"What? You said that the big house got the land? Qin Huaihu had just recovered from a serious illness when he heard this news that surprised and angered him, and asked the housekeeper several questions in a row, "How did they get it?" Lord Xu personally approved? ”

"This ......" The housekeeper wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and replied with some snort: "Lord Xu sent someone two days ago, saying that he invited the master to go and tell him something, but at that time, you were sick, and Mrs. helped refuse. They can ...... Probably got it back then. ”

Qin Huaihu was silent after hearing this, and lowered his eyes and pondered. The last time the two small ones in the big house went to the yamen to buy land, seeing that Lord Xu's meaning was obviously on his side, it didn't make sense that he had changed his mind as soon as he left Lord Xu? Is there anything else he doesn't know?

Thinking like this, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the housekeeper and asked, "What did Lord Xu say later?" ”

The housekeeper responded: "Yes, Lord Xu said that a noble man intervened, and he had to sell the land to them, and asked the lord not to be surprised." ”

"Noble?" Qin Huaihu was puzzled, "Who are you talking about?" ”

The butler shook his head, "I don't have a description. Lord Xu also said that he asked the master not to ask who it was, in short, he and the master couldn't afford to offend someone. ”

Can't afford to offend? Who could that be? Qin Huaihu is now full of thoughts, who is this person? Can even make Lord Xu, who is the prefect, dare not offend?

The housekeeper saw that his master was once again in deep thought, and couldn't help but feel that things might get very tricky. Originally, the people from the eldest lord's side suddenly appeared in the Southern Imperial Mansion City, and he was already derelict in his duty before he noticed it immediately; Now that he has delayed the news of their arrival for so long, I wonder if the master will blame him?

"Master, what should we do next?" The butler asked in a trembling whisper.

"What should I do?" Qin Huaihu glanced at him with a very ugly face, and snorted coldly: "Things have come to this point, you just came to tell me that you know, and now you have to ask me what to do?" Why don't you wait until everyone on the other side of the house has moved back? ”

When the housekeeper heard this, his body trembled, and he knelt on the ground tremblingly, "Master forgive me, two days ago you were sick in bed, and Mrs. gave an order not to let you tell you these troubles, the old slave really has no other way!" ”

"Alright, alright, you go down." Qin Huaihu frowned irritably, he didn't want to listen to these afterthoughts, he waved his hand impatiently, and wanted to send the housekeeper out so that he could be quiet.

Seeing that the master didn't mean to punish him, the housekeeper slowly fell back to the place where he had raised his heart just now, and kowtowed to Qin Huaihu twice in a trembling manner, and said gratefully: "Thank you, master, for not blaming him, the old slave will step back." After speaking, he stood up, slowly took two steps back, and seeing that Qin Huaihu had no other reaction, the housekeeper turned around and walked towards the door of the study with confidence.

"Wait--"

The housekeeper was about to step out of the door when Qin Huaihu stopped him. I couldn't help frowning in my heart, turned back cautiously, bowed down and asked, "What else does the master command?" ”

"Send someone to find out, how much land did you get over there? What is it going to be used for? Also, find someone to keep an eye on their movements and keep them up for action. Qin Huaihu said without raising his head.

"Yes." The butler wiped the sweat from his forehead again, and respectfully took the order.

Not long after the housekeeper left, Qin Huaihu finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart and vented it. With a sweep of the big hand, all the things that had been placed on the desk were swept to the ground. His eyes froze, staring viciously at the already empty desk, his chest gasped angrily, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Qin Huaihai, you don't want to come back!" I'm not going to give you a chance to turn over, you wait! ”

Qin Huaihu was angrily thinking of a way, but Youran's side was already about to turn over.

"Brother, this drawing you drew is not good, you are revising it." Leisurely lowered his head, picked up a sheet from a pile of papers, handed it to Qin Yanran and said.

"Oh, good." The good-natured Qin took it with a smile and walked back to his office to revise the drawings that had not passed.

"Cousin, this plan is good, you write a detailed plan for me." After solving the drawings, he leisurely checked some of the plans that Mu Yan and they came up with last night.

"Yes, you can." Mu Yan glanced twice, and after seeing clearly which one he was talking about, he returned to his office like Qin Xianran and began to write hard.

"Cousin, have you finished the project I asked you to summarize?" After solving Mu Yan, he leisurely put his eyes on Mu Lan again, and asked out loud all the time.

"It's coming, it's coming, You'er will give me half a cup of tea again." Mu Lan was writing something with her head down, flipping through a lot of things while writing, and she was in a hurry.

"Well, hurry up." Leisurely nodded in response.

"Okay."

