Under the old chun tree in Xiahetun, more and more villagers gathered, and they were talking among themselves. They didn't know what was going on when Liu Jin called everyone here.
"Brother Jin, everyone is almost here. Is there anything you can tell us?"
When the village chief, Uncle Zhou, saw that the people had almost arrived, he also said to Liu Jin.
Hetun is not a big place at this time, so it doesn't take more than a few minutes to find someone to send a message.
"Wait a moment, Erhu and the others haven't come yet."
Liu Jin looked in the direction of his new home. Zhao Erhu hadn't come here yet, so he was prepared to wait.
Everyone did not wait too long. Zhao Erhu, Zhang Hu and others drove several carriages filled with things. The carriages came to the middle of the village. Zhao Erhu, Zhang Hu and others also started to move things. They saw a carriage coming.
Bags of flour and rice were constantly being moved down from the carriages, and soon they piled up in a pile.
"Is this flour?"
“You can’t go wrong with good white flour.”
When everyone saw it, everyone suddenly looked happy. It looked like Liu Jin was going to give everyone benefits.
"Dear grandparents, uncles and uncles, thank you very much for taking care of my mother and son. I also thank you very much for helping my family build a house."
"Without everyone's help, our family may not be able to survive until now. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. I have also prepared some flour and rice to express my gratitude. Thank you for taking care of our orphans and widowed mothers."
When Liu Jin saw that the flour and rice had been brought over, he stood up and said loudly: "There is not much flour and rice. Each household has one bag of flour and one bag of rice. I hope everyone likes it."
Liu Jin said it very straightforwardly. For these Xiahetun villagers living at the bottom, formal words will only cause isolation. If he speaks more straightforwardly, everyone will understand and feel more friendly.
"Thank you, Brother Jin~"
"Brother Jin is better~"
"One bag of white flour, one bag of rice~"
As soon as everyone heard Liu Jin's words, everyone couldn't help but express their gratitude happily. Everyone's eyes were very sharp. This bag is not small. It weighs at least twenty kilograms. This bag of flour plus a bag of rice,
This is enough to last for a long time.
With these two bags of grain, I don’t have to worry at all this winter. I can eat the New Year’s Eve dinner tonight. Maybe I can go to town to cut some meat and taste it tomorrow.
"Everyone, please take the noodles and rice back home first, and then come back. I have something else to say to you."
Liu Jin smiled and nodded, then motioned to Zhao Erhu to start making noodles and rice.
The villagers in Xiahetun often sold salt, so they naturally lined up. Soon they were happily taking flour and rice home, and then came to the old chun tree again, wanting to see Liu Jin.
What do you have to say?
"You guys must also know that I co-founded Xishan Coal Industry here."
Seeing everyone coming back again, Liu Jin thought for a while and slowly spoke.
"Isn't that right? I heard that Brother Jin, you made a lot of money~"
"Those who work in Xishan Coal Industry have three meals a day to eat, and they still have more than ten or twenty cash in wages~"
"Brother Jin, I am definitely going to make everyone rich."
When everyone heard this, they immediately responded with a smile.
Liu Jin also smiled after hearing this, and then raised his hand to signal, and everyone quickly became quiet.
"I do need some manpower here in Xishan. After all, outsiders are not trustworthy, so I am planning to select some people from the village to bring over. Don't worry about the treatment. I will not treat my own people badly."
"Work with me and you'll have food and accommodation included. I'll give you 1 tael of silver a month as wages."
Liu Jin actually wanted to bring some people out from his own village very early on. The people in his own village were somewhat more trustworthy. Of course, more importantly, Xiahetun was really too poor. Taking some people out would also allow more people to be brought out.
When people see the world, they can learn something by themselves and slowly change Xiahetun.
"Food and accommodation are included, and I still have 1 tael of silver a month~"
"Brother Jin, do you think I can do it?"
"Choose me, choose me~"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but scream. This treatment was really tempting, not to mention that they could go to the capital to see the world. Almost everyone in the village was moved.
"Don't be anxious, everyone. I also have requirements. Each household is limited to one person. The best age is between fourteen and twenty years old. I don't want the younger ones, and I don't want the older ones. After we go back, we can interact with each other.
Negotiable."
"Following me is actually not an easy task. I have a lot of requirements. If you follow me, you have to learn a lot. If you don't want to learn or can't learn well, I will chase people away.
, I’ll say the ugly things first.”
Liu Jin looked at everyone and expressed his request.
The reason why he has such a request is that Liu Jin has his own plan. Older people are like veterans, and they can reap great benefits. They are not good at doing things and studying. Young people are like blank sheets of paper, which are easier to shape and learn.
Knowledge and skills are also acquired faster.
Recruit a group of people in your own village, first put them to work in Xishan, get some training, take night classes, and learn basic knowledge, and then you can gradually reuse them according to the situation in the future.
Hearing Liu Jin's words, the heads of the family present also smiled. As before, every household has a share. No one should fight or rob it. What needs to be worried about now is which of the eldest members of the family should get it?
Follow Liu Jin.
"Brother Jin, although we people in Xiahetun are poor, we are down-to-earth in our work. If anyone follows you and doesn't study hard or work well, tell me later and I promise not to beat him to death~"
When Grandpa Zhou heard what Liu Jin said, he also expressed his position on behalf of the villagers.
"Yes, yes, being able to follow Brother Jin is a blessing. If anyone doesn't cherish it, don't go back to the village, otherwise his legs will be broken."
When other people heard this, they also shouted out one after another. Some young people who came to join in the fun were so frightened that they couldn't help but touch their legs, and suddenly felt a chill coming up.
"In addition to recruiting some people to work with me, I am also planning to start some profitable business in our village."
Liu Jin nodded, and then slowly said: "You guys should have seen those strange pool-like things when you were helping me build my house."
"I told everyone the truth. This is also a profitable business that I have prepared. I will need everyone's help when the time comes."
"The rules are the same. Each household will provide a laborer first, and they will provide me with a lunch, which is also 1 tael of silver per month."
Xueyan's business will definitely expand, but this secret must still be kept secret. This is why Liu Jin designed a complex assembly line workshop.
At that time, the unimportant and non-critical steps will be done by the villagers. The core and important steps will be left to Zhao Heishan's family to keep them as confidential as possible.
However, Liu Jin also knew that this secret could not be kept secret for too long. The longer the villagers worked, the longer they would naturally be able to guess that the sale must be related to salt.
But as long as the core secrets and methods are in the hands of his own people, Liu Jin is not afraid that everyone will know about Xue Yan, and as long as Liu Jin is given some time, he will work as an official with Emperor Hongzhi in the capital.
Category.
Even if everyone knows that the snow salt was created by Liu Jin, those jealous people, such as Tang Laohu and others, who want to start a snow salt business still need to weigh the number of pounds and taels they have.
If he had not gone to the capital to meet Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin would not have dared to recruit people on such a large scale. He could only secretly recruit some trustworthy people and slowly expand the scale, and he would also be afraid that Tang Laohu would come to trouble him.
