The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

When Hu Pingfan was passing through Jinan, he took a bath in a puddle and found a black stone in the puddle.

Upon closer inspection, he exclaimed, "Holy crap, isn't this black coal?"

Miss Su once gave these things away for free to the border towns of Shacheng and Yinguan.

Thanks to this, the soldiers were able to eat warm meals, allowing more soldiers to survive the harsh winter.

This is good stuff.

He dived to the bottom of the water and found that the ground was full of these black stones.

It turns out that Jinan also has black stone mines.

Miss Su was the first person to discover the black coal. Without Miss Su, the value of this black coal would never have been discovered, so the black coal here should belong to Miss Su.

Hu Pingfan marked this place on the map he carried with him, deciding to present the map to Miss Su when he arrived in the capital.

He went to the West Market, intending to buy a new horse and some food as supplies.

As soon as he took out his money, he was arrested. The horse dealer and other passing travelers were also arrested. A total of fifteen people were arrested.

In fact, these officers and soldiers were no match for Hu Pingfan, but Hu Pingfan wanted to stay and see why the officers and soldiers in Quancheng were acting so absurdly.

As Miss Su's subordinate, I must intervene when I encounter injustice.

Ideally, the magistrate of Quancheng County should be removed from office, and Miss Su's people should be appointed as magistrates. This would make mining the Black Stone Mine much easier.

I heard that the black coal that Miss Su discovered earlier has been taken over by the person that Prime Minister Feng arranged to become the magistrate of Qinghe County.

Since black coal is not as valuable as gold or silver mines, Prime Minister Feng's solution was that whichever official had jurisdiction over black coal would be responsible for mining it, and all that was required was to pay a certain amount of tax to the imperial court.

Soon, Hu Pingfan was imprisoned in the county jail.

The jailer first forced the fifteen newly arrived men, including Hu Pingfan, to sign and affix their fingerprints. Then, holding the signed statements, he said, "Last night, Baoqing Silver Shop was robbed. Since you have already signed and affixed your fingerprints to admit your crimes, you only need to pay a thousand taels of silver each to atone for your sins. Otherwise, you will be executed in the street in ten days."

Hu Pingfan truly hadn't expected that the magistrate of Quancheng County must be so greedy for money that he would randomly grab some people on the street, fabricate a crime, and want to fine them a thousand taels of silver.

Under the clear blue sky and bright sunshine, how dare the magistrate of Quancheng County act so recklessly? Is there no law left?

Even if he hadn't given all his wealth to Miss Su, it still wouldn't have been enough to buy her life.

After the jailer left with the signed testimony, the more than twenty women locked in the next cell all burst into tears.

"Waaaaah, I was just going to the embroidery shop to sell some embroidery, and they actually arrested me and made me pay a fine of one hundred taels of silver."

"That dog of a magistrate bullies the weak and fears the strong. He doesn't arrest the truly heinous criminals, but he enjoys oppressing us defenseless commoners."

"The emperor is far away, and there's nothing we can do."

An elderly man with a hunched back comforted everyone, saying, "Don't be too sad, the fine can be negotiated."

Hu Pingfan thought of Qinghe County, which Mo Xiaobei had told him about. It was such a magnificent place, where the people lived in peace and prosperity, with plenty of food and clothing.

That place is a sacred place that everyone yearns for.

It was because he had heard a lot about Miss Su from Mo Xiaobei and knew that Miss Su had the talent to manage the world that he admired her so much.

Hu Pingfan knew that there were countless cities in the world as dark as Quancheng. If only Miss Su's spirit of governing cities could be like a spark that spread throughout the entire Great Qi Dynasty.

That would be a blessing for all the people of the world.

In the evening, the jailers gathered around a table outside the cells, drinking and eating meat, and all of them became quite drunk and unsteady on their feet.

This is a good opportunity to save lives.

Hu Pingfan grabbed the wooden door of the cell and, with a forceful pull, ripped the door off completely.

The horse dealer was astonished. "I've heard storytellers mention strongmen before, but I thought they were just fiction. I never imagined they actually existed!"

Hu Pingfan himself was also extremely surprised.

He learned the ancestral Hu family knife technique from a young age, and his strength was only slightly greater than that of the average person.

The real transformation happened that night when he was cornered in an alley by the men in black. After eating the malt candy that Mo Xiaobei gave him, he became incredibly strong.

Mo Xiaobei said that the maltose was made by Miss Su herself, so it's certain that Miss Su is no ordinary person.

Hu Pingfan found a lot of evidence in the cell boss's room. He didn't have time to look at it carefully and packed it all up and took it with him.

I'll give these to Miss Su later; maybe they can be used to bring down that scoundrel magistrate of Jinan.

Hu Pingfan also opened many prison cells and released all the wronged people.

But the people looked completely bewildered.

"It's no use, we can't escape. We were forced to sign and put our fingerprints on the documents after we were arrested. The prison guards know all the information about my family. We'll definitely be arrested again when we get home."

"Yes, whether we stay here or go out, we're doomed."

Hu Pingfan suggested, "You can escape from the city, you can escape to Qinghe County, it's as beautiful as a paradise."

The horse trader sighed and said, "Brave man, we don't have travel permits; we can't go to other places."

"No travel permit is needed. There's a war going on near Huainan right now, and there are many people fleeing. Even without a travel permit, Qinghe County will let you into the city."

In the pitch-black night, Hu Pingfan led more than eighty people he had rescued from the prison to the East Gate.

He picked up a large rock and charged towards the massive city gate, smashing a huge hole in it.

The loud noise startled the soldiers guarding the city.

The soldiers guarding the city tried to arrest him, but they were no match for Hu Pingfan.

Hu Pingfan had previously single-handedly defeated over a hundred men in black.

A mere twenty-odd soldiers guarding the city were no big deal.

In the short time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Hu Pingfan had defeated all the soldiers guarding the city gate.

Shortly after leaving the city gate, he bid farewell to the more than eighty people he had rescued, saying, "Gentlemen, I have urgent business in the capital and cannot accompany you to Qinghe County."

The horse trader said gratefully, "May I ask your honorable name, sir? We will be able to thank you in the future."

"I am a subordinate of Miss Su from Qinghe County."

After Hu Pingfan rode away, the horse trader suddenly realized what had happened.

"Oh, isn't Miss Su from Qinghe County the female war goddess the storyteller spoke of? So it was one of her subordinates who saved us!"

The others also felt extremely fortunate. They had all been sentenced to death by the jailer, and if it weren't for the female warrior's subordinates saving them, they would most likely have been beheaded in public.

"If Miss Su's subordinates are all this capable, then Miss Su herself must be even more extraordinary."

The horse trader swore to the heavens, "I'm going to Qinghe County. My life was saved by Miss Su's men, and from now on, my life belongs to Miss Su."

Magistrate Wu slept until late morning and was shocked to hear that the city gate had been breached.

"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened? Who did it?"

"Reporting to the county magistrate, it was a middle-aged man with a goatee who did it. We don't know who he is, but today all the people in the town are talking about that Miss Su from Qinghe County."

The magistrate turned pale with fright upon hearing the words "Qinghe County".

I heard that the fiancé of that Miss Su from Qinghe County is the incorruptible inspector. If the inspector is alerted and comes to Quancheng, won't his corruption be exposed?

"Pass on my order: don't arrest anyone indiscriminately for now; be cautious in everything you do."