Thirteen days later, in the morning, Ma Chongming came back, brought back dozens of boatloads of grain, went ashore in Xituo Town, pulled it by a cart, and bumped all the way to Wanshou Valley.

The fat man listened to his own people talk about the grand occasion of silver mining at the wharf, and his heart was itching, so he left a few accounts and followed the cart slowly, and he rushed all the way quickly, and rushed directly into the silver mine of Tubaozhai, and rushed impatiently into the warehouse where the silver ingots were stored. As soon as the iron door opened, Ma Chongming's eyes closed involuntarily, and the bright silver light radiating from the warehouse almost blinded him, and the fat grain merchant closed his eyes at the door and calmed down, and then swooped in, pressed his round body to the silver pile, rolled in the warehouse full of silver ingots, cried and howled like a fat dog, and kept shouting: "Mine, mine, all mine!" ”

Zu Bian frowned with a ghost head knife, stood outside the iron gate and went crazy for a quarter of an hour inside, then pushed the door in, and carried Ma Chongming's rear leader who was still dancing and lifted him out, slapped a few big ear scrapers, poured a bowl of cold tea, and asked the ignorant Ma Chongming in a rough voice: "Sober?" ”

Ma Chongming's cheeks were red and swollen, and he nodded with a sloppy gaze, he was so surprised just now that he couldn't introspect himself, he actually fell into a situation like losing his mind, and was fascinated by the room full of silver, if he didn't do it so ruthlessly, he would probably be really crazy.

"It's good to wake up, Lord Wang is still waiting for you in Wanshou Valley." Zu Bian looked at him with disdain and said.

Ma Chongming walked back step by step, the silver treasury is heavy, and he can't enter it when he is idle, even if he can't, after today, I'm afraid I don't know when I will be able to see such silver again, as soon as he thinks of this, he can't help but look back from the horse, full of reluctance.

But when he arrived at the mouth of Wanshou Valley, Ma Chongming's eyes closed again, but this time he closed himself, he rubbed his eyes, opened them again, and almost couldn't believe his eyes, the Wanshou Valley in front of him, where was it still like when he left, only to see an endless stream of people in the valley, carrying a load basket, a busy construction scene, in the middle of the valley, the originally dense jungle and wasteland have changed, a towering city has laid a wall foundation, square, wide and narrow each more than five miles, the city streets, government offices, The premises are unobstructed, well planned, and are just waiting to be built little by little. In the wilderness outside the city, patches of fields have been leveled, and countless ditches crisscross it, drawing water from the waterholes on the side of the mountains in the distance. Even the valley mouth where he is located is also building a pass, the gate is extended by the mountains on both sides, the wall is close to the rock, and a tall city gate in the middle is waiting to be closed, there is this pass to block the valley mouth, enough to resist the army outside the valley.

Ma Chongming's face turned pale, and he muttered to himself: "Miracle, you can really do such a big thing in such a short period of time, unseen and unheard of, talent, talent." ”

After a while, he came back to his senses, gritted his teeth and said, "How much does this cost, Wang Huan, that kid, don't you really treat silver as money?" He's spending my money! ”

With a gritting of teeth, Ma Chongming drove the horse off the seat angrily, and went into the city with a smoke, his eyes looked around, inquired all the way, and soon saw Wang Huan who was surrounded by stars and moons on a construction site in the city.

Ma Chongming threw off the horse, and trotted to step forward to ask the teacher.

Wang Huan didn't see him coming, and at this time he was sitting on a stone that was used as building materials, drinking water from his leather bag, and talking to a child with a smile.

"How old are you?" He asked.

"My lord, I'm nine years old." The child standing in front of him replied, the child was dirty, wearing a tattered linen clothes, the big holes and small holes almost tore the clothes into a piece of rags, but the child was tightly wrapped around his body, as if cherished, barefoot underneath, a long messy hair, covering half of his face, making it impossible to tell his gender from the face, only when he spoke, the stubborn child's voice, trying to give people the impression of a little man.

"Nine?" Wang Huan frowned and looked at Xu Goudan who was standing beside the child.

Xu Goudan hurriedly said: "There are more than 50 such children, all of them are orphans who fled from outside with the homeless people, helpless, and only survived by the food we put on the food, I found it when I counted the household registration." ”

Wang Huan sighed secretly in his heart, and when he looked at the black and thin child again, his eyes were full of softness, his deity in this life was originally an orphan, if it wasn't for Wang Huan's possession, most of them would have died in Yangzhou, so he had a natural empathy for the wandering orphans.

"Child, don't be afraid, in Wanshou City, no one will bully you, we will give you food and clothing."

"I don't want it!" The child raised his head and said proudly.

Wang Huan was stunned for a moment, stunned, how could he get such a response with his kindness.

Xu Goudan hurriedly snapped his fingers on the child's head, glared at him, and explained to Wang Huan: "When I gave him food just now, he also said the same, and said that he would not be punished for nothing, and he would not eat the food of almsgiving, so he had to work hard and exchange his labor for food." ”

"Oh!" Wang Huan suddenly became interested in his heart, and felt that this child was very interesting, and he couldn't help but smile on his face, and Chen Ergou on the side saw him like this, his face was colorful, and he smiled: "How is it?" Brother Huan, I said that this child is good, exactly the same as before, as strong as a cow, you said that you want to find a few good children to cultivate, I immediately thought of him. ”

"What's your name?" Wang Huan praised Chen Ergou and asked the child again.

The child replied without hesitation: "My name is Li Jie." ”

After a pause, the child said again: "My lord, you don't have to pity me, my father is an officer, he taught me that no one in this world is worthy of pity, only cowards need to be pitied, I am not a coward, I can live on my own." ”

Li Jie's childish voice, thin body, when he said these words word by word, his childish face was very serious, as if he was saying a big truth, Wang Huan heard it with a sour nose, and a burst of sadness surged in his heart, and he pursed his lips fiercely, so that he did not shed tears.

The people around him and others had already secretly turned their backs and cried, and even Ma Chongming, who had just arrived and was standing outside the crowd, felt that this scene was too tragic, and the idea of asking the teacher for guilt had disappeared a lot.

Wang Huan stood up, squatted in front of Li Jie, made his eyes level with Li Jie, and asked softly, "What about your father and your mother?" ”

"Dead." Li Jie said simply: "Dad died in battle, my mother died of illness, and they all died last year." ”

Wang Huan lowered his head, paused for a long time, and when he looked up again, his eyes were already clear, he patted Li Jie's head gently, turned to Xu Goudan and said: "Place these orphans alone, do what you can every morning, and arrange a patient scribe in the afternoon to teach them to read and write." I eat three meals a day, and they eat whatever they want. ”

Xu Goudan, who was full of tears, nodded heavily, Li Jie's experience reminded him of himself, the parents and family who are far away in Jiangnan, they are still alive, can they meet again in this life? As soon as he thought of his kind mother, Xu Goudan's tears couldn't stop falling, Chen Ergou walked over, patted him on the shoulder, pulled Li Jie up, and turned to leave.

Wang Huan stood up, only to feel that his heart was extremely heavy, he raised his head with a gloomy face, and saw Ma Chongming at a glance, his heart was overjoyed, and his smile immediately piled up all over his face, and blurted out: "Horse head man? You're back! ”

PS: There is one more chapter before 12 o'clock