It's been a week since the last job call.

During this period, Shang Moqi went back to Nancang County, because he said that the tent might not be enough, so he went back and instructed his weaving workshop to urgently process and make another batch. And Youran, Qin Yanran, and the Mu family brothers and sisters stayed in the Southern Imperial Mansion to continue recruiting.

There are about seven or eight hundred workers recruited at the construction site in the north of the city, and some people who are far away from the South Imperial Mansion City Road have also arrived one after another, and the current construction site is very lively.

"Sister Leisurely...... Sister Lan'er ......"

As soon as you and Mu Lan walked into the construction site in the north of the city, they were greeted by a group of children. The oldest of them was seven or eight years old, and the youngest was just three years old. All of them were brought by the families of the workers recruited this time.

"Hello!" Leisurely bent down slightly, tried to look at them as level as possible, and greeted them with a smile.

"Hello Sister Youran." The children responded in unison.

Mu Lan smiled slightly, leaned over and asked them as leisurely, "Are you good today?" ”

"Yes—" they continued in unison.

Then one of the little boys said in a gesture of invitation, "Today my brother and I have pulled up a large field of grass."

"A few of us have picked up all the stones over there." As the little boy finished speaking, another boy pointed to an open space not far from them.

"And us, we went to the reeds by the Kan River, and tied up the withered reeds and set them aside to dry; When it is dry, you can cook it for your mother. The remaining children said.

Mu Lan fondly reached out and rubbed their little heads, "So capable?" Is it okay for Sister Lan'er to reward you? ”

"Really?" Hearing that there was a reward, the eyes of a group of children lit up.

"Well, of course." Mu Lan nodded affirmatively at them, "However, Sister Lan'er has something to say, you must remember it clearly." ”

The children all nodded obediently, looking at Mu Lan with serious faces, waiting to hear what she had to say.

Mu Lan smiled softly, and said softly: "You must remember that it is good to be serious in doing things, but you must pay attention to safety." Remember not to be too close to the construction site, and not too far from the sight of adults; Also, when you go to the river to pull weeds, you must be careful not to fall into the river. These are not safe, remember? ”

"Remembered." The children all nodded obediently in response.

Mu Lan showed a satisfied expression, straightened up and said, "Well, that's good." Your leisurely sister brought you a lot of candy, let's go, Sister Lan'er will take you to get it. ”

"Oh - that's great!" The children all cried out with joy and followed Mu Lan in a hurry.

During this period, Youran looked at them with a smile in his eyes and did not say anything. After seeing that they had walked a distance, they restarted their steps and walked in one direction.

"Miss Leisurely."

"Miss Leisurely is ......"

"Miss Leisurely is here!"

“……”

Along the way, as long as I saw Youran, I was greeting her. Of course, Youran also responded to them with a smile on his face.

After walking for a while, she came to a tent area. This is the southernmost part of the land she bought, and because it is the farthest from the Chengbei River, she used it to set up tents for the workers.

Of course, it's already the middle of winter, and it's not very warm just to live in a tent; leisurely thought of a way to transform this place a little. She had a dragon dug out of the ground and two stoves on the left and right sides of the stove to keep warm and cook at the same time.

Walk into the tent area, come to a large black tent, open the thick curtain and walk in.

"Miss......"

"You're here."

"Cousin came here to sit ......"

Several people in the house heard the footsteps, looked up, and found that it was leisurely coming, and they all greeted each other.

Approaching them with a leisurely smile, "Brother, cousin, what are you doing?" ”

Qin Yanran smiled and pulled Youran to sit down beside him, and then replied: "Didn't do anything, we just looked at the walls around here and half of them were built, thinking that it wouldn't be long before the work would be completed, thinking about whether it was time to start building the main building of the center?"

Hearing this, he nodded, his gaze moved away from Qin Yanran's body, and came to the desktop where the construction drawings were placed. He nodded his chin and thought for a moment before he said, "It's almost over, then let's start construction tomorrow!"

Qin Haoran and the others nodded in response, "Okay."

After that, the few people chatted about the matter again, and it was not until Mu Lan entered the tent that they packed up their things and prepared to go back to the small courtyard in the city.

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Qin Mansion at this time.

Because of solving Qin Jingyue's matter, Qin Huaihu finally felt a lot more comfortable recently. Now, he was sitting upright in his study, carefully checking the various account books of the shop.

Knock Knock Knock –

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Qin Huaihu said loudly.

