Imagining the scene of Xu Dalang and Xu Erniang being torn apart and eaten by their own brothers, the depression in the hearts of several people immediately dissipated a lot.
However, before the depression completely dissipated, something happened that made several people feel desperate.
The eldest son of the Xu family and the second wife of the Xu family are back intact!
They didn't care if they were fine, and even kidnapped all the brothers in their village.
Seeing Xu Dalang and Xu Erniang dragging behind them a long line of people walking in with smiles, several people could no longer stand the excitement and fainted.
Xu Yue was also shocked. With nearly a hundred people brought back at once, the dormitory on Zhuangzi couldn't accommodate them.
However, Xu Yue was not in trouble for long, as the Wang family came back after traveling far away.
When I went there, I brought with me a huge team and loads of charcoal.
This time when I came back, there seemed to be more people than when I left. Not only did I bring back many refugees, I also went to the mine to go through the handover procedures. The ox cart that was originally pulling charcoal was all filled with iron ore.
The first thing he did when he got home was to ask Wang Dayou to start work quickly.
She wants to build tracks and make iron ore carts to transport the iron ore from the mine down the mountain faster.
As for motivation, Wang had already thought about it on the way back. Large domesticated animals such as cows, horses and donkeys would be the best motivation.
Remember, when the first tracks were built, horses were also used to drive train carriages.
Nowadays, it is best to use horses to pull rail cars.
In this way, she can save maximum manpower and fully exploit the mine.
So, when Xu Yue pointed at the group of bandits outside the cowshed and asked her mother how to deal with it, Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said directly:
"Send them all to me to mine!"
When the bandits heard this, their sallow faces turned completely green due to long-term malnutrition.
Mining, what kind of work is it? Even if you have not experienced it personally, you have heard about its harshness.
In the past, only the most heinous criminals would be assigned to serve in the mines. The supervisors there treated people like beasts.
What's more, they are worse than animals.
The stewards and villagers who had tampered with the wood chips in the village were also packed and sent to the mine to undergo labor reform.
After all, he has some cultural foundation and can do a lot of things in the mine. Wang is eager to have as many people as he can.
As soon as the news came out, the villagers on the farm became much more diligent in their work, fearing that if they made a mistake, they would be sent to the mines to work as coolies.
Especially Zhang Wuniang, who was involved in the tampering of wooden chips and was arranged by Xu Yue to make amends, was more careful than before. Once an error was discovered, she would report it as soon as possible after checking it, for fear of making mistakes again.
The arsenal and the mine were in operation at the same time, and Wang, who had just arrived home, was so busy that she couldn't even touch the ground.
This battle against rogue bandits seemed to have provided Wang with the inspiration to import labor. He personally led Lu Meng and others to raid the nearby bandit dens!
Lu Meng and others who have been following Wang for half a year are not the Jizhou cavalry who were chased all over the place by Xu Da.
Although this team is small in number, they are all military talents that Wang has devoted all his efforts to cultivate. They have received brand-new scientific military training, and each one is capable of blocking ten.
Coupled with the sharp weapons, fat war horses, and the strong combat power and maneuverability that have been trained, they can completely crush the upper class bandits.
During this period of time, the public security in Yuyang County has been qualitatively improved. Su Ci, the prefect, was so embarrassed that he quickly sent a plaque of commendation to Wang Pingping, the wife of the Xu family, and a thief Cao official in charge of public security.
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Thief Cao, Shi Yi three hundred stones, is in charge of thieves.
To put it bluntly, they are the officials responsible for maintaining public security in the entire county. Above the thief cao, there are also thief cao under the sect, so Wang's thief cao should be equivalent to the director of the state-level public security office.
Because Wang Pingping is a woman, she can serve as an official, which has caused a big stir in the county.
But what’s even more surprising is that she refused!
She actually refused!
For a time, the officials in Yuyang County all speculated that this woman rejected this exciting offer because she was sensible and knew how to uphold ethics, or for some other reason.
However, the person involved did not stand up to explain what the facts were.
But the answer is actually very simple.
"Do you think I am busy enough to come here? The mine has just been taken over, the arsenal is busy, and the brick kiln has not started yet. How many hands and heads do I have to do what a thief?"
Xu Da, who thought he would bring a surprise to his mother-in-law, but was scolded so badly, was deeply depressed.
But the man's face made him hold on and retort weakly, "Well, didn't you want to show off your grand ambitions earlier? I thought this was just the right time for you to enter the official system, and the general also acquiesced, so, just... .....”
"knew."
Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Wang's cold "knowledge". Xu Da had to take a deep breath to hold back his depression.
"I appreciate your kindness, but I still have a lot of things to do now. If you're done, just go back and stabilize the top, which is the greatest help to me and this family." Wang laughed at Xu. Get off, turn around and stride away.
Xu Da watched her disappear in the blink of an eye. He could only hold his forehead helplessly and sighed, "I am a big injustice!"
Xu Erniang, who was standing behind and eavesdropping on the entire process, said weakly: "Um, Dad...can you get me an official job?"
Xu Da turned around and asked, "Are you worthy?"
Xu Erniang's eyes immediately lit up with small flames of anger, Gan!
Seeing that her sister and father were about to fight, Xu Yue, the fire extinguisher, appeared in time and took away the furious Xu Erniang.
Xu Da, who thought he would be praised, but was scolded, left depressed.
The busy work on Zhuangzi did not stop.
Wang sent all the 200 refugees he brought back to Xu Yue's literacy class for a month of intensive basic literacy, and then led this new group of people to the newly purchased land and began to build a large brick kiln.
After all, the population and housing problem is already imminent, and there can be no further delay.
On Xu Yue's side, because of the private change of wooden chips by the villagers, they decided to re-formulate a new circulating currency in the village.
There is no need to think about metal currency in this era. The level of refining is too high and is not suitable for the current productivity of Zhuangzi.
As for cloth and other items, even if the cloth in the warehouse of the textile factory has piled up like a mountain, Xu Yue is not willing to take it out.
After much thought, I decided to continue using the wood that was available all over the mountains and plains.
However, unlike the previous wood chips that could be tampered with, the new wood chip is a long wood chip one finger wide. The magic medicine studied by Xu Erniang is used to make a cyan mark on the top of the wood chip, completely eliminating the possibility of counterfeiting.
Unless, there is a second magician appearing in this world.
A long piece of wood counts as one work point, making change and exchange more convenient than before. The stewards no longer need to use the previous method of counting multiple copies, which greatly saves their workload.
