Chapter 41 Happy Event
“If you give me gold, I’ll give you a 10% discount, but if you give me silver, there’s no discount.
Yesterday a batch of goods was given to Li Dawang to offset the money owed to Qianyefang, and the rest is still on the island.
I have asked someone to go back and fetch it, but it will probably arrive later in the evening," said Tang Wen.
"Okay!" Shen Xihe nodded.
In the evening, Shen Xihe was already waiting at Qianyefang.
As soon as the goods arrived, they began to inspect them. After a busy period, the handover of 12,000 taels of gold was completed.
There were several hundred kilograms in total, and the remaining goods were all given to Li Chuner.
"Miss Li, I give you this silver crown as a gift. It is the reward for introducing Mr. Shen to us. In the future, please introduce more customers to us. There will be a reward every time." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Thank you for the reward, sir! Chun'er can do it." Li Chun'er knelt down to thank him.
"Mr. Shen, this is our first cooperation and it's a great pleasure. I'd like to give you this special lighter and this bottle of wine." Tang Wen showed off the wine and the gold-plated lighter.
"I have drunk wine at a friend's place. I tried a glass at that time. It was sweet, pure and delicious with a long aftertaste. I didn't expect that the lord has such a good thing. Thank you, Shen." Shen Xihe bowed.
"Let's just sit in Qianyefang in the evening. I still have a few bottles left. Let's open them all and drink to our heart's content. Let Miss Li have some too." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Thank you, sir. Chun'er is in for a treat." Li Chun'er's face turned red with excitement.
"Please come in!" Tang Wen said with a smile, and the three of them sat at the table.
Three bottles of Changyu Cabernet Sauvignon were brought up on a silver tray. Tang Wen opened the wine himself and poured it into a glass bottle to decanter it.
Below, red liquid was poured into a goblet.
"Sir, you are so skilled, you must taste it often, right?" Shen Xihe asked with envy.
"Haha, open a bottle when you're tired and drink it at any time to relieve fatigue. Come, both of you take a small sip first, then close your eyes and think about it." Tang Wen said with a smile.
Shen Xihe and Li Chuner both took a small sip and then closed their eyes.
"Oh...it's an indescribable taste, so wonderful." Shen Xihe sighed after opening his eyes.
"It makes people feel a little floating, which is a wonderful feeling." Li Chuner said with a smile.
“When tasting wine, it should first go into your mouth, then your throat, and finally your heart…
This smell is like the fragrance left by a beautiful woman's lips on your face.
Just think about it, it would be unforgettable... "Tang Wen said with a smile, "Come on, have some food, you probably haven't eaten this fish before."
"Could it be from the West too?" Li Chun'er asked after taking a look.
"Of course not. It would have gone bad if it was shipped from such a long distance in the West. This is a fish from the ocean, which cannot be caught normally. For example, this is called tuna..." Tang Wen shook his head.
Shen Xihe took a piece and opened his mouth immediately after taking it in. "It really tastes different. I have never eaten it before. It tastes unique."
"Alas... It's a pity that I won't be able to eat it in the future." After finishing the wine and almost finishing the dishes, Li Chun'er said with a depressed look on her face.
"Haha, Qianyefang's conditions are simple and it will take several months to build. However, you can come to my Island Samui. The food there is better than here." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Isn't Koh Samui a deserted island?" Shen Xihe was stunned and blurted out.
"It's still deserted now, but it was left to me by my Tang family ancestors, and I'm taking care of it now." Tang Wen said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll come and bother you when I'm free." Shen Xihe said with a smile.
The next day, Tang Wen returned to Koh Samui and continued to supervise the construction of the dam.
However, the area is too large, two excavators are not enough, and the construction speed is still slow.
Moreover, cement and steel bars were in short supply because most of them had been used in the reconstruction and expansion of the camp some time ago.
The camp area is now over 100,000 square meters, and hundreds of tons of cement were used just for paving the floor. However, the speed of recruiting people cannot keep up with the speed of cement consumption.
The eighth time of traveling requires 350 popularity points. It has been more than a month since Tang Wen returned.
Only a few dozen people were recruited, and the plan to expand the Royal Guards again had to stop due to lack of manpower.
Seeing that cement and other materials are running out day by day, if we don't cross the river, we will have to stop the construction.
Tang Wen also thought about setting up a cement factory in another world, but the equipment in the cement factory was too complicated, and it could not be built at all without the guidance of modern technicians.
