Ever since Chu Qianqiu accepted the refugees from Fengzhou, Huang Xiaoxiao, the eldest lady of the Chu family, has been very busy.
"The industry in Xingcheng can support 2,000 workers, and the industry in Taocheng can support 1,500 workers."
"The road repairs and canal excavation in Baixiang Town can also support about 3,000 people."
"Shishi can recruit about 5,000 helpers. Taking into account the industries in other small towns, there are still a lot of people left."
Chu Qianqiu left the matter to Li Mingde and others, and finally transported it to Lingzhou. Naturally, many new problems arose. It was not just a stroke of Chu Qianqiu's pen that everything would be fine.
"Qing Fen, does your Yiqi Gang need new people?"
"How many can we recruit and how much will we pay?" Chun
"Mistress, when I choose people, I want them to be young and smart."
"Anyone over 30 years old will be looked down upon by the yamen when they hire helpers."
"You can't even ask for my loyal help."
Qing Fen quickly shook his head. His loyalty helped gather idle men and young rangers from all over the country, and his power expanded rapidly. (Note: Chapter 328)
Although there are not many masters, in terms of manpower alone, there are thousands of them.
Go deep into towns and villages to inquire about various information, destroy other dynamic organizations, replace them, and do some protection fees and maintain the market.
The Yiqi Gang is already a gang that everyone can name in Linghu City. Chun
Especially Chu Qianqiu's status is increasing day by day. Wherever he goes, others have to call him "Master Qing."
But in front of Huang Xiaoxiao, this respectfully known as Qingye immediately lowered his head and complained again and again:
"Mistress, you don't know."
"Those farmers are old and their bodies are still damaged. Several of them died just after they were brought here a few days ago."
"It doesn't matter. After all, he is a foreigner. He dies when he dies. The villagers don't say anything idle. They just burn the body and that's it."
"Tell me the important point." Huang Xiaoxiao didn't want to waste time and asked directly.
"Yes, Mistress." Chun
"The main reason is that the price of long-term labor last year was two taels of silver a year, but this year there is only one tael and five hundred cents left."
"You are a loyal helper and you only care about food and don't need wages, so there will be a lot of people coming."
Qing Fen sighed a little.
In the past, when Mr. Wang was the leader of a gang, the gang's younger brothers were paid 100 Wen a month, but they didn't care about food.
Now it was Qingfen's turn to make the decision. He made adjustments, thinking that eating was more attractive, taking care of the food but not paying him.
"So some people in the township are gossiping, saying that Mr. Chu is from Lingzhou, how can he hire so many people from Fengzhou?"
"Whether it's Xingcheng or Taocheng, there are as many people as possible lining up to do part-time work every day." Chun
"Now there are people who want to rob the shit pickers."
"My mistress has opened so many new workshops, inns, and shops, but she has recruited foreigners."
"They all hope that the people in Fengzhou will go back quickly, and they are quite complaining in their hearts."
Qing Fen said quickly.
This fact made Huang Xiaoxiao frown and fell into deep thought.
When Qing Fen saw this, he panicked and immediately defended:
"Of course the people in Qingshi Town never said that. They are all unruly people from Yanbo Town and Ganlu Town." Chun
"These unruly people are simply lawless."
"Whoever the mistress wants to recruit, will it be their turn to complain?"
"You deserve not to be a permanent employee."
Qing Fen was born in Qingshi Town, and many of the cadres of the Yiqi Gang were selected by him from Qingshi Town to form his own team, so he became the representative of the interests of Qingshi Town.
"Qing Fen, you are in charge of intelligence, not flatterers."
"No matter how bad or ugly the villagers' words are, as long as they are true, you will have merit."
"But if you fabricate all kinds of information just to make it sound better, you will be guilty of an unforgivable crime." Chun
Huang Xiaoxiao said slowly.
This green skin is getting more and more cunning and needs to be beaten twice.
"The villain understands."
"A villain will never dare to hide anything, and will never dare to make up any lies."
Qing Fen shouted decisively, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.
"Okay, if you have any ideas, just tell me." Seeing that Qing Fen had said so much, Huang Xiaoxiao must have had an idea in mind, so he naturally asked.
