When Hui'er returned home in the afternoon, Shen Wan learned from her the reason why she didn't recruit people from Jingou Village.
It turned out that when Hui'er entered the village, she heard the people in Jingou Village talking about the new owner of Chashan, saying that the new owner of Chashan was a big fool and even paid two taels of silver a month to the workers.
He also said that they would go to work in the tea mountains in the future. They would wander around the tea mountains every day and then go home to sleep. It was not easy to earn two taels of silver a month.
After meeting with the village chief Cao, he looked at the list and found that everyone in the village was named Cao. There were as many as eighty people on the list, but there were only sixty households in Jingou Village.
This means that the people recommended by Village Chief Cao are from more than one household.
Hui'er immediately said that they could only recruit thirty people to take care of the tea mountain. We couldn't recruit that many people for the time being, but they would go to Yingou Village to recruit people soon! The village chief Cao actually bribed her, saying that she was responsible for recruiting people. There is absolutely no problem in recruiting more than ten people. She also said that as long as she recruits all the people from their Jingou Village, half of the villagers' first month's wages can be given to Hui'er.
The village chief was able to bribe people, and the villagers also said such things. This is evident in the folk customs of Jingou Village.
Hui'er said she wanted to think about it, left Jingou Village directly, and recruited all the people from Yingou Village.
The next day, just as the city gates opened and it was still dark, a carriage came out of the city, followed by several servants on horseback.
Shen Wan led people up to the tea mountain and found a place that looked relatively hidden and where the "Golden Exploration Grass" grew more luxuriantly. He asked his servants to dig and use picks and hoes.
Hui'er didn't understand why his wife took them out to dig this tea mountain so early in the morning.
Shen Wan had people dig deeper. The six of them dug for half an hour. They dug out all the vomit and found the rocks deep in the mountain.
The sun came out, and the sunlight shone on the stones deep in the mountain. The stones shone with a faint golden light.
The servant was so shocked that he dropped the hoe in his hand.
"Madam, this, this stone..." This stone is wrong, it looks like gold.
Shen Wan stepped forward and took a closer look, and saw that the surface of the stone was golden, mixed with a little of the original color of the stone.
Tsk tsk, Shen Wan couldn't help but be speechless, this gold content is still very high! She glanced at the stunned servants and said: "Hurry up and dig, whatever you dig now is yours."
The servant was overjoyed and acted quickly. This was gold, but it was gold! Hui'er couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. There was gold on this mountain. The lady must have known about it in advance, so she said she didn't want this tea mountain and left it deserted. .
But how did Madam know?
Huier looked at Shen Wan, her eyes full of surprise and admiration.
This gold ore is much harder to dig than soil. After digging for more than half an hour, every servant dug out a big bag and carried it in their clothes.
They are not greedy people. Shen Wan asked him to stop, so they stopped. With so much gold, they were already very satisfied. They were very grateful to Madam and planned to share some of the gold they dug up with those who did not come today. brother.
The madam is generous and kind, and now they have a gold mountain. As long as they follow her honestly and loyally, the money will only increase.
Shen Wan asked the servants to fill in the hole, and pulled out some grass to cover it. She told them not to tell anyone, and told them about the powerful relationship. They were too weak to guard Jinshan, so they had to hide it first, otherwise they would Suffered a devastating disaster.
The servants swore that they would never reveal a word to anyone.