The village chief looked at the pile of silver in front of him, his eyes widened.
He has never seen so much silver in his life, it should be about a hundred taels.
"Li Qian, what do you mean?" Then he asked Li Qian doubtfully.
Li Qi'an smiled and said, "You have worked hard for the village chief during this time, so Qi'an is honoring you."
The village chief quickly pushed the money back to Li Qian, "Are you honoring me? You are scaring me!"
After all, there was too much money, how could he dare to accept it.
If Li Qi'an randomly gave him a few taels of silver and said he was filial to him, he would accept it without hesitation.
But he would feel guilty holding so much money.
Li Qian smiled and pushed the money back to the village chief.
"Actually, in addition to honoring you, I also need you to do one thing."
"What's going on?" the village chief couldn't help but ask.
"As you know, I am now letting the refugee women and children make chalk, which is a way of providing them with a livelihood. Maybe the scale of chalk production will expand soon, but the raw material of chalk is gypsum stone, which was moved down from Blind Man Mountain. "Li Qian said.
The village chief was surprised after hearing this, "It turns out that the stone you used to make chalk came from Blind Man Mountain."
Then he seemed to understand something, "Qi'an, do you want me to arrange for people to transport stones down the mountain for you?"
Li Qi comforted her and said with a smile, "The village chief is really a roundworm in Qi'an's belly. He can guess all this."
The village chief said with a dark face, "What kind of roundworm? I'm already a long time old, so I can't figure out your dirty thoughts."
"Then the village chief thinks the money can still be collected?" Li Qian just smiled.
The village chief gathered the money and said, "If this is the case, then I can feel comfortable accepting the money, because you must keep it a secret."
Li Qian looked at the village chief in surprise. He was really a genius.
It's easy to talk to this kind of person.
"Li Qian, the blind bears in Blind Mountain are all killed by you?" the village chief couldn't help but ask.
"I don't have that ability, but the blind bear in Blind Man Mountain is indeed gone. There are still two bear cubs left. I let Dahei raise them," Li Qian said.
"You don't have that ability?" the village chief sneered, "You are the most capable in the whole village, why are you raising two bear cubs?"
"We can't let the reputation of Blind Man Mountain go to waste." Li Qian said with a smile.
The village chief thought for a while and nodded, "But that's right. You can't let others know about such a way of making money. Can those two bear cubs even support a family? It won't be good if they grow up and run out to hurt people." "
"Then it depends on Dahei. Anyway, I am optimistic about his potential as an animal trainer." Li Qian spread his hands and said.
The corner of the village chief's mouth twitched. He had reason to believe that when the two bear cubs grew up, they would be much more ferocious than the previous blind bears.
Forget it, as long as it's okay now.
"I will ask Tie Zhu to arrange a few trustworthy people to transport the stones for you. Whenever you need them, just ask him to transport them."
"Thank you very much, village chief." Li Qian stood up and saluted the village chief.
"Don't do this to me. Just remember that Tiezhu helped you so much, so don't treat him badly when the time comes." The village chief waved his hand.
He is worthy of being a good person and does not forget to mention his son's contribution.
"Please rest assured on this point, as long as I, Li Qian, have food to eat, I will definitely have a bowl of rice from Tiezhu!" Li Qian said.
The village chief was relieved, but his biggest regret was his daughter.
It would be great if this kid Li Qian was not married, and his daughter could be betrothed to him.
Of course, even if she got married, she could still be allowed to be Li Qian's concubine, but this would be too unfair to her daughter.
Forget it, what are you thinking about? Are you still afraid that your daughter won't be able to get married?
"Li Qian, if you want to expand your chalk business, can you also let the women and children in the village do it? You can't just focus on the refugees, but also think about the people in the village."
After all, as the head of a village, he has to think about the villagers. Besides, he has seen that making chalk is not difficult, and indeed both adults and children can do it.
Li Qian shrugged, "I didn't stop them from coming. They didn't come on their own. My original idea was that everyone in the village would have work, so that everyone would have something to eat."
The village chief nodded, "I'm very pleased that you have such an idea. Don't worry, I'll do the work. As long as your chalk really opens up sales, I'm responsible for the whole village coming to help you!"
