"I already promised someone else, why would I lie to you? Do you already have someone you like?"
Ban Wei, who had been full of anger, now became as shy as Liu Yang. The two of them standing together were truly a sight to behold.
"Yes, she's among the new refugees, but I don't know her name."
Lu Tu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go and find out how many people are in her family, and then ask her if she's willing."
"Then I'll go?"
"Stop arguing!"
Looking at Liu Yang, who was still standing there dumbfounded, Lü Tu wanted nothing more than to kick him in the butt: "In a time like this, instead of helping your brother-in-law, you still want to marry Ban Yingying? You'll have to wait until your next life!"
Liu Yang suddenly realized what was happening and quickly chased after Ban Wei, running towards the refugee area.
Lu Tu called Liu Hu over and said, "Your brother went on a blind date. Go and ask if there's anyone skilled in raising cattle, and make sure these dairy cows and calves are settled in properly."
"Understood! Um..."
Lu Tu was shocked when he saw this: "You don't want to get married too, do you? You're only 14!"
Liu Hu waved his hands repeatedly: "No, brother, I was asking if I could express some milk to give to someone. Sister Pang, who helped me before, gave birth, and she doesn't have enough milk for the baby to cry every day."
"Of course, go ahead."
After finishing all this, Lü Tu returned to the warehouse, where Song Yuxi was teaching Jiang Wanyu math.
Lu Tu watched for a while and couldn't help but nod: "Jiang Wanyu, you're learning well, you're progressing so quickly."
Jiang Wanyu then saw Lü Tu and quickly stood up to greet him, saying, "Greetings, sir. It is all thanks to the madam's excellent guidance."
Song Yuxi handed over an account book: "Husband, this is the account book that Wanyu did. Please take a look."
After reviewing it once, there wasn't a single mistake. Seeing Song Yuxi nod secretly, Lu Tu said, "Jiang Wanyu, starting today, you will be in charge of managing the village's accounts and expenditures. You don't need to cook for us anymore. From now on, you will receive 2 catties of millet every day."
Jiang Wanyu was startled and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "My lord, you mustn't! How can an outsider like me manage so much silver?"
Lu Tu then looked at Jiang Wanyu seriously and said, "My wife trusts you, and I trust you too. What are you afraid of?"
"I...alright! Wanyu will certainly not let down the trust of you, sir and madam!"
Song Yuxi nodded in agreement: "From today onwards, just hand over the account books and money to me every five days."
Nangong Huiyu winked at her: "With my sister overseeing things, what do you have to worry about? Go ahead and do it. In a few more days, my sister's belly will be even bigger, and you don't want her to work so hard, do you?"
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, ladies."
Lu Tu helped the two of them back home and asked curiously, "Wife, why do you trust Jiang Wanyu so much?"
Song Yuxi poured herself a glass of water and drank it before smiling and saying, "I see myself in Jiang Wanyu."
"What?" Nangong Huiyu exclaimed in surprise.
Song Yuxi clenched her fist: "I saw a kind of energy in Jiang Wanyu, the kind of energy that harbors deep hatred."
Lu Tu, considering Jiang Wanyu's background, asked, "You mean she wants revenge?"
“That’s right! Actually, I noticed it a long time ago. She’s completely different from a girl like Ban Yingying. She’s always absent-minded. Hatred is suppressing her too deeply.”
"You want her to focus on the accounts?"
"That's one reason. The second reason is that after she passes my test, I might consider telling her about my hatred for Jiang Lingfeng. As long as we have the same enemy and the same goal, she will naturally not have any other ideas."
Lu Tu patted Song Yuxi's hand: "Just do as you say. Jiang Wanyu is a good candidate. Putting everything else aside, being able to temporarily free you from the accounts is already a great help."
Talented people are always in short supply; when it comes time to use them, you just wish you had more.
This made Lu Tu even more eager to strengthen education. In his previous life, Prussia, a powerful European country, had a literacy rate of only 5% when China was still in the midst of the war.
Compulsory education and even higher education have been popularized, illiteracy has been completely eradicated, and even old farmers who herd cattle know what calculus is.
This is also why Prussia nearly conquered the whole of Europe four times in history.
Thinking of this, Lü Tu felt that everything was in need of rebuilding, and that he needed to establish things step by step and make careful plans.
Moreover, education is a long-term investment that takes time to develop and may not yield immediate benefits, but for a dynasty or a nation, it is a permanent benefit.
Throughout history, emperors who valued education, regardless of their mismanagement of the people's livelihood, have left a significant mark on history books, which is evident in this.
After lunch, Lu Tu inspected the cowshed for a while and added a crane to the cowshed, which greatly improved the efficiency of building the cowshed.
The only difficulty is that the cows simply won't let these unfamiliar calves nurse, since the smell is different.
Lu Tu could only have people bring many buckets of water and arrange for several peasant women to milk the cows, which would then feed the 100 calves that Liu Yang had bought.
These calves in front of us will be crucial for the reclamation a year from now, and they'll be ready to be used in another six months.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lü Tu hummed a little tune as he arrived at the training ground, preparing to hold an internal bride selection meeting.
Many village women were seen rushing to the well to fetch water. Although it was not yet time to finish work, Lü Tu simply turned a blind eye.
Let them fetch water and wash up. After all, women are naturally fond of beauty. It goes without saying that they should dress up when they go on blind dates to see their lovers.
The men, on the other hand, were much more carefree, walking arm in arm to arm with each other to the drill ground, grinning foolishly at Lü Tu.
"Sir, can we really choose our wives?"
Lu Tu declared loudly, "Only those without wives are qualified to choose!"
"Of course, we don't have the means to take concubines, we're all bachelors!"
Lu Tu nodded: "That's fine then. Anyone who dares to lie to me, who has a wife but still tries to take another one away, don't blame me for being impolite!"
In Lu Tu's eyes, the single women in the village were also an extremely important human resource, and he couldn't let these guys take more than they wanted.
Soon, the village women came out one after another, but unlike their usual carefree style, they seemed very hesitant at this moment.
They all gathered together, their eyes constantly falling on the hundreds of bachelors across from them.
The bachelors, having just finished a day's work, were covered in a mixture of sweat and the stench of not having showered, making them feel incredibly uncomfortable.
The two sides were exchanging glances, and the scene was quite heated. Lu Tu even suspected that if he left immediately, the two sides would likely spark a conflict.
Lu Tu coughed and said loudly, "Now you all have the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn to choose freely. Go up and talk to whoever you like, and once you've chosen someone, the two of you can hold hands!"
"That's so embarrassing, sir, we're young women," a village woman with a pockmarked face said sweetly.
Lu Tu glared at him: "Stop talking nonsense! You were thinking about men at noon, and now that you see a man, you're pretending again? Hurry up!"
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