I smiled and said, "It's only been a long time since I went out."

"That's not what you've been waiting since you went out."

“…”

"Miss Yan, I've been standing here and waiting. If you don't come back, I'm afraid it will turn into a stone."

Thinking about how he looked when I left, and when he was waiting, I couldn't help laughing, and then said, "Where is he? Take me here."

"yes."

Following the servant all the way, he arrived at Qinghan's room.

The office of Qingtang City is different from the offices in other places. It does not occupy a large area and is not well located, so the wing room here - except for the small building where Miaoyan and I live, is quite good, the other courtyards seem very simple, and the same is true here, only a few lanterns hanging under the porch reveal bright light, decorating the dark night slightly differently.

The room is brightly lit.

When I walked in, I saw him sitting upright on the couch, holding a book in his hand. When he looked up, he immediately threw the book aside and stood up to greet him: "You are back."

I walked over with a smile: "I heard you have been waiting for me for a long time?"

"..." He was stunned for a moment, immediately glared at the servant behind me, and then said, "No, I just asked them to see when you will come back. This Qingtang City is different from the place we were staying before. The power here is complicated. If you go out so late, it will easily become someone else's target."

"It's so scary."

"I'm not exaggerating—"

"I know," I interrupted him, walked to the chair beside me and sat down, and asked the servant to pour a cup of tea, and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry. Slang Jiangcuo also sent his people to escort me back. However, I didn't let them come here, and stopped at a random alley in front and asked them to go back."

Qinghan glanced at me: "He is still very careful with you."

"Why, you can't believe me?"

"I don't believe you, I just think that this person thinks a little about you-"

"You're thinking too much," I took the teacup and took a sip. Qinghan waved his hand and asked the man to leave. When the door was closed, I said, "I'm really important to do this time, and it has nothing to do with me."

"Oh..." Qinghan raised his eyebrows slightly: "It has nothing to do with us?"

I smiled and said, "What I said is that it has nothing to do with me. As for - it has nothing to do with us, I'm afraid it's time to verify it again."

He realized something from my smile, and immediately walked to the chair beside me and sat down, asking, "What did you find out today, what exactly did he come here for?"

I thought about it and said, "I want to tell you first. After I went, I started a business with him and bought them 10,000 horses in Qingchuan."

Qinghan was stunned for a moment: "What did you buy Malay?"

"Nothing to do anything."

"No, what's the point of buying so many horses?"

"Because--he is indeed different from when he was a child. He is a little cautious and does not talk so easily. In order to resolve his suspicion, I will do business with him first."

"What about after doing this business?"

"After finishing this business, I found out that this time he came to Qingtang City, he was also doing business with others, but it was not the cattle, sheep and horse business that they often operated in Qingchuan, but the iron ore."

"Iron ore?" Qinghan seemed particularly sensitive to this thing. When he heard these two words, his breathing tense: "He wants to do iron ore business with others? Could it be that someone wants to buy weapons from them?"

I shook my head: "Not like."

"Oh? What does it mean?"

"They are famous for Qingchuan's casting knives. Xichuan bought a lot of them back then, but this time I heard that their business talks broke down because the other party was not satisfied with their mine. What the other party wanted more was Qingmin."

"Qingmine?"

Qinghan's brows frowned.

I asked, "Did you think of something?"

“…”

He did not answer me immediately, but hesitated for a while before slowly saying: "I also got your cousin's property and entered Xichuan to understand some problems with iron ore. Because Yunzi Iron is very suitable for casting weapons, and with this situation, I bought mines and operated iron ore mainly Yunzi Iron. As for Qingmine-"

"Qingmine is not suitable for casting weapons, is it?"

"Yes." He nodded: "This kind of ore is not very useful. Because its texture is too hard and difficult to forge, it is used very little, at most it is used on farm tools and for iron plows."

"Oh..." I nodded: "In other words, buying green mines has nothing to do with forging weapons?"

"It should be OK."

I breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter what, what Slang Jiangcuo represents is Qingchuan's talented chieftain. If something goes wrong with him, not to mention the situation in the Central Plains, Xichuan may not be stable. And Slang Jiangcuo himself, after all, is my old friend, and he treats me well. I really don't want any other twists and turns. I heard that his business was not implicated in war, so I immediately felt relieved.

Hearing me breathed a sigh of relief, Qinghan couldn't help but look up at me, and I smiled and said, "I may be a little bit full of plants and trees now."

He smiled gently: "It is because we are so dependent on us now. If we only worry about food and clothing every day, we would never think about defending people and plotting against people."

"I feel tired even if you say this."

He looked up at me and said, "I think you are so tired and your face is not very good. Why, I didn't eat anything today?"

"The things I sent to Slang Jiangcuo are all oily and meat. I have to fast these days, so I haven't eaten it. I'm still hungry now."

When he heard this, he immediately got up and ordered out. The fire in the kitchen had already been extinguished, and only a little warm porridge and side dishes were brought.

He frowned when he saw it.

But this was good enough for me. I immediately sat down and picked up the bowl and started drinking. He said in a deep voice: "How can this be enough."

"It's okay, I'm in the summer and I don't have much appetite."

That being said, I drank all the porridge I sent and even finished the side dishes. He handed me the handkerchief to wipe my mouth and said, "Don't rush to sleep later, and then go to bed."

"I know."

I looked up and looked at the sky outside. It was already dark. If I didn’t go back, I was afraid that Miaoyan would be in trouble. After saying a few words to him, I got up and prepared to leave. When I walked to the door, I stopped and turned around and asked him: “By the way, Qingmine – where does Qingmine come from?”
Chapter completed!