Everyone was performing their duties throughout the afternoon, and Jiang Yang was not idle either, choosing a few old masters.
With some landmarks, roughly plan the location of the house, the direction of the street, etc.
In the evening, because the food had not arrived yet, we first used bran from the Chenghuang Temple to deal with it.
Jiang Yang also leaned against a tree, sipping bran porridge in small sips.
No one had any complaints about this.
Although they had been working passionately all afternoon, they were still very enthusiastic. During the meal, they were still saying that they must work hard for a better life.
Seeing Jiang Yang eating bran porridge, they were all shocked, who is the county magistrate?
That’s the parent officer!
The old parents also ate bran, which eliminated the last trace of slackness and complaints in their hearts.
At night, Jiang Yang wanted everyone to have a rest, and didn't want to be that capitalist who sucks human blood.
But everyone's enthusiasm was so high that they had to finish all the finishing work before resting.
Just as Jiang Yang was about to leave, he heard someone reporting that a group of people not far away were approaching in a hurry with torches.
Jiang Yang was surprised, it's so late, what are you doing?
When the other party got closer and took a closer look, they found that they were not Wen Guan and his party.
Why do you look like a beggar in ragged clothes?
They are even more miserable than the people who fled from famine.
When I looked again, one of the shoes on my feet was missing.
"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yang asked hurriedly while supporting Wen Guan who was about to fall to the ground.
Wen Guan took a breath and waved someone to bring a big stone up.
Jiang Yang took a closer look and saw this color and texture! Isn’t it exactly limestone?
But why are you so embarrassed to find this thing?
Wen Guan then slowly revealed that they were looking for something on horseback along the road heading west, but found nothing.
So I decided to walk back and look for it in the deep mountains while walking.
As a result, as soon as I walked back, I found a group of horse bandits.
At this point Jiang Yang and Wen Guan looked at each other guiltily.
Immediately after Wen Guan, everyone fled. Fortunately, the target of the horse bandits was not them, but after such a commotion, they did not dare to leave on the main road.
I just wanted to go over the mountains and get back as soon as possible, but the road was rugged all the way.
I thought I would let Jiang Yang down today, but I didn't expect to find this stone at the foot of a mountain. According to Wen Guan's estimation, there is half a mountain of limestone there.
With these, Jiang Yang was relieved and told those who went out with him to have a good rest and eat more.
Jiang Yang found Ma Feng.
Right now, we have the manpower, we have the drawings, we have the materials, and the tools will be delivered soon. For the time being, we will make do with what the people bring themselves.
Work will begin tomorrow!
Ask him to arrange the transportation, work, and material responsibility in shifts.
After everything was explained, Jiang Yang and Chen Zhiyong planned to leave.
He is about to make his next plan.
Now the construction team needs to eat and drink, and half a million taels of silver is definitely not enough. They have to find ways to make money.
As for Wang Yuanwai, there was nothing happening, so I ignored it for the time being.
To make money, you must invent something. Jiang Yang plans to start with drinks.
As we all know, there were many poets in the Tang Dynasty. What did these people like to do? Of course they drank and had fun.
Nowadays, the wines are all home-brewed and inferior. If they could be improved, a smile appeared on Jiang Yang's lips.
Just when Jiang Yang was returning, three or five people came from the opposite side and rushed towards him holding torches.
Jiang Yang was puzzled. Is it a crime tonight?
When I got closer, I saw that it was Wang Tong.
At this time, there were beads of sweat on his fat body, and the hair on his temples was soaked.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Yang felt an ominous premonition in his heart when he saw him.
"Big... big... sir... something bad is going to happen... it's not going to happen." Wang Tong held his knees with both hands and took two deep breaths.
He continued: "I can't buy any food."
Jiang Yang frowned, what do you mean you can't buy food? Who else wants the money?
"What's going on? Are they refusing to sell us grain, or are they saying they don't recognize my installment method?" Jiang Yang asked.
Unexpectedly, Wang Tong shook his head.
This made Jiang Yang a little puzzled.
After waiting for a long time, Wang Tong finally said: "Sir... the price of food has increased."
"Has the price increased? How much can it increase? Buy first." Jiang Yang asked casually.
"Ten times! More than ten times!" Wang Tong said: "And all the grain merchants in the county have increased their prices. Except for us, there are some people who can't afford it."
Arbitrarily raising prices? Food is people’s livelihood!
Jiang Yang realized something was wrong. It must be Wang Yuanwai who took action. They must have been causing trouble secretly. Otherwise, why would Wang Yuanwai be so calm?
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yang forced out a smile in front of everyone and said, "Don't panic, the way is higher than the devil. Let's talk about it when we get back."
Along the way, Jiang Yang was thinking, why did Wang Yuanwai raise the price of food? Not only to make himself unable to afford food, but also to make the common people unable to afford it.
If you can't afford to eat, that's a big problem. At the very least, your black hat will definitely be gone. At the most serious level, rebelling is not nonsense.
You have to know that for five thousand years in China, those who rebelled were those who could not afford to eat. Although most of them were exterminated, what?
What if? According to the timeline, less than four years would have been the Anshi Rebellion. The Tang Dynasty was only prosperous on the outside but rotten on the inside. Even a strong wind could blow it down.
Jiang Yang didn't dare to go down.
When they returned to the county government office, Jiang Yangping retreated, and except for Ma Feng and Wenguan, who were both at the river embankment, everyone else had arrived.
Looking at their worried looks, it was obvious that they all knew the news.
Li You was the first to speak at this moment: "Sir, he just raised the price of food and did not break out. Obviously he still wants to negotiate peace with us. Why don't you go and talk?"
"What nonsense!" Ma Yan clenched his fists and said, "We are already being bullied, so what are we talking about?"
The rest of the people also nodded.
Although Chen Zhiyong remained silent, Jiang Yang knew that he was following in his footsteps.
However, Wang Tong had matured a lot. He looked up at Jiang Yang awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
Jiang Yang tapped his fingers and said, "Go to the grain merchant to buy grain first, even if it's ten times the price! Buy enough food for ten days first, and then find a way to negotiate."
"Secondly, Li You, you and Ma Yan take one hundred thousand taels of silver and go to the county town to buy food. Wang Tong will teach you how to buy it."
"The people have been here for the past few days and there is no need to provide disaster relief. Just let Chen Zhiyong lead people to clean up everything tomorrow."
Talk? It's impossible to talk even to death! If Jiang Yang wants to completely control Xiami County in his own hands, he must not bow his head.
Otherwise, Xiami County would still be the Xiami County of wealthy gentry families.
There was a flash of displeasure in Li You's eyes. It was obvious that asking him to buy food was based on his ability, but asking Ma Yan to go with him was a sign of distrust in him.
Even so, Li You still nodded in agreement.
Nothing major happened to the brothers under Jiang Yang's comfort, and what did Jiang Yang need? Time!