At this time, the village head brought craftsmen to begin measuring the homestead, while some people demolished the ruins of the adobe houses and cleared away the surrounding weeds and trees.
The completed workshops and factories are connected to form an effective whole. Here, one can develop industries, produce products that do not exist in this era, open up sales channels, and make a lot of money.
As evening fell, Li Guang and his companions returned home from clearing the wasteland. When Zhao Xian saw Li Guang again, he noticed that he had gotten even darker from the sun.
Zhao Xian looked at Zhao Xiaosheng and the three soldiers who were helping to clear the land and noticed that they were all wearing straw hats to shield themselves from the sun and had not gotten tanned. Li Guang, on the other hand, was so tanned, probably because he was not wearing a straw hat.
"Li Guang, it's summer now, the sun is too strong. Why don't you wear a straw hat to shield yourself from the sun? Such a handsome young man, if you get tanned, you won't be able to find a wife," Zhao Xian joked.
Li Guang awkwardly scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
"I don't have the habit of wearing hats. So what if I'm a little dark-skinned? I'll naturally turn fairer in winter."
Zhao Xian remained silent. He always felt that Li Guang was deliberately tanning himself, and if this continued, Li Guang would become as dark as charcoal.
Since meeting Li Guang, he discovered that the young man had a broad vision and was extremely intelligent. Since he did this, he must have his own reasons, so it was best not to interfere.
"Li Guang, some villagers will come to help you reclaim wasteland tomorrow. They are all from neighboring villages. Arrange for them to do farm work and speed up the reclamation of wasteland."
Li Guang was overjoyed. It would take them a long time to reclaim more than 300 acres of wasteland by themselves. If they could get help, the process would be much faster, and they might even be able to plant winter wheat this year.
"Thank you, Brother Zhao. I'll take care of it." Li Guang smiled happily, his teeth appearing very white.
The next morning, construction of the workshop officially began. The craftsmen started digging the foundation, and the blue bricks purchased from the brickyard were delivered one after another and neatly stacked on the open ground.
Such a large-scale building was unprecedented in the village, and many villagers came to watch the spectacle.
Just then, the village head of Meihua Village arrived, followed by forty or fifty people, all of whom were carrying farming tools for land reclamation.
The two village heads immediately gathered together, exchanged a few words, and then came to Zhao Xian.
“This is Zhou Lizheng from Meihua Village. He brought more than forty villagers here to do farm work. These people have run out of food and want to ask if their wages can be paid daily,” Wang Lizheng said.
This is understandable. These villagers not only ran out of food at home, but also lacked the money to buy food. They wanted to get their wages as soon as possible to buy food to survive.
Seeing the pleading look in Zhou Lizheng's eyes, Zhao Xian nodded.
"No problem, we'll settle it one day at a time. I'll pay you your wages after you finish your work each day."
"Then thank you very much, Scholar Zhao." Zhou Lizheng cupped his hands in thanks to Zhao Xian.
Zhao Xian glanced at Li Guang beside him and said:
"These people are all in your hands now. Take them with you."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Zhao." Li Guang was very excited to suddenly have so many helpers.
Soon the sun rose higher and the weather grew hotter and hotter. It was now the height of summer, the busiest season for farmers.
The work of collecting barnyard grass at home is still ongoing. More than 20,000 kilograms of barnyard grass have already been piled up in the workshop. Fortunately, there are many empty rooms in the workshop, so there is no pressure on storage.
Due to the prolonged drought, river levels have dropped rapidly, and some smaller rivers have gradually dried up.
However, the farmers are not worried. The rice is almost ripe and can be harvested in a few days, so water is basically no longer needed.
At this time, melons were already on the market and could replace some of the staple food, and the most difficult period had passed.
Construction of the workshop continues and is progressing rapidly; the beams will be ready to be erected in two more days.
That day, Chunni and Erya brought Chen to sell millet. When the three of them saw Zhao Xian, they immediately knelt down.
Zhao Xian was overjoyed to see Chen. The fact that she was able to come out and sell millet meant that her condition had fundamentally improved and that the medicine he had given her had been very effective.
"Get up quickly, no need to be so polite." In ancient times, men and women were not supposed to have physical contact, and Zhao Xian could not reach out to help her up, so he had to let the two girls help Chen Shi up.
"Chunni and Erya, quickly help your mother up. She's only just recovered and shouldn't kneel."
The two little girls were startled. They realized that their mother couldn't kneel, so they quickly helped Chen up.
"Scholar, you are a great benefactor to our family. Once I recover, I will definitely repay your great kindness."
As Chen wiped away her tears, she spoke.
“Sister-in-law, you’re exaggerating. It was that miracle doctor who cured your illness. It was very difficult to find that doctor. He travels all over the world, practicing medicine everywhere, and his whereabouts are uncertain. He happened to come back that afternoon. I told him about your condition, and he wrote you a prescription and then left. This shows that you and the miracle doctor are destined to meet.”
Since Zhao Xian couldn't claim that he had cured Chen's illness, he had no choice but to bring up this non-existent miracle doctor.
Their conversation immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding villagers, who came over to see what was going on.
"Isn't this Chen Zhenggang's wife? Her illness is cured." The murmurs aroused the curiosity of the crowd, who gathered around.
"It was the divine physician that the scholar invited who cured my mother's illness," Chunni said.
"So it was the scholar who invited the divine doctor. That's wonderful. It seems that heaven has eyes."
“Chunni’s mother, I heard that a robber named Tiaozi robbed your family back then, do you remember him?”
After thinking for a moment, Chen said:
"There were two robbers who robbed our house. I woke up just as they entered the house. One of the robbers knocked me unconscious and then started looking for silver in the house. When the two of them left after finding the silver, I woke up again."
At that moment, one of the robbers had already gone outside and shouted to his accomplice inside, "Cops, let's go!"
Upon hearing the shouts, the robber called "Cat" immediately went out.
At that moment, I was determined to get the silver back, so I pounced on him and grabbed one of the cop's legs. The cop struggled to break free, but I held onto his leg tightly, my fingernails digging into his flesh and tearing off a strip of skin from his leg.
At this moment, another robber returned and struck my head repeatedly with a large wooden stick, knocking me unconscious again in a few blows.
A few blows with the stick, though they didn't kill me, completely stunned me. If it weren't for the scholar finding a miracle doctor to treat me, I would have remained mentally impaired forever.
After Chen finished speaking, tears were already streaming down her face.
At this time, Chen had just recovered from a serious illness and should not get excited. If she continued to be surrounded by villagers asking her all sorts of questions, it could easily lead to problems.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xian hurriedly persuaded everyone to disperse, and then ordered two of his guards to escort Chen back home.
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