The princess only wants to get rich and support her family

One afternoon, Hu Luanfei was sitting in Zuihualou to settle accounts when Uncle Niu stopped his ox cart and came in. He walked in a hurry and kicked the door sill. He staggered a few steps before he stood firm and said anxiously, "Mrs. Qi, please go to the dam and take a look. Something big has happened."

Hu Luanfei was shocked and immediately ordered Le Yao to prepare the carriage.

Le Yao stood in front of her, worried, "The journey to the dam is long, and you're pregnant, and you're tired from the journey, how can you make it there in a hurry?"

"I'm in good health. I'm not vomiting or dizzy."

Le Yao still refused: "Adults can bear it, but the baby in my belly can't."

Hu Luanfei glanced at her and she immediately lowered her head.

I know Le Yao has a good heart, but I can’t ignore what’s happening on the dam.

Hu Luanfei turned to ask Uncle Niu: "Is it something urgent?"

Uncle Niu was still in shock, and wiped his sweat. "An old man broke his leg, and someone started a riot, saying they wanted to find the person responsible for repairing the dam, and they would not work if they couldn't find him."

"Is it the same for everyone else?"

Uncle Niu said, "It wasn't like that at the beginning. The older people came out to work to support their families and wouldn't be easily persuaded. But those gangsters would teach anyone who didn't obey their orders a lesson. After being beaten a few times, they finally gave up and left."

Hu Luanfei was very angry and refused to let go no matter what. If Le Yao didn't go to prepare the carriage, she would go by herself.

Knowing that she couldn't get rid of him, Le Yao didn't want to stop him anymore. She just said angrily, "I know, I know. I'll go get the horse ready. You should take a good rest."

Le Yao walked out angrily, cursing, "I should have taught those bastards a lesson earlier. They keep doing it over and over again. It's so annoying!"

While Le Yao was preparing the horse, Hu Luanfei turned around and said, "Uncle Niu, can you help me go to Bailian Village to hire someone?"

"Who please?"

"Zhang Dacheng."

“Ah, isn’t that the county magistrate?”

Hu Luanfei nodded, "Tell him to take a few yamen runners to the dam. Hurry up, or I won't be able to handle it."

After Uncle Niu left, Le Yao's carriage was also prepared. Afraid that the carriage would be bumpy on the way, she specially put a lot of soft blankets in it and stuffed it tightly so that the passengers could not feel any vibration at all when sitting in it.

When they reached the dam, it was already completely dark. Hu Luanfei and Le Yao lived in the makeshift house that Qi Siriao had built earlier.

A windless night passed, and at dawn the next day, the air was slightly cool. Outside, there was a lot of noise. It was the hooligans holding a meeting with others. They were talking nonsense, but everyone, including Hu Luanfei, listened with great interest.

Some agree and some disagree.

Hu Luanfei opened the door and went out. She was dressed in plain clothes. When the hooligans saw her, they couldn't help but laugh wildly: "Look, building a dam is a big project. How can she or that little girl who hasn't even grown all her hair take on such a big task?"

Le Yao was furious and said, "Have you grown all your hair? You look so ugly, how dare you question someone else's ability."

The hooligans were indeed ugly, with malnourished complexions, messy and dull hair, and only a tiny bit tall, but they were outnumbered and scoundrels, and other common people were honest and didn't bother with them, which made these hooligans so domineering.

The old man with a broken leg didn't dare to make a fuss, but this scoundrel was fearless and insisted on forcing Hu Luanfei to pay compensation to the old man.

Something happened to someone on her project, so she naturally couldn't escape the blame.

Hu Luanfei didn't intend to pay for this matter, so he called Le Yao and took out a bag of silver. The scoundrel's eyes sparkled, and he stared at the bulging money bag like a thief.

Le Yao snorted unhappily and stuffed the purse into her sleeve to hide it. "Uncle, tell me how your leg was broken."

The old man was a nice guy. He just waved his hand and said, "I accidentally stepped on empty space. It has nothing to do with anything else."

"Oh? It seems there is something hidden." Le Yao glanced at everyone, "Now that our boss is here, you don't have to be afraid of these hooligans. Just say whatever you want to say."

Everyone looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then they all looked at the gangster.

Le Yao was sharp-eyed and knew that this matter was closely related to the gangster. She turned her head and looked at the old man, "You were injured here, we can't just ignore it, but we have to decide how much silver to compensate you based on how long you have been here."

The old man told Hu Luanfei his name. Hu Luanfei looked through the employee records and found out how long the old man had worked. He also found Hunzi's name, and he also came on almost the same day.

However, after her secret investigation, she found out that the old man and the gangster were actually father and son. The father worked diligently and fearfully every day, but the gangster came here to eat and drink for free and just wanted the wages. He also heard from somewhere that Hu Luanfei was not capable of taking charge of important matters, so he wanted to extort some money before leaving.

"Hey guys, you don't want to work here anymore, right?" Hu Luanfei looked at the gangsters and spoke in the best possible manner.

The corner of the gangster's mouth curled up diagonally, and he said in an arrogant tone that this place was delaying his development.

"Well, since you have greater ambitions, I won't keep you here. Le Yao, give him this month's wages."

Hu Luanfei gave him enough face, paid him his wages, and arranged for someone to treat the old man's leg injury. But this scoundrel is a scoundrel, and he still didn't feel satisfied.

Hu Luanfei felt disgusted and asked him what he wanted.

The bastard bluntly demanded three times the compensation.

Le Yao was angry, "Why don't you go and rob it?"

"Then I really robbed it!"

Le Yao's hands were empty, and the purse fell into the hands of the gangster. The purse contained a full 100 taels of silver, enough to pay the other workers this month's wages. It was gone in an instant, and Le Yao was so angry that she rushed forward to snatch the purse back.

But they were outnumbered and Le Yao was a weak woman, and due to the gender differences, she was no match for them and was almost crying out of anger.

Fortunately, everyone knew how to unite and bravely stood up to stop them.

Hu Luanfei said amiably, "The man in charge of repairing the dam hasn't come to inspect for almost half a year. These days have been hard and stressful, and we have so many workers, and I'm under so much pressure. To be honest, I'm annoyed by so many people hanging around in front of me without working or being lazy. So, while everyone is gathered together, I have something to ask you: I want to send some people away, let them go somewhere else to do something, and don't waste their time here. If any of you want to leave, come to me to pay your wages and then leave."

A few of the hooligans' faces immediately burst into tears, but the others were unwilling and just stood there obediently without moving.

The ruffians were unwilling to leave after taking the silver, saying that the silver was just compensation for their hard work in recent days.

Le Yao was really irritated by their shameless attitude, "Do you really think we are being taken advantage of? You took the money and refused to leave, expecting us to provide for your retirement?"

The scoundrel said, "Didn't we work? We did no less work than others."

Hu Luanfei said calmly: "If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave later."

After saying that, he crossed out the name of the gangster who had received the wages from the employee’s employment record.