At this moment, Shen Yingxia realized how arrogant she was. Even that arrogance has had bad consequences.

When Shen Yingxia and Zhou Lao returned to Zhuangzi, Linglan came, followed by an unshaven man.

When Shen Yingxia was squinting her eyes for recognition, the man knelt down and bowed: "My lord, Qingfeng is back!"

"Qingfeng, why did you become like this?" Shen Yingxia was surprised.

Not only did he grow a beard, he was also dressed like a Westerner.

"Don't blame me, young master. Walking on the border, dressed like this, you look majestic." Qingfeng smiled shyly.

His temperament had not changed much.

"This journey must be very difficult, right?"

"You are indeed very knowledgeable!" Qingfeng's eyes were filled with changes.

The frontier is different from the Central Plains. Not only is the climate harsh, but there are also many vicious people. There are countless cases of killing people and stealing goods.

Qingfeng was relatively safe following the Meng family's caravan, but encounters were inevitable.

"Well, you have worked hard. Now that you are back, take a rest for half a month."

Shen Yingxia nodded.

"Aunt Qiu also said that the quality of the leather you brought back this time is quite good. But I remember that you said in your handwriting before that you only got a few pieces!"

Qingfeng explained:

"Young lady, you don't know. Originally, I was given only a few pieces. When Master Meng hurried back to the capital, he gave me some more.

"He said that Jiangnan has just experienced floods, and many families have been destroyed. Those rich households will restrain themselves when buying in winter to avoid being targeted.

"But it's different in the capital. If we don't attack the city gate, there will be singing and dancing in the city, and fur goods can be sold." These words may seem like a joke, but they are actually true. Those who suffer are always those at the bottom.

There are countless wealthy households in Jiangnan, but there are even tens of millions of poor people.

These wealthy households understand best the thoughts of poor people.

Because of natural disasters, poor people have their families destroyed and live on the streets. If everyone's situation is not much different, nothing will happen.

But by chance, the rich family ordered new leather jackets. In order to eat a plate of so-called "beauty's tongue", they will buy hundreds of ducks. The tender duck meat will be thrown into the pig pen after being cooked in the broth, leaving only duck tongues on the dinner plate.

How could the hungry poor not be jealous? Therefore, in addition to providing extra protection, wealthy people will also keep a low profile to avoid causing public anger.

If they had food to eat and work to do, how could they be willing to take risks?

As long as they built a simple shed and provided some work for them, this matter could have been solved very well.

It can be done with very little money, but none of them want to be taken advantage of, and would rather live in a pinch.

It was difficult for Shen Yingxia to evaluate whether such a move was smart or stupid.

Maybe some wealthy households will argue: "Those poor people are very greedy. Once you kindly help, they will suck you like a leech!"

But such extremely evil people are in the minority after all. There are evil people among the poor, so are all the rich good people? Isn’t Mr. Wang an example?

Don't help the poor, but help the urgent.

They escaped from the flood, and most of them were just simple and kind-hearted farmers.

Shen Yingxia immediately had an idea: "Qingfeng, when you go back to the border, you learned a lot from the Meng family caravan, right?"

"Yes! They take this route all year round. What should they pay attention to on the road? Which road is safe to take? They really benefit a lot!"


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