A watchtower was built in the manor, and people were arranged to be on duty for twelve hours every day. When Jiang Yutong's carriage appeared in the distance, Fang Hu got the news and he brought people out to meet them.

After waiting for a while, Jiang Yutong's carriage appeared at the gate of the manor.

"My boss."

Since Fang Hu took over the management of this farm, he started calling Jiang Yutong the boss. At first, Jiang Yutong said it several times, but Fang Hu insisted, so Jiang Yutong followed his advice.

Jiang Yutong got off the carriage and smiled at Fang Hu, "You're quite quick. You knew I was coming from a distance."

Fang Hu smiled and said, "It's the boss's good idea. Once this watchtower is built, with this telescope, we will be able to detect any movement within a mile radius immediately."

Fang Hu had a telescope hanging around his neck at this time.

This telescope was also made by Jiang Yutong in the past few days. Because there was no glass at that time, Jiang Yutong searched for a long time and found a piece of natural and transparent crystal. After polishing it, he made this telescope. Although it is not as clear as the telescopes of later generations, it is good enough.

When the finished product came out, Jiang Yutong tried it out and it worked quite well. It's no wonder that craftsmen these days are incredibly skilled. Jiang Yutong only provided the blueprints, and it was made in just two days.

Jiang Yutong smiled and said, "As long as it works, no matter how hard you work these days, once we deal with the Zhao family, we can all take a good rest."

At this moment, the people on the watchtower hurriedly reported, "Master, there are several carriages coming from the distance."

Jiang Yutong smiled and said, "Those people should be heading to Shangyuan Village. You can observe them for a while. Let's just wait here."

Sure enough, after a while, carriages appeared in front of them. Ding Lan opened the curtain of the leading carriage and smiled, "Yutong, you are here too. How is it? I am fast enough, right?"

Jiang Yutong smiled and said, "If it wasn't fast enough, I would have come all the way here to wait for you."

After a while, everyone in the car got out and greeted Jiang Yutong warmly. Seeing Fang Hu was also there, everyone felt a lot more at ease.

Jiang Yutong looked at the large crowd and said to them, "My dear uncles and brothers, thank you for your hard work. I will never forget your contributions to help me today. You can stay at the manor for the time being. I will pay you 30 wen a day. If you have outstanding performance, I will give you extra rewards. Fang Hu is in charge of the manor now. Everyone knows Fang Hu, so please follow his arrangements."

When everyone heard that the wage was thirty cents, they were happy. Seeing so many people surrounding Jiang Yutong, including maids and servants, and the carriage weighing so much, and hearing that the farm behind also belonged to Jiang Yutong, everyone couldn't help but look at her with higher regard. They didn't expect that Jiang Yutong had become so powerful in such a short time.

"We all listen to Fang Hu. Feel free to make arrangements if there's anything you need."

Jiang Yutong continued, "Everyone has worked hard on the journey. Let's get some food for everyone and arrange accommodation."

Fang Hu took over the conversation, "Fellow villagers, when I heard you were coming, I prepared everything. I've just slaughtered some pork and made some braised pork for you to eat."

Everyone cheered as soon as they heard this. Few families can eat enough pork during the Chinese New Year. Now with so many people, if they were to eat their fill, they would need several pigs.

Fang Hu led everyone into the village.

Everyone left in a hurry. Jiang Yutong led Ding Lan inside as well. Only then did he have time to ask about Shangyuan Village. "Is everything okay in the village? Is the village head in good health?"

Ding Lan smiled and said, "Everything is fine. My father-in-law is in very good health. If he hadn't been unable to leave the village, he would have wanted to come to you."

Jiang Yutong laughed and said, "That's great. Bring Uncle Lizheng to the county town to play someday. I'll treat you well."

Ding Lan was happy. Knowing that Jiang Yutong hadn't been back to the village for a long time, she chattered about the village affairs. "Uncle Niu has bought another cow, but it's still a calf. I believe that soon, he will be able to go to the county town every day again."

"Li Nanxing is getting engaged to a girl from the neighboring village."

Jiang Yutong listened with a smile. When she heard that Li Nanxing was getting engaged, she was also happy. "Then I will send a gift back."

Dongmei, who was standing next to him, saw that Jiang Yutong didn't seem anxious at all and was still thinking about sending someone an engagement gift. She was so anxious that she wanted to go back home right now and find a way to solve tomorrow's problem.

Jiang Yutong was not without anxiety at the moment, but she knew that it was useless to be anxious. She had made some preparations in the past few days, and it would not be so easy for the Zhao family to rob her.

Now that there are so many more people, Jiang Yutong feels a lot more at ease, but he still needs to go back and make some further plans.

After instructing Fang Hu to take some people to the government office early the next morning, Jiang Yutong returned to the county town.

Just happened to bring Ding Lan along as well.

In the carriage, Dongmei finally couldn't help herself, "Miss, you can still talk and laugh. I'm so worried. Tomorrow, Mr. Zhao will come to marry me by force."

Ding Lan was stunned. She knew the Zhao family was going to cause trouble recently, but she didn't expect them to be so shameless as to force her to marry. She immediately asked, "What's going on? Where did you get the news? Why are you forcing her to marry?"

Jiang Yutong sighed and said to Dongmei, "You, you still lack a bit of composure."

Dongmei didn't care what Jiang Yutong said and just said, "I'm anxious."

Ding Lan also said anxiously, "What should we do? Are the people we brought from Shangyuan Village enough? I should have brought more people earlier."

Jiang Yutong quickly said, "Don't worry, let's talk about it when we get back."

Jiang Yutong returned home and didn't expect Xiao Yifeng to come over today.

I felt even more relieved. "Do you have any news for me when you come here now?"

Xiao Yifeng had been waiting here for a long time. "Yes, I found out what happened last time and came to tell you as soon as possible."

Jiang Yutong led Xiao Yifeng into the study, "Okay, tell me."

Xiao Yifeng said, "I believe you have some guesses about this matter. Can you tell me?"

Jiang Yutong said, "It's most likely Ye Xiujun's doing, but it's hard to say if there are other people behind this."

"That's right. Ye Xiujun was indeed behind this, but Ning Zhengqing and the Cui family are also involved. Ning Zhengqing's reputation has been ruined because of you. He has a bad reputation in the academy, so he came up with this plan to ruin your reputation. Then, he can manipulate public opinion from the side to clear his own reputation."

Jiang Yutong was not surprised at all. The last time when everyone was making trouble in the shop, the figure she saw from afar was Ning Zhengqing. Besides, the person who could find Li Nanxing could only be from Shangyuan Village.

"What about Cui Mansion? What role does it play in it?"

Xiao Yifeng was completely disgusted with Ning Zhengqing. If such a person passed the imperial examination and became an official in the future, it would be a misfortune for the people and for the entire Qi Dynasty. "Mrs. Cui has loved Ye Xiujun since she was a child, so she naturally couldn't bear to see her suffer any injustice. She was also involved. As for the others, there is no solid evidence yet. However, this Cui Weiyang is an interesting person. You should be more careful in the future."

Jiang Yutong nodded. "The news you sent is very timely. I have figured out how to deal with tomorrow's troubles. It's better to let them fight each other."

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