Li Wuchang stayed in Chang'an City for a few days, went to a few banquets, and returned to Erzhuzizhuang.

Whether it is Dayan's external war or internal turmoil, Li Wuchang can't control it at this stage and doesn't want to invest extra energy, so he can only do his duty, live in the moment, and move forward towards his goal.

Work hard to cultivate martial arts, learn all kinds of pills, cultivate talents, strengthen your team, develop Zhuangzi, and gradually enhance your influence.

These are all established plans, which need to be taken one step at a time, and there is no room for falsehood.

The construction plan of Erzhuzizhuang has slowly begun, and it will not stop at a step.

Li Wuchang is in charge of the overall situation, and Zhao Xun, Jiang Minglun and others are in charge of it, and then there are fat bears and Lu Desheng and others to manage.

The dealers were also very enthusiastic, and they all went into battle with a lot of strength.

Adult men do heavy work, and their wages are ten cents higher than those in the city, and the most important thing is to take care of the food.

Women and half-grown children will also help with the easier work, and will also earn a good salary.

In addition to practicing alchemy, Li Wuchang often takes the time to go around, chat with the villagers, solve some specific problems, and describe a better future to the farmers.

Li Wuchang is very patient, whether it is a gray-haired old man or a few years old, he will behave very easy-going and natural, he often helps veterans with old injuries acupuncture, and occasionally teaches children to read, and when the interest comes, he will personally go to the big kitchen of the construction site to show his hands.

Soon after, everyone knew Li Wuchang's character, and they all liked to talk to him very much.

Zhuangzi is barren, and this year is another big drought, and the harvest is not estimated to be very good.

Li Wuchang patted his chest and solemnly promised to the respected old man in the village that even if there was no harvest in the crop field, he would not let everyone starve.

The sonorous and sincere words were warmly embraced by the bankers.

There is no shortage of silver for the time being.

Although there is not much oil and water in the nearby bandits' den, they have also got a lot of things under the digging of Fat Bear and others, such as a huge amount of copper coins and a large number of iron tools, as well as a lot of daily necessities.

Selling Tang Bao got 20,000 taels, which is a lot of income.

Finding 40,000 taels of silver tickets from the scarface killer can be regarded as a big gain in misfortune.

In addition, Feng Yijun Taishou finally knew that Li Wuchang swept away a lot of bandits, although Li Wuchang did not want to receive credit in a low-key manner, but Feng Yi Taishou did not want to miss it, counted it and reported it, and received a lot of credit.

After careful calculation, after Li Wuchang came to Erzhuzizhuang, he not only did not lose money in welfare and construction, but also had a lot of surpluses.

Taishou also personally came to Erzhuzizhuang to see Li Wuchang, and said that in the future, Li Wuchang would ask Li Wuchang to support the bandits, Li Wuchang did not refuse, saying that if he encountered bandits, he would definitely ask Taishou to discuss together, which roughly means that I will suppress bandits and loot the bandits' nests, and you will receive credit from the imperial court, and then you can give some hard money.

In this way, everyone is naturally happy.

Li Wuchang doesn't have to be so high-profile, and Taishou also has an additional force to suppress bandits.

The two main roads in the fields have been repaired, and they are as strong and durable as they were imagined.

"Look, the owner, these two roads are okay, right?" Hu Benlu personally took Li Wuchang to check the two roads, and Nie Quan, Xie Changhao, and Hu Qianyong, the three young men who had just entered the owner's mansion, followed aside.

Because Hu Benlu is an old farmer, he was a small leader, cooperating with Zhao Xun, responsible for all kinds of trivial matters, arranging time, mobilizing manpower, assigning tasks, counting work-related injuries, etc., everything was done in an orderly manner.

The people in Zhuangzi admired Li Wuchang very much, Hu Benlu was the most admired one, he even guessed that the Praetorian Guard master who led them to suppress the Fire Wolf Gang was Li Wuchang, after he asked Fat Bear for confirmation, he was extremely shocked, and at the same time patted his chest and assured Fat Bear that he would never leak things out.

