Koryo, Tamna, Beigang Township, Beigang Village.
As the second watch had just been struck, the few people who stayed at Wu Laoshi's house for drinking poured the last bowl of sweet potato roast into their stomachs! Next, while Ai Xiaodou, the youngest among the brothers, went into the room to tidy up the straw and mattresses, Li Sanwa, who was squatting on the bench and drinking, narrowed his sleepy drunken eyes and began to ask questions about how his eldest brother suddenly invited him and others to drink. s reason!
In fact, we can’t blame them for being strange. In fact, the young new immigrants now have neither time nor money to drink! These people emerged from the mist, and their pockets are cleaner than their faces. In addition, Chiyang Construction is short of manpower, which often drives the people under the rule to work continuously. Unpaid overtime is even more common! Therefore, people are usually more accustomed to grabbing some food in the canteen and continuing to work after eating, or going home to take a nap!
Although today's banquet may seem a bit shabby in the eyes of wealthy people, in the eyes of former refugees like Wu Laoshi, who have been struggling for food and clothing all year round, it is a state banquet-level treatment. Not to mention anything else, the plate of white meat with garlic paste is worth a lot of money! After all, Chiyang has only occupied Jeju for a short period of time, and his own breeding farms have not yet been able to produce a large number of livestock. To eat meat, he still has to buy it from outside, or collect it from the Korean aborigines!
Therefore, the price of meat is ridiculously expensive in Tamluo. A pound of pork in the Ming Dynasty cost 20 cents. But in Tamluo, the price has doubled. So you can’t buy meat every day! And when Wu Laoshi entertained his brothers today, he actually used white meat with garlic paste, which shows that this guy put his heart into it! But this guy, like everyone here, now belongs to the basic labor force. In addition to eating every day, the wages he can get are only five cents! A pound of pork costs 40 cents, half a pound is 20 cents. If you add ten jins of sweet potatoes for roasting, it will cost you 120 cents anyway! According to Wu Laoshi's wages, he would have to save more than twenty days to save up. Now that he has finished making a meal, Li Sanwa and others can't help but feel sincerely worried about their eldest brother's future days.
"Brother, today's meal of wine will probably cost one or two hundred cents. If you entertain us today, what will you do in the following days? How about we brothers pool together twenty cents each? Can you share some of the money for me, brother? Anyway, we don’t need much money right now..."
"Fart, I asked you to wait for a drink today. I agreed that I would be the host and asked you bastards to join in. If I say it again, don't blame me for not being able to do it in the future! Besides, since I can ask you to drink , of course you have something to rely on, how can I ask you, who have three melons and two dates, to put them all in your pockets to prepare for buying land, buying a house, and marrying a wife in the future!
By the way, Ergou, if you let me see you going to Qi Laizi Gambling House to make money again in the future, then don’t blame me for being rude. I will educate you, an unfilial son, on behalf of your dead parents; and Sanwa, if When you get your wages, don’t always think about playing with women through half-open doors. That bitch from the Wangsun family is not a good person. Be careful of your companions who will empty your pockets and then throw you out to sleep on the street..."
Seeing the worried expressions on the faces of the brothers, Wu Laoshi slammed the table in front of him and pretended to be angry. Then before anyone could say anything, he took out the cigarette bag from his arms, lit it and took two puffs. , and then began to reprimand those little brothers with bad habits one by one in a stern tone! We have been stirring the pot in a big pot for many years, and we know each other's personalities very well, but they can be considered very different!
Gao Ergou has a straightforward personality and likes gambling. He likes to go to underground gambling houses to gamble a few times when he has nothing to do; Li Erwa is thoughtful, but quite lustful. As soon as she has money, she likes to take care of women who have fallen behind by leaving the door ajar; There are also two little brothers. Although they don't have this or that problem, they have quite a lot of money and like to use money to buy snacks at every turn! If they don't restrain themselves, their fields, houses and women will gradually leave them!
You know, Chiyang is not a good old man who runs a charity. Although each new immigrant is temporarily assigned a field, a house to farm, and a place to live, it is not free. Chiyang will sign a loan document with each immigrant family. Immigrants need to use their own labor income in exchange for the former’s true right of ownership! For example, for fields, new immigrants need to pay five taels of silver per acre to redeem them. Otherwise, no matter how many years pass, the land will still belong to Chiyang, and the new immigrants who sweat on it will still be just tenants with the right to use it. ;The same is true for houses
, without paying a reasonable price, new immigrants will never be able to apply for the house deed and make the house their own!
