Chapter 33 Corrupting the world? Civil servants are disappointed!
Not long after Zhang Gui said this, the person in charge of the dental clinic here came to Zhang Gui: "I have seen Uncle Guo."
A dental firm is an intermediary with a wide range of business categories. Some are responsible for purchasing raw materials and commodities for customers, and some are responsible for hiring and buying people.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the dental industry was already very developed. From the procurement of raw silk and other raw materials to the trading of people, it was inseparable from the dental industry.
When Zhang Gui saw the management of this dental office, he said: "Call all the guarantors registered in your dental office. We need to recruit people. We will not give you less money."
The advantage of recruiting servants and employees through dental firms is that these dental firms will register these young men as guarantees, ensuring that these young men are decent Han Chinese with proven origins, relatives and friends, and no criminal records. It can prevent people from recruiting secret slaves or cult members or even other people of unknown origin.
The manager of the dental office agreed and went to do so.
An hour later, the steward of the dental clinic brought a group of people to Zhang Gui and the others, waiting for Zhang Gui and the others to choose, and said: "Uncle Guo, there are too many people waiting for your kindness, but you It must be endless, how about choosing first, and then I will give you their guarantee certificate?"
Zhang Gui nodded.
The dentist stepped aside as he spoke.
"Man Hua, you choose my servant first, it can't be too tall or too short, try to be a mix of clans from different villages."
Zhang Gui ordered.
In recent years, many refugees have migrated in the form of villages. If there is no disruption, it is easy to have an uncontrollable township party, which will cause the employer's property to be backlashed.
"clear!"
Man Hua first went to select servants, and later selected more than 800 servants.
Zhang Gui went on to say: "These more than 800 men are all compiled as servants, and the remaining young and strong will recruit another 5,000, and strong women will be recruited for 3,000, which will be used for the expansion of the weaving workshop, the steelmaking workshop, and mining. You first take the 800-odd men to settle in Xishan and build a barracks, and the mansion will transport the food and fodder there today. The others, Han Gui and Song Yingxing, you two first select some who can write and count, and will be recruited The refugees are all registered according to the guarantee letter, and then every one hundred people are divided into groups, and every ten groups is a team, but remember that the same people from the same country and the same race cannot be together, and they are all scattered! After the group is organized, they will also be taken to Xishan.”
"yes!"
Han Gui and Song Yingxing agreed.
Next, Zhang Gui determined the treatment for the refugees he had recruited.
As a private armed man who truly belongs to the Earl's Mansion, the family member is a full-time soldier. The minimum standard of monthly payment is two taels of silver. During the holidays, bonuses will be given out according to performance.
The employees of the weaving workshop and the miners of the mine belong to the employees of the earl's mansion, and the minimum monthly salary is only 500 yuan, and the commission is calculated separately.
The employees of the steelmaking workshop were recruited by Zhang Gui on behalf of the inner court, and the money was used by the inner court. The minimum monthly salary was tentatively set at 500 Wen, and the commission was calculated separately.
After determining the remuneration, Zhang Gui asked Song Yingxing to take charge of leading these hired workers to make steel and mine, and at the same time manage the lives of these hired workers' teams.
At the same time, Han Gui was arranged by Zhang Gui to purchase and transport the corresponding materials.
As for the guards, because the apocalypse had already given permission, Man Gui, the famous future in charge of the gods and camps, would personally train these servants for him, while Man Gui's younger brother Man Hua was in charge of the court guards for the time being.
Everything is unfolding in an orderly manner.
"Enfu, there are really coal mines in Xishan, and there are a lot of reserves, and they are easy to mine!"
Although Song Yingxing did not make a statement in the imperial examinations, he was just a candidate, but he was an all-rounder in natural science. Whether it was mineral exploration, mining or smelting, he was a professional in these fields in this era, otherwise he would not be able to write "Heaven". Gongkaiwu".
So, at first Song Yingxing was surprised that Zhang Gui asked him to be in charge of mining in Xishan, but after he surveyed the landforms of Xishan under Zhang Gui's order, he really confirmed that there are a lot of coal mines in Xishan.
After hearing this, Han Gui was even more delighted than Zhang Gui. He stood up on the spot and asked, "Really? I heard from my friends in the household department that the Ministry of household affairs deliberately made it bad for Enfu Xishan. The barren land I don’t like is a farmland reward for Enfu. I originally wanted to remind Enfu about it, but I didn’t expect Enfu to agree first, so I didn’t persuade anymore. Now if there are coal mines, I can make a lot of money a sum."
Song Yingxing also echoed: "That's true. Now that the price of charcoal has increased by 10%, many wealthy families in the city are afraid to buy charcoal."
Han Gui began to flatter Zhang Gui: "Now that I think about it, my mentor really has the foresight. It is Zhuge reincarnated, the most intelligent man in the world!"
Boom!
Zhang Gui kicked Han Gui immediately.