This big landlord's space is good in every way except that it cannot bring living people back with it.
A few days later, Yang Yun gave Tang Wen a huge surprise.
That morning, a group of officers arrived at the camp with a group of people, about three or four hundred in number.
"Captain Yang, who are these people?" Tang Wen asked after welcoming Yang Yun into the reception room.
"Brother, your place changes every day. Last time I came, there were only tents, but this time when I came back, they were all tin houses. Moreover, the area of your camp has expanded by at least three or four times, right?" Yang Yun glanced around and said with a smile.
"There are too many people and the tents are not enough, so we have to bring back some mobile iron houses. We have to make them feel at home, otherwise, they will not want to stay here." Tang Wen replied.
"This time, entrusted by Lord Zhang, I have specially sent a group of people to you. However, this group of people is a little special." Captain Yang said.
"It's a bit strange. Why do they all have their hands tied? Are they prisoners in jail?" Tang Wen asked.
“They are criminals, but they are all petty thieves. Most of them are disaster victims and refugees who have fled here.
They had no food to eat, so they tried to fight for some rice. This fight led to a fight, and we caught them.
In fact, you have to release them after catching them for a few days.
There are too many people in prison and we can’t afford to feed them.
I have interrogated them all strictly and there is no repetition of the offense.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you here. Otherwise, wouldn't that harm you, my brother? "Yang Yun said.
"Of course, but are they willing to stay?" Tang Wen asked.
"If they don't want to stay, then take them back to the jail. You'll cooperate with me in a scene later... I guarantee they'll be so scared that they'll have to stay." Yang Yun said.
The two men drank tea for a while, then went to the open space in the yard and gathered all the prisoners.
"Listen to me, this is Tang Wen, the owner of Samui Island, he is the Earl.
You have come to my Yanling County to commit crimes, and you think you can get away with it by being locked up for a few days , right?
You are just wishful thinking.
This time it’s different. The war in the northwest is intense and you all have to be escorted to the battlefield to fight.
However, this Lord Tang is my friend and he told me about recruiting people in Koh Samui last time.
So, I brought you here. If you sell yourself to the Tang family, not only will you get thirty taels of silver, but you will also have clothes to wear, food to eat, and a house to live in.
There is also a monthly allowance of half a tael of silver. Anyone with a wife or children can bring them here, and the Lord will provide food and accommodation. "Yang Yun said with a fierce look on his face.
"As you can see, all the people living here are servants of the Tang family. Ask them what they do and how they live?" Tang Wen said.
"Do you really provide food, clothing and housing?"
"Of course. You see, everything we wear, live in, eat and use is given by Master Tang." Zhan Dongwen replied.
"We have meat for one meal every two days. If there is no meat, there is fish. And the rice is enough for you to eat..." Ge Ziyun continued to deceive.
"Are you guys lying to us?"
"I lied to you, Lord Yang. You can untie their ropes and let them see our bathroom and dining area." Zhan Dongwen said.
"Untie the ropes!" Yang Yun gave the order. Below, Zhan Dongwen and Ge Ziyun took the group of people on a tour.
Even Yang Yun went to the bathroom to take a shit and sat in the dining room with great interest.
Tang Wen still gave each person a towel to wash their faces and bodies, and then went to the dining hall for a big meal.
After being taught by words and deeds, these people began to waver in their hearts.
Coupled with the terrible threat of death, such as having to do labor on the battlefield, they all sold themselves to the Tang family in the afternoon.
Among them, dozens of them had wives, children and the elderly and all returned to Yanling County to take their families with them.
"Ding Dong! You have accumulated 350 popularity points. The Landlord Space will be upgraded to 2.0 immediately. You can open the second door and travel to another world."
The space responded, and Tang Wen found that hundreds of people were rushing towards him frantically.
This fellow quickly activated the 'Nine Revolutions of Fish and Dragon' given by Yang Yun to absorb, refine and store this popularity.
Tang Wen discovered that part of his popularity was actually directly input into the third eye between his eyebrows - the popularity eye.
After a few minutes, the popularity was absorbed and the data on the big screen in the landlord space was updated:
Popularity Index: 1480
Land area: 2342 hectares and 20 acres.
Wealth Index: 83,000 taels of gold.
Martial arts realm: eighth level perfection.
Ceremonial load: 1,000 tons.
Travel time: fifty days.
The number of troops suddenly increased to about 500 people, of course, more than 300 of them were the prisoners.
