Chapter 213: Are there any unruly people under your command? Punish him!
"Sister Hongzhu is right. I've also asked Aunt Liu, Sister Bao and the others. They said we must be extremely careful during the first three months. Master, it's okay for us to be inexperienced, but we must listen to your advice!"
Hongxiu was also cheering and waving flags. Jiang Wan looked at the two obstacles in front of him speechlessly.
"Isn't it a little too early to start prenatal education now?"
He frowned and muttered softly, then turned to look at the most concerned personal secretary in front of him and asked.
"Hongzhu, I understand you're asking Doctors Hu and Zhou, but what's the point of asking Doctor Zhang? If I remember correctly, didn't he say his family has a family of veterinarians?"
"Didn't Doctor Zhang's family later switch to treating patients? It must be that you, my master, have a keen eye for talent and picked him out."
Hongzhu stepped forward and carefully helped her master to the inner bedroom, but Jiang Wan forced her to sit in front of the desk.
"I'm in good health and don't need to lie down. It's just as well that you've returned from the farm. Tell me what's going on there. How are those people raising the piglets?"
From childhood to adulthood, the master always had the final say. A maid could persuade him, but she could never overstep her bounds and become the head of the household. Hongzhu and Hongxiu were well aware of this, so they could only follow their master's wishes.
"The pigs are all doing well. Doctor Zhang was there the whole time to ensure that all the pigs survived the castration."
Jiang Wan narrowed his eyes.
"You mean, he's not in good shape?"
Hongzhu sighed, took the honey water from Hongxiu and presented it to her master, while quietly reporting what had happened in the past few days.
"We've been constructing houses and pens on a large scale on the farm. Originally, this was to house the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled who can't go out to plant medicine in the fields or work in the workshops. But now something has gone wrong.
I don’t know what some people are thinking. After moving into a new house, instead of working hard to improve themselves, they start thinking about finding a wife first.
They didn't have the capital before, but now you've given them a favor, haven't you? Basically, the people around here know that the people in this farm have turned their fortunes around, so they're willing to marry their daughters into the family."
"This isn't anything out of the ordinary. If both parties are interested, then we at the palace shouldn't try to stop them."
"The problem is that both parties are interested, but no one asked the girl if she was willing?"
"What's wrong? Could it be that someone dared to steal the bride?"
"They're not kidnapping the bride, they're exchanging the bride!"
Perhaps because she had been with Jiang Wan for so long, Hongzhu now had a very independent view on many things. She was deeply infuriated by the thought of someone treating her daughter like a commodity and trading her around.
"Master, you don't know that in general, in families where marriages are exchanged, both men have flaws and it's difficult for them to find wives, so the rich ones pay money, and the poor ones just exchange their own girls.
The one who pissed me off the most was Zheng Laosan. He was already 32 years old, had a foot problem, and was very lazy. But the girl he got in exchange was only 14 or 15 years old!
What's even more hateful is that the niece he exchanged was the only offspring left by his eldest brother who died in the war. The little girl was abducted and taken away by force. When I heard the news and rushed over with my men, she had already hit her head against the wall.
Fortunately, Doctor Zhang was there at the time, otherwise he might not have been saved!"
"This is simply outrageous!"
Jiang Wan slammed the table, his eyes filled with rage. The two previous times he'd gone down to investigate, he'd seen pretty good people, but now, these troublemakers had appeared?
"How do you arrange things over there?"
"I've temporarily placed Zheng Huani, the girl who was exchanged for marriage, in the medicine room of Doctor Zhang and his colleagues.
I just wanted to come back and report to you first. There is nothing wrong at the moment. Cheng Zhuo and his men are watching over there, so they can't make trouble.
But Master, I feel that I must take care of this matter, otherwise I don’t know how it will end in the future.”
"You're right."
Jiang Wan nodded and asked again.
"The little girl's father died in the war. Is her mother still alive?"
"Yes, it was only because her mother came crying for help that I was able to bring people over.
But my Lord, that Zheng Hua seems particularly weak and easy to bully. I heard from those around me that she is very virtuous and has never spoken loudly in the Zheng family.
If her daughter hadn't been in dire straits, she probably wouldn't have dared to make a scene."
"It's okay. It's good that she dared to make a fuss. It shows that she values her daughter more than herself. A mother is strong. These four words are never empty words.
You will go to all the farms later and pass on my order. It is absolutely not allowed to exchange girls from your family for marriage.
And remember to bring Butler Yang with you to check and record every household for me. Who are the immediate family members of the fallen soldiers? Their parents, wives, and children.
"In the future, pension benefits will be determined based on the circumstances, but as long as you have a job and money, you must distribute it to your parents, wife, and children according to the quota. We will never allow a situation like the Zheng family to happen again!"
Jiang Wan's eyes were blazing with fire. "There's a troublemaker under my command, right? It's okay, I'll just deal with him!"
"That Zheng Laosan who dared to abuse and even sell the orphans of soldiers, first tie him up and parade him around the village for seven days, then punish him along with the others.
The families with whom I had exchanged marriages took all the male members of their families, young and old, to the river to do the heavy work of dredging. After finishing the work in the river, there was still work waiting in the pigpen and the mountains.
"Just give them something to eat so they won't starve to death. All their wages should be used to compensate the girl who was exchanged. When the girl's dowry is enough, then it will be settled. If it's not enough, then let them do it themselves!"
The master's words clearly set a trap. How much dowry is enough? Does this mean that as long as the victim doesn't give in, the group will just have to work hard and not get paid?
However, Hongzhu and Hongxiu were considerate enough not to point it out and just listened to their master continue giving orders.
"Also, whether they were exchanged out or exchanged in, you should bring all those girls back to our house and see if we can find a way to place them up.
I can only think of this much for now, so you go ahead and execute it. If anyone dares to make trouble, have them come to the Prince Qi's Mansion to talk to me!"
Every order was tinged with anger. Jiang Wan felt that the fact that she could hold back from personally beating them up was a testament to her high level of self-cultivation. If this had happened when she first arrived in this world, none of those people would have gotten away with it!
"I will do it right away. Master, please don't be angry. It's not worth it for such a small matter."
"I know. Go ahead."
"yes."
She winked at Hongxiu, who was standing nearby, signaling her to serve her master well. Hongzhu turned and went to find Butler Yang, making a series of comments that made the old man's beard tremble with anger. Dragging his lame leg, he grabbed his horsewhip, called his men, and stormed out to the farm.
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