the next day.
Xiao Jin frowned and said, "I'll go, you stay in the Tiger Camp."
Su Ying shook her head. "The southerners are looking for you now. If you go out, you will be discovered by them. So you can't go out. I don't trust others with so much charcoal, so I have to follow them myself."
"But Madam, we have been exiled from the State of Chu, and we cannot enter the country at all."
"There's no need to enter the pass. Hu Wei said that someone will come out from inside the pass when the time comes."
Everyone was still a little worried, but they also understood Su Ying's personality and knew that she would not easily change her decision, so they could only ask her to be more careful.
Of course Su Ying would not tell them that she would find a way to enter the country no matter what this time. She still had a lot of gold in her space. It seemed that this thing was of no use in the Tiger Camp at this stage. She planned to exchange them for supplies depending on the situation.
"Mother, where are you going tomorrow?"
When sleeping at night, the two little kids would squeeze into Su Ying's arms and would not let go.
"Mother is going to buy you some delicious food."
Erbao's eyes lit up when he heard there was something delicious, "Mother, I want to eat jujube paste cake, the sweet ones are the best."
"Okay, I'll check tomorrow and buy it for you if I find any."
Dabao hugged Su Ying's neck and said nothing.
Su Ying felt that the little guy was in a bad mood, so she asked softly, "What's wrong with Ji'er?"
Dabao raised his little head from her arms and looked at her with his narrow eyes, "Will mother come back?"
Su Ying looked at his worried expression and knew that he was still traumatized by her previous statement that she was leaving, so she said very seriously: "Mother will definitely come back, Mother promises."
Xiao Jin looked at Su Ying who had made a solemn promise to the two little ones, took off his shoes, lay down on the small bed beside him, and slowly closed his eyes.
She always keeps her word to her children. If she says she will come back, she will definitely come back.
When Su Ying opened her eyes, it was still dark outside.
She carefully moved Erbao's little head away from her belly and got up carefully. Last night she had asked Uncle He and others to prepare some dry food for her and put it in the main room. After washing up, she went to the main room to get the dry food and rode away on horseback.
(End of this chapter)
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