After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Zhang Hulan and her five followers walked around the construction site. Then she asked Luo Changqi, "Uncle Luo, do you think it would be better for me to hire a long-term worker or hire someone else to do the work?"

With such a vast land, it takes a lot of manpower to grow crops and raise livestock.

There is no need to look for the village head, the five of Huang Zhong are more than enough.

But the farm needs someone to take care of it all the time, and people are needed to weed and fertilize on a regular basis.

The number of people doesn't need to be large, twenty or thirty will be enough, and they can be temporary workers to help out during busy farming seasons.

The farm also needs permanent staff. With dozens of acres of ponds, raising fish, ducks, and pigs, it takes about twenty people. In total, about fifty permanent workers are needed.

Zhang Hulan has been considering whether to hire villagers as long-term workers or buy them directly.

It is less troublesome to buy someone. Although you have to spend a few taels of silver to buy them, you don’t have to pay them for labor later.

Of course, Zhang Hulan is not that heartless. She would pay some wages even to the servants she bought.

Hiring one is not very cost-effective. Although the wages of a long-term worker are not as high as those of a short-term worker, it is estimated to be three to five taels of silver a year.

In comparison, buying servants was more cost-effective. Furthermore, bought servants were easier to manage, as they became the master's private property and could be arranged as he pleased. With their indentures in the master's hands, their loyalty was also better.

But there is a problem. Many of the servants in the pawnshop were forced to become slaves and sold because they committed crimes. It is not very reliable to use these people.

Zhang Hulan told Luo Changqi about her thoughts and concerns, and Luo Changqi said, "It's more cost-effective to buy people. When you buy people, you can ask the people in the brokerage to find out the details of those people.

In fact, many people were implicated. When members of some large families committed some important crimes, the entire family would be implicated.

The main culprits were killed or exiled, and the rest of the tribesmen were basically sold as slaves.

"My niece, when you're buying a servant, you can first ask the pawnbroker about his background and what he did wrong. When choosing a servant, don't just pick someone with the same surname and place; that way it'll be easier to manage."

Zhang Hulan said, "Then how about this? When I go to buy someone, Uncle Luo will go with me and help me choose someone."

Luo Changqi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with my niece then."

……

In the afternoon, Zhao Guoliang came back. He contacted the kiln factory again and negotiated a price of two bricks for one penny.

The price of bricks is similar, but the shipping fee will be increased if the delivery distance is farther.

Zhao Guoliang had to negotiate for a long time before he could get the kiln factory owner to waive the shipping fee.

However, you need to pay a deposit so that the kiln factory can arrange to burn the bricks in advance.

So the next day, Zhang Hulan followed Zhao Guoliang to the kiln factory to pay the deposit. When she came back, she saw Hu Sanlang in the yard as soon as she entered, squatting on the ground and working with Zhou and the others.

Wang's face looked unhappy, and everyone else in the yard looked at Hu Sanlang with different expressions.

Zhang Hulan's anger flared up immediately. She quickly stepped forward and stared at Hu Sanlang with a cold expression, "What are you doing here? Get out right now."

Hu Sanlang looked up at Zhang Hulan with a look of surprise on his face, "Sister Zhang, are you going back..."

"Get out of here..."

Zhang Hulan didn't want to hear a word from Hu Sanlang. She turned to look at Wang and said, "Mom, don't let anyone into my yard from now on."

Wang was also very angry. "I didn't let him into the yard, but he insisted on coming in and even rushed to work. I couldn't drive him away."

Zhang Hulan didn't give him any face, but Hu Sanlang didn't seem angry at all. He said, "Sister Zhang, I just came to see you..."

"I told you to get out, but you don't understand what I'm saying?"

Zhang Hulan's face became increasingly cold, and she was already looking for the guy.

Seeing that Zhang Hulan was really angry, Hu Sanlang said again: "Sister Zhang, don't be angry. I'll leave now."

After Hu Sanlang finished speaking, he turned and walked outside. Shanzi said to Zhang Hulan, "Auntie Lan, he brought something."

"Throw all his stuff out."

"it is good……"

Shanzi and Zhang Xiaobing immediately ran into the house, then each carried out two boxes and threw them at Hu Sanlang's back.

Zhang Xiaobing also shouted: "Don't come to my aunt's house in the future. We don't welcome you. Want to be my uncle? No way..."

Zhang Hulan's mouth twitched. She glared at Zhang Xiaobing and said, "Close the door."

"Okay, aunt!"

Zhang Xiaobing slammed the door shut, then ran over to Zhang Hulan to claim credit, saying, "Aunt, that man came in and tried to hug cousin Xinyue, but I stopped him. I didn't let him."

Zhang Hulan smiled and patted Zhang Xiaobing's head, "Yeah, you did the right thing!"

Hearing Zhang Hulan's praise, Zhang Xiaobing grinned and laughed.

Xiang Chunhua walked forward, her face full of indignation, "Sister, you don't know how shameless this guy is. Mother was blocking the door and wouldn't let him in, but he just squeezed in.

He entered the yard and was about to hug Xinyue, but the soldier pulled Xinyue away.

He ended up working again, and my mother and I couldn’t stop him.”

Wang continued, "He's a man, so we can't argue with him. He didn't do anything else, so we don't want to cause trouble in public..."

Zhang Hulan said, "Mother, from now on, no outsiders are allowed into my yard. Anyone who tries to break in will be beaten out."

"Forget it. From now on, when I'm not at home, I'll let Uncle Luo or Uncle Yuan guard here. If he dares to come again, just beat him out."

The people working in the yard knew that Zhang Hulan was in a bad mood, so they didn't dare to say anything and just kept working.

……

When Hu Sanlang was driven out, Zhang Hulan and the others did not notice that the peregrine falcon flapped its wings and flew away.

Hu Sanlang drove the carriage out of the village. His face showed no emotion and he looked very calm.

He didn't know that a big bird was circling high in the sky above his head.

The peregrine falcon circled in the sky for a while, and suddenly dived down rapidly. Hu Sanlang only saw a black shadow flash past his eyes, and then he felt a sharp pain on the right side of his face.

Hu Sanlang endured the pain and touched his face, his hands were covered in blood.

But before he could figure out what was going on, the black shadow flashed by again and he felt a sharp pain on his left cheek again.

Hu Sanlang was a little panicked. He waved his right hand wildly, "What the hell is that... Get out of here..."

After just a few swings, he felt a sharp pain in his arm.

Hu Sanlang looked at his arm. There were several scratches on his arm, and blood was oozing out from the cuts.

Hu Sanlang was terrified. He looked around and saw a big bird above his head.

Seeing the big bird swooping down on him again, Hu Sanlang was so frightened that he whipped the horse's butt hard, making the carriage run faster.

But how could the carriage be as fast as the peregrine falcon? The peregrine falcon kept harassing Hu Sanlang and scratched him many times.