Lou Suzhen is now more and more like a Confucian official who has been in officialdom for a long time, and her level of officialdom is no worse than that of senior officials such as Jiang Shantong and Mu Dazhi.

"With the current manpower of the government office, if you want to take care of the iron mines in Yongping Mansion, I am afraid it will not be easy, and you need to recruit more people." Lou Suzhen said, "I am afraid that the people will be suspicious of the government and think that it is a labor service, so it is better to recruit with the help of the local gentry...... It's time to continue what I talked about with the local gentry."

Jiang Shantong asked puzzledly, "Mr. Mi, it's time to talk to those white-eyed wolves?" Don't forget how they did it to us."

Lou Suzhen smiled, "Could it be that Jiang Tongzhi thinks that you can take care of the mine with just the manpower you recruit?"

Jiang Shantong patted his chest and promised, "Don't say anything else, this little thing is on me."

Mu Dazhi hurriedly pulled the hem of Jiang Shantong's clothes and reminded: "Jin Yiwei withdrew from Yongping Mansion this time, I am afraid that he will take all their people away, such a large mine, there are not thousands of people, I am afraid that I will not be able to deal with it."

"You!"

Jiang Shantong first glared at Mu Dazhi viciously, as if he was blaming the other party for demolishing the tower.

But then he realized that it seemed that this kind of thing was really bad, and if the mine was not well run, then the prefect would not pick up his skin?

Besides, what responsibility do you take on yourself for no reason?

Isn't it fragrant to let others take care of it and make money behind your back?

Lou Suzhen said, "You two, let's go talk to the local gentry and ask them to send a representative over...... I'll only talk to the Qiao family woman who came to visit before."

Mu Dazhi was a little surprised: "The Qiao family is not a wealthy family in the local area, why do you want to talk to her?"

Jiang Shantong finally couldn't help it this time, and slapped Mu Dazhi's head, Mu Dazhi was suddenly attacked, his head shrank, like a turtle with a shrunken head, and his entire neck was retracted into the official uniform, and then he slowly poked his neck out.

"Xiaguan is going to pass the word, Mr. Mi...... I wonder when the lower officials will be able to meet the prefect? Also, if the woman of the Qiao family comes, will she be sent to you, or to the prefect?"

After Jiang Shantong's words were finished, Mu Dazhi next to him suddenly opened up.

The relationship surnamed Mi mentioned Mrs. Qiao, because he took a fancy to Mrs. Qiao's charmingness, and wanted to take the opportunity to do something that he didn't want to be known, but everyone knew?

Lou Suzhen said, "It's just that I'm going to meet her below."

Jiang Shantong made a sudden look, thinking to himself, the new prefect is not very old and has just started a family, so he shouldn't have any interest in this kind of mature woman, right?

Feelings are you a little white face with bad thoughts?

Jiang Shantong asked, "Then when can I go and meet the prefect?"

Lou Suzhen was a little impatient: "The prefect has recently contracted an illness and is recuperating in the inner office, you don't know, why do you want to disturb the palace to recuperate? Do you have to bother adults with this little thing?"

"That...... The lower official is going now."

Jiang Shantong understood.

Now in the matter of mining operations, the new prefect will not come forward, as if everything has been handed over to them.

……

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Out of the prefect's yamen.

Mu Dazhi hurriedly asked, "What does Mr. Mi mean by wanting to see the Qiao family's ladies?"

Jiang Shantong scolded: "What doesn't open your eyes, just now you were confronting Lao Tzu in front of the surnamed Mi, and now you are pretending to be confused in front of Lao Tzu? What does that mean, you don't know?"

Mu Dazhi was stunned and did not answer.

Jiang Shan said: "It seems that the surname Mi is also good, but I think about it, the appetite is also good, and the blood and qi of the surname Mi are strong, how can I endure it? Send someone to him, and tell him to go down, mention it to the local kiln steward, and see if you can find a few Qingqi people......

"What is this?"

Mu Dazhi really didn't understand this time.

Jiang Shantong took a sip and said, "What a fool, you, don't you understand? Such a large piece of cake in the mine fell on the head of the prefect's yamen, which is equivalent to falling into our hands, knowing the surname Mi

Okay, don't you give him a full mouthful? Your turtle son wants to fish in his purse, but I don't know how to take it and throw a little bait outside?"

Mu Dazhi sighed and said angrily, "Xia Guan's brain is missing a string, and he didn't even think of this...... I'm going to find someone......

"Come back! Let's go to the local wealthy people first, and let them get rid of the girls of the Qiao family! Get it done today, or don't come back to me!"

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The prefect's yamen is behind the yamen.

At sunset in the afternoon, Mrs. Qiao, under the guidance of the government officials, entered the courtyard.

This time, Mrs. Qiao came, a little different from the past, she changed into a bright dress, walked in lotus steps, and twisted her waist like a weak willow to support the wind, without the demeanor of the head of the family at all, but like a weak boudoir woman.

When Lou Suzhen saw Mrs. Qiao appear in front of her like this, she probably knew that people outside had misunderstood her.

Whether it was Jiang Shantong and Mu Dazhi, or the local gentry, or Mrs. Qiao, they all thought that she wanted to take this opportunity to have something to do with Mrs. Qiao.

When Mrs. Qiao came in, she carried a bamboo basket in her hand, and when she came in, the basket was still on Hao's wrist.

