Mr. Yangui

Chapter 182 Chapter [-] Benefits the Quartet
Li Wuchang stayed in Chang'an City for a few days, went to several banquets, and returned to Er Lengzi Village.

Whether it is Dayan's foreign war or internal turmoil, Li Wuchang can't control it at this stage and doesn't want to invest extra energy. He can only do his part, live in the present, and move towards his goal.

Work hard to practice martial arts, learn various elixirs, train talents to strengthen your team, and develop Zhuangzi to gradually increase your influence.

These are established plans, which need to be followed step by step without any falsehoods.

The construction plan of Er Lengzi Village has started slowly, and it will not stop at one step.

Li Wuchang was in charge of the overall situation, with Zhao Xun, Jiang Minglun and others offering advice and suggestions, and Fat Bear Lu Desheng and others came forward to manage it.

The dealers were also very enthusiastic, and everyone with a lot of strength went into battle.

Adult men all do heavy work, and the wages are ten cents higher than that of working in the city. The most important thing is to take care of the food.

And women and half-grown children will also help to do some light work, and they will also earn a lot of money.

In addition to practicing alchemy, Li Wuchang often takes time to go around, chat with the farmers, solve some specific problems, and describe a bright future to the farmers.

Li Wuchang is very patient. Whether it is a gray-haired old man or a child of a few years old, he will be very easy-going and natural. He also often helps veterans with old injuries to do acupuncture, and occasionally teaches children to read. Go to the big kitchen on the construction site to show your hands.

After a while, everyone knew Li Wuchang's character and liked talking to him very much.

Zhuangzi is barren and there is a severe drought this year, so the harvest is not expected to be very good.

Li Wuchang patted his chest and solemnly promised to the respected old man on the farm that even if there is no harvest in the crop field, he will not let everyone go hungry.

The sonorous and sincere words were warmly supported by the farmers.

There is no shortage of silver for the time being.

Although there is not much oil and water in the nearby bandit den, they got a lot of things under the digging of Fat Xiong and others, a huge amount of copper coins and a large amount of ironware, and a lot of daily necessities.

Selling Tang Bao earned [-] taels, which was considered a large income.

Finding 4 taels of silver notes from that scar-faced killer can be regarded as a great harvest in misfortune.

In addition, the prefect of Feng Yi County finally knew that Li Wuchang had swept away many bandits. Although Li Wuchang kept a low profile and didn't want to take credit for it, the prefect of Feng Yi didn't want to miss it. In order to form a good relationship, he sent someone to send Li Wuchang 5000 taels, which was regarded as the reward for suppressing bandits.

After careful calculation, after Li Wuchang came to Erlangzizhuang, not only did he not lose money in welfare and construction, but he also had a lot of savings.

The prefect also personally came to Erlianzizhuang to meet Li Wuchang, and expressed that he would ask Li Wuchang to support him in the future to suppress bandits. Li Wuchang did not refuse, saying that if he encountered bandits, he would definitely ask the prefect to discuss it together. A den of bandits, and you receive credit from the imperial court, and then you just pay some hard work money.

In this way, everyone is naturally happy.

Li Wuchang didn't need to be so high-profile, and the prefect also had an extra force to suppress bandits.

The two main roads in the crop field have been repaired, and they are as strong and durable as imagined.

"Look, owner, these two roads are okay, right?" Hu Benlu personally took Li Wuchang to check the two roads, and Nie Quan, Xie Changhao, and Hu Qianyong, three young men who had just entered the owner's mansion, followed him.

Because Hu Benlu is an old farmer, he became a small boss for him, and cooperated with Zhao Xun to take care of various trivial matters, such as arranging time, mobilizing manpower, assigning tasks, counting work-related injuries, etc., everything was done in an orderly manner.

Everyone in Zhuangzi admired Li Wuchang very much, and Hu Benlu was the one who admired him the most. He even guessed that the master of the imperial guards who led them to suppress the fire wolf gang was Li Wuchang. Promise Fat Bear that he will never let the matter out.