"Mistress, it's not the villain's idea. It was proposed by my subordinate Hei Tan." Qing Fen immediately cheered up.
"There are not many hills near Yanbo Town and Qingshi Town. The mountains are not high and the land is also very barren. They can be used to open up wasteland."
"The land is very barren. One acre of land can yield about a hundred pounds per acre. Originally, it was not feasible to open up wasteland."
Clearing wasteland is a strenuous job, especially in some barren mountains, where tree roots are deeply rooted in the ground. Smoothing out these hardened clods of soil can kill people. It is an extremely arduous physical job.
"But these refugees are all foreigners. Let them open up the land, and they will be just fine."
"It's just in time to allocate these lands again."
Qing Fen made suggestions very straightforwardly.
"Qing Fen, your heart has turned dark." Chun
"You have forgotten that you are also a farmer."
Huang Xiaoxiao could naturally understand the speech of the leader of the Yiqi Gang and said with a smile.
"I don't dare, a villain." Qing Fen was sweating profusely, sweating like rain.
"Okay, you're just making suggestions."
"It seems that he is one of your people. He is interested in those pieces of wasteland and wants to do some business."
"You can imagine the Chu family's reputation for these thin fields." Huang Xiaoxiao naturally despises the wasteland on these hills. The Chu family is now also a famous landowner in Lingzhou, and their main property is rivers.
The border lands are all high-grade fertile farmland, so why should we care about the low-grade fields that have not yet been opened up?
"The villain deserves to die." Qing Fen shouted quickly, about to kowtow.
"Get up."
"But you did come up with a good idea."
“There are still some high-cost wastelands that can be developed in Lingzhou.”
"It's just that the Chu family's reputation is more important than making money, you know."
"Young man understands."
"Then go down."
Huang Xiaoxiao scolded and began to think about the plan just now. The valuable land in Lingzhou has been cleared for a long time. Chun
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Just like when the Wang family sold their land, there were tenants on these lands. If they were touched, it would be equivalent to ending their livelihood. Moreover, according to the contract, the tenants also have certain rights.
Property rights belong to property rights, and tenancy rights belong to tenancy rights. This system is called the permanent tenancy system. It is impossible for the Chu family to just drive away the farmers on the fields and replace them with others, and the government will not take care of this.
Although the Chu family can make a fool of the law, it will also cause a bad reputation if word spreads. The Wang family does not do this, which will cause uneasiness among the farmers.
Therefore, although most of the refugees from Fengzhou were farmers, Huang Xiaoxiao had not considered letting them farm.
Because the land in Lingzhou is already saturated, farmers like Qing Fen could only work as small gangsters in towns a few months ago.
If you want to work as a tenant to the landlord's family, people will still look down upon you. Chun
"My husband really has a big problem."
Huang Xiaoxiao was calculating the manpower arrangements, frowning slightly, but heard a burst of laughter from behind:
"Yes, yes, my husband has brought trouble to my wife."
"How about I rub it for my wife?"
A familiar voice reached his ears, and Huang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but look back.
The person she misses day and night is looking at her with a smile on his face, just like before.
"Husband, aren't you in Linghu City to rectify the officialdom?" Chun
"We were chatting yesterday."
Huang Xiaoxiao mistakenly thought that he was dreaming.
"Official matters are left to Dean Yang, Xu Zishuang and the others."
"I am mainly responsible for assessment."
"Then why are you here?" Huang Xiaoxiao felt that she had a lot of grievances to say, as if she didn't come back to see me first, as if she was trying to flirt with others, but for some reason, when she saw Chu Qianqiu, she felt that her body was
A bit softer.
"Because I miss you."
"So I came back early." Chun
Chu Qianqiu was not polite and directly turned his wife into a princess and transformed into a beast.
"Husband, wait a moment, the matter has not been settled yet."
The two haven't seen each other for a long time, it's better than being newlyweds.
"No, there are more important things to do."
"What's going on?"
"Have a baby."
If you have anything to say, let’s wait until it’s done. Chun
This time, it will be at least seven days and seven nights, without discounts.