In the morning, Xing'er changed the medicine on Tong Wenyao's hand, ate breakfast in a hurry, and left the inn. At this time, there were three carriages and six ox carts at the door.
When Min Zhi saw Tong Wenyao coming out, he said, "Boss, one carriage is for things, the other two are for women, and the rest of the men will take the ox cart and follow you."
Looking at the huge crowd in front of the inn, Tong Wenyao said, "I am your boss. From now on, you will follow me to do the dirty and tiring work! But if any of you are afraid, just tell me and I will let you go! What can you gain by following me?"
Tong Wenyao cleared her throat. "I can get you registered as residents and pay you! But if I find any of you being ungrateful, sneaky, bullying decent women, or robbing people, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
After she finished speaking, she turned to Min Zhi and said, "Watch them. If anyone wants to leave, let them go!"
In the crowd, Dongzi whispered to his uncle, "Uncle De, shall we go?" As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit on the head.
"Why leave? Can you survive if you leave?" In his opinion, the boss has poisoned them, and they will die of the poison if they leave. Not only Uncle De thinks so, but even the people in the Tiger Village think so.
However, after hearing this, the members of the Xionghu Gang looked at each other and said directly, "I want to leave!"
After taking a look, Min Zhi stole a glance at Tong Wenyao. Seeing her expressionless face, he said directly, "Come here, check his belongings. Except for the clothes he is wearing, he can't take anything else away."
When Hua Wu of the Xionghu Gang heard this, he directly retorted, "Why?! You got your money by selling our Xionghu Gang's warehouse."
After hearing this, Min Zhi burst into laughter. "If it weren't for our boss' kindness, you wouldn't even know how you died. And you still want money? What are you thinking!"
Tong Wenyao raised her hand to signal for silence. She glanced at the people from the Bear Tiger Gang and said calmly, "If you want to leave, I won't stop you. I'll even give each of you ten taels of silver! But after you leave, if I find you committing crimes outside, don't blame me for killing you!"
She glanced at the people below, and the people from the Bear Tiger Gang felt a chill on their backs. They all said tactfully, "We will never forget what the boss said, and we will follow his instructions."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Min Zhi and said, "Give them the money and let them go."
Min Zhi looked somewhat dissatisfied, but due to the boss's words, he could only give them the silver indignantly.
After Hua Wu received the silver, he bowed to Tong Wenyao and said, "Thank you for your help, Boss! Please take care of yourself in the future."
Tong Wenyao nodded and said, "I hope that if your country needs you in the future, you can also contribute! The world is vast, so we will say goodbye. Min Zhi gave them a donkey cart to make things easier for them."
Because the Xionghu Gang had taken away quite a few people, the ox cart behind them suddenly became empty for one and a half people. Min Zhi counted the number of people who had left and said to her, "Boss, the Xionghu Gang took away sixteen men and nine women. Some elderly people were left behind. We now have thirty-seven men, twenty-one women, and thirteen elderly people, for a total of seventy-one people."
Tong Wenyao patted his shoulder and said, "It's okay. They only have silver, but no food. If there is no income for a long time, that little silver will be consumed quickly to support so many people."
The third brother still stayed in the inn, but was not allowed to rob people anymore. Instead, he was asked to do legitimate business. Then they would have a place to rest on their way to Cangzhou. But the third brother asked her to take Dongzi with her.
After hearing what Tong Wenyao said, Min Zhi felt much better and he was much quicker to get his younger brother on the ox cart.
Tong Wenyao observed the neat and orderly progress and praised, "Min Zhi, you've done a good job. You have great potential in management." Min Zhi scratched his head, still remembering Xing'er's contribution. "This is what Xing'er told me before you left, and I wrote it down."
Xing'er, who was listening, said, "That's not my credit. I was just talking. The one who really had to execute it was you, Min Zhi!" Tong Wenyao, hearing the two of them being humble to each other, quickly said, "You two did a great job!"
When Wen Ziyu saw her preparing to get on the carriage, he extended his hand. Tong Wen Yao took a look, raised her eyebrows, and then took his hand and got on the carriage.
When Xing'er came over, Wen Ziyu withdrew his hand and waited for her to climb up. Just as he was about to sit on the carriage and drive it, he unexpectedly pushed someone out and jumped directly onto the carriage. He said in a particularly attentive tone, "Boss, can you let me drive the carriage for you?"
After saying that, he looked at Wen Ziyu with a provocative look.
Tong Wenyao heard this and thought about how hard Wen Ziyu had worked driving the carriage yesterday. Now that there was free labor available, she said, "Sure!"
After hearing this, Wen Ziyu's face turned unhappy. He had been driving the carriage all the way, so why didn't he need him anymore? He walked towards the oxcart behind. Tong Wenyao saw that it had been so long and Wen Ziyu still hadn't gotten on the carriage, so she opened the door curtain and saw him walking towards the oxcart with a face full of grievance.
"Zi Yu, why don't you get in the car?" The voice from behind made Wen Zi Yu's back stiffen. He turned around and saw her asking him in front of the carriage.
Seeing that he was still standing there stupidly, Tong Wenyao hurriedly said, "Hurry up, everyone in the car is waiting for you." Hearing her asking him to get in the car, he curled his lips and said in a somewhat light tone, "I'll be there right away."
Min Zhi was feeling indignant when he saw that the young man in front of him could actually ride in the same carriage with the boss. He had finally managed to show up in front of the boss to make his presence felt, but he didn't expect that the boss would actually let this young man sit inside.
At first, he was complacent about taking the job of driving the carriage from the young man, but in the blink of an eye, the boss let him sit in the carriage.
Before Wen Ziyu got on the carriage, she glanced at him. The hint of mockery in her eyes instantly made Min Zhi hate him.
Tong Wenyao saw that everyone was seated and shouted to the back, "Let's go!"
The carriage swayed slowly as it headed towards Yuguan County. Because they were traveling during the day and resting in the wild or in ruined temples at night, it took them a day and a half to reach Yuguan County. If it were a horse carriage, it would only take one day, but they had an ox cart in their team, so it was slower.
In the afternoon, they arrived at Changzhen Village. Tong Wenyao brought a number of horse-drawn carriages into Changzhen Village. At this time, the village had obviously changed a lot. Almost every house had white walls, and the children were not wearing tattered clothes. She could even smell many households frying meat. She still remembered that when she first came here, it could be said that no one had fried meat for a week. Even the meals that Uncle Du gave to the workers were minced meat with vegetables.
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