Early the next morning, Gu Dazhu and his wife, as well as Gu Yu'an and Yu Shi..., only then did they know that Gu Yanzhang had returned last night.

Gu Yu'an's temper had recently flared up.

As soon as he saw Gu Yanzhang, he couldn't help but scold him, "Son, what's wrong

with you?" "Why didn't you tell me that you were back? Do you still think I'm your father?"

Gu Yanzhang heard this and smiled good-temperedly, "Dad, you were already asleep when I came back tonight. I can't possibly ask you to stay up in the middle of the night just because I came home, can I?"

Gu Yu'an felt relieved when he heard this.

He felt that his son was right.

He was the elder after all. It's impossible for him to stay up in the middle of the night just because of the younger generation.

After he got older, he always woke up easily at night. It was not easy to have a good sleep.

Thinking that his son was quite filial in this aspect, Gu Yu'an smiled and nodded.

Then, he personally picked up a bite of food for his son, "Son, you haven't been back these days, and people in the village and outside the village have been gossiping about our family everywhere!"

Gu Yanzhang heard it and smiled helplessly. "Dad, their mouths are on their bodies, they can say whatever they want, we can't control it."

"I came back this time because I actually have important things to do."

Without waiting for Gu Yu'an to ask, Gu Yanzhang blurted out all the words he had prepared in his mind.

"Dad, I've made some money in the county recently. However, I got all that money thanks to the county magistrate and Captain Huang..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yu'an asked hurriedly, "County magistrate? Captain Huang?"

"It's only been a short time, how did you become friends with them?"

Gu Yanzhang smiled mysteriously, and then replied very calmly, "Dad, I can't tell you the details."

"You just need to know that recently, the boats at the dock in our county have been coming and going, and they are very busy. Especially those porters... Dad, they have made a lot of money in the past few days!"

"I now have some say in front of Captain Huang. He told me that there are still not enough people at the dock..."

Gu Yu'an slammed the table in a panic when he heard this.

"Not enough people, not enough people is good!"

"I'll go tell the villagers this good news!"

Without waiting for Gu Yanzhang to say anything, Gu Yu'an put down his bowl and chopsticks, didn't even eat, and ran out in a hurry.

While walking quickly on the road, Gu Yu'an was still thinking, "This time, there shouldn't be so much gossip in the village."

Things turned out just as he expected.

When the people in the village heard that the county was recruiting workers and those who carried bags made a lot of money, they rushed to Gu Yanzhang's house and went straight to him.

Even the clan leader and village chief of the Gu clan came over in person.

As soon as they arrived at Gu Yanzhang's house, dozens of them asked directly, "Brother Yan, what happened in the county recently? Tell us in detail!"

Gu Yanzhang listened and took a sip of tea slowly. Then, he spoke in an orderly manner.

"Clan leader, village chief, and all the elders, I came home this time just to tell the people in the village the news in person."

"I really didn't expect that I told my father about that early in the morning, and he didn't even eat, but ran out to tell you."

After saying this, Gu Yanzhang carefully put the tea bowl in his hand there.

Under everyone's urging and expectant eyes, Gu Yanzhang said slowly, "Because the weather is bad recently, our masters are worried that we will encounter drought and not have enough food, so we contacted people in the neighboring counties in advance. We bought a large amount of food from those places that were not affected by the disaster."

"After the county magistrate bought the food, those businessmen came out. Some came here, and some sold things from here..."

Hearing him say this, the knowledgeable clan leader Gu Yuxi immediately said, "So,...is the county town particularly lively during this period?"

"I heard they are hiring everywhere, right?"

Gu Yanzhang nodded heavily, "Yes. They are hiring everywhere."

"Especially the dock area." "

Captain Huang told me that he has a relative's boat and is now hiring 200 porters. This job can last at least a month. The daily wage is exactly fifteen coins!"

Upon hearing this number, clan leader Gu Yuxi began to gesture with his hands.

Fifteen big coins a day, at least four hundred coins a month! !

If every family can send out three men, then they can earn more than one or two taels of silver at once. More

than one or two taels of money!

That's not a small number.

So, Gu Yuxi smiled and nodded, "Good! This is a great thing!"

Gu Yuxi knows how to calculate, and so do other men in the Gu family.

Thinking of Gu Yanzhang's plan to recruit 200 men in the village, some people with many men in their families could not suppress their excitement.

"Brother Yan, my family will go with you! There are twenty men in my family. We will all go with you!"

Gu Yanzhang saw everyone, some were excited, some were agitated, and some were hesitant. He thought for a while and added, "By the way, I almost forgot to tell you that they provide food and accommodation!"

When they heard that the job included food and accommodation, those who were still hesitant rushed to shout, "I want to go! Brother Yan, we have many men in our family, we have to go too!"

Gu Yanzhang saw that they started quarreling after just a while, and some people even started fighting. He said with regret on his face.

"Chief, this is a bit of a pity."

He said helplessly without waiting for them to ask, "15 cents a day, free food and accommodation, and you can work for a whole month... There are really not many good things like this. It's a pity that Captain Huang only wants me to recruit 200 people..."

"Our village has always been prosperous. The total number of households is more than 200. If I give this quota to this family and not to that family, then some people will definitely have objections. Then there will be rumors here, and everyone may be unhappy..."

"So I think, how many people should each household send out, and who will do the work, these need to be discussed carefully by the clan..."

Gu Yuxi heard it and felt that what he said was particularly reasonable.

So he nodded and said seriously, "Brother Yan, you are right!"