kingnovel Chapter 1072: Strangled in the Cradle
Chapter 1072: Strangled in the Cradle
A family of two people works here. They have work to do for most of the year and can earn a lot every year.
Thanks to this job, many families have lived a much better life in the past two years.
If I lose this job, life at home will go back to the way it was before.
Therefore, many people have come to the village head these days to ask openly or secretly when the clearing of people will be over and whether they will also be cleared out?
Zhou Guo said: "This matter is over. After it's been cleared, those who can still stay are fine. If there are no problems in the future, they will most likely not be cleared away."
The head of the village was secretly relieved, because his whole family depended on this job for their livelihood. If he lost it, the whole family would have to beg for food.
Zhou Guo looked at the farm. He wondered if it had just been cleaned, but the farm seemed a bit dull. There were many people busy working, but no one was talking. People came and went in a hurry, focusing only on the work in their hands.
The head of the village said that the work was done quite well and everyone was working harder than before.
Zhou Guo didn't say anything. He went to look at the wheat and rice that had already been planted. They had begun to tiller and were growing well. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to be growing better than this time last year.
She wasn't sure, but she thought it wouldn't be worse than last year.
The amount of fertilizer produced in this county every year is no less than that in Song County, it just comes less frequently.
After visiting several villages, she returned to Cangshan Village. Such a big thing had happened at home, and she should let her family know.
"What, the recipe for making compost has leaked out?"
The whole family was shocked. "Who leaked this? Will someone try to steal our business from us in the future?"
It is much easier to do business as a single company, because no one is competing for it, while those people are scrambling for it.
If someone else knows how to make fertilizer, then their advantage will be gone.
Zhou Guo said helplessly, "Please be patient, I haven't finished yet. Although the recipe has been leaked, it has not been completely leaked. The fertilizer they sell is a mess, without any fertilizer effect, and is useless. Some things have not been completely stolen in time, and the other side can't wait and exposed their tracks."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good. If it was really stolen, our family would suffer a great loss."
She told who the traitor was.
The whole family was surprised again.
Li said, "I didn't expect it to be that father and son. They looked quite honest over the years. How could they do such a thing?"
Zhou Mai said: "Mom, some people are just not as honest as you can see from their appearance. Who knows what they are thinking in their heart?"
Everyone nodded.
Zhou Gu said: "Should we check this place at home as well?"
Cangshan Village was not included in this major inspection.
Everyone looked at Zhou Guo, and checked other places.
Zhou Guo said, "You can check it, but I think the recipe for mountain products has not been leaked for so many years. We are keeping a close watch on it. The only ones who were pushed in here were the two sisters back then. They were also sent out a few years ago. We will take this opportunity to clear them out as well. In these years, apart from the few I picked up from Yunzhou, there have been no more people, so there should be no outsiders."
Li said, "We still have to check it out. Our family is big and prosperous, so we can feel at ease after checking it out."
It would be terrible if our house was robbed.
Zhou Guo said: "Okay, you can check if you want, but I will be leaving tomorrow, so you have to handle this matter by yourselves."
Li said, "Don't worry, your elder brother has practiced for the past few years and is still capable of doing this."
Zhou Gu just chuckled.
Seeing him like this, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
The next day, Zhou Guo returned to Yunzhou.
The escort agency in Zhuangzi went back and forth, and from time to time, they would go to the government office, waiting for news from the south.
Unfortunately, there was no news from the south. Zhang Lian was a little panicked at first, but after a conversation with Zhou Guo, he calmed down.
As soon as he came to his senses, he kept the news secret. By then, many big players in the north had already known about it.
He took swift action and, with thunder-like means, eliminated the first wave of people who were about to spread the news. He sent people to hang around the homes of several wealthy families all day long. When he saw anyone suspicious, he would arrest them without saying a word and then clean out the spies.
The reason why he dared to do this was that he borrowed two thousand Xu family soldiers from Huaishan. With this group of Xu family soldiers guarding, several big families did not dare to move.
The main culprit, the Wang family, was intimidated by the several thousand Xu family soldiers under Zhou Guo's command. The rest of the families were unable to cause any trouble without a leader.
Therefore, a disaster that was about to cause a storm was strangled in the cradle just as it began.
Zhou Guo smiled and said to the Lord of the Mansion: "This is just like our Lord of the Mansion who has thunderous means. Yunzhou has been managed as solid as a rock in recent years. In the troubled times, refugees from various places were settled in an orderly manner, and there was no sign of riots. There are not many Lords of the Mansion as capable as you in the world."
"Don't give me that." Zhang Lian pointed at her and said, "Who scolded me last time, saying that I was useless and couldn't keep my balance at the slightest sign of trouble?"
Zhou Guo chuckled, "You are a magnanimous man, why are you still remembering this? I am just as anxious as you are. Isn't this just something I said in anger? Don't take it personally. No, you can curse back at me, I promise I won't talk back!"
Zhang Lian laughed and said, "Come on, what is your status? I am not tired of living, and I dare to scold you. Let alone General Xu, even your brothers, I can't afford to offend any of them."
When it came to General Xu, both of them were speechless for a moment.
Zhou Guo said after a while: "No news is good news. We wait patiently, and there will be news coming back eventually."
Zhang Lian asked her, "I heard that you asked for a lot of retired Xu family soldiers from the border. Can you put these people in your farm?"
He was still worried that something might happen. After all, this was a turbulent time and an unusual day. If something went wrong in the North, the people there would be doomed.
Zhou Guo nodded, "Don't worry about that. I didn't put them in one place. They are all scattered. Not only in the north, but also in Nanhe and the places in the south. People will go there. There are not many people to begin with. If these people are separated, what kind of force can they form? Besides, they are Xu's army. They have been in the barracks all their lives. It is highly likely that they will not cause trouble when they come out."
Zhang Lian was relieved and sighed, "That's right, I forgot that you are also a member of the Xu family. If the Xu family army comes to you, it's the same as not leaving. They are still the Xu family army. How can the Xu family army cause trouble when they are in the hands of the Xu family?"
After talking with Zhang Lian, Zhou Guo felt much better.
During this period of time, letters from various places in Chengding Huaiyang and Nanhe were delivered every now and then.
Several dim sum shops and braised food shops have already opened in Huaiyang. Thanks to the examples of Yunzhou and Chengding, sales are good at the beginning and their reputation has also been established.