Chapter 403: Stone Like Bacon
Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook his head: "It's not that I'm soft-hearted, I just don't want them to make the people take too many detours."
Meng Yongyuan wrote down everything Wen Zhenyi had just said and took out a map of Wenxia Town. "Take a look at what villages around our town are suitable for."
Chen Hanxing rubbed his brows speechlessly: "Are you planning to let us help you solve all the problems?"
"Those who are capable should do more work."
Wen Zhenyi glanced at the map of Wenxia Town. The surrounding villages weren't many, but not few either. "Brother Meng, you really have to go and investigate this yourself. After all, none of us have been there."
"How do we conduct this inspection?" Meng Yongyuan frowned.
"You have to go and see the situation there. Some villages are located in remote areas. Even if you plant crops there, you have to ensure that they can be transported out."
Meng Yongyuan suddenly raised his head and looked at the two of them: "That's why you said you wanted to build a road."
Wen Zhen nodded slightly. "There's a saying that goes, 'To get rich, you must first build roads.' Only when the roads are unobstructed can the products you produce appear in the public eye. Otherwise, no matter how good your products are, they're useless if you can't deliver them."
Meng Yongyuan gave her a thumbs up and said, "What's wrong with your head?"
Wen Zhenyi almost wanted to roll his eyes at him: "Sometimes, to be a good official, you still have to go to the grassroots level to see what the people lack and what they want, and how to help them solve their problems."
"I understand. I don't have much to do recently, so I will go to these villages in Wenxia Town to take a look." Meng Yongyuan made up his mind and prepared to go and see the villages under his jurisdiction in person.
After Wen Zhenyi came out of the yamen, he looked at Chen Hanxing and said, "I'm afraid his journey won't be smooth."
"Why do you say that?"
"The emperor is far away, and there are still some unruly people." Wen Zhenyi smiled.
Shen Hanxing smiled: "I hope he can come back safely!"
The two returned to the village, and Wen Zhenyi went to find Aunt Qin and told her what the Ji family was thinking.
Aunt Qin was very excited. She was worried about Qin Xing's marriage, but now she didn't have to worry anymore: "Thank you, Miss. I think this marriage is okay."
"Auntie Qin, don't think it's okay. At least you have to ask Qin Xing what she thinks. If she's still not happy about it, then we'll just become a couple with grudges."
"Okay, I'll go ask her."
"If she agrees, you can discuss and finalize the marriage. If you need anything, talk to Xiao Taozi."
"Thank you, Miss."
Wen Zhenyi didn't care about Ji Hongguang's marriage. They all had parents, so she just gave them some pointers and the rest was up to them.
Whenever Chen Hanxing didn't have classes, he would come to help build roads or houses.
The same was true for Wen Zhenyi himself, and the business of the workshop and shop was left to Wen Yongman.
Although Wen Yongman is young now, he has been trained to be quite experienced and has suffered losses before.
However, Wen Zhenyi didn't care. After all, there is no smooth sailing on the road to growth. Some twists and turns are better to him than many teachers' teachings.
"sister."
Wen Zhenyi had just returned from the road construction site when he saw Wen Yongman's face, which looked like he was about to cry. "What happened?"
"I, I seem to have made a mistake."
Wen Zhenyi put down his sleeves and sat opposite him: "What's wrong?"
"I didn't read the contract carefully when I signed it, so I filled in less amount." Wen Yongman started to cry as he spoke.
Wen Zhenyi raised his hand and rubbed his head: "Don't cry, let me see how much is missing?"
Wen Yongman handed the contract to her: "I forgot a zero."
Wen Zhenyi took the contract he handed over and took a look at it. It was a purchase contract for ham and bacon.
She looked carefully at the contract amount and felt something was strange.
When Chen Hanxing came back, he saw two people, one crying, and the other carefully comparing a contract: "Is there a problem with the contract?"
"Xiao Man said he missed a zero when he signed the contract, but when I looked at the amount in the contract, I felt something was wrong."
Shen Hanxing sat next to her: "Let me see."
Wen Zhenyi handed him the contract in his hand: "Take a look."
Shen Hanxing took the contract and looked at the place where the contract amount was signed: "This is not Xiaoman's handwriting."
Wen Yongman looked up in surprise: "I wrote this contract, right?"
"Xiao Man, think carefully, did anything strange happen when you signed the contract?"
After hearing what he said, Wen Yongman carefully recalled the details of the signing: "I remember when we signed the contract, I wrote the format in advance, but he said to fill in the amount after we met and agreed on it."
"What happened after you met?"
"After we met, there weren't too many surprises. We agreed on the amount quickly, and I thought he was quite straightforward."
"Isn't there anything else going on?"
Wen Yongman thought for a moment and said, "Oh, right, when I took out the pen and ink, his servant accidentally broke it, so he replaced it with a new set."
"That's the problem."
Wen Zhenyi looked at Shen Hanxing strangely: “Is there something wrong with this ink?”
"Yes, they switched pens and ink."
Wen Yong looked at him in disbelief: "Brother-in-law, are you saying that the pen and ink were switched?"
Chen Hanxing nodded: "The pen and ink they gave you should have been made with a special technique. When you first start writing, you can see the words on it, but after a while, the words will disappear."
"What?" Wen Yong's face was full of disbelief.
"You don't have much contact with this kind of thing, so it's normal that you haven't seen it." After Shen Hanxing finished speaking, he looked at Wen Yongman: "Xiaoman, go get a candle."
Wen Yongman turned around and went to the room to find a candle.
Chen Hanxing lit the candle with a tinder, placed the contract on the candle to bake, and after a while, the zero that had disappeared reappeared on the contract.
The numbers in front were obviously added by someone else, and the handwriting is different.
Wen Yong was so angry that his head hurt: "I'm going to find this bastard."
Wen Zhenyi grabbed his hand and said, "It's useless to look for him now. They will say we are slandering him."
"Then what should we do? Should we just let him trick us?"
"How is that possible? He's still a little short of playing tricks on me."
"Sister, do you have any ideas?"
"When did you agree with him to deliver the goods?"
"Seven days later."
"That's enough time." Wen Zhenyi smiled.
Shen Hanxing knew that her wife was going to do something bad again.
In the next few days, Wen Zhenyi went to several places and found many strange stones.
Shen Hanxing looked at the stones with a strange expression: "Why do these stones look so much like the bacon you made."
Wen Zhenyi chuckled: "I thought it was quite similar when I saw it before, and now it comes in handy."
Shen Hanxing knew her plan: "Are you planning to use these to get away with it?"
"But these things won't work. There's a mix of real and fake, fake and real. You have to be involved in it, otherwise how can you make the fake look real?"
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Of course there are. I also need to put makeup on these stones to make them look more real."
"Are you planning on letting me come?"
"You have such good disguise skills, it shouldn't be difficult to disguise these stones."
"My lady, you really think highly of me."
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