Just as the two men were approaching the house, they were spotted by secret guards, because they had been seen before in Duobao Pavilion, holding the master's jade pendant.
He didn't dare to make a decision on his own. He walked into the room and reminded, "Master, there are people approaching the door. Are they the two girls I saw at Duobao Pavilion yesterday? Should we just drive them away?"
Yan Xu touched the black jade chess piece in his hand, looking at the chess game in front of him. The white piece was at the end of its rope. Upon hearing this news, he just said lightly:
"Just show the way and leave."
Then the black piece in his hand landed crisply on the chessboard, deciding the outcome with one move.
After hearing what was said, Seventeen immediately turned around and went out, calling the servant waiting in the house to go and call the person outside the door away.
Just when Shen Jia and Xu Zhao thought that the courtyard door was simply forgotten to be closed and were about to leave to ask other people for directions, the courtyard door was suddenly opened from the inside.
A man in simple clothes appeared and asked with a smile, "What can I do for you ladies? Our host prefers silence, so please keep your voice down."
Shen Jia realized his reckless behavior was inappropriate and immediately admitted his mistake. "I was in a hurry just now and didn't blame you, brother. We walked here from the street outside. Since we are new to your place, we accidentally got lost. Could you tell us where we are? How do we get to Yuelai Inn?"
"It's okay, it's okay. This is the street behind Tongqu Street, the entrance to the city. If you want to go to Yuelai Inn, please continue walking to the back. After passing two streets, turn left and walk to the end. You will see the street where Yuelai Inn is located."
"Thank you, bro."
Hearing that the other party was willing to show the way, Xu Zhao happily thanked him repeatedly. After saying goodbye, the two of them slowly followed the indicated route. They also met some pedestrians on the way and successfully returned to the inn.
After resting in the inn for another three days, they finally received good news from Liu Rulan, saying that all the food had been prepared, and the carriages and drivers had also been arranged. They only needed to give the order from Shen Jia to set off.
In fact, Shen Jia had been waiting for this news for a long time. The days spent in the provincial capital had long lost their original novelty. After all, the infrastructure there could not keep up with modern ones.
What's more, after the treatment in the past few days, An He's condition is not as serious as it was at the beginning. As long as he pays more attention to his condition on the road, there will definitely be no accidents.
Therefore, when Liu Rulan told him the news, Shen Jia immediately decided to set off the next day.
The peace talks team did not stay in the city for a few days, so when Shen Jia led his men out of the city gate, the security was no longer the same as when they first entered the city.
After just taking a look at Maoyuan's business name and everyone's pass, he decisively let them pass.
An Yun's car was still in the front, and the others were sitting at a certain distance from each other to protect the safety of the food. Shen Jia was still sitting in the second seat. Because there were so many people in the car, only their ox cart did not have soybeans.
Hearing the guard's order to let him go, An Yun quickly clasped his fists in thanks, saying, "Thank you, big brother. Thank you, big brother."
In this way, they left the city smoothly. Because there were so many of them, from a distance, all the carriages and horses gathered together to form a long black line.
In order to ensure food security on the return journey, everyone took a safer route, which took longer. As for Chenjia Village, Anhe's former hometown, it was even more impossible to pass by it.
An He, who was originally worried about being discovered, immediately felt relieved when he heard this.
In this way, the group traveled through wind and rain and finally arrived back before the best time to plant soybeans. Presumably, by this time, the news of their cooperation with the people must have been spread by County Magistrate Wu, and they just had to go back and distribute soybeans to everyone as agreed.
As soon as I entered the city gate, I found that many people would stop when they saw carts of goods passing by, and stretch their heads to look at the end of the line, as if they wanted to know how much goods there were.
At the same time, some chirping sounds began to appear.
"Hey, do you know what's written on these bags? If the notice issued by the magistrate is true, it will be released in the next few days."
"It looks like the words 'Maoyuan' are written on it. Is there anyone here who can recognize it?"
"A bunch of people can't read. Don't they even know the owner of the Shen's shop in the county? I remember she was there managing the shop when it first opened."
"Yes, yes, yes. Look, isn't the person in the second car the head of the Shen family, Madam Shen?"
Upon hearing this, the crowd seemed to be instantly ignited. Because the ox carts did not recognize people, they were afraid that they would be trampled under the carts if they rushed forward, so they shouted directly in the street.
"Mrs. Shen, is what you're saying true? Can you really just take whatever you want and buy it all during the autumn harvest?"
"Mrs. Shen! Hmm, hmm, hmm, have you already bought all the soybean seeds from out of town?"
"Mrs. Shen, please tell me something. Are you colluding with the magistrate to defraud us people of our strength?"
"You idiot! Is Magistrate Wu that kind of person? Are you worried that people won't beat you up?"
