Farming and reading family

The main thing is that if the family knows that the magistrate of He County is Xu Boyan, he will definitely tell them.

In other words, they would not allow Master Zhiyu and others to come to Hexian at all.

"Let's write a letter and tell the head of the family about this." Meng Xiangxian reacted suddenly.

If He Tangchun knew that Xu Boyan was still alive and was the magistrate of He County but did not tell the head of the family, then he would be betraying the Tao family.

The two of them went to write the letter immediately.

Xu Boran's men stared at the two of them, but underestimated Shi Hui's ability. Shi Hui still quietly delivered the letter to the courier.

In the next few days, both of them stayed with Gong Zhinian. On the surface, they were looking at Gong Zhinian's land and discussing the purchase of land, but in fact they were trying to get a good grasp of Gao E's property.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Gong would be forced to sell such a good property by a woman." Liang Tian sighed.

"Alas, we can't use women's tricks." Gong Zhinian said with a sarcastic look on his face.

"I have a way to make him lose face." Meng Xiangxian said suddenly.

"Oh, what's the solution?" Gong Zhinian instantly became alert.

Even though he knew that he would be used as a tool, he didn't want Gao to have an easy time.

"From what Master Gong said, Gao should be rushing the work, which means that delays will cause problems. If we poach her long-term workers and cut off her financial support, she will definitely give up some benefits." Meng Xiangxian analyzed.

"Why didn't I think of that?" Gong Zhinian looked excited.

He knew that Gao had hired a lot of long-term workers and was still hiring recently.

"As long as you pay the Gao family the same wages and don't ask them to do anything, I guarantee that all the long-term workers will leave." Meng Xiangxian smiled confidently.

Gong Zhinian thought about it seriously and said, "Let's do it this way."

Gao E was surprised that the three people from the Tao family did not come again. She guessed that they were planning something bad.

In fact, she was not very worried, because Xu Boyan would definitely keep an eye on her.

She was reading the letter written by Mr. Jin when He Jiabei rushed in.

"Something big has happened." He Jiabei rushed to Gao E.

"The sky is falling?" Gao E looked at He Jiabei's exaggerated expression.

"Almost." He Jiabei said solemnly, "Someone is trying to poach your farmhand. They pay one cent more a day than you do, and the work is surprisingly easy."

"Who?" Gao E knew that this matter was really serious.

"It's a man named Gong Zhinian." He Jiabei had never heard of this person.

Hearing this name, Gao E could only think of the haunting: "How many people have been dug up?"

"Later, all the people I hired came to ask me to increase their wages." He Jiabei was anxious because many people wanted to leave.

"Are there people from Baotou Village and Luoyun Village?" Gao E asked directly.

He Jiabei thought about it and shook his head: "No."

"That's good. Pay those who want to leave and we won't hire them anymore." Gao E ordered.

"Ah?" He Jiabei thought it was difficult to find a suitable farmhand nowadays, so why bother getting so angry.

Besides, people are needed to work in several places. When those people leave, some houses will definitely have to stop working.

"Yeah." Gao E nodded.

"What if we can't hire anyone?" He Jiabei thought this was a headache for him. "Besides, he's just a long-term worker, not a trusted employee. There's no specific time limit for him to work. It's natural for him to want to work somewhere that pays better."

Gao E felt that what He Jiabei said made some sense. People came here just to do hard labor and earn hard-earned money. As long as the work they did was worth the money, she didn't expect them to be loyal.

She used to think this way about the people of Batou Village because she had done a lot for them.

"Well...if you leave peacefully, you can come back later and ask for more. If you're looking for trouble and want a raise, forget it." Gao E took a step back. "You can do whatever you want."

"Okay." He Jiabei thought so too.

No one from Baotou Village left, and no one came to Gao E to complain that the wages she paid were too low.

They had learned from previous experience. Besides, Gao E provided meals, and two meals a day would cost a lot of money.

The people from Luoyun Village did not go either. They were Gao E's tenants, so they naturally had more than just wages in their eyes.

But one-third of the people still left.

"How can these people do this?" Master Xie jumped up and down.

The person most affected by the departure of the farmhands was Master Xie, as many of them were hired by him. He was so angry that he scolded those people for being greedy for profit.

"Master Xie, calm down." Gao E, who should have been angry, tried to appease Master Xie, "We can't block other people's wealth."

"Those people only care about money." Master Xie said, looking at Gao E. "With so many people leaving, half of your yard's work will be shut down."

Gao E sighed, "My yard and Madam He's yard can be put on hold for now. As long as the construction work in Qingtan Gorge is not delayed, Master Xie will take care of the rest."

"You were so anxious before." Master Xie was worried about Gao E.

"It has become like this anyway, there is no point in being anxious." Gao E spread her hands.

It would be great if it could be completed sooner, but we can still live our lives even if the new yard is not built well.

Master Xie thought Gao E had a really good temper. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to swallow this insult.

"Besides, with so many long-term workers, they need a lot of wages every day. Gong Zhinian won't be able to hold on for long." Gao E speculated.

Gong Zhinian knew that Gao E had hired many long-term workers, but he didn't expect there would be so many. If Meng Xiangxian and Liang Tian hadn't taken the initiative to pay half of their wages, he probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for long.

He did not hide the fact that he was the one who poached those farmhands, and he wanted Gao E to come to him on her own initiative.

Gao E did not go to find Gong Zhinian, but instead went to Xu Boyan to inquire about the movements of the two people from the Tao family.

"I don't know what they are doing. Gong Zhinian and I hired a group of farmhands to look for stones on the riverbank every day." Xu Boyan didn't know that those farmhands were poached by Gong Zhinian from Gao E.

"Looking for stones on the riverbank?" Gao E heard Xu Boyan say this and knew that the two stewards of the Tao family were also involved in this matter. "The two stewards of the Tao family know that the strange stone from Ghost Crying Mountain is mine, and they have already come to find me."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Xu Boyan then realized that something had happened.

Gao E saw Xu Boyan was so nervous: "What's the point of telling you?"

"At least I will tell you that the Tao family will start to deal with you by any means necessary." Xu Boyan looked at Gao E with sympathy.

After hearing what Xu Boyan said, Gao E thought seriously for a while and said, "I'm going to ask Gong Zhinian something." Then she left.

Xu Boyan's eyes were gloomy. He was careless and thought that if he kept an eye on Meng Xiangxian and Liang Tian, ​​he would be able to find out in time even if something happened.

"Bai Hao!" Xu Boyan shouted.

"Master." Bai Hao felt that his master was angry.

"Did the Tao family send the letter out?" Xu Boyan questioned.

Bai Hao paused: "Probably... not."

"What do you mean there should be no letters? Go check for me if there are any letters sent to Dancheng recently." Xu Boyan ordered.

"Yes." Bai Hao knew the matter was serious when he heard that it was a letter sent to Dancheng.

Bai Hao left, and Xu Boyan pressed the table and frowned. He should have noticed that Meng Xiangxian and Liang Tian were acting strangely.