“……”

As soon as Mu Cen entered the door, he saw this scene, and he couldn't help but shudder, thinking that You'er was doing the right thing, but it was really a stern and strict? Looking at the serious and tense atmosphere in the room, he didn't want to go in. Or would they quietly float away before they even noticed him? ─━ _ ─━✧

Thinking so, Muzen turned around slowly, and moved towards the door little by little......

"Cousin Cen ~~~"

Before he moved out of the door, a soft call from behind him made Mu Cen stunned. Two big words suddenly floated through my mind: It's over!

took a few deep breaths, turned around and just met Youran's smiling expression; My heart tightened, and my face was instantly filled with a special dog-legged smile, "Hehe, uh, cousin, you call me?" ”

Mu Yan, Mu Lan, Qin Yanran: "......"-_-

"Well, I'm calling you." Looking at his playful appearance leisurely, he couldn't help but be a little funny.

"Hehe, what's the matter?" Muzen continued to laugh doggedly.

looked at him leisurely and speechlessly, wondering if this cousin had been dropped by someone when he went out? At this time, why is it so much like Shang Moqi's out-of-tune?

Chaotian rolled his eyes helplessly and said, "What else can I do?" Of course, I want to ask how you are doing when you go out? ”

Mu Czen's face was embarrassed, he really forgot about it. Embarrassedly touched his nose, walked over with a crimson face, and listened leisurely about what he went out to do today, "I took a few of them to the north of the city today, and I have already fenced our land with red ropes and small bamboo poles according to your instructions; I also went to the city to find a few families who did bricklayer work, and discussed going to the north side of the city to start construction from tomorrow. ”

After listening to this, he nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to ask: "How many families have you found to work?" Our project is relatively large, and the delivery time is short, so we must tell them in advance. It's best to negotiate with them to sign an agreement, don't run away halfway. ”

Mu Cen nodded, "I was about to tell you this!" Now in the north of the city, not only our family is working, but there are only a few craftsmen in the city who can build bricks and tiles and build houses, and there are really not enough people. I wondered if I could find some somewhere else. ”

"Looking for it from the outside? Wouldn't that be too expensive? After all, with the local craftsmen of Nanyufu, at least we don't have to worry about food and accommodation. After listening to her second brother's statement, Mu Lan raised questions.

"Well, Lan'er's worries are reasonable, it's okay to eat, the most important thing is where to live." Mu Yan thought for a while, and also joined the discussion, "The construction project this time is not small, if you want to complete it within the time we plan, we need to find at least three or four hundred people to start the construction at the same time." According to the method that the second brother said, all of these are looking for them in other places, where will they live after they come? We can't afford to pay for them to rent a house, right? Just like the small courtyard of this specification where we live now, roughly calculated that at least twenty or thirty of them will be rented, and they will have to take care of three meals a day; In this case, the budget for our workers will definitely be overrun. ”

After Mu Yan said this large paragraph, everyone in the room nodded; Obviously, they had this in mind, too.

"If you don't look for it from other places, you can't find so many people in the Southern Imperial Mansion City like Cousin Mu Cen said, so won't you still be able to start work?" Qin Haoran touched his chin and seriously thought of a way.

Everyone was silent, and they all turned their heads to look at Youran. She's always been smart and resourceful, and hopefully she'll come up with a good idea this time too.

Leisurely looked left and right, and saw that everyone's eyes were focused on her again, and she suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"Well--let me think about it, you guys get on with the business at hand." Relieved himself, he said to them.

Mu Cen saw that Qin Xianran had something to deal with in their hands, so he couldn't be lazy, right? Hurriedly asked out loud, "Cousin, I don't have anything to do now, do you have anything else to order?" ”

Leisurely looked down at his desk full of things, reached out and took out half of the stack of papers in the upper right corner and handed it over, "Cousin Cen will help me calculate the total amount of the predetermined amount for each item on these papers!" Help fix what is wrong. ”

"Okay." Mu Cen took the half stack of papers, looked around the study left and right, and finally found a free spot not far from Mu Yan and walked over.

After seeing everyone busy again, she seriously thought about how to solve the problem just now?

They expect to complete the shopping plaza in early April next year, and after a month of rectification, planning, and investment, it will be able to open to the public in early May. And it's already December, and there are still more than four months to go. If you want to complete the project within the estimated time, you can only find a large number of workers to start work day and night, which is undoubtedly a big project. Thinking like this, it seems that only the method that Mu Yan said is feasible.

But how to solve the problem of food and housing?

With his left hand in his chest, his right hand tapping his smooth chin, he stood up and slowly walked out of the study with a thoughtful look.

In the courtyard, Wanyun and Wanxue were picking and washing the vegetables they needed to eat at noon with a wonderful heart, and the three of them squatted by the well, chatting quietly while washing, and laughing from time to time.

He glanced at them leisurely, smiled slightly, and sat down on the steps outside the square doorway.

With his hands on his cheeks, he continued to think about unfinished questions......