"Three thousand three..."
Li Xiaobai, who was also drinking coffee, spat it out, "Oh my god, I thought it would be enough to spend only 800,000 yuan, but you actually spent more than 30 million yuan..."
Zhu Changan pointed to the napkin on the coffee table: "I can only say that poverty limits your imagination. When you see a picture worth billions, you will probably be scared out of your mind."
"Get, get, get..."
Li Xiaobai took the tissue and wiped his mouth, "I won't ask anything about business matters from now on. Mr. Cheng will just use me as an errand boy to deliver messages. Everything is up to you. I, Li Xiaobai, will never be a constraint."
Zhu Changan added: "Mr. Cheng just arrived today, let's go and settle in first!"
"Okay, Boss Zhu."
Cheng Mei stood up and said goodbye, "I will pack up today and report to the company tomorrow."
Li Xiaobai and Cheng Mei walked out of the villa and left in a car together.
Staff from the New Century Security Company came to the door on the morning of the third day after the contract was signed. There were more than 20 workers in total, accompanied by some professional equipment such as excavators and muck trucks.
After they came to the site and got to know Zhu Changan, they threw themselves into the intense work, and the construction was done from the outside, which had no impact on Zhu Changan who lived at home.
In the following days, Zhu Changan treated himself with acupuncture while waiting for the underground vault to be completed as soon as possible.
The world in the box went by in a flash for more than half a month.
All the roads in Chang'an Town have been built. From Chang'an Town to the west through Yinma Town, it extends for more than 20 miles towards Jinping County.
It was built for more than 80 miles eastward, all the way to the border between Guizhou and Guangxi. Because this area belongs to the Sanguang area and would not attract the attention of the government, the road was built longer than the road to the west.
"Captain Liu is back."
Early that morning, a civilian leader came to the Senate to report to Zhu Renxia.
"Oh... Lao Liu has worked hard on this trip. I should go out and greet him in person."
Zhu Renxia immediately made an appointment with No. 5 and Jin Zhu to go out to greet them. However, Jiang Guanjun was currently teaching people's strength training on the school field and was not in the city.
After leaving the city gate, they saw Liu Gongfu and his entourage coming from a distance.
In addition to more than thirty men escorting on horseback, this team also had a dozen carriages, all of which were pulled by women bought from Shaanxi.
These women, ranging in age from fifteen to thirty years old, were basically sold because their families could not afford food.
Some were sold by their parents, some were sold by their brothers and sisters-in-law, and some were even sold by their husbands.
What's more, there is a thirty-one-year-old woman here who was sold by her sixteen-year-old son.
Shaanxi has suffered from severe droughts for several years, with the bare land thousands of miles away and no grain harvest. Many people did not have enough to eat, there were bones on the road, and people died of hunger everywhere.
This woman's husband had starved to death, her thirteen-year-old daughter had also starved to death, and only her sixteen-year-old son and eight-year-old son were left at home.
If they could no longer get food, the poor family might be destroyed, so the woman asked her son to sell herself.
Liu Gongfu saw that the woman was pitiful, so he gave her son twenty taels of silver and bought her.
You know, the local landlords and merchants in Shaanxi buy people for three to five taels of silver, and twenty taels of silver is already considered a sky-high price. Therefore, the woman not only had no hatred for Liu Gongfu who bought her, but was extremely grateful.
Liu Gongfu wanted to take the woman's son to Chang'an Town, but the young man was too stubborn. No matter how much he said, he remained indifferent. I insist that even if I die, I will die in my hometown and never become a ghost in a foreign land.
Liu Gongfu had no choice but to take the boy's mother on a journey to Guizhou.
After all, I came here to buy someone and go back to Chang'an Town to be a bachelor's wife. I didn't come here to do charity and be a savior.
In this year of severe drought, every family has its own sad story. How much can I, a mere mortal, save?
Liu Gongfu went to Shaanxi, visited many prefectures and counties, purchased fifty-one women, hired twelve carriages, and brought them back to Guizhou from Shaanxi.
It was a long journey of more than 3,000 miles from northern Shaanxi to southern Guizhou, and these frail women were accompanying them, so it took Liu Gongfu and others more than a month to get back.
"Brother Gongfu, you've had a hard journey!" Zhu Renxia greeted him with a big smile and cupped his fists.
