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Village chief Han led the people of Kangzhuang to start mining coal. Zhou Jicheng also brought soldiers from the northern military camp to garrison Hanjia Village.

Seeing Xu Miao, Zhou Jicheng smiled and asked, "It's been a while since we last met. It's so lively here, A Miao!"

"The general has asked us to send soldiers to guard here. It seems that you, Hanjia Village, don't have to worry about the barbarians coming to harass you this time."

Zhou Jicheng pulled Xu Miao aside and asked in a low voice, "I heard from the general that the Duke came a few days ago?"

"I didn't expect that your letter would make the Duke personally go to the Northern Frontier."

Xu Miao also lowered his voice and replied to Zhou Jicheng with a smile: "Acheng, the Duke came in a hurry a few days ago, and there was really no time for him to see you."

"The Duke stayed in Hanjia Village for one night. After seeing the coal mine, he led his men back to Dingzhou City to discuss countermeasures with General Liu."

"Originally, I wanted to ask Han Lao San to go to the military camp to inform you, but since the Duke was too busy, I didn't dare to mention it."

Xu Miao originally planned to let Zhou Chenli meet Zhou Jicheng, but until Zhou Chenli left, he had no chance to mention this matter to Zhou Chenli.

Zhou Jicheng said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter whether I meet him or not. The emperor's uncle and I don't have much to discuss. Everything is fine in the capital. Even if I meet the emperor's uncle, I won't be able to find out anything."

Zhou Chenli is like an old fox living deep in the forest, cunning and wise, moving freely in the turbulent officialdom of the capital.

His deep eyes seemed to hide endless secrets, and he never easily revealed his thoughts and intentions.

In the court, facing the princes, he always maintained a just right distance. He would not be involved in the dangerous struggle for the throne due to being too close, nor would he be suspected and excluded due to being too distant.

He maneuvered skillfully, watching the open and covert struggles among various forces with a seemingly indifferent but actually shrewd attitude.

Xu Miao and Zhou Jicheng were talking in low voices.

Over there, the soldiers also began to guard the coal mine that Village Chief Han and his men had dug up.

When the villagers who were mining in Kangzhuang saw that there were still soldiers guarding the mine, they began to discuss it privately.

"Tell me, what do the people of Hanjia Village want to do? They asked us to dig a coal mine this morning. Now they have soldiers guarding it."

"Could it be possible that this coal mine could really make a lot of money?"

"Hey, if you knew Han Village could have such good fortune, you should have signed the indenture with Han Village in the first place."

"I heard from the villagers in Hanjia Village that once the coal mine is mined in large quantities, Village Chief Han will give them a dividend."

"Hey, what's the dividend?"

Hearing about the dividends, the eyes of these wealthy people suddenly lit up and their curiosity grew like weeds.

In their simple understanding, dividends seem to mean that a lot of money will flow into their own pockets.

The scene of a rich life in the future emerged in my mind, and my heart was full of longing and expectation. The desire to explore this unknown thing became stronger and stronger, and the discussion among each other was full of heated discussions about dividends.

The Kangzhuang man who had just mentioned the dividend scratched his head and replied, "What exactly is the dividend? The Hanjia Village people didn't explain it to me clearly. I really don't know how the Hanjia Village people are going to divide it."

Not only did the people of Kangzhuang not know how to divide the profits, even the people of Hanjia Village didn't know how to divide the profits.

Last night, Xu Miao called all the people in Hanjia Village to the gate of her compound.

He said to all the people in Hanjia Village: "Starting tomorrow, all the people in Hanjia Village will be divided into three groups."

"Brother Han, along with the young and strong villagers, began to repair the abandoned houses in Hanjia Village, waiting for outsiders to move in."

"Old uncles, you should take good care of the fields planted by our Hanjia Village."

"The grain harvested in Hanjia Village this year will be used as seeds, waiting to be sold at the market next year."

"Women of Hanjia Village, follow Aunt Han and Sister Han and prepare food for our village. When the outsiders arrive, prepare food for them. This food will be sold to these migrant workers."

"Our efforts are not in vain!"

"Tomorrow, I'll take Han Lao San into the city to recruit workers. Before I come back, I hope everyone will prepare these things."

"When the coal mine is able to mine large quantities, everyone in Hanjia Village will get a share of the profits at the end of the year!"

Xu Miao made clear arrangements for all those who were able to work in Hanjia Village.

Now she no longer thinks that there are too many people in Hanjia Village, but instead feels that there are not enough people.

After hearing Xu Miao's words, the villagers shouted, "Master, don't worry, go to the state capital to recruit people. We can definitely do these jobs well at home!"

Old Man Liu was even more excited and joined in the fun: "A Miao, don't worry, we old guys will definitely take good care of the fields in our village. Even if the crops are harvested and Hanjia Village doesn't use them ourselves, we will still take good care of them."

At first, Village Chief Han told everyone not to work in the fields for the time being. The people in Hanjia Village were a little reluctant to give up those fields.

For so many years, they have relied on these few acres of land to survive until today.

But later I heard Village Chief Han say that when the village dug up a lot of coal, there would be silver to share with them.

Xu Miao said that the dividends were actually silver. Although they didn't know how it would be divided, the fact that the master said there was silver to be divided meant that they would not be wronged at all.

The villagers began to feel excited.

They work hard in the fields just to earn more money to support their families.

Now there is a business in the village that can make money. I heard from Village Chief Han that the coal mine business can make a lot of money.

Although they were reluctant to give up these fields, they were also unable to do so. They couldn't just throw away the watermelons to pick up sesame seeds.

You can start by doing a business that makes money quickly. You can't run away from the fields, so you can continue planting when you have time.

After Xu Miao arranged the affairs in the village, he took Han Laosan to Dingzhou City again.

When Xu Miao and her companions arrived in Dingzhou City, they first went to General Liu's mansion.

Xu Miao was worried that the city lord would make things difficult for them, so he wanted to say hello to General Liu first, and then discuss recruiting with the city lord.

When General Liu saw Xu Miao, he thought that they had come to Dingzhou City to recruit manpower to work in Hanjia Village.

The general personally took Xu Miao and Han Lao San to find the city lord. General Liu pointed at Xu Miao and Han Lao San and said to the city lord, "The people of Hanjia Village are coming to Dingzhou City to recruit people. Should we let them recruit those outsiders outside the city first, or recruit some people from the northern border of Dingzhou City first?"

Regarding the matter of recruiting people, General Liu wanted to hear the city lord's opinion. Some things really cannot be done too drastically.

When the city lord saw Xu Miao and Han Lao San bringing General Liu, he smiled and said, "Hey, next time you Hanjia Village want to hire workers, you don't have to bother the general. Just come to the government office and find me."

Seeing that he had no say in this business, the city lord thought about building good relationships with Xu Miao and the others, just in case he might be of use in the future.