Jiang Jiuniang fell into deep thought, so the current situation in Guizhou is that she relies entirely on those coal bosses to support her. The coal bosses have a big business and have countless slaves to work with. There is no need for ordinary people. Even if they are useful, they are directly bought as slaves.
As a result, the people had no chance to make money and no hope of living on, so they naturally began to behave badly, work hard to have children, and then let the children steal things to feed the whole family.
Jiang Jiuniang originally thought that she had quite a lot of experience and had seen all kinds of strange things, but she didn’t expect that it would be an eye-opener here.
The government acquiesces. After all, they can complete the KPI without relying on the people. The court will naturally not hold them accountable. Even because there are many rich people here and they can complete the task beyond the standard, it is too late for them to be happy.
Once one's own rights and interests are guaranteed, the life and death of the people will not matter.
It turns out that far away from the capital, you can really do whatever you want.
In the evening, the family of three had dinner at the Miao family. The old couple of the Miao family cooked a lot of Qianzhou specialties for them to eat. Every dish was delicious and every plate was eaten clean.
However, the Miao family was not at peace. Miao Shan’s two sons were taught bad things by Liu, and they shouted at Miao Lanlan to pay for their goods. After learning that Liu was divorced, they made a fuss at home. One night, Miao Shan finally got angry and locked them in the woodshed before they calmed down.
Lu Baichuan saw that the Miao family was full of chicken feathers, so he didn’t stay much and left early with his wife and children.
After returning to the inn, Jiang Jiuniang told Lu Baichuan what she learned from Miao Lanlan.
Jiang Jiuniang expressed her opinion: "This has been the case for many years. Once it changes, it will affect many people's cakes. We can't change it, but I think it doesn't matter if we can't change it. We can Join."
Having said this, Jiang Jiuniang raised her eyebrows with a proud look on her face.
But Lu Baichuan didn’t understand what she meant, and his face was full of doubts.
Jiang Jiuniang grinned and laughed: "Our family's business involves all walks of life, why can't it involve the coal mining industry? There are many coal mines here, and the government outsources them. How many of our businesses do we have? It would be nice to just have a mountain. You can find local people to work with, so that the people have something to do."
Although she cannot take care of all the people, she is not the Holy Mother, and she cannot do it every time. She helps everyone, and some people are not worthy of her help.
"In addition, I found that the consumption here is quite low, and the consumption for rich people is very small. Can't our Jiayuan Pavilion be moved here? I will complete the rouge shop and the entire Guizhou I’ve covered the face of the rich woman in Zhoucheng!”
That is to say, she hired several mines to recruit workers for mining, and opened a few high-end shops, specifically targeting the consumption of the rich here, and making money from the rich, which can not only help the ordinary people here, but also use their own money. There is no business more cost-effective than this to make your wallet full.
Lu Baichuan looked at her in surprise. Sure enough, his wife was a business person, and he had never thought of this at all.
He originally wanted to use some of his powers to rectify the situation, but such a big fight would definitely be troublesome, and since they were traveling lightly, it would be particularly troublesome to move, and they would also make enemies everywhere. In the future, the Lu family would It's not easy to get along in the capital.
Now that the emperor has begun to fear his power, if he offends everyone again, then when the emperor turns against him, the Lu family will be in a dilemma.
It’s better to join if you can’t beat him, as his wife said, so that you can develop your own power and wealth without offending others, and you can also have a good relationship with local officials and make the emperor afraid. It’s easy to attack the Lu family.
However, the problem we are facing now is that coal mines are limited, and it is impossible to buy them all if you want. They may have been divided up by local wealthy businessmen, and they have a close relationship with Qian Xiao, so it is not easy for a while. Easy to do.
Jiang Jiuniang waved her hands and said: "If the prefect is healthy, I really can't do anything about it, but from the looks of it, he doesn't live long. He will definitely come to me when he asks for help. Wait. Well, it won’t be long.”
As for the coal mine, she felt that there must be a lot of people there, and Qian Xiao must have their handle. He could find two handles to suppress them and let them go. A few mines are no big deal.
Jiang Jiuniang has many ways to deal with such insidious and bullying rich people without any psychological burden.
After all, Mr. Lin had the intention to rob her at the beginning. From this, it can be seen that he is not a good person, so her dealing with the Lin family can be regarded as punishing evil and promoting good.
Lu Baichuan had nothing to say, his wife’s idea was brilliant.
However, Jiang Jiuniang thought of another thing and said: "The Lin family will probably still find trouble with the Miao family. While we are doing business here, we should also pay attention to the Miao family. After all, we are here. This is the first friend I met, and maybe we will have more contacts in the future."
After a day of contact, she felt that the Miao family could still get along, especially Miao's mother and Miao Lanlan. , all have great wisdom in them.
"Okay."
Lu Baichuan nodded. After a busy day, he packed up as soon as possible and went to bed.
Later in the night, there was a knock on the door. Lu Baichuan stood up and opened the door. When he saw an unfamiliar face, he subconsciously wanted to close the door. The man was anxious.Busy to stop.
"My lord, our Lord is here to invite you! Is it true that your lady can treat my Lord's illness before?"
The man was very eager. There was still a thin layer of sweat on Shi Tian's forehead, which showed that he had run all the way here.
Lu Baichuan instantly understood what his wife meant by "very quickly" before. He admired it in his heart and nodded.
"My lord fell ill after dinner. He can no longer get out of bed and is in a coma. If your lady can really save my lord, we will be very grateful!"
After saying that, the man bowed to Lu Baichuan with a very pious attitude.
"Wait a moment."
Lu Baichuan responded, closed the door, and went back to call Jiang Jiuniang. Jiang Jiuniang was already prepared and had already sat up.
"I'll get dressed and leave. Let's take our son with us. I'm not worried about him staying here alone."
"Okay."
The family of three followed the man to Qian Xiao's house. The house was already in a mess. When they got to the house, they found that besides her, there were a large number of doctors. They were helpless in the house.
Seeing the servant at home suddenly running out, they thought they were inviting some expert to come, but unexpectedly a woman was brought in, and all the doctors showed disdain on their faces.
Of course, Jiang Jiuniang would not miss the disdainful expressions on their faces. If they did not respect her, there was no need for her to take into account their feelings. She said directly: "Only I can cure your illness. Let them all go back."
When a group of doctors heard this, they were furious. At that moment, some people wanted to stand up and spray her, but Qian Xiao on the bed was still waiting for help, and the servants didn't care at all. Let them talk more and immediately take them out according to Jiang Jiuniang's request.
However, they were unwilling to leave, so they waited outside the yard to see if Jiang Jiuniang was bragging or if she was really capable.