Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 338: Resolution

However, for something like this, Zhao Ru Jun could not trust ordinary family servants.
She had used the sons of her own personal servants.

Such people, although they were still slaves, had never suffered since their childhood.
Who among them did not have their own small property at home, with a soft pillow of their own?

For them, they were suffering a miserable fate this evening!

Zhao San couldn’t help but curse Lian Fang Zhou, not forgetting to instigate the others.

Out of the seven, one or two of them were fully provoked by his words and immediately started complaining.

One of the others couldn’t listen anymore, saying: “I say, Zhao San, just stop! It’s just one night! Anyways, after tonight, we can go home tomorrow! It’s a blessing for us just to not enter the yamen! If one of them has a bad temper and beats us half to death on the spot, who would say anything? Is it possible you think they should treat us like guests?”

Another one said: “That’s right, don’t forget that our contracts will be held in their hands! It’s best not to offend them, otherwise…”

Everyone’s expressions changed, immediately going silent.

Miss Lian’s words had been clear.
If their young lady did anything, she would not return their contracts.
When the time came, she would sell them far away.
Never being able to reunite with their families for the rest of their lives? They’d rather die!

“You respect Lian Fang Zhou too much!” Zhao San hummed: “Isn’t it just because she dared to fight against our Zhao family? So what if she holds our contracts in her hands? If she really had the courage, she would have just gone straight to the yamen! Our young lady would never abandon us! Don’t suppress the ambition of others and destroy your own prestige!”

The first speaker was infuriated, sneering: “Zhao San, don’t try and provoke us! You are alone, of course it doesn’t matter to you! We all have family, businesses, relatives, we can’t take the risk! I’m warning you, in the future, you better stop trying to instigate us! Otherwise, hmph, don’t blame me for not being polite!”

The rest of them all agreed, saying: “Yes! Whatever you want to do, wait for our contracts to be returned at the end of the year! If it hurts us, you just see how many lives you have!”

Another person said: “I heard that you were the slave of the Lian family before and were rude to your former master.
I’m really surprised our young lady would value a wolf-hearted person like you!”

“Obviously he was born a white-eyed wolf!”

Zhao San couldn’t stand people talking about this subject the most and he became so angry, he started to scream: “Lian Fang Zhou is nothing but a dead girl— Ow, you dare to hit me!”

He hadn’t finished speaking before he was punched fiercely on the left cheek.
He covered his face, furious, and glared at the person who beat him.

That man shook his fist, saying coldly: “Did you not hear what I just said? Our contracts are in the hands of others! Just stop! It will only irritate them and injure us, so don’t say anything else! I dare to beat you, I dare to beat you to death! If you don’t believe it, just try it!”

The other’s eyes sank, all staring at Zhao San coldly.

Zhao San was both shocked and furious.
Gritting his teeth, he shouted: “You guys are fucked— she’s the one behind this! Isn’t she just driving us to kill each other?”

The first man laughed disdainfully.
Coldly, he said: “I am only recognizing the facts! What use is it for you to spout nonsense?”

Zhao San was dumbfounded.
Yes, even if this was the case, it didn’t change the fact that their contracts were all held tightly in her hands.

“This is your last warning, stop!” The man grunted heavily.

Zhao San lightly touched his hot and painful cheek, silently screaming his hatred for Lian Fang Zhou.
He didn’t dare to say another word.

The next morning, the door opened with a creak.
It was Qin Feng, who had sent people to bring them out to wash and relieve themselves.
Then he took them to the cafeteria, where they received two buns and a bowl of hot soup made from big bones.

Everyone was surprised, they had not expected to be treated like this.
No matter what their feelings were, it was inevitably that their hearts would be a little moved with an element of gratitude.
They felt that Miss Lian was really a kind person.
If it had been their own young lady—

Alas, there were some things a servant could not say about their own master!

 Only Zhao San was indifferent, sniffing derisively and muttering in a low voice: “That bitch is buying people’s hearts, I feel uneasy seeing it!”

The person who had hit him last night gave him a cold look.
Zhao San immediately felt scared and looked away.

“After you finish eating, just sit here and wait! Your Master Zhao will send someone with your contracts and you may go.”

When the housekeeper of the Zhao family arrived with the contracts, they verified each one and Lian Fang Zhou had the housekeeper bring the Zhao servants back.

Seeing the carriage with the eight servants leave, Qin Feng couldn’t help but ask Lian Fang Zhou: “Miss, will the Zhao family really retreat? It is still possible to send them to the yamen! This cotton was approved by the court but they dared to play around with it.
At best, this is not giving the magistrate face, at worst, this is acting against the government.
As long as this matter spreads, the magistrate will never tolerate the Zhao family!”

With the government’s intervention, the Zhao family would definitely not dare to try again.
Otherwise, it would involve not only the magistrate but the imperial court! The consequences were not something they could afford.

Lian Fang Zhou only smiled faintly: “After all, I’m from the countryside, I don’t want to go too far.
Let’s just be more cautious in the future!”

“Yes, Miss!” Qin Feng bowed slightly but he was still a little suspicious.
In his opinion, the master of his family was definitely not a person who suffered troubles lightly, especially seeing that she handled Zhao San neatly and cleanly to begin with.
She had let Zhao Ru Jun off and didn’t complain to the government, there definitely must be a reason!

But what reason was there?

Qin Feng thought hard for a few days but was still puzzled!

He could only sigh in his heart: It seemed that he was really getting old! The world had changed so fast, this old man couldn’t keep up with the thinking of young people…

But he didn’t think, how many people in the world could keep up with his master’s thoughts?

In truth, Qin Feng’s guess was correct; Lian Fang Zhou did have a reason not to involve the government.

Lian Fang Zhou did not want to give anyone the opportunity to forcibly intervene with her baby cotton or try to get involved with her business.

No one knew better than her how much profit those cotton plants would bring!

If the government tried to shamelessly intervene at this time, before the cotton was harvested, under the guise of ‘protection’ and simply took control, she wouldn’t even have time to cry!

She would rather work hard and deal with trouble herself so that she could guarantee that her cotton was completely under her control.

TN: Did not think of this but she’s correct, especially with how much open and accepted corruption was in the government at this time.