Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

For a moment, Ma Kai even wanted to run back to the door again to confirm whether the three big characters on the city gate were “Reject Rong City”.

“It’s incredible…” he murmured.

In fact, Ma Kai still clearly remembered the sight of his last visit to Jirong.

At that time, the city was still controlled by aliens, and the faces in the city were mostly Rong people with deep eyes and high noses.

The Rong people are very strange. They occupied a place, but they never thought of maintaining it well. The nomadic living habits are deeply rooted in their minds, and the city seems to be a “grassland” that can be abandoned at any time.

But the grass will re-grow young leaves with the return of spring and rain, but the brick and tile buildings will not.

Ma Kai just watched Jurong City become more and more dilapidated year by year, watching weeds grow from the cracks in the ruins, covering the traces of green bricks and green tiles.

At this time, the scenery of Jirong City was completely different from what he remembered.

Although there are also Rong people who come and go on the street, the more numerous ones are the faces of Sheng Chao that he is familiar with. The soldiers standing by the city gate holding guns to maintain order were also soldiers of the Sheng Dynasty.

The original dirt road was replaced by a tidy and clean blue brick road. There are two-story buildings with the same specifications and shapes on both sides of the road. Although it is not as exquisite as his garden, it is beautiful enough.

There were bursts of laughter and laughter in the restaurant and teahouse, and it was even worse than the most lively street in Yongyu.

Ma Kai was in a trance for a while before he woke up from the sound of the eldest son’s reminder. He turned around and ordered, “Well, let’s find a place to stay first.”

The Rong people in his convoy walked behind him and said with emotion, “I don’t blame you for not being able to recover, Boss Ma, the villain was stunned for a while.

“If it weren’t for the fact that the surrounding area is obviously full of merchants who came for trading, I would have suspected that we were going the wrong way!”

Ma Kai nodded.

In Liaozhou, there are only a few people doing business outside the Great Wall. Along the way, Ma Kai did see many familiar faces.

Soon, they settled in the city under the guidance of a buddy.

Ma Kai was one of the larger caravans that came over this time, so after listening to the introduction from his buddy, he directly rented a separate courtyard.

There is a two-story house in the courtyard, enough to accommodate dozens of them. There is also a small yard behind the house, which can be used for stacking goods.

“…Even at night, the patrols in the city will patrol the surrounding area.” The guy introduced: “The guest officer can sleep peacefully without worrying about theft.

“Of course, there is a night ban in the city. After the united hour, please return to your room and do not stay outside.”

Ma Kai heard the words and nodded:

He habitually took a few copper plates from the servants behind him and handed them to the man: “Brother Lao.”

The guy waved his hand quickly: “The guest officer is joking.

“We have expressly stipulated that tips are not allowed.”

He smiled, ended the topic, and asked again, “Do you think I helped deliver the dinner, or do you use it at the restaurant in front?”

Ma Kai was stunned for a while, then withdrew his hand and said, “Uh… let’s go over by ourselves.

“I just got here, I haven’t had time to look around yet.”

The guy nods.

Before leaving, he reminded: “Now several main streets and the Exchange Square are open. You can take a night off and bring someone over to arrange it tomorrow.

“But there are many areas in the city that are not allowed to enter at will. There are soldiers guarding the entrances everywhere, and guests are also invited not to forcefully enter.”

Ma Kai wrote down the man’s words and watched him leave.

The servants were gathering in the backyard to unload the goods when his eldest son suddenly shouted, “Father, what is this?”

Ma Kai looked over and saw that he was fighting with a plate of snacks on the table.

The eldest son said novelly while chewing the dried sweet potato: “This kind of thing will never last, it’s delicious and sweet.”

Seeing his father come over, he also greeted: “Father, you also come to taste.”

Ma Kai also leaned over to gather some, and then said: “I have never seen it before.”

His business mind turned quickly, and he immediately thought: “I don’t know what the price of this thing is, if it can be shipped back to Liaozhou for sale…”

Having said that, he has already begun to calculate that the profit can be doubled several times.

After the father and son tasted the food, they went to the second floor to visit.

Leaning on the railing on the second floor, Ma Kai took in the surrounding scenery.

He looked at the Great Exchange Square not far from here, let out a sullen breath, and suddenly asked his eldest son, “Look at the market over there, what did you think of?”

The eldest son was stunned for a moment. After thinking about it, he replied, “The market in Jurong City is much bigger than the one in Changling.”

Ma Kai gave a faint “um”.

He asked again: “It’s a lot. Do you know what it means to be a lot?”

After the question, he did not wait for the eldest son to answer, but instead said to himself: “It means… the prince and the princess are really planning to move the line of defense north and use the city of Jirong as a new stronghold…”

The eldest son responded with a “yes”.

Ma Kai turned his head, glanced at him, and suddenly said again: “After returning to Yongyu this time, let’s call on the rich in the city to contribute together to build the cement road from Yongyu to Huaitong.”

