There are still three days before the Chinese New Year, and the smell of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and in addition to the bustling crowds of people rushing to buy New Year's goods on the street, red lanterns are also hung in the shops. The streets and alleys are full of juggling, gongs and drums. Feixue Town is the largest town in the surrounding area, so villagers within a radius of dozens of miles will take this opportunity to come over to buy some things that they are usually reluctant to eat or use.

In the afternoon, the house is in the main hall

Shen Feng sat on the main seat, and opposite sat Uncle Gen, Fu Bo, Lei Yong, A Zhu and others.

"How's the situation on Xiao Anshan's side?" Shen Feng asked.

"It's going well, the reason why he plays tricks with the village chief is that you have always been too good to him, so that he always fantasizes that there is room for maneuver. You are the village chief, there is no problem in doing this, after all, you have to convince people with virtue, but I am a bandit, so I don't pay attention to that. After you handed me over this matter the other day, I took a few brothers with me, and the old boy was quite tough, but when we tore his wife's clothes in front of him, we began to compromise. All the house and land transfer documents have also been written, fingerprinted, and handed over to Mr. An. However, the old man said that he still wanted to find two more friends to be notaries together, and said that it was best to wait for Zhao's shopkeeper to come back after the matter was completed, so that it would be more foolproof.

The other two silver vaults have now been found, and the dogs have been kept watching over there to divide them, and it is estimated that they will all be pulled back tonight. At that time, I roughly estimated that it was about 120,000 taels of silver. Lei Yong reported to Shen Feng with a serious face.

"Well, yes, it seems that the real wicked still need to be grinded by the wicked, and sometimes the heart is too soft, not only can he not do things, but he may also be bullied as a fool. After the silver is brought back, all of it will be handed over to Uncle Gen and Fu Bo to check the receipts, this is the first silver in our family, and we must take it seriously. Shen Feng nodded and said with emotion.

"Well, you can rest assured that no one dares to be crooked about this money, and besides, the dog is still staring over there, it's okay!" replied Lei Yong.

"Fu Bo, is there no news from Shopkeeper Zhao?"

"Go home, not yet, I just went to ask in the morning, Zhao Gongzi's reply, I don't know what the situation is now, maybe I won't be able to come back a year ago. I've got some of our people nearby, and they'll come and report as soon as there's any news. ”

"Okay, you are responsible for keeping an eye on this matter, our people must not be discovered, after all, this is just a defense heart, if there is a mistake, everyone will not be happy. There are also things about the shops outside, you and Uncle Gen summarize them together, and then give a plan, which store is suitable for what kind of business, who you plan to let over, what the expected goal looks like, etc., all of which must be made into a case, and then take it and we will discuss it together.

I still say that if there are not enough people, you can go outside and hire those professional and capable people to operate and manage temporarily. Don't be reluctant to listen to other people's opinions, take it for granted in the house, and do it behind closed doors. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Feng stopped and took a sip of water from the teacup next to him, and then continued: "Uncle Gen, while you are busy with the shop, you also have to agree with Fu Bo about the New Year, this is the New Year soon, although the plaque at the door has not been changed, but it is still a big family, how to deal with anything, you still have to have a charter." In addition, who should be rewarded, who should be punished, and what are the standards and measurement methods, these must be clarified, and then explained to everyone one by one.

If you can't do this yourself, you can ask Mr. An, he has experience and not to mention, he knows that there are so many rich children in the academy, and you can also let them participate in the planning. As for how to participate, I think it is through Mr. An's side to provide a bounty assessment mode.

I will talk to Mr. An about the specifics, just remember to ask the old man about it. There is also the matter of the plaque at the door, and I also plan to wait for the shopkeeper Zhao to come back, and then see the situation and then determine the specific replacement time.

But this does not affect the things at hand, everyone should ask someone to hire someone, should buy land, should buy a shop, buy a shop. And try to speed up as much as possible, and strive to start spring next year, and our Shen family in Xishui Village can officially spread out in Feixue Town. ”

"Family Master, I heard from your words that the imperial court is short of food now, right?" Shen Fu, who had been listening carefully, suddenly asked.

"Yes, it still means that it is still very scarce, and it is said that there will be a war! What's wrong?" Shen Feng asked curiously.

"It hasn't snowed so far this year?" Shen Fu pondered for a while, "This has too much impact on the harvest of crops. The reason why the strongmen in Daze Mountain went to great lengths to encircle and suppress the Xiao family was that one of them was definitely the face of the head of the family, but judging from the fact that they had snatched the grain, it is estimated that their life was not very easy! Should we also have a way to deal with it?"

Before Fu Bo could finish his words, Lei Yong interjected: "You definitely want food! You don't know what kind of life is going on the mountain, I want to say that these bandits live like beggars all day long, do you believe it? Everyone knows that in recent years, the crops in the fields have been failing in succession, and it is better for a rich man like the Xiao family to have more land, and if any family has more land and less land, it is certain that they will starve. What's wrong with the bandits? They also have to eat, but now there is no grain everywhere except for these rich people's families, which have stored grain from previous years, so what should we do if we don't rob them? So far this year it has been the same as last year, dry and cold, but it didn't snow at all, and it finally survived until spring, but there were several blizzards in a row, and how many people starved to death at that time? Look at this now, you don't even need to ask, next year's harvest will have to fall.

The response that Fu Bo said can only reach out from those rich people like the Xiao family, either buy or rob, or we will buy land and hire tenants to grow grain, but the effect will not be too fast. ”

After all, Lei Yong was a person who came down from the mountain, and he was really clear about the situation inside, so he expressed his opinion.

"Yes, there were originally more than 200 people in Xishui Village, but the blizzards in the beginning of spring were cut by half. This is still the foresight of our old village chief, not only stocked a lot of dried fruits and wild vegetables in advance, but also took advantage of the proximity to Daze Mountain to take everyone into the mountain every month to find food. Think about those remote and poor places, it is an exaggeration to say that ten rooms and nine empty rooms, but how can it also achieve the scene of ten rooms and four empty rooms. I really don't know what kind of sin we have suffered, God wants to punish us. Uncle Gen also said with emotion.

Shen Feng really didn't pay attention to this problem, in his opinion, it didn't seem to have anything to do with him, at most it was just good-looking, but now judging from the scene everyone described, it didn't seem to be too good, "Is it so serious?" he asked suspiciously.

"Well, it's even more serious than everyone said, and I was almost eaten as a vegetable man. From the initial search for wild vegetables, to the later Yizi and food, tsk, it's really unbearable......" Fauber rolled up his sleeves to show everyone the criss-crossing scars on his arms, and then said.

Shen Feng saw that everyone nodded in agreement with Fu Bo's point of view, so he asked, "If it is really that serious, then we will have to buy more fields and a variety of crops to deal with it." Do you have any good ideas?"

"You can ask the mayor for approval from above, and then we will recruit a large number of refugees to open up the wasteland and farm. It can also be purchased from a private person, but this is a laborious job, and the final harvest depends on God's face. Uncle Gen said.

After listening to Uncle Gen's words, Shen Feng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, Uncle Gen, you pick a few people to set up the shelves first, and you can start buying grain and land or hiring tenants at any time." ”

"Do you have any other questions or ideas for this? Seeing that everyone was silent, Shen Feng asked directly.

In response to Shen Feng's question, the group of people all shook their heads slightly, indicating that there was nothing wrong with them.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Shen Feng said, "Okay, this matter will be handed over to Uncle Gen to deal with, and if there is anything you don't understand, we will discuss it according to the problem when the time comes." Now let's move on to other things. ”