Li Wuchang nodded: "That's right, Lao Hu, the next step is to solve that muddy land. I've seen Brother Xun's specific plan, and it's pretty good. Do you have any other good suggestions?"

Hu Benlu gave a thumbs up and said: "Old Hu knew that the owner of the villa would definitely not just want to build a big bathhouse. Lao Hu has already seen it. The reason why the mountain torrents will erupt after heavy rain is because of that muddy land. Unfortunately, there has been no What is the proper solution, or the proprietor has courage."

Li Wuchang scolded with a smile: "Stop flattering and give advice."

Hu Benlu said with a smile: "My old Hu is not flattering... Lao Hu has already read Brother Xun's plan carefully, and it is very good, and all aspects have been considered. If the entire project is completed, the muddy land will definitely It will become a big lake, and the biggest problem at present is that there are not enough people."

Li Wuchang nodded, expressing his understanding.

There are only about [-] laborers who can do heavy work on Zhuangzi. Although it looks like a lot, the mud field is too big, and there are not enough people for such a small number of people.

Li Wuchang also opened two brick kilns at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, and was responsible for firing bricks, because it was too labor-intensive to pull bricks from other places, which divided some of the manpower.

In addition, Li Wuchang also needs some people to lay the foundation and prepare to build some public facilities. At present, only a blacksmith's shop and a medicine shop have been built.

Taking away these two parts of the manpower, the manpower left for the dredging field is indeed a little small.

Li Wuchang said: "Manpower is indeed a problem, so what good suggestions do you have?"

Hu Benlu coughed lightly, and said: "Owner, besides our farm, there are many military farms and ordinary farms in this area. This year, there is a severe drought, and the crops are not harvested well, and the farmers don't have much work...My old Hu has been on the battlefield before. , There are many comrades in arms in the nearby Zhuangzi, they saw that our Zhuangzi has jobs, and the wages are quite a lot, so many people were tempted, so they asked Lao Hu to ask the owner of the village if they could give them some jobs."

Li Wuchang was silent for a long while, then asked: "How does the wages of strong labor in our Zhuangzi compare with other places?"

Hu Benlu replied: "Fifty renminbi plus two full meals, the salary is much higher than that of going to work in the city."

Li Wuchang exhaled, and said: "People can take some, as long as they are strong laborers, but I want to remind you, I am your owner, not their owner, do you understand?"

Hu Benlu was thoughtful, and instantly understood Li Wuchang's meaning, and said: "Understood, I understand, their wages are calculated according to other places, and if they have work to do for them, they are out of luck. If they dare to pick and choose, look at me." Lao Hu will not scold them to death."

Li Wuchang said indifferently: "You can discuss this matter with Brother Xun, and what kind of tools do you need to gather everyone together, use your imagination, communicate with Lao Chen and the others in the blacksmith's shop, and many more Broken copper and rotten iron are waiting to be returned to the furnace, I don’t know much about this, so I ordered him to make some shovels, and they look pretty good.”

Hu Benlu nodded in agreement.

After Li Wuchang finished his orders, he said again: "Okay, Hu, go get busy... Qianyong, Changhao, Quanzi, you all lead the way and go to Xishan. I want to see if there is any place that can be used. Dongshan has already I've seen them all."

Hu Qianyong nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, owner, the West Mountain is bigger than the East Mountain, so there must be many good places."

Hu Benlu didn't go down, he hesitated, as if he had something to say.

Li Wuchang scolded with a smile: "If you have farts, hurry up, you are in a hurry."

Hu Benlu cautiously said: "Master, our pharmacy has also been built, and the doctor in the village has also gone to the clinic. My old Hu has seen it. There is no charge for the consultation, and the price of the medicine is even lower than that in the city. Yes. Didn’t they... some lose money? I see that many people from the nearby Zhuangzi have come to our pharmacy to get medicine, and those guys are very smart, taking advantage of our Zhuangzi.”

