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Chapter 362 Squire Niu Bin’s obstruction

Du Peng stepped down from the high platform and helped the villagers with his foreign surname up.

He smiled and asked: "I agree to your conditions. What is your name?"

"Sir, my name is Li San."

The villager with a foreign surname stood up a little flattered and quickly informed Du Peng of his name.

No matter what era it is, most people will have a good impression of filial sons.

The more Du Peng saw this man, he was also satisfied, so he patted him on the shoulder and said: "Very good, from today on, you are a worker of the Ming Dynasty Royal Factory, and so is your mother."

"And I guarantee with my many years of reputation that no matter which factory you go to work in, the factory will not miss you a penny of wages."

A villager named Li San was so excited that he knelt down after receiving such a heavy promise from Du Peng.

But at this moment, Niu Bin, who had just run out to cause trouble, suddenly said coldly:

"Master Du, this Li San owes my family two stones of wheat. If you take him away, I will have to pay for it."

Li San finally caught the opportunity that could change his destiny.

There is no room for Niu Bin to be disturbed.

Then he mustered up the courage to reply: "Master Niu, I borrowed three liters of millet from you at the beginning of this year."

"How come it's only been half a year and it turned into two stones? And it turned into wheat. Aren't you blackmailing someone?"

Niu Bin, who was used to being domineering in the village, subconsciously wanted to say, "What's wrong with blackmailing you?"

However, after Niu Bin noticed Du Peng's unkind gaze, he could only hesitate and said: "I just remembered it wrong. Why are you making such a fuss?"

"And even if you borrowed three liters of millet for half a year, you should pay me back six liters, right?"

"If you pay it back, I will let you and your mother leave the village. If you don't pay it back, you won't be able to go anywhere today."

Du Peng originally planned to use Li San as an example to attract other interested villagers to sign up.

Unexpectedly, this blind Ushi Bin jumped out again and again to cause trouble.

Just think that he is going to take out the money and send this disgusting guy away.

I'll wait until I have the chance to pick this up again in the future.

Eunuch Li, who was impatient to wait, walked out of the pergola.

He cursed in a drake voice: "You're a Niu man, Mr. Du should be more polite when talking to you, do you really think of yourself as a person?"

"Are you dissatisfied with the imperial court or His Majesty when you repeatedly obstruct the emperor's mission?"

Niu Bin originally jumped out to cause trouble because Du Peng was easy to talk to.

How dare you accept the disrespectful imperial power slapped by Eunuch Li? He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy:

"My father-in-law, please calm down. The common people have absolutely no intention of disrespecting His Majesty."

Eunuch Li didn't even bother to look at Niu Bin.

He still said in an impatient tone: "Since you don't plan to rebel yet, then let Li San borrow money from you."

Ushibin was startled by these words.

While saying he didn't dare, he quickly called the housekeeper to get the IOU.

Du Peng suddenly interjected at this time and said: "Not only Li San's IOU, but all villagers who are willing to go with me, if they have borrowed food or money, please take out their IOUs."

Hearing this, the first few villagers who ran out just now wanted to sign up.

He quickly squeezed out of the crowd and knelt down in front of Du Peng: "Sir, we are also willing to work for Your Majesty."

Seeing that Li San's example worked.

Du Peng shouted again: "Anyone else who wants to work for His Majesty, as long as you sign up with me, I will handle your debts with the Niu family."

Although the matter of wages is too far away.

However, Du Peng's promise to help them deal with their debts was just around the corner. Many tenants who owed rent to the Ushibin family came out feeling anxious.

"Master, this..."

When Niu Bin's housekeeper saw about twenty villagers standing in front of Du Peng to sign up, he couldn't help but look at his master hesitantly and cast a questioning look.

The skater was woken up by Eunuch Li's unreasonable words just now.

Just now, he disrupted the situation when Du Peng was recruiting workers. He was not beaten to death by the school captain on the spot. It was because smoke was rising from his ancestral grave.

How dare he play any more tricks at this moment.

He scolded the housekeeper directly: "You don't have a long-sighted mind, why don't you hurry up and get the IOU?"

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Niu family's housekeeper handed a stack of IOUs into Du Peng's hands.

No one asked about the total amount of the IOU.

Du Peng immediately threw a stack of treasure money at Niu Bin.

He snorted coldly: "Is this enough money for you to settle your accounts?"

"Enough is enough."

When Niu Bin saw these treasure notes, which far exceeded the amount of food loaned out, his voice became distorted with excitement.

Du Peng didn't bother to pay attention to this ugly country landowner.

Compare the names mentioned by the villagers when they signed up just now.

He handed the IOUs to them respectively and said: "You keep the IOUs. These debts will have nothing to do with you in the future."

Li San and others did not expect that a high-ranking official like Du Peng would help them pay to erase their debts.

Immediately he knelt down with tears of gratitude and said: "Thank you for your great kindness, sir. We will work hard in the factory for Your Majesty and His Royal Highness."

Du Peng didn't say much, but just asked a few more questions to the villagers who were watching.

Although many villagers wanted to follow.

But for some unknown reason, they struggled for a long time and finally did not sign up.

After Du Peng took Li San and others, as well as their families, to leave Niujia Village.

Ushi Bin, who was kneeling on the ground, warned everyone: "Those people with foreign surnames who have no ancestors are willing to work as lowly craftsmen or feed fish in the sea."

"But your ancestral graves are all near the village. If anyone wants to imitate them, do such shameless things."

"Just wait until the bones of your ancestors are dug out and fed to the dogs!"

Du Peng took Li San and others back to the inn booked by the county magistrate for them.

He asked the captain of Duweifu who was guarding the door: "Are there people from other teams coming back? How many workers have they recruited?"

Since the disaster was coming, Du Peng didn't have time to sweep through the villages one by one.

He could only divide his entourage into more than twenty groups and go to the surrounding villages to preach about recruiting workers.

The captain guarding the gate answered honestly: "Replying to your lord, everyone else is back."

"But the workers they recruited are much less than what you brought."

Du Peng was not too surprised by this answer.

After all, who would leave the place where their ancestors lived if they couldn’t survive?

But if we follow this pace, when the drought comes, we may be able to recruit at most a few hundred workers.

For the Central Plains, which has a population of tens of millions, it is barely a drop in the bucket.

When the drought breaks out, I am afraid that countless victims will starve to death at home.

Du Peng would never allow such a thing to happen.

(End of this chapter)