Looking at Lan Linxue's infuriating smile, Lan Xiuyuan wished he could slap her right now and send her flying to relieve his anger.
Although Lan Linxue was sarcastic and cynical towards the officials below her, she praised Qin Tiange highly. This was because many villagers had already appeared on the riverbank, clearly indicating that Qin Tiange was recalling personnel from those counties.
The head of Qin Tiange, who was in charge of the affairs, quickly bowed to the Crown Prince and honestly explained what had happened.
Lan Linxue thought the reply was good, and then waved her hand and rewarded him with ten taels of silver.
This pained Jiang Ming, who felt that Lan Linxue was simply squandering their life savings.
Lan Linxue felt neither heartache nor the need to be constantly cautious. He simply stood on the embankment, quietly watching the rushing river. He thought that in just two more days, everything would be over. He had been passively defending himself for so many years; it was time for him to finally hold his head high.
Qin Kou'er ignored Lan Linxue's mischief outside; she was still studying the locations Jun Yannuo had marked on the map where Lan Linxue's subordinates had been found.
No matter how she looked at it or how much she studied it, she couldn't figure out what Lan Linxue was planning to do in these places.
Jun Yannuo didn't rest for long. After a short while, he got up and saw that Qin Kou'er was still troubled by this matter, so he started to study it with her.
Just as the two were pondering this carefully, one of their subordinates, a hall master who had been helping out on the dam, returned.
"Master, we've already brought 30% of our men to the dam. We estimate the number will gradually increase in another two days. The Crown Prince instructed us to settle them appropriately on the spot. The silver collected from the officials has been handed over directly to our counter, said to be for settling the people! The hall masters below are discussing this and would like to ask Master's opinion on how to repair the dam. We have too many men this time; should we send some of the Qin Tian Pavilion brothers to help out?"
Qin Kou'er glanced at Jun Yannuo: "You should take care of these things. With so many people coming this time, someone needs to arrange their food, drink, and daily needs. You should send more people from Nanjing, Suzhou, and the surrounding areas to help you. You can also take this opportunity to take a good look at your subordinates. If they are capable, hardworking, and reliable, keep them and promote them. Our people have become lazy after being with us for a long time, so we need to be careful."
Jun Yannuo nodded: "I'll have Haitian handle these matters! Let's take this opportunity to give them more experience so they won't have to report everything to their superiors in the future."
Qin Kou'er nodded: "Who's in charge on the dam now?"
The head of the hall quickly said, "It's still the old Mr. Sun from the main branch who's taking care of things. He's highly respected, and the younger members all listen to him."
Qin Kou'er immediately laughed: "You little rascals, you're putting the head manager on a pedestal! He's not young anymore, so don't just keep troubling him. Here's what we'll do: the head manager will oversee things over there, and we'll have the hall masters of the Jin generation go and be my deputy commanders. If the young and strong don't step up, who else are we waiting for?!"
The hall master below immediately smiled and nodded: "Yes! I will convey the pavilion master's message back in a moment!"
Jun Yannuo looked at Qin Kou'er gently and said, "Many of the people who came are brothers from our sect, so there's no need to trouble them too much. It's just that there are a lot of family members here, so I'll have to go and see them later. I should take good care of them since they've left their families behind!"
Qin Kou'er nodded, "You go first, I'll go later too! Without these brothers, Qin Tian Pavilion won't be anything special!"
Jun Yannuo nodded.
Seeing that the two seemed to have finished speaking, the hall master hesitated for a moment, then looked at Qin Kou'er, took a step forward, and whispered, "Sect Master, there is one more thing, but I don't know if I should say it!"
Qin Kou'er was taken aback, then immediately laughed and said, "Hey, you little rocket, why are you speaking in such a bureaucratic tone now? What's so hard about saying things in front of me? It's uncomfortable to watch you stammer like that!"
The rocket-like monkey immediately smiled shyly, then looked at Qin Kou'er and slowly said in a low voice, "Sect Master, it's like this. Yesterday, when I led people to plug that crack, we found that there was something wrong with it."
"What's the problem?"
Qin Kou'er looked at him, puzzled.
"Those openings look like they were blown open by someone!" Skyrocket glanced at Qin Kou'er, then lowered his voice and said gravely, "Those openings look like they were blown open by someone!"
"What?"
Qin Kou'er stood up immediately.
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