"Good. In that case, find everyone on this list and bring them here. I'll check them one by one."
Cheng Zongyang immediately handed the paper to the four of them and had Zhao the Seventh assist.
And so, a quarter of an hour later, a total of two hundred people were lined up neatly before Cheng Zongyang.
Every one of them was thinly clothed, huddled together and shivering.
He had the four scholars verify each person according to the registered families, artisans, and single women of suitable age.
The whole process took over an hour.
Once he confirmed there were no issues, Cheng Zongyang was quite pleased.
Among these artisans were carpenters, blacksmiths, bookkeepers, potters, weavers, tailors, cooks, and so on. There was even a feng shui master.
Cheng Zongyang didn't mind any of that; he kept them all.
After making his decision, Cheng Zongyang said to them:
