Chapter 323: Change of Route

When the yamen runners heard this, their faces darkened and they shouted angrily:

"Shut up! This is a government decision. When is it your turn to comment?"

Zhang Shuiniang's face turned pale. "What government decision? It clearly says that Ye Caiping is the one who wants to spend money to build the bridge. It's just to make things more convenient for their village, right?"

The yamen runner yelled: "No matter who paid for it, since the government has stamped its seal, the bridge must be repaired! And repairing the bridge is a good thing. You won't have to go a few miles around to visit relatives in the future. Lady Ye is also thinking about everyone."

Zhang Shui Niang gritted her teeth and said, "Humph, what do you mean by thinking about everyone? In fact, it's all for herself."

"Everyone knows that she has two workshops. There are so many people transporting goods to these workshops every day. They go in and out every day, and the road is almost damaged by them."

"She built the bridge in our village just to make money for herself. Why is she arguing about serving the people? She has taken all the benefits and still wants to gain a good reputation."

"When the merchants come and go, it will be too noisy. How can we live in peace?"

When the villagers heard this, they all said angrily, "That's right! We can't let her build a bridge in our village! We can't build it!"

The yamen runner was furious: "Shut up, you bunch of unruly people! This is the decision of the county magistrate!"

Another yamen runner said, "Let's go back and report first!"

Although they were yamen runners, there were only two of them, while the other side had a group of people.

The two turned and left.

Soon, he rode back to Ye Caiping's home.

Explain the situation in Lijia Village.

County Magistrate He slammed the table and stood up: "How can this be absurd? Since I have posted the notice, the bridge must be repaired! Bring more people with you..."

"Wait." Ye Caiping stood up: "Let's go meet them. If they really don't allow us to repair it, then we can change the location."

County Magistrate He immediately calmed down and said with a smile, "Okay, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't listen to the people's opinions. Let's go and take a look."

Ye Caiping and County Magistrate He went to Lijia Village with the yamen runners.

Lijia Village——

The news of the bridge construction soon spread throughout the village.

Almost all the villagers gathered under the big locust tree.

Li Lizheng frowned after reading the notice.

He didn't dare to offend the government, but if he really let them build the bridge here, he would not be able to swallow this.

"Ah, yamen runners! So many yamen runners!" someone suddenly exclaimed.

Li Lizheng turned around and saw two rows of yamen runners walking quickly towards him and finally stopped where they were.

After a while, the two carriages behind also stopped.

Ye Caiping and County Magistrate He got off the car respectively.

Zhang Shuiniang, who was hiding in the crowd, saw Ye Caiping in gorgeous clothes and felt jealous and hateful.

Li Lizheng stepped forward and said, "Greetings, Mr. County Magistrate."

After saying this, he reluctantly bowed to Ye Caiping and said, "Meet, meet Ye Yiren."

There was a flash of mockery in Ye Caiping's eyes.

This Li Li is Li Zhiyuan's cousin. He always favors Li Zhiyuan and often slanders her.

County Magistrate He said coldly: "I heard that you don't want to build a bridge between Qinghe Village and Lijia Village?"

Li Lizheng broke out in a cold sweat, but looking at Ye Caiping, who was now dressed in gorgeous clothes, he couldn't swallow this humiliation.

"I... don't mean to disobey your orders... but building the bridge will have a huge impact on our village."

The villagers immediately started to make a scene: "Yes, we can't build the bridge! Why should we let them pass through here?"

Their Lijia Village is the village with the best underground location. If they build a bridge, won’t they lose this sense of superiority?

As long as they lose their sense of superiority and make things convenient for others, they will feel that they have suffered a great loss!

And after the bridge is built, Ye Caiping will make more money!

Why should they make it easy for her to make money?

At this time, someone in the crowd said, "Unless you give each of us ten taels of silver as compensation! Also, I heard that you are building a third workshop, so you have to recruit people from our Lijia Village! At least one person from each household!"

When the villagers of Lijia Village heard this, their eyes lit up: "Yes, yes! That's right! Otherwise, why would we let you build a bridge in our village and let you make money?"

Ye Caiping sneered: "Dream on. I, Ye Caiping, will not be threatened by you. There will be no compensation, and the new workshop will not employ you. Since you don't allow the repair, then I won't let you do it."

Then he turned around and said to County Magistrate He: "Let's move the bridge to He'an Village!"

County Magistrate He frowned slightly and said, "But Lijia Village has the best location. If a bridge is built here, after getting off the bridge, there will be a straight road leading to the town. There is no need to turn."

"Madam Ye, don't worry about them! I am here, and anyone who doesn't allow us to repair will be thrown into jail for a few days."

When the villagers heard this, they turned pale with fear.

As the saying goes, one should not fight with officials. Li Lizheng did not dare to offend him again and was about to give in.

Ye Caiping said, "No need, sir. I'm just afraid they'll get mad and cause trouble for passing carriages and horses."

County Magistrate He understood that if it were ordinary villagers in Lijia Village, they might be able to endure it.

But when Ye Caiping's merchants passed by, they were afraid that they would do something sneaky.

"Okay, then I'll listen to Madam Ye."

County Magistrate He did not want to give in as he felt it would be too shameful. But since Ye Caiping wanted to change, he naturally didn't dare to object. There is no way, the other party’s backing is too strong, and he is also the financial sponsor!

Ye Caiping said: "Let's go to He'an Village."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Zhang Shuiniang, who was hiding in the crowd, had a smug look in her eyes. Bitch, you want to pass through their village? Dream on!

Although the villagers of Lijia Village regretted not getting any compensation, they still cheered when they saw them leave, as if they had won a battle.

Listening to the cheers from behind, Ye Caiping found it a little funny.

If you want to get rich, build roads first!

With the flow of people, business opportunities will naturally come, and money will come, right?

The people of Lijia Village had no idea what they had lost.

However, they will naturally know it once the bridge is repaired.

Looking forward to this day!

…

Ye Caiping and County Magistrate He went to He'an Village.

When the village chief Chen from He'an Village heard about the bridge repair, he immediately agreed with a simple smile, his mouth almost grinning from ear to ear: "Okay, okay, great!"

"This will make it much easier for us to visit relatives between villages. By the way, I have a sister who is going to marry someone from your village."

Ye Caiping: "Oh, which one?"

"Haha, it's my eldest girl! Isn't she your neighbor, Madam Ye? She's married to Zhao Facai."

Ye Caiping's mouth twitched slightly. It turned out to be you, the omnipresent Mrs. Zhao!

Village Chief Chen said shyly, "Well, when the bridge is repaired, please ask Madam Ye to support our He'an Village."

"good."

Ye Caiping looked at the shy appearance of Village Chief Chen and sighed, thinking that perhaps Mrs. Zhao's mother had left all her bad manners to Mrs. Zhao's sisters.

After the discussion, Ye Caiping and County Magistrate He went back together.