After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

Chapter 427 Minerals

The guest took another bite of the chicken claw and said, "I heard that he was arrested by the county magistrate and sent to some place to do hard labor."

Another guest picked up a duck neck and took a bite: "But to be honest, after Lord Gu came, our South City has become much more peaceful."

"Yes, yes, it was such a mess here before." Guests at other tables echoed.

"Hey, hey, your snack looks delicious, give us one too." Guests at other tables also shouted when they saw it.

Xia Wanniang collected her thoughts and said, "Okay, I'll be right there."

After closing the shop, Xia Wanniang also got a lot of information. South City was very chaotic before. Although it was not full of burning, killing and looting, it was not so peaceful that there were not even thieves.

When the guests left today, they took away a lot of snacks, saying they were giving them to their family to try.

Xia Wanniang said apologetically, "I didn't prepare so much today. After all, chicken feet and other things don't sell well. I'll prepare some other things tomorrow."

The guests smiled and said they would come again tomorrow, and then they went back, a little drunk, supporting each other.

Xia Wanniang returned to the room to listen to the news that Lai Fu and the others had found out.

Lai Fu: We asked around, and it turns out that South City wasn’t so peaceful before. There were still fights and disturbances, and there were also thugs collecting protection money.

Xia Wanniang: "What happened next?"

Lai Fu listened to the news brought back by Huihui and the others and translated: Later, Gu Fucheng came, and all those who had caused trouble were arrested and forced to do hard labor, while those who had reported the case said they moved away because they were afraid of retaliation.

Xia Wanniang: "Moved away?"

Lai Fu: That’s what they said on the surface, but in reality all these people were arrested.

Xia Wanniang raised her eyebrows: "Were they all captured?"

Lai Fu nodded: Yes, the whole family was arrested that night after they reported the case.

Xia Wanniang narrowed her eyes and asked, "Didn't any of the neighbors notice it?"

Lai Fu turned to look at Hai Dongqing: We found it, but the news we got from the government office was that they were afraid of being retaliated by those troublemakers later, so they chose to move away.

Xia Wanniang felt that this reason was too far-fetched: "Is it always the same reason?"

Lai Fu shook his head: Some of them are not, and some of them said they were going to visit relatives.

Xia Wanniang didn't think that they said it themselves. It might be that Gu Fucheng tricked them into saying it, and he might even have promised them benefits.

But in the end they didn't expect that they would be captured.

She looked at Lai Fu: "Do you know where they were captured?"

Lai Fu: That’s all we have found out today. We will go and find out from other places tomorrow.

Xia Wanniang thought for a moment and asked, "Can you find out what's going on in the government office?"

Lai Fu: Huihui and the others said there were a lot of people inside, so they didn’t dare to get close. They had to wait and see if there were any reliable small animals inside.

Xia Wanniang also knew that this matter could not be rushed: "Thank you for your hard work. Bring those little animals here tomorrow night and I'll get them food."

Lai Fu and the others nodded, ate and drank their fill, and went back to sleep.

She began to summarize the information she had collected and passed it to Qingfeng and Xiao Chiye.

She didn't find out any useful information in Nancheng, but Qingfeng and Xiao Chiye did send her some news.

The recorder she brought back before did indeed contain voices from tribesmen outside the Great Wall. They came to inquire about the news in the northwest and Maocheng.

Pu Xingyu asked them to take advantage of this time to attack Daxia, and they decided to wait until the spring.

The news Xiao Chiye gave her was about the situation in the northwest over the past three years. The previous garrison had lax management and would often rob the people of their food and silver.

He had already dealt with these problematic garrisons, and now the Northwest Army had stabilized, so she didn't have to worry about the news she mentioned.

He suspected that these people were not dead, but were captured and taken to other places, and the place where a large number of manpower was needed might be where there were minerals.

Xia Wanniang looked at the news he said: Mining minerals does require a lot of labor, what kind of minerals need to be mined in secret?

However, no matter whether it is gold, silver, copper or iron, private mining is strictly prohibited.

It is very difficult to get information in the South City now. Unless you take a risk, you can find their hidden minerals.

She had to think of a solution, otherwise wasting time in South City would not be a solution.