Liu Gongfu, who was covered in dust, got off his horse and returned the salute with clasped fists: "I'm really ashamed. I didn't find out the whereabouts of Lu Chuduan during my trip to Shaanxi."
Zhu Renxia smiled: "It doesn't matter... maybe our guess was wrong. Chang'an Yi Meng Xiao Yao Zui may not have anything to do with Xi'an, maybe it was just a casual comment made by this bull nose. Naturally, we will not gain anything if we seek fish in a tree."
"Thank you mayor for your understanding!"
Liu Gongfu clasped his fists in thanks, and turned to point to the lined up carriages: "This trip to Shaanxi is not without success. I bought a total of fifty-one single women, who can give wives to the bachelors in our town."
Zhu Renxia immediately said to the fifth one: "Thank you, fifth brother, let these women settle down first, and then we will draw up a list later. People with outstanding performance, integrity, hard work and kindness can participate in selecting wives."
"yes."
The fifth man agreed and immediately stepped forward to call the woman on the carriage to get off, "We're home, everyone, come down!"
Accompanied by a "chirp" sound, these women with frightened eyes got off the carriage one after another.
When they learned that the majestic and prosperous Chang'an Town was the place where they would settle down in the future, their uneasiness slowly subsided.
"This place looks quite prosperous, much better than most places in Shaanxi!"
"Yeah, that's not true. I feel it's more prosperous than many other cities. You see, the city walls are all made of jade."
"Sister, take a look at the men training over there. They all look quite strong. They must have eaten well."
"The women in this town have rosy faces and rosy complexions. It seems that Chang'an Town has no worries about food and drink."
Looking at the plump women from Chang'an Town, dressed in red and green, these Shaanxi girls with sallow faces, skinny muscles, shabby clothes, and who had not bathed for more than a month all felt ashamed and couldn't help but lower their heads.
"Brother Gongfu, I have ordered people to prepare a banquet in the banquet hall to welcome you and wash away the dust. Please come into the city."
Zhu Renxia accompanied Liu Gongfu into the city gate. The other entourages dispersed, those with families went home, and those without families returned to their dormitories.
As soon as Zhu Renxia left, Ye Sanniang came looking for fifth place.
"Fifth brother, fifth brother, although these girls look sallow and thin, some of them are beauties. Can you sell a few to us at Yihongyuan?"
"Asshole!"
The fifth person glared, "I think you have forgotten the mayor's warning, right? If you open a brothel in our Chang'an town, you must be honest. Don't have the crooked idea of forcing girls into prostitution, otherwise your legs will be broken and you will be thrown out of Chang'an. town."
"You don't recognize anyone when you put on pants?"
Ye Sanniang rolled her eyes aggrievedly, "Why did you buy these women?"
"Get a wife."
The folding fan in the fifth person's hand directed the women who got off the carriage to line up, chatting with Ye Sanniang.
"Girl-in-law?"
Ye Sanniang was a little confused, "I can understand the distribution of money, grain, and houses in Chang'an Town, so why did you initiate the wife's arrival?"
"Have you learned a lot now? There are many things you didn't expect!"
The fifth person snorted dissatisfiedly, "I told you several times to lower your prostitution fee, but you turned a deaf ear to my words. Now that you think about it, you are getting close to me?"
"Oh...my fifth brother, my sister was really unjustly accused!"
Ye Sanniang slapped her thighs and cried out: "You are the prime minister of Chang'an Town, how can I dare to turn a deaf ear to your words? Didn't we lower the price by twenty copper coins? Don't the fifth brothers know? Yes, yes... …Every time you come to our Yihongyuan, you are always prostituted for nothing, of course you don’t know about the price reduction.”
"Hmph...you still have the nerve to say that!"
The fifth person claps the folding fan in his palm: "Your Yihongyuan earns hundreds of taels of silver in one night, and you are reduced to 20 cents. Are you sending it to beggar?"
"Oh...my fifth brother, I'm not the one selling the meat. The girls don't agree to lower the price. What can I do? Fifth brother, please don't get angry. My sister has sent people to buy seven or eight of them from Liping Mansion in the past few days. Girl, come to Yihongyuan tonight and choose whatever you want."
I heard that these women were used to give wives to the people of Chang'an, not to run brothels, so Ye Sanniang felt relieved and disappeared into the crowd waving her handkerchief.
