After the fifteenth day, the winery started working.

On this day, Li Shao was thinking about recruiting workers for the winery and was thinking about asking the village chief to recommend two people.

The village chief knows everyone in the village well, so those who are recommended don’t dare to play any tricks, otherwise the village chief, as the middleman, will not let them off.

As he was still mumbling to himself, the man came to his door. Li Shao hurriedly invited the village chief into the house and served him tea.

The village chief sat on the chair, took a sip of tea, and sighed: "You built a very nice house, and now we are living a prosperous life." Who would have thought that this man who came to the village alone was so capable.

Li Shao smiled and replied: "It's also thanks to you that you let me stay in the village." The village chief also helped him and Ye Ge'er in the past.

This village chief is indeed very competent. He is always there to help out whenever there are conflicts or conflicts in the village, and he also helps out anyone in need.

So he is usually very busy, and if you have nothing to do, you probably won't come to his house.

Li Shao asked, "What do you want to talk to me about today?"

The village chief was delighted. "Didn't you say before that you wanted to buy some land? You asked me to keep an eye out for you. It just so happens that Mr. Liu in the town is moving his family to the next county, and he probably won't be coming back."

"He has fifty acres of land at the east end of our village, and he's planning to sell it all. I immediately thought of you. This land is two taels and three taels per acre. If you want more, the price can be negotiated. Just tell me how much you want, and I'll ask someone else for the rest."

When Li Shao heard about this good thing, of course he wanted it all for himself, "Uncle Zhao, I want all the 50 acres of land. Can you please lower the price a little? If not, I can accept this price."

In this era, land is a hot commodity. The village chief is the first one to think of him. Once the land is obtained, he has to thank the village chief very much.

The village chief was surprised and said, "You want all fifty acres? That will cost more than one hundred taels of silver!"

Li Shao nodded, "We'll take them all. We farmers still need fields."

The village chief thought so too. Anyone with money would want to buy more land. Only with land and food would they feel at ease. However, it seems that the man from the Li family really makes a lot of money.

Nodding his head, he said, "Okay, if you want all of them, I'll talk to Master Liu about the price. We'll have to get him to lower the price. Selling it to you will save them the trouble."

"I will settle this matter for you in one or two days. Wait for my letter."

Li Shao said gratefully: "Thank you for your concern. I have one more thing I would like to ask for your help."

The village chief smiled and touched his chin. "Just tell me if you have any problem. I will definitely help if I can."

"The winery is short of staff now. We need two quick, honest and simple men. Their daily work is just some washing, rinsing, moving and lifting. It's not difficult, but they need to be strong."

"The wages are 30 cents a day, and one meal is provided at noon. I don't know much about the people in the village, so after thinking about it, I think I should come to you for this matter. Please take a look at who in the village is suitable and recommend two to me."

The village chief slapped his thigh happily and said with a smile: "Thirty cents a day?! Such a high salary, you are thinking of the villagers for such a good thing. I have to thank you on their behalf."

"You are too polite. The people you find must keep their mouths shut. They must not reveal anything they see in the winery, including to their families. I will also sign employment contracts with them. Let's be clear in advance. If they violate the rules, they will not only have to pay compensation, but also go to jail."

After hearing this, the village chief solemnly assured: "Brother Li, don't worry. If there is a person worse than pigs and dogs in our Zhaojia Village, you don't need to ask for anything. We will directly deal with him according to the village rules."

Li Shao smiled and said, "I believe in your vision. Thank you for all your help."

Seeing that he trusted him so much, the village chief felt relieved and said with a smile: "I will definitely select the people for you and bring them over in one or two days. I will definitely not delay your work."

After saying this, he left in a hurry. Li Shao trusted him so much, he had to finish these two things quickly before he could feel at ease.

After seeing off the village chief, Li Shao stopped by the winery to see how they were doing.

When he arrived at the winery, three men were working hard. When they saw him come in, they greeted him while working.

"My boss."

"My boss."

"My boss."

After Li Shao responded one by one, he motioned Shen An to come out, "Two men from the village will come to work in the winery in a few days. Just let them do some work that does not involve the wine recipe. Pay attention to see if they are obedient."

Shen An replied respectfully: "Got it, Boss. I will keep a close eye on them then."

Seeing Zhou Zheng over there constantly glancing at them, Li Shao asked Shen An to go back and call Zhou Zheng over.

Seeing that Zhou Zheng was still a little reserved in front of him, Li Shao asked gently: "How do you feel about the winery recently? Is the work tiring?"

Afraid that he might misunderstand, Zhou Zheng quickly explained: "It's not tiring. Working in a winery is much easier than farming. That's right, that's right..."

Seeing him hesitating, Li Shao couldn't help but pat him on the back and said, "A man should be open and honest. Just say what you want to say."

Zhou Zheng finally mustered up the courage and said, "Boss, a few days ago a man came to me and tried to give me a bag of silver. He said that if I told him the recipe for our winemaking, the silver would be all mine. I said I didn't know the recipe, and even if I did, I wouldn't tell it."

"After a long argument, he said that I just needed to tell him what I did in the winery every day, and then asked me to steal some winemaking materials for him. I kicked him out right away, and didn't take a penny from him, really."

He said it twice, fearing that Li Shao wouldn't believe him.

Seeing his serious look, Li Shao smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, how can I not believe you? I know who you are. Thank you for telling me this."

Seeing that he really believed it, Zhou Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "Boss, it's all thanks to you that my family is living such a good life now. Although I don't have any great skills, I'm not the kind of person who is ruthless and greedy for money."

"I said these things today because I'm afraid that if he fails with me, he will come up with some other tricks to bring disaster to our winery."

Li Shao patted him on the shoulder, nodded and said, "I know who is behind this. Thank you, Brother Zhou. It's okay. Go back and work with peace of mind."

It must be someone from Zuixian Pavilion. After hitting a wall with me last time, they wanted to start with the people around him. It didn’t work on Zhou Zheng this time, so they must have a backup plan.

As expected, a thief broke into the winery that night.

Fortunately, they were prepared. Li Shao asked Shen An and his men to place iron rakes and sharp gravel on the ground inside the wall.

One of the two thieves was unlucky. As soon as he jumped in, his foot was pierced and he kept wailing in pain.

The other one didn't have time to jump in. He wanted to run away when he heard the noise inside, but was pinned to the ground by Sun Liu who rushed out after hearing the noise.

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