On October 3rd, the sun rises.
The government officials Han Qiang and Ding Ben walked out of the county government office. One was holding a notice and a stool, and the other was carrying an iron pot with freshly cooked paste in the pot.
Han Qiang stabilized the stool and stepped on it. He turned sideways and took the brush handed over by Ding Ben. He brushed the wall hard twice. After pasting the notice, he used a brush to fill in the corners. After it was firmly adhered, he Shouting to the people: "The county government notice is known to all the neighbors!"
When the people around heard about it, they came over one after another. They were all anxious because they were illiterate. Someone called the accountant of the drug store, and then they learned that the county government had begun to recruit long-term workers.
Recruiting long-term workers is very common for large and wealthy households. After all, there is a lot of land and it is impossible to cultivate it by yourself.
It is not uncommon for the imperial government offices to recruit long-term workers, but it is usually in the name of "corvee service", such as building rivers, building roads, building houses, and going to Jinling or Fengyang to build cities, etc. In essence, they are all The imperial court is recruiting "long-term workers".
However, the imperial government office targeted Dingkou for recruitment, not women. It was extremely rare for the Jurong County government office to recruit a thousand women as "long-term workers" at one go.
Groups of government officials rushed to various places to distribute recruitment notices to district chiefs and elderly people in various places, and conveyed the order of the county magistrate:
Know the information and do not miss it.
Liuli Dian.
The li director Feng Zhong received the notice and couldn't help but be a little surprised when he looked at the contents.
Feng Baliang came over and saw that it was a notice from the county government. He couldn't help but ask: "Father, what did the county magistrate say?"
Feng Zhong looked deeply at Feng Baliang, and a smile appeared on his face: "This notice is the news that was passed down a few days ago. The master wants to recruit a group of cotton weavers and tailor women to work in the county government. Now that the autumn harvest is about to end, The county government has also started taking action.”
"Your Majesty is serious about making cotton weaving. Doesn't he know where Songjiang Mansion is..."
Feng Baliang was a little worried.
Feng Zhong put the notice on the table and said solemnly: "With his intelligence, he would know that Songjiang Prefecture is the real cotton textile center, and it would be difficult for Jurong to compete with it. But it is thought-provoking. This is why I insist on doing this business, and now I have issued a notice, indicating that he is ready."
Feng Baliang looked at the words written on the notice and asked: "Father, it seems that it says Dou Mi and Wen Qian."
Feng Zhong nodded slightly: "Yes, what it says is that anyone who works as a long-term laborer in the county government will sign a contract document stating the working hours and wages. He works four and a half hours a day, and will be paid an average of three buckets of rice and three hundred cash per month. If the amount of work is large, money and food will be added according to the amount. The county magistrate used a sentence that is very admirable."
"Which sentence?"
Feng Baliang asked eagerly.
Feng Zhong said solemnly: "If you don't work, you will get nothing. If you work less, you will get less. If you work more, you will get more!"
"More work, more reward?"
Feng Baliang's eyes lit up.
For the miserable common people, working for the yamen has always meant more work and less reward, and you even have to pay for it. The only one who dares to put forward the slogan "more work, more reward" is Gu Zhixian, right?
"Why are you going?"
Feng Zhong watched his son pick up the notice and leave, and asked quickly.
Feng Ba didn't even look back, only leaving one sentence: "Your Majesty is very kind to me. I need to help you with everything. Chun Niang has nothing to do at home. Why don't you try to work in the county government for two months? Even if it's If you don’t receive a penny or a dou of rice, at least you have repaid your kindness.”
Feng Zhong wanted to scold his son for being unfilial. You have been imprisoned in a cave for so long. It's hard to come back. If you don't give birth to a grandson with Chun Niang quickly, how can you let him go to the county government to do long-term work at this time...
Feng Baliang didn't care. After leaving the Dazhuoshan Copper Mine Factory and returning home, Feng Baliang went to the county more than once. When he learned that Gu Zhixian had stayed up for three days and three nights to investigate the case, he was so moved that he almost cried.
The moment he saw the Guo family's heads fall to the ground, Feng Baliang felt completely relieved, and all the suffering and burden that had been placed on him in the past was lifted.
Sheep have the kindness of kneeling down to breastfeed, and crows have the kindness of feeding back.
A person needs to know how to be grateful. If Gu Zhixian hadn't risked his life and used his wisdom and courage to investigate the truth, he would still be dealing with the copper money tree in the mountains right now.
Chun Niang is a tailor, and she makes all the clothes in the house. Since the county magistrate needs manpower, he goes to help. What is there to hesitate about?
Five ruins.
Jiang Ang heard clearly the contents of the notice read by the village chief, turned around and went to the second uncle's house next door to borrow a cart, packed his wife and things together, and headed straight for the county seat without waiting for two days.
The people's hearts are warm and the people are simple.
Groups of women from various villages went to the county town accompanied by their families. Most of these women were the family members of eight hundred people who had been wronged and served as corvees.
Gu Zhengchen knew that more people were waiting and watching, so he did not take too big a step. He initially set the number at 1,000 people, hoping to use 1,000 people as a demonstration to eliminate the concerns of the people and let them see that they would do long-term work for the county government. the benefits of.
Haste makes waste, everything needs to be done step by step.
Of course, with only a thousand people, it is impossible to create a cotton textile industry, let alone complete the imperial military backpack business. It is inevitable to continue to recruit people in the future.
Lao Zhu is indeed stingy. Although he allowed the Jurong County government to take away a quarter of the unearned income, he did not forget to add the words "temporary five thousand guan backpack money and food"...
This is equivalent to buying goods.
But on the whole, the Jurong County government office made more money. After all, the Lao Guo family, the Qing Zhen Guan, Liu Boqin and others made a lot of money. In addition to the "Song money" that has not yet been circulated, Lin Lin finally came up with a total of 80,000 yuan. One quarter, there are still 20,000 yuan, which is a huge sum of money for Jurong County Government.
Gu Zhengchen was a little dissatisfied when he confiscated 80,000 coins. After all, this number was far from the number of copper coins made by the Guo family. However, considering that these people turned the money into shops, houses, fields, etc., he was relieved. .
It is impossible to give the house and shop to Lao Zhu. The land is designated as official land and rented to the people for farming. The remaining six thousand yuan can be regarded as additional income for Lao Zhu.
What Gu Zhengchen didn't expect was that the money was taken away by Lao Zhu without even entering the household department, and he purchased a large number of cotton-padded clothes and quilts and sent them to the northern border.
Zhu Yuanzhang was really anxious. It was already cold in Jinling in October, not to mention the task of transporting autumn grain with cotton cloth in the north. It would not be completed until February next year. Spring had begun. What kind of cotton cloth was needed in the north? …
Lao Zhu simply turned the money into something.
There is no need for the people of the old Guo family to complain. Those men assigned to the northern border guard station might just be able to receive the cotton-padded clothes bought with "their own" money...
Just when the plaque of "Jurong Weaving" was hung on the former Guo family compound, a ship slowly entered Jinling. When the ship stopped outside Sanshan Gate, a monk with a charitable face walked out of the cabin and handed a painting to an old man with a coir raincoat. After receiving it, the old man looked at the waistband displayed on his waist and went straight to the imperial city. Go in the direction.
