The Manor Lord Is Too Generous

Even though it was already late, almost no one in Chaoyun Manor had slept. Everyone was busy on the stone ground in the middle of the field, sorting out the wild vegetables, weeds, leaves, and so on that day.

"The weather is so dry that there aren't even many wild vegetables and weeds. Our harvest today is a little too little. Compared to some of the villages outside, we're a little slow."

"Unfortunately, there are too many demons and ghosts in the Red Leaves Forest. If we can enter the Red Leaves Forest, our gains today will at least double."

"Compared to life, the wild vegetables and leaves in the Red Leaves Forest are nothing. Let's not think too much about it. Let's work harder tomorrow and run a little further away to dig more wild grass and wild vegetables."

"I heard that chicken loess is edible. Why don't we get some chicken loess tomorrow and try it? Can we eat it?"

Apart from the children, the thousand-odd tenants basically looked worried. Even some of the children were affected by the people around them, their small faces filled with confusion.

Such a drought was hard to come by in decades. Many tenants had only experienced it once or twice in their lives.

The dirty wild vegetables, weeds, and leaves on the ground made one lose their appetite just by looking at them. They were the hope for the survival of the more than 1,000 tenants in Chaoyun Manor this year.

Even this kind of bad food was not easy to collect. Thinking of how ordinary people could live a good life on Earth when they were descendants of Yanhuang, Song Ankang was a little silent.

Even though Song Ankang had become much more selfish and afraid of death after dying once, there was still kindness in his heart. Seeing his tenants so poor, Song Ankang felt sad.

Fortunately, Song Ankang had brought back the hope of survival. As long as nothing unexpected happened, all the tenants of Chaoyun Manor would not only be able to successfully complete this year's taxes, but they would even be able to live an unprecedented good life.

"Butler Wang, Steward Hao, come with me!"

Song Ankang called out to Wang Yuliang and Hao Jiyong, who were busy, and walked towards the small courtyard.

The small courtyard was called Chaoyun Manor. It occupied nearly a thousand square meters. There were flower beds, artificial mountains, and pools inside. It looked rather elegant. It was the best residence in Chaoyun Manor and belonged to the Manor Lord alone.

After getting out of the car, Song Ankang helped Qiu Shi and Jiang Yunhe take down the things from the carriage. After cleaning up, Wang Yuliang and Hao Jiyong washed off the dust on their bodies and came to Chaoyun Courtyard.

Qiu Shi placed a few cups of tea on the stone table and retreated behind Song Ankang.

Song Ankang placed the agreement he had signed with Hua Chuntang in front of Wang Yuliang and Hao Jiyong. "Take a look."

As the butler of Chaoyun Manor, Wang Yuliang was literate, and his knowledge level was not low. Even though Hao Jiyong was an ordinary tenant, he was quite motivated and taught himself how to read and write. Otherwise, he would not have become the pillar of the warehouse.

Looking at the agreement in front of them, the two of them were stunned at first, but then they read it carefully. However, after reading it, even though they looked happy, they were also worried.

"What do you want to say?" Song Ankang smiled and said, "Feel free to speak your mind. After all, this matter is very important. If we don't handle it well, it might cause us to fall into an even more difficult situation."

Wang Yuliang frowned and said, "Even though this might allow our Chaoyun Manor to escape from our predicament, but… but it's not easy to process medicinal herbs to the extent that an apothecary can directly refine pills. In the beginning, we might not be able to make ends meet. Once we can't hold on, the consequences will be worrying."

"That's what I mean too." Hao Jiyong nodded. "Even though the medicinal herbs chosen by the manor master are relatively simple, it's still a little complicated for ordinary people. Besides, no one in our farm has done such a thing before. I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed in the beginning."

Song Ankang smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. If I wasn't confident, I wouldn't have signed this agreement. The in-depth processing of these medicinal herbs isn't difficult for me. I can even reach the level of being extremely familiar with them and use them to teach others."

"We can choose some smart people to learn from me first. When they can successfully graduate, we can promote it to more tenants. There are more than a thousand people in Chaoyun Manor. Can't we find more than ten smart people?"

"Since you've thought about it, we can give it a try," Hao Jiyong said immediately.

Wang Yuliang looked worried, but looking at the signed agreement, he nodded and said, "Then… then let's give it a try."

Song Ankang said, "I'll master the deep processing methods and techniques of these medicinal herbs in the next two days. Pick ten skilled people from the entire farm to learn from me. Tell them that they don't need to compensate if they fail, but if they succeed, they can get 10% of the processing fee."

"Ah…" Wang Yuliang said in surprise, "There's so much. I think that's more than 50% of it. They won't have to take responsibility for the failure. Who wouldn't want to do something like getting processing fees for free? Besides, there hasn't been much farm work in the farm recently. This is an additional income. We can just give them some of it. Even if we don't give it to them, they won't dare to say anything. After all, they're tenants of Chaoyun Manor."

Hao Jiyong also looked shocked. "Butler Wang is right. This share is too much. We're all tenants of the farm. We're obligated to help the farm owner do some additional things."

"If there's effort, there's gain. Besides, I've already taken 90% of it." Song Ankang smiled and said, "Moreover, this is the only way to arouse everyone's enthusiasm and make more people invest in the processing of medicinal herbs. Only then can we earn more."

"Besides, I'm doing this to help everyone tide over this crisis. Instead of waiting for the profits to be distributed to everyone according to your wishes, it's better to set a good share from the beginning. This way, everyone will have the motivation to work hard."

Wang Yuliang bowed to Song Ankang and said, "Master, you're so kind. With such a high processing fee, 10% of the profits is not a small number. Moreover, you have to bear the cost of destroying the herbs."

"Don't worry, Manor Lord. I'll supervise them in the future and make sure that they don't damage a single medicinal ingredient," Hao Jiyong said solemnly.

Song Ankang waved his hand. "In the beginning, no one was familiar with it. It's normal to damage the herbs. Don't be too harsh, as long as we earn money in the end."

"Of course, if someone deliberately destroys the herbs or doesn't work well, their corresponding qualifications will be revoked so that they can't earn this additional income."

Wang Yuliang sneered. "Manor Lord is already so generous to them. If anyone doesn't want to repay their kindness, don't blame us for chasing him out of Manor Lord."