Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

On the first day after the Chu family's destruction, not a single commoner in the vast city of Qingjiang dared to step into the Chu family's gate.

The day after the Chu family was destroyed, the Dark Feather Guards in Qingzhou City quickly arrived in Qingjiang City before sunset. On this day, a few people who had escaped from the Chu family slipped back in.

On the third day after the Chu family's destruction, the confiscation of their property was in full swing.

On the tenth day after the Chu family's destruction, the Chu family's ancestral home was completely ransacked, and the gold and silver collected were enough to form a small mountain.

On the twelfth day after the Chu family's destruction, the businesses associated with the Chu family continued to be raided.

Thirty days after the Chu family's downfall, a list that could be dragged from the study to the living room was delivered to the Mu residence.

Curious, Mu Ling'er found a measuring tape from somewhere, seemingly wanting to measure just how long the list was.

Seeing Mu Ling'er jumping around, Mu An's face darkened. He grabbed the little girl by the collar with one hand and threw her to Xiao He, who had an unfriendly expression.

The little guy is almost nine years old. He's full of energy every day and curious about everything. He's at that age where everyone hates him.

Mu An didn't want to stifle Mu Ling'er's curiosity, nor did she want to raise Mu Ling'er to be someone who only knew how to be obedient and sensible.

This is an innate ability of Mu Ling'er, and it may play a role in the future. It should not be simply suppressed as a bad habit during her upbringing.

In layman's terms, being obedient and compliant is the underlying nature of life for people at the bottom of society, and a means for ordinary people to avoid crises and trouble.

Those who achieve great things must be ruthless, thick-skinned, and able to be disobedient, shameless, and able to lie through their teeth.

Mu An did not expect Mu Ling'er to become a great figure who could shake the world, but he also hoped that one day in the future, he could entrust everything of Qishan Dao to Mu Ling'er with peace of mind.

The world is vast, and he wants to see it.

His cultivation has reached a bottleneck, and his strength is sufficient to protect himself. Going to see the world and nature is a good way to broaden his horizons.

Mu Ling'er has decent martial arts talent, and with her own help, it's not impossible for her to glimpse the path to immortality.

There will come a day when she can take over and protect everything in Qishan Road.

Every advantage has its disadvantages. If he wants Mu Ling'er to be able to support Qishan Dao, he can't simply teach Mu Ling'er to be obedient.

He had to admit that Mu Ling'er was sometimes a bit too lively.

But it's not a big problem; we can just leave it to Xiaohe in this situation.

Seeing Xiao He with a fierce look on her face, dragging away Mu Ling'er who had a sorrowful expression, Mu An then looked at the Dark Feather Guard messenger who was standing to the side with his head down and tapped the table lightly.

"Which unit does your Dark Feather Guard belong to in Qingzhou City?"

Jin Ling, the Dark Feather Guard codenamed Gui Er, hurriedly looked up and spoke rapidly.

"Reporting to you, sir, Qingzhou City is under the jurisdiction of the Chaoyang branch of the Dark Feather Guard. My code name is Gui Er, and I am in charge of all matters concerning the Dark Feather Guard in Qingzhou."

Mu An pretended not to notice Gui Er's nervousness; people who don't understand him are always like that.

He's such an easy-going person, I don't know why everyone's so nervous, they must have something to hide!

He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and then rubbed his temples.

"Since the Chu family plundered money from the people of Qingzhou, then return all of it."

Seeing that Gui Er looked hesitant, Mu An took another sip of tea and gave the order directly.

"I don't trust you, nor do I trust the Qingzhou government. I will send someone to handle this matter. Don't bother with those messy statistics. Just focus on counting the number of households in Qingjiang City. The rest is none of your business."

"I will obey your orders, sir."

……

"Wang Le, arrange for some men to go to Qingzhou. The people there are too ruthless; I don't trust them."

"My lord, distributing money directly may not be an easy task."

