Quick Travel: Is it OK to recycle yourself?

Chapter 135 Ancient Version of Poor Little One 20

Qu Nannan said, even though this old man can't read a few words, he is a very smart person, otherwise how could such a small village like theirs always be so peaceful?

Besides, Qu Nannan did some inquiries during her visit and found out that the current county magistrate and prefect are not honest officials at all. No one knows which big shot’s money bag they are.

If things go wrong, the whole village will be killed. Salt is a very profitable business, and no one will tell others about it. It would be great to have such a profitable thing in their own hands. Wouldn't they kill all those who knew about it?

"How about this? Let me study how to extract the salt, and then we can bring a few reliable people to try to earn some pocket money. We can find a cave and get more salt to store. We can get enough to eat for a few years at a time, and we don't have to take the risk of going there to get ore all the time."

If you make more of this stuff at a time, it won't go bad if you keep it like that. As long as you keep it secret well, there won't be any accidents.

"This is good. With fewer people going there, it's less likely to be discovered. As long as we clean up the traces every time we go there, even if someone finds us there, they won't suspect us."

"Is it far from here?"

Qu Nannan calculated the distance and said, "It's not too close. It's still half a day's journey from here. If we clean up the traces, no one will find us."

"There's no rush for this. Let's wait until we plant the crops. I also need to think carefully about who to let go with me."

"You are a very reliable person. I will go back and try to see if I can extract salt from this stone."

"Go ahead, go ahead. If it works, come over and tell me."

It won’t be too late to make further decisions once the edible salt is extracted.

"Got it, Grandpa Village Chief, I'll go back first."

Qu Nannan knew the simplest method of making salt. After two days of experimentation, she succeeded and put the salt into the detector. Seeing the test results of the detector, Qu Nannan breathed a sigh of relief.

She was the type of person who only had theories but no practical experience, and was really afraid that she would not be able to make salt. Unexpectedly, she succeeded after a few attempts, but it was a little troublesome. Success was a good thing, and Qu Nannan took the small jar to the village chief's house.

When the village chief saw the salt in the jar, which was obviously whiter than the salt they bought, he laughed so hard that tears almost fell.

Salt is an indispensable commodity for them. Even in expensive places, people have to tighten their belts to buy it. Now, free salt! As long as you are willing to work hard, you can get salt for free. This is a great thing.

"Girl, is this too much trouble?"

"It's easy. Have you decided where to make the salt?"

"I've thought about it. Let's make it in our valley. Isn't there a pretty secret cave in the valley? We can make it there. It's a secluded place and no one would go there on normal days. We can just store it there after it's done."

"Salt should still be sold to the villagers, but at a cheaper price. The money earned can be used to buy piglets for everyone to raise. When the meat is sold, the money can be distributed to everyone, so that people don't see the free salt and ask where the salt comes from."

Qu Nannan gave a thumbs up. The old ginger is still spicy. Look, the salt is free after a circle. It also helped the villagers make money. The villagers also wanted to thank the old village chief for his righteousness.

"I'll listen to you. Once you've picked the right people, we'll go and bring back some ore. When we have enough, we'll start making salt."

"There's no rush. Let's wait until everything is planted before we get busy with the salt."

"Okay, if it's not urgent, I'll go out for a while. We can go again when I come back."

"Wait," the old village chief returned to the house, took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Qu Nannan.

"These are the salt and needles and thread you brought back last time. You can't go out without money. You must be careful when you go out, and keep your temper. We can't afford to offend the people outside."

Qu Nannan didn't even look at how many copper coins were in the small cloth bag, anyway it still had some weight: "Don't worry, I know everything, I will be back in a few days."

When I appeared at the city gate again, I felt that the atmosphere was even more solemn than the last time. It seemed that several families in the city had started a commotion. Qu Nannan dressed up as a boy today, and with her dark skin, she really didn't look like a girl at all.

When they entered the city, the atmosphere became even more tense, as if one could lose one's life if one said the wrong thing by mistake. She lowered her head and walked carefully along the edge of the city, and found a small hotel to stay in.

Qu Nannan sat in the most inconspicuous corner of the noodle shop, listening to people whispering about what was happening in the city.

Unexpectedly, the conflict between the Jiang family and the Wang family has reached a fever pitch after only a few days. Adding on, those small families whose children had died, they have joined forces to attack the Wang family. The Wang family is now just struggling to hold on.

This matter is also related to Qu Nannan. After Qu Nannan robbed someone's warehouse that day, she left in a cool manner.

But the head of the Wang family woke up the next day. When he was planning to find some treasures to ask for help, he found that his own warehouse had also been looted. There was no sound at all, and the entire warehouse was almost emptied. He fainted again.

After finally waking up, he thought carefully about what happened in the past two days, and the only person he could suspect was Jiang Xunzhi. Because two days ago, Mr. Wang had been to the warehouse, and everything in the warehouse was still in good condition.

But after Jiang Xunzhi came, a lot of things happened in the family. First, the Jiang family broke off the engagement, and their daughter talked nonsense all day long and was about to become the public enemy of the entire mansion. There was also a ghost that day, and many women's things were lost in their rooms. Then the storeroom at home was robbed.

Such a big thing, Mr. Wang said he would not suffer such a loss in silence, so he reported it to the government. The government officials came to see it and were also surprised. How could this person be so capable that he could empty the place without anyone noticing?

Faced with the Wang family and the servants who knew nothing, the government was helpless. How could they investigate the case without any clues? They had to pretend to be more convincing. After questioning, the government also felt that Jiang Xunzhi was the most suspicious, but there was no reason for a young man from an aristocratic family to do such things.

When the government officials came to Jiang Xunzhi to inquire about his recent whereabouts, Jiang Xunzhi knew that such a big thing had happened to the Wang family. But he felt wronged, as he had only just learned about it. As a person who would rely on the imperial examination to pursue a career in the government, such suspicion was an insult to him.

Jiang Xunzhi always felt that these things were deliberately done by the Wang family to frame him. You know, those gold, silver and jewelry are very heavy, not to mention that they were lost along with the box.