The journey back here was so arduous that it is hard to describe it.
They had to guard against bandit raids, riots by refugees, and even more so, the private soldiers of the noble families. Shunzi and Zhang Yun, with a team of more than a hundred people, almost cried when they saw Qiao Xin coming to pick them up by the river.
It was as if I could hear a heavenly sound in my ears: "She is coming, she is coming, she is flying here on auspicious clouds..."
The two of them knelt down with a "thump", which frightened Qiao Xin and others.
My physical strength has reached its limit. I was too tired to hold on any longer, but I also cried with joy when I saw the rescuers!
Old lady, if you don’t show up soon, I’m afraid you won’t be able to see us anymore!
"What happened? Are you injured?" Qiao Xin had them helped up and looked them up and down. Not finding any injuries, she breathed a sigh of relief!
Shunzi quickly got up, sniffed, and said in a trembling voice: "No, I was just worried on the way back. Now that I see you, I feel relieved!"
"We are late. Thank you for your hard work. How are the others? What problems did you encounter along the way?" Qiao Xin glanced at the long line of people behind him and asked in confusion: "Didn't you only bring more than 30 people? It looks like there are about 100 or 200 people now, right?"
Speaking of this, Shunzi was no longer sleepy. He quickly came to Qiao Xin and whispered, "These people are experts in tea frying and tea planting. Their original owners became victims in the family fights and were sent to the slave market by the government. I bought them before those big families did!"
This kid has really made progress, becoming more and more capable, and also caring about his master!
Qiao Xin smiled and poked his head with her hand: "You are a waste of talent to be a manager in my company. With your cleverness, you are more than qualified to be a county magistrate!"
Qiao Xin said this without any temptation at all, he really felt that Shunzi was wasting his talent by following him just to be a manager!
Young and strong, with a quick mind and the courage to fight and take risks, he is the material for doing great things. It would be a waste of his talent to follow this old woman around every day!
It wasn't the first time Shunzi had heard Qiao Xin say this, but he just didn't care. Being a county magistrate wasn't as comfortable as being around Qiao Xin.
Look at County Magistrate Wu. When he was with the Second Master, he was so high-spirited and carefree. But since he became the county magistrate of Anhua County, he has been worried about the lives of the people and has suffered a lot. No one can make decisions for him when something happens!
If someone's family loses a chicken or two vegetables, they will report the incident to his yamen, not to mention some ruffians and young masters of wealthy families who are always causing trouble!
In spring, they had to worry about farming and tea picking; in summer, they had to worry about natural disasters; in autumn, they had to collect taxes from everywhere; and when winter finally came, they had to organize people to build water conservancy projects. There was no time to rest all year round.
After putting in so much effort, what’s the result?
He has neither the best food to eat nor silk to wear, and he goes out in shabby clothes. He is no better than the steward. He has offended the people he should have offended, and the common people may not even remember his kindness!
I just stood there and watched Magistrate Wu act like a rat in a bellows, getting bullied from both sides. It wasn't worth it for him!
If the old lady had not been invited over to help suppress the aristocratic families, he would have suspected that Magistrate Wu would have died young on duty!
He didn't want to live like Magistrate Wu. He didn't have such great sentiments to work himself to death for irrelevant people. There were many capable people in this world, and not everyone wanted to stand out and bring honor to their family. He just wanted to follow the old lady to gain more experience, and this life would be worth it!
Qiao Xin didn't know that her casual words had made Shunzi ponder for a few times! This boy stayed with her more than her older sons sometimes, and now he has become her right-hand man. He was reluctant to leave!
But she also sincerely hoped that Shunzi would not give up his bright future for a favor. When she picked him up from the beggars, she had never thought of tying him to the Qiao family for life. But from his reaction, it seemed that they were not interested in her proposal!
Qiao Xin didn't say anything more. She didn't like to impose her ideas on others, nor did she plan to arrange the fate of others. At most, she could give some advice, but the final choice was up to the individual!
The most important thing right now is to settle these craftsmen first, and then talk about other things.
Qiao Xin also arranged support personnel on the other side of the river. With them guarding this side, it would be no problem to send people over now.
But these hundred or so people are obviously not enough!
It's really unbearable to go on this trip and not get anything in return!
After the handover was completed, Qiao Xin gathered the leaders of each team he brought with him, thinking about how to make some more money!
When everyone heard this, any tiredness they felt instantly disappeared, and everyone was ready to go, wishing they could leave right away!
It has been so long since I went out treasure hunting with the old lady. This skill is almost rusty!
Although Wang Da Kui had never fought against bandits with Qiao Xin in Yuncheng, he had often heard Third Master talk to him about the deeds of fighting against bandits in Weizhou Prefecture.
Every time the Third Master talked about it, he was so excited, his eyes sparkled, and he wished he could do it again.
Now when Qiao Xin said that he wanted to make some money, he blurted out: "Why don't we go and suppress the bandits? There are quite a few bandit problems in Nanliang, right?"
Everyone turned to look at him as if he were a fool.
Pei Xinyuan said directly: "Brother Wang, are you still asleep? We are now standing on someone else's territory. We are unfamiliar with the place. We should be lucky if we are not mistaken for bandits."
Zhang Yun has been in Qiao Yunxin's team for a long time. Their opponent is the navy of Nanliang. Zhang Yun is much more familiar with the internal situation of Nanliang than others.
At this time, he also added: "Nanliang is different from our Dajing. There are many mountains, lakes and rivers. The bandits hovering around are mostly water bandits. They mainly hijack passing ships and merchants. They are very good at swimming. Once they enter the water, they come and go without a trace. They are more difficult to deal with than simple bandits. We can't act rashly without absolute certainty!"
Qiao Xin nodded and agreed with this statement. She had not had such an intention in the first place.
How much money can a bandit have?
Look at how Magistrate Wu got more just by cleaning up the Lou family than she did by raiding the entire bandit den in Yuncheng!
The aristocratic families are the biggest fat pieces of meat. Let’s find an aristocratic family that has committed many evil deeds but is not too strong!
At least I don’t have too much psychological burden when I take action!
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