Lou Suzhen smiled and said, "Madam, what is this for?"

Mrs. Qiao said, "The Nainu family specially brought a little wine and food for Mr. Mi, and his cooking skills are clumsy, so I hope Mr. Mi will not be surprised."

Saying that, Lou Suzhen opened the basket, and found that the basket was not a food box at all, because there was only a pot of wine and two cups in it, and then a piece of fine yarn, and a wooden box, although it was not opened, she probably knew that it should contain gold, silver, jewelry and other things.

Chinese people have always been subtle in doing things, and they can't always say plainly, I am here to give you gifts, not only to give money, but also to give me everything.

I want to make a name, and I am afraid that someone will really come to check, so I seem to put a wine jug and two wine glasses in it, just so that before something happens, I can help the fun a little and pay attention to a mood.

"Madame has a heart, sit down and talk."

Lou Suzhen smiled.

The reason why she wants to find Mrs. Qiao is mostly because she is a woman and a "widow", and she can understand a little bit that it is not easy for a woman to run a family in this era, and she also understands what Mrs. Qiao is relying on to support the family business now, and sometimes she has a desire to help this woman in her heart, although she herself does not appreciate Mrs. Qiao's unscrupulous style to achieve the goal.

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……

After sitting down, Lou Suzhen didn't talk nonsense.

She directly said her request: "Let's be straight, the prefect has now obtained the will to take care of the mines of Yongping Mansion, but with the current manpower of the prefect's yamen, it is slightly insufficient, so I want to ask the local gentry to help recruit some manpower."

Mrs. Qiao said, "I heard that the Jinyi Guard has opened a mine with sufficient manpower, why is there a shortage of manpower?"

Lou Suzhen said: "Nominally, Jin Yiwei withdrew from the Yongping Mansion mine, and everyone should be left behind, but in fact this is not the case, and those who are used by Jin Yiwei may still make trouble in the mine in the future, unless it is indispensable in some technical links, otherwise, they can be replaced in the future."

"Oh."

Mrs. Qiao nodded, in fact, these things don't need Lou Suzhen to talk about, she also understands.

Mrs. Qiao raised her head and looked at Lou Suzhen with a "affectionate" gaze: "Mr. Nami, I don't know what the slave family can do in this matter again?"

Lou Suzhen's gaze collided with the other party in the air, and she quickly understood what Mrs. Qiao meant.

Asking what you can do is actually asking what benefits you can get.

Mrs. Qiao seems to be saying, I am here to negotiate with you on behalf of the local gentry, but you can't just treat me as the representative of the local gentry, and only promise what conditions with the local gentry, you should also think about me, since I have given myself as a gift today, can I get more things?

Lou Suzhen smiled, "Then what do you want to do, madam?"

When Mrs. Qiao heard it, there was a play.

There was no one present, she got up directly, moved lightly, and came to Lou

In front of Su Zhen, she almost sat directly in Lou Suzhen's arms, with a charming smile: "There are many things that the slave family can do, it depends on how the slave family needs the master to do it...... Ouch"

said that his body was unstable, and he really threw himself into Lou Suzhen's arms.

Lou Suzhen didn't move, and just as Mrs. Qiao was about to lean over, two strong men rushed out from behind the door, and heard the sound of drawing knives.

Mrs. Qiao was in the middle of the performance, thinking that it was about to come to fruition, but she didn't know that there would be such a change, which frightened her a lot, and she couldn't care about the play anymore, and quickly took two steps back after standing up straight, only to find that the two big men came in with knives, as if they had been hiding behind the door to protect this "Mr. Mi".

"Huh?"

Mrs. Joe's face was pale.

Lou Suzhen smiled and waved her hand, signaling for people to exit first.

Lou Suzhen said: "Don't misunderstand, madam, this time the prefect went to Yongping Mansion to take office, and offended the Jinyi Guard, and there were inevitably more guards around him, mainly to protect the important people of the prefect's yamen, not deliberately against you, Madame."

Only then did Mrs. Qiao know that the two men had not come specifically to intimidate her.

It was only because she was "dishonest" that she had to get to Lou Suzhen's side, and the two rushed out to try to stop it.

Mrs. Qiao then became really honest, and went back to sit down with palpitations, no matter how cunning she was, she was always just a woman, and she almost cut herself when she saw someone come in with a knife...... I don't dare to make another time.

Lou Suzhen smiled, "Where's that? Oh, you mean Madame wants to help with the mining business, right? Madame only needs to report to the staff, and then the prefect's yamen will assign tasks to the families who are willing to join, as well as the matter of passing on the word, and I will also hand it over to Madame in the future."

Mrs. Qiao asked, "I don't know...... Where is the prefect now?"

Lou Suzhen sighed: "After the prefect arrived, he was ill and was recuperating with peace of mind."

"That means you've been in the mansion all along, right?"

Mrs. Qiao's gaze couldn't help but look in the direction of the inner courtyard.

It's kind of "I can't solve this, I'll solve that".

Mrs. Qiao can see it, this little white face in front of her is not easy to deal with, and I heard that the new prefect is a Ming champion who is not even twenty years old, of course, it is still a young man who is easier to deal with, and mature women have always liked to tease young people the most, and they have a sense of achievement.

Lou Suzhen probably understood what Mrs. Qiao meant.

It's all women.

Who still doesn't know who?

You are so careful that you want to hide it from me?

Bah!