Chapter 519: Fighting with the Merchants
The first person to come to see Lu Qiniang was Fan, a woman with whom he had a good relationship during his exile.
Fan was also a bit unlucky.
Her husband was just a minor official, and he had elderly parents and young children to support. He was already living a tight life in the capital and had little savings.
Later, due to being implicated in the Yuewang rebellion, the family of five was exiled to Qiongzhou.
Although I still have two or three hundred taels of silver in my hand, how could I dare to invest it all in the house?
In Qiongzhou, I haven't found a way to make a living to support my family yet. I am living beyond my means and have to save some money just in case.
Mrs. Fan cried, "I originally thought I would stay in the official residence for a few days, but I didn't expect that I would not be allowed to live there anymore."
"You're not allowed to stay here anymore?" Lu Qiniang handed Fan a banana. "Try it. The Li people gave it to me. It's so sweet."
Fan hesitated for a moment, held the banana in her hand, and did not eat it.
They were all mothers, so Lu Qiniang understood immediately and said with a smile, "You gave me several handfuls, but I can't finish them all. I'll give you a handful to take back for your child when you leave."
Fan quickly waved her hands: "No, no."
"Why are you being polite to me? I was also a child when I was little, and my mouths were always full, as if they could never be filled." Lu Qinniang laughed heartily.
"By the way, why aren't you allowed to live in the official residence?" She returned to the previous topic.
Mrs. Fan blushed slightly. "Because another group of people have come to the island, we want to give them the official residence to stay in."
"Oh, I remember now. A group of them did come. I heard about it from my husband." Lu Qiniang suddenly realized.
"I originally wanted to stay for a few more days, but those people are vicious and cruel, so..." Fan was about to cry.
Qiongzhou is a place where criminals are exiled.
Although the prisoners have different identities, they have one thing in common - "extremely heinous crimes."
For example, anti-party accomplices are unforgivable in the eyes of the emperor.
Another type is murder and arson, which are almost punishable by beheading, and those who commit such crimes may be exiled to the ends of the earth.
The one who came this time was a serious criminal who was between deserving death and deserving life.
In fact, many people in the business are also such brave and aggressive people.
So they ran rampant on the island.
Lu Qiniang thought, isn't this just adding lackeys to the people in the business?
Oh, I feel like life is going to be even harder in the future.
Fan explained his purpose and wanted to ask the Li people to help build a house.
"That's a good thing." Lu Qiniang said, "If you want to build it, just build it. Look at my house, isn't it nice?"
I have to say that the Li people are very good at building houses.
Even though it was raining so hard a few days ago, her house didn't leak and was very stable.
She was the one who thought too much and was always worried that the house would collapse.
So Lu Qiniang is now frantically "endorsing" the houses built by the Li people.
Mrs. Fan nodded. "That's great. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. I've always thought so, but I didn't dare. We are the two of us, and we have three young children. We really don't dare to offend anyone..."
Just during the last storm, both of her children caught a cold.
If it weren't for the help of Dr. Hu, I'm afraid he would have already...
Since we are going to die anyway, why not die comfortably in our own house?
That's why Fan finally made up his mind.
Lu Qiniang said, "I understand. We are all mothers. When I was a servant in someone else's family, I didn't dare to stand out and had to endure it silently..."
Not everyone can be decisive and move forward with the halo of a protagonist.
That's Xiao Yan.
If these people at the bottom of society don't understand each other, life will be very difficult.
"Build it around my house," Lu Qiniang said, "If anything happens, we can take care of each other."
Fan nodded repeatedly, "That would be great."
That's what she originally thought, but she didn't have the courage to say it out loud.
She didn't expect Lu Qiniang to be so considerate, which made her particularly touched.
Lu Qiniang then told her in detail about all the things involved in building a house.
Mrs. Fan didn't return home until very late.
In the evening, Xiao Yan came back from outside and Lu Qiniang excitedly told him about this.
"Look, what did I say?" Lu Qiniang said, "Someone will slowly come closer."
In fact, it’s not just the Fan family who want to form a group.
She thinks so too.
There is strength in numbers.
The more strength we have, the more confidence we have to fight against the commercial banks.
If interests are affected, sooner or later the relationship will be torn apart.
Lu Qiniang has been waiting for that day.
"And I think the Li people are also anxious right now. Let's do some work first, even if it's a small one, to calm them down so we can have more cooperation in the future."
"You're right." Xiao Yan picked up a chicken leg for her and put the other one into San Ya's bowl.
This is the pheasant San Ya shot today.
There is no shortage of prey in the jungle, but it is also very dangerous.
"Abandoned Mother, calculate how many houses we can build with the remaining supplies." Xiao Yan said again.
"You eat too." Lu Qiniang tore off a large piece of chicken breast and stuffed it into Xiao Yan's mouth.
If it's put in the bowl, the person has to pick some for himself, which is annoying.
"If we don't use money," Lu Qiniang calculated with her fingers, "according to the price last time, building another twenty or thirty rooms shouldn't be a problem. Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"
"I plan to ask the Li people to help build some more houses." Xiao Yan discussed with Lu Qiniang, "I want to take in the newcomers."
There were no women this time, only men, including some young and strong ones.
"Are you trying to snatch people from the company?" Lu Qiniang understood immediately.
What they lack most now is help.
"Yes, everything requires people, and we need our own people." Xiao Yan said, "Fortunately, I used to have some reputation. If I can settle them down, many people will be willing to come."
"What are you talking about?" Lu Qiniang said seriously, "You have some kind of reputation? You are - well, a god fart, extraordinary."
San Ya gnawed on a chicken leg and laughed at her, "Mom, can't you just say you're famous?"
"What are you heheing about? Eat your meal." Lu Qiniang glared at her.
It's only been a month since she arrived, and San Ya is getting more and more like a piece of charcoal due to the tanning.
Lu Qiniang couldn't bear to look at it.
Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing.
"Building a house is fine," Lu Qiniang said, "but what about the future? How are we going to feed so many mouths?"
No matter who you recruit, the bottom line is that they have to have food to eat.
This family doesn't know what their future holds.
"If the business can support so many people, we can do the same." Xiao Yan said firmly.
He wanted to establish a new order here, compete with the Qiongya Trading Company, and then gradually disintegrate them.
These local Han people are not very good. They have been oppressed by the merchants for too long and have lost their blood.
Xiao Yan himself is a Han Chinese. He can coexist peacefully with the Li people and cooperate with each other, but he cannot rely on them to accomplish things.
So he was determined to capture this group of people who came this time.
"Okay." Lu Qiniang did not hesitate any longer.
They have always been like this as a couple.
Whatever one party decides to do, the other party will unconditionally support.
So what if I can’t do it?
No regrets.
Just start over again.
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