Chapter 127: Chain Reaction 2/2

Li Qingzhi ate the twists while enjoying the cured meats Zhu Qian had bought, and the taste was especially delightful.

Seeing this, Zhu Qian couldn’t help but have a good appetite and ate quite a bit too.

“Someone told me that the cured meats in Linhu County are better than those in Chongcheng County, but these taste ordinary. They can’t compare to the ones you gave me before,” Zhu Qian said, missing the cured meats Li Qingzhi had given him.

Li Qingzhi had prepared some extra cured meat seasonings before, which hadn’t been used up yet. He said, “Uncle Zhu, when we return, I’ll give you some more.”

“Nephew, with such delicious cured meats, are you planning to sell them? If you start a business, it will definitely do well,” Zhu Qian suggested.

“They will be sold, but it will have to wait for half a month,” Li Qingzhi replied.

After resolving Magistrate Zhang’s matter, he planned to have Chang Zhan open a cured meat shop in Chongcheng County.

No, he couldn’t just open one.

Modern times saw a proliferation of shops selling cured meats and duck products. Just walking along the commercial street, you could see many shops selling duck necks and chicken feet.

These shops were all part of chains.

With the well-developed waterways here, if he really wanted to sell cured meats, he could open a chain of shops.

By then, in the surrounding counties, prefectural cities, and even provincial capitals, there could be one or two Chang family cured meat shops. As long as they prepared the cured meats the day before, they could simply deliver them.

Cured meats are salty and don’t spoil easily. It’s okay to leave them for a day. At worst, during the summer, they can prepare the cured meats early in the morning and deliver them before dawn.

Chongcheng County is located between the prefectural city and the provincial capital. The boat ride is faster, and they can arrive in three hours. If they send out the cured meats just as dawn breaks, they will reach their destination by noon.

Many people buy cured meats in the afternoon, so they will definitely catch up.

After Li Qingzhi finished eating a bunch of things, they finally returned to Chongcheng County.

At this time, Jin Moli and Jin Liushu were already selling food at the pier.

Two days ago, the Li family hosted a banquet, and surprisingly, they used the cured meats that Jin Xiaoye had made a lot of money from in his past life!

Jin Moli couldn’t stand it at the time and cried when she got home.

She didn’t even want to go to the county to sell food!

She started selling food to save up some money. When she figured out the recipe for the cured meats, she planned to sell them like Jin Xiaoye.

But now… Since the recipe for the cured meats wasn’t something Jin Xiaoye came up with, she definitely wouldn’t be able to figure it out either!

The Yao family was well-off, and Jin Moli’s living conditions in the Yao family were better than those of most people in the village.

After earning money from selling food, she could only afford to eat meat a few more times. With that little money, it wasn’t enough for her to buy a house in the city and completely change her current life.

Was it necessary for her to tire herself out just to eat meat a few more times?

Jin Moli had lost her heart, but Jin Liushu still dragged her away.

For the past two days, she continued to sell food.

“Jin Moli, you’ve been slacking off the past two days. You can’t do that today! I can’t do all the work myself,” Jin Liushu set up the stall and glanced disapprovingly at Jin Moli.

Selling food was Jin Moli’s idea, but they would split the money they earned.

He felt a little embarrassed, so he ended up doing more work and even bringing more vegetables from their own fields.

But Jin Moli kept slacking off, which made him unhappy.

“Sis, I’m not feeling well today,” Jin Moli said.

“Didn’t your monthly cycle come early? How come you’re not feeling well again!” Jin Liushu said while working.

Jin Liushu was considered lazy in the village and didn’t like doing farm work.

But he was enthusiastic about selling food and was willing to do it. First, selling food wasn’t as tiring as farm work, and second… When others gave him money for the food, he felt happy seeing the coins!

“Sis! Since you’re stronger, can’t you do a bit more?” Jin Moli complained.

“Fine, fine.” Jin Liushu didn’t want to argue with Jin Moli, so he let her sit on the side and do nothing while he quickly served the customers.

After serving for a while, Jin Liushu became unhappy again. “Jin Moli, at least collect money and wash dishes, will you?”