Li Wuchang nodded: "Yes, Lao Hu, the next thing is to solve that piece of mud, I have seen Brother Xun'er's specific plan, it is quite good, do you have any good suggestions?"

Hu Benlu gave a thumbs up and said: "Lao Hu knows that the owner of the village will definitely not just want to build a big bathhouse, Lao Hu has already seen that a flash flood will break out in a heavy rain because of the muddy land, but unfortunately there has been no proper solution, or the owner has the courage." ”

Li Wuchang scolded with a smile: "Don't make sycophants and say suggestions." ”

Hu Benlu said with a smile: "How can I be a sycophant...... Brother Xun's plan Lao Hu has already read it carefully, it is very good, all aspects have been considered, if the whole project is completed, the muddy land will definitely become a big lake, and the biggest problem at present is that the manpower is not very sufficient. ”

Li Wuchang nodded, indicating that he knew.

There are only about 500 laborers who can do heavy work in the Zhuangzi, although it seems like a lot, but the mud field is too big, and such a few people are not enough to see.

Li Wuchang also opened two brick kilns at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, responsible for burning bricks, because pulling bricks from other places was too labor-intensive, which divided some manpower.

In addition, Li Wuchang also needed some people to lay the foundation and prepare to build some public facilities, and only a blacksmith shop and a medicine shop had been built so far.

Removing these two parts of manpower is indeed leaving a small number of people to dig the mud.

Li Wuchang said: "Manpower is indeed a problem, so what do you have to propose?"

Hu Benlu coughed lightly and said: "Owner, in addition to our Zhuangzi, there are many soldiers and ordinary Zhuangzi in this area...... I Lao Hu used to go to the battlefield, and there were many comrades-in-arms in the nearby Zhuangzi, and they saw that our Zhuangzi had a job, and the salary was a lot, so many people were tempted, so they asked Lao Hu to ask the owner if he could give them some work. ”

Li Wuchang was silent for a long time and asked, "How does the wages of our Zhuangzi's sturdy laborers compare with those of other places?"

Hu Benlu replied: "Fifty wen plus two full meals is a lot higher than the treatment of going to the city to work. ”

Li Wuchang exhaled and said, "People can collect some, as long as they have strong labor, but I want to remind you, I am the owner of your farm, not their owner, do you understand?"

Hu Benlu was thoughtful, and instantly understood what Li Wuchang meant, and said: "Understand, understand, their wages will be calculated according to other places, and if there is work for them, they will be lucky, and dare to pick and choose, see if I don't scold them to death." ”

Li Wuchang said lightly: "You discuss this matter with Brother Xun, what kind of tools do you need, gather everyone, use your imagination, and communicate with Lao Chen and them in the blacksmith shop, there are still a lot of broken copper and iron waiting to be returned, I don't know much about this, so I have ordered him to build some shovels, which looks pretty good." ”

Hu Benlu nodded yes.

After Li Wuchang finished instructing, he said again: "Okay, Lao Hu, you go and get busy...... Qianyong, Changhao, and Quanzi, you lead the way, go to Xishan to have a look, I want to see if there is any other place to use it, Dongshan has already seen it all. ”

Hu Qianyong nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, owner, the West Mountain is bigger than the East Mountain, there must be many good places." ”

Hu Benlu didn't go down, twisting and twisting, as if he still had something to say.

Li Wuchang scolded with a smile: "If you have a fart, let it go, hurry up." ”

Hu Benlu said cautiously: "Owner, our pharmacy has also been built, and Lang Zhong on Zhuangzi has also gone to the clinic, I have seen it, there is no charge for the consultation, and the price of medicine is even lower than that in the city, isn't it a little ...... I see that a lot of people from nearby Zhuangzi come to our pharmacy to get medicine, and those guys are very good at taking advantage of our Zhuangzi. ”

Li Wuchang smiled: "You know how to help me save money?"

