"Haha! Young Master, the 500 villagers of Plum Village have been waiting for you to come! "
When the group entered Plum Village, they saw Second Master Liu and his brother, Liu Qingfeng, already waiting at the entrance of the village with a group of people beside them. It was Han Lizheng and the young men from the Han Family Manor.
The Young Master of the main family wanted to build a house (to these villagers, building a school and building a house were the same thing). Even if they had no money, they had to come over and help! Disregarding everything else, just the rent reduction policy that Li Zexuan had set up for them was worth it for them to help Li Zexuan build a house for free.
Now, the surrounding villages were envious of the preferential treatment that the two villages received. Many of the villagers were wondering how they could move closer to the Han Family Manor or Plum Village. It was easier for those who had daughters. They could just marry their daughters over. Those who didn't have daughters were worried sick. Could they let their sons marry into their families?
"Haha! Second Master Liu! You're getting more and more energetic! "
Li Zexuan jumped off his horse and walked toward Liu Wanshan with a smile.
He wasn't just being polite. A few months ago, Second Master Liu's body was strong, but one could see the vicissitudes of a hero in his twilight years. Now, Second Master Liu's vicissitudes of life had all been washed away. In its place was a vigorous vitality, and he looked a little like an old man.
"Haha! This is all thanks to you, Young Master! In the past, when Liu Shiren was running rampant in the village, I had to fight him to the death every day. Now that the father and son are gone, I don't have to fight anyone anymore. Every day, I can wander around the village or go fishing by the river. There's nothing to worry about. Naturally, the more I live, the more energetic I get, haha! "
Second Master Liu laughed heartily with his shirt unbuttoned.
"Xiaoxuan, every family in the Han and Mei Villages now has ample food and clothing. This is all thanks to you, Xiaoxuan!"
Han Lizheng stroked his beard and smiled.
Li Zexuan was now his son-in-law. Of course, he didn't have to call him Young Master anymore.
"Haha! Han Tianhu, you're so lucky to have found such a good home for Little Han! "
Second Master Liu pointed at Han Lizheng and joked.
"Haha! This is all that girl's good fortune! "
Li Zexuan saw that they were getting more and more excited as they chatted. More importantly, the sun was about to rise to the top of their heads. He quickly interrupted, "Ahem, father-in-law, Second Master Liu, Liu Lizheng, are all the craftsmen and commoners here?"
As the village chief of Plum Village, Liu Qingfeng had to bear the responsibility of supervising this matter. Hearing this, he hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Replying to Young Master, Housekeeper Wang has already brought over 13,000 people from other places to Cloud Mountain. The youths from the Han Family Manor and Plum Village have also arrived. Young Master's academy is related to the long-term development of our two villages. Everyone has volunteered to help Young Master build the academy for free!"
What a group of down-to-earth working people!
Although Li Zexuan was touched, he wouldn't let his villagers suffer for no reason. He smiled and said, "Don't worry.
He smiled and said, "Working for free won't do. I appreciate the villagers' good intentions, but don't mention this kind of problem again in the future. I, Li Zexuan, won't shortchange everyone's wages. Besides, why should outsiders get paid while our own people have to work for free? No matter where you go, there's no such logic, right? "
Yan Lide, who was behind him, stroked his beard in relief when he heard this. He was even more impressed with Li Zexuan in his heart.
When the farmers of the two villages heard this, their faces revealed touched and regretful expressions.
"Haha! Young Master is so kind to us. If the men of Plum Village dare to cheat or not work properly in the future, don't blame me, Liu Wanshan, for being rude to them if I catch them! "
Second Master Liu knew that Li Zexuan wasn't just being polite, so he pulled Liu Lizheng's arm to stop his elder brother from persuading him. He then turned his head and shouted at the villagers of Plum Village behind him.
"Second Master Liu is right. I, Mei Zhangkong, support you. Young Master is so good to us. Who dares to not work hard? I'd like to see where his conscience is!"
"Do your best! Do your best! "
The young men of Plum Village immediately let out loud roars.
"Heh! Men of the Han Village, did you hear that? If you can't win against the brothers of Plum Village, then let's see if you still have the face to return to the Han Village! "
Han Lizheng didn't want to be outdone and shouted at the young men of the Han Village.
He didn't have the right to care about the attitude of the other villagers, but he had to care about the people of the Han Village. Putting aside the fact that Li Zexuan was his son-in-law, the villagers of the Han Village were also the ones who had received the most kindness from the Li Family. If they didn't repay the kindness, this wasn't something that the villagers should do!
"Haha! Han Lizheng, there's nothing to say. The men of the Han Village won't be worse than those of Plum Village. We will also do our best! "
Old Hu laughed out loud and agreed.
"Yes, do your best! Do your best! "
Li Tai, Yan Shaoning, and the others were shocked when they saw this. Li Zexuan was a little speechless. It was just a ceremony for the opening of the academy. Why did they make it seem like an army was going to war?
He waved his hand and comforted everyone with a few words. Then, he led the large group up Cloud Mountain.
.....
Plum Village was surrounded by mountains on two sides, water on one side, and Cloud Mountain on the north. It occupied a large area and the terrain on the mountain was relatively flat. In the early years, there were people who planted crops on the mountain, but because of the poor harvest, they eventually gave up. In the east, there was Fenglin Mountain. The forest was dense and the terrain was rugged. Some animals often appeared, so it was a good place for the villagers to hunt. In the south, there was Ba River. The irrigation of the Han Village and Plum Village's farmland depended on this Ba River.
Following the mountain path, the group headed up the mountain. Halfway up the mountain, Li Zexuan could hear the hubbub of voices. He guessed that Wang Zhong was leading the group of people to clean up the mountain path.
When they arrived at the top of the mountain, they saw a large group of people doing the preliminary cleaning. At this moment, Wang Zhong wished that he had four legs. He needed to command everywhere, and it was very difficult for him.
Li Zexuan frowned. Although more people could speed up the progress of the project, more people would make it more difficult for the "foreman" to command. If he could not reasonably assign an appropriate task to everyone, then these ten thousand people would be nothing more than a motley crew. It would only have the opposite effect.
Thinking of this, he called Wang Zhong over and said, "Uncle Wang, get everyone to gather here!"
Wang Zhong wiped the sweat off his forehead and cupped his hands. "Yes, Young Master!"
After a full 15 minutes, all the people had gathered. What was worse was that although these people came to gather, they did not have time to idle their mouths. They were still chatting in groups of three to five! The whole place was noisy.
Many of these people came from the same village. Everyone had their own circle, so it was not surprising that they knew each other. If there were only one or two hundred people here, perhaps no one would dare to talk to each other. However, there were more than ten thousand people here, so the situation was not so easy to control.
Seeing this, Li Zexuan could not help but frown even more!
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