Luo Bi had a look of embarrassment on his face. Seeing this scene, he couldn't even say a word of rejection.
Taking a deep breath, he waved to everyone, and then quickly walked to Zhao Hao who was standing at the door.
"Sir..."
"Let me tell you!"
Zhao Hao nodded and walked toward the crowd.
Everyone was shocked to see Luo Bi saluting a young man like Zhao Hao who had not yet been crowned.
Seeing Zhao Hao walking towards them, everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Hao.
"Everyone, you probably don't know who I am yet."
"Since we meet here, let me introduce myself!"
"I am a Viscount conferred by His Majesty. Your Majesty has given me this imperial estate and the two imperial estates to the west and north!"
"In other words, I am the master of this place!"
"I want to build a workshop. Now that you know it, and since you want to come and work, I can't let you go."
"That way over there, everyone here today, including the elderly and children, can be counted as temporary employees of the workshop."
"But the workshop doesn't provide meals!"
Zhao Hao's words contained a bit of information, and everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
How talented is this man that he was knighted by His Majesty?
Of course, it doesn't matter.
When they heard Zhao Hao say that they would not provide food, everyone's expressions became disappointed.
They don't dare to ask for wages, but if they don't even have a meal, then is the work still in vain?
Luo Bi hurriedly came over and said: "Sir, if these people are no longer needed, just let them go back..."
Zhao Hao chuckled softly, and then said loudly: "I need white hemp, the kind of white hemp that can be seen everywhere in and outside our village."
"Starting from tomorrow, you can go harvest white flax."
"I will buy it from you at the price of two cents per catty!"
"There is no limit on weight!"
"If you bring ten catties, it will be worth twenty cents; if you bring one hundred catties, it will be two hundred cents!"
When Zhao Hao said this, all the tenant farmers were stunned!
White hemp is used to make baskets, basins, etc.
Can it still be sold for money?
The old man named Jiao walked towards Zhao Hao tremblingly, his old eyes shining with eagerness.
"Sir, do you mean what you say?"
"Really buying white hemp?"
Zhao Hao smiled and nodded: "Old man, how can my words be false?"
The old man knelt down with a plop: "Sir, thank you for your great kindness. Thank you for your great kindness!"
As the old man spoke, he turned around and shouted with all his strength: "Folks, Sir Sir, you are taking care of us and giving us food to eat. Kowtow to Sir!"
When everyone heard this, they all knelt on the ground again, kowtowed to Zhao Hao, and thanked Zhao Hao profusely.
Zhao Hao was also very moved: "Folks, get up quickly. Since I have become the master of Zhuangzi, I will naturally give you a full meal!"
"Everyone get up!"
Although he was a businessman in his previous life, he was by no means the kind of person who would do anything to make money.
I can't see this kind of scene.
Thousands of people dispersed after thanking them with great fanfare, leaving behind a thousand strong laborers who had already been selected.
Luo Bi hurriedly came up and said, "Sir, these tenant farmers are causing you trouble!"
To be honest, he was very surprised when he saw Zhao Hao's attitude towards the tenant farmers just now.
I didn't expect that this notorious second generation would be so friendly.
Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, just spend a few more dollars. This will speed up the progress of our paper making, which is also a good thing."
Seeing that Zhao Hao was not angry, Luo Bi felt relieved.
Soon, Zhao Hao asked Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian to lead people to do it.
At noon, Lao Zhong returned with the things he bought.
Zhao Hao sat in the center and commanded.
Soon, tenant farmers began to arrive with harvested white flax.
Zhao Hao handed over this work to Luo Bi's men.
As long as someone comes to sell white hemp, they will be weighed and paid on the spot.
When the tenant farmers received the money, they could not suppress the joy on their faces, and they quickly went to harvest again.
They didn't know how long Zhao Hao would keep the white hemp.
I wanted to get some more back.
I'm afraid I won't accept it at some point.
Seeing that it was noon, Zhao Hao slapped his forehead and then remembered that he had forgotten to arrange meals.
He quickly found Luo Bi.
"Manager Luo, ask your chef to prepare quickly and bring the pots and everything to the workshop!"
"Prepare the ingredients again. If you don't have enough, use the money to buy them in various tenant villages!"
"Hurry and prepare meals for the workers!"
Luo Bi was immediately puzzled: "Sir, you can't buy any ingredients in the tenant farmer's village..."
Zhao Hao was immediately speechless.
Another mistake!
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Hao quickly called Zheng Zhiqian.
"Old Zheng, take people back to the Imperial Capital to buy some ingredients. Even if you can't make it for lunch, you still have to make sure everyone has enough to eat in the evening!"
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
When Zheng Zhiqian heard this, he quickly called a dozen hired workers and drove several carriages from the governor's house.
These hired workers worked hard. Seeing that they had no food for lunch, they did not complain and even comforted Zhao Hao.
"Sir, you have already given us extremely high wages, and you should not be providing us with food at all!"
"Yes, sir, we have already taken advantage of it. Eighty cents a day, which is more than what we earn working in the Imperial Capital!"
"..."
At noon, during the break, the employees sat on the floor, and Zhao Hao also sat among them. Everyone ate the black pancakes they brought and talked with thanks.
Listening to the words, Zhao Hao also felt warm in his heart.
Look, how simple it is!
He stood up directly and said to everyone: "Everyone, today's lunch meal is indeed not arranged. This is my mistake."
"The main reason is that the time is too hasty!"
"But don't worry, I have already sent people to buy ingredients!"
"Make sure everyone has a good meal tonight!"
When the employees heard this, they expressed their thanks again.
In the afternoon, Zheng Zhiqian came back with more than a dozen carriages.
The number of carriages has more than doubled compared to when we went there.
It turned out that he met Lao Zhong who was about to deliver goods here, so Lao Zhong simply asked him to bring the things back together.
Zheng Zhiqian came to Zhao Hao and said: "Brother Hao, the ingredients have been bought, the wood purchased by Lao Zhong has also arrived, and there is still a thousand dollars."
Zhao Hao nodded: "Have people unload all the wood and food, take back a thousand dollars and give it to Director Luo, and let him use the money to buy white hemp."
"The wages of the employees here should also be collected from the superintendent's office!"
Zheng Zhiqian said: "Brother Hao, do you really want to be paid once a day? This will put a lot of pressure on us!"
"Including the daily purchase of white hemp, the daily expenditure must be more than one hundred guan."
