"Sir, our workshop can be built. We will find the manpower to build the house from the villagers."
Lin Yuanqiu felt that since he was short of money, he should start earning money.
Previously, because of concerns that it would delay the villagers' progress in building houses, the land for building the workshop was not started after the land was purchased. Now many villagers have built their own houses, so they can recruit people to build workshops.
Lin Yuanqiu was not involved in the land purchase. It was Lao Lin who led Lin Dazhu, the three brothers, and Lin Yuanfeng to find the location together, as well as in Dinghu County.
The four pieces of land were purchased for a total of more than 400 taels of silver, which was considered to be a waste of the money Wu had on hand.
Lin Yuanqiu had to spend the money to build the workshop first.
After buying the land, the next step was to apply for the land deed. The three of Feng's sisters-in-law went to the Yamen together. After all, the workshop was opened in their names.
It is said to be a yamen, but in Yongning City it is actually the front yamen. It only takes a few steps to walk from the backyard to the front.
The three sisters-in-law are no strangers to handling land deeds. Not long ago, the three of them just went to Dinghu County to buy a shop.
On the other hand, the yamen clerks were a little nervous. You must know that these are Lord Zhizhou's mother and two aunts. They have to be careful and must not neglect them.
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By the time the grain harvest is about to begin in July, the villagers' houses are basically completed, including the large courtyard where the widows and orphans live.
It is necessary to talk about the housing of the orphans and widows. Originally, Lin Yuanqiu planned to designate a separate homestead for each of them. However, considering that those who were older were unable to build their own houses, Lin Yuanqiu finally asked the villages to provide these houses. They set aside another piece of homestead land, and then helped them build rooms in a yard.
And this big yard belongs to the village and is owned by all the villagers.
Naturally, all the villagers helped to build it at this time.
By the time the grain was harvested, it was already approaching August.
Now that there are houses in the city, the villagers will naturally no longer put food in the village. After leaving a month's worth of rations, everyone else was brought to the city.
This approach made it much easier for the government officials who originally had to go to the countryside to collect land taxes.
Now they only need to walk in the city for two days to collect all the food tax.
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By the end of the month, Lin Yuanqiu didn't run out much. In the past few days, except for the Yamen office, he basically spent the rest of the time in the Hou Yamen.
Zhong Yurou's delivery date is next month. She is now more than eight months pregnant and her belly is as big as a drum.
"Yurou, you have worked hard these past few months."
Thinking that since he took office, he has been busy with all kinds of things and has not spent much time with his wife, it is impossible for Lin Yuanqiu to say that he does not feel guilty.
Fortunately, the matter has come to an end now. In the next time, Lin Yuanqiu wants to spend more time with his wife in the house, and also welcome the smooth arrival of his baby.
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Chapter 195 Workshop starts
It is said that there are three things a new official should do when he takes office, and Zhong Rong is the same. Although he is not a registered leader in the barracks in terms of status, since he is now in charge of the camp, all matters in the camp must naturally follow his rules.
The first is the work, rest and training of the soldiers and guards. The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while. In Zhong Rong’s view, the “support” in this does not only mean that there is no shortage of three meals and a lot of military noise, but also includes daily life. Day's training and strengthening of troops.
Therefore, Zhong Rong made corresponding improvements one by one in response to many deficiencies in the barracks.
For example, when it comes to work and rest, the morning exercises that were originally at the right time were moved to the right time, half an hour earlier than before.
To be honest, Zhong Rong was a little surprised about the original morning exercise time. Although it gets late in the north of Saibei, no matter how late it is, the sun is already almost three poles high. It is not a joke that gongs are sounded to train troops at this time.
It is said that a day's plan begins in the morning. In Zhong Rong's view, training in the morning is not only about physical fitness, but also about firm will and perseverance.
In addition to modifying his work and rest, Zhong Rong also added walking training. Normal walking training in the military camp is to go out to the barracks for outdoor training. But Zhong Rong's was different. His walking practice was actually leading troops to patrol the sentry, and it also meant patrolling.
