Chapter 295 Chang Family

Wen Zhenyi looked at the person who opened the door. It seemed to be one of Master Chang's apprentices. "Hello, is Master Chang here?"

"Yes, Miss Wen, please come in."

Master Chang heard the voices and looked up at the gate: "Miss Wen, why are you here?"

"I have something to ask, so I want to trouble Master Chang."

Old Mrs. Chang heard the noise and came out of the room: "Old man, is this Miss Wen?"

"That's her."

Old Lady Chang looked at Wen Zhenyi carefully and said, "This girl is really pretty."

"Thank you for the compliment, Grandma."

"Stop standing, sit down."

The others took the initiative to make room for Wen Zhenyi and let her sit down.

Wen Zhenyi glanced at the blueprint on the table and asked, "Is this the blueprint of our house?"

Master Chang smiled and said, "Yes, we are dividing the work and will try our best to finish it for you as soon as possible. We are also preparing to recruit some more people."

"Many people in our village can do masonry work."

"Speaking of this, I would like to ask Miss Wen, would you rather hire fewer people or more people?"

"I hope it will be as fast as possible. If hiring more people can improve efficiency, Master Chang, go ahead and hire more."

"I feel relieved with your words. Otherwise, we should carefully consider it. I'm afraid that inviting too many people will make you unhappy."

"No, it's just that with so many people eating, I have to ask someone to help with the cooking."

Old Mrs. Chang came in with a bowl of water and placed it in front of her: "I can do it. My wife and I used to follow my old man around everywhere, and we were responsible for cooking for the people who worked."

"Okay, I'll have to trouble you guys when the time comes. If we don't have enough people, I'll hire a few more from the village."

"Okay." Old Mrs. Chang said with a smile.

Master Chang: "Miss Wen, what brings you here today?"

"I almost forgot about the important matter." Wen Zhenyi took out the sorted papers and handed them to him: "I also want to build a school. This is a requirement. I don't have the blueprints here, so I can only trouble you to draw them for me."

Master Chang and the others gathered together to read the contents on the paper, each of them with a look of shock on their faces: "Miss Wen, this is no longer a private school, it's not an exaggeration to call it an academy."

"Master, I think there's more to it than the academy designed."

"Yes, there are also various skills."

Master Chang was also a little puzzled: "Miss Wen, there aren't so many children in your village, right?"

"It's not just children from our village, there may be children from other places in the future."

Master Chang looked at the girl in front of him. Even people like them, who were almost buried up to their necks in dirt, might not have such vision and courage.

"If this is built, it will be no smaller than your current house."

"Then I have to go find the mayor, otherwise there is no way to deal with this land." Wen Zhenyi said as he prepared to get up and leave.

"Miss Wen, I'll draw a blueprint based on what you listed above and show it to you later."

"Okay, thank you, Master Chang."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Old Lady Chang hurriedly said, "Miss Wen, please sit for a while."

"Maybe next time, Grandma Chang. I still have to go to the government office in town."

The town's yamen runners were all familiar with her: "Miss Wen, are you here to see the mayor?"

"Yeah, is he there?"

"Yes, just go in and find him."

Wen Zhen nodded and walked towards the mayor's office: "Mr. Mayor."

Mayor Meng is arranging people to build a windmill. After all, every village must have at least one.

He heard the voice and looked up at the door: "Why are you here?"

"I need you for something."

Mayor Meng said to the people in the room, "It must be completed before the autumn harvest."

"Yes." Then they left the room.

Mayor Meng saw that they were the only two people in the room and said, "You're really looking for trouble. I'm already busy as hell, and you've brought up this matter with the Qin family of Heshou Village."

Wen Zhenyi walked to the chair opposite his table and sat down: "I just happened to pick someone up."

Mayor Meng's mouth twitched: "Were you a rag picker in your previous life?"

Wen Zhenyi shrugged helplessly: "I can't just stand by and watch someone die."

Mayor Meng rolled his eyes at her and said, "I helped you solve the Qin family's problem. They settled the matter peacefully and released Madam Qin, but they were unwilling to let go of her two children. There was nothing I could do." After saying that, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to her.

Wen Zhenyi glanced at the contents of the paper. It seemed that Madam Qin would no longer have any relationship with their Qin family, and it was up to her to remarry. "I know that. I came to you today for another matter."

Mayor Meng frowned and looked at her: "What's the matter again?"

Wen Zhenyi told her about her plan to build a school and also about her own plans for the school.

Mayor Meng was stunned when he heard this: "According to what you said, your school is quite large."

Wen Zhenyi smiled ingratiatingly and said, "So I'm here to ask for your help."

Mayor Meng asked a yamen runner to fetch a map of Xinglin Village and looked at the area left for building houses. "Xinglin Village is close to town, so there's plenty of land available for building houses, but not too much either."

Wen Zhenyi had seen the map of Xinglin Village and naturally knew how large the area was. Excluding the area that had already been built in the village and the area she had purchased before, there was less than 100 acres left.

"It's not that I don't know what the specific requirements are, so I came to ask you."

Mayor Meng lowered his head and looked at the map. "In each village, only residents of that village can purchase land for housing construction. There's no regulation on how much they can purchase."

“Then can I buy it?”

"Purchasing it is no problem, but your school will require at least ten acres, which will cost a lot of money to build. In addition, there will be teachers, tables and chairs, etc. Are you prepared?"

"Take one step at a time and gradually enrich it. There is no such thing as achieving everything in one go."

"If you have a piece of land you like, just go and pay for it. I'll write you a letter and you can take it back to your village chief."

"Thank you, mayor."

"The autumn harvest is almost here. You should go and see the fertile fields I gave you as a reward. You will have to pay taxes on them."

"Okay, I understand. I've already visited the one in Dongshan Village, and I'll go check out the rest in the next few days."

Mayor Meng nodded and let her pay the money herself, and he started to deal with other things.

Wen Zhenyi went to the government office to select a site and paid the money. He then went to Master Chang's house to tell him the address for the private school and, after a brief negotiation, prepared to return.

There is really no time to relax every day.

"master."

When Wen Zhen heard A Xiang's voice, she turned around and saw her leading a horse towards her: "Did you just come back?"

"Well, I've already found out what you asked me to find out."