Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Maybe they think this matter is too unbelievable, after all, ten taels of silver is not a small amount, so they don't believe it, then I will mobilize them well." Thinking of this, Lin Yuan walked out from behind the table and said to everyone: "I am Lin Yuan, I believe everyone must have heard of me, and I assure you that the promise I made can definitely be fulfilled, without a little falsehood." ”

After Lin Yuan said this, he observed everyone's expressions, and he didn't see the slightest temptation from everyone's appearance, so Lin Yuan said again: "If you don't know anything, you can come and ask me." ”

After saying this, the craftsmen below still didn't move, not only that, but a few people also turned around and left, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "Since it has no effect for me to say this to a group of people, then I will specifically pick out one person to say to him." Lin Yuan looked at a lean craftsman in his forties at the front of the crowd and thought, "I'll just ask that person." ”

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan stepped forward and said to the craftsman: "This master, our conditions are so generous, would you like to come?" ”

To Lin Yuan's surprise, the craftsman shook his head, then turned around and squeezed out of the crowd, without even saying a word, when he heard the sound of a gong coming from a building behind him, and everyone said: "It's time to eat, it's time to leave, it's too late to go." So the craftsmen dispersed.

Lin Yuan returned to his seat full of doubts and said to Wan Ling, "Wan Lao, what's going on?" How is it that none of them wants to come? ”

Wan Ling said: "I'm also wondering, I see that many of them have a scared look on their faces, could it be that someone is trying to blackmail them?" ”

Lin Yuan frowned, and said, "Wan Lao, what you said is really reasonable, with that Yuan Er's cunning, they can't let me take people away smoothly, so he must have secretly blackmailed these craftsmen." ”

Wan Ling also nodded, and Lin Yuan said: "In this way, let's go to their canteen and find a few people to ask secretly, to see if Yuan Er is making trouble behind?" ”

Lin Yuan then asked his subordinates to take the things back first, and walked to the canteen with Wan Ling, and walked in when he came to the canteen, only to see a long queue in the place where the rice was served, and the craftsmen all took the bowls by themselves, and then went to fetch rice and vegetables, Lin Yuan pointed to the front with his hand and said, "Let's go and see what they eat." ”

After speaking, Lin Yuan and Wan Ling walked over, and saw rice mixed with rice husks in the big rice pot, and there was only one dish, cabbage and tofu, Lin Yuan said to Wan Ling: "It seems that their life is not very good, they don't follow us after they are like this, someone must be making a ghost!" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Let's find someone to talk to and ask what's going on." So Lin Yuan found an empty seat, and in front of him was a short and fat master, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Hello master, how often can you eat meat here?" ”

The old master was very scared when he saw Lin Yuan, hesitated for a moment and replied, "It's almost a month." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Come to us, there is meat to eat every day." ”

The old master shook his head with a smile, and then picked up the rice bowl to leave, Lin Yuan reached out and put it on his arm, held him down gently, and laughed quietly: "Master, is someone threatening you?" Don't let you go with us! ”

The old master hurriedly said: "No, absolutely not!" ”

Lin Yuan whispered: "Master, you don't have to be afraid, if someone really threatens you and your family, you can tell me, and then you can go with me, I will also send you and your family to the Northeast, and I will give you an extra fifty taels of silver to ensure that no one can hurt you." ”

The old master smiled and said, "Lin Shuai, you misunderstood, no one threatened me, really, I won't go back with you." After saying this, the master stood up and walked away without looking back.

Lin Yuan said to Wan Ling: "Wan Lao, what do you think?" I don't think he's lying to me. ”

Wan Ling said: "I think so, he is very sincere when he speaks, I don't think someone is threatening them, what is going on?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head helplessly and said, "I don't know what to do, I can't think of a reason." ”

Wan Ling said: "I don't know if you have noticed that they are always dodging when talking to you, as if they are deliberately hiding the truth of the matter, if they don't tell the truth of the matter, we have no way to prescribe the right medicine, so the key to solving the problem is: we have to find someone who can tell the truth of the matter, but who can say?" ”

Listening to Wan Ling's words, Lin Yuan suddenly said: "I remember, I saved an old man last night, and now we go to find that old man, no matter what I say, he is also his savior, if he knows the truth of the matter, he will definitely tell us." ”

Wan Ling's eyes lit up and said, "Okay, let's go find this person." ”

Lin Yuan casually found someone to inquire, and knew that the old man on night duty at night was called Yu Lao Wu, and his family lived in a small town next to the factory, so Lin Yuan came to the town with Wan Ling, bought some wine and snacks in the small shop on the street, came to the old man's house, knocked on the door, the old man recognized Lin Yuan at a glance, and said in surprise: "Aren't you the thief last night?" How did you get out? ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "It's all a misunderstanding, I'm not a thief, I saved your life yesterday, don't you remember?" ”

The old man thought for a moment and said, "I felt something pressing on my chest in a daze, and then my brain gradually understood that it was you who saved me." The old man said and saw the wine and food in Lin Yuan's hand, and asked in surprise, "You saved me and bought me something?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "I came to you because I asked you for something. ”

The old man nodded suspiciously, let Lin Yuan and Wan Ling into the room, and asked, "Dare to ask what the two of you call them?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "My name is Lin Yuan, and his name is Wan Ling." ”

The old man was about to kowtow when he heard this, but Lin Yuan stopped him and smiled: "Let's get down to business, let me ask you, do you know anything about me recruiting workers in the factory?" ”

The old man nodded, and Lin Yuan asked, "Then did you say something above that made the people in the factory dare not go with me?" ”

The old man frowned when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "This ......"

Lin Yuan looked displeased and said: "I heard that you Yu Laohan is a good person who repays the grace of dripping water, but now it's good, can't the grace of saving your life be exchanged for a truth?" ”

The old man was so agitated by Lin Yuan, and suddenly said, "Okay, I'll tell you what the above said." Then he lowered his voice and said to Lin Yuan: "Early this morning, the general office and the special envoy gathered all the workers together, and then told them that Lin Yuan was coming to recruit workers, so everyone should not go." ”

Lin Yuan asked, "Then what about the reason for not letting me go?" ”

The old man said: "That's what they said, Lin Shuai, you don't know how to build shipbuilding at all, and the imperial court didn't let you build warships, so your recruitment is fake, and the hidden tricks are true, so everyone must be careful, don't be moved when you see your favorable conditions, and when the time comes, you will be deceived to the northeast, and you don't know how you died!" ”