The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 277 Unparalleled Achievement!

In the past, Luo had always regarded her grandson as the apple of her eye.

I was almost driven to despair by Jinsun's act of concealing things.

Oh, Heavenly Bodhisattva.

She had been traveling for over twenty days without noticing the slightest clue.

She even boasted to the other ladies traveling with her about how filial her five-year-old grandson was.

While other people's children are being naughty, her grandson helps look after his younger sister in the car!

And what happened?
This brat has slapped my old face so hard it's swollen!

Even the usually good-tempered son couldn't help but hit the child's hand.

She dared not scold the young ladies of noble families, nor could she bear to hit her precious grandson. She felt extremely guilty when she met her son's gaze.

With outsiders and his brother-in-law present, Zuo Wenkang's fight scene with his son ended rather anticlimactically.

The little fat boy's butt is so fleshy, how much pain could a few slaps cause?

That's it!

His brother-in-law's hesitant expression suggested he was still quite dissatisfied.

What's most infuriating is that the girl Zhao Ran brought with her was skilled in martial arts, and she snatched the fat boy from his grasp in just a few moves.

Zuo Wenkang's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

Hitting children doesn't solve the problem.

How important is the reputation of an unmarried daughter of a noble family?

The best course of action is to quietly and safely send the person back.

However, he couldn't handle this on his own.

He wondered if he should borrow some men from the garrison commander when he arrived at Heping Pass the day after tomorrow.

Seeing his changing expression, Zhao Ran immediately made it clear that she wanted to go with Fatty to Hamiwei to get acquainted with the family!

She even added, "If Scholar Zuo forces someone to take me back and something goes wrong on the way, you won't be able to explain it to my father."

Threat?

A solid threat!
Who would repay kindness with enmity?

Zuo Wenkang was so angry that he covered his cheek and didn't say a word.

At fourteen or fifteen, he was at an age where he was full of youthful arrogance and feared that the other party would actually do what they said.

If something really happens on the road, even his wonderful wife probably can't handle it!
hiss!
toothache!

Looking down at his daughter, who was obediently sucking her fingers in his arms, a father's heart began to feel anxious in advance.

He wasn't afraid that his daughter would grow up to be just as unruly.

In the matriarchal Phoenix Dynasty, many noblewomen are dressed in fine clothes, riding spirited horses, cynical, and unruly.

However, this life is a patriarchal society where the husband is the most important person in the world.

What if a noblewoman ruins her reputation?

Marrying down will make you look bad in your husband's family!

He understood the hardships women faced more than anyone else.

The more I think about it, the more upset I get.
In the desert.

General Xiong arrived, panting heavily.

He had only enjoyed half a month of comfortable life after returning to Hami City from Huozhou when he received a secret letter from Marquis Ningyang, delivered by express courier.

Upon reading the contents of the secret letter, he rushed back to Guazhou Guard.

As a result, the vanguard camp found them no sooner than they arrived!
When he heard what the messengers said...

Large-scale open-pit coalfields were discovered in the Gobi Desert not far from Hami City.

After seeing the basket of coal these people had brought, he pinched his thigh hard.

Not a dream!
it is true!
He hurriedly grabbed a piece of coal and examined it closely.

During the process, he weighed the coal in his hands, tapped it on the ground, and smelled it. Finally, he affirmed, "It's shiny black in appearance, the color is very pure, it's not heavy, and there's no obvious pungent smell. This is top-quality coal! Is this the quality of all the coal you find?"

The messenger chuckled foolishly.
"Reporting to the General, we don't know anything about the quality of coal, we just took whatever we could find! The others are about the same!"

"Great! Great! You've really struck gold!"

Having said that, he no longer cared about helping the Marquis find his troublesome young wife, and hurriedly led these people back to Hami Guard without stopping.

Even now, seeing such a large open-pit coal mine right in front of him, Xiong Zhen's body, which had been scorched by the blazing sun all the way, felt as if he had drunk a large bowl of ice cream.

He couldn't help but start thinking about superstition again.

If it weren't for his brilliant and skillful decision to keep General Gan here, that grateful rat wouldn't have been helping to find pastures and water sources every day.

If you don't follow the water source, you won't end up in this Gobi Desert.

If you don't come, you won't encounter a rainstorm.

Then, the coal will not be discovered by them.

it is good!it is good!it is good!
How wise his decision was back then!

General Gan's destiny is filled with incredible good fortune!
Sincere praise:

"Your vanguard battalion has once again rendered a great service to the Seven Guards of Guanzhong, a feat that will benefit the people of this land!"

For such an extraordinary achievement, the reward should naturally be generous.

In addition to the reward of ten cows and one hundred sheep promised to the ten soldiers who first discovered the coal, which Gan Minglan had offered, the reward was also agreed upon.

He also promised to reward each member of the vanguard battalion with a horse and fifty taels of silver.

Now, those who were previously feeling sour are no longer sour.

A horse like that can't be bought with money!
If a family member had such a fine horse as a means of transportation, wouldn't that make them look very prestigious in the entire garrison?

Not to mention how happy everyone in the vanguard battalion was about such a reward.

The group then began to survey the open-pit coal mine.

Professional tasks should be left to professionals.

There are no miners in the border army, but there are in Hami city.

This is a miner named Bailisheng from the Hami Gold Mine.

At that time, a centurion suggested killing all the people in the gold mine who knew about the situation and replacing them with his own men. However, Baili Sheng, the leader, kowtowed repeatedly when he saw them.

He was dressed in Hu clothing and could speak fluent Mandarin.

They were undoubtedly Han Chinese!
It turns out that Baili Sheng's hometown is in a town in Xijing.

There are several large iron mines in this town, and almost the entire town's workforce works as miners in the mines.

His grandfather's father was a poor scholar, and although the family had fallen on hard times, his grandfather's generation still had the opportunity to learn to read and write.

Unlike ordinary miners who only know how to do manual labor.

While his grandfather was working, he found some books left behind by his great-grandfather in Kyoto.

Later, he saved the life of a tomb raider, who secretly passed on some of his unique skills in exploring tombs to him.

In short, Baili Sheng's grandfather was a self-taught man who achieved great things late in life!

He was quite skilled in mineral exploration and prospecting, especially in issues such as support, drainage, hoisting, and lighting for underground mining, and became the top mining engineer in Xijing Province.

It was even worshipped by the powerful and wealthy in Xijing.

During this period, the powerful and influential wanted the miner to pass on his skills to more people.

Unfortunately, the old man was completely unyielding and only passed on all his knowledge to his son and grandson.

Baili Sheng's biological father was not as talented as him, but the young Baili Sheng did not realize how valuable the skills his grandfather had taught him were.

After reaching adulthood, he was taken by his companions in town to Xijing City to broaden his horizons.

As a result, he didn't get to see the world and woke up in a caravan of merchants from the Western Regions.

He was drugged.

In a daze, I was brought to Hami City.

(End of this chapter)