As he spoke, he looked at Jin Moli, only to see her looking absent-minded, talking to someone not far away.

Jin Liushu: “…”

Customers were urging them, so Jin Liushu had to do the work of two people by himself.

On the other side, Jin Moli was already dumbfounded.

Jin Moli had always lived in the countryside in her past life, so she wasn’t well-informed, but she knew about a major event in Linhu County — five years later, the Prince ascended to the throne, and then the Lou family in Linhu County received rewards and titles.

After that, the Lou family became the wealthiest and most influential family in Hexing Prefecture. Even the servants of the Lou family could take concubines, and the housekeeper of the Lou family had to serve even the officials.

She had heard some rumors, such as the Lou family using silk to wipe their butts.

She was envious when she heard about it, but now… Magistrate Zhang had killed many members of the Lou family?

Was Magistrate Zhang crazy?

Mr. Lou was the future emperor’s uncle!

And there’s Magistrate Yan, the man who’s supposed to become the magistrate, but now he’s been dismissed?

What’s going on exactly?

Although Jin Moli has memories from her past life, she knows nothing about Magistrate Zhang. She knows about Magistrate Yan because she heard he married a Miss Lou and became a magistrate.

The world after her rebirth has truly changed too much!

Jin Moli looked dazed, which annoyed Jin Liushu. He really wanted to get rid of Jin Moli and have his wife help him.

Unfortunately, Jin Moli came up with this business idea, so he couldn’t get rid of her.

When Jin Moli couldn’t believe what she was hearing, Li Qingzhi and Zhu Qian’s boat stopped near the county office.

After sleeping deeply for three hours on the boat, plus his ability… Li Qingzhi’s condition had completely recovered, and he entered the county office with a smile on his face.

Then he saw Magistrate Gou, wearing a straw hat and preparing to leave.

“Are you going out, sir?” Li Qingzhi asked.

“Yes, I plan to personally lead the government officials to measure the nearby land,” Magistrate Gou said.

After Li Qingzhi told Magistrate Gou about the plan to resurvey the land, Magistrate Gou planned to start the next day.

Then… it was opposed without exception.

Whether it was the government officials in the county office or those local gentry and wealthy households, none of them wanted Magistrate Gou to do this.

Which one of them didn’t hide a few acres of land?

Things were not going smoothly, but Magistrate Gou didn’t want to delay. He planned to go see for himself today.

He didn’t believe that those wealthy households would dare to stop him from surveying, even if he went in person!

Upon hearing Magistrate Gou’s words, Li Qingzhi immediately praised him and said, “Sir, I told Magistrate Zhang about your plan to re-survey the land, and he was very happy. He wrote you a letter.”

“Really?” Magistrate Gou was both surprised and delighted.

“This is the letter from Magistrate Zhang to you,” Li Qingzhi said, handing Magistrate Gou the letter written by Magistrate Zhang.

Magistrate Gou was thrilled when he read the letter.

Magistrate Zhang praised him as a good official, saying he was the best among all the magistrates in Hexing Prefecture!

Magistrate Zhang sent him to Linhu County to investigate the disaster in the tea gardens, but he didn’t find anything… Not only did Magistrate Zhang not blame him, he even praised him!

Magistrate Gou was extremely happy and secretly vowed to be a good official!

And then there’s the matter of resurveying the land… It’s quite troublesome to do, and it will offend a large number of people, but he must do it!

Since Magistrate Zhang knows about this, how can he not do it? When he does it well, he will surely receive Magistrate Zhang’s appreciation.

It’s just that he doesn’t know if Magistrate Zhang is still in Chongcheng County at that time.

Magistrate Gou was somewhat worried and started asking about the situation in Linhu County.

When he learned from Zhu Qian that Magistrate Zhang had a secret decree, he suddenly stopped worrying about Magistrate Zhang: “No wonder Magistrate Zhang dares to do this; it turns out His Majesty gave him a secret decree!”

Li Qingzhi: “…” There’s no secret decree at all; that’s just Magistrate Zhang deceiving people!

If this matter isn’t handled well, Magistrate Zhang will still be burdened with the charge of “falsely transmitting the imperial decree.”