Preparing to recruit workers

Soon a carriage left Xiangjun's Mansion and headed straight out of the city.

Now there are many officers and soldiers gathered at the gate of the city. Although these refugees have come to the capital, they are not allowed to enter the city and can only live in simple resettlement houses prepared by the court.

With twenty to thirty thousand people living together on such a hot day, one can imagine the conditions.

After leaving the capital, disaster victims in rags and ragged clothes can be seen everywhere on both sides of the official road.

Lifting the car curtain slightly and looking outside, Lu Yaoyao also saw a flash of pity in his eyes.

Many people were lying in the shadow of the big trees on the roadside. They were all sallow and thin, weak and weak. The old men sighed, the women sobbed, and the hoarse cries of children were heard.

"Life in this world is not easy. When encountering natural or man-made disasters, the lives of the people at the bottom become even more difficult."

She shook her head and lowered the curtain. Not long after she walked out, the carriage suddenly stopped and the sound of horses neighing could be heard outside.

"what happened?"

Qiu Shuang frowned and asked outside.

"Miss, there are disaster victims blocking the car."

As soon as the driver outside finished speaking, he heard a woman crying and begging.

"Noble, help me, please save my daughter."

Lu Yaoyao opened the curtain slightly and saw an unkempt woman kneeling in front of the carriage, holding a little girl of one or two years old in her arms, kowtowing to their carriage.

She looked at the little girl in her arms, her face flushed and her eyes closed tightly.

"Go and see what's going on."

Qiu Shuang got off the carriage in response.

After a while, he returned to the carriage.

"Miss, her daughter is sick and is unconscious now."

"Take them to the farm."

Qiu Shuang responded.

"My young lady is going to the village. There is a doctor there. You can come with us."

"Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."

The lady was overjoyed and kowtowed to the carriage again and again.

"Qiu Shuang, please ask this eldest sister and her daughter to get in the car."

"Don't dare, don't dare. The women of the common people are dirty and don't dare to get into the nobleman's carriage. The women of the common people can just follow the carriage with their children in their arms."

"The sun is scorching now, and the child is already sick. If he can withstand such scorching heat, you should listen to my young lady."

"She is the most kind-hearted and doesn't care about these things."

When the woman heard this, she lowered her head and looked at the child in her arms. Now the child was unconscious. If something went wrong again, I'm afraid it would be...

But seeing her dirty clothes, she really didn't dare to get in the car.

"Since the eldest sister doesn't want to get in the car, let's bring the child up. Don't delay. It's important to save people."

Lu Yaoyao's voice came out again.

The woman did not refuse this time and carefully handed the child into Qiu Shuang's hands.

Qiu Shuang took the child and quickly put it into the carriage.

"Old Ma, let me drive this car. You can go back to your house first."

When the coachman heard this, he jumped out of the carriage and handed the whip to Qiu Shuang.

"Sister, come on, come up."

With the help of Qiu Shuang's hand, the woman also sat on the shaft of the carriage. With a whip, the carriage rattled towards the farm.

In the carriage, Lu Yaoyao first checked the child's condition and found that he was suffering from a high fever.

"Use ice cubes to cool her down first."

Qiu Yu quickly took out the silk scarf, dipped it in the ice bucket in the corner, and carefully wiped the little girl's face.

The carriage soon arrived at the village.

"Quickly, we passed two people."

As soon as the carriage entered the farm, Qiu Shuang greeted him.

Two people soon arrived.

"Miss Qiu Shuang, what do you need to do?"

"There is a child in the car, take him to Mr. Lin quickly."

As soon as she finished speaking, the car curtain was opened and Qiu Yu handed the child out.

The woman quickly stepped forward to take it.

"Sister, follow them to find the doctor."

The two dealers responded quickly.

"Thank you girl."

The woman first bowed to Qiu Shuang, then turned to look at the carriage.

Qiu Yu had already got off the carriage, and Lu Yaoyao followed closely behind.

When she saw Lu Yaoyao, the woman's eyes flashed with surprise, and then she was filled with gratitude.

She is just this beautiful girl who is as beautiful as a fairy, and she is the noble master.

"Thank you, lady."

"Take the child to see the doctor quickly."

Lu Yaoyao smiled and said softly.

"You ask the chef to prepare some food and drink for this eldest sister, and also prepare a set of clothes."

"yes."

The two dealers acted separately.

After the lady bowed her thanks again, she followed the banker and left.

As soon as she left, Lao Kang over there had already received the news that the lady was back and was walking quickly towards this place with someone in tow.

"I've met Miss."

"No need to be polite, go back to the yard and talk."

The group of people returned to the large courtyard located in the middle of Zhuangzi.

Although she has not lived here for almost a month, Lao Kang has people come over to take care of her every day.

As soon as she entered the lobby, someone immediately brought an ice bucket.

After a while, barrels filled with ice cubes were placed at the four corners of the hall, and the originally scorching heat was relieved.

"Miss, why did you come here in person on such a hot day?"

"I have something to entrust you to do. It's too troublesome to send the message, and it's not clear."

"Don't stand either. There are no outsiders here. Sit down."

Lao Kang cupped his hands, walked to the edge and sat down.

"I took a quick look just now. Some projects on the village have already started. Are there enough manpower?"

"The weather has been too hot recently. Although construction has started, it is all simple work, so it does not require many manpower. Just the people on the farm are enough."

Lu Yaoyao nodded, and then asked Lao Kang to bring him a map near Zhuangzi.

"This area is now the lady's property. I have planned it according to the drawings you gave me."

"Well, tell me."

Lao Kang pointed at the map and explained all his plans. Lu Yaoyao nodded repeatedly.

"Not bad."

"What do you plan to do here?"

She suddenly pointed to an area on the map.

"This is a wasteland. According to your plan, Miss, there is no use here yet."

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao nodded slightly, and then looked back and forth on the map.

"In this case, you now ask the people in the village to prepare, and then go outside to select a thousand strong laborers from the disaster victims. Those with children will be given priority."

"Miss, what are you doing?"

Lao Kang was a little puzzled.

"As you can see, our project here is not small, especially the workshop. After it is established, it will also require a lot of workers."

"Judging from the current situation, the number of victims will only increase. The food on the market is almost running out. If businessmen and wealthy families don't release food, how long can the court provide disaster relief?"

"Once the number of disaster victims reaches a certain level, it will inevitably cause big trouble."

"We also need people around us, so let's help. It's for our own safety."

Lao Kang naturally knew what she said, and at this time he also understood what she meant by recruiting people.

A thousand people, not to mention one in a family, even if there are three or five in a family, there are hundreds of families.

There are hundreds of families, at least two to three thousand people. With a job, food and money, these two or three thousand people have a chance to survive.
Chapter completed!