LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 68 Let him live in fear
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she was checking the accounts at the table in the main room and sorting them out. The accountant recommended by Qiao Fukun should arrive tomorrow. She has sorted them out and handed them over to him tomorrow.
After counting for an afternoon, there was only the last one left. She opened it and immediately became interested. She picked it up and opened it carefully. When she saw the last column, it read: "Xishan Village, Yuan Family, Dead Chicken" One case, three taels of silver!"
"Xuanfeng!" she shouted outside.
Xuanfeng appeared in front of her instantly, "Madam!"
Yuan Chu pointed at the account book in his hand, "Did you ask Master Luo to resolve the case yesterday and return the money?"
Xuanfeng stared at his toes, "Master Luo won't come if you don't give me money! So..."
"Then where did this ledger come from?"
"Xuan Ying took it from Mr. Luo's study last night!" Xuan Feng whispered. As soon as he told the four brothers last night that Master Luo had taken advantage of him, Xuan Ying slipped into the city that night, and when he came back this morning, he had this account book in his hand.
"Madam, can you leave it to me to handle?"
"Don't bother him for such a trivial matter!" His own chicken was poisoned to death. If he reported the case to the police, he would be given a benefit. I don't know what he would think when he found out, "Stay with me for now and wait. After a few days, make a copy and put it quietly in the magistrate's case!"
"What if the prefect just sits back and does nothing?"
"Let's give it a try. If he really just sits back and ignores it, he will hand it over to the prince. The South Vietnamese peace envoy will be entering the country in the past two days. Let's not bother him with this trivial matter!"
"Yes. Then why not hand it over to the prefect now?"
"Let Mr. Luo live in fear for a while, and then deal with him when he feels that everything is safe! And let's see what this Mr. Luo will do next!"
Mr. Luo will definitely be anxious once he knows that his black ledger is lost, so let him be anxious for a while longer. When he feels that the matter is over, he will be caught off guard and give him a heavy blow.
As soon as Xuanfeng retreated, Yun Duo came, saying that two merchants were here. They came from other counties to get some yuba and dried meat from them. On the first day of Yuanchu, he put down what he was doing and went out to receive the visitors in person.
These two merchants were from the neighboring cities of Xinzhou and Rongzhou. They had just returned from the market at the border. They learned that Yuanji dried meat and yuba, which are now very popular on the market, were processed in Xishan Village, so they dropped in. , thinking about taking some goods back together.
Yuan Chuyi had a good chat with them, gave them the best price, and signed a long-term supply and marketing cooperation contract with them.
In the following days, on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, she was busy supervising Cheng Zhongping and leading the employees to plant cotton, corn, peanuts and other crops she had replaced from the farm. These crops have never been planted before, let alone seen. Although Cheng Zhongping was worried that they would not survive, Yuanchuyi reassured them that as long as they planted them as she said, she would not blame them even if they failed.
Cheng Zhongping got the promise, so he took the employees to plant with ease. He also found two diligent and reliable people from the family members of the employees to take over the vacancies left by Zhu Dahu and his wife. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, when he saw that he was reliable in doing things, he handed over all the affairs in the fields to him.
Over at the farm, Yuan Chuyi also went several times to dig up all the old mulberry trees in the high-lying mulberry and silkworm-raising plots, and took advantage of the season to plant them all with high-quality mulberry seedlings that she redeemed from the farm mall. For low-growing rice plots, she also prepared high-quality early-maturing early rice seeds for them to cultivate seedlings.
Although these farmers were dubious about her mulberry seedlings and rice seeds, the land now belonged to her, so they had no choice but to listen to her and replace them all.
After explaining the matter on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang, the foreman of the farm, said with a worried look on his face: "My boss, I don't know whether I should say something or not?"
"Uncle Wang, if you have anything to say, it's okay to say it!"
"Boss, based on my many years of experience in watching the sky and farming, I'm worried that there will probably be a drought this year! Our farm is so big, if a drought occurs, there will be no harvest in the land!"
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, I recalled that I had been here for several months. It had indeed only rained a few times. Even in the entire first month of the year, there were only three or four light rains. The weather was also extremely dry. The water level of the river has also dropped a lot.
"Master, we must prepare as soon as possible, just in case!"
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he took out the topographic map of the farm and spread it on the table to look at it carefully.
"Uncle Wang, has this depression always been empty?" she asked, pointing to an icon on the topographic map.
Wang Hai took a look forward and nodded, "Yes, this depression is three acres long, and nothing can be planted, so it has always been empty!"
"In this case, tomorrow you will lead people to dig this land and turn it into a large pond that can both raise fish and store water. If there is anything missing or there are not enough manpower, just tell me."
"Yes." Wang Hai responded, but looking at the picture, he was still a little worried, "This depression is behind the farm and is far away from the river in front of our farm. How can we divert the water there?"
"It doesn't matter. You can dig the drainage ditch in the field and connect it to the pond. I'll ask a craftsman to make a water wheel in the next few days. While the water level is still high, I can pump the water up and send it to the pond."
Wang Hai nodded, admiring Yuan Chuyi's courage. Unlike the previous boss, whether the crops in the field were dead or alive all depended on God's reward.
After arranging everything on the farm, he went to the city on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty to find the craftsman who made the water wheel.
Xixiang Street in the city is a place where various craftsmen gather to find work. On the first day of Yuanchu, Yuan Xuan and Xuan Yue walked there. People waiting for work on both sides of the road came up and asked her what kind of work she wanted to hire. They are willing to do it.
These people were casual workers, and Yuan Chuyi didn't want to hire them. She went directly to the shop where she made the stone mill last time.
"Oh, Mrs. Yuan, you are a rare customer, welcome!" The shopkeeper still remembered the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. She had made several sets of stone mills at his place.
He entertained Yuan Chuyi carefully and asked her to sit down and pour tea, "Mrs. Yuan, are you still going to grind stones today?"
"No, I'm looking for a carpenter. Boss, do you have one?" Yuan Chuyi drank tea leisurely.
"Yes, even if I don't have one here, I am familiar with all the craftsmen outside. I will hire whoever you want to find for you!"
"I want to hire a carpenter to make two large waterwheels. Has anyone here done it?"
"The waterwheel, a few years ago the government issued a plan and asked people to make it. If you want to make it, I will find those craftsmen for you!"
The boss quickly went outside to find all the carpenters who had made the waterwheel. On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, he looked at these craftsmen and saw a familiar face, Li Dazhu, the craftsman from their Xishan Village.
She remembered the last time she wanted to ask Li Dazhu to make a stone mill for her, and his mother-in-law Wang Shuying's attitude towards her. She also heard people in the village privately say that their family would not have any contact with her, so as not to ruin their girl. their reputation.
Li Dazhu naturally saw Yuan Chuyi. He had just heard that she was looking for craftsmen to make waterwheels. He had done it, but he didn't know if she would hire him!