Just like the recruitment of part-time workers when building granaries, the morning after the recruitment notice was posted, people lined up to apply.
The castle is also recruiting people, and they will not be unfairly treated in terms of wages. What's more, this time they are recruiting long-term workers, so there are more people than last time. Werther counted twenty-five people, both men and women, who came this time. Most of them were
I had applied for a job as a day laborer building a granary before.
Werther had already asked Wile to set up a small table with pens and paper in front of the castle.
"It's still autumn, and it's not quite the slack time for farming. What's more, the soil in Daybreak Town is fertile, and you can now plant some crops specially planted in autumn. Why do so many people come every time the castle recruits?" Witte asked doubtfully.
, “Are there so many people without jobs?”
"Alas." Ivan sighed, "Although Your Highness has solved the problem on the farm, this year's harvest has been destroyed before Your Highness took action. Many places have no harvest. The real solution to the problem of food can only be achieved during next autumn harvest."
The problem. In addition, Dawn Town is already poor, so it is not surprising that there are so many people applying for long-term workers."
It seems that the situation will not ease until next year.
Witte looked at the sallow and thin people in front of him, and couldn't bear to let twenty of them return disappointed and continue to live a life of one meal without another. What's more, if he accepted all of them, he would also be detrimental to his own reputation.
Advantageous. In the process of confronting Duke Dark, the reputation of a lord is also very important.
Werther said to Wile, Lina and Ivan who were beside him: "It is better to take them all as long-term workers in the castle. The number of people recruited to cultivate the land and grow crops is still ten. Once hired, they will start working immediately. The remaining people can stay.
If you are on the waiting list, you will not be given a job for the time being. When those workshops start working, we will arrange for them to come to help one after another."
"But Your Highness, this is not good." Wile said, "You see, they are all people who are in urgent need of money. If you keep them waiting, they may have to starve for a while."
Witte thought for a while, and what Wile said made sense. If he followed his thoughts just now, he would still disappoint some people, which would not be conducive to the establishment of his reputation.
"That's great. If they have spare time, they can come to the castle to work, so that we can help them solve their problems." Witte said.
Wile asked doubtfully: "Your Highness, what if too many people come to work? You see, if we start plowing now, all of these twenty-five people may come."
"Then let as many people come as possible to finish the work, which can just speed up the progress." Witte just said, "Let these twenty-five people work together to till the land and sow the seeds. I will check every day and wait until
When the crops sprout, I feel free to leave five people to take care of the land. The remaining twenty people will go with me to arrange the workshop."
"This arrangement is very good, Your Highness," Wile said. "It can solve the urgent needs of the people and at the same time allow His Highness's plan to proceed step by step."
"Well, but this means we need to ensure that we arrange the work of the long-term workers well and there will be no mistakes. Lina and Wile will do the job of managing the long-term workers. As for Ivan, he will help take care of the castle staff and long-term workers.
My physical condition is, after all, winter is coming soon, and it is easy to catch wind chill due to the cold weather."
Lina, Wile and Ivan agreed with Werther's suggestion.
"Okay, now let's start the registration work
.”
Next, Linna and Wile started the registration work.
Werther observed the people who came to apply for jobs and found that they were all wearing burlap clothes and some of their shoes were worn out. It seemed that the decrease in harvests over the years and the double taxes imposed by the nobles had made the people overwhelmed.
Based on the work that has been done so far, Witte is convinced that Daybreak Town will get better next year, but it will not become rich and prosperous soon. It seems that after the garlic and onions sprout, they will start to put forward the workshop.
Schedule.
Werther noticed that some of the crowd were elderly people and children. Among them was an old man who was in ragged clothes and skinny, but looked energetic. However, Werther could tell that the old man's complexion was very poor, but he was relying on his inner hope.
Just support yourself and continue to live tenaciously.
Werther couldn't help but walked over to the old man and asked: "Sir, how is the harvest in your field lately?"
When the old man saw Werther approaching him, he was surprised and a little flustered. He didn't even know how to place his hands. He hesitated for a while and then said: "Your Highness, I don't have any land. I have been helping others in workshops and shops since I was a child, or doing odd jobs in workshops.
Help people go to neighboring towns to sell some goods to support themselves."
"What if I don't find any work?" Werther continued.
"Then we can only dig some sweet potatoes to satisfy our hunger." The old man said, taking out a piece of dry sweet potato from his pocket. "Your Highness, you see, this is the sweet potato I ate yesterday, and I am going to use it as today's lunch."
