"My eldest son, please think about it. This year, my Gu family decided to donate 50,000 shi of grain to support the imperial court's Northern Expedition. Who would have thought that there would be a severe drought. Although the East Lake Manor can collect nearly 40,000 shi of grain, it can barely fulfill the promise, but it is already needed.
It is already a huge loss to use family funds to meet the surplus grain. If at this time, the grain stored in the warehouse is lost and part of the fire is damaged, whose responsibility is it?" Han Yong's voice rang in Gu Chang's ears.
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Gu Chang stared at Han Yong with his peach blossom eyes and stammered: "You mean...you mean...this is...Nanzhai's responsibility?"
Han Yong snickered and said: "Exactly. It's because of Nanzhai's incompetence. In such a severe situation and such a big thing happened, how can the owner of Nanzhai not bear responsibility? What does this mean? It means that he did not
He has the ability to manage Zhuang Tian. This is the reason for him to hand over the power to manage the manor. The head of the family and the young family head can be held accountable on the grounds that the interests of the family have been harmed. If Dong Weng wants to be decent, he can only voluntarily hand over the power to manage Zhuang Tian.
.This solves the worries of the family master and the young master. Does the eldest master understand?"
Gu Chang was dumbfounded. He never expected that things could develop to such a result. And Han Yong was right. In this year's situation, Nanzhai has cut production and suffered fires, which has caused such a huge impact on the Gu family's industry.
Loss. This is the opportunity to seize the power of Nanzhai.
Although Gu Chang did not get clear words from Gu Chun and Gu Yan, he knew very well that Aweng and Aye were very dissatisfied with the situation of the Gu family. Aye said that the Gu family cannot have two heads, then
The meaning couldn't be clearer. It's just that I never had the chance and couldn't find a reason to resolve this matter.
As Gu Chang said, this is indeed an excellent opportunity.
"Yes, Yongzhi just said that he killed two birds with one stone, but he was actually wrong. It should be a plan that kills four birds with one stone. First, the eldest son's most urgent problem can be solved. Secondly, use this as an opportunity to force Dong Weng to hand over
Zhuang Tian. Third, who will bear such a huge loss? With Dong Weng’s temper, he naturally wants to make up for it with private property. He can only sell his manor’s land to compensate for the loss. The family head and the young family head will naturally not let the Gu family’s land
If you become an outsider, you will take over these properties. After the re-division of the family property is completed, no one will shake the dominant position of the family owner. This is called the ebb and flow of the other. The fourth bird is Li Hui. This servant enters
The eldest son who did the second harm was reprimanded and lost face. Dong Weng protected him, but there was nothing he could do about it. But this time he had no chance of surviving. Wasn't he responsible for the patrol and defense duties? It was in his hands.
If something goes wrong, can he get away with it? With such huge losses, he has no choice but to die. This dog slave is doomed. Young Master, isn't this killing four birds with one stone?"
Gu Chang's eyes shone, and his voice trembled with excitement. He didn't expect that this plan to steal food, which made him almost wet his pants with fear, would actually turn into an extremely ingenious strategy in Han Yong's mouth. It would have the effect of killing four birds with one stone.
Even if the incident comes to light in the future and the worries of Ah Weng and Grandpa can be solved, it will be a great achievement. I am afraid that Ah Weng and Grandpa will not blame themselves.
"Okay, Han Yong, I didn't expect you to have such intelligence. Your plan is vicious and subtle. It's so tight, so tight."
"The eldest son is ridiculous. Yongzhi is thinking about the master's family, and shares the eldest master's worries and solves the difficulties in order to repay the master's family's kindness. As long as he can share the lord's family's worries, Yongzhi is willing to be broken into pieces. If the eldest master thinks that the matter is feasible, Yongzhi will start it.
It's arranged." Han Yong said solemnly.
Gu Chang was still a little scared. He swallowed his foam and said, "But I'm afraid this matter won't be easy to handle. What if we are discovered?"
Han Yong said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, eldest son, Yongzhiding's arrangements are in order. There are still more than ten days of preparation time, and everything will be arranged by Yongzhi. After the grain is shipped out, it will be temporarily stored elsewhere, and Yongzhi will find a buyer in advance.
The house is waiting for the opportunity to be transported by waterway for delivery. At that time, the eldest son will just wait to use the empty house to store the money. However, the eldest son must not show any traces during this period, and do not let anyone see the signs. I am afraid that even if he goes to bed at night,
You have to keep your mouth shut, lest you talk in your sleep and reveal the secret, hehehe."
Gu Chang nodded slowly, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then you go and do it. Don't worry, I will put a numbing core in my mouth when I sleep at night, and I will never reveal a word."
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Li Hui moved into the East Lake Manor with five nursing staff and took on the task of patrolling and guarding the property.
But soon, everyone discovered that Li Hui did not take this responsibility seriously at all.
According to Dong Weng's instructions, Li Hui and the others were on patrol that day and night, constantly patrolling inside and outside the manor. Especially at night, they had to be on guard. Because the manor was so large and the surrounding acres were several miles away, others might come and steal the mature ones.
Rice. This is also their most important responsibility.
