Sister Han is good at farming

Chapter 244 Persuasion

Ruan Qingqing smiled and listened carefully.

"Thank you, everyone. Thank you for thinking of me!"

"Miss Ruan, long time no see!" Zhou Zheng, who was standing by, saw that the father and daughter had almost finished their conversation and couldn't help but say hello.

Only then did Ruan Qingqing notice Zhou Zheng standing beside her, with a smile on his face.

"Sir Zhou, long time no see! I heard that you were demoted several levels by the emperor for pleading for me. I will remember this favor!"

As she said this, she bowed deeply to Zhou Zheng.

"Miss Ruan, you don't have to be polite to me. I am just doing my job!" Zhou Zheng waved his hand and joked, "I didn't expect that you are so well-informed in this remote place!"

"Mr. Zhou, thank you for your praise. I just heard this news when I was checking whether my family members were safe."

"Why do you want to settle here?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"I was fortunate to be taken in by Mr. Shi at that time, but we all needed to eat, so I asked the King of Moliang for three cities using the method they needed to prevent and fix sand." Ruan Qingqing said lightly.

"Will the King of Moliang easily give such fertile land to you?" Zhou Zheng didn't quite believe it.

"When we first arrived, there was no water conservancy and no vegetation. Whether the people could survive depended entirely on God's gift. They are called three cities, but they are not even worthy of being a county town in Qingshui County."

Zhou Zheng smiled, "I forgot that you have the ability to turn decay into magic. When I came here, I saw your spacious new road. Was it you who built it?"

"Of course I am. I have mobilized the strength of three cities to build roads and water conservancy projects." Ruan Qingqing was quite proud of herself when talking about this.

Zhou Zheng couldn't help but sigh, "Ten years ago, you knelt in front of me and asked me if I wanted to be the sky of the people in Qingshui County; but I didn't expect that ten years later, you actually became the sky of the people in Sancheng! Things in this world are really unpredictable! The skinny little girl back then became the mayor of Sanfang City in just ten years, and even the leader of the world-famous Mo Sect. You are amazing, girl!"

"Master Zhou, please stop praising me. We are evenly matched."

"Hey, I don't dare to challenge you." Zhou Zheng waved his hands repeatedly.

"How about it? Are you interested in walking around and taking a look?" Ruan Qingqing invited.

"my pleasure!"

"Dad, let's go out for a walk with Lord Zhou! When you go back, you can tell everyone about it so that they can feel at ease!" Ruan Qingqing said to Ruan Wantie beside her.

Ruan Wantie wanted to say something, but in the end, he said, "Okay, let's go! Your father and I will take a look at the city that Daya built."

Ruan Qingqing held Ruan Wantie's arm with one hand and used the other hand to introduce to them what was nearby and what they were used for.

They walked and looked along the way.

When people saw her, they stopped what they were doing and came forward to greet her.

Some praised the city lord, some praised the great master. No matter which name they used, their tone was unusually happy, as if they were meeting a long-lost relative.

Zhou Zheng and Ruan Wantie couldn't help but be surprised.

Although there are no shops lined up one after another, no high-end restaurants, no buildings with carved dragons and painted pillars, and although there are only towering kilns, a few blue brick and green tile houses, and thatched houses everywhere, they can see the inner wealth and happiness of the people coming and going on the streets.

"Miss Ruan, you are amazing! You have changed the mental outlook of the local people. This is very different from what I have heard about the people of Moliang." Zhou Zheng couldn't help but give Ruan Qingqing a thumbs up.

"It just allows everyone to have something to do in their daily lives, a purpose in life, and hope for tomorrow, so they will naturally be full of energy." Ruan Qingqing smiled.

Zhou Zheng nodded continuously.

The group walked around the City Lord's Mansion and then returned home.

"Looking at you like this, I want to stay here and not go back."

After drinking a cup of tea, Zhou Zheng joked.

Ruan Qingqing spun the cup and half-jokingly invited him, "Why don't you stay and help me, Mr. Zhou? Let's create a prosperous paradise together!"

"No! My roots are in Yunqing. But if I am kicked out of the family one day, you will definitely be my first choice!"

"Thank you, Lord Zhou, for your affirmation!" Ruan Qingqing nodded and chuckled.

"It must be very hard to achieve all this, right?" Zhou Zheng asked.

"It's not bad! With everyone working together, it doesn't feel particularly hard."

Zhou Zheng nodded without comment.

"I wonder why Lord Zhou came here this time?"

Ruan Qingqing stopped joking and asked directly about their purpose.

Zhou Zheng touched his nose and said, "Girl, can't you let me finish reminiscing about the past first?"

"It seems to be a bad purpose." Ruan Qingqing's expression faded a little.

Ruan Wantie stood aside, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

"The emperor asked your father and I to negotiate peace, hoping that you can go back to Yunqing." Zhou Zheng organized his words for a long time, and finally started with the most straightforward and concise words.

Ruan Qingqing's face darkened. "Why should I go back? To continue to be under house arrest by him, and then have to work for him wholeheartedly? I can't even protect my family?"

"Alas, it seems that the emperor really broke your heart last time." Zhou Zheng sighed.

Ruan Qingqing: "If they want to kill me, what illusions can I still have?"

"To be honest, seeing the common people in Yunqing still struggling to make ends meet, I really hope you can go back. But thinking of the emperor's increasingly narrow-minded mind, I really want to back out.

After walking around just now, I became more and more worried: in the near future, both Mo Liang and Yun Qing will covet your three cities. If you just waste time here, with wolves in front and tigers behind, I'm afraid it will be extremely disadvantageous to you. The most worrying thing is that one day they will unite to encircle and suppress you in order to obtain these three cities!"

Zhou Zheng said with a serious expression.

Ruan Qingqing said coldly and proudly, "Then let him come! Since I dared to settle here, I expected that this day would come."

"What about your family? Don't you care about them?" Zhou Zheng asked, "What if they use your family to threaten you?"

"Daya, you don't have to worry about us. With your eldest brother here, the emperor won't dare to touch our family for the time being. We are not grasshoppers that can be killed immediately if he wants to. If he really wants to push us too hard, the worst that can happen is that we will move our whole family here!"

Ruan Wantie clenched his fists.

Ruan Qingqing looked at Zhou Zheng and asked, "If I disagree, will my family be immediately controlled?"

"Not bad!"

"It has finally come to this. So I'd like to trouble Lord Zhou to stay here for a few more days." Ruan Qingqing said meaningfully.

"I understand. It takes some persuasion. It will take some time." Zhou Zheng nodded nonchalantly.

"Thank you, Master Zhou, for your understanding!"

Zhou Zheng reminded: "Just you have to act quickly, the emperor might not be able to wait too long!"