Butler Ren walked into the study and bowed respectfully, "Master." ”

"Hmm." Qin Huaihu continued to look at the account book in his hand without raising his head, and asked in a flat tone, "What's the matter?" ”

"Master, the construction of the big house has already started." Butler Ren replied respectfully.

Qin Huaihu paused to look at the account book, raised his head and looked at the housekeeper who bowed in reply, "When did it happen?" ”

"It's just recently, because I've been busy with the second lady's affairs recently, so the surveillance over there has been loosened. Today, an old slave sent someone to take a look, only to find that they had already started construction. "Steward Ren is a little weak now, after all, this matter is under his management, and he only came to tell him when he reached this point, for fear that the master would blame him for his disappointment.

"What do you see they're going to build?" With such a large area, it is impossible to simply build a house or a shop, right?

"I don't know." Steward Ren shook his head, "But there are some strange places, people like this often build the main house first, and then build the courtyard wall; But they did the opposite, first building a wall around it. And the wall is not low, more than two meters high. ”

After Qin Huaihu listened to the housekeeper's doubts, he also pondered. Since he had no contact with the children in the big house, he couldn't guess what they were going to do now. One thing is certain, though, and that is that he can't let them go on any longer. Because there has always been a voice in his heart reminding him that he can't let them build the north of the city successfully, otherwise everything will be out of his control, and maybe Qin Huaihai will successfully turn over because of this.

If that's the case, didn't he do everything in vain to get him to leave the Southern Imperial Mansion in the first place? So, no matter what, he has to find a way to stop it.

"What else did you hear?" After thinking about it for a while, Qin Huaihu continued to ask.

"Back to the master, the servants found out that they have recruited a lot of workers, not to mention five or six hundred." Steward Ren told everything he knew.

"So many people?" He frowned lightly and pondered, "Find a way to recruit all those workers to our side." ”

"This ...... I'm afraid not. "The housekeeper was in a dilemma, because when he first knew that the construction was going on there, he had already sent people over to try to recruit those workers with good treatment. It's just that he didn't expect that the treatment given over there was simply unprecedented, unheard of.

"How?" Qin Huaihu questioned.

Steward Ren didn't hesitate much, and after Qin Huaihu asked, he replied: "Master, we can't give the workers the treatment they give."

Qin Huaihu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he looked at Steward Ren seriously, "Where do you start with this?" "Is there anything else that he Qin Huaihai can give, but he Qin Huaihu can't give?

Butler Ren carefully observed his master's face, and found that it was already ugly, so he couldn't help but moisten his dry lips with his tongue, and replied: "Master, the treatment they give is food and shelter, and if you work in the next few days of the New Year, your salary will be doubled." In addition, the workers on their side can bring their families to work together, from the elderly to the children, as long as they have the ability to work, even if it is just to pick up stones and pull grass, they will be paid. ”

The more Qin Huaihu listened, the more ugly his face became, and finally his face was full of coldness and anger, "And what! ”

"Also...... And ...... "Steward Ren is a little afraid to say it now, who made the master's face so terrifying?"

"Say!" An eye knife flew over, and it made Steward Ren tremble.

Swallowing his saliva carefully, he continued: "What's more, although they work day and night, everyone only works four hours a day. And every time I go to work and get off work, I have food to eat, most of which are fruits sold by Vegetable and Fruit Xuan. ”

"If we work day and night, how can we only work four hours a day?" You know, the workers who built houses for his family now work at least six hours a day, and they are the kind that they don't care about whether they are used to eating or not living.

"Back to the master, they divided the people into three groups, one by one to take turns to work, so that each group of people only worked for four hours a day." This was also known to the housekeeper Ren after asking the workers over there for a long time, so he only answered when Qin Huaihu asked like this.

"Look, sir, should we try this method too?" Butler Ren cautiously suggested.

"No, you don't." Qin Huaihu's eyes glared at him angrily, "Their method can indeed speed up the project a lot, but it also wastes too much financial resources, and this method is not suitable for us." ”

Their family only built a five-hall yard, and if they used their method of allocating work, the cost would increase, and it would not be worth it.

"Alright, you go out first! Continue to monitor the situation over there, what is reported in time, and ask more to see what they are building? Qin Huaihu waved his hand annoyedly, motioned for the housekeeper to go down, and commanded by the way.

Steward Ren bowed and saluted, "Yes, master, the old slave retires." After saying that, he retreated softly.

Qin Huaihu thought about it for a while after the housekeeper left, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he didn't even look at the account book, stood up and walked out of the study.

He's better to talk to his wife! She's so smart that she might have guessed something? Or maybe there's something good about it!