Republic of China: Guandong Ginseng King

Chapter 405: Happy to Get a Thousand Gold
The carpenters got a satisfactory answer and left for home. Seeing that the matter was settled, Qu Shaoyang also turned around and walked back.

"Sir, are you just going to let them go like that?" The officer followed closely behind Qu Shaoyang and asked in confusion.

"So what? You're not going to let them go. Are you going to arrest them all, or kill a few?"

Qu Shaoyang turned his head to look at the officer behind him and asked with a smile.

"We can't just let them go like this. These unruly people can open a dyeing factory if we give them some favors.

The adults easily let them off this time and even gave them tasks to do. Now they know that making trouble is useless, and they will make trouble again in the future."

The officer looked disapproving, he felt Qu Shaoyang was too kind.

Officials cannot stand firm if they do not have dignity. They must make the people afraid of them.

“That’s not the case, the people at the bottom of society have a hard life.

Without this income at the beginning of spring, some people might go hungry or live in debt.

The lives of poor people are difficult, and a small misfortune may make them unable to recover. "

Qu Shaoyang shook his head. He did not agree with the officer's statement.

Promoting soft threading is beneficial to material warehouses and mountain fields, reducing costs.

There is no need to cut the wood into four planes for soft cross-threading, and basically no professional carpenter is involved, which saves money on the wood.

Not only that, soft threading is easy to operate, does not require high technical skills, and uses fewer wooden handles.

All these are bad for the carpenter and the wood handle. It is normal for them to feel emotional since they can't make any money.

“I started from scratch and I know how difficult life is for ordinary people.

I can't say that now that I'm rich and an official, I can turn around and bully them.

Let's help each other and do my best to make their lives better.

As for the rest, I am not that capable." Qu Shaoyang explained with a smile.

"My lord, you are being too modest.

Ever since you took office as inspector, life in the villages along the Yalu River has become much better than before.

The bandit gangs disappeared, and the Koreans on the other side of the river did not dare to come and cause trouble. There were patrol teams stationed in every village and town, and the people lived and worked in peace.

It’s almost the same as leaving doors unlocked at night and not picking up lost items on the road.”

The officer laughed when he heard this and praised Qu Shaoyang a lot.

"Okay, stop trying to fool me and get back to work. We still have a lot of things to do."

Qu Shaoyang smiled and patted the officer's shoulder, urging him to do his job, and then he hurried back to continue his work.

About half a month later, Li Daishi came to Maoer Mountain with several shipbuilding masters invited from the shipyard.

Qu Shaoyang met with those people and told them clearly what kind of ship he wanted to build.

When the other party heard what Qu Shaoyang said, he said it was too simple.

Such a boat does not require any power device, and even does not need sails. It is very easy.

Qu Shaoyang didn't know much about this, he just listened to what others said.

Anyway, there is a lot of wood left at the other end of the mountain this year, which is used for shipbuilding. No matter what the old craftsmen say, Qu Shaoyang just needs to prepare the materials and manpower according to their requirements.

In this way, Qu Shaoyang sent people to gather carpenters from villages along the Yalu River, and also hired some strong young men as laborers.

A simple dock was built on the river bank upstream of the mountain and shipbuilding began.

On April 26, Chen Yunhan's wife He Qingzhu gave birth safely to a girl weighing 5.8 jin.

When the news reached Maoer Mountain, Qu Shaoyang and Chen Xiuyun were extremely jealous. There were five children in the younger generation of the Qu and Chen families, and only He Qingzhu gave birth to a daughter.

Qu Shaoyang was so envious that he kept pestering Chen Xiuyun to give him a daughter.

Chen Xiuyun was extremely happy when her sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter. She immediately asked people to prepare gifts and then discussed with Qu Shaoyang when to go back to see her little niece.

Things in the government office had to be arranged first. After discussion, the couple decided to set out from Maoer Mountain on May 16th.

They rested for two days in Kuandian, celebrated their baby’s full moon, and then came back.

The couple took their children back to Chen's house, and all the household matters, big and small, were left to Meng Lanxin and Yang Qionghua.

Meng Lanxin suffered a lot during childbirth, and at Chen Xiuyun's suggestion, she stayed in bed for two months.

There was someone to take care of her at home, so Meng Lanxin didn't have to take care of anything else during the confinement period except feeding the baby, so she was well taken care of and recovered long ago.

Yang Qionghua's younger sister, Yang Taohua, has already been engaged to Zhao Guangzhi, and has returned to the Yang family to embroider her dowry in preparation for her marriage.

Yang Qionghua had to take care of the affairs of the mansion, and Xiao Gensheng sometimes couldn't take care of her, so he called his sister Hehua to come and help.

Meng Lanxin and Yang Qionghua are now almost as experienced as before, so the mansion can be managed by them. If anything big happens, Liu Dongshan and his wife will be at the helm, so there is no need to worry.

In this way, Qu Shaoyang and his wife, along with their two sons, set out from Maoer Mountain on May 16 and arrived in Kuandian City on May 23.

Doctor Chen and his wife spent the New Year in Fengtian and only returned to Kuandian after the first month of the lunar year.

Chen Yunzhe and his wife received the news that their brother's sister-in-law had given birth to a girl, so they rushed back with the child.

"Brother, congratulations, you got a daughter.

This is really, so enviable, I was looking forward to having a daughter, but I can't have one, all of them are naughty boys."

As soon as Qu Shaoyang and his party arrived at the Chen family, brothers Chen Yunzhe and Chen Yunhan came out to greet them.

As soon as they met, Qu Shaoyang congratulated his uncle with a smile, and his words were full of envy and jealousy.

"That's great! Our daughter is the only one of her kind now. Aren't you envious?" Chen Yunhan laughed when he heard it and said loudly.

"When you see my daughter, you will be even more envious. The little girl is fair and clean, with big eyes. She is so pretty."

When talking about his own daughter, Chen Yunhan looked very proud. Needless to say, he will definitely be a daughter slave in the future.

"Brother, listen to this. Hey, my second brother has a daughter who is so proud of her and is deliberately trying to seduce us.

What's the big deal? We can have a little girl in the future, and she will be prettier." Qu Shaoyang glanced at Chen Yunzhe and said this deliberately.

"Yes, yes, let's wait until we have a sweet little girl, so he won't be so cocky all the time, with his tail almost sticking up in the air."

Chen Yunzhe nodded quickly and agreed.

The three of them looked at each other and burst into laughter.

"Let's go, Dad and Mom are waiting. Gensuo, Genyou, come, uncle will lead you."

Chen Yunzhe smiled and held the hands of his two nephews, and walked into the yard together.

In the main hall in the backyard, Doctor Chen and his wife, as well as Shen Lizhen, were waiting.

Hearing the footsteps, Shen Lizhen quickly handed the child to the maid next to her and stood up to greet them.

"Sister, brother-in-law, you've worked hard on the journey. Come in and sit down. Mom and Dad are waiting."

Qu Shaoyang and his wife hurriedly greeted Shen Lizhen, and Gen Suo and Gen You also called her aunt at Chen Xiuyun's suggestion.

When they were outside, the two naughty monkeys were quite well-behaved and sensible, which made Shen Lizhen very happy, so she quickly hugged her two nephews.

(End of this chapter)