Chapter 286: Breaking the Jar
Now there is a problem.
The carriages brought by Zhou Yunshu and her group and the mule carts and horse carts from Magnolia Lake only had eleven in total. It would take some time to transport all these things back to Jinguo Manor.
It was already midnight, and it would be dawn before the trip to Jinguozhuang would be completed twice at most. There was no other choice but to use manual labor to transport the goods.
In fact, if Chu San hadn't been staying close to Zhou Yunshu, she really wanted to throw all these things away from people into the space.
It saves trouble and time, but you just need to find a reason to take it out again.
Zhou Yunshu looked at the farmhands who were carrying food and following Wang Jiu and his team's convoy, but her mind returned to the space.
The peaches on the peach tree in the yard have grown a lot, but it will take a long time before they are ripe.
So, the growth of the peaches on this peach tree is related to people, right?
Could it be that the more people she has under her command, the stronger the power she feeds back to the peach tree?
Zhou Yunshu has begun to look forward to the peaches ripening. She is really looking forward to what magical effects the ripe peaches will have.
After all, the vegetables, fruits and medicinal herbs produced in this space are incomparable in terms of spiritual energy and value to those in the outside world.
Of course, there is also the lotus in the lotus pond, but its growth rate is much slower than the peach, so Zhou Yunshu can't take care of it for the time being.
Zhou Yunshu withdrew her mental power in the space. At this time, the first group of people had already left Magnolia Lake.
The first group was led by Chunque, and in front were Wang Jiu and Wu Hai, who brought people from Jinguozhuang and pulled military equipment.
The most important thing is the military equipment, and all the military equipment must be transported back to the village first.
Further back were the other farmhands on the farm, who were carrying grain. Among them, Meng Bei and Jing Gao kept an eye on the order to ensure that no one fell behind.
Yes, Jing Gao became an accomplice in stealing the property of the Prince of Huainan without any twists and turns.
He now has a completely desperate attitude.
Rather than being killed on the spot by Zhou Yunshu as a warning to others, it would be better to turn to the light instead of being ignorant of the current situation.
After all, Zhou Yunshu said that after they helped her transport the food, they would get some rewards and food to return home. As for whether they moved or hid after returning, it was up to them.
Zhou Yunshu promised them a generous reward, much more than what they had spent on building the courtyard at Magnolia Lake, so no one refused.
Of course, the most important thing is that no one dares to refuse.
In their eyes, Zhou Yunshu and others are now just bandits. If they were not bandits, they would not dare to rob the Prince of Huainan.
They were afraid that if they refused, they would only face death. After all, the pirates would not listen to reason when they killed people.
When they moved for the second time, Wang Jiu and his team brought back all the donkey carts, mule carts, ox carts and carts from the village.
This time, there was no need for other people from Magnolia Lake to help them with the transportation. Zhou Yunshu asked Chunque and Wang Jiu to count the food they wanted to take away and take it away directly.
He also asked Meng Bei, Wan Yi and others to move all the remaining food and collected money to Zhou Yunshu.
Of course, the patrolmen like Jing Gao were standing in the front. They were a makeshift team and had no intention of resisting for the Prince of Huainan.
After all, they are just a group of workers and they are not sold to the Prince of Huainan, so there is no need to go to so much trouble.
And when they saw that Zhou Yunshu actually fulfilled her promise and really gave them money, their previous anxiety and fear disappeared, and they were now surprised after giving it their all.
Zhou Yunshu smiled and waved to Jing Gao, saying to him, "I told you that working with me is beneficial and has a future."
Zhou Yunshu directly gave Jing Gao twenty taels of gold and three hundred kilograms of food. He was the best treated.
The remaining patrol teams were rewarded with ten taels of gold and three hundred kilograms of food for helping to maintain order.
As for the other permanent and temporary workers, each received ten taels of silver and two hundred kilograms of grain.
If I continue to follow Manager Huang, I have no idea whether I can leave here alive, let alone get money and food.
In addition, Zhou Yunshu allowed them to take away anything they could.
Zhou Yunshu was particularly generous when giving away things that were not hers.
Now, before taking it away, burn this place down.
Some people also wanted to run ahead, but the junior high school students around Zhou Yunshu were not there to show off.
When these people saw that Chu San could break their legs with a stone without them moving an inch, they immediately gave up the idea of escaping and obediently did as Zhou Yunshu asked.
When the fire in front of Magnolia Lake started, the sky began to turn slightly blue.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the farmhands around were preparing buckets of water and wooden basins, ready to put out the fire at any time if the fire got out of hand.
But because there was no wind, the fire was very obedient.
Manager Huang opened his eyes when the entire courtyard was burned to ashes.
He first wondered why the bed was so hard, then he wondered why he could see the sky as soon as he opened his eyes, and then he had a splitting headache from a hangover.
He frowned and closed his eyes as he struggled to get up. He sniffed a few times to make sure that the surroundings were filled with the smell of fire. Then he opened his tired eyes again, but what he saw was the courtyard he had worked so hard to build turned into ashes.
Manager Huang collapsed to his knees in disbelief, so shocked that even his headache disappeared. "How could this happen? How could this happen..."
"You guys were drunk yesterday and accidentally knocked over the candlesticks, which is why the courtyard was burned like this."
Manager Huang turned around after hearing the strange yet familiar voice. When he saw Zhou Yunshu sitting on the chair, and Chu San and Meng Bei standing beside her, he stood up with red eyes, "It's you, isn't it you!"
"It must be you, it must be..."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Manager Huang with a smile, "Do you have any evidence?"
"Don't accuse someone without evidence. Besides, if I were the culprit, I would have run away long ago. Why would I stay here and wait for you to catch me?"
Manager Huang couldn't hear anything Zhou Yunshu said. All he could think about was that he was finished. He was really finished.
His entire family lives under the rule of King Huainan. He has gotten into such a big mess that he will definitely be punished by the prince. If he is punished, his family members will not be spared either.
"What should we do? What should we do?" Manager Huang looked at the ruins, then at Zhou Yunshu. "I know, you're a pirate, right? You're not even a relative of our master!"
He seemed to have not heard what Zhou Yunshu said before at all.
Zhou Yunshu laughed and said, "You're really wrong. I'm really your master's relative. Heaven and earth can bear witness to that!"
But the more Zhou Yunshu said this, the more Manager Huang didn't believe it.
Zhou Yunshu shrugged and looked at the manager Huang who was on the verge of collapse and said, "I know what you are afraid of. I have a way to save you."
Manager Huang looked at Zhou Yunshu, swallowed his saliva, and told himself not to believe him, but he was really desperate.
"What method?" he heard himself asking Zhou Yunshu.
Seeing that he had taken the bait, Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "If you lean closer to my ear, that's definitely a good idea."
"I don't tell anyone else."
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