After dressing as a widow

Yan Canghai stepped aside and saluted Gu Lin.

Gu Lin slightly reined in the horse, and rode on the horse and said, "All the grain seeds transported to the state capital have been planted. On behalf of the people in Lizhou, I thank Boss Yan for bringing the grain seeds in time."

Yan Canghai hurriedly said: "It's the little Sansheng's luck to be able to contribute a little or two."

The weather was hot and the curtain of the carriage was pulled. Lin Zhen looked at Yan Canghai: "Brother Yan, when did you wait here?"

Gu Lin looked at Yan Canghai.

Inexplicably, Yan Canghai felt the hairs on his back stand on end, he shuddered and said, "I just came here not long ago." He looked at the girls and brothers who came out of the carriage, "Who are these people?"

Lin Zhen smiled and said: "I recruited workers in Dongyang County. The workshop not only wants to do the business of Yurong powder flower dew lipstick, but also wants to try to do other things after returning home. There are not enough people, so I recruited workers here. some people."

When asked about where he came from, the girl and the buddies who clenched their hands unconsciously relaxed when they heard Lin Zhen's voice.

That incident was a bloody wound on their hearts, even if they were just being watched, they would feel unbearable pain.

Yan Canghai heard Lin Zhen's words and nodded his head: "I see, when the new goods come out, Boss Lin must not forget our agreement." Give him the first batch of new goods.

Lin Zhen reassured him: "I will never forget it."

After greeting him, Yan Canghai asked his subordinates to wait for Gu Lin and Lin Zhen to pass first, and then follow behind.

"Hiss—" Yan Canghai rubbed his neck, always feeling that something was wrong with him, he felt chilly, but his body was always in good condition, and he hadn't caught a cold for several years.

Yan Canghai said to the casual people: "We have medicine pills to cure the injury in our hands, give me two later."

The accompanying people looked at their boss, and nodded for a moment: "Yes."

He looked at the sun in the sky, the boss didn't get cold from the heavy rain two days ago, but now it's hot and he can't stand it anymore.

But the cold is not a trivial matter, so I hurried to get the pills from the carriage.

Lin really knew the way back, but because of the heavy rain a few days ago, some places rushed out of the tunnel, and the wheels of the carriage had to be avoided to avoid sinking into it.

In the evening of the next day, the carriage convoy finally arrived outside the city of Lizhou.

Perhaps because of the rain in the past few days, the wild grasses and wild vegetables on the land were lush and green, and it was very gratifying to look at. Many men, women and children were digging wild vegetables with baskets.

Lin Zhen was sitting on the horizontal board outside the carriage. When the people digging up wild vegetables saw him, many people immediately said, "It's Boss Lin. Boss Lin is back from business!"

"Then you can continue to dig the grass and sell it to the Shui Fen Fang!"

"It's definitely possible. My niece works in the water powder workshop. She said that you grass can only be used if Boss Lin takes it fresh, so she told me to wait at home. She will tell me when Boss Lin comes back."

"Hey, your niece works in the shuifen workshop. She is really promising. I heard that Boss Lin eats meat, eggs, and buckwheat rice mixed with white rice. Is it true?"

"That must be true. My niece said that there are three dishes and one soup a day for that meal. Whether it is meat slices or bones, there is always meat." To be honest, which one is not gluttonous in this year, my niece is It's impossible to lie, just look at her face that has been slick for half a month, and you can tell that there is no meat and no meat.

I don't know when Boss Lin will recruit workers, and she wants to ask her own children to try it.

I don't know who opened the mouth, and suddenly asked Lin Zhen loudly: "Boss Lin, when will you harvest the grass!?"

Lin Zhen looked at the place where the words came out, and said: "We will start collecting them tomorrow. There are a lot of recycling. We will collect five thousand catties first, and we will let you know when we collect them later."

These days, the Lin’s gouache shop opened by Lin Zhen has long been a topic of conversation in the state capital, talking about the bags of rice carried in, the wages of the workers, the meal at noon, and even babbling. All the children were told by the adults that they knew the words Lin's Water Fenfang.

From these things, the big guy has a good impression of Lin Zhen, and thinks that Boss Lin is a generous person.

Hearing his response now, I couldn't help but ask other things: "Boss Lin, is the gouache workshop still recruiting?"

"Take me in to do something. I have great strength. I can carry two bags of rice at a time."

"I can carry three bags!"

Lin Zhen said to the man who was digging wild vegetables: "The water powder workshop is not recruiting workers for the time being, but other workshops will be opened soon, so those who want to work can pay attention."

"Really! Then I'll wait for the good news from Boss Lin. If Boss Lin gets rich and opens a few more workshops, we can earn two dollars!"

For a while, people everywhere said auspicious words to Lin Zhen.

Make him rich.

I want him to do business well.

I want him to live a long life.

When Yan Canghai and the people who came with him saw the scene before them, they felt a little unbelievable. With their business status, no matter where they went, they would be called treacherous and cunning, saying that they stole other people's money.

