Chapter 287 She's no longer the village girl she used to be.
After the fire, the termites turned into charred dust, revealing silvery-white specks.
Magistrate Xu picked it up and examined it. "Strange, strange indeed! It really is silver particles!"
"Quickly, quickly, find the termites, burn the termites, and put the silver away!"
"Never mind that for now, the silver must be here. Let's see where the termites are the most!" Lu Qingqing's voice was also filled with joy.
Everyone was full of energy and started digging with all their might.
Finally, a large number of termites were found on the wall next to the kang (a heated brick bed). When burned, many silver particles were found!
It's right here!
They dug into the ground and found a foundation half a meter deep. The stones were covered with termites.
Lu Qingqing already knows that the silver is hidden in the stone!
"Smash it open!"
As the stones were smashed open one by one with the hammer, some revealed the silver coins hidden inside!
Soon, they discovered that the stones were only found on this one wall, along the layer of stones next to the bed.
After a great deal of effort, they collected three thousand taels of silver in this stone house.
They smashed all the stones, but there were none left.
"Smash the other stone houses!"
Next, they started smashing the entire stone house.
Each household stored the stones in a different place; some stored them in the stones used to build stoves, some in the stones used to build kang (heated brick beds), and some buried them directly underground.
Without exception, they were all encased in stone, and the amount of silver in each household was different.
"These people really did make their share early on, and they hid it very well!"
This will take several days to dig!"
Magistrate Xu laughed and cursed.
There was nothing he could do; when he saw piles and piles of silver being dug out, he developed a laughing disorder and couldn't stop laughing.
Dig and dig! The longer you dig, the more you'll dig!
"Sir, what should we do with this silver?"
"Miss Lu, Goddess of Wealth! I knew I should have brought you here!"
Magistrate Xu's eyes were reduced to mere slits.
"Keep the money safe. Send a letter to the young master and ask him to make the arrangements. This will truly solve all the problems, and Ming'an County will no longer be in trouble. By the way, Miss Lu's workshop can also be expanded."
"There's no rush for the workshop. We don't have many medicinal herbs right now. We can expand after we start planting them in large quantities next year. Right now, the most important thing is the northern border."
What they need most over there is definitely supplies, so why don't we use this money to buy supplies and send them over now?
"What you say is absolutely right! Let's do it that way for now!"
When Lu Qingqing came down the mountain, she had already dug up 30,000 taels of silver.
One group of guards got tired, so another group took their place. They dug day and night for two whole days and nights.
Magistrate Xu sent a messenger to say that a total of 350,000 taels of silver had been unearthed!
It's like a windfall!
This batch of silver was a godsend for the Gu family army, whose supplies had been cut off!
That group of mountain people has been exiled.
Lu Qingqing did not see them again.
I only heard that the chieftain was shouting wildly, and Magistrate Xu just took a stone and tapped it in front of him. It was as if his bones had been suddenly removed, and he became paralyzed and unable to walk.
Next, Lu Qingqing went to the Wan family's house.
She knew that business was bad this year, many shops had closed down at a loss, and Wan Jia also had a large amount of unsold goods.
Storing so many bolts of cloth also carries risks.
When Lu Qingqing went to the Wan family to explain her purpose, Madam Wan readily agreed without asking what Lu Qingqing wanted to buy so many goods for.
And they only want to recover their cost price.
Lu Qingqing waved her hand, "A 30% price reduction is fine. You still have Wan'an Hall to prepare for this. These goods aren't what I want, I'm not taking the money, and I don't want to profit from them."
A 30% price reduction is already a very favorable price. If it were supplied by someone else, the price would likely rise considerably by the time it reached the military camp.
Just like the medicinal herbs she supplied, Ji Ruyan once said that the medicinal supplies used in the military camp in the past cost three times the price of what she supplied.
She was willing to supply the goods to the soldiers on the frontier without making a single penny.
But with the Wan family, she had to leave them a layer of profit.
Madam Wan took Lu Qingqing to the Wan family's storeroom, where there were many kinds of cloth. Lu Qingqing took all the cotton cloth.
"That's not enough. We need these silks too."
Silk can be used as lining for armor; it has many uses!
Because of its soft texture, after being hit by an arrow, the arrowhead can carry the toxin into the body, which can not only slow down the penetration of the toxin, but also reduce the secondary damage to the body caused by the barbs when the arrow is pulled out.
"Not enough, not enough."
Madam Wan was surprised. After a moment's thought, she had someone call Wan Yuting over.
Wan Yuting rushed over.
"Miss Lu, is there anything else you need?"
"Cotton cloth, silk, cotton, and if possible, grain, of course."
In fact, Lu Qingqing wanted to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts directly and send them over, but if she asked someone to make them, it might be noticed by someone with ulterior motives, which could bring them danger.
So let's just send the supplies over and let them find someone to sew them themselves!
"I have no way to get food, but I can get cotton cloth and silk, and I can also get some cotton. How much do you need?"
"If possible, purchase goods for 50,000 taels."
Wan Yuting stared at her for a while before he seemed to realize what she meant.
"Okay, I'll look for it."
"Thank you, but it's best to keep this a secret."
Lu Qingqing looked into his eyes and said, "It's better for everyone."
In a flash, Wan Yuting remembered Xu Rui's warning:
"If you continue to pry into other people's affairs, you will be killed!"
Although their tones and expressions were clearly different, Wan Yuting sensed the same underlying meaning.
He felt once again that Xu Rui and Lu Qingqing were on the same side.
Since meeting them, his former arrogance has been shattered.
What they did seemed beyond his comprehension and reach.
Fifty thousand taels.
Something that costs 50,000 taels at a time.
It's as casual as talking about a meal.
Lu Qingqing was no longer the village girl who argued with others when he first met her.
"Okay, I understand."
Wan Yuting watched as Lu Qingqing boarded the carriage, driven by Mo Lang.
As he looked at Mo Lang's figure, he suddenly remembered the black-clad man exuding murderous intent.
Why do they look so alike?
Madam Wan stared at Wan Yuting for a long time, and he probably didn't realize that he was staring at Lu Qingqing for too long.
"Ting'er, are you going to the Five Gates to find goods?"
"Yes, Uncle Xu left suddenly, leaving behind a lot of goods. I just went to collect them to prevent them from being swallowed up by his clansmen."
“Your father once mentioned that you should marry Fengshang. In my opinion, you should hurry up and marry her, move the business here, and bring her family to Ming'an County to avoid being harassed by those clansmen.”
"I...I don't want to get married."
"You should get married!"
"mother!"
Madam Wan's gaze was sharp, showing no mercy to her son:
"If you have any ideas about Lu Qingqing, you should stop now. She is no ordinary person and would look down on a mortal like you!"
Wan Yuting's face turned deathly pale.
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