Han Gui was directly put on the ground, looked at Zhang Gui, and asked aggrievedly, "Why did Enfu teach his disciple?"
"Hurry up and buy a shop, prepare to sell charcoal!"
Zhang Gui said something, and then said: "As a teacher, you have limited energy. You will be responsible for these things in the future, and you will not make your hard work in vain. It's just that you can't have private wealth because you haven't separated your family. You can tell your father and you will be treated as a teacher." In the name of your Han family, you are a shareholder of the comprehensive store, taking 10% of the dividends, and you will be the general manager (general manager) of the comprehensive store in the future."
"Disciple understands, Xie Enfu, disciple will do it now!"
Zhang Gui said to Song Yingxing: "You immediately organize the recruited miners to mine coal immediately!"
"yes!"
Song Yingxing agreed and went too.
After a ten-day period, Zhanggui's Xishan Industrial Zone has been full of people, blast furnaces, mines, and locomotives.
Zhang Gui also began to run here often, directing Song Yingxing how to improve his Xishan Industrial Zone.
During this period of time, the price of charcoal in the capital became more and more expensive.
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"Master, the price of charcoal has risen again, and it has already exceeded the highest price of last year."
Liu Mansion.
Late at night, the servant Sheng Rui came to the cabinet minister Liu Yixiu and reported the latest charcoal price.
Sheng Rui is a servant doing business for Liu's family outside, and mainly speculates and hoards for Liu Yixiu, such as frying grain prices, frying charcoal prices, and the like.
Sheng Rui asked Liu Yixiu after speaking at this time: "Can we buy someone?"
Liu Yixiu thought for a while and said: "Didn't you notice that this year is colder than last year? Wait a minute, maybe a bowl of rice can be replaced by a big girl with yellow flowers, and if Jiannu wants to expand the population, there will definitely be more people." More young men and women are needed, so the price for Jin merchants to buy people will definitely rise again.”
"Master is wise, buy it at a lower price, and then sell it to Shanxi merchants at a higher price, you can earn a lot more!"
Sheng Rui replied.
And Liu Yixuan then asked: "How is the old man asking you to inquire about Xishan?"
Sheng Rui replied: "Just about to report to the master, now the uncle of the country runs to the west mountain every day, and also bought many people to go."
"It must be that the nunnery is open."
Liu Yixiu said: "It happens to be a rest tomorrow, tell the outside, prepare the sedan chair tomorrow morning, the old man is going to Xishan!"
Early the next morning.
Liu Yixuan really came to Xishan in a sedan chair, accompanied by Sheng Rui's servants.
Many dignitaries in the capital have long been concerned about Zhang Gui's situation in Xishan, because according to their logic, Zhang Gui is willing to use the land of Xishan to engage in the special Fengyue industry.
So, many civil officials like Liu Yixiu took advantage of the day of Xiumu to come to Xishan in sedan chairs.
"This uncle of the country really knows how to do business, but he thought of doing this. I want to see if there are any wonderful nuns in his nunnery. It's okay to go there. I just explore Buddhism and criticize the country by the way. Uncle's behavior that ruins the world."
Even Wang Yingjiao, Shangshu of the Great Housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty, came in a sedan chair, slandering with anticipation.
After Xu Guangqi heard about this incident, he rushed over angrily: "This uncle of the country, I still think he has a conscience, at least he does not shoddy when doing frontier military business, but I didn't expect him to do this kind of business." , This is simply corrupting the world! If what he did is true, I will definitely impeach him!"
For a while, on the day when all the officials in the capital were resting for a bath, many sedan chairs were parked outside Xishan.
However, when Liu Yixiu waited, he found that there was no so-called nunnery in the entire Xishan, and it was all people living in sheds.
Liu Yixuan, Wang Yingjiao, Xu Guangqi and others were a little surprised when they saw this scene.
The people who settled down in the Xishan Industrial Zone were also very surprised when they saw so many dignitaries.
"Go away! Don't offend our master!"
The slaves who came with these dignitaries also began to yell at the children who were still standing in the middle of the road because they were playing, and some even beat them with riding whips. Many children cried because of this, and their parents hurriedly took their children away. Hugging to the side, panicked kneeling on the ground kowtow begging for mercy.
Liu Yixiu and other high-ranking officials frowned when they found out that there were only refugees and no meni here, and continued walking in, hoping to meet a nunnery.
At this time, they suddenly saw a track running from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain.
I saw that the bottom of the track was paved with ceramic cylinders that seemed to have been cut in half, while the track was full of coal, and even hired workers kept pouring coal into the track at the end of the track.
Then, Liu Yixiu and others discovered that there were several such long tracks on the hillside, all of which were filled with coal.
"So much coal!"
Liu Yixuan couldn't help sighing, then looked at Wang Yingjiao, gritted his teeth and asked, "Didn't your household department say that Xishan has nothing to produce?!"
(end of this chapter)