Chapter Seventy-Five: Conspiracy in the Night
"My lord, shall we show our wealth like this?" Chen Ping asked Chen Yue quietly. Everyone understands the truth that wealth is not exposed, and Chen Ping doesn't understand why Chen Yue exposed his silver to a stranger.
"Whatever you're afraid of, what should come will come, how can you lure out a hungry wolf without throwing out a rabbit!" Chen Yue said with a smile.
In the morning, there were already villagers who came to the inspection department one after another to help rest the yard, and there were six or seven carpenters among the dozens of villagers, who were gathering together to discuss how to renovate the yamen.
At the same time, a large number of timber, bricks and tiles were transported from nearby villages and towns, some of which were purchased by Yang Zhengping, and some of them were spontaneously sent to sell building materials when they heard about the reconstruction of the Yamen of the Inspection Department.
There were some finished doors and windows in the building materials, which were removed from the house at first glance, and Chen Yue suspected that some of them were removed from the yamen of the inspection department.
As long as it was a building material that was confirmed by the craftsman to be usable, Chen Yue accepted it with a smile and paid a higher price than the market. Seeing that the inspection department was indeed rich, the villagers who came to deliver the building materials went back happily and made an appointment to transport more materials.
A few years ago, a catastrophe left ten rooms empty, and a large number of houses were abandoned, and now that someone has bought them, it is still good to get some bricks from the ruins to sell. In such a cold winter season, it is rare to find a livelihood that can earn copper coins.
Compared with making bricks and tiles to make money, many villagers are more inclined to come to the inspection department to help the yamen, not to mention that the helpers can earn some wages, but also mix a full meal, thick porridge made of rice, yellow, orange and orange cornmeal, this kind of food is very attractive to many villagers.
There is a bad point in the construction in winter, that is, it is easy to freeze in cold weather, but fortunately, most of the main body of the four walls of the house is still there, that is, the lack of doors, windows and roofs, these are mostly carpentry work, if you build the wall, you can only wait until after the spring.
Li Chang Zhao Li's energy is very large, and the number of people who have mobilized to help in such a winter is as many as thirty or forty people, and according to the speed of the project, it only takes seven or eight days to repair most of the houses.
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When night fell, Xishan Town was silent, only the light came out of the window of a lonely house at the entrance of the village.
Li Chang Zhao Li sat cross-legged on the kang in the room, and poured himself a wine glass with a calm expression.
The hidden door was suddenly pushed open, a cold wind hit in, and the oil lamp on the kang table flickered suddenly. A strong man walked in, took off the thick hat on his head, and sat down on the kang with his mouth and hands.
"Brother Zhao is so free and easy these days, he has wine and food, but he is much better than the younger brother." The strong man grinned and picked up another wine glass on the kang table, drank it all, twisted a peanut and threw it into his mouth, and chewed it.
"You old man and young man are crying poor here in Lao Tzu, in the past few years, your Black Wind Village has been calling for wind and rain, and you have done a few big deals, is there still a few mouthfuls to eat?" Zhao Li scolded with a smile.
"What we are doing is a business of licking blood on the knife edge, where it is more comfortable than the people of your official mansion, sitting in this Xishan town, as long as you move your mouth, you have everything in silver and wealth." U Lao Avenue.
"Less damn for Lao Tzu, there's a big deal here, do you do it or not?" Zhao Li pushed away the wine glass and looked at Boss Wu with blazing eyes.
"What kind of big deal it is, I'd like to hear it." Boss Wu's expression also became serious.
Shaoqing......
"This is a rebellion against officials, a deed that has lost its head!" Boss Wu straightened up and looked solemn.
"Cut, your boss has been able to lose his head in less business over the years? Less nonsense, to do or not to do? Zhao Li didn't raise his head and continued to pour himself a drink.
"If you have money, you will be punished by God, and you will do it!" Boss Wu slammed the table hard, and the smashed cups and saucers trembled.
"Your fucking little move, and you won't let Lao Tzu eat it!" Zhao Li hurriedly protected the cups and saucers on the table and scolded angrily.
"Hey, hey, hey," Boss Wu laughed dryly, "We've taken over the business, I don't know how to divide the two of us?" ”
In the territory of Xishan Town, nothing can get around the head snake Zhao Li, since Zhao Li is looking for him to do this business, he must give him a share of the benefits, but I don't know how big Zhao Li's appetite is?
"All I need is all the money and the firecracker, and the rest is yours." Zhao Li indifferently put forward his own conditions.
"What? You want all the silver, why did Lao Tzu work for a long time? Boss Wu jumped up and said angrily.
"What are you excited about, in addition to the silver taels, there are also nine war horses, all of which are excellent Liaodong horses, as well as armor and weapons and more than ten stones of grain, aren't they all what you need?" Zhao Li asked coldly, "Don't tell Lao Tzu that you haven't sent someone to understand their details!" ”
"Hey, hey, hey......" Boss Wu laughed dryly, he did send someone to investigate the details of the new inspection department and others, but without the approval of the governor Zhao Li, he didn't dare to do it here, Zhao Li's strength in his hands was much greater than him, and he was the head of the government on the surface, once he colluded with the inspection department, I am afraid that waiting for Heifeng Village would be a catastrophe!
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As night fell, the compound of the Inspection Division, which had been busy all day, quieted down, and the family members went back to their rooms to rest after dinner. After arranging the sentry on duty at night, Chen Yue was about to go back to his room to sleep, when Feng Ai Ai stood in front of him.
"What's the matter, Sister-in-law Feng?" Chen Yue asked in surprise.
"Great, my lord," somehow, in front of this young inspector, Feng Shi had an inexplicable nervousness, maybe it was that Chen Yue's indifferent order to kill the evil cousin on the road shocked her at the moment, or it could be that he had the official authority that made her dare not approach, but there were some things she didn't dare not say, because the stakes were really high.
"My lord, today, today I see that among the villagers who are working, there seems to be an acquaintance, as if it is from my neighboring village." Feng said Ai Ai.
"Oh? Is it close to your village? Chen Yue looked at her with a smile.
"No, our village is due south, not close. No, that's not what I'm going to say," was stared at by Chen Yue, Feng Shi panicked inexplicably, only to feel that his body was trembling and his face was hot.
"And what are you talking about? Don't rush, speak slowly. Chen Yue looked at the young woman in front of him with a smile, she was already the mother of a three or four-year-old child, and she was still so shy.
"That, that person from the neighboring village, he is no longer a good citizen, I heard a year ago that he went to the Black Wind Village and became a bandit, you have to be careful!" After steasing his mind, Feng finally said what he wanted to say, and then turned around in a panic and ran into the kitchen.
So that's the case, Chen Yue looked at Feng's panicked back thoughtfully, and a smile appeared on his face.
Black Wind Village, bandits, Li Chang Zhao Li, really interesting!