Li Wuchang said with a smile: "You big bastard also know how to help me save money?"

Hu Benlu said embarrassingly: "The owner is kind, but...but..."

Li Wuchang said: "Okay, I don't mean to blame you, you don't need to think about these things, this is gathering popularity, this area is far from the city, we will build a market in Zhuangzi in the future, let everyone nearby come to our Zhuangzi Come to the fair."

Hu Qianyong smiled and said, "Father, I have already said that the owner of the villa has his own considerations. Aren't you just worrying about it?"

Hu Benlu was despised by his son, his old face turned black, and he was about to take action to teach his son, and finally realized that it was not easy to get angry in front of the owner, and muttered: "I will teach you a brat when I go back."

Everyone laughed, but Hu Qianyong was naturally not afraid.

Li Wuchang came to Xishan under the leadership of the three young men, and started further investigation.

At present, the price of medicinal materials has risen sharply. It would be great if there were more mountainous lands where medicinal materials can be grown. Then it would not be a barren mountain but a precious mountain.

Xie Changhao used to be a bastard, he often ran around on the mountain, and he was familiar with the terrain, so it went very smoothly.

After looking at a few places, the group met a patrol led by Jiang Minglun. They sat under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool and drink water.

Jiang Minglun said with a smile: "Leng Shao, after patrolling for a period of time, the bandits caught a few, but they were all small miscellaneous fish, and their legs went weak when they were scared. I don't think there are any large-scale gangsters near our village." There are bandits, do you want to stop the patrol team for a while? The Zhuangzi is so busy, this is a lot of labor."

Nie Quandao: "Vendor Master, this is indeed the case. I have a few friends in the nearby Zhuangzi, and they all said that there have been more bandits in their Zhuangzi recently. It seems that the bandits near our Zhuangzi fled there."

Everyone laughed.

Li Wuchang shook his head and said: "So, those bandits dare not act wild near our Zhuangzi? They went to other Zhuangzi to make trouble?...Did we do something bad?"

A veteran of the patrol said with a smile: "Those bandits are probably afraid. Our Zhuangzi has been using thunderous methods to deal with bandits recently. If we catch them, we will beat them up and send them to the city. The bandits dare not come if they have no strength."

Another person said: "The owner of the village, how can it be a bad thing? The strength of the owner is that we can deter the bandits. There are bandits in other places, and they will go and suppress them if they have the ability."

Li Wuchang nodded, and said: "Since those bandits are afraid, the patrol team can stop for a while, and you can speak out. If you dare to do things near our Zhuangzi, if you catch him, you will make his life worse than death. Who doesn't?" Those with long eyes can give it a try."

After a pause, he continued: "After a while, I will organize a team to go to other places to suppress the bandits. When the time comes, I will bring Fat Bear and loot the bandits' lairs, which can be regarded as a fortune."

Everyone laughed.

They have all seen Fat Bear's search methods. They will not let go of even a nail. The broken wooden boards will be dismantled for you and pulled back to use as firewood. .

Li Wuchang added: "Recently, we will recruit a group of strong laborers. If you have comrades in the nearby Zhuangzi, you can inform them and tell them that as long as there are strong laborers, the wages will not be lower than those in other places."

At this time, the veterans all laughed and said: "Master, we were going to bring this up with you. Many people came to your door before, but we couldn't make the decision, so we declined, which made them very upset. Depressed."

Jiang Minglun said with a smile: "Young Master Leng, this move of yours can be regarded as benefiting the whole world. To be honest, I have also visited the nearby Zhuangzi... Sigh, I haven't had a good one, it's all bitterness."

All the patrol members agreed.

Li Wuchang thought to himself that I have no ability to benefit the four parties, it can be regarded as mutual benefit.

(End of this chapter)