During the famine, my ancient well connected to modern times

Chapter 114 The county magistrate is incompetent
Jiang Miao immediately became interested, "What is the name of your cousin's wife?"

"It seems to be called Jiang Hong." The young Orion was a little unsure and hurriedly asked the two brothers beside him.

The older Orion saw Jiang Miao being so excited and thought that she was from Hewan Village. "Do you know the girl?"

"Of course we know her. Sister Jiang Hong is from the sixth room. According to seniority, I should call her sister."

Unexpectedly, they were still relatives. The three of them became more enthusiastic about Jiang Miao, talking about money.

"I heard that your village made a lot of money digging wild vegetables in the mountains some time ago, but I don't know if it's true!"

Jiang Miao felt proud for a moment, "Of course it's true. I was the one who took the lead in digging wild vegetables, but now there are no wild vegetables on the mountain."

The young hunter asked curiously, "You dug so many wild vegetables? You really sold them all, but who likes to eat wild vegetables these days? Can these wild vegetables be as delicious as those grown in the ground?"

Jiang Miao glanced at Luo Tingye guiltily, "Some rich people like to eat it."

"Is that so? Shouldn't rich people eat delicacies from the mountains and seas? Why would you think of eating wild vegetables?"

Gao Hui said: "Not all rich people are interested in delicacies from the mountains and seas. Some people who seem to be rich may not eat as well as you, and some people like to eat wild vegetables from the mountains."

He was a student at the county school, so what he said was more credible. The three of them looked at each other, and suddenly showed a big smile to Jiang Miao.

Before the three of them could speak, Luo Tingye interrupted them, "Looking at your appearance, your family is not very wealthy. There are so many wild animals in the mountains, and you have the ability to hunt. Why are you living so hard?" Such a tight situation?"

The atmosphere suddenly became sad.

"To be honest, our life was pretty good at first, but two years ago, officers and soldiers came to our village and said there was some kind of graphite mine below our village. They took over our village and drove us away. When we arrived at a place with barren land, the food grown in the nearby fields was only enough to make ends meet. We had no choice but to go hunting in the mountains, but we were not always able to hunt. The three of us brothers were pretty good at hunting. But even so, life at home is still difficult.”

Graphite is coal. As a necessity for smelting iron, copper, gold and silver, it has always been controlled by the imperial court. Luo Tingye is familiar with the world's mineral veins and does not remember that there are graphite mines in Huachang County.

Jiang Miao thought for a while and handed the remaining pieces of cake from the bag to the young Orion.

"No, no, no, no, no, miss." The young hunter waved his hands hurriedly but refused to move his eyes away.

Only one pheasant can be exchanged for three pieces of cake. With so many cakes, I am afraid I have to exchange for a hare.

Jiang Miao saw what he was thinking and said with a smile, "You can eat without worry, it doesn't cost money. After all, we are relatives, and relatives should help each other."

"Hong San, take it," the older Orion said.

Hong San hurriedly took it, took a bite, and wrapped the rest, planning to take it home to his family.

"Why don't you eat it yourself?"

"Keep it for your younger siblings to eat."

No wonder there was no color on the faces of the three people. It turned out that they had four younger brothers and sisters in their family, and their parents also passed away last year.

In such a world, three brothers have to raise four younger siblings. No wonder their lives are so tight.

Jiang Miao suddenly wanted to help them. She looked at Gao Hui and said, "Mr. Gao, these prey look very good. How about you buy them?"

Gao Hui was stunned for a moment. He had meat to eat every meal at home, and occasionally some prey from the mountains, but he had never bought it himself.

Dachong thought of his life experience and said, "Master, why don't you buy these things? It won't cost much, and you can help them. Think of it as accumulating blessings for the old lady."

"With your words, I was planning to buy it too." Gao Hui searched in his purse and found two fifty-tael pieces of silver. After thinking about it, he threw out the other two pieces of silver. " I only have this money on me, and I’ll give it to you, but it’s not for free, you have to help me deliver these things to my house.”

Jiang Miao narrowed her eyes at Luo Tingye, unable to tell that this young master Gao was quite caring.

Luo Tingye also changed his mind about Gao Hui.

The Hong brothers quickly agreed.

"I don't know where the young master lives. We will send him to your home later."

Gao Hui thought for a while and said, "There's no need to send it to my house. My family also has a restaurant in the county. You can just send it to the restaurant for me later."

Luo Tingye didn't want to see the three people being grateful, so he quickly brought the topic back, "Where is the graphite mine you mentioned?"

"It's just five miles away from our village."

Luo Tingye thought for a while and asked, "Have you left Huachang County?"

"Yes, our village happens to be adjacent to Ruyin County next door. Logically speaking, the location of the graphite mine should belong to Huachang County, but Ruyin County next door took it over forcefully after knowing about it."

At this point, Hong San became indignant, "If the county magistrate hadn't been so incompetent, how could such a good mine be given to others."

Jiang Miao and Luo Tingye looked at Gao Hui at the same time.

Gao Hui blushed and subconsciously defended his father: "The county magistrate may have something to hide."

"What's the secret? I think he's just afraid of getting into trouble."

Gao Hui was even more embarrassed. His father was indeed afraid of trouble.

Luo Tingye looked at Gao Hui: "Does your father know about this?"

Gao Hui resisted the urge to roll his eyes. How could his father tell him such a thing?

However, the graphite mine is a big deal. If it existed, it would have been spread throughout the county, but so far, he has not heard any news.

"Dachong, do you know?"

"Master, how can I know something that you don't even know? But I do know about the relocation of Dongshan Village. I heard that the entire village was moved because of fear of mountain collapse."

This is what the county says to the outside world. Dongshan Village is originally a small mountain village, and villages like Hewan Village are not taken seriously, let alone Dongshan Village.

The relocation of a small village will naturally not attract everyone's attention.

Gao Hui also realized something and asked in surprise, "Are you suspicious?"

Luo Tingye interrupted him, "No, I don't suspect anything."

Luo Tingye asked again about the specific situation of the graphite mine. After listening to the three people's accounts, Gao Hui also fell silent.

The taciturn Hong Er suddenly spoke, "Young Master seems to be extremely curious about graphite mines?"

Jiang Miao was so nervous that she clutched Luo Tingye's sleeves.

(End of this chapter)