As he said that, he patted the eldest son on the shoulder: “You will handle this matter, and you will act as a lobbyist and ask them to fund the road construction.”

“Ah?” The eldest son was taken aback, “Father… Am I going?”

“Yeah.” Ma Kai nodded firmly.

Seeing the eldest son’s flustered appearance, he sighed again and said, “Don’t worry, it doesn’t matter if no one is willing to contribute, our family will handle this by themselves.”

Under the somewhat surprised gaze of the eldest son, he looked at the market square and said quietly, “…you have to catch this big car.”

The boy who seemed to understand something thought quietly for a while, then nodded behind his father.

In the past few days before the market opened, Ma Kai and others took a tour of Jurong City in the area where they could move freely.

Unlike any city they have been to before, the rebuilt Jirong City lacks the poetic and picturesque feel of other cities, and everything is mainly practical.

But this is not inconsistent.

When Ma Kai first used the toilet and advanced flushing equipment fixed on the second floor, the new image of Jurong completely replaced its original appearance.

The days of Lebusi Shu went by quickly. On the first day of the new year, the market finally opened.

Although he already had a certain idea of ​​the scale of the people who settled in the city in the past few days, when Ma Kai really saw with his own eyes that the huge market was filled up by the flow of people, he couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

What surprised him more was the size of the deal.

Not only the merchants of the Sheng Dynasty were looking forward to the transaction, but also the Rong people who had not obtained survival materials for a long time.

Ma opened the stall, and the orders were not small. The Rong people asked for salt and sugar, and they all carried them back by box by box.

The market continued until sunset, and the crowd was still undecided. When the situation was reported to Cao Mi’s side, Cao Mi had to open the market, which was originally expected to last for one day, for another day.

It wasn’t until the afternoon of the second day that Ma Kai emptied the goods he had brought before he could come out for a walk.

At this time, because the transactions everywhere are almost over, most of the booths are filled with guys who are cleaning up.

But at one booth, there was still a long queue in front of it.

He was so busy these two days that he didn’t even have time to eat or sleep. Ma Kai really didn’t know when such a stall appeared in the square.

With his keen sense of smell for many years, he approached for the first time.

There were many people in front of the booth, but both Sheng Chao people and Rong people voluntarily lined up and it was not crowded, which made Ma Kai feel very novel.

There are soldiers around to maintain order, but the leaders are obviously two young children.

They stand next to the team with their smaller weapons, but they don’t feel like they’re playing at home.

When Ma Kai got closer, he realized that the two children looked good, and the weapons in their hands were real guys. The most important thing is that these two people look very bold and cannot be underestimated by others.

He saw with his own eyes a soldier who wanted to go to the front and forcibly cut into the queue, was pulled out by the boy who was not even his chest height with a gun against his back, and was driven out far away.

When Qi Rui passed by Ma Kai, Ma Kai smiled and asked, “Little brother, what are you selling… in front?”

After a short period of observation, Ma Kai knew that although this child was vicious towards people who were out of order, he was still very friendly towards people like him who were willing to obediently line up.

He stood here for a while, and saw many people buying things and leaving, but they seemed to have only got a piece of paper, which made Ma Kai very puzzled.

Qi Rui was stopped and glanced at him.

Before he could answer, Qi An came over and sneered at Ma Kaidao: “You don’t even know what’s on sale, so you just came to line up, are you looking for trouble?”

Ma Kai was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

Qi Rui turned his head and taught his younger brother, “You can’t say that.”

Qi An pouted and walked away, and Qi Ruicai explained: “This shop sells special products in Jurong City, such as sweet potato flour and dried sweet potato that you should see these days.

“There’s also cement and paper.

“You see them holding the paper because it’s just a purchase contract. You need to pay up front. After you get the contract, go to the city gate barracks to collect it yourself at some time.”

“Oh!” Ma Kai nodded, “Leading at the barracks?

“Is this the booth of the Defender of Rong City?”

Qi Rui nodded: “That’s right.”

“I wanted to buy some dried sweet potatoes before, but when I asked the guy, he kept saying he didn’t know.” Ma Kai smiled and added, “It’s great that you can buy it here now.”

Qi Rui heard the words and reminded: “Because there are too many people buying it, it’s limited now.”

“Ah…” Ma Kai nodded regretfully: “So it is.”

Still, he obediently stood in line, ready to see for himself what was ahead.

What he didn’t expect was that the guards were two children, and the seller inside was also a child!

Qi Ran took the document from the servant behind, looked at Ma Kai and asked, “What do you want?”

Ma Kai quickly recovered and bought all the dried sweet potato powder and chili products in the store.

Qi Ran was obviously very excited and wrote the contract in a swish way.

Ma Kai looked at his ecstatic expression, thought for a while, and asked, “Little brother, uh… Excuse me, can the land deed in the city be bought and sold at present?”

Hearing this, Qi Ran’s eyes lit up and looked straight at him.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 of Ren Jialun’s little fans;

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