If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

After Meixiang received the 200,000 taels of silver from Chu Zeming, she handed it over to Feng Yizhen. As their various plans progressed, Hufang had too many places to spend money, and almost all the cash received was invested. After that, Meixiang no longer had the energy to take care of this matter, and was ready to devote all her thoughts to the development of the pharmaceutical sector.

Early in the morning that day, Meixiang and her group set out for Luojia Village.

Most of the road from Liujia Village to Luojia Village has been repaired. The newly built road has been widened to allow three carriages to pass side by side. Both sides of the road are paved with stones to ensure that they can withstand rain erosion.

The current technology of road surface has not yet produced cement concrete and asphalt. So we found a way to dig mud and pebbles from the river behind the mountain and spread them densely on the road surface. This not only avoids mud caused by rainwater soaking, but also makes the road very flat.

"Who built this road?" Meixiang turned to look at Chu Zeming and asked. The new and old roads in front of them alternated, and the road was quite bumpy, so the young people like Meixiang simply got off the carriage.

Feng Yizhen smiled and said, "It's Ou Mengde, Village Chief Ou. I went to Xiaoliu Village some time ago and saw that he was doing a good job in Xiaoliu Village. The potatoes for the next season and the new sweet potatoes and millet that were given to him have already been planted."

"It just so happened that he was organizing people to repair the houses of villagers who had no able-bodied men at home, as well as to rebuild the roads within Xiaoliu Village. After consulting him, I simply handed the task over to him." Feng Yizheng explained in detail.

This time the government did not ask every household to perform labor service as usual, but instead took out a large sum of silver to hire people to build the road. Therefore, the enthusiasm of the villagers was very high this time. This was a rare opportunity for the people in the villages along the road to earn some money in addition to the harvest from the fields as long as they put in some effort.

Not far from where Meixiang and the others were standing, an old man with gray hair was trying hard to move the scattered stones at his feet and pile them up on a waist-high stone pile. The blue veins on his hands were clearly visible due to the effort, and his arms were trembling slightly, which made people's hearts rise to their throats.

Next to him was a dark-skinned woman in her thirties, carrying a one-year-old child on her back. The child might have just woken up or was hungry, and was twisting and turning with his eyes closed. The woman looked up and estimated the time. She patted the child's butt with an annoyed look on her face, and sighed helplessly.

"Mother of the third son, please go back and take care of the child. It seems that he is about to wake up." The father-in-law said, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hand.

"But Dad, it's still early. It would be a shame to go back now. It's a waste of two copper coins. This damn child woke up at a really bad time." The woman patted the child on her back again in annoyance.

"Haha, go quickly. It will be bad if you wake up and make noise. If I work all day today, I can get a total of 4 copper coins." The father-in-law continued to persuade.

The woman sighed again, and walked helplessly to the villager in charge of recording work and said something. After seeing him pick up the paper and pen beside him and write something down, he carried the child on his back and walked quickly towards home.

At this moment, a child's cry came from not far away: "Wa wah wah..." A little child who was playing alone fell down for some unknown reason and was lying on the ground crying loudly. It was obvious that he had fallen quite hard.

The adults who were busy at work hurriedly stopped their work and turned to look over. A short, slightly old-looking woman put down her shovel and ran over.

"This, this..." Village Chief Ou, who had arrived at some point, wiped the sweat from his forehead and didn't know how to explain this scene.

After a while, he said softly, "Miss, gentlemen, I didn't expect this situation to happen, but I can guarantee that it will not delay the construction period and miss your important event."

He secretly looked up at Meixiang and continued, "It's a rare way for the villagers to make money, so they are reluctant to give it up. Besides, there are not many strong men in the villages, so... I hope Miss will not dismiss them and let them earn some money. But I promise to complete the work with quality and quantity, and not waste a single penny from the government office."

Meixiang looked at the scene in front of her without saying anything. In the farming era, commerce was not developed. If she were in the same situation, she would not desperately grasp such a rare opportunity to earn extra money and would not give it up. So she understood the psychology of these people very well, but understanding is understanding, if something goes wrong, she will really take responsibility.

"Village Chief Ou, we are not saying that we disagree with you giving them a chance, but there are some realistic situations here. You are the old man. What will happen if the stone in his hand accidentally falls?" Chu Zeming glanced at Meixiang and pointed at the trembling hand of the old man with white hair and beard.

Ou Mengde looked in the direction his finger was pointing, and saw his father-in-law's tense face and blue veins on his hands. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Look at the children running around over there. If they accidentally bump into the stone cart, and if the stone cart loses stability, the stones will roll down..." Chu Zeming turned in a different direction, pointed at the still crying child and continued.

Ou Mengde shuddered. If such a thing really happened, it would be a life lost. But on a busy construction site, who can guarantee that these "ifs" will not happen?

"I, I realize that this is much more important than making money. I will immediately send someone to check and rearrange it." Ou Mengde, who reacted, assured with a serious look on his face.

Meixiang turned her head and looked at him and said, "Village Chief Ou, do you remember why we have to do this?" Seeing his puzzled expression, she continued, "Because I want every citizen in Liuzhou Prefecture to have money in their hands. Only when they have money in their hands will they be willing to spend money. Only when someone wants to buy things will more things be produced. In this way, silver can circulate in the hands of the people, and the people's lives can be truly improved."

Meixiang tried to explain the economic principles to Chu Zeming and others in the most understandable language, and also to point out a way for Ou Mengde to solve the problem. It all depended on how much he could understand.

Feng Yizhen looked at the thoughtful expression of Village Chief Ou and knew that he had taken her words into consideration. He turned to Meixiang and said, "Sister Xiang'er, Brother Chu and I will not accompany you to Luojia Village today. We are going to follow Village Chief Ou to see this road and the river in the back mountain."