Zhou Sheng explained the recent situation to Hou Yao.
Hou Yao fell into deep thought. It is actually very easy to simply handle this matter. It is no problem to reject them all or choose a few to cooperate.
But now the island happens to be short of people, so he originally planned to merge with other pirate gangs.
But now that I think about it, the pirates are used to wandering around on their own, so it may be difficult for them to adapt to the army's battle formation training.
Maritime combat requires personal bravery, weapon use and ship control skills, with very little training on military formations and the like.
The regular navy basically doesn't know how to train military formations, and pirates even less.
Therefore, the navy will basically not lose to the army in terms of personal bravery, and may even be slightly stronger.
But once they really form a formation to fight, even the most elite navy is basically no match for an ordinary army.
If you want to train a strong army to defend the island and recruit all the pirates, it is obviously not a good choice.
It just so happened that the arrival of these businessmen gave an opportunity to solve this problem. How could we not take advantage of it?
Zhou Sheng saw that Hou Yao had not spoken for a long time, and the businessmen outside who were seeking to see him were impatiently waiting, so he asked:
"Cousin, those people outside have been here for a long time. Do you think you should go and meet them?"
Hou Yao shook his head:
"No, I'm going to take part in the Autumn Siege soon. It's easy to pass the exam. I'm afraid I'll be criticized by others if I go to deal with businessmen.
It's best for you to come forward in this matter. I'll tell you a charter. You can take note of it and let your younger siblings help you solve the follow-up matters."
Zhou Sheng got paper and pen, and then clearly recorded all the regulations mentioned by Hou Yao.
The more I remembered it, the more surprised I became. By the time I finished writing it, I was so surprised that I couldn’t open my mouth from ear to ear. No, it wasn’t just surprise, it was actually frightened.
No wonder Hou Yao refused to say it himself. If he became an official in the future and was investigated, he would be easily exposed.
"Cousin, are these the regulations? Then I will go talk to those people now..."
Hou Yao waved his hand and said:
"Don't worry, I have another thing to ask you. Do you know that my uncle went to my house and gave me two thousand taels of silver notes?"
Zhou Sheng saw that Hou Yao really asked about this matter, so he explained:
"We had never thought that the shop would be so profitable. My father was uneasy, so we opened a shop. Even the building was built with money from my cousin.
The 10% share was indeed too much, so my father took half of the share and gave it to my aunt.
This won't cause any trouble for my cousin, right?"
Hou Yao laughed loudly when he heard this and said:
"It's good that you think so. It's a good thing to know how to advance and retreat. Those who know how to measure will have good luck.
Okay, you are free to do what you want. If there is something urgent in the future, just discuss it with Xiu'er.
I don’t know how long it will take me to go to Qiuwei, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back.”
After saying that, he stood up and prepared to leave.
Zhou Sheng stood up in a hurry and said:
"Cousin, if you are not busy, can you go home?"
Hou Yao looked strange and said:
"Your family? What? My uncle has something to do with me?"
Zhou Sheng said with a strange expression:
"No..., it's not my father, it's... it's my brother. Ever since he came back from participating in a poetry meeting with you, his behavior has become weird.
Before, we just locked ourselves in the room and meditated on something, so we didn’t pay much attention.
But for some reason recently, his behavior has become more and more weird, and his dressing...
Alas, it’s hard to explain, cousin, see if you can help persuade him.”
Hou Yao secretly laughed in his heart, could it be that silly cousin who took his words seriously?
"Okay, I'll go see him."
"Thank you, cousin, please..."
…
When Hou Yao came to visit, Zhou Ming and his cousin Zhao didn't dare to neglect them. They rummaged through the boxes and brought out all the best things in the house to entertain him.
"Uncle, cousin, you don't need to be busy. I'm just here to see my cousin. Where is he? I just have to take a look."
Zhou Ming looked embarrassed and waited for a while before replying:
"He...he is in the study."
Hou Yao asked Yu Xiuer to chat with her cousin in the living room while he went to the study to find Zhou De.
In the inner courtyard of the study, one can hear Zhou De's irritating laughter from far away.
After a while hahaha...,
Hehehehe for a while...,
I don’t know what kind of shameful deeds Zhou De was doing inside.
Just hearing this laughter makes one's scalp numb,
I shook the goosebumps on my body and thought to myself: Bear with the evil you have done...
Then he knocked on the door hard:
"Cousin, are you there?"
An angry scream came from the room:
"Oh, my cousin is here. The Lun family is trying to find you."
After saying that, the door opened and Zhou De walked out.
I saw him wearing a floral women's dress, with rouge on his face, which was as red as a monkey's butt, and holding a scented towel in his hand.
If you go out like this, you will definitely be beaten to death.
Hou Yao was also dumbfounded:
"You..., you are..."
Zhou De took the scented towel and covered his nose:
"Cousin, isn't this the secret of poetry you taught the Lun family?"
Hou Yao said dumbfounded:
"There's no secret, I'm just telling you nonsense."
