The day laborers who worked for Mr. Fang's family were also quietly discussing this matter, especially those who had their property confiscated.
Even some of the maids who were released heard about it.
Last year, many people had their property confiscated and many servants were raped.
But when the county magistrate divided the land, he only allocated fields to male servants, not female servants.
They can only go home.
But going home...
Some people have been sold as maids since they were young. Not to mention their feelings for their families, even their families don't have much feelings for them.
When they were released into their homes, they were either hastily matched with someone to marry off, or they were left at home to do exhausting farm work without even having enough to eat, let alone clothing.
Seriously speaking, it's not as good as when I was a girl.
Some families took their daughters back, then turned around and found someone else to sell them to.
But they are old, and many wealthy families don't like to use them. They can only be allocated to small families. They are both maids and housemates, and their lives are also very poor. If they meet a bad family, they may be sold.
Go to dirty places.
So they heard that in Beihai County, both men and women were welcome. In the past, they farmed and raised chickens, but food and accommodation were provided, and wages were paid. They quietly inquired, and found out that it was better than staying at home.
Several older girls gathered together and whispered while they were helping to harvest rice at Mr. Fang's house, "I asked Er Zhu, who works as a long-term worker at Mr. Fang's house, and he said that because there is a medical office in Beihai County, the director is the female official.
So there are jobs for girls over there."
"Are you going or not?"
"I don't know the way."
"I know. Our young master took me on a study tour to Beihai County before. I know how to get there. Beihai County is not far from Zhoucheng. We only need to get to Zhoucheng and walk for one day to get to Beihai County. It's so close.
very."
"Is it just us? There won't be any danger on the road, right?"
"No matter how dangerous it is, it's not too dangerous," a sixteen or seventeen-year-old lady gritted her teeth: "That flower lady has been coming to my house every now and then. I've been eavesdropping. After the autumn harvest is finished, I will be sold.
.If I sell it to a place like that, I might as well just kill it."
"You are too angry."
"Bah, what do you mean by being angry? They gave birth to me once, and I repaid them ten years ago. Now this life is my own, why should they sell it to me?"
"Stop arguing. If you want to go, just go together. Call a few more people. I'll call the sisters I knew before. The ones who are still at home are still unmarried. Except for those who really love their daughters, no one else wants to keep them.
Can we sell it at a good price in winter? We might as well go on the road together, we won’t be afraid of the crowd.”
"I know the way to Zhoucheng. Erzhu is a nice guy. He often delivers things to the county for Master Fang. He knows a lot of people from car dealers. When we get to the county, we can ask him to help us hire a car to go to Zhoucheng."
"This matter cannot be leaked. Let's contact a good person and leave."
"What about household registration?"
"What kind of household registration is needed? We are all women and we have no land, so we directly became refugees."
"Yes, become a refugee!"
At this time, Cui Yuan was in the county town not far from them. He grabbed two strings of money and gave them to a few helpers, and said to them: "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing. I just thought that your county doesn't have that much space to support people."
, and there is a lot of land in our county, so if they stay in the county, they will either be beggars or do day labor here and there. If they commit crimes, they will spread around, and in the end you will not be the ones to take the blame?"
The helpers had limited knowledge and felt that what Cui Yuan said was very reasonable.
And it's just some news, and it's true. Whether people go or not depends entirely on their own free will, so there's nothing that can't be said.
So the helpers took the money and patted their chests to express that it was no problem.
Cui Yuan invited them to drink, and after they left, he exhaled.
The book boy following him couldn't help but said: "Master, aren't we running?"
Cui Yuan: "...why are you running?"
"What if the county magistrate here knew that you were poaching people, wouldn't he arrest you?"
Cui Yuan waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "Don't worry, the county magistrate won't know our plans. Where are we now? I plan to set up a stage to recruit workers."
Shutong:......
Cui Yuan said he would set up a stage to recruit workers, and sure enough, he set up a stage to recruit workers the next day, right at the gate of the city, in front of the city guards.
The city guard and the government officials came to ask curiously, "There are so many coolies on West Street, why don't you recruit them here instead of recruiting them here?"
Cui Yuan said confidently: "There are all short-term workers there. They can only work for a day or two. What I want to recruit are long-term workers. Starting now, it may take until the spring of next year to finish."
The officer looked at him and asked with a smile: "You don't look like the manager of a business. Why, you want to form a caravan to do business?"
"That's not the case," Cui Yuan said with a smile: "The head of the family is the magistrate of Beihai County. He needs to build roads and bridges and cultivate the manor, so he needs a lot of manpower. There are few people in Beihai County, so he has to recruit some short-term workers from outside."
He sighed: "There are not enough government servants."
Beihai County recruited people here, and the Yamen officials immediately reported to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate heard this and didn't think much about it. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it. Beihai County is now rich and powerful. The county government office and the county seat are in tatters. They must be repaired. They don't have enough people. It's normal to recruit from outside."
The county magistrate thought very brightly, "It just so happens that when they go and make money, they have to spend it on our county and their families when they come back, which makes us rich."
The yamen officer felt that the county magistrate was right, so he stopped restricting Cui Yuan and looked at the people he had recruited every day when he passed by. Unfortunately, most people were not happy when they heard that they were going to Beihai County and would have to go there for several months.
After two or three days, he only recruited three or four people.
Cui Yuan himself never expected that the first batch of large numbers of long-term workers he recruited would turn out to be a group of young ladies.
From the age of twelve to eighteen, there were eighteen in total. As soon as they entered the city gate, they found him and asked him if he was recruiting workers from Beihai County.
One of the leading ladies asked, "Is there anything we can do?"
Cui Yuan looked at them blankly. In fact, he didn't understand what they could do if they went there. Could they open up wasteland or build a dock?
But before coming, the county magistrate repeatedly warned that women also want it, regardless of gender.
So he nodded to them firmly, "Yes, you are all going to Beihai County, are you sure you can stay for a long time?"
The girls nodded fiercely, "OK."
Cui Yuan then studied the ink and picked up the pen, "Here, tell me your name."
An older lady grabbed the bag in her arms and asked, "Can we leave today?"
Cui Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Of course you can. I just happened to have recruited a group of people in the past two days. I will send you guys there together."
As for him, he is going to the next county with the remaining money, and in the past two days, he finally found a reliable person to help him continue to set up a platform to recruit workers here.
The father of the government servant who always came to join in the fun knew a few words, and Cui Yuan made an agreement with him, "If you recruit a person, as long as the person arrives in Beihai County, for ten cents, you can recruit a hundred people, that is