Chapter 277: Turning Li Fengxing into a Wife
Ling Yun didn't know that Su Nuan had already started to kill him, so he said calmly, "This is already a routine."
Su Nuan asked with a serious face: "Where did the child come from?"
Ling Yun replied: "They are usually bought, but there are also traffickers who steal them from other places."
Su Nuan suddenly remembered an incident that happened in her previous life, which was related to sacrifice. However, that incident started out well but ended badly and was suppressed.
She already had a rough idea of what was going on with the sacrifice, but she couldn't show it, so she asked again, "Do we in the North also hold sacrifices?"
Ling Yun shook his head. "The North is a gathering place for exiled criminals. Most of the prisoners who came here before have died. The few who have become poor through hard work cannot make a living by farming, so I haven't heard of any sacrifices."
The custom of sacrifice exists in all countries, but most countries use three kinds of animals for sacrifice. The reason why human lives are used for sacrifice is simply because human lives are cheaper than three kinds of animals.
Su Nuan said, "Let's go back and build the floating bridge, and put the net under the bridge..."
She paused. She couldn't just tell Ling Yun that she wanted to use the net to save the children.
In the previous life, the Northern Snow Country held a sacrifice in the north and placed four pairs of boys and girls on a perforated boat and floated down the river.
There were also four pairs of children, boys and girls, placed in eight tripods...
Su Nuan was thinking about how to replace the eight children, or find a way to stop such sacrifices.
Ling Yun suddenly said, "It seems that this time there is a powerful wizard who came to perform the heavenly sacrifice ceremony, so the number of sacrifices has increased from eight to 16."
Su Nuan was stunned. Oh, that’s right, eight put into the water and eight put into the pot, isn’t that sixteen?
But the eight sacrifices in the previous life were all put into the river. One of the children was the concubine of a high-ranking official. Later, the official found out that the child had been used as a sacrifice. He could not kill his own people, so he slaughtered half of the people in the north.
This incident probably happened in the autumn. The northern residents, who had no food to eat due to the insect plague, were unable to resist and were killed.
The Yuan Kingdom demanded compensation from the Northern Snow Kingdom on the grounds that the Northern Snow Kingdom had invaded its territory without reason, but the final outcome is unclear.
Ling Yun is not interested in people from other countries, he only cares about whether Su Nuan is happy now.
He asked nervously, "Do you like these?"
Su Nuan's mind was full of thoughts about the sacrifice, and she didn't hear clearly what Ling Yun asked, she only heard whether he liked it or not.
She thought Ling Yun was asking if his future wife would like these things, so she nodded and said, "Of course she would."
Ling Yun's face flushed, "Then put them all away."
Su Nuan didn't think much about it and put all the things away, and would charge him some storage fees when he wanted to go back later.
Speaking of storage fees, the things obtained from the bandits are all in the space, and Cheng Feng never mentioned it after he came back.
The fact that he didn't mention it doesn't mean he forgot, it's just that there's no need to take it out now, after all, there's nowhere to spend it.
Su Nuan collected her things and asked, "Have you arranged everything for your people?"
Ling Yun nodded. "It's all arranged. I don't know what's wrong with Qin Xuan, but she insists on following me, and I can't get rid of her."
Su Nuan smiled with her eyes curved, and asked, "Do you know what it means to catch a son-in-law from the list?"
Ling Yun answered blankly: "I'm not taking the imperial examination, what does this have to do with me?"
Su Nuan was speechless. This guy was really hopeless. She really didn't know how he would pursue girls in the future.
Ling Yun looked at the empty carts and asked, "Don't we need to put these carts away?"
Su Nuan shook her head. "Surround the cart with wooden planks, and have your people find these stones. The more the better."
Ling Yun looked at the coal that Su Nuan took out and said, "When I came here, I saw a cave full of these stones."
"Why does it look like those little black stones we burn in winter?"
Su Nuan nodded, "This is it. I smashed it and burned it."
Ling Yun asked again: "Why do you have to break it? Why can't you just take it out and use it generously?"
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "Are you stupid? This stuff is better than charcoal and can be used in many areas, such as greenhouses and iron smelting. This is a business opportunity, how can I just advertise it casually?"
"We in the North have become an abandoned place. We want to live a good life, not just have enough food and drink."
"Think about it, without sufficient military forces, how can we resist foreign enemies?"
“Without money, how can we improve our living environment?”
"So we need money now to support our troops and people so that we can have better development!"
"Are we just living? What's the difference between us and the walking dead? But without money, we can only live numbly."
Ling Yun was shocked by Su Nuan's words. He always thought that as long as he had food and drink, he could survive. It turned out that being alive was not the goal, but living well was the goal.
He stammered, "This... can stones make money?"
Su Nuan really wanted to pry open Ling Yun's head to see what else he could do besides leading troops in battle.
This coal contains huge business opportunities, and the North will surely be rich enough to rival a country in the future.
But this fool couldn't smell any business opportunity, so he had to drag Li Fengxing in.
She said tentatively: "You are not good at business. I want Li Fengxing to take over the coal business. He will definitely make a lot of money."
Ling Yun frowned, selfish thoughts suddenly coming to his mind, "No, he's an outsider."
Isn't it good for your family to make money? Why do you want outsiders to share in the profits?
Su Nuan was not surprised by Ling Yun's words. If a person has no selfishness, can he still be considered a normal person?
She asked, "Who do you think should go into business in our family?"
Ling Yun looked at Su Nuan, "Can't you?"
He felt that Su Nuan was omnipotent and could do anything.
Su Nuan glanced sideways, "I want to stay and farm to solve the current urgent survival crisis."
"We have to make money, but we have to fill our stomachs first and only think about making money after we have enough to survive."
"Now that we have such a talent, why not use it? You say he is an outsider, but we can make him an insider!"
Ling Yun's face darkened. "Wife? Are you attracted to him and want to marry him after divorcing my eldest brother?"
Su Nuan was furious and raised her hand to slap him, "You're talking nonsense!"
When Ling Yun saw Su Nuan's eyes wide open and her hands red from shaking, he realized what he had said.
He said guiltily: "I'm sorry, I just... just..."
But after a long time he still couldn't say one, two, three.
Su Nuan felt that this man was a blockhead and could not make any sense at all. He was more suitable to be a warrior.
"Forget it. Anyway, don't interfere with my decision, and I won't interfere with what you want to do."
Ling Yun noticed Su Nuan's alienation. He nervously grabbed Su Nuan's sleeve and said, "Sister-in-law, I really don't understand. Teach me and I'll learn."
Su Nuan wanted to leave, but her sleeve was pulled. She took a deep breath, turned around and shook off Ling Yun's hand.
She tried to keep her voice calm. "No one gets up early without profit. We have no choice but to give up some of our own interests to those who help us make a lot of money. If you want a horse to run without giving it grass to eat, the horse will die."
Ling Yun looked at Su Nuan blankly: "But how can Li Fengxing become my wife?"
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