But these people in Lizhou Prefecture sincerely look forward to Lin Zhenhao, and their hot sincerity is moving.

The carriage convoy entered the state capital, Gu Lin took two yamen servants back to the government office first, and went to Dongyang County for two days. If there is a backlog, it must be dealt with as soon as possible.

Lin Zhen said to Yan Canghai: "Whether Brother Yan is interested, follow me to the gouache workshop."

Yan Canghai, who was interested in Yurong powder and Hualu lipstick, would naturally not refuse. He and the people accompanying him said: "Except Ah Da, you all go to the inn to stay first." Then he took the man named Ah Da to follow Lin Zhen went to Guangshun Lane.

First came to the No. [-] courtyard. Niu Dazheng took the workers to carry the purchased rice in for storage. Pick up the rice on the ground one by one and put it in a bowl.

The worker of Niu Dajing, who was busy counting the numbers, reminded him that when he found Lin Zhen and the others, he was so overjoyed that he almost ran forward: "Boss, you are back!"

Lin Zhen: "I'm not here these days, so nothing went wrong."

"No, everyone in the state capital knows the relationship between Mr. Zhizhou and you, so how dare you have other thoughts, and didn't you teach those people to compost and dung water a few days ago? Now that the grain seeds have been planted, it is When the buds are flourishing, it is too late to thank you."

"It's not just you here, Lord Zhizhou, Lord Tongzhi, Lord Judge and the servants in the yamen, you can see the things that the people quietly put there at the gate of the government yamen."

With Gu Lin's strong executive power, Lin Zhen's composting manure water, Quyuan plow, and the cooperation of the state government, the arable area of ​​more than 30 villages around the state capital this year has greatly increased by three or four times that of previous years. The past few days have been even more lively. Because Quyuanli has plowed the land deeply and used dung water before sowing, the buds that come out are very neat and strong.

Lin Zhen couldn't help but smile when he heard that the grain seeds had sprouted.

The germination is good. As long as the sprouts do not face a catastrophe, the people will be able to eat this year's new grain. The efforts of so many people are not in vain.

He looked back at Yan Canghai and said: "The seeds planted by the common people were all transported by Brother Yan with a group of merchants, and it was also thanks to Brother Yan and many merchants."

It was not the first time for Yan Canghai to come to the capital of Lizhou. In the past, when he was doing business, he would deal with some people and send some goods in, but the capital of Lizhou at this moment was quite different from what he remembered.

There are many more things.

Hearing Lin Zhen's words, he was taken aback for a moment and said, "Boss Lin praised me too much. We just collected Lizhou's bonds and made a deal with Master Zhizhou, so we can't take credit for it."

Lin Zhen saw that he was modest, so he didn't continue this topic, and signaled Niu Da to look at the girl and brother in the carriage behind him: "They are workers I recruited in Dongyang County, because they don't live in the state capital. , so you first rent a yard in Guangshun Lane or a place not far from Guangshun Lane to settle them down, and they will be the first batch of people to work when the new workshop opens."

Niu Da didn't ask why he recruited more than a dozen workers from so far away in Dongyang County. From his point of view, Lin Zhen's words are correct and cannot be doubted.

Then Lin Zhen asked Zhou Zhengchu, Shaoying, Ge Yang and others to go back to Yard No. [-] to rest, and told Niu Da and the others to do business with him and not to do other work. The injured Zhou Zhengchu wanted a doctor to take a look. hurt.

"I'll take this Boss Yan to the No. [-] yard to have a look, you guys do it first." After explaining everything, Lin Zhen took Yan Canghai to the No. [-] yard for Yurongfan.

Courtyard No. [-] is only a hundred steps away from Courtyard No. [-]. Several people have long legs, and they can speak quickly.

When the gatekeeper saw Lin Zhen coming, he said happily, "The boss is back?"

"The boss is back?!"

"Hey, hurry up, the boss is back!"

When Lin Zhen heard this voice, he knew it was Niu Da's mother. Looking inside, she saw Niu Da Niang coming out of the right side room where she was cooking, wiped her hands on her apron and walked up to her with a smile: "The boss is thinner, There is so little flesh on the face."

She stretched out her fingers to compare, there was such a big gap between the two fingers.

Lin Zhen was happy: "If I lose so much weight, I won't look good anymore."

Aunt Niu said: "The boss is always good-looking, but he needs to make up more, so as not to waste his body."

Niu Da's daughter-in-law also followed behind, shyly saying hello to Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen brought Yan Canghai and Ah Da in. The girls and brothers who were working actually heard the gatekeeper and Mrs. Niu calling Boss Lin back, and they all wanted to see Boss Lin and fight with Boss Lin. They said hello, but they were hired workers, and they didn't dare to stop their work. They only said to Lin Zhen one after another after he walked in: "The boss is back."

The bold one added: "The boss is not tired on the road, is he?"

Lin Zhen replied to the boy named Maizi who asked if he was tired, "Not tired."

Then he called Yan Canghai over to have a look: "This is the oriole rice for making oriole jade powder."

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