Although Shanrong people usually only come here in winter, nothing is absolute. Didn't the previous magistrate of Dinghu County suffer the same fate? Therefore, Zhong Rong believes that it is quite necessary to do more defense in daily life.
There were ten centurions in the barracks, including Wang Zhiqing. Zhong Rong arranged for them to be sent out in rounds of five days. Every day, two troops, that is, two hundred soldiers, were sent to follow him to patrol the surrounding area, especially those nearby. To the north, near Tuzi Gorge, a patrol must be conducted every day.
Thinking of Tuzixia, Zhong Rong couldn't help but admire his son-in-law's decision to relocate. Thanks to the villagers in Dinghu County who used materials to build houses, today's Tuzixia finally lives up to its name and is already bare.
It turned out that after the county government went to each village to post relocation notices, the villagers started preparing materials for building houses with great enthusiasm.
Because the amount of wood required was so huge, everyone finally focused on Tuzixia. Looking at the trees on the mountain, because no one has cut them down all year round, they have grown lush and strong, making them perfect for use as beams.
So, a few villagers who were willing to go all out gritted their teeth and went to the mountain together. After an hour, they successfully chopped down a lot of wood. When they took the wood home, everyone held their heads high, as if they had won a battle.
When the other villagers saw it, they also braved up to go up the mountain, and finally came back safely dragging the wood.
Oops, it seems that Bald Gorge isn’t scary at all.
The most important thing is that there are often guards patrolling back and forth at the foot of the mountain. If the Shanrong people come over from the other side of the mountain, there is nothing to be afraid of.
With this understanding, more and more villagers went to the mountains to cut down trees, first at the foot of the mountain, and then on the mountainside. When the mountainside was all chopped down, the villagers naturally took axes and saws to the top of the mountain. Went up.
In this way, when the villagers in Dinghu County built their houses, Tuzixia would really become "bald".
Zhong Rong thinks this is good. Without the cover of trees and bushes, every time he patrols, he only looks towards the mountain from a distance. It is basically clear at a glance. I am afraid it will not be that easy for the Shanrong people to hide in the mountain and carry out raids. .
Because of this, when people passed by Tuzi Gorge again, they no longer felt the cold light on their backs.
Zhong Rong's patrol team has become a patron saint in the eyes of the villagers in Yongning Prefecture and Dinghu County.
To say he is a patron saint is not just a casual comment. Speaking of the previous busy harvesting of grain, the villagers were all worried, fearing that a group of Shanrong thieves would suddenly appear to steal food. Although the possibility of Shanrong thieves appearing this season was small, they could Being bitten by a snake, the villagers have been afraid of well ropes for ten years. As long as it has anything to do with food, the villagers cannot relax, not to mention the possibility of losing their lives.
But since the arrival of patrol guards, the situation has been completely different. In the past, the villagers who were restless while collecting food in the fields seemed to have a backbone when they saw the patrol guards with weapons in hand. There is no more fear and worry as before.
Zhong Rong seemed to be aware of the villagers' thoughts, so during the busy farming period, he focused his patrols on the field paths of each village.
This makes the villagers smile every day.
The villagers couldn't help but sigh. Ever since Lord Zhizhou came to Yongning Prefecture, their days have become more promising.
That's great.
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Feng Ji's workshop was a bit busy today. Even before the hour, there were many women surrounding the gate.
Looking at these women again, the older one is about forty years old and the younger one is only as young as cardamom. Although they are different in age, the expectations on their faces and the thoughts in their hearts are all exactly the same.
That is, Bodhisattva bless me and bless me to be successfully recruited as a female worker today.
It turns out that today is the day when Feng Ji's workshop in the east of the city is recruiting workers, and the reason why so many people come here is because the workshop has given simple recruitment requirements. As long as you can sew and thread, it will be enough. If you know embroidery, it will be better.
Everyone knows Feng Ji. Isn't it a newly built large workshop in the city?
To be honest, when I saw that the workshop was full of tables and benches, everyone made various guesses. The most talked about was the canteen. They all felt that this was most likely a place to eat, otherwise there would be so many tables and benches. What are you doing? It's arranged neatly.
