The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Chapter 38 Give him a hand

Early the next morning, the stewards in the mansion led their teams and set off, busy doing the things the prince had told them. They were all confident. As long as they had money, there was nothing they couldn't do. Since the prince had tens of thousands of dollars to spend,

, things will be much easier to handle.

"Chief steward, which village should we go to first?" After leaving the mansion, the driver asked Zheng Fu through the curtain.

"Well, let's go to Dachen Village first. The people there are poor and have been miserable for years. If we go to send money, we will definitely recruit all the people in the morning!" Zheng Fu patted the few bags of copper coins sitting under his butt and said with a smile.

, he didn’t believe that if he scattered a lot of copper coins, no one would come to work.

"Yes, the chief steward is kind and considerate of his subordinates. Yesterday, the government distributed welfare. I took back ten pounds of pork, five feet of silk cloth, and several large bunches of copper coins. My wife was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth when she saw it.

I haven't slept all night, and I, Wang Laoqi, have never felt that my waist is so hard in all these years!"

"Haha, you two haven't slept all night. You two are very energetic. You must have eaten too much pork!" Zheng Fu said with a smile. He was in such a good mood today that he joked with his subordinates.

"Where are you thinking, Chief Steward? When I brought back the things, I insisted on cooking the meat overnight and used those few feet of silk to buy the girl new clothes!" Wang Laoqi said with a red face and a thick neck.

"Ouch" the manager suddenly exclaimed, the car suddenly shook, and he hit his head on the roof of the carport unpreparedly, "Wang Laoqi, even if I am wrong, you can't drive the car into the pit.

!”

"Boss, I didn't do it on purpose. It's just that the road is full of pits. You can't avoid them even if you want to!"

"Forget it, let's drive the carriage!" Zheng Fu knew that the coachman was telling the truth, but the carriage was full of copper coins. He didn't feel relieved when he got off the carriage. Looking at the guards following him on horseback, he felt envious.

The road was so frozen in winter and still so difficult to walk. If it rained in spring, the car would not be able to move. He couldn't help but sigh at the prince's foresight.

In the early morning, Zhao Tong finished squatting on the horse and practiced Meng Tao's new boxing. When he came back, he went into the small study, where he even had breakfast. As soon as Jian Xi came in, he saw that the room was in a mess, and the dishes and chopsticks were still there.

It was placed on the desk. The prince was sitting on the floor reading a book. There was a low stool next to the bookshelf in the corner. It seemed that the book had just been taken off the bookshelf.

"When did the second master change his taste?" Jian Xi clearly remembered that the bookshelf was filled with miscellaneous books that the prince was not interested in. They had been placed there untouched since they were bought.

"Second Master, don't sit on the floor. If the official sees it, he will tell you the rules!" Jian Xi stepped forward and pulled the prince up, asking a small yellow man who followed him to clear the table. He squatted down to collect the books on the ground.

rise.

"Don't move, these are the books I want to read, don't mess them up!" Zhao Tong sat down again, put a bookmark on the opened pages, and then asked Jianxi to move the book to the desk.

"Second Master, haven't you never read these books? Why did you find them all today?" Jian Xi wiped the table and put the books one by one and asked. He looked through them and they were "Wine Book" and "Wine Classics"

", "Liquor Prescriptions", "Four Seasons Liquor Medicine", "Secret Brewing Recipes" and other books about wine making.

"It's only when the book is used that I regret it less!" Zhao Tong sighed with emotion, and began to immerse himself in flipping through the book again. After reading for a while, he suddenly asked: "Can you make wine when I see you? By the way, your family makes coffins, how can you do that?"

Make wine!”

"Second Master, are you reading the book just to find a way to make wine? Although I don't know how to make wine, I know who knows. As long as Second Master lets me have a meal of boiled mutton again, I will tell you!" He smiled and sold it.

Guanzi said.

"Oh, you also learned how to make terms with me. I'll give you a meal of chopping firewood and stewing meat today!" Zhao Tong said, kicking Jianxi.

"Hehe, how could the Second Master be willing to hit me!" Jianxi dodged the prince's 'shadowless kick' and said with a smile, "Second Master, what do you think the old man did in the past? He opened a winery and made wine.

Now, who doesn’t know about the ‘Kunyi Wine’ of the Duke of Guo’s house? All the stewards in our family are sent by the Duke of Guo’s house, so there must be someone who knows how to make wine!”

"Oh, I'm so confused. I'm holding a golden rice bowl but I'm begging for food everywhere!" Zhao Tong threw the book on the table and sighed.

"Second Master, aren't you confused? You are a fan of the authorities. I am just a bystander!" Jian Xi said, scratching his head.

"Has the boss gone out?" Zhao Tong asked.

"I went out. I packed a large cart of copper coins early this morning and took six nursing homes to the direction of Dachen Village. I will definitely recruit a lot of people today!" Jian Xi reported quickly.

"Not necessarily. If he goes to our Lao Zhuangzi today, he might be able to recruit people back. If he goes there, I'm afraid the whole day will be in vain. Now the people from Lao Zhuangzi don't dare to come!" Zhao Tong frowned.

He said with a long eyebrow.

"Second Master, can't you? No one will want the jingling string of money, I don't believe it!"

"Don't believe it?! Think about it, if a tall and strong man hits you every time, and suddenly one day, that man sticks out his butt and asks you to kick him, what would you think? Do you dare to kick him?"