Zhou De looked surprised at first, but he realized it within two seconds, and then said sarcastically:
"Cousin, are you afraid that the Lun family will steal your title of 'Little Poetry Bone'? Hum, don't worry,
The Lun family doesn't care about the 'little poet', their target is the 'Poetry Immortal'."
Hou Yao was really surprised this time. He couldn't even write an ordinary poem. He didn't know where he got the confidence to compete with Li Shixian.
"Cousin, do you think my cousin cares about a name?
Anyway, whether you believe it or not, I just made a joke to you last time.
Don't take it too seriously, lest you worry uncle and the others."
Zhou De suddenly realized:
"Did your father and brother ask you to come?"
Hou Yao nodded:
"Yes, as entrusted by Brother Ling, they are worried about you..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhou De suddenly felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on:
"I knew..., I knew..., they are the stumbling blocks on my road to immortality.
You just can’t see me well, you can’t see me well..., hum, the Lun family will not give up easily,
Cousin, you will support the Lun family, right?"
After saying that, he rushed up and took Hou Yao's hand and started acting coquettishly.
Hou Yao was so disgusted that he almost vomited out his overnight meal, and he looked confused.
Resisting the urge to punch him down, she broke free from his hand and ran away:
"Cousin, if you have something to say, don't do anything. Your cousin-in-law is still waiting for me outside. Don't cause any misunderstanding."
Zhou De sighed lightly, then nodded and said:
"I understand, cousin, please read the new poems written by the Lun family first."
Then he ran back to the room and took out a piece of rice paper with a newly written poem on it.
Hou Yao took it over and took a look:
There is romance in the poet's writings, and a bit of resonance will last forever. I have also been idle all my life, and I talk to you about Cangzhou.
"Huo, this poem is really good. My cousin has become very fond of love recently."
Zhou De said with a proud face:
"My cousin said it wrong. It's not talent, it's passion. I got some advice from my cousin that day.
At first, the Lun family couldn't figure it out, but then they gradually figured it out. After they had the courage to change their clothes, they really had a flood of ideas.
I have written a lot of songs, please take a look, cousin."
As he said this, he wanted to hold Hou Yao's hand.
How could Hou Yao dare to let go of his hand? He hurriedly said:
"Well, your cousin-in-law must be impatient and will come see you another day when she has time."
After saying that, he ran away without looking back.
I muttered in my heart: This cousin is probably dead, I hope my uncle can hold on...
In the living room, I don’t know what Yu Xiuer was talking to her cousin, but she looked very happy.
Hou Yao came out and only said:
"Uncle, cousin, we are in a hurry to deal with it, so we have to leave first."
After saying that, he took Yu Xiuer's hand and walked out.
Zhou Ming also wanted to stay with them for dinner, but Hou Yao didn't dare to stay for long.
I have crippled someone else's son, who knows if they will seek revenge on me? If they poison their food, who will they talk to for explanation?
…
Hou Yao fled from the Zhou family like a bereaved dog.
Zhou Sheng also summoned businessmen to announce Hou Yao's charter.
Previously, there were not enough people on the island to spare many hands to make glass, and the output could not increase, so I planned to take the high-price route.
But now that we plan to recruit people on the island, we can expand our production capacity and make the market as large as possible.
"Don't worry, everyone. It's not easy to transport colored glaze. The cost price is about 50%.
As long as you sell according to the price we set, you are qualified to be a sales agent."
Zhou Sheng was stunned by the charter in his hand:
“Everyone can participate in this agency charter, the minimum threshold is 20% off, and two households of four are required.
You can bargain up to 50% off, and the more you offer, the greater the discount.
As for the agency price you can get, it depends on how many manpower you can provide."
It is not easy to find craftsmen for two families of four, even if they just introduce them to sign a labor contract with Liulicang.
However, the minimum signing period is five years, which discourages many people. There are not many businessmen who can achieve this goal.
"Boss Zhou, this is too difficult. Their wealthy businessmen should have no problem, but small businessmen like us will have a hard time."
"It doesn't matter. We have also considered this issue and have a compromise plan. Three untouchable households can support one craftsman household.
If you are a refugee, five households can support one household.
If a single refugee is young and strong, ten people can support one household.
If it is a woman or a child, twenty persons are required to cover one household."
When Zhou Tao said these words, the crowd immediately went crazy. Although these items are somewhat difficult, they are not impossible to achieve.
The best people to find are naturally refugees. Refugees do not have household registration and can usually only work as helpers in merchants' homes.
In order to make a profit from doing business, you have to move goods, so each of the big businessmen present will keep more than a dozen families of homeless people in captivity.
Small businessmen can also support several households, otherwise how can they not find people when they need to work?
These refugees are easy to persuade. Anyway, they have nothing. Some families don’t even have enough to eat.
As long as they have food to eat, they are happy to go anywhere.
It's a bit more difficult for untouchables. Generally, untouchable families have stable affairs and have enough food.
Most of the people in the city are errands or long-term workers for big families in the county.
In the countryside, most people are tenants of landlords. As long as they don't encounter natural or man-made disasters, they are basically stable.
There are hundreds of merchants present. As long as they want to get a low discount, they will definitely try their best to find someone.
The population problem of Starfish Island can be solved immediately...