Chapter 149

When Xu Qiuyue thought of this, she suddenly remembered that Emperor Sheng might have other ideas when he sent Lu Yuan to Beicheng. She immediately asked the fisherman, "Beicheng hasn't fished for pearls for several years now."

"Three years."

"Only three years?"

For ordinary river pearls, it only takes about two years.

But for saltwater pearls, it takes about five or six years.

Three years is too short.

Emperor Sheng didn't even wait for this little time and wanted to go collecting pearls again.

However, I have to ask Lu Yuan about this matter to confirm it.

Xu Qiuyue knew very well that Lu Yuan had a conscience, but not much.

Lu Yuan either didn't want to enter the officialdom, or once he did, he would definitely not be willing to just stay in this northern city and be a small county magistrate.

Lu Yuan's personality is definitely not as carefree as Xu Qiuyue's.

His personality is extremely flamboyant.

Moreover, Lu Yuan was very stingy. He transported so many supplies to North City, and the money he spent must have been quite a lot.

Xu Qiuyue found out that the forces in North City were divided into two factions. One faction was the wealthy Wang family. The Wang family was the richest family in North City. At the same time, the registrar in the county government was Wang Shuhe, the eldest son of the Wang family.

The grain stores, gambling houses, and brothels in the north city were all owned by the Wang family and managed by Wang Shujun.

Another faction is the county lieutenant Liu Qun, who is in charge of military power.

The barracks in the north city was under the charge of Liu Qun, and most of the other wealthy businessmen in the city had joined Liu Qun.

As long as you do business in North City, if you don't want to offend either family and don't want to take sides, you must prepare two gifts of filial piety, one for Liu Qun and one for the Wang family.

It can be said that the Wang family and the Liu family are the sky of this northern city.

But in fact, there is a third party force in the North City, namely pirates.

If you don't prepare silver as a tribute, the pirates will come to burn, kill and loot.

The Wang family was weak and had no military power, so they had close relations with the pirates.

Liu Qun was defeated in every battle.

Basically, defense is the main focus now.

The fishermen calmly cast their nets, and soon, they worked together to quickly pull up the nets, with many fish jumping in the nets.

The fishermen frowned when they saw the fish in the nets.

The fishing boats were full of shrimps, clams, crabs and other marine life.

These things have a thick shell, are very unpalatable, and have very little meat.

The key point is that these things are not filling you up. You’ll be hungry after eating them for a while, and they can’t be sold at a good price.

"I want all these things. Please help me deliver them to the county government office."

As Xu Qiuyue spoke, she gave all the remaining copper coins in her hand to the fishermen.

The fishermen were very happy to see the copper coins in Xu Qiuyue's hand.

Xu Qiuyue gave too much, these things are not worth the price.

And if you sell it on the market, you have to pay half of the tax.

They don't know what the future will be like.

Just today, several of their families were able to have enough food to eat.

All these seafood need to be kept in ice and cannot be kept for a long time.

Xu Qiuyue plans to give everyone an extra meal today.

Lu Yuan had a lot of guards, and each of them had a bowl. The seafood on this fishing boat was just right.

In their previous life, Xu Qiuyue and Liu Ping both loved to eat these things, but unfortunately, the cost of transportation was high.

In order to save money for the palace, Xu Qiuyue ate less.

After she had a falling out with Xuan Jiuqing, Xu Qiuyue could no longer endure these desires for food and ate whatever she wanted every day.

The flavors in Beicheng are generally lighter, and most of them are steamed.

Xu Qiuyue has a stronger taste, she likes braised food and the like.

Therefore, the flavors of Xu Qiuyue's cooking are basically the flavors she likes.

When Xu Qiuyue went back.

Chunzhu and Qiuxiang were waiting at the door.

"Madam, where have you been? You have been gone for the whole day and have not come back. When the master came back, he did not see you and asked me about it for a long time."

Chunzhu said anxiously. Xu Qiuyue didn't say where she went, and she was gone for a whole day. When Lu Yuan came back and didn't see Xu Qiuyue, he said a few words to Chunzhu, and Chunzhu felt very aggrieved.

She didn't expect that Xu Qiuyue disappeared while she was washing her face.

It wasn't until dark that Xu Qiuyue came back.

"Ma'am, the master is very worried about you. He has not eaten anything since he learned that you did not come back."

Qiuxiang speaks much softer than Chunzhu.

She is the new maid.

Compared with Chunzhu, a maid who has always been with Xu Qiuyue, she is incomparable.

Qiuxiang also had nowhere to go, and she liked living in the Lu Mansion.

Life in the Lu family is simple.

She really likes life in the Lu Mansion.

No one here covets her beauty, and there is not so much intrigue.

Moreover, Xu Qiuyue has a very gentle temperament, which is why she was able to raise a maid as active as Chunzhu.

"I went out to buy some ingredients today. I will make a sumptuous dinner for everyone today."

Xu Qiuyue didn't care and said to Qiuxiang and Chunzhu.

"Madam, the master is waiting for you. Wouldn't you like to go and see the master first?"

Qiuxiang reminded Xu Qiuyue.

"Didn't you say that the master hasn't eaten yet? I'll prepare dinner and have dinner with him later."

Xu Qiuyue said to Qiuxiang nonchalantly.

Xu Qiuyue knew very well what Lu Yuan wanted to talk to her about.

It is likely that the well where Lu Yuan was located has been dug for a long time, but no water has come out.

So I want to ask Xu Qiuyue how to find water.

Lu Yuan hired a professional geomancer whose skills were no less than Xu Qiuyue’s.

The water source that Xu Qiuyue looked for did not always have water.

It was just that Xu Qiuyue used the water in the space to cheat.

Xu Qiuyue dug a pool of water in the space.

The spiritual spring in the space is limited.

But water can be placed in the space.

Xu Qiuyue filled it with a lot of water.

But there is not much water in this pond now.

Along the way, Xu Qiuyue also consumed half of her water.

Xu Qiuyue used the seasonings she had stored in the space.

I made two big pots of braised crab, braised shrimp, and fish.

These sea fish are all fried.

Most people can't afford such luxury.

Xu Qiuyue gave some to Xingzhu and Qiuxiang.

Then let them distribute it to everyone in the yamen.

As for Chunzhu, she was urging Xu Qiuyue to find Lu Yuan.

After Xu Qiuyue prepared the meal, she couldn't wait to serve it to Lu Yuan.

When Xu Qiuyue passed by.

Chunzhu said to Xu Qiuyue cautiously outside the door: "Madam, the master has been waiting for you for a long time today and is a little unhappy. Please be nice to the master later. I heard from the guards that the master dug a well for a long time today, but there was not a drop of water in it."

Chunzhu was also very anxious because Lu Yuan was demoted to this barren land.

I don’t know when I can go back.

I heard that there are a lot of bandit problems.

Not a nice place to be.

She felt that Xu Qiuyue should be gentler and more considerate.

Although the women in this place are not as beautiful as those in Taohua Town.

But many of the women in the brothels here were trafficked from Yangzhou. Each of them is as gentle as water. What if Lu Yuan is seduced by these women again?