"I don't dare, I'm afraid that after I kicked him, one day he'll kick him back twice as hard!" Jianxi thought for a moment and said sheepishly.

"That's it, isn't it? The people of Dachen Village were bullied so hard by that bastard Zhang Yan. When they go there, they will give you money. Do you dare to ask for it? I'm afraid they will think that money bites your hand!"

"Second Master, what should we do?"

"What should we do? You have to use your brain to do things, cold salad. Go find Zhao Ren and the others!" Zhao Tong said with his legs crossed.

The Xia Courtyard was very lively that day, and laughter could be heard from time to time. People passing by sounded like they were singing opera, but they didn’t think it was like it. The second master had never had such a hobby. In the afternoon, some sharp-eyed people saw that the Xia Courtyard

A dozen beggars wearing rags and unkempt faces came out of the house. He quickly reported it to the third steward, but the nursing staff searched for a long time and found no trace of the beggars.

When it got dark, someone saw the big steward come back with a droopy head, and then went to the inner courtyard. How did he pull out several bags of money, and how did he pull them back again? No one was recruited. Soon there was news from the inner courtyard.

When the news came, the second master did not see him and only asked him to go back and have a good rest.

At dawn the next day, Zheng Fu had already gotten up early and walked in the yard. He had stayed up almost all night last night, his eyes were red and there was a big blister at the corner of his mouth. As he walked, he sighed that he had been humiliated yesterday.

They used cash to recruit people, and they gave them money before they did any work. Those who couldn't make it through last year still rushed to sign up, but...

"Alas!" The chief steward sighed again. He found the head of the village and asked him to hold a gong and shout in the village for a long time. Only an old man with a cane came over to take a look and went back without asking.

He had been freezing for a day and drank a lot of northwest wind. He was stunned that no one had been recruited back. He was worried about whether to go or not today. What should he say if he went? If he didn't go, how would he explain to the prince if he couldn't recruit anyone?

"Big steward, big steward!" At this moment, the doorman ran over in a panic and shouted.

"Why are you so nervous? You have forgotten all the rules!" Zheng Fu was angry and scolded him with a straight face.

"Yes, yes, Chief Steward, someone from outside the door has signed up!" Menzi replied after swallowing his saliva.

"What name should I sign up for?" Zheng Fu asked angrily. He was worried about signing up, and he got angry when he heard about signing up.

"Sign up to build a dam. There are a hundred and eighty people outside the door, and there are still people walking this way. Sir, do you want to do it or not?"

"Yes, why not? You quickly inform the housekeeper and ask them to prepare the money. I'll go right away!" Zheng Fu suddenly felt that pie was really falling from the sky. Whatever he lacked, he got what he wanted!

When Zheng Fu arrived at the door and saw the crowd, he was very happy. "Uncle Zheng, are you looking for someone to build the dam and pay you one month's wages in advance?" A man came forward and asked.

"Yes, not only do you pay one month's wages in advance, but you also take care of two meals a day after work starts. However, we only recruit tenants from our house. Which village are you from?" Zheng Fu replied.

"Uncle Zheng, I am from Dazhaozhuang. You are not trying to trick us. The money has been paid first, do you still have to pay interest? In the past, all work was done for free, and you had to bring your own tools and dry food!" The man was careful.

said.

"No, as long as you sign and deposit, you can get three guans in cash and go home to celebrate the New Year. After the New Year, you can go to the construction site to work according to the arrangements. No interest will be charged. From now on, the wages will be calculated monthly and there will be no arrears!

"

"Old Zhang, don't ask questions. I heard that we will recruit two hundred people. If you don't go, I will go and don't block the way. I trust the government will not lie to us!" At this time, a man came over and pulled the man over.

Said while squeezing over.

"This is the palace, and we won't rely on our money. The prince is a good man. My son also went to the palace to watch a play. Before leaving, the prince even packed snacks for him. I will go too!"

"Brother Lei, don't hold me back. I just asked and I want to sign up. It's okay to be idle at home!"

"Hurry up, those in front, there are people coming from behind. There will be too many people later and we won't be able to report!"

"Everyone, give way, don't make a mess, stand still and come one by one!" At this time, more than ten people came out of the mansion carrying several large baskets of shiny copper coins, and the nursing staff opened the room and shouted loudly.

"Fellow folks, if you haven't eaten in the morning, you can come here to drink a bowl of bone soup and eat two pancakes!" As he was talking, a few more handymen came out carrying food, placed two tables and shouted

.

When the people in front signed up and really received the money, and then sat down at the table to drink soup and eat pancakes, the people behind them all believed it and came forward to sign up one after another, "Second brother, stop eating and come back quickly.

Call the third child and ask him to come quickly, maybe he can catch up!"

"Brother Huzi, when you return to the village, call out and ask the boss of my uncle's family to come too. His family can't even open the pot!"

"Okay, okay, I'll call you when I pass by Dachen Village. I'm afraid there won't be enough people to catch up!"

"They deserve it. Yesterday I went to their village to recruit people, but no one dared to come!"

"They made that bastard Zhang Yan suffer so much that I can't even believe the good things!"

"If those little beggars hadn't talked about it yesterday, we wouldn't have known it, and they would have taken advantage of the good thing." People were talking, and those who received the money first were so happy that they couldn't open their mouths. The ones behind might have had enough, or

It was their turn to pay out the money, so they all rushed to hurry up. After hearing the news, people kept coming from behind.