"You said Uncle Meng was injured?" Su Ying got up with the child, and Xiao Jin came back and explained to her what happened last night.
"Well, the wound has been treated. You can go and have a look when you have time."
Su Ying nodded, "Did you kill the person who broke into the formation last night?"
"Kill him. He's from the South. After this, they won't send anyone here again in the short term."
"Well, at least we can spend the winter comfortably."
Su Ying helped the two little kids put on their clothes. The weather was very cold in the mornings and evenings, so she took out the cotton-padded vests made by Bai Shuang and the others and put them on to prevent them from catching a cold.
After sending the child to school, Su Ying arrived at the Tiger Camp.
Tian Niu got the news first and rushed over. Seeing the pale face of Meng Zi, she felt very distressed and asked, "Why are you so careless?"
Mengzi smiled weakly and said, "I'm old and useless."
Tian Niu wanted to say something to him, but seeing how weak he looked, she couldn't bring herself to open her mouth.
"Uncle Meng." Su Ying walked into the house.
"It's Madam Su who's here."
"I heard from Xiao Jin that you were injured, so I came to see you."
Mengzi said nonchalantly: "It's just a minor injury, it's nothing serious."
Qiao Yang just told her that Mengzi's entire shoulder was pierced by an arrow, even his shoulder blade was penetrated, so it was not just a minor injury.
"I have some medicine here. It's for pain relief and helping bones and wounds recover. Uncle Meng, take it." Su Ying took out two cowhide paper bags from her body. "The red one is for pain relief. Take no more than two a day. Take it when the pain is unbearable. The black one helps wounds recover."
Tien Niu said gratefully, "Mrs. Su is so thoughtful."
"Uncle Meng was injured because of the Tiger Camp. I can't just ignore him. Uncle, take a good rest. Don't worry about the charcoal making. I will arrange for someone to go there."
"Thank you Madam Su, please go and do your work."
Su Ying nodded slightly and walked out.
Qiao Yang knew that Su Ying was coming, so he quickly changed into a clean robe and walked out with his chest held high.
"Madam Su, you are here."
Su Ying glanced at him and felt that this boy was really arrogant all the time.
"Come and see Uncle Meng."
"Madam Su, Mr. Zhang brought back a lot of food for us yesterday. I'll take you to see it."
"How much silver did we get for the charcoal?"
"It's less than a hundred taels."
Qiao Yang took Su Ying to the warehouse. When the door was opened, they saw it was full of rice.
"Master Zhang said that he would bring back the grain for us first, and we could give him the remaining money in the form of charcoal later."
Su Ying looked at the grain in front of her and was afraid that even if she burned charcoal until the end of the month, she would not be able to produce so much grain and silver.
We'll calculate it at the end of the month. If the silver we get from the charcoal is not enough, we'll just give Zhang Liang more silver.
Until the end of December, the people in the Tiger Camp were busy burning charcoal. After this batch of charcoal was delivered to Zhang Liang, they would burn a few more batches and they would be able to prepare for the winter.
The weather is getting colder and colder now. When Su Ying went out of the house, her breath was covered with white mist.
"Madam Su, the charcoal is ready. When do you think we can set off?"
This is the last delivery, and Su Ying plans to go there in person and buy everything she can so that she can spend the winter in peace.
"Tell the team to meet me at the door. I'll be there soon."
"good."
Xiao Jin walked out of the house. He had been leading his men to build defenses around the Tiger Camp during this period of time. They had already set up formations in the four corners of the Tiger Camp, namely the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. Now the only thing left was the earth slope on the back mountain. Because the earth slope was not within the scope of the Tiger Camp before, they had to fence off the earth slope again, after all, they had already planted their fruit trees there.
"Be careful on the road."
"I got it." Su Ying took out the hat that Lin Zhuyu made for her and put it on. The hat covered her entire head and face, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
Jiang Yang led the horse over, and Su Ying jumped on it swiftly, "Let's go."
Qiao Yang and his team were already waiting at the door with their carts. Since this was the last time they were going to deliver charcoal, Su Ying had asked Qiao Yang to borrow a few carts from Zhang Liang last time, just so they could bring more charcoal this time.
"Go early and come back early, let's go."
"yes."
Su Ying rode her horse at the front of the team. After leaving the northern wilderness, she turned to the back to observe the surrounding situation.
Fortunately, the journey was smooth and it was daybreak when they arrived at the checkpoint.
But when they arrived at the agreed place, Zhang Liang was nowhere to be seen.
Qiao Yang stretched his neck and looked around, "It's strange, why hasn't Master Zhang come yet?" Usually, Zhang Liang always came early.
"Don't worry, Second Master. Maybe Master Zhang was delayed by something."
Qiao Yang nodded, "Maybe. He said before that he would leave the border in the next few days. He must have a lot of things to do."
As they were talking, they saw someone walking towards them.
Everyone in the team became alert, but when they saw the person coming, they relaxed their vigilance a little.
"It's Master Li."
Su Ying rode her horse to Qiao Yang's side and asked, "Who is Master Li?"
Qiao Yang explained, "Madam Su, you don't know that this Mr. Li is Mr. Zhang's partner. The first two times he came to collect charcoal, Mr. Li was with Mr. Zhang."
Master Li, who was wearing a grey cotton robe, rode up to the front of the team and said, "Second Master Qiao, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
Qiao Yang clasped his fists towards Master Li and said, "Master Li, you are too polite. We just arrived."
Mr. Li looked at Su Ying. Although only a pair of eyes were exposed, she was clearly a woman from her figure. "This must be Madam Su, right?"
Last time, Qiao Yang said that Su Ying would come in person for the last time.
"Nice to meet you."
Mr. Li said, "Mr. Zhang is preparing to leave the country today so he can't come over. He asked me to come and receive the goods for him."
"good."
Mr. Li walked to the back and began to inspect the goods.
After making sure there were no problems with the goods, Mr. Li asked people to come and unload and load the goods.
Su Ying took out a small booklet from her body, on which was recorded the amount of each of their transactions. In addition to the silver for this trip, they still needed to pay Zhang Liang an additional three hundred taels of silver.
"This last batch of goods is not enough to cover the grain money that Mr. Zhang gave me before. This is three hundred taels of silver to supplement Mr. Zhang."
Master Li looked at the silver in her hand but did not take it. "Well...why don't you let Madam Su come with me to the customs and give it to Master Zhang in person? What if he doesn't want to accept the silver...if he blames me when I take it back, I won't be able to explain this matter clearly."
Su Ying was indeed planning to buy some more things before entering the country, so she agreed, "That's fine."
"It just so happens that Lao Zhang also said he had something to give to Madam Su."
Su Ying raised her eyebrows, "Do you have something for me?"
"Yes, Madam Su, you will know when you follow me into the customs."
"good."
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