Chapter 256： Times (below)

Qi Haoran was young after all. He was neglected by his father since he was a child, and he didn't like to read. When he was in Lin'an Mansion, he only loved to practice martial arts. His biggest wish was to become a general under his brother when he grew up, and follow him back to his homeland.

For the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor, the left ear goes in and the right ear goes out. He is not loyal to the emperor like most people, but he is more loyal to the country.

If Qi Xiuyuan heard what Mu Yangling said, he would definitely reprimand him, but if other officials heard it, he would probably arrest Mu Yangling.

Qi Haoran was like this, and Mu Yangling didn't hide it, and told him his opinion, "Dazhou seems to be weak in Western Xia, Jin Kingdom and Tubo, but our Dazhou is rich in materials, and there are General Yuan, General Yang and General Zhu and others guard the frontier, plus their countries are not peaceful, it is difficult to destroy Da Zhou from the outside, so if Da Zhou is to be destroyed, it can only be destroyed from the inside."

Mu Yangling sighed and said: "That's why I said that God did not give Guo a way to survive. Judging from the current climate, there may be no good weather in our Xingyuan House next year, and there are still several places that are as abnormal as Xingzhou House. , the peasants failed to harvest, but the tax did not decrease, if the court still increased the tax at this time, what do you think the people would do if there was no way to survive?"

Qi Haoran squatted on the ground and pondered, Mu Yangling flipped the pheasant dexterously in his hands, and when he felt it was cooked, he tore a piece and put it in his mouth. While eating, he said, "So I think that if I can make money now, I can make more money, buy more food and save it. This world is going to be in chaos. Anyway, I can protect my family, and I can't starve them."

Qi Haoran has been silently eating the pheasant in his hand. Feibai felt safe, so he sneaked back and found a stick and started roasting hares and pheasants.

After the three of them had eaten and drank, Qi Haoran stood up and clapped his hands: "Let's go, Feibai and I will help you get firewood."

Mu Yangling smiled and asked, "How do you know I'm going to fire wood?"

"Which time did you go down the mountain these days without dragging a few bundles of firewood?"

Mu Yangling tilted his head to look at him, "How do you know?"

"Is there anything on your site that you don't know about?"

Mu Yangling just smiled, and after picking up four bundles of firewood, Mu Yangling returned to the place just now, picked up a few stones and put them in Qi Haoran's arms, and said, "Since there is no you on your site, don't you? If you know something, then go and find out who is the descendant of this stone, and don't forget to thank me when you look back."

After saying that, he strung the four bundles of firewood together with a stick and walked away.

"Miss Mu, let me help you get tied up." Fei Bai hurriedly chased after him, and Mu Yangling waved: "No need, you should help your father pick up a few more stones."

Feibai scratched his head and asked, "Fourth Young Master, when did Miss Mu love to joke so much?"

Qi Haoran hugged the stone in his arms and kicked him, "Poor, why don't you hurry up and pick up stones, pick up a few more pieces."

Feibai jumped to avoid it, looked puzzled by the rocks on the mountain, and muttered, "What's the use of picking up the rocks in this mountain?" But he still obediently went to pick up the rocks, seeing what Qi Haoran was holding in his arms. He specially picked this color for black and red stones, and finally the two of them took back a dozen stones.

Qi Haoran put the stones on the desk, stared at the stones with his chin up, and asked, "Apart from being ugly, what else is special about these stones?"

Feibai stood aside and shook his head, "Master, Miss Mu might be joking with you."

"It's descendants? Aren't the descendants of stones still stones? Could it be that gold can grow out of stones?" Qi Haoran just said a word unintentionally, but his eyes lit up, and he patted the table and shouted, "Yes, gold is not. Did it grow out of a rock?"

Feibai stammered: "Fourth Young Master, you don't really believe it, do you? This stone looks no different from ordinary stones, and the gold is yellow. You can see that this stone is black and red."

Qi Haoran rolled his eyes and scolded: "You are more stupid than your grandfather. Gold can grow in a stone, so can't other things grow? For example, copper, iron, and tin are not all from It came out of the stone. Hurry up and get the box, and I'll pack it for my big brother to see."

Feibai saw that Qi Haoran was serious, so he could only turn around and carry a box over, and said worriedly: "Master, what if this stone is cut off and no grandchildren? Will the eldest son blame us for nothing?"

"Master is lucky, whoever cuts off his sons and his grandsons can't cut off his sons and grandsons. There are so many stones on Luocong Mountain, is it possible that every one of them has this sterilization disease?" He said viciously to him: "If these few stones can't be made into descendants , you will go up the mountain to carry stones for me, until there is a piece of land where I can have children and grandchildren."

Feibai hugged the stone and cried, "Miss Mu, you have hurt me now, dear baby, good stone, you must have many children and grandchildren."

"Pfft!" Fan Zijin saw this scene before he opened the door. He couldn't help laughing and asked, "How can this stone have so many children?"

Yanmo also laughed and joked with Feibai, "It's estimated that Brother Feibai gave birth to him. That's not right. Brother Feibai is a man. Could it be that Shishi gave birth to a descendant for Brother Feibai?"

"Go, what are you fooling around for?" Fei Bai put the stone in the box and said to Fan Zijin, "Young Master Biao, you are here just in time. With a word from Miss Mu, our grandfather was stunned, thinking that this stone could produce gold. Silver or iron and bronze."

Fan Zijin was stunned for a moment, lowered his head to look at the stone carefully, and said after a while, "Don't think about gold and silver, but iron is possible."

Qi Haoran laughed out loud, looked at Fei Bai proudly and said, "How is it, isn't what Master said right?"

Feibai said blankly: "Can you really give birth to offspring?"

Fan Zijin pondered: "Don't make a conclusion so early, take the things to Xingzhou Mansion to show the eldest cousin, Rong eldest brother is very knowledgeable, maybe he will know, by the way, where did you get this stone from?"

Qi Haoran pointed to the outside and said, "Just in front of our camp."

Fan Zijin tilted his head, "Field? Was it thrown by someone?"

Qi Haoran showed a mouth of white teeth, and his eyes were actually proud, "Luo Congshan, a mountain of stones."

Fan Zijin thought that Luocong Mountain was full of stones, with only some weeds and a few low trees, and it might indeed be a mine.

But Luocong Mountain is so close to the county town, has it been undiscovered for so many years?

Qi Haoran closed the box and said, "It's true or false, let's go and verify it."

Fan Zijin thought about it too. After a few people packed up, they got on the carriage and rushed to Xingzhou Mansion. The soldiers outside saw Feibai and Yanmo carrying the box and thought it was the little general who wanted to give the general a gift.