"Su Xin, you go and tell my grandfather about them, I suspect that there may be someone behind the Zhang family, let the family send someone to secretly investigate this matter, a small merchant also dares to grab profits from our family, which is unreasonable in itself."

After Zilan sent away the Wang steward, she ordered Su Xin to go back to the Song family, and vaguely felt that this matter was not so simple, where did the merchants dare to resist the official family, there must be someone behind them, and it was not a petty official, otherwise he couldn't be so bold.

"Yes, I'll go back."

"Well, go ahead."

Zilan stayed at the farm, watching them replant tree seeds, prepare for the autumn harvest and other things, and take a break by the way.

The days in the farm are leisurely, the idyllic scenery is pleasant, the pace of life has slowed down, and everyone faces the autumn harvest with a peaceful and satisfied smile on their faces.

Zilan and Song Zhengtian were worried that there would not be enough water to irrigate their farmland, so they dug two more wells, dug an extra canal, and built a water storage tank, which was necessary to save most of the harvest in case of drought.

In the ancestral field of the Song family, she also spent her own money to dig a deep well for the clan, dug more canals and other facilities, and did a good job of prevention.

Every year, everyone will donate money, Zilan will make records and statistics, and focus on one or two major things after discussing with the clan every year.

For example, the year before last, we built a canal, customized a waterwheel, and dug a deep well, both of which are big projects, but they are very beneficial to the people, and they will benefit from it for decades or even centuries in the future.

This initiative has been retained, and everyone collectively discussed, put forward major things that need to be improved or improved, and used the donated money to concentrate on it for the benefit of the people and everyone.

"Miss, those two Mo family disciples ask to see you."

Mu Xiang came in to report.

"Let me in, I'll see."

Mu Xiang brought two people in, an older young boy, who looked not very old, only eighteen or nineteen years old. The other was a young girl, about ten years old, a little shy and scared, looking left and right curiously.

"Mo Yan has seen the eldest lady, this is my sister Mo Ling."

"I heard Steward Wang talk about you, saying that you can do all kinds of organs?"

"Yes, I am a descendant of the Mo family, and the Mo family's tricks are all in my hands, but my father went suddenly, there are some things I haven't learned yet, and I need time to study them slowly."

"Well, I heard you're in some trouble? Offended? ”

Zilan glanced at Mo Yan and asked.

Mo Yan glanced at her sister, Zilan smiled and said, "Agarwood, take her down to get some snacks and fruits to eat, I'll talk to Mo Yan, and my little sister will go with your sister Agarwood to eat fruits." ”

Mo Ling looked up at her brother and didn't speak, but when she saw her brother nodding, she obediently took Agarwood's hand and went out.

"Miss Hui, I did offend someone, it is the Geng family, that is, the queen's mother. Our Mo family will make organs, and sometimes we know a lot of secrets.

My father was reluctant to do things for his family, so he suffered a catastrophe, and I escaped with my sister, and the king steward helped me redo the household registration before taking me to the capital. ”

Zilan thought for a while and said with a smile: "You want to take revenge, I can't help you at the moment, that is, the queen is the mother of the country, and the Song family will not fight the mother of the country for you." ”

She chuckled and refused directly.

"I know, my father won't let me take revenge, only let me take my sister to live well, the Mo family is only me and my sister, the trick must be passed on, and only if you live can you have a future."

Mo Yan raised his head and sighed, the corners of his eyes were crystal bright, after experiencing many life and death catastrophes, joys and sorrows, this young man was already mature and stable.

"You're still sober, are you willing to stay and do things for my Song family? The conditions are naturally favorable. ”

Seeing his hesitant expression, Zilan immediately smiled, "Don't worry, my family won't let you dig up the grave to do things that lack virtue, I just need the trick to prevent theft in the store, and I don't need you to do anything bad." ”

Mo Yan breathed a sigh of relief and apologized for the gift, "Please ask the eldest lady to atone for your sins, I'm really a little scared." ”

"You stay in the Song family to do things for my family, help me research some organs and weapons for self-defense, and in return, I will let the clan learn to educate your sister.

My Song family's ethnography is to train everyone's young lady, and the candidates who come out to say that they are also very good. At present, my Song family no longer accepts outsiders.

If you don't feel at ease, you can also change your name, so that you don't have to worry about retaliation in the future, this is the limit of what I can do, it's impossible to retaliate against the queen's mother, I don't want to get into trouble. ”

Mo Yan clasped his fists again and saluted, "Thank you for your kindness, when I came to the capital, I changed my sister's surname, my mother's surname, Li Ling." If you can study in the Song family, it will be the best.

As long as it is not a traitor or a violation of law and discipline, Mo Yan is willing to do his best for the Song family. ”

"You can rest assured of this, if my Song family wants to think long-term, it doesn't rely on cheating, my grandfather is a general in the northwest, and I want to make some weapons and the like to share the worries of his old family."

"Do you know how to build a ship?"

Zilan asked again.

Mo Yan shook his head, "My father has participated in shipbuilding, but I haven't done it, but I will do the mechanism, if you find someone to build the ship, I can help you make the mechanism for coastal defense and theft, I will." ”

"Oh, that's good. In this way, you can stay in this Zhuangzi for the first time, and as for your sister, you can go to the Song family to learn classes after a few days. ”

"Thank you, do I need to sign the contract?"

Mo Yan knew that the big family had a lot of means, and there must be a way to restrain him.

"No need, since I dare to use you, I trust you. Besides, with your ability you can't get out of my hands, unless you don't want your sister's life.

You sincerely do things for me, I carefully teach and take care of your sister, and train her to be a lady, and in the future, it will be said that distant relatives are good relatives, solve your worries, and we will cooperate happily. Otherwise, I'll give you as a gift, what do you think? ”

Zilan tilted her head and looked at him with a smile.

"Thank you, Miss, just tell me what you need me to do."

Mo Yan took a deep breath, this is the master, the contract or something is really a decision, just saying that the upbringing of his sister is enough for him to stay in the Song family.

"Well, you call yourself Li Yan to the outside world, is it okay to follow your mother's surname?"

"Yes, that's what the family register says."

Mo Yan immediately responded, and it was not appropriate for the Geng family to find him at present, so as not to cause trouble.

"As for what you're going to do next, show me the gadgets you can make and let me know what level you're at, I'm thinking about asking you to do something."

"Yes."

Mo Yan didn't resist too much, he brought his sister a lot of inconvenience, and because he offended the queen's mother Geng family, he was like a lost dog, if it wasn't for the king's steward to re-register him, maybe the grass on the grave would have grown taller.

Now that the Song family has such a generous treatment, even if he knows that there is danger, he still has to do it hard, not to mention that Zilan promised him not to do bad things.

After thinking about it, the Song family is not like the Geng family, the big family has been inherited for a long time, and they are thoughtful, so they won't do anything bad.