Chapter 180: Couple Chatting, Strength in Numbers
Not long after Zhou Changqing and his family left, Zhao Dashan came to the house. His purpose was, of course, to seek help for those who were fired. Unfortunately, Shen Xiangwan's attitude was extremely tough this time. She did not give him any chance to plead for mercy, so he had to return empty-handed. For this reason, those women who had offended Shen Xiangwan with their bad words were all severely beaten up by their men.

"I heard that you accepted Zhou Changqing?"

In the main hall, Wei Chengyi held Shen Xiangwan who was lying on his lap, and looked at her with a strange look in his eyes. When the meat was divided that day, because of her reminder, he not only asked Qingying to check the exiled commoners in Yong'an Village, but also the neighboring Yongning Village, Yongping Village and Yongyi Village. He actually discovered several talents, Zhou Changqing was one of them.

However, because what they were going to do was to kill all nine generations of the clan, he had not taken any action for the time being. He was thinking about waiting and watching, but he didn't expect that his little rascal couldn't help but take action first.

"OK."

Leaning her head on his shoulder, Shen Xiangwan narrowed her eyes slightly: "He is very ill. If he is not treated in time, he can only live for three months at most. You are so good-looking...what are you doing?"

Before Shen Xiangwan finished speaking, she felt a pain in her waist. She suddenly straightened up and glared at him angrily. How could this bastard pinch her? How could you just pinch a woman's waist?

"What did you say I did?"

Staring at her in a resentful manner, Wei Chengyi touched the place he had pinched just now. Who asked her to praise another man's good looks in front of him?

"Dog man!"

Slapping his hand away, Shen Xiangwan roughly rubbed the soft flesh on her waist, and muttered almost vaguely: "I am good-looking to begin with, tell me what's wrong?"

"Wanwan, I can hear you."

With his martial arts skills, no matter how softly she spoke, he could hear her clearly.

Wei Chengyi held his forehead helplessly, why was his little scoundrel so bad?
"I heard it, and I didn't say anything wrong."

Looking up and meeting his eyes, Shen Xiangwan looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"···"

Wei Chengyi was a little tired of being teased by her. After a moment, he touched her waist again: "Does it really hurt?"

"What do you say?"

Rolling her eyes in pretentiousness, Shen Xiangwan squirmed and sat astride his legs.

"I'll rub it for you."

As he said that, Wei Chengyi really started to rub her waist. Since he couldn't do anything with her, he could only pamper her to his heart's content.

Shen Xiangwan leaned against him like a cat with its fur stroked, and said slowly, "I think Zhou Changqing is a decent person, and I just happened to need someone to do something, so I decided to take him in as a condition of curing my illness."

"what's up?"

Raising his hand to touch her face, Wei Chengyi asked softly.

"secret!"

Blinking mischievously, Shen Xiangwan pretended to be mysterious. Although the matter was urgent, she would not order a seriously ill person around. It would not be too late to wait until Zhou Changqing recovered.

"You!"

Poking her head lovingly, Wei Chengyi held her in his arms and continued, "If you need any help, just tell me. I have more than just guards under my command. Most of them are still on standby. In addition, our ice business has already taken off. Currently, the supply exceeds the demand every day. The person in charge has decided to expand the scale, and I have agreed."

What Wei Chengyi didn't say was that he had sent people to several nearby prefectures, not just Chenzhou, to make a killing while the weather was hot. "That's a good thing. Most people who can afford to buy ice cubes to cool off are either rich or noble. It's a waste not to make money from them."

Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but laugh. Who would complain about having too much money? When Bingkuai'er's business was almost done, she would think of other ways to continue to fleece those officials and wealthy families. If she didn't fleece them completely, she would write the three words "Shen Xiangwan" backwards.

"Ah."

Seeing her happy, Wei Chengyi was also happy, and a smile slowly broke out on his handsome face.

The couple chatted idly for a long time until Zhao Yuping and the others came out for lunch break, then they separated and went about their own business. Zhao Dashan helped to look after the fields, while Yuan Xiu and Yuan Su took care of other things. Shen Xiangwan was bored and quietly went back to the space.

Zhao Dashan easily borrowed oxen from several neighboring villages. Every day, five oxen pulled the plow cart at the same time to sow seeds, and the idle manpower followed behind to water the crops. They completed the farming in just a few days.

In the future, the fields will not need so many people, but management will still be needed in the later stage. After Shen Xiangwan discussed with Zhao Dashan, they decided to hire 60 people on a long-term basis at the price of 800 wen per person per month. The competition for this job in the village was extremely fierce, and Zhao Dashan took a lot of effort to finalize it.

The villagers who failed to get work in the fields were not idle either. Yuan Xiu recruited them into the ditch digging team. With their efforts, the three-meter-wide ditch was quickly dug. All that remained was to dig at the location marked by Shen Xiangwan.

In this way, so many people were not needed on the ditch side, so Yuan Xiu asked them to help build houses and schools. Anyway, they could move to wherever they were needed.

"It is done, ma'am, it is done."

On this day, Yuan Xiu excitedly rushed into Shen Xiangwan's study: "Madam, the cement is ready. I used it to make a low wall. It is really as indestructible as you described. I plan to use it to build houses and level ditches."

"Well, it seems you guys are pretty quick."

It has only been a short time, and they actually managed to do it. Shen Xiangwan's face was full of smiles. With the cement, road construction could be put on the agenda. She was really fed up with the bumpy ride every time she went out.

"It's Madam's recipe that's good."

Yuan Xiu didn't dare to bow and just kept complimenting him.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense to me. Here are 20,000 taels of silver. Bring out some more cement and repair the road from our house to the official road outside. It will be more convenient for us to come in and out in the future."

As she spoke, Shen Xiangwan took out a stack of silver bills and handed it to him. Currently, they have employed nearly a thousand people. In addition to the ditch, houses are also being built on the other side. It was arranged by Wei Chengyi. It seems that someone is coming and will live there permanently. She didn't ask, because she would know when the time comes.

"Ma'am, we have money."

Yuan Xiu didn't dare to reach out to take it. If the Second Master knew that he took the Madam's money, wouldn't he be skinned alive?

"Just take it."

Glancing at him unhappily, Shen Xiangwan forced the banknote into his hand and asked, "How is the construction of the school going? Will it be completed by mid-month?"

During this period, all the young men she bought worked together to dig ditches under the scorching sun. They were as tired as dogs every day and dared not make trouble anymore. After the school was built, it was almost time for them to take a break and prepare to learn to read and write.

"No problem, it's almost finished. The tables and chairs you asked us to build are also ready."

"Really? I'll go check it out later."

She hadn't been out recently and had no idea about the construction progress of the school. She didn't expect that it was almost completed. It must be said that there is strength in numbers, and it has only been a short time.

【End of this chapter】

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