"It's alright. We can absorb as much money as we can. We'll exchange it for cloth, medicine, and other supplies at the market price in Qishan Road. We'll also open the Chu family's granaries and distribute these to the people of Qingjiang City according to their population, ensuring that every family receives enough food to live on for a year."

"Does Your Excellency mean to establish a trade route here, using the Chu family's wealth to open up a trade route between Qishan Road and Qingzhou? This would not only save the people of Qingjiang City, but also stimulate the commercial development of Qishan Road."

"Good! I'll leave this matter to you. Qishan Road is nearly 10,000 miles away from Qingzhou, and it involves crossing two major states, Jiaozhou and Zhongzhou. The situation in Qingjiang City is also quite complicated. Please keep a close eye on this matter."

We should do business along the route and completely open up a trade route. You can build more armed trading companies along the route and in Qingjiang City.

In other parts of Qingzhou that have been severely plundered by the Chu family, work-for-relief programs can be implemented to recruit as many people as possible, giving the local people something to look forward to.

Armed trading company? Just change their equipment and they become an army.

Hire more people? These days, whoever feeds you is the boss, right?

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Lord Mu, could it be that you intend to establish strongholds in Qingzhou, Zhongzhou, and Jiaozhou so that if any unforeseen events occur in the future, you can rise up in rebellion, coordinate with your forces from within and without, and take over the three major states in one fell swoop?

Wang Le's mind raced, and he felt that he had seen through Mu An's grand plan. He was overjoyed and immediately cupped his hands in greeting.

"I will certainly live up to your expectations."

"I'll give you a communication stone. In case of emergency, you can contact me through it. Don't worry about anything else. Gather your troops, and if anyone dares to obstruct your work, just attack them!"

"yes!"

……

"Dad, why have you been laughing all night?"

At Wang Le's home, his son Wang Pingshan showed off his food while asking questions.

"You little brat, what nonsense are you spouting? Your father isn't laughing; he's clearly seeing a bright future for the Wang family."

"What future? Dad, you're clearly just laughing."

Snapped!

"Can't you understand human language? Looking for a beating?"

"No, no, no, we shouldn't talk while eating. I understand, I understand."

Looking at his simple-minded son, Wang Le shook his head helplessly, picked up his chopsticks and put a sizzling, oily piece of braised pork on his plate.

This little rascal is lucky; sometimes fools have their own kind of luck. Being too smart is actually not a good thing.

Lord Mu needs someone who understands his meaning, someone shrewd and capable, but which of these old men from the Anshan Patrol Office doesn't know that Lord Mu's ambitions lie elsewhere?

This enormous empire will undoubtedly be handed over to the eldest daughter of the Mu family, but she may not necessarily need a smart person.

The current situation is actually the safest option.

"Eat slowly. Look at you, your mouth is all oily. Don't you know how to chew slowly and carefully?"

Wang Pingshan, who had been eating in silence, looked up, his face full of distress.

"Dad, you can't blame me. You know I love fatty meat, but my eldest sister hates it the most. She never serves these dishes. Since we're having them now, we have to enjoy them to our hearts' content!"

"Big Sister? What big sister? Isn't Miss Ling'er two years younger than you?" Wang Le asked, somewhat puzzled.

Wang Pingshan wiped his mouth, speaking naturally.

"It's Mu Ling'er. I don't know what she saw recently, but she insisted that I call her Big Sister."

Wang Le nodded slightly and put another piece of meat on Wang Pingshan's plate.

"Let them shout, it's not a big deal. Do you guys still hang out and eat together often?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Pingshan's face immediately fell, and even the meat in his bowl lost its flavor.

"Father, you don't know, Big Sister is quite the bully. Every time Lord Mu punishes her by making her copy books, it always ends up being me and Sister Ping who copy them for her."

Also, every time the butler from the Dutch university tried to hit her, she would hide behind me. Father, you said that we had to listen to her in everything, so I had no choice but to shield her. In the end, she didn't get hit much, but all the blows ended up on me.