Luo Bi hurriedly leaned over and shook his head: "I don't dare."
Zhao Hao smiled softly: "Master Luo, you don't need to be restrained. If you have something to say, it doesn't matter. If what you say is reasonable, I will accept it."
Luo Bi rolled her eyes, obviously hesitating to speak, but still didn't say anything.
Zhao Hao stopped asking further and said instead: "Master Luo, do you know why I am so anxious to take over the Imperial Manor?"
Luo Bi shook his head and cast a questioning look at Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao said: "Because I want to open a workshop and need to use a large area of land."
Luo Bi quickly said: "Your Majesty, do you mean to open the workshop in the Imperial Manor?"
"I don't know, what kind of workshop is it?"
Zhao Hao said softly: "It's already autumn now, and the farming season will soon be busy in your village."
"However, you can still find some labor, right?"
"I need five hundred to a thousand people."
Luo Bi nodded: "Back to Sir, there is a lot of labor in the village, and a thousand people is nothing."
Zhao Hao: "In that case, then I will put the workshop in your village, and you will solve the manpower problem."
"In addition, I will use this labor to hire them at a higher price than what is available in the Imperial Capital."
"We will also provide them with meals."
"Nowadays, the average salary of hired workers in the Imperial Capital is thirty to fifty cents per day. There are also very few who exceed fifty cents."
"In our workshop, each person is given eighty coins per day!"
Hearing what Zhao Hao said, Luo Bi's small, dying eyes suddenly opened three times.
"What?"
"Eighty cents, and one meal?"
"Sir, are you serious?"
Zhao Hao shook his head: "Master Luo said it wrong, not just one meal, but three meals!"
Under normal circumstances, is it necessary for Zhao Hao to do this?
Actually there is none.
There is no need to do this step at all.
The tenant farmers in this village earn 80 cents a day, let alone 80 cents a day.
Even thirty cents or twenty cents a day is normal.
Because these people are his slaves.
Or don't talk about paying wages, even if they don't pay anything, not even a meal, he can still use the labor.
But how could Zhao Hao do this?
If he wants to establish a papermaking workshop, he needs to formalize it and streamline it. Naturally, it must follow a normal employment relationship.
Moreover, he could not really treat those tenant farmers as slaves.
Eighty Wen, which is already equivalent to double the average market price in Imperial Capital.
This money will not be thrown away in vain.
It can quickly win people's hearts.
In this way, no matter what you want to do in the future, someone will use it.
Luo Bi's eyes widened in disbelief and she took a deep breath.
"Sir, may I ask, sir, what kind of workshop do you want to open?"
"I won't hide it from you, I want to open a paper-making workshop!"
"papermaking?"
"Yes, I found that the Juan paper and bamboo paper on the market are too expensive and cannot be used by ordinary people, so I want to make paper that everyone can afford."
"hiss……"
Hearing this, Luo Bi took a deep breath again.
I was extremely shocked.
He had naturally heard of Zhao Hao's reputation.
Especially in recent times, I have heard it a lot.
Create thunder to blast the sky and help the Daqian Zhenbei Army defeat the barbarians.
Open the first floor and invent stir-fry.
Business is booming.
In the civil war between Wu and Shu, he turned the tide with one person and won the victory.
Even His Majesty praised him as a literary star.
Recently, dry wine has been introduced.
He just asked a friend to buy a pot of dry wine with a lot of money the day before yesterday, and tasted it himself.
It is indeed worthy of the name of the country, and it can definitely be called the best wine in the world.
The intensity was simply unparalleled.
Therefore, if anyone told him that he wanted to create paper that everyone could afford, Luo Bi would not believe it.
But it was Zhao Hao who said this, so he couldn't help but not believe it.
Because Zhao Hao has done many incredible things.
Luo Bi stood up excitedly and said, "If what the lord has said is accomplished, then all of us tenant farmers in Zhuangzi will really be saved!"
Although Zhao Hao said that only five hundred and one thousand people were needed, if the kind of paper Zhao Hao mentioned was really produced, the scale of this workshop would definitely expand in the future.
There are about 3,200 households of tenant farmers in his village.
By then, if even one laborer from each family enters the workshop, each family's annual income will skyrocket.
Then people will not starve to death.
Among the three imperial villages, his position was the worst.
The smallest area.
Not only that, the available farming area in the village is also the smallest.
Therefore, except for the grain that is turned in every year, there is almost no difference from the other two tenant farmers who are extremely squeezed.
He did not exploit the tenant farmers, and there was no way he could exploit them.
Because apart from what was turned over, if he continued to exploit the land, all the tenant farmers would no longer have to live.
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "These tenant farmers are also my people, so naturally I can't help but understand their difficulties."
"Director Luo, I will adjust the proportion of grain handed over by the tenant farmers based on the specific situation later."
"We will never let them have enough to eat, starve to death, or have to sell their children."
"You can give the tenant farmers a reassurance first."
Luo Bi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you really have the heart of a Bodhisattva. Sir, please rest assured. I will do my best to handle the matters assigned by your Majesty."
Zhao Hao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Can we prepare a thousand people before noon tomorrow? Is it possible?"
Luo Bi nodded and said: "Don't worry, Sir, there will be no problem!"
Zhao Hao said with satisfaction: "Okay, then we will stay here today. After lunch, you can go arrange the manpower. In the afternoon, we will go out for a walk to determine the specific location of the workshop."
Luo Bi said quickly: "Sir, since time is urgent, I will not accompany you to the meal. I will go and make arrangements first."
With that said, he cupped his hands towards Zhao Haogong and walked out quickly.
Watching Luo Bi's huge figure leave, Zhao Hao chuckled softly: "Although this man looks like a New Year Pig, he is actually a business man!"
Wang Mengyu also smiled and said: "I really didn't expect that among these three Zhuangzi, there would be such an alien."
As a steward of the Imperial Mansion, there is no difference between him and a local emperor.
Existences like Li Yong and Kong Weiqing are normal. A boss like Luo Bi who can do things well and is supported by tenant farmers is indeed an anomaly.
Zheng Zhiqian said: "It's a good thing. Having such a person saves us a lot of trouble."
Zhao Hao nodded and looked at Lao Zhong: "In the afternoon, we will determine the specific location of the workshop. Then I will give you a list, young master. You can rush back to the Imperial Capital immediately to purchase and ship it over as soon as possible."
Lao Zhong said quickly: "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely not delay things!"
While the four of them were talking, the food was served. The four of them took a simple bite. As soon as they finished eating and walked out, Luo Bi came back.
