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No sooner Su Wan finished speaking everyone in the crowd turned stunned. At first, they were shocked but then slowly realized that they were being schemed against. That was right, even if the old man was fired, his two sons would still be here as for them, they were the only ones who were working in their family.

If they were fired who would get their position?

The men and women turned to look at the Farm Keeper who panicked. He wanted to say something but under the glares of so many people, he couldn't say anything.

What else do these people need? They immediately saw through the actions of the Farm Keeper and his sons and became furious.

"Damn you! You actually fooled Laozi! Speak were you trying to kick us out and fill this place with your people?"

"How dare you old man!"

"Let's go and bring the sons of this evil man, I bet they knew everything and hid to save their skins!"

With that, the people turned on their feet and rushed to find the sons of the Farm Keeper. When the Farm Keeper saw that the people whom he had fooled had turned their backs on him, he wanted to stop them angrily at the same time he was anxious that his sons would be harmed. But no matter how strong he was, he couldn't stop a bunch of young men and women.

Su Wan caused the rebellion to be shut down with a few words. She scoffed and turned to leave while her two husbands were left in awe as they stared at their wife.

"The farm is going to be disrupted. So many people skipped their work, what are we going to do?" Lin Jing asked as he looked at the empty plots of land.

"There is no need for you to worry about such a thing," Su Wan glanced at the empty plot of land. She knew that those people did this to force her into agreeing with their unrealistic demands. "I will order another set of houses to be constructed at the land which couldn't be transformed, send the word out that those who are skilled in farming and are honest can register for work.

Once they are selected they can live in houses with tiles and bricks."

"As long as they pay forty taels as tax every year while staying here, they can work on this farm for as long as they want. Of course, the tax can increase with the changing times but it will never cross more than sixty taels."

"Send the word to the other cities and villages as well. As long as people are willing to settle in the Big River City, I am willing to give them this job."

When the commander of the yamen heard Su Wan's words, he stiffened.

"County magistrate, I am not trying to say that your plan is not right but if you give this opportunity to the outsiders than the ones who live in this town, I am afraid that they would be really upset. There might be a lot of criticism as well," Commander Lei stated with a frown. He knew that many officials believed in keeping the good things to themselves instead of sharing.

Su Wan also knew that the consequences could be dire.

And she also understood that her plans would disrupt a lot of officials and landlords. But she was not afraid.

"Don't pay attention to them. If they are so skilled then they should have done something for this city before I came along. If they are upset about outsiders taking the jobs, then they should have raised more loyal people in this city and as for the low rent… it's not my fault that I am looking out for the benefits of the city before myself.

If they have something to say about it, then they might show me what they have done for the city."

"I understand."

Commander Lei was a bit hesitant but when he saw that Su Wan was not going to change her mind, he could only spread the word. Sure enough, as soon as the word that Su Wan was going to hire outsiders and only take forty taels as tax from them for a year—— the Big River City started to boil.

After hearing the news, the common people were filled with anger towards the Farm Keeper and the rest, they caused such a good thing to be spread all over the other town.

While the officials were even more upset. They were not angry about Su Wan's decision to take over outsiders but they were upset about her housing and lodging arrangements. With the outsiders staying in the houses made by Su Wan, how would they earn extra income by giving the outsiders houses at an exorbitant rent?

The landlords were just as angry.

However, Su Wan did not care. She released the conditions regarding the job. The conditions were rather strict, the worker needed to be more than sixteen years old, there should not be a criminal record and he or she should be skilled in farming.

More importantly, no one was allowed to have an abandoned wife or husband, if it was found that they abandoned their family for a job, they would be kicked out at once.

Though the conditions were harsh, there were still a lot of people rushing to register.

While the people were rushing to get a job, Su Wan was looking at the drought-like conditions of the Big River City. Even though the conditions were not bad at the moment, the workers needed to bring water from the only well on the farm land which was rather far.

Su Wan did not think that it was enough.

"We need to find a water vein."

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