Rebirth of the Evil Stepmother and the Four Villainous Children

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My father told me about this matter because he probably wanted him to help Madam Zhou get a name with His Majesty. This kind of business involves sharing profits with aristocratic families. How could it not be dangerous?

Naturally, Xie Anming also thought of this question: "So, Xiao Li, what do you mean?"

Xie Anming called his subordinates "little" or "old" to refer to the younger and closer ones, and "old" to refer to the older ones, which he felt was much more intimate than calling them "my dear minister" or "my dear minister".

But that doesn't mean he is a soft persimmon. He can ascend to the throne smoothly and sit firmly on this position. He is not as simple as he looks on the surface.

Li Jing said: "Your Majesty, do you want to protect me?"

Xie Anming said: "Of course, write a letter to Yang Tian and tell him that it is my wish to protect him."

Li Jing was naturally happy after hearing the words from His Majesty. He bowed and took his leave. Then he went home and wrote a letter to Yang Tian.

In the mountain village.

Zhou Rongrong was busy. Apart from the orders for Ma Fei San to the military, they were also supplied to Boss Li and Mr. Shi. There was no need for her to be busy, as Liu Dazhuang and his men had brought back a pile of orders.

Fortunately, people were smart enough not to be assigned to the same time period. So Zhou Rongrong took Jiang Laosan and Jiang Manman to various villages to collect bamboo.

Liu Dazhuang and his men were digging the hole with great effort.

The first stop was Zhangjia Village. With Mr. Zhang in charge, things went much more smoothly in the village.

Mr. Zhang received Zhou Rongrong and his group early in the morning. He couldn't hide his smile. Thanks to the relationship between his son and Zhou Rongrong's children, his order was put at the front.

"Boss Zhou, I've been waiting for you for a long time. When do you think we'll start? I'll just need to tell the village chief."

Zhou Rongrong said: "Now we can."

Mr. Zhang said, "Well, then Boss Zhou, please wait a moment."

Mr. Zhang hurriedly went to find the village chief of Zhangjia Village, Zhang Yi.

When the village chief heard that Zhou Rongrong had arrived, he hurriedly called each family over. Soon, almost everyone in Zhangjia Village had arrived.

They had originally planned to hand over the task of harvesting bamboo to Jiang Laosan, so the two of them stood aside and asked Jiang Laosan to do it.

Facing so many people, including many unfamiliar faces, Jiang Laosan was very nervous. However, when he thought of the baby in his wife's belly and the need to save money for her education, he gained courage.

He cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, we are from the bamboo workshop in the Dashan Village next door. We are here today to buy bamboo that is 1-2 years old. We don't buy bamboo that is older than this. Five bamboos are two cents. You can place an order today."

The most common tree in the mountains is bamboo. There is a bamboo forest behind every house, not counting the bamboos grown on the mountains and those planted by households. Usually, they just weave some things or dig bamboo shoots to eat.

Is there anyone who wants to collect bamboo now? I have heard of it, but is it feasible?

Those who had used the kang in the mountain village before would believe it, not to mention that the pretty woman standing next to it was Zhou Rongrong.

Several families asked.

"Brother, how did you decide on this?"

This matter was decided by Jiang Laosan. He felt that people who made empty promises might not necessarily believe him, so he wrote an agreement and had it witnessed by the village chief. He put down a deposit of five cents and would settle the bill on the spot after they delivered the money without any delay.

He said, "We can sign an agreement. Our workshop will give you a five-cent deposit, and you can return the money after you deliver it."

Five cents is not a lot for Zhou Rongrong, but for the farmers in the village who work hard in the fields, it is a lot of money. After all, if you work in the town, you get ten cents a day, and you may be deducted from your salary.

Moreover, if you calculate, five bamboos cost two cents, and one person can cut dozens of bamboos a day, which is really a lot.

Even Mr. Zhang was thinking that since he had bamboos in his own farms, he might as well cut them all down and consider it as a reward to the people in the farms.

Mr. Zhang said with a smile: "Young man, do you want my bamboo?"

Jiang Laosan didn't expect that such a rich man like Mr. Zhang would earn such hard-earned money. But then he thought, he didn't cut the trees himself, so he said.

"Of course, of course."