But after the recruitment notice was posted, everyone realized that they had guessed wrong. It turned out that this was an embroidery workshop.
On the day when the recruitment news was sent out, the entire Yongning City exploded.
Everyone was puzzled. They usually only heard about hiring assistants or male workers, but they had never seen a place hiring women to work on duty every day.
So this is a rare opportunity that no one wants to miss.
By the way, as a woman, I am used to wearing clothes and pantyhose every day, so there is no reason why I don’t know how to sew. And those women who knew both needlework and embroidery straightened their backs like never before.
The recruitment notice said that wages would be calculated based on the work done. The more work was done, the more wages would be paid.
As for female workers who can embroider, if they do a good job, they will definitely earn four to five hundred wages per month.
It turned out to be four or five hundred coins. The women walked with wind in their eyes. This was more money than they could earn by embroidering purses at home.
As for age, there is no specific rule. Presbyopia is definitely not acceptable anyway.
Such relaxed conditions have given hope to older farm women whose families are living in poverty.
Therefore, early this morning, all the women gathered at Feng's workshop early.
About half an hour later, Feng's sisters-in-law came over, along with Gao Cui, Qin Hehua, Wang Yunxiang and Ding Ju.
Several people wrapped their hair with cloth handkerchiefs and put on narrow-sleeved skirts. They looked very smart.
Seeing that the door was full of people, Mrs. Feng didn't waste any time and quickly asked her servants to carry out some tables and stools from the workshop. Then Feng and Wang Yunxiang teamed up, Zhou and Gao Cui, Liu and Ding Ju each sat down on their stools, and the recruitment process began.
Although several women came to the house to maintain order, the women and girls who signed up spontaneously formed three lines before the women could say anything.
Looking at the endless team in front of them, and thinking about the number of people they wanted to recruit this time, Feng, Zhou and Liu, the three sisters-in-law could not help but feel nervous.
It's not that they are nervous about how to select people later, but they are worried about whether the needlework and embroidery they make after recruiting so many people can be sold.
If it were all smashed into your hands, it would be really scary just thinking about it.
However, the three sisters-in-law quickly thought of the previous monthly revenue of the shop in Beijing, which was better than the previous month.
Besides, Yuan Qiu never made a wrong decision.
So, what are you afraid of?
Thinking of this, the three sisters-in-law's hearts relaxed unconsciously.
"Come and sit down," Ms. Feng said to the woman in front of her. Then he asked, "What's your name and what do you do?"
Wang Yunxiang on the side quickly picked up the brush and opened the booklet, preparing to write down the other party's name and expertise on the paper.
This was the first time for the young peasant woman to encounter this scene. She muttered for a moment and didn't know how to speak. Her fingers even pinched the hem of her clothes and rubbed them again and again. However, thinking of the difficulties at home, she plucked up the courage and said, "Madam, my little wife's name is Qiu'e, whose surname is Feng, can do needlework and some simple embroidery, and by the way, I can also tie knots."
Feng didn't expect to meet a member of the family with the same surname as her at the beginning, and she couldn't help but feel good about him.
After hearing that the other party could embroider, Feng asked her to go to Qin Hehua at the next table.
Qin Hehua has a lot of embroidered cloth with patterns on it, which is specially used for those who say they can embroider to try their skills to see if they are really good at embroidery as they say.
The young peasant woman took the embroidery cloth and needle and thread and quickly started embroidering according to the pattern above.
I saw that the stitches were well-proportioned and the movements were skillful. It looked like someone who was used to embroidery.
Feng was satisfied, and then asked, "After you enter the workshop, you must be on duty on time. Can the family allow you to come out to work?"
This question must be asked clearly in advance. If no space is available, then the workshop will have no choice but to not recruit people. Don't come on time for various reasons. It would be troublesome.
Upon hearing this, the young peasant woman couldn't help but get excited, "It's possible, my mother-in-law and husband have agreed."
Feng nodded and immediately asked Wang Yunxiang to put a check mark behind the woman's name to confirm it.
"You can come over and report in five days." Feng said.
The young peasant woman nodded repeatedly, "Hey, thank you, madam, thank you madam!"
