A poor hero

"Chen Qian, you don't have to go. Tomorrow you can make sugar at home with Third Aunt Xiaoniu and the others according to the method I told you."

Chen Chen has been delayed for several days, but Baitang himself promised Gao Wenbo.

He wants to produce sugar in the shortest time and occupy the market as soon as possible.

Because he knew that it was during the Jiajing period in history that the sugar manufacturing method was spread.

He can only make money by making sugar in this short period of time. He won't be able to make any money later.

Shen Qian also knew the importance to Chen Chen of making white sugar from sucrose.

So she bid farewell to Chen Chen and went back to her room to sleep.

Chen Chen read as usual, reading for a while, then turned off the wick and started to sleep.

In the morning, he got up early and played Tai Chi in the yard.

When the third aunt got up to cook, she saw Chen Chen and brought him the martial arts secrets and military books left by Chen Chen's father.

Chen Chen was very happy when he saw these books.

He stopped even playing Tai Chi and directly read the secret book left by his father.

"Dachen, we are ready and waiting for you to go out and take charge of the work."

The villagers who had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time did not see Chen Chen, so they ordered people to come here to call Chen Chen.

Chen Chen had no choice but to hide these secrets, and after explaining some things to Shen Qian about making sugar, he followed the villagers out of the village.

Although there were only twenty or thirty villagers who went to Chen Chen's house yesterday, the villagers spread the news about the bandits coming to two and then to four. At this time, almost all the villagers in Chenjia Village were here.

By the time Chen Chen arrived at the entrance of the village, hundreds of villagers had gathered here.

"Dachen, are you really sure that the bandits are about to come down the mountain?"

A villager who didn't go to Chen Chen's house last night asked.

Chen Chen was not upset, and just like last night, he told many villagers what he saw and heard one by one.

Of course, some people believe these words, and some people don't.

Those who believed it asked Chen Chen to arrange work for them, while those who didn't believed it had expressions of contempt on their faces.

"Humph, what is it? Who is Dachen? I have given you dozens of taels of silver to use the waterwheel. How can I still deceive you?"

Chen Sheng saw the expressions of these people and cursed angrily.

Originally, he was not very willing to let the villagers use Chen Chen's water tanker for fear that it would be damaged.

Now that he saw how ungrateful these people were, he couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Yes! Yes, Dachen is doing it for our own good. When the bandits come, it's not us who suffer."

"Chen Chen's family has no money or property. If the bandits come, he can just run away in advance. There is no need to remind us."

"Not to mention his kindness, he let us use the water tanker for free, and now he is formulating a plan to defend us against the enemy. I agree with Dachen."

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People are soft-spoken. Some villagers who went to Chen Chen's house to eat pork last night even spoke for Chen Chen and Chen Sheng.

Except for the village leader Chen Dawen, who was embarrassed, all the other villagers in Chenjia Village had used Chen Chen's water tanker.

Now that they were angry at Chen Sheng and these villagers, they all lowered their heads in shyness, embarrassed to speak any more.

"Okay, thank you brothers and uncles for your support. I know some people have concerns. This will not delay your farm work."

"Besides, when the bandits come, we can't guarantee our own safety, so everything we do will be fake."

Chen Chen stopped the villagers who spoke for him and said seriously.

He didn't expect so many people to come here today.

Although it is easier to get things done when there are many people, he does not need so many people to work together.

So he told the villagers one by one his plan.

The villagers were also asked to divide the villagers into ten teams according to the distribution of the houses. One person from each household was assigned a team leader, and then arranged a time to make the horse and the wolf.

Other villagers who have not yet had their turn are still busy with their own affairs and will wait until the time comes to take another shift.

As a result, the average working time of the villagers is not long, which is far less than the manpower and material resources saved by borrowing Chen Chen's water tanker.

In this way, the opposing villagers no longer resisted at the beginning and all obeyed Chen Chen's arrangements.

The farm work in the countryside is endless, and the villagers who did not have their turn to work left here and went to work on their own farm work.

"Dachen, how do we arrange our work?"

Chen Sheng is from the entrance of the village and belongs to the first round of villagers working.

Chen Chen believed in him, and the villagers also believed in Chen Sheng because of the waterwheel, so Chen Sheng naturally became the captain of the first team.

He couldn't wait to ask about Chen Chen.

"Brother Sheng, these are drawings. Just make things according to these drawings."

Chen Chen took out the drawings he drew last night and arranged them.

He knew that most of these villagers had not read any books, so the drawings he drew were extremely detailed and specific.

Even people like Chen Sheng who had not read the book could understand it. After Chen Chen explained it to them once, they all understood it.

There are no treacherous people in these villagers. Of course, those who are treacherous and slippery will not come here.

When the villagers knew what they were going to do, they immediately started working.

When the tenth team finished their work in the evening, a large number of horses and wolves were produced.

"Dachen, what is the use of asking the villagers to spend these things?"

Chen Dawen, who had been silent all this time, saw that Chen Chen's plan was about to be realized, so he stepped forward to embarrass Chen Chen.

"Haha, Mr. Village Chief, didn't I tell you this morning? The bandits are coming soon. These are all to resist the bandits."

Chen Chen chuckled, waved his hand, and summoned the captains of the ten teams.

Then he whispered something in their ears.

After listening to Chen Chen's words, the captain smiled and greeted his team members.

When Chen Dawen saw that the villagers were now so obedient to Chen Chen's words, Chen Dawen couldn't help but feel guilty.

He himself is the village chief of Chenjia Village!

"Village Chief, come here and take a look, and you will know if it is of any use."

Chen Chen waved to Chen Dawen and called out.

Chen Dawen didn't know what Chen Chen wanted to do, but he had figured it out these days.

Even if he didn't like Chen Chen, he would never offend this kid.

So he gritted his teeth and walked to Chen Chen with a serious expression, "Dachen, what can you see here?"

Chen Chen smiled and said nothing, quietly waiting for the captains and team members to discuss things.

After the captains talked for a while, they took the villagers and walked back to their homes with some horses and wolves.

"Okay, Dachen, if you don't make it clear, I'm going home too. I don't have time to watch your mischief here."

Chen Dawen became impatient after seeing the villagers leaving one after another, and he took long steps to walk to his home.

Chen Chen estimated that the time was up, so he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Help! Someone come quickly, the bandits are coming to massacre the village."