At present, his foundation is not stable, and even Koh Samui has not come back, so it is better to keep a low profile, and I don't think about it for the time being.

Zhan Junru saw a large number of rice and flour materials in another tent, but she didn't ask when she slept.

Tang Wen knew that she was curious, and not asking was to abide by the rules, which was also Tang Wen's test for her.

The next morning, Tang Wen gave Li Quan 8,000 taels of silver and asked Zhang Kui to accompany him to Yanling County Qianzhuang to exchange gold ingots.

After that, the first task given to Zhan Dongwen was to build two latrines and several bathrooms, separated by men and women.

Fortunately, there were two carpenters in the group, and a mason, and a stonemason.

There were a lot of dry and fallen wood on the mountain, Tang Ling provided them with sharp axes and saws, etc., and Zhan Dongwen arranged for people to do it like a responsible housekeeper.

Below, accompanied by Zhan Dongwen, the two inspected Samui Lake.

"Dongwen, what do you think we should do next?" Tang Wen asked as he walked.

"Of course, we should gather all the people of Koh Samui and then show the title deeds of the government.

Let them know that this island is yours and not borderlands.

We can rent the land to them, but we have to collect the rent.

This island is so big, if we can attract the victims to come and farm, we will earn a lot of income in a year. Zhan Dongwen said.

"They didn't want to rent it originally, but now we want to rent it, you see, until now, no one has come to us. Why is that? Tang Wen said.

"Then I just don't want to pay rent." Zhan Dongwen said.

"So, eat the rice one bite at a time.

Don't recruit them all at once, because when there are so many of them, we'll be on the back foot.

We're going to swallow them piece by piece, and our strength is still insufficient, so we have to find a way to recruit some people to come in and strengthen ourselves.

Otherwise, it will happen that I almost can't come back the last time I went to collect rent. Tang Wen said.

"Recruit people in, there will be more people by then, we haven't paid any rent until now, what do we eat and wear?" Zhan Dongwen frowned and said.

"I'll figure out how to eat, wear, and live, and your task now is to secretly send some people down to touch their bottoms.

I wonder if there is anyone here who is organizing against us.

Also, the descendants of Steward Jiang who were left behind before did not appear, and there are many problems in this. Tang Wen said.

"Okay, I'll arrange for a few people to sneak in with them first." Zhan Dongwen nodded.

"Our first step is to find a way to recruit people and get all the fields back.

The second step is to repair the road, fill in all the potholes and dust on the road, and widen the roadbed.

The third step is here. Tang Wen pointed ahead.

"Isn't that a place that has been destroyed and collapsed by pirates? What can we do? Zhan Dongwen asked puzzled.

Because, the embankment originally built by the ancestors of the Tang family on the side of Wolong Lake collapsed.

After the leak, only a mile or so of the lake remained, and most of the lake bed was exposed.

Now it is also overgrown with wild grass, and it is about to become a mountain forest.

"There used to be a simple embankment here, which should have been built by my Tang family ancestors.

That's why Wolong Lake will appear.

The third step is to rebuild the levee so that the water that flows down from the mountain can be stored and re-formed into a lake. Tang Wen pointed to the collapsed place and said.

"It takes quite a lot of manpower to build the dam, and it takes a lot of silver.

Although there is only about a mile of water left at the bottom of the lake, it is enough for us to use, and it is useless to repair it, so why waste money on this?

It's better to build a house with silver, at least let us settle down first, which will also require a lot of silver. Zhan Dongwen shook his head.

"Hehe, you don't understand, this lake is too big.

You see, the fields on Koh Samui are all around the bottom of the lake.

Not only do we have to build the dam, but we also have to build it higher than before, so that the lake can be larger.

At that time, ditches can be dug to divert water to the rice fields for irrigation.

You see, the harvest of the land they planted was so low because of the drought that they probably couldn't even fill their stomachs.

How can you still be willing to pay rent?

So, water is the most important thing.

When the time comes, the fields are fertile, there is water, and the harvest is up, and they are naturally willing to pay rent.

Otherwise, we insist on making them pay rent.

One is to stimulate contradictions, they fight with us for their lives.