The piece of sweet potato had lost most of its water content and looked very unpalatable. Compared with the soft, glutinous and sweet sweet potatoes I had eaten in modern times, it was simply unpalatable.
The old man looked very optimistic, holding the piece of sweet potato as if he was hiding a treasure, and couldn't wait to eat it.
It turns out that there are still people living in such poverty in Daybreak Town, Werther thought, in this case, I have to speed up the management plan. This is my responsibility as a lord.
"Your Highness." The old man looked at Werther with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, "I just heard that His Highness is going to keep all of us who applied for jobs today. Is that true?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are you really a permanent employee? Can I work for you for a long time?"
"That's right." Werther said gently.
"Your Highness is such a good lord. I won't have to worry about it for a long time to come."
The old man looked very happy, saluted to Werther, and continued to line up.
Witte thought to himself that there should be many people like this old man in Daybreak Town, helping people with farming and doing chores. If they were lucky, they could barely fill their stomachs, but if there was a drought or other situations, they would have to dig wild vegetables to survive.
It's day.
He walked to the front of the team and said to his assistants: "It looks like we need to cultivate more fields."
"How much area should be increased?" Lina asked.
"Add ten more acres of land. As for the wages of the people, they are still twenty silver coins per person per month. After the seeds sprout, only five people are left to continue farming."
"Well, I get it." Lina said.
After a while, the subject's information was registered.
Linna handed the recorded information about the people to Witte.
Wile also handed a piece of paper to Werther: "Your Highness, just now Linna and I registered the basic information of these people.
information, and at the same time I have sorted out the information for you to review."
Witte carefully looked at the information compiled by Wile, which read: Among these twenty-five people, there are twenty-five human beings.
"Uh, Wile, is this how you tidy it up?" Werther looked at Wile helplessly, "What's the difference between you tidying it up and not tidying it up?"
"Your Highness." Wile scratched the back of his head and said, "At least you know that these twenty-five are all humans, and there are no elves or other races."
"I can see this even if you don't tell me!" Werther was about to burst into tears, "I'd better read what you recorded myself."
Witte carefully looked at the information about these people. Some came to work because there was no harvest this year, some had been doing chores in small workshops for a long time, and some came out to support their families at a young age.
He thought to himself, I must complete the plan this time, improve the current situation of Dawn Town, let my people live a good life, and show my father that the Dawn Town I govern now is not the same as the Duke of Dark's power back then.
What is the difference between Dawn Town under the control of the people? I must run my town well and extinguish Duke Dark's arrogance step by step.
While thinking about these things, Werther clenched his fists. Although he was just starting out, he already had the desire to defeat Duke Dark, and his momentum was already like that of a lord.
Lina seemed to be aware of his mentality and tried to cheer him up, so she lifted the sun hat slightly and whispered in his ear: "Witt, don't worry, whether it's managing Daybreak Town or dealing with Dark,
Anyone on the Duke’s side, I will always be by your side.”
Hearing the comfort and encouragement from the person he liked, Werther felt much relieved. He looked at Lina with a smile: "Thank you, Lina. I am so lucky to have met you."
Lina looked at Werther with a smile, her eyes shining like emeralds, and Werther almost fell in love with her moving eyes.
However, he knew that he couldn't indulge in it after all, and he had more important things to do.
Next, Werther stood in front of his people, took a deep breath, and announced loudly to these new stewards: "Now everyone is the steward of the castle, and you must obey my orders. And I usually let my servants
Lina and Wile will convey my notice. Lina and Wile will take you to farm in a while and explain to you the future work arrangements and wage payment issues.
Also, if you feel uncomfortable in any way, you can ask Ivan, the castle’s doctor, for help.”
Excited chatter began to appear in the crowd, and it seemed that everyone was satisfied with Werther's decision.
Werther thought about the issue of taxation again. Although the king has not yet issued an official order, Dawn Town has regained its lord. Maybe taxes will be levied on the people next month. I hope everyone can survive with twenty silver coins.
Their lives.
"Your Highness, are you going to take the long-term workers to plow the fields next?" Wile asked.
"Okay, let's start work today." Witte's eyes suddenly became profound at this time, "Our planting plan must start as soon as possible, otherwise it is easy to miss the suitable planting time, causing the plan to be delayed."
"Your Highness, should we expand the farm to the east or west?"
"Let those who are familiar with the farm find a suitable position. I will go with you this time."