The man who spoke, upon hearing this, immediately looked around and saw that many people were looking at him angrily. He had no choice but to shrink back and hide.
In fact, Shen Jia also wanted to reply and let everyone have more confidence in this cooperation, but the voices around her were too noisy and she couldn't hear anything clearly.
Secondly, these soybeans have been drifting with him for many days, and he is worried that if they are accidentally exposed to rain and sprout, that would be terrible. At this moment, he is rushing back to his warehouse.
So she didn't react to what everyone said, but seeing this situation, she was very clear that County Magistrate Wu must have made public what he wanted to do.
The group did not stop at all and continued to head towards Ning'an Town according to the original plan.
This time, because they were worried about what had just happened in the county town and to better transport soybeans, everyone took a detour around Ning'an Town and went directly to the vacant land where Shen Jia had bought land to build a workshop.
With so many people appearing together, the noise they made naturally couldn't be hidden from the workers in Shen's workshop.
The manager heard the noise and immediately calmed the workers in his workshop, "Everyone, please be patient. I'll go out and check the situation."
Because the date that County Magistrate Wu mentioned was getting closer and closer, but Shen Jia and his group had not returned yet, everyone was actually very worried.
But it was impossible to put down the work in hand like this, so the manager had to say something to comfort him, then walked out of the workshop and started to check the direction from which the sound came.
Soon they heard the voice they had been longing for, "Be gentle! Don't break the bag and let the beans spill out. For now, store them in these two warehouses. Tell me if there's not enough."
The managers were extremely excited when they heard this voice. They really missed Shen Jia after not hearing his voice for these days.
Everyone shouted in unison: "Boss, you're back!"
Shen Jia heard the commotion behind him and turned around. He looked at everyone and said, "Yes, I'm back. I think you all know the news that Magistrate Wu announced, right?"
"I know, I know. Magistrate Wu posted the information directly in front of our workshop, and there are two or three posted on almost every street in town. I'm afraid this is the most important news in Linyuan County in recent times."
When everyone saw the content for the first time, they were delighted that they could actually read the notice, and that their learning to read over the past few days was not in vain.
Second, the boss actually discussed this matter with the county magistrate, which means that the workshop will definitely not go bankrupt in the short term, and everyone can continue to make money in this way for a while.
The third is that the boss is really a good person. She takes such things to heart. Not only does she make money for herself, but she also helps ordinary people, which makes her image more majestic in everyone's mind.
When they saw Shen Jia coming back with so many things, they finally felt the reality of the matter.
Even if it's not for themselves, but to support their employer, they have to take some of the seeds home to plant. They will only lose a few cents per acre of land at most, which is not worth mentioning at all considering their current monthly salary.
Looking at the steward who was still reluctant to leave, Shen Jia said puzzledly, "Since you already know what caused the commotion here, why don't you quickly return to your posts? Otherwise, I will deduct your wages at the end of the month."
After being frightened by Shen Jia, everyone began to realize that they seemed to have forgotten something, and quickly said to Shen Jia: "Boss, you go ahead and do your work, we're going back."
Everyone was in a panic, worried that Shen Jia would write down their names in the little notebook.
When Shen Jia had explained the rules and regulations to everyone, some people hadn't taken them seriously. But as the end of the month approached, everyone would receive a bonus in addition to their regular salary, which the boss called a "bonus."
But some people got it and some did not, and the salary was even less than agreed. They immediately started to make trouble for Fuqiu, who was responsible for paying the monthly salary.
Finally, Fuqiu took out a small notebook, which recorded in detail the time when everyone went to work and came home every day, and all those who were lazy and cunning were recorded in the book.
Now that this has been pointed out, I am so ashamed that I cannot even bear it anymore. How could I possibly ask Fuqiu for an explanation?
If they are pointed out by their fellow villagers after returning home, they will have no chance of saving face. Even if they are shameless, their elderly parents at home will not tolerate their behavior.
All I could hear was my family sighing and saying, "Miss Shen doesn't mind that you're a peasant, and she lets you have a meal, but you're just being lazy like this. I'll beat you to death for bringing disgrace to the family!"
A farce unfolded in the family, and from then on, no one was in awe of the booklet, fearing that their name would appear in it.
Now that Shen Jiayi urged them, they all rushed to their own workshops in a panic.
Of course, the news of Shen Jia's return was also informed to everyone, so those who were free at this time were arranged to go out and inform the three members of the Shen family who were in charge of the workshop.
Shen Jia has not been around for a while. Although the workshop is still running normally, it always feels empty. When Shen Jia is not in charge of some sudden things, I feel a little unsure.
Now, upon hearing the news that Shen Jia had returned, he no longer cared about anything else and hurried out of the workshop and rushed over here.
The employee who saw it said that he only saw three figures passing by him. If it wasn't broad daylight, he would have thought he had seen a ghost.
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