Second, if they can't beat it, they will flee Koh Samui.

At that time, what will a desert island with no people do? Tang Wen said with a smile.

"Master, you think too thoughtfully, it's just that this thing is too difficult to do, so how much silver does it cost?" Zhan Dongwen said with admiration.

"I told you don't have to worry about the silver, I'll figure it out.

And, starting tomorrow, let's open the pot and give porridge.

When the time comes, attract those who are hungry and dying of hunger.

In this way, as long as they are given food, they will definitely be willing to join my Tang family.

We gradually disintegrate their men, and by then, we will have more and more of them, and they will have fewer and fewer of them.

When the time comes, when our men outnumber them, we can consider reclaiming the fields completely. Tang Wen said.

"Okay, I'll arrange for them to do it." Zhan Dongwen nodded excitedly.

At this time, Sun Ping ran to say that when they went to the mountain to saw wood, they found a hole in the mountain behind the house.

It seemed that it was still dug out by someone, and Tang Wen and the two hurriedly went to the back.

They found that Sun Ping had cleared the thatched trees and exposed a hole.

"This cave was originally covered with vines, weeds and trees, but Li Si accidentally fell into it and found it.

When we looked at it, it was actually blocked with stones.

So I was very curious, so I sled in, and found that there was actually a hole inside. Sun Ping said.

"Li Si, tell me what's going on?" Tang Ling asked.

"There is mud on the hole, and there are weeds, trees, and vines.

I wondered, as if I was going to hide the hole.

However, we went in and found nothing.

It's just a few scattered stones, which weren't used for treasure hiding before. Li Si said.

"Go in and have a look." Tang Wen nodded, and several people lit torches and entered the cave.

I found that this cave is not small, and you can walk three carriages side by side, and the height is about one zhang and a half.

It was obviously excavated by hand, and there was no aisle after going deep for a mile or so.

However, at the end of the cave is a huge cave, about 20 zhang high and about 3 miles wide.

Tang Wen shone the rocks with a torch, and then picked up the scattered stones in the ground to observe.

Immediately he had a count, and he picked up a few stones and returned to the tent.

Call Zhan Dongwen in, and then shine a strong flashlight on the stones.

"Huh? How can it shine? When Zhan Dongwen saw it, he suddenly opened his mouth in surprise.

Tang Wen picked up the axe and split the stone, and then took a look at the cross-section.

Zhan Dongwen opened his mouth even wider, because there seemed to be a lot of little stars flashing.

"Dongwen, look at it, does it look like this?" Tang Wen took out a silver ingot and handed it to him, "Compare it well, and then use this flashlight to shine." ”

"Almost, except that there is no silver ingot, is there silver in it?" Zhan Dongwen asked.

"This is a silver mine, and someone is stealing the silver mine of my Tang family. However, when the excavation is carried out, it is estimated that the silver content is too small, or it is abandoned after mining. Tang Wen said.

"Who did that? If it was digging before, didn't the Tang family have a lot of slaves? How do they steal digs? If you catch it, you'll die. Zhan Dongwen said.

"That's right, how they dig it, it will definitely be discovered by the Tang family. Therefore, the Tang family's mansions were burned down and turned into ruins. Tang Talk's face was a little cold.

"Artificial?" Zhan Dongwen suddenly opened his mouth in surprise.

"No wonder Steward Jiang hasn't sent anyone back to report to the Tang family for so many years." Tang Wen snorted.

"You said that Jiang Chang did it, and his purpose was to privately swallow the Tang family's silver mine?" Zhan Dong Wendao.

"He's the most suspicious, and, you see, if there's pirates in it, he's done it in concert with pirates.

The pirates came out to rob and kill people, and scared the people of the island away.

As soon as the people left, they could openly dig silver mines. Tang Wen said.

"Damn! It's just not as good as an animal. Zhan Dongwen scolded.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Li Quan and Zhang Kui returned from Yanling City and handed over the 800 taels of gold exchanged to Tang Wen.

In fact, for the people of Da Chu, in addition to making gold into jewelry, it is not convenient to use it at ordinary times.

Because, it is so expensive, usually you have a meal, and you can't find it even if you go down to the kiln.