Qingzhou City, the biggest news in the city recently is the immortals and Qingyi guards from Yongdu City, they came dozens of people, and took away a large number of officials and Qingzhou Qingyi guards, and the movement was very noisy.

Ordinary people don't know about Yexian, they only know that something big is going to happen in Cheongju, so they just pay special attention.

Xue's firm is the leading business in Cheongju, mainly engaged in grain, in addition to a variety of livelihoods, including pawnshops, restaurants, inns, and also buy and sell some mountain goods.

Although the head of the contemporary Xue family is only in his forties, his health has not been good, and he has been in a semi-retired state a few years ago, and the business was handed over to his children, and the eldest son Xue Renli, the second son Xue Renyi and the youngest daughter Xue Qingqing are in charge of the affairs of the business.

It's just that the two young masters of the Xue family are well-known gentlemen, they are good at eating, drinking, having fun and visiting the Qinglou, but their talent for doing business is very reluctant, and the Xue family's business is all in charge of the youngest daughter Xue Qingqing, except for a group of old shopkeepers.

"Miss, there is news from Qingyun County, almost all the case-solving masters of Yongdu Qingyiwei are concentrated over there, and they are investigating Yexian, they have brought a lot of people, and they are tracking, and I don't know how far they can find"

"They won't find out about us, we didn't rain where we stayed, they like tracking us down, it's just a dream"

Xue Qingqing said to the old man in front of him, this person is the leader of her personal guard, her absolute confidant, and the only person in the Xue family who knows her true identity.

The wild immortal who appeared in Qingzhou was Xue Qingqing, the Xue family was a well-known grain merchant in Qingzhou, and they wanted to go to various prefectures, counties, towns and towns in Qingzhou to collect grain, and they mainly collected grain There were two kinds of customers, one was the local landlord, and the second was a homesteader with surplus grain at home.

In order to maintain customers, Xue Qingqing has to visit many customers in the spring and autumn every year, so Xue Qingqing, who often goes to the countryside, often goes deep into the people and understands the sufferings of the people.

Last year, there was a small drought in Qingzhou, and the people were already overwhelmed, and if there was another big drought this year, Qingzhou would be starving everywhere, and even the Xue family's business would be greatly affected.

Looking at those farmers who kept carrying water from the river day and night, Xue Qingqing was extremely distressed, and couldn't help but secretly make a move and cast a rain spell, but Xue Qingqing also knew the attitude of the imperial court towards the wild immortals, so she was extremely careful, every time she wanted to make a move, she was far away from the place where the spell was cast, at least dozens of miles away, and it was difficult to track them down.

"I hope so, but the immortals of the Immortal Pavilion led by the eldest princess Li Hongsleeve have stopped raining."

"Ah, why"

"It is said that the rain talisman is not enough, and an order has been sent back to Cheongju City to order the collection of materials for making the rain talisman."

"How can this be, how can the rain talisman of the Immortal Pavilion not be enough?"

"Miss, this drought is all over more than a dozen counties in Qingzhou, the scope is too large, and there is not only a drought in Qingzhou in Dawei, but there are no floods and droughts in several state capitals in any year."

The old man replied, Great Wei is too big, eighteen states, five thousand miles from north to south, and three thousand miles from east to west, the territory is large, and some state capitals will be affected every year, and Qingzhou is particularly serious this year.

"Where are those immortals?"

"According to the report of our business guys, Qingyun County all the way..."

The old man continued to report the whereabouts of the immortals, after Xue Qingqing rectified the Xue family's business, he had a very strict control over the business, and the Xue family's various business branches in Qingzhou were actually their eyes and ears, and they needed to constantly report news on weekdays, so that Xue Qingqing could analyze the situation in various places, so as to make decisions, in terms of information, the Xue family was the most important among many businesses.

The actions of the immortals were related to the actions of the merchants to collect grain in the summer, so Xue Qingqing had already ordered all the branches to pay attention to the actions of the immortals.

"Hasn't it rained in Xiantao Town?"

"No, Qingxu County is the way of the eldest princess Li Hongsleeve, and it is still sixty miles away from Xiantao Town, and there are two towns in between."

"Uncle Zhong, if I go to Xiantao Town, do you say you can do it?"

"Miss, by all means, you can't make another move, if you shoot again, you will be exposed, and then the whole Xue family will die"

Uncle Zhong was taken aback, Xue Qingqing was going to Xiantao Town, he must be going to cast spells and make rain, go at this time, isn't he looking for death, once he finds out, the entire Xue family will die without a place to be buried.

"But the Zhou family in Xiantao Town is my mother's mother's family, and my grandparents love me very much."

"Even if there is a big drought this year, the Zhou family will be fine"

Uncle Zhong replied that the reason why Xue Qingqing wanted to go to Xiantao Town was very simple, that is, her grandparents were from Xiantao Town, when Master Xue died of illness, he gave birth to Xue Qingqing after continuing the string, and although the Zhou family in Xiantao Town is only a small landlord family, with the Zhou family's background, a drought of one or two years will not be fine.

"Uncle Zhong, the Zhou family has had a lot of things in the past few years, and there are a lot of places to spend money, and my two elder brothers look at me closely, if the grain harvest fails this year, the life of the Zhou family will be difficult."