Mr. Zhang went to sign the agreement first, took out five cents and put it in his pocket, and agreed to deliver it one by one the next day.

The agreement is in duplicate. When you bring the agreement with you to deliver the bamboo, it will serve as proof, and both parties will know the truth once they get to know each other.

Seeing that Mr. Zhang had signed the agreement, the rest of the people had nothing to fear and rushed forward to sign the agreement. For a moment, the table in front of Jiang Laosan was surrounded by a crowd of people.

"Hey, hey, hey, line up, don't squeeze the little brother." Zhang Yi smiled so hard that his teeth were invisible. Who wouldn't be happy to make money? So he took action to maintain order.

Arranged by the village chief, everyone soon lined up.

Zhou Rongrong was standing aside. She had long observed that the river channel of Dashan Village seemed to be connected with several villages. It was a river with basically no forks, and the road was also built along the river channel, so she asked.

"Mr. Zhang, is this river accessible to all the villages?"

Mr. Zhang: "Yes, it not only connects Dashan Village and Zhangjia Village, but this river is called Tuojiang River, and it is the same river throughout Zhao County."

Zhou Rongrong wondered, "Since the water system is so developed, why do I see more people using pipelines and fewer waterways?"

Mr. Zhang sighed and said, "There is nothing we can do. There are pirates on the Tuojiang River. Who dares to go by water?"

Zhou Rongrong thought, before Xie Wuyou faked his death, could he make some contribution? Friends are pretty good, and helping is what we should do. With water transportation, everything is much more convenient. Just build a bamboo raft, and the bamboos from all the villages can be transported here. Isn't this much simpler?

After all, many families don’t have cars at home, and it would be very troublesome to deliver the goods by manpower.

A lot of agreements were signed in Zhangjia Village. The children had not yet finished school at this time, so Zhou Rongrong and Jiang Manman did not need to go with the surrounding villages. Only Jiang Laosan took the copper coins to preach.

After returning home, Zhou Rongrong found Xie Wuyou and told him about the water bandits. The water bandits in Tuojiang River were indeed a long-standing problem in Zhao County.

The two of them went to ask Uncle Zhou together.

Uncle Zhou said, "I do know about this matter. The water bandits in Tuojiang River can be traced back to ten years ago. At that time, there was a severe drought in Zhao County. Many people could not afford to live and were about to starve to death. There was a village called Zhaojia Village, which directly engaged in water bandit activities. This has been going on for ten years. It's not that the government hasn't gone to suppress the bandits, but you can imagine that several surrounding villages have benefited from others, so they are really protected. When they heard that someone was suppressing the bandits, someone went to inform them, and those people hid in the mountains and could not be found.

That's not all. After all, we could just issue an order to close the mountain. But gradually, more and more of these people came. They all grew up by the river and were good at swimming. They were like white sharks in the waves. They would rob and run away, and would not kill unless necessary. Just like that, our Zhao County's waterway was ruined."

The more Zhou Rongrong listened, the more surprised she became. A whole village of people were bandits? If they became bandits to survive the severe drought, then why were they still bandits when the weather was good in recent years?

"Then the government won't care?"

Uncle Zhou shook his head and said, "How dare we do that? There are probably more than a thousand people in Zhaojia Village now. How can we manage them? The people in Zhaojia Village don't communicate with outsiders. Even if they marry, they marry with people from surrounding villages. If there are more than a thousand people, I'm afraid the jail cells won't be able to hold them all, right? Why are you asking this?"

Zhou Rongrong smiled and said, "It's okay, I just asked out of curiosity."

Uncle Zhou said, "Don't cause trouble. Those people are very scary."

Zhou Rongrong thought to herself, I'm not causing trouble, I just can't stand it. They're blocking my way to wealth, so I have to teach them a lesson, right?

Zhou Rongrong from Dashan Village is no pushover, but she looked very obedient and kept nodding her head.

The two of them left Uncle Zhou's house, chatting as they walked.

"What do you think, Lord God of War?"

Lord God of War said that any young general around him could break this situation, not to mention that I am Lord God of War, but Xie Wuyou’s opportunities to show his courtesy are very rare.

"Ten days, I'll give you a satisfying and clear waterway."

"Then I'll go with you."

Xie Wuyou nodded and agreed without even thinking: "I couldn't ask for more."