However, Li Hui and others did not act according to Guo Qian's instructions at all since they settled in the manor.
On the first day of settlement, Li Hui led Zhao Dachun, Guo Dazhuang and others to open up a small open space in Zhuangzi, put some stone locks, stone grinders and other objects, and started playing with guns, sticks, wrestling and weightlifting. He didn't even think about it.
Go on inspection tour.
It was just the first day, after all, it was my first time here. But it was like this for several days in a row.
They got up quite early, when the morning mist filled the air. They shouted slogans loudly and started running. They started running in circles along the manor courtyard and the dirt road outside the warehouse building. They had to run dozens of times in the morning until
We were sweating profusely and panting like an ox before we returned to our residence. After breakfast, we walked around the fields for a symbolic look, then went back to wait for lunch.
After lunch, others were extremely busy, so they lay down in the room and slept soundly. They came out in the evening and started boxing and wrestling on the field, laughing and having fun. After dinner, they also went out for a symbolic walk.
, came back in less than an hour, and then went to bed and fell asleep.
In one hour, they couldn't even wander around half of the manor, let alone conduct a full patrol. They slept soundly that night and didn't care about what happened outside. Even if someone secretly cut all the rice, they wouldn't be able to do it at all.
No way of knowing.
The actions of the nursing staff naturally aroused discussion. Lu Fang, the manager of East Lake Manor, was worried, so he came to negotiate with Li Hui and asked Li Hui to lead people to perform their duties. In the end, he was not angry to death.
"You mind your own business. It's not your turn to tell us what to do."
This was the answer Li Hui gave him.
Lu Fang touched his nose and left in a huff, and ran to report to Han Yong, asking Han Yong to come to negotiate. Han Yong didn't plan to come, but after thinking about it, he came to see Li Hui.
"Li Hui, you still have to be diligent and dedicated when it comes to guard inspections. If something goes wrong, it will be terrible. If Dong Weng is blamed, how should we explain it?"
Li Hui was quite polite to Han Yong and said politely: "Mr. Han, since Dong Weng has handed over the responsibility to me, if anything happens, it will be my fault, and it will naturally not affect others. In fact, there is no need to worry at all, who
Dare to come and steal the Gu family's rice? Who dares to disturb Tai Sui? Isn't that boring? Worrying too much is unnecessary. Besides, I used the empty city strategy. Even if the thief comes, I have to scare him away. "
Han Yong hurriedly asked: "What's the empty city strategy?"
Li Hui did not hide anything, and said triumphantly: "We have placed straw men around the manor and lit a few everlasting lanterns. Even if those people want to steal, if they see the lights and the people, do they dare to do anything wrong? This is
Zhuge Liang's empty city plan, keep it safe and put it to use."
Han Yong laughed, stroked his beard and praised: "So that's it, awesome, awesome. This empty city strategy is indeed brilliant. In this case, I don't worry about it anymore. In fact, I already knew what you were capable of. I came to ask, just to appease those people.
Human heart. Dong Weng has entrusted such an important responsibility to you, why should I feel uneasy?"
Li Hui laughed heartily and ended the conversation in a friendly manner.
Han Yong was satisfied. In fact, he had been paying attention to every move of Li Hui and others, hoping that they would be lazy so that he could carry out his plan. Now that he heard what Li Hui said about the empty city strategy, he sneered inwardly.
"This kid really thinks he is Zhuge Liang. What kind of empty city strategy is he playing? I am really laughing to death."
After that, whenever someone said in front of Han Yong that Li Hui and the others were not doing anything, Han Yong would verbally reprimand them for meddling in their own business. Not only that, Han Yong also ordered Lu Fang and others to be polite to Li Hui and the others.
No offense is allowed, just let them stay comfortably.
The tenant farmers in the manor dared not speak out, but they were actually the most concerned about the safety of the rice. In the end, they organized some manpower to patrol the surrounding area at night for peace of mind. These people worked hard during the day, but at night they were worried about someone stealing it.
During the inspection, it can be imagined that the resentment towards Li Hui and others was deep in his heart. He secretly scolded Li Hui and others bloody.
But in any case, the harvest of crops is progressing in an orderly manner. Taking advantage of the good weather in autumn, the tenant farmers are sweating profusely and working from morning to night. The rice fields are harvested, revealing large areas of open fields. This open space extends all the way to the edge.
go.
Seven days later, more than 10,000 acres of rice were harvested. Ten days later, all the cut rice was carried by the load to the huge drying field around the manor to begin manual threshing.
The method of threshing is entirely manual, which is to beat the bunches of rice ears hard on the bamboo bed to separate the rice from the stalks. This process is more laborious than harvesting. After two consecutive days and nights,
All the rice has been threshed.
At this stage, the grain harvest has basically been completed, but it is not the time to breathe a sigh of relief. Because the harvested rice needs to be dried quickly. If there is a rainy day at this time, the rice will only need to be covered for a day and a half before it will germinate and become moldy.
.Because the rice at this moment contains a lot of water.
Therefore, in the next few days, the millet was dried, the straw was dried, packed and bundled, and stacked in the warehouse. Until all the rice was transported into the granary and stacked, and all the fodder was stacked neatly. This is like