Chapter 7

Gao Feng turned his head in astonishment and looked at Gao Yang. The gazes of the father and son met in the air, full of meaning.

This scene, he seemed to have seen before.

Wu Zhao's lips curled, and she spoke like gold, "Speak."

"If this strategy satisfies me, then you, Gao Yang, will not only have no fault, but also be rewarded."

The gazes of the officials focused on Gao Yang. Compared to the initial contempt, after Gao Yang's "pulling out weeds by the roots" strategy, they were clearly much more wary.

This son's strategy is probably a bit insidious.

Gao Yang's voice rang out in the Jin Luandian.

"Standing from the tea merchant's perspective, his goal is very simple: hire people to reclaim the wasteland at a low price and complete the reclamation at the fastest speed."

"But the local people are mostly lazy, and reclaiming wasteland is hard and tiring. Even if you hire people with high prices, the tea merchant has no prestige in the local area, and the people will only work for three days and dry the nets for two."

"If you want to achieve your goal, you have to play with human nature."

"This commoner's method is very simple; you only need one setup!"

"This setup, this commoner calls it the 'Monkey Play Setup'."

Wu Zhao sat up straight, her phoenix eyes fixed on Gao Yang.

She asked, "How to play with human nature, and how to set up the setup?"

"If I were the tea merchant, I would first hire a dozen people to reclaim the wasteland with three or five times the wages."

Gao Yang's voice rang through the Jin Luandian, and Wu Zhao frowned tightly.

"Just this? This general thought you had some brilliant plan, but it turns out to be nothing more than this." Wang Zhong sneered.

What playing with human nature, making a setup—he really thought Gao Yang had thought of a solution, but after all that, it was still hiring people at a high price.

Cui Xinghe also shook his head to himself.

Gao Yang did not change his expression and continued, "For the first few days, have the people concentrate on reclaiming a piece of land. If the people are lazy or sleeping, just scold them while looking anxious, pretending to be like it."

"The people are lazy by nature, mostly acting in compliance but secretly violating, and in their eyes, the way I jump around anxiously is like a funny monkey."

"They might even secretly sneer a few times and continue to do as they please."

"But after a few days, I bury a few pieces of gold in this barren mountain, and this setup will be complete!"

As the last sentence fell, the Empress instantly sat up straight, her gaze filled with shock.

Burying gold in the barren mountain!

This strategy is very brilliant; she even already knew what Gao Yang would do next.

The officials were also in an uproar.

Gao Yang continued calmly, "Gold is buried in the barren mountain. The previous people have been concentrating on reclaiming one piece of land. Once it is dug up by someone, it cannot be hidden from other people."