The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 153: Good Strategy Reappears

When Chen Qi finished reading those plans, his face quickly fell, and he became even more confused. He didn't understand Lu Zixuan's operation.

“You found ways to borrow the money, and you found ways to raise the grain, but the final credit goes to some officials and capitalists. Even the common people who knew nothing about it benefited from it.

You put so much effort into doing something big, but it doesn’t even have a name. What’s the point?

Just to make the poor eat enough and give officials and red capitalists a good reputation, what about you? I don’t see what you get.”

Lu Zixuan smiled slyly and whispered:

"We are short-sighted. Without the permission of officials and the support of those capitalists, we cannot accomplish this.

I have gained a lot. First of all, I used these merits that were useless to me to exchange for the opportunity to get to know powerful and wealthy people, which provided convenience for me in the future.

Secondly, I can screen out many like-minded partners. We don’t have too many reliable connections and resources, so we can only exchange them in this way.

I have only one goal, which is to develop resources and connections upward and expand labor and wisdom downward.

I want to take advantage of this great opportunity to quickly accumulate a large amount of capital for our future rise. One more thing..."

Lu Zixuan explained to Chen Qi the process and purpose of each thing one by one.

He did not ignore Chen Qi's opinions and abilities because of his young age.

Because he had witnessed with his own eyes that a nine-year-old child dared to pick up a long knife and kill people in order to avenge his parents.

I have also seen the mature thinking and ruthless determination of children of this age during this period.

Half a month passed in a flash, and Lu Zixuan gradually regained his former wisdom and clarity, but lacked the sharpness and edge he had back then.

During this period, the steel-making team of the subdistrict office was also disbanded. According to the notice from the higher authorities, some technical workers and transportation resources should go deep into the countryside and be tilted towards the countryside.

The real reason is that the city’s food reserves are not enough to support the huge steel-making team, and a large number of workers need to go to the countryside to share food with farmers.

"Xuanxuan, Lao Zheng just came to inform Xiaoman to report to him tomorrow.

But I heard that he did nothing except create a name for the service agency, and even the land was hard.

They didn't even recruit a family member. Are they going to let Xiaoman do the work alone? Or are they going to ask her to pay to recruit someone? Isn't this a bit unfair?"

He Yuzhu complained somewhat angrily.

Cheng Xiaoman also expressed her unhappiness at the right time.

"It's okay to work, but the problem is that I have to grow such a large piece of land by myself to provide food for so many factory workers. It doesn't seem realistic, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Zixuan laughed and then answered their questions.

"What are you thinking? There are two reasons why Lao Zheng did this. One is that he really couldn't find anyone to do the job, and the other is that he wanted to test my aunt's ability."

Lu Zixuan took out a piece of paper and a slightly larger purse from the compartment and handed them to Cheng Xiaoman.

"Aunt, please look at this piece of paper. It contains some of the waste I have saved. Then look at the things in your purse and think about whether there is any solution."

After Cheng Xiaoman checked it out and thought for a long time, she suddenly put her purse in her pocket.

He left a sentence "I'll go find someone right away, thank you Xuanxuan", pulled the confused He Yuzhu and hurried away.

The next day, Cheng Xiaoman led a group of idle women in the courtyard and went straight to the second steel rolling mill.

In less than a week, the workers' families all actively signed up to join the factory's grain-growing team.

Lao Zheng wanted to know the reason, so he gritted his teeth and invited the four of them to dinner.

“You can see that the food, vegetables, and meat are all on the table, but we don’t have that much surplus food at home, so we can’t invite you for free.

I want to know why you can find people to work and your purpose."

Cheng Xiaoman rolled her eyes at him and urged He Yuzhu to go to the kitchen.

"Chef He, hurry up and get the ingredients to practice your cooking skills before Director Zheng changes his mind."

Next, Cheng Xiaoman did not explain the reason, but asked Lao Zheng instead.

"Xuan Xuan gave me ten copper coins and thirty kilograms of scrap iron. Can you guess why?"

Old Zheng thought about it again and again before replying.

"You gave them those? There's not enough to share. If you use them as rewards, there will be conflicts. I can't figure it out. You should just tell me directly.

I definitely don’t understand the solutions you come up with because our experiences are different.”

Cheng Xiaoman agreed with Lao Zheng's evaluation and no longer concealed it, saying it clearly.

"Well, you definitely can't imagine these things, because you have never been poor, haha...

It's very simple. I asked Zhuzi to bury the scrap iron and copper coins in the ground in advance, and then they can dig them out."

Cheng Xiaoman first told the women in the courtyard that the Second Steel Rolling Mill had set aside a piece of land for farming, and there must be some scrap steel and iron buried in the land.

Moreover, she had already negotiated with the factory to take on the job of tilling the soil, on the condition that anything dug out would belong to them.

Anyway, the people in the courtyard have nothing to do, so there will definitely be people who will go and watch the fun.

Then he asked Xiaohua and Wu Guihua, who had a good relationship with her family, to dig out the copper coins and scrap iron in front of everyone and let them take them away.

Most people would be tempted by this, so Cheng Xiaoman only picked ten people to do it together, and let the five of them who liked to pass on messages the most, so that less things would be dug out.

In this way, these five people will become jealous, and the news of what they dug up in the ground will soon spread.

Cheng Xiaoman again refused to let them join on the grounds that they failed to keep the secret.

The jealousy of these five people will turn into resentment, and they will definitely exaggerate the facts and spread the matter to the families of the workers in the factory through their relatives and friends.

When the family members heard that outsiders were taking away their interests, they certainly didn't want to continue and naturally came to sign up.

After listening to this, Mr. Zheng asked another question.

"Then your scrap iron and copper coins will be gone, right? And if they can't dig anything up in the future, why will they continue to do it? It will be even harder to find people in the future."

Cheng Xiaoman smiled confidently.

"Do you think they can get away with it after they've done it? Of those copper coins, only Xiaohua and Wu Guihua dug out two each as a reward for their leadership, and the others were left untouched.

I buried the scrap metal in twenty different places, far apart from each other, and now we have dug them all up.

Xuanxuan said that these were meant to be donated, it was just a matter of changing the method and the person who donated them.

They couldn't dig up anything, and by the time they realized what was happening, the ground they had turned over was basically enough.

They put in so much effort to plow the soil, and they were unwilling to get nothing, especially since they had already done the most strenuous work.

Most people will choose to continue working. The most important thing is that if they have work to do, they can earn food. As long as they are encouraged from time to time, they will be grateful to themselves when the harvest comes. "

After listening to this, Lao Zheng gave a thumbs up without raising any objections.