When Chao Rong was talking about Zheng Laohu's dirty tricks, the six men next to him intervened.
"In the early years, when our village was in trouble, some brothers saw Zheng Laohu's recruitment notice and secretly went down the mountain. But none of them came back!"
Xie Yu looked at Bai Xiaonan.
He now wondered if Bai Xiaonan's proposal to poach people from Zheng Laohu's quarry might have some revenge in it.
"Okay, since Mr. Zheng has a way to retain people, I can rest assured. You can just wait to accept people later. I can't guarantee if there are more, there should be three to five hundred people!"
When he heard Xie Yu say that he could get three to five hundred "permanent workers" for himself, Zheng Laohu's eyes suddenly widened: "Is this... is what Mr. Xie said true?"
Xie Yu nodded.
"Oh, this...how should I thank Mr. Xie? If Mr. Xie can really get so many people for me, then...if nothing else, I will give you one hundred thousand kilograms of pebbles!"
"If these 100,000 kilograms of pebbles are not enough and Mr. Xie wants to buy more, I will give Mr. Xie a 30% discount based on the market price!"
"Thank you so much, Mr. Zheng!"
The two sides had a great time talking.
Bai Xiaonan and Liu Zi, on the other hand, were full of doubts.
They didn't understand where Xie Yu's so-called three to five hundred people came from.
If there are really so many people, we won't have to worry about not having enough manpower in the village before.
So when Xie Yu and others left Huzuishan, Bai Xiaonan raised this question halfway.
Xie Yu said: "You have to ask Yu Hua to help you with this task! When you return to Baishi Village, I will go to Yingzhou City!"
When he heard that Xie Yu was going to the Yu Mansion again, Bai Xiaonan was immediately confused: "Haha, are you going to ask Yu Yuanwai for help, or are you going to talk to Yu Yuanwai about something else? It's only been a few days, and you are anxious to change your name to "old man" Are you here yet?"
Liu Zi quickly pulled the horse's rope and fell a few positions behind.
No matter how curious he is, he knows he can't join in the fun at this time!
Otherwise, if the boss gets mad, even if the sixth son steps into the village with his left leg first, it will be the reason for him to be beaten...
Xie Yu also looked helpless about this: "How about you go with me?"
"Why should I follow you? Am I annoying?"
"Then you go back to the village and wait for me?"
"Okay, you really want to leave me and find another woman!"
Xie Yu was about to cry.
He pulled the horse rope, stopped and looked at Bai Xiaonan and said, "Auntie, what do you want?"
"beg me!"
"Please don't go..." Seeing Bai Xiaonan's almond-shaped eyes, Xie Yu quickly changed his words, "That's impossible! Please go to Yingzhou with me, my aunt. The mountain road is very dangerous. Without your protection, I Don’t dare to walk alone.”
"That's pretty much it, so I'll just follow you reluctantly!"
At this moment, Liu Zi really wanted to slap the riding whip on his face.
You are a bitch!
I knew I shouldn't watch or listen, but I couldn't help it.
It’s uncomfortable not to hear it, but it’s even more uncomfortable to hear it!
He beat the horse and rushed out, and then shouted: "Master, Mr. Xie, we are going back to the mountain first... You... those who ride the horse! Army, you slapped my ass!"
Xie Yu seriously doubted whether Liu Zi scolded him on purpose.
…
When they arrived at Yu Mansion, Xie Yu and Bai Xiaonan were given a grand reception again.
Especially when Xie Yu rescued Yu Wenjun in Huzui Mountain two days ago.
After Yu Wenjun and Wang Song came back, they told the story again with added embarrassment.
The image of Xie Yu was infinitely exaggerated in Yu Wenjun's mouth.
So when chatting, Yu Hua also thanked Xie Yu in every possible way.
"Good nephew..."
Yu Hua opened his mouth to ask Xie Yu the purpose of coming here this time.
As a result, before the question was asked, Yu Wenjun came up with a teapot.
She gave her father Yu Hua some water, and then said with a smile: "Father, drink tea!"
Although she was inviting her father to drink tea, her tea overflowed and she didn't notice it.
Because at this time, Yu Wenjun's beautiful eyes were staring at Xie Yu lovingly.
"Ahem..." Yu Hua coughed twice, and Yu Wenjun realized something was wrong.
She blushed slightly, then shyly put away the teapot.
But she did not leave, but stood by her father's side.
Seeing this, Yu Hua could only sigh secretly.
There is no place for women to stay in college!
Yu Hua took a sip of tea and then asked thank you for the purpose of coming.
Xie Yu talked about his dealings with Huzuishan and Zheng Laohu in the past few days.
"Before I came, Chao Rong asked me to give a message to Uncle Yu. Many people in the Yu family have been harmed this time, and they are willing to compensate with gold and silver in order to beg Uncle Yu for forgiveness!"
Xie Yu's words are pure nonsense.
A rough guy like Chao Rong would never think of this.
But this time Xie Yu was dealing with people from Huzuishan and Zheng Laohu, and wanted to ask Yu Hua for help. He must first resolve the conflicts between the two parties.
So Xie Yu took out three thousand taels of silver notes from his arms as he spoke.
I got this bank note from Yingzui Mountain.
Yu Hua glanced at the banknote in Xie Yu's hand, and finally shook his head: "No need! My nephew will just keep this money. My nephew has avenged the Yu family's revenge for us a few days ago. I I heard that many people died in Huzui Mountain!"
"Such a large village is almost destroyed!"
Everyone who came back from the Yu family saw what was going on in Huzuishan. So Yu Hua asked a few more people and found out that Xie Yu had indeed helped the Yu family to get rid of all the bad breath that day.
As for thanking Yu for discussing the deal with Zheng Huzuishan, Yu Hua didn't pay much attention.
After all, his original intention was not for the Yu family.
Xie Yu wanted to be humble, but Yu Wenjun was busy saying: "Yes! Father, you didn't see it at that time. The people in Huzuishan were all killed in fear! What did brother Xie say later? They just listen to whatever..."
Bai Xiaonan curled her lips unconsciously.
It was obvious that she was stimulated by the words "Brother Xie".
In order to prevent Bai Xiaonan from getting angry, Xie Yu quickly got down to business: "Uncle Yu, I want to ask you if you can help me say hello to this official person. I want to get some prisoners serving hard labor to quarry stone there. Help!"
Bai Xiaonan next to him also showed a surprised expression.
It's these people's idea that Xie Yu is interested in!
But... can it be done?
There were generally two types of prisoners in the Yong Dynasty.
Criminal and non-criminal offenders.
Generally, non-criminal cases are those where the guilt is relatively minor. As long as the harm is not great, you can get away with it by paying money.
Not so with criminals! Even the lightest criminals have to do hard labor!
What Xie Yu is targeting are these prisoners who need to perform hard labor!
Generally speaking, such prisoners will be assigned to build city walls!
However, this city wall will break down more frequently during wars. If there were no wars, how could there be so many city walls that needed to be repaired?
Therefore, many labor convicts had no place to arrange their work, and ended up crowded in various prisons, dawdling through their sentences.
Yu Hua also raised his eyebrows: "I can greet you! But... in Yingzhou, you can't get around the Zhizhou Caojian no matter what!"
"I heard that something happened to your father during this time! It seems that his incident... has something to do with Cao Jian!"
When Xie Yu heard this, he also fell silent.
So soon...are we going to face off against Cao Jian?
