"Mrs. Xu, but what's wrong with the old man?"

Master Huang looked at the soft and weak woman in front of him, frowned slightly, and his tone was quite unhappy.

"Old Huang misunderstood. It's not that he didn't receive well, but that when he came, the magistrate told him to build an official residence in the town. Even if his concubine leaves office in the future, it will be convenient for the new mayor to live."

Xu explained that she naturally wouldn't say she didn't want to live in your house and couldn't find a house, so she wanted to build one.

"It was ordered by the governor of the prefecture. Naturally, I should do it. Well, I donated ten liang of silver first. I'm contacting other families. If you have money, you can make a strong contribution. How do you think, madam?"

Old Huang pondered for a moment. Obviously, he thought that Xu was looking for an excuse to collect money for the magistrate. Instead of being unhappy, he was relieved. If Xu hadn't been a woman and disgusted him, he would have said it yesterday.

"Thanks to Huang Lao's kindness, my body and mind took the money for building the official residence. When I came, the state yamen allocated it to my body, so I didn't bother Huang Lao and the people to spend money."

"Alas, madam, it's my duty to help the imperial court. Madam, don't delay it."

Old Huang thought she was talking about the scene, so he waved his hand and looked worried about the country and the people.

As a result, after another delay, old Huang saw her resolute attitude. Then he believed that she really didn't want money. For a moment, he couldn't guess what she wanted to do. Finally, he frowned and asked, "I don't know if my wife wants me...?"

"In fact, it's nothing. I want to recruit some common carpenters to build an official residence, but I'm new here and I'm not familiar with my place, so I have to ask Mr. Huang for help.

In addition, I want to buy the wasteland at the entrance of the village. If old Huang is willing to sell it, please make a price. If not, I will find another place. By the way, if there is surplus grain in old Huang's home, I also want to buy a few stones. "

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Old man Huang put his hands carelessly while considering the gains and losses of this matter. Finally, he really didn't think of what harm it would do to himself.

If the magistrate sent a scholar or a constable to be the mayor, he might still be afraid of him, but what threat can a woman who has to be carried by others?

As long as the woman didn't lose her life in Baiyan Town, he didn't believe that the prefecture would send troops to this remote place. Therefore, seeing that her request was reasonable, he didn't refuse.

After all, the woman was sent by Zhizhou. As a last resort, he didn't want to tear his face with the other party. His eldest son still had to go on his official career after all.

Old man Huang doesn't know that Mrs. Xu seems soft and weak. In fact, she once led the villagers to fight with the government and army in Nanyang. Moreover, she has rich experience in how to deal with the people. She is not like the expensive lady Jiao who doesn't go out of the door and doesn't step in the second door in his imagination.

The land at the mouth of the town is not big. At Xu's insistence, he spent three liang of silver. It's not expensive, but it's not cheap. The price of rice is five stones and two liang of silver per stone, which is about the same as that in the city.

Sure enough, there was a respected Master Huang. The young man was five kilograms of meters a day and the carpenter was ten kilograms of meters. He almost broke his head with the people in the town and several nearby villages.

Finally, Xu chose 40 people in the town and 10 people in each of the other five villages. He began to work. He was very busy for a while.

In this regard, master Huang just secretly scolded the losers and even paid such a high salary. Although he always felt that something was wrong, he didn't know what was wrong.

"Old Huang, it is said that there are fifteen villages in Baiyan town. Why are only five villages here today? Is the other ten villages too far?"

"Madam, I don't know. The other ten villages are located in the mountains. Except for occasionally coming to the town to exchange some goods, they generally have little contact with the outside world."

"I see."

Xu nodded, but his heart became more and more heavy. He knew what the king had told him. I'm afraid it's a little difficult this time.

In the next few days, Xu took two servant girls and supervised the people's work on the construction site every day.

The two servant girls shuttled through the crowd, told the people about the outside world, talked and laughed, and soon became familiar with more than 100 people working.

Liu personally distributed rice to them every day and explained to them the basic national policies of the state of Qin and the obligations and rights of the people.

Qin Huan had already ordered people to print these things into booklets, and each wife took office had one. They not only had the basic national policy of governing the country according to law and the obligations and rights of the people, but also the relevant criminal law.

A few days later, these foolish people were shocked and disbelieved. At the same time, it seemed to open a new door. When they returned, they naturally showed off in their own village. As a result, nearby villages were talking when they were free.

Master Huang and the other two members finally became anxious. At the same time, they also understood Xu's sinister intentions. How dare they underestimate her again?

"Huang Lao, you can't let her deceive the public like this, otherwise the people will be in chaos!"

"Yes, it must be stopped. I'm afraid it won't take long for those mud legs to obey her. They really shouldn't have let her build the official residence at the beginning!"

"I underestimated her. In this way, I'll send a message to let those working people stay ill tomorrow. No one can talk about those things in the future. The three of us have gathered 20 people to help her build the official residence well." The old yellow face is as black as charcoal.

"Is it too obvious?"

"I can't control it. This wicked woman is here to break our roots. Once she succeeds, there will be no peace in Baiyan town in the future!"

Old Huang waved his hand. If his son hasn't come back, he doesn't know the specific situation outside. He really wants to force the evil woman away now.

……

"What about Madam? It must be master Huang who did it behind his back, otherwise the people would be willing to work. "

On the construction site, juan'er saw that the people who came to work were in a hurry. She went back when she was uncomfortable. She wouldn't say anything more and couldn't help stamping her feet.

"Hey, it seems that we are in a hurry."

Xu frowned and sighed.

At this time, master Huang came with two members. When he learned that the people were ill and couldn't work, he immediately expressed his willingness to send some people to help. Xu didn't refuse and thanked. After all, the official residence was to be built after all.

In the next two days, Xu didn't take care of the official residence anymore. He completely dumped it to master Huang. He took his servant girls and female soldiers and asked two big men to carry them to each village and village to continue propaganda and count the population.

The two big men were hired in the city and didn't go back. Instead, the two captains went back the next day. It was obviously a small move made by Liu Mu to deliberately dismantle the platform.

Several people go out early and return late every day, which makes the three landlords in the town angry that their nostrils smoke.

One of them, a member surnamed Liu, gritted his teeth and said, "old Huang, the evil woman doesn't know how to advance or retreat. It's better to go to the stockade in the mountain and teach them a lesson on the road. I'll see if they dare to run around in the future."

"Hey, things haven't come to this stage yet."

Huang Lao waved his hand. After all, he still hoped that his son would become an official in the future, so he didn't want to completely tear his face until he had to.

"So what? The wicked woman's means of buying people's hearts are set by set. Yesterday, she lent two liang silver to Wu lame in Yangliu village and asked him to go to the city to make medicine for his wife.

Today, I borrowed five kilograms of rice from widow Wang of Qiaotou stronghold and said that she could send her son to the city to become a soldier and have a bright future. Now the young people in all villages are ready to move and want to become soldiers. Once they go, I'm afraid the evil woman will not really respond in Baiyan town in the future! "

"Well, it seems that the donkey legs should know the White Rock Town, who has the final say?"

Master Huang touched his beard and snorted coldly. The evil woman had some worries for the time being, but he didn't have any worries about cleaning up those mud legs.

"It's time to kill a chicken. I think the widow Wang is good. I heard that their orphans and widows still sleep in the same bed and wear a pair of trousers in winter. It's unreasonable!"

"Yes, her father-in-law died inexplicably last year, mostly because she thought it was a burden."