Xue Qingqing said with a bitter face, her grandmother's family is just a small landlord family, that is, the kind that has more than 100 acres of land in the family, and the whole family plants dozens of acres and rents dozens of acres.

The Zhou family has a large population, there are already more than a dozen people in the three generations, and there is a lot of food and drink every year, plus her cousin has a study of literature and a practice of martial arts, and the expenses are not small.

It stands to reason that the Zhou family and the Xue family are married, and it is only right that they will develop quickly with a backer, but the problem is that her two elder brothers are very strict with her, and Master Xue's wife is also a big family in Qingzhou, although his wife is dead, but the connection between his mother's side has not been broken, and the two brothers regard the Xue family's property as their own, for fear that their sister's elbow will turn out, and she is strictly forbidden to fund the Zhou family, so the situation of the Zhou family is not very good, if the grain harvest fails this year, although the Zhou family will not go bankrupt, but it will also be a lot of money.

"Miss..."

"Uncle Zhong, this is the last time, the farming time is limited, if it doesn't rain again, the seedlings will die of drought, and it's too late to replant, I promise, it's the last time."

Xue Qingqing was coquettish to Uncle Zhong, Uncle Zhong had no choice but to nod and agree, and Xue Qingqing laughed.

"Miss, for the last time, if you are discovered, flee Cheongju immediately, stay incognito, and never reveal your identity"

Uncle Zhong said to Xue Qingqing, this matter is too dangerous, they must prepare for the worst.

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In Xiantao Town, Xue's convoy drove in, and Xue Qingqing did not go to Zhou's house immediately, but visited the landlords of Xiantao Town one after another.

There are a lot of grain merchants in Qingzhou, each family has its own fixed cooperation with the landlord, because the landlord's grain is stable, and it is a bulk commodity, this cooperative relationship is very stable, some are even decades of partners, of course, in order to cooperate, the grain must also maintain a good relationship, every year and the festival are indispensable to move around, now Xiantao Town is also a disaster, Xue Qingqing to visit is a normal thing.

Xiantao Town is one of the basic plates of the Xue family, seventy percent of the landlords in the town are partners of the Xue family, Xue Qingqing ran for a day to finish, and returned to the Zhou family in the evening.

At the door, Xue Qingqing saw his grandfather's family leading the carriage back, everyone was extremely tired, and the Zhou family's family was also carrying water to irrigate the fields, but their conditions were better, and there were some big livestock at home, which was more labor-saving than others.

"Dad, it's Qingqing"

"Qingqing is coming"

"Cousin Qingqing"

The people of the Zhou family were very happy when they saw Xue Qingqing, the Zhou family was originally a benevolent family, and they loved Xue Qingqing very much, and although Xue Qingqing was supervised by his brother, he would also take care of the Zhou family openly and secretly, such as the annual grain harvest, and there were too many places that could be taken care of.

The Zhou family took Xue Qingqing into the house, and the women and children left behind at home also cooked meals, and the family ate lively, Xue Qingqing liked this atmosphere very much, the Xue family had a lot of family rules, and people were indifferent, Xue Qingqing didn't like it very much in her heart.

"Hey, I watered fifteen acres of land today, but the land that was watered the day before yesterday was dry again, and this is still spring, if it doesn't rain in summer, what can I do?"

Mrs. Zhou talked about the drought, and he was distressed, they planted 80 acres of land, and they could water between 15 and 20 acres every day, depending on the distance between the land and the river, but the front was watered, and it was dry again after a few days, although the seedlings did not die, but it was also very bad.

"Grandpa, didn't the immortals of the court say that they were going to come to cast spells and do rain, why didn't they move?"

"I don't know, the day before yesterday stopped in Shannan Town, there was no movement, said that it was to wait for the production of runes, without runes, there would be no rain, and we blamed our bad luck, the location was too partial, if we were also in Shannan Town, we would be able to let the immortals cast spells, I heard that the day before yesterday it rained in seven villages in Shannan Town, and it could rain for half an hour, and the spring rain was as expensive as oil, even if it was the next quarter of an hour, it was better than us carrying water."

Mrs. Zhou sighed, very envious of Shannan Town, if it rains one day earlier, it will be better for the crops, and the rain of half an hour will allow a lot of water to accumulate in the field, at least the seedlings will not die within a month, and it should rain after a month, but they have hardly rained since last winter.

"Dad, we're not in Shannan Town, what's there to say?"

"It should be our turn in a few days, and I don't know if the mayor has gone to ask for immortals."

"Yes, when it rains, we don't have to carry water, now we are not only unbearable, but also the horses, cows, and donkeys at home can't stand it, and they have lost a lot of weight."

The rest of the Zhou family is also talking about it, their family is a wealthy family in the town, there are several big animals, and those who don't have a big animal are really difficult, they all rely on people to carry it on their backs, and many people can't bear it, and they are too tired.

Xue Qingqing comforted her relatives, and she was even more determined in her heart to come to cast a spell, if there was no rain falling, not only would her grandfather's family be very sad, but those servants and ordinary people would be even more difficult, and it would inevitably be another one to sell her sons and daughters.

In the middle of the night, a puff of white smoke appeared in the room of everyone in the Zhou family, and everyone who was sleeping soundly slept even more deadly, even the big yellow dog who was guarding the door in the yard snored, and Xue Qingqing's figure disappeared into the courtyard of the Zhou family