I rely on infrastructure systems to build a prosperous village

Chapter 118 Rewards

Time flies, a month has passed, and today is the day for the village to distribute rewards. The village heads and key members of several villages have gathered in the meeting hall of Lijia Village.

Li Lan looked at the people sitting below with a smile and said in a loud voice: "Today is a good day. Are you all happy?"

"Happy."

The people below grinned and smiled.

"Li Yan, first divide the money between the villages, and then divide it between the workshops."

"Yes, girl."

After making the arrangements, Li Lan continued, "How about you all take the divided money back and divide it up among yourselves?"

"No problem, President."

Wang Yin stood up and shouted loudly. He was already impatient to know how much money their workshop would get.

Seeing Wang Yin's anxious look, everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter. Village Chief Wang even joked, "Yin, you look so anxious. If you didn't know me, you'd think you were anxious to get married."

"Uncle Village Chief, please don't tease me."

"Hey, I'm not kidding you. The kids in the village who are your age can already run away."

Wang Yin glanced at the crowd watching the excitement, quickly sat down, blushed, and called out, "Uncle Village Chief."

"Hahaha, boy Yin, what old man Wang said is right. You have to work harder."

Seeing that everyone was still trying to tease him, Wang Yin quickly turned to look at Li Lan, who was sitting in front of him, with a pleading look in his eyes. Li Lan couldn't help but laugh at his expression and said mischievously, "Since Manager Wang is so anxious, let's start with Wangjia Village."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter. Wang Yin looked at Li Lan with resentment, and an inappropriate smile appeared on his face.

Li Yan distributed the rewards one by one. Everyone held a heavy bag of silver in their hands, their mouths almost stretched to their ears, and they couldn't see their eyes from laughing.

"Since everyone has received their rewards, I have one more thing to say. I will not be involved in the construction of warehouses near the dock. You villages can work it out among yourselves and each build a few. The rental income will go to the village committee. But you must work it out among yourselves, so as not to start a fight over the slightest profit."

Li Lan looked at everyone with a smile in his eyes and joked.

"Girl Lan, how could this happen? We old men will definitely keep a close eye on it."

Seeing the old men's confident expressions, Li Lan smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll leave it to the village chiefs."

After a brief pause, Li Lan suddenly thought of something and said seriously, "The managers who are out running the shops should be back in two months. They should all be back soon. Their rewards will be collected by the workshops in person. No proxy collection is allowed. Everyone must remember to sign after receiving the rewards."

"Okay, President."

Seeing everyone fumbling with their money bags, Li Lan said helplessly, "One last thing. I need to supervise the orchard workers in each village. They must do a good job. This is crucial to attracting more tourists next year."

"Lan girl, I heard that we need to publicize it in advance."

"That's right, Grandpa Chen. I'll be making pictorials of each orchard by the beginning of next year and putting them up in various stores for promotion. Around March next year, we'll be welcoming a large number of tourists."

"That's great! Thanks to our little girl Lan, we old guys can live an unprecedented life and see an unprecedented grand occasion."

Li Hongwu, the head of Lijia Village, was full of energy, his eyes red, and he exclaimed excitedly.

"Village Chief, and us too."

The others said in unison, and everyone looked at Li Lan with gratitude and sincerity in their eyes.

"Okay, let's stop thanking each other. We have the selection of outstanding villages and workshops in the next few days. Li Yan and I will go through the data and announce it to everyone when the time comes."

Li Lan looked at everyone with a smile.

Everyone looked at each other with joy, and each of them hoped in their heart that it was their own village and their own village's workshop.

Half an hour later, the meeting had just ended and everyone was eager to leave with their money bags, leaving Li Lan and his servant looking at each other in bewilderment. They smiled at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

"Li Yan, how much silver can each person get from the rewards just distributed?"

Li Yan opened the booklet and took a look, then said, "Miss, each person in charge gets 30 taels, and everyone else gets 15 taels."

"Well, it's still a little lacking. I hope there will be more in the future."

After hearing her words, Li Yan was stunned and sighed in his heart: Is this not enough? The girl doesn't know that the villagers in other villages may not even have 10 taels of silver a year. The girl's ability to make money is already very impressive. Even His Majesty praised the girl's ability to make money. Even the Minister of Revenue couldn't match her.

In the evening, the two returned home and saw Wang Po and Zhang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, talking about something in the yard. Suddenly, they burst into laughter.

Li Lan was puzzled. He walked over to them and said with a smile, "Grandma, Mom, what are you two talking about? You look so happy."

"Oh, big girl, you're back. Your mother and I are discussing your eldest brother's engagement tomorrow."

"Yes, your eldest brother's engagement party is tomorrow, don't forget it."

After hearing what they said, Li Lan suddenly realized and said with an embarrassed smile: "Oh, I almost forgot."

"You girl."

As she spoke, Zhang slapped Li Lan's arm.

"Ouch, that hurts, Mom. Be gentler."

Hearing her daughter's cries, Zhang looked at her hands and said unnaturally: "My daughter, I have forgotten the strength of my hands. I am used to beating people."

Li Lan: …

Late at night, Li Xi tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. These past few days, whenever he closed his eyes, he would see Potian lying on the ground with his eyes tightly closed, covered in blood, and without a sound.

She sighed, stood up, put on a coat, walked to the window, looked at the full moon in the sky, and sighed in her heart: Potian, are you okay?

Palace of Prince Ning of Shunan.

The lights in the study were brightly on at this time. King Ning's eyes were bloodshot. He leaned weakly on the chair, looking at the roof, and said worriedly: It has been three days, and there is still no news about Little Radish. Where is he?

At this time, footsteps were heard in the yard coming closer and closer.

"Your Majesty."

Prince Ning immediately sat up straight and said anxiously, "Come in."

Qin Li, looking haggard, pushed the door open and walked in. He bowed and clasped his fists, saying, "Your Highness, I followed Li Chengxuan to find Tuoba Ye's whereabouts, but just as I was leading my men there, I encountered a masked man. I fought with him, and he was very skilled in martial arts, and his moves..."

Having said that, he looked up at Prince Ning and hesitated to speak.

Prince Ning saw his deep affection and seemed to have thought of something. He said in a deep voice, "Go on."

"From what I've seen, his martial arts moves are somewhat similar to yours."

After these words were spoken, King Ning sat on the chair as if he had lost his soul. His lips moved but he did not utter a word.

Seeing Prince Ning in this state, Qin Li anxiously called out, "Prince."

After a long moment, Prince Ning closed his eyes, sighed softly, opened them again, and said in a deep voice, "Qin Li, take Qin Shuang with you to look for the masked man again. Let Qin Shuang see if he's been drugged."

"Yes, Your Majesty."