Walking to another small stall, the officer read again:
"Gaoji Tailoring Shop is recruiting female workers. Our shop is Xing Guobo's official cooperative tailor shop. It is strong and has long-term custom-made clothing for farmers recruited by Xing Guobo. The income is stable. To recruit female workers, the requirements are between fifteen and fifty years old and skilled female workers.
Priority is given. The wages are based on a base salary plus piece-rate bonus. The base salary is 20 taels per month, and there is also piece-rate wages. The current average monthly income of tailors is 40 taels. Those who are interested should apply for the job at the Gaoji Tailoring Courtyard on Chengxi Street, Hsinchu."
Another job recruitment for more than 40 taels a month. It seems that in Taiwan, it is not difficult to earn 40 taels a month.
The officer leading the way looked at the excited farmers and said: "In Hsinchu, if you farm your uncle's land as a tenant, as long as you are more agile, you can harvest an average of 20 shi of rice into your own granary in a year. According to the current parity of grain prices.
The price in the store is two taels and five cents per stone, so this is fifty taels of silver."
"After all, the monthly income of a farmer in Hsinchu is more than 4 taels of silver. Therefore, when recruiting people in other industries, the monthly income must be higher than 4 taels of silver to recruit people."
It was already September of the 14th year of Chongzhen, and the price of grain in various parts of the Ming Dynasty had been maintained at a high level due to last year's military disaster. Li Zhi's affordable grain store adapted to the situation and changed the buying and selling price of grain to 225.
Qian Yishi. This change has greatly increased farmers' income.
Farmers in Taiwan are now considered well-off.
The officer leading the way said: "Of course, labor in Hsinchu is more expensive, and everything is transported by sea, so prices are also higher. Except for the price of food, which is the same as in Tianjin, other things are 30% more expensive than Tianjin, and silver is not that durable."
The farmers had no reaction when they heard the officer's words. These farmers have been living below the subsistence line, and their living expenses are basically food, and they have not developed various consumption habits. They secretly thought that it doesn't matter if things are 30% more expensive, as long as food is cheap,
You can raise more children. Just spend less on things other than food.
The officers smiled when they saw that the farmers had not yet realized the qualitative change in their lives after earning forty taels a month.
The officers read all the job advertisements on other stalls again. Speaking of which, there are many farmers in Hsinchu now, and there is an urgent need to develop supporting businesses and service industries. However, most of the farmers who came to Hsinchu by boat are willing to work in agriculture and do odd jobs in the city.
There are fewer people doing things, and there is a serious shortage of people in various positions in the city.
Every time the farmers heard about the salary of four taels a month, they would marvel, as if they could never recover from their surprise. However, after hearing from the officers that farming could earn more than four taels a month, only a very few people were interested in going to the city to do it.
matter.
The officer shook his head and continued to lead the new farmers forward.
At this time, paddy fields have been opened up on both sides of the road, and only thousands of hectares of fertile fields can be seen intertwined with roads. It is September, and the late rice seedlings have been planted. The fields are green and many farmers are busy working in the fields. Farmers in Tianjin
This is the first time for us to see paddy fields. We only know that paddy fields are highly productive and we will plant such paddy fields ourselves in the future. We are all very interested in seeing them.
The good life in the future will depend on this paddy field.
Along the flat road paved with gravel, the officers led the farmers through Hsinchu City. Although Hsinchu City has just been founded, it is already quite large. The four gates are four stories high, with wide door openings built below. The siege of the city
The eight-mile-long earthen city wall has been repaired, and all cross roads in the city are paved with bluestone slabs. Like Fanjiazhuang, there are drainage ditches on both sides of the roads in Hsinchu City, and there is a trash can every two hundred steps on the road.
Compared with the messy county towns in Tianjin, Hsinchu City is much cleaner and tidier. Walking on the clean and wide roads, Yao Minle felt like he was walking in a paradise.
In the center of the city, there was a majestic and dignified "Xingguo Bo's Mansion". The two large stone lions at the door were taller than one person. The officer told the farmers that the place to do business was not here, and that the place to go to the government for business was the "General Office" in the south of the city. Mr. Zheng
Sitting there. This Xingguobo Mansion is the residence of Xingguobo.
At this time, Hsinchu City had just been built, and there were not many shops in the city. What was more lively was the affordable grain store in the middle of the city. Farmers who had harvested early rice came here pushing large carts and small carts of rice to sell. The farmers who sold out the grain got money.
I was happily looking for something to buy in the city. Therefore, the shops on both sides of the cheap grain store were doing very well.
Yao Minle looked at the small shops on both sides of the cheap grain store and saw that there were butchers selling meat, tea, tobacco, shochu and rice wine, and even children's toys. These shops at this time
The capital is bustling with people, and the gate is full of farmers who have harvested a good harvest and have money in their pockets.
Yao Minle secretly sighed, sighing that the farmers in Taiwan are really rich.
After passing through Hsinchu City, the farmers walked into the temporary resettlement site. The resettlement sites were several large yards built on small hills, with rows of brick houses built inside. Yao Minle held his daughter-in-law with his left hand and held her with his right hand.
Holding her daughter in her arms, she smiled happily as soon as she walked into the resettlement site.
Look at the sturdy house, the rows of wooden bunk beds in the house, and the complete set of sheets, pillows and other items on the bed. This is simply the life of a master. This is just a "temporary" settlement.
Then if you officially settle down in the future, what kind of good life will you live?
After the officers brought one hundred farmers into the resettlement site, they began to allocate rooms and beds to them. In the resettlement site, sixteen people shared a room, husband and wife were separated, and men and women were placed in different yards.
The first thing after assigning a bed is to take a shower.
The peasants were taken to the large bathhouse by the officers. As soon as Yao Minle entered, he was startled by the mist-filled bathhouse. He took a closer look and found that there was a large pool built in the bathhouse, which was filled with warm water.
Water vapor was exuding outside. Dozens of men were scrubbing themselves in the bathhouse.
The officer gave each farmer a piece of soap, briefly explained how to use it, and then asked the farmer to take off his tattered old clothes.
The old clothes were thrown into a big basket. Yao Minle asked the officer what to do with the old clothes? The officer replied: "Burn them!"
Yao Minle sighed secretly and jumped into the bathhouse to take a clean bath.
After taking a shower and walking out of the bath, Yao Minle had just wiped himself clean when he saw a clerk walking in with a large basket of new clothes. The clerk walked up to Yao Minle and asked, "How tall?"
"Five feet two inches."
The clerk pulled out two sets of brand-new coats from the basket, and stuffed two sets of brand-new cotton round collars into Yao Minle's hands, saying, "Pack them away!"
Are you going to give out new clothes now?
Yao Minle grabbed the new clothes in his hand and couldn't restrain a smile on his face.
