Su Mansion, main hall.
At this time, Su Yingxue frowned and was pacing back and forth, thinking about how to solve the trouble caused by Jiang Yifeng.
Go directly to the county governor?
Obviously impossible.
Everyone in Sioux City didn't know that the county guard was worried about how to settle the victims. Now he had finally thrown the hot potato out and it was impossible for him to pick it back up.
Drive Jiang Yifeng out of the Su family and sit back and do nothing?
This is equally impossible.
The county governor asked Jiang Yifeng to take over the victims because he saw the relationship between Jiang Yifeng and the Su family. Now it is obviously too late for the Su family to sever the relationship.
How to do it?
Su Yingxue was like an ant on a hot pot, struggling to think of a solution.
Phew…
Just when Su Yingxue was irritable, she suddenly heard the sound of drinking tea. She turned around and saw Jiang Yifeng drinking tea leisurely, not nervous at all.
Suddenly.
Su Yingxue was angry, walked quickly to Jiang Yifeng, grabbed the teacup, and threw it to the ground.
"Jiang Yifeng, you are a scholar after all, why are you so stupid?" Su Yingxue said angrily: "Can't you see that the county governor wants to find you as a scapegoat?"
Jiang Yifeng looked at the tea cup distressed and replied truthfully: "I can see it!"
"I see that you are still taking over those victims. Do you know that the court attaches great importance to disaster relief, and if there is any problem, it will be a matter of losing your head."
"Then it'll be fine if nothing goes wrong."
"No problem?"
Su Yingxue snorted coldly, "There are thousands of victims now. Just eating food every day costs a lot of silver. How long can the one thousand taels you get from the county guard last?"
"If you eat new rice, it will last about thirty days, but if you eat old rice, it can last for sixty days."
"Just assume that you can last for sixty days. What about after sixty days?"
"Sixty days later, I...no, our family will become the richest man in Sioux City!"
"..."
Su Yingxue didn't react for a while, and after a while she said, "Are you still awake?"
"After sixty days, the Su family doesn't want to be implicated by you, so they can only continue to use money to supplement you. But those victims are like a bottomless pit. When will it end?"
"How can he become the richest man in Sioux City?"
After hearing Su Yingxue's worries, Jiang Yifeng chuckled, "Why do you think those victims are bottomless pits?"
Su Yingxue asked coldly: "What are they if they aren't bottomless pits?"
"It's thousands of free labor!"
Jiang Yifeng glanced at Su Yingxue and said calmly: "Most of the people who can escape from Yuzhou and come to Su City are strong people, and there are only a few elderly people and children."
Jiang Yifeng has experienced this personally.
Although he was just a weak scholar, he was still in his prime. Even he almost starved to death on the way, let alone the elderly and children.
Some cruelly said that the elderly and children starved to death on the way, making it difficult to reach Sioux City.
Jiang Yifeng's eyes sparkled, "These are thousands of free laborers. As long as they are fed, they don't need to be paid. Where can you find such a good thing?"
"this……"
Su Yingxue was stunned.
Because this was the first time she saw someone using those poor victims as free labor. After all, in the general impression, the victims were thin and it was difficult to walk.
However, everyone ignored that the reason why these victims were thin was because they were hungry.
As long as they have enough to eat, they will be strong laborers.
He is still the kind of strong laborer who can work willingly as long as he is given a stutter.
Su Yingxue thought for a while and softened her tone, "Even so, the Su family can't use thousands of laborers. We can't let them work. They can only waste food."
Jiang Yifeng suddenly said: "Oh my God, you actually said those poor victims were wasting food. You are such a vicious woman."
Su Yingxue: "..."
Before Su Yingxue could get angry, Jiang Yifeng continued: "The Su family before could not provide thousands of jobs, but the Su family now can."
With that said, Jiang Yifeng took out the title deed of Meishan and placed it in front of Su Yingxue.
Su Yingxue picked up the land deed and looked at it, frowning, "You asked for Meishan and the surrounding land from the county governor?"
Jiang Yifeng nodded, "That's right."
Su Yingxue frowned, "Although this is a large area of land, the geology there is coal soil. No matter how much land is cultivated, no crops can be grown."
Jiang Yifeng smiled and said: "Who said we should let them reclaim the land? I plan to let them dig coal."
"You want to sell coal?"
Su Yingxue was stunned for a moment and asked: "Did you know that people who burn coal will die for no reason? Now in the entire Su City, no... in the entire Zhou Dynasty, who dares to burn coal?"
Jiang Yifeng saw the opportunity and immediately mocked: "Look at you, the limitations of your knowledge have been exposed! You can make coal safe by using the miscellaneous knowledge you don't like."
"I do not believe."
"You don't believe it, what do you care about me?"
"you……"
"Just kidding, don't be angry. If you don't forgive me, I can kneel down and apologize, but...can you put the chair down first? I'm worried that you'll hit yourself."
Su Yingxue looked at the talkative Jiang Yifeng and burst out laughing inexplicably.
Although he put away his smile in time, he was still embarrassed to blush and thought to himself why he smiled suddenly, it was really embarrassing.
call……
Su Yingxue put down her chair, adjusted her mood, and asked: "Using your knowledge, can you really make coal safer?"
Jiang Yifeng did not explain, but said directly: "When I go to Meishan tomorrow, I will bring back some coal. Then you can find two chickens and test them to see if I lied to you."
"good!"
Su Yingxue nodded first, and then said: "If it is safe to burn coal, then we can sell it in large quantities this winter. Charcoal costs eight copper coins per catty. For coal, five copper coins per catty is okay, right?"
"Xuexue, you are too dark!"
Seeing that Su Yingxue was trying to get a chair again, Jiang Yifeng quickly explained: "An ordinary strong laborer can dig two thousand kilograms of coal a day. Even if 20% of the coal is washed, there will still be one thousand six hundred kilograms of coal."
"Five copper coins per catty, which means that the coal dug by a strong laborer is worth nine thousand copper coins a day. However, we only care about people having enough food. Do you think you are black or not?"
When Su Yingxue heard this, a blush appeared on her pretty face.
She had only thought that coal was cheaper than charcoal, but she had never thought that a strong laborer could dig so much coal in a day.
"If you ask me, for three copper coins per pound, you can directly kill the charcoal and monopolize the entire market." Jiang Yifeng narrowed his eyes. He didn't want to do it. If he did, he had to do something big.
Su Yingxue looked at Jiang Yifeng, who was radiating confidence, and was stunned for a moment.
She didn't expect that the person she looked down upon and wished to drive away also had such an ambitious side.
If Jiang Yifeng can really do what he said, he will be a good son-in-law.
But at this moment, Jiang Yifeng said again: "When the time comes, our family can make money while lying down, and I can also be a son-in-law. Speaking of a son-in-law, my duty is to give birth to children. You can choose a good and auspicious day." , we have to prepare."