Therefore, new immigrants need to save a sum of money, and then redeem land, houses, and even wives from the governor's office! Yes, you read that right, as long as the new immigrants can work hard and do their part well, they can submit an application to purchase a wife to the higher level government! The price is twenty taels of silver for Mingren women and 10 taels of silver for Korean women. Those who have money can take it back directly, and those who have no money can also take out a mortgage and pay in installments! In short, the conditions are very favorable, it just depends on whether you are willing to put in the effort...
"Okay, Brother Wu, we must listen to you, stop spending money randomly, and try to collect enough money as soon as possible to marry a wife and come back to warm the kang! By the way, you haven't said yet, where did you get so much money? Are you here to treat us to a drink? If so, if you really come across a good job, don’t forget to give your brothers a hand..."
Underground gambling rooms, secret doors, sex workers, fairy dances, people selling powerful pills, people engaged in cult brainwashing...Chiyang has attracted more than 3,000 new immigrants from other worlds at once, and not all of them are good-natured and law-abiding people. Seniors, many criminals with criminal records also took the opportunity to get involved! They took advantage of the new settlement of Tamna Island and Chiyang to concentrate their efforts on dealing with the Korean aborigines, and quietly opened some illegal businesses in secret to lure new immigrants who were weak-minded or had bad habits to come and spend money. And then achieve the goal of getting something for nothing, even making money! And Wu Laoshi was worried that his brothers, young and energetic, would not be able to keep their money and would spend it on dice and women, so he chose to reprimand him! Seeing Li Sanwa change the subject at this moment, he thought for a while and then said in a cheerful tone,
"Where did the money come from? Of course it was the money I earned through hard work. Pork and sweet potatoes were roasted, which cost me a total of 130 yuan! In the past, I was a basic labor force and had not yet become a full-time employee. After a hard day's work, excluding food expenses, I only received ten cents. If I want to give my brothers a decent meal, I have to work for a month! But things are different now. Mr. Chiyang sees that I am serious and responsible in my work. Knowing a few characters allowed me to get out of farm work and work as a trainee scribe in the township office. I earned one tael of silver per month. After becoming a full-time employee, I could get an extra 1 tael of performance silver! So, Treating you monkey cubs to a drink is nothing. If I can become a household head, elder, or lizheng in the future, it won’t be a big deal to treat you to a big tavern in the city from time to time. Difficult matter! I called you here today not just to invite you to a drink, but to discuss something with you! If we can agree to earn an extra one or two taels of silver per month, it will be no problem..."
"Tsk, the eldest brother is the eldest brother. He has only been here for a little over a month and yet he has been appreciated by the local elders and has become a respectable man with a good income. None of our brothers are as good as him! Whatever you say today, we should all be attentive. ..."
Seeing the serious look on their eldest brother's face for the first time, high school sophomore Gou, Li Sanwa and others did not dare to neglect, they all sat upright and waited for his next words! They knew very well that although their eldest brother's name contained the word "honest", he was quite methodical in doing things and was willing to use his brain when encountering problems. He was much better than mere roughnecks like themselves! Whenever he encountered danger in the past, he relied on his clever mind to get through the crisis! But today, if you are so solemn and tell yourself and others that you have something to discuss, then you must really have something important to discuss! Anyway, now that the wine is finished and the food is finished, you might as well sit down and listen to what your elder brother wants to discuss with you!
"Okay, since brothers are willing to listen to me, the eldest brother, say a few heartfelt words, then I'm welcome! Everyone is living in Beigang Township or around Beigang Township. I believe that based on what I usually see, From what I have heard, it can be seen that our group is currently in a stage of rapid development! Anyone who finds the right opportunity and a little bit of luck can successfully surpass most people and become superior to all living beings. Winner!.
Well, this may be a bit profound. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it for a while! I, no, it’s me. Let me explain it to you again in a simple way, and you will understand! That's when I saw an opportunity, an opportunity where we can make a fortune if we work hard and pay! As we all know, our Beigang Township is in the initial stage of creation right now, and there is a shortage of all kinds of materials and supplies, especially livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep. You know I buy this pork
How much did it cost? Twenty cents. Half a pound of pork costs twenty cents! Do you know how much the same amount of pork costs among the Korean people? It only costs ten cents. In some remote places, they are willing to sell it for even seven or eight cents!
Brothers, the profit is doubled from one come to another, we can really do this business! Now, not only have I exchanged all the four taels of silver I originally brought with me into copper coins, but I have also advanced one month's salary from the township office. The total amount is five thousand coins. If you add the money you have, I should be able to buy If we transport the four hundred-jin pigs to the township office, we can earn three or four taels of silver, wouldn't it be great? How about it? The benefits are right in front of you. Brothers, do you dare to give me a try? "
