Lin Jinyue heard Chen Mazi and the others shouting that they "wanted to join Yunhe Village".

I felt a bit numb.

She never expected that yesterday's exam would bring so much shock to the people of Chenjia Village.

This group of people actually went to the city and summoned the county magistrate.

As the nominal clan head of the village, Lin Shucheng naturally had to come and receive them.

He was still stunned. "What? They're giving our village land again?"

Lin Jinyue burst out laughing: "Father, it's merging the village into our village, not giving us land."

Lin Shucheng immediately lost interest.

He whispered to his daughter, "Yueyue, take a look and see if it's worth it. If it is, then we'll include it."

Chen Mazi was the most excited.

He had at least managed to become a manager of the soap-making department under Lin Jinyue, earning an extra five hundred coins a month in bonuses.

Thinking that if he could enter the village in the future, he would work harder and get Jiang Zuo and the others to teach him to read and do arithmetic, and maybe he could even be given an important position.

He said to Magistrate Ding, "Your Honor, we admire their village and want our young shopkeeper to be the village chief. We won't accept anyone else!"

Magistrate Ding was also having a headache.

Actually, the original Chenjia Village was not a very large area, and the population was not large either.

This location is really too remote.

After Chen Dawei started causing trouble, several more households moved away.

There are not many people left in Chenjia Village now.

However, Magistrate Ding could not be offended too much. Chen Dawei was too difficult to deal with, and he also had General Dingyuan behind him. It was better to avoid trouble.

Therefore, Magistrate Ding had never really wanted all the people of Chenjia Village to move there.

But now, out of gratitude, he gave Gu Shao a batch of things, which unexpectedly improved his relationship with Gu Shao.

They are not afraid of offending people.

Magistrate Ding wanted Lin Jinyue to generate more revenue for Shawan County, so he pulled Lin Jinyue aside.

He said earnestly, “Your village doesn’t have many people. Those who signed indentures don’t count as a single household. If the village gets bigger and has more households, your village can elect a village head, which will make many things much easier.”

Lin Jinyue nodded: "I know that, I've been thinking about that too."

Magistrate Ding continued, "Moreover, the people in Chenjia Village all own land. After the merger, if someone from your village becomes the village head, it will be much easier to cultivate the land."

Indeed, it would be much more convenient for her if there were more people around.

But...

She wasn't very familiar with the people in Chenjia Village.

There was a purpose behind inviting the Chen and Jiang families over.

Chen Pang's family has the best fishing skills, owns several fishing boats, and when this group first arrived, Chen Pang showed them a lot of kindness and often helped them.

Lin Jinyue would definitely like Chen Pang to come over.

At first, Lin Jinyue was interested in the sheep from Jiang Shoujia's family.

Later, we found that the whole family were good people, hardworking, and honest, so we felt comfortable letting them take on some important jobs.

Moreover, when there are fewer people, Lin Jinyue can ensure that they are bound together by shared interests.

She came up with a plan: those people work hard every day, earn money, and get a large share of the profits, so there's no chance of anything going wrong.

But things change when there are more people.

We're all from the same village, but some people earn more and some earn less, so it's natural for people to feel unbalanced.

To be honest, if it weren't for the need for people to farm, Lin Jinyue would have liked to ask those two hundred farmers for help.

Let them earn money; once they've earned enough to buy their freedom, they can regain their freedom.

Two years is enough time for her to see what kind of person he is.

They have indentures, so they certainly wouldn't dare to do anything reckless.

After thinking it over and over, Lin Jinyue finally shook her head: "Let's forget it. There are too many people. I don't trust them."

Magistrate Ding then stopped trying to persuade him.

However, when the news was announced, Chen Mazi and the others all looked somewhat disappointed.

Lin Jinyue didn't beat around the bush.

He said directly to Chen Mazi, "It's not that I look down on you, it's just that I trust you, but there are more than two hundred people in Chenjia Village."

Hearing this, the disappointment on the faces of those from Chenjia Village who had come to help with the work lessened somewhat.

Lin Jinyue continued, "Actually, whether you join our village or not, you can still make money, right?"

"Even if I agree today, in the future, you will be assigned to the simplest tasks, and then we will select trustworthy and capable people to take on important positions."

Chen Mazi nodded: "I think that makes sense. There are quite a few people in the village who are familiar with Chen Dawei's family. We just acted impulsively."

Lin Jinyue promised, "Uncle Ma, to be honest, I trust you. Once the general merchandise production workshop opens and we have more goods, we'll be missing someone as capable and quick-witted as you."

"That's right..."

Chen Mazi was getting a little carried away by her words.

But a simple "Yeah, right" immediately dampened his spirits.

Lin Jinyue thought for a moment and then said, "After you finish your work, you can come to the school to learn to read and write and to do arithmetic. You can be in charge of other things, but you must know how to read and write and do arithmetic."

"Those in charge need to reconcile accounts."

To prevent the accountant, or what we now call the bookkeeper, from messing things up for her.

Lin Jinyue devised a series of countermeasures.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mazi perked up. "What?! Such a good thing?!"

Chen Mazi never expected that he held such a high position in Lin Jinyue's heart, that she actually wanted him to be the manager of the general store.

He's from another village!

The eyes of everyone in Chenjia Village lit up when they heard Lin Jinyue's words.

They had all witnessed Chen Mazi's abilities. If it weren't for Chen Mazi's boldness in stopping Lin Jinyue and asking, they wouldn't have been able to earn so much money.

Lin Jinyue saw this too, so she promised him the position of manager.

The other villagers in Chenjia Village thought that as long as they studied hard, worked diligently, and were down-to-earth, they would definitely be able to earn money in the future.

The weather has been getting colder and colder these past few days.

But everyone in Chenjia Village got up earlier than the last, and followed Lin Jinyue and the others to practice boxing and learn to read, and only went to work when it was fully light.

Lin Jinyue was very satisfied with these changes.

People should read more books.

Most people in Chenjia Village were happy, but a small minority were sour and spoke ill of them behind their backs.

But none of this affects Lin Jinyue.

Five days later.

Lin Jinyue's various basic pen models sold out quickly.

There's a limit of two pens that can be purchased per day. I don't know why students in Shawan County go through so many pens, with some people coming to buy two every day.

Even though the styles and designs are different, you don't have to buy everything, right?

Lin Jinyue only found out after asking that wealthy people like to collect things, buying two of each style, one for collection and the other to use depending on their mood.

Although Lin Jinyue didn't understand it, she could tell that blind box pens would definitely sell very well in the future.

For the past five days, carpenter Wang has been diligently training his apprentices. With blacksmith Li providing the skillful tools, they have been able to complete most of the basic models.

Having accumulated quite a few special editions, Lin Jinyue plans to sell the first batch of blind box pens.