The female doctor farmed the land, bought a husband and set up a separate household

Chapter 116 Business with the Barbarians

"Cao Yin!" Yan Jiuping shouted, "What on earth is going on?"

Cao Yin had no idea what was going on.

God can testify that he has never even killed a chicken in his life, so how could he possibly kill someone!

"County Lieutenant Yan, I really don't know..."

"How could you not know that someone died in your house?" In front of so many people, Yan Jiuping couldn't protect Cao Yin even if he wanted to, so he had to pretend to be impartial and said, "There's no point in saying more, go back to the county government office for trial!"

Cao Yin was so frightened that his bones went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Two bailiffs came forward, tied his hands, and took him back to the county government office without mentioning him.

Although a murder had occurred, the grain collection could not be delayed. Jiang Sining followed his previous promise and asked the villagers to open the door and let the yamen runners enter the house to search.

Take whatever food you find, no matter how much.

As a result, after all the hard work, the yamen runners got very little in return.

You say there isn't any, right? Every household could find a hundred or eighty kilograms, and they were all allowed to take it away, leaving Yan Jiuping with no excuse to make trouble.

In the end, he could only use Jiang Sining as a scapegoat: "Your family can't possibly only have this much food, right?"

"No, no, I have plenty of food at home," Jiang Sining said, "and I am willing to pay in full."

Good idea, pay in full, it's just a few hundred kilograms.

Seeing that so much grain could not be collected, Yan Jiuping was furious, but he had no better solution. After all, he had said when he entered the village that every household only needed to pay according to the previous amount.

Forget it. Anyway, it's the county magistrate's business if the grain cannot be collected. As a county lieutenant, he has encountered a murder case today. As long as he can solve it well, he will not lose any credit.

So, taking the collected grain, Yan Jiuping hurried back to the county government office and concentrated on dealing with Cao Yin's murder case.

After sending these plague gods away, the villagers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, except for Cao Cunzheng and the Jiang family, everyone in the village has secured their food needs. This is all thanks to Jiang Sining.

So now in everyone's eyes, she is everyone's backbone.

"Ning girl, what should we do next?"

"Yes, it will take some time to plant Xiaochun, so we can't just sit there and do nothing.

"There's disaster everywhere outside, and there's no work to do."

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Listening to the villagers' voices, Si Chenan asked in a low voice: "Madam, do you have a solution?"

"Are you the worm in my stomach?"

"Haha, that's not the case," Si Chenan said, "but my wife is kind-hearted and will definitely not stand idly by."

"Don't flatter me, saying you are kindhearted." Jiang Sining said, "The ancients said that if you are poor, you should take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you should help the world. Now we can only take care of ourselves, so what can we do to help the world?"

Si Chenan was stunned. Which ancient person said this? Why had he never heard of it?

However, Jiang Sining said that it was just right for him to stay out of trouble, but he disagreed.

So much food was collected before, enough to feed 10,000 people for more than half a year. Qingyu and his men will be able to buy meat and food soon, so when else would they take the opportunity to start a rebellion?

Of course Jiang Sining has his own arrangements.

It is autumn now and winter is not far away.

If we don't prepare in advance, this winter will be very difficult.

Now in the village, only Aunt Li and her family have started building brick houses. No one else has started yet, so we have to take advantage of the free time now to get everyone to finish building their houses.

So she said, "Everyone, please listen to me. Actually, everyone has something to do now."

When they heard her speak, the villagers instantly quieted down.

Someone asked, "What's going on?"

"Build a house." Jiang Sining said, "Like Aunt Li and the others, build a brick house."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment; this proposal was more frightening than asking everyone to eat meat for three consecutive days.

"Ning girl, a brick house is indeed nice, but it costs money!"

"Yeah, how many of us can come up with that much money?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't have money," Jiang Sining said, "I can sell you bricks on credit first."

"Then what shall we give back?"

"Work." Jiang Sining said, "I have a lot of things I want to do, but I don't have anyone I can trust. If you are willing to come, I will pay you 10% more than outside."

"That's the best!"

When they heard that they could help Jiang Sining with the work, smiles and surprise appeared on everyone's faces.

I helped her family reclaim land a few days ago, and we could eat meat every day!

Is there anything more desirable than this these days?

"But I have to be frank," Jiang Sining said, "I don't ask you to work hard for me, but you must not betray me."

"Of course not!"

"Ning girl, don't worry, we will never do such a wicked thing!"

With the response from almost all the villagers and a certain degree of loyalty maintained, what Jiang Sining wanted to do next became much easier.

He asked Si Chenan to register all the people who were willing to help, and separate them according to gender, age and status.

The elderly and the weak continued to help with clearing wasteland and growing vegetables.

Some of the women helped with the winemaking, a few were responsible for cooking, and the rest went to the mountains to pick products.

Tea seeds, pine nuts, herbs...as long as it's something useful, just bring it home.

The young and strong men were divided into three groups, one group was specifically responsible for building houses and walls for everyone.

Her plan was to at least surround the mountain where her home was, and have the villagers' houses built inside the wall, so that when the world was in chaos next year, everyone could unite together.

The second part is some people who are good at speaking or driving a car. In the future, they will follow her to sell goods or purchase what they need.

The rest are more trustworthy people like Uncle Li, who are responsible for making cement.

Without machinery, this work was very hard and required a certain degree of confidentiality, so Jiang Sining paid them double the wages.

Finally, it was the children in the village, all of whom were forced to learn to read and write.

People's hearts are hidden, and she couldn't completely trust everyone, so she let the villagers' children go to school at home. On the one hand, it was to provide them with benefits, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent everyone from becoming traitors easily.

The next day, everyone in the village started to get busy.

Although the work is hard, it is a hundred times better than doing nothing, and every household is looking forward to the new house, so they are more motivated.

After Jiang Sining arranged everyone's work, news came from Qingyu that they had arrived in the Northern Frontier and successfully established contact with the barbarians in the Northern Frontier.

The barbarians liked the liquor he brought very much. When they heard that he could supply it in large quantities and transport large amounts of salt, they immediately treated him and Qiu He as guests of honor.

"500 kilograms of liquor and 500 kilograms of salt."

This was the note Qingyu left in the space. It was also his first business in Northern Xinjiang. Jiang Sining naturally had to help him get it done as soon as possible.

Wine is easier to deal with, as the food stored at home is enough, but salt needs to be bought outside.

At this time, the purchasing team she formed came in handy. More than a dozen people took some silver and went to the surrounding towns separately. They bought all the goods in just one day.

That night, Jiang Sining put the things into Qingyu's warehouse. In less than an hour, she found that Qingyu had put a lot of silver into the space, with a total of more than 300 taels!

There was also a slaughtered cow and three slaughtered fat sheep.

It has to be said that Qingyu and his companions are not only highly efficient, but also ruthlessly earning money from the barbarians.

Since the barbarians were so generous, she didn't mind earning more money from them.

Make wine, buy salt, and work hard.