Hu Benlu said: "The owner of the village is kind-hearted, but ...... But ......"

Li Wuchang said: "Okay, I don't blame you, you don't have to think about these things, this is gathering popularity, this area is far from the city, let's build a market in Zhuangzi in the future, and let everyone nearby come to our Zhuangzi to catch the market." ”

Hu Qianyong smiled: "Dad, I have long said that the owner of the village has his own considerations, aren't you worrying blindly?"

Hu Benlu was despised by his son, his old face was dark, and he was going to teach his son a lesson, and finally realized that it was in front of the owner, and it was not good to have a seizure, so he muttered: "Go back and teach you a stinky boy." ”

Everyone laughed, but Hu Qianyong was naturally not afraid.

Li Wuchang was led by three young men to Xishan and began to inspect further.

At present, the price of medicinal materials has risen sharply, and it would be nice if there were a few more mountains where medicinal materials could be grown, then it would not be a barren mountain but a treasure mountain.

Xie Changhao used to be a bastard, often running around in the mountains, and he was familiar with the terrain, so it was very smooth.

After looking at a few places, the group came across the patrol led by Jiang Minglun, and everyone sat in the shade of a tree to drink water.

Jiang Minglun said with a smile: "Stunned, after this period of patrolling, the bandits have caught a few, but they are all small miscellaneous fish, and their legs are weak when they are frightened, I don't think there are any large-scale bandits near our Zhuangzi, do you want to stop the patrol team a little? Zhuangzi is so busy, this is also a group of laborers." ”

Nie Quandao: "Owner of the village, it is indeed like this, I have a few friends in the nearby Zhuangzi, and they all say that their Zhuangzi has recently increased bandits, and I think it is the bandits near our Zhuangzi who have wandered over." ”

Everyone laughed.

Li Wuchang shook his head and said, "So, those bandits don't dare to spread wild near our Zhuangzi?......? Did we do something bad?"

A veteran of the patrol team said with a smile: "Those bandits are probably afraid, our Zhuangzi has recently adopted thunderous measures against the bandits, caught them and directly disabled, and then escorted them to the city, the bandits dare not come without some strength." ”

Another humane: "Owner, how can it be a bad thing, our ability to deter bandits is the power of the owner, there are bandits in other places, they have the ability to suppress it." ”

Li Wuchang nodded and said: "Since those bandits are afraid, the patrol team can stop for a while, you can let it go, if you dare to do something near our Zhuangzi, if you catch it, let him live rather than die, which one is not long-sighted, you can give it a try." ”

After a pause, he continued: "After a while, I will organize a team to go to other places to suppress bandits, and when the time comes, I will take the fat bear and loot the bandits' den, which can be regarded as a sum of money." ”

Everyone laughed.

They have all seen the fat bear's scavenging methods, and they will not let go of even an iron nail, and the broken wooden boards will be removed for you to pull back for firewood, and the walls will be carefully broken for you, saying that there may be copper plates inside.

Li Wuchang said again: "Recently, a group of sturdy laborers will be recruited, if you have comrades-in-arms in nearby Zhuangzi, you can notify them and tell them that as long as there are sturdy laborers, the wages will not be lower than in other places." ”

At this time, the veterans laughed and said: "Owner, we were going to mention this stubble to you, but many people came to the door before, but we couldn't call the shots, so we politely refused, which made them very depressed." ”

Jiang Minglun said with a smile: "Stunned, your hand can be regarded as benefiting the Quartet, to be honest, I have also been to the nearby Zhuangzi...... Alas, the good ones that haven't been lived are all bitter haha. ”

All the patrol members agreed.

Li Wuchang secretly wondered how I have the ability to benefit the Quartet, it can be regarded as mutual benefit.