I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 668, dispatch workers
This city can be regarded as Cao Cao's proud work. After arriving at Crab Island, these nobles escaped unharmed, but when they thought that they could only live on this small Crab Island in the future, their hearts were completely dissipated. , People are also decadent. These powerful patriarchs and their clansmen occupy a small life on this crab island and trap themselves in a small world. It can be said that they are extremely frustrated.

This is unacceptable to Cao Cao. Now his base is all people from the aristocratic family. If they become decadent, his power will definitely decline.If you want to be decadent, at least you have to wait for him to build the crab island.

But Cao Cao had no good way to cheer up these people. In the end, Xun Yu thought of a way, which was to gather the power of all the families on the island and build a new city following the pattern of Luoyang City to show that they The big man did not perish completely, so as to cheer up the spirit of the army.

Originally, Cao Cao didn't think that those from the powerful families would pay attention to this, but he never expected that Xun Yu's proposal would be recognized by all the powerful families on the island. For the direct descendants of these powerful families, most of the life The time is spent in Luoyang, Luoyang City is their real home!

Now that Luoyang City in the Central Plains can’t go back, it’s good to build a Luoyang City on Crab Island to leave a thought, so the nobles who fled to the island concentrated all their strength to build this city, and it took a few years to build it. , Now it has a three-point appearance of Luoyang City.

Cao Cao and the others named this city built in imitation of Luoyang City as Luojing!

Liu He followed Cao Cao all the way on the land of Luojing.Looking back and recalling, I found that this place is no different from the original Luoyang. You must know that Liu He also studied in Luoyang and stayed for more than ten years. Later, the official residence servant also stayed in Luoyang City. I have been living in Luoyang all my life.The feelings for Luoyang are extremely deep.

It's a pity that the big man's world is over now, he can only suppress his feelings in his heart, and today he saw this city that is almost exactly the same as Luoyang City, even the mansions of each family are the same, only a few Instead, he said to Cao Cao: "Sure enough, it is somewhat similar to the original Luoyang City, but it's a pity that the prosperity is gone!"

Cao Cao showed a wry smile and said, "It's just a thought!"

Then he approached Liu He and whispered: "This can be regarded as leaving a spark, so that the inheritance of the big man can continue!"

Liu He was speechless, Cao Cao could say such a thing, but Liu He, a senior official, could not say such a thing!
"From this point of view, I am not as good as Xuande. I gave up early. Getting Luo Jing now is just for the sake of retirement. This city is probably the only thing I can do for the rest of my life, but Xuande is still there. Work hard for the big man, even if you are trapped in the wild!"

Xu Wei was trying to increase the output of steam engines, but Liu Bei did nothing. After he led his subordinates to escape to Jiaozhou, he was squeezed out by the local tyrants in Jiaozhou. Continuing to fight with Dagan, they want to make a deal with Dagan with Jiaozhou and keep their property.

Under such circumstances, I naturally don't want Liu Bei to stay in Jiaozhou. What if Liu Bei brings Lei Gong over?At that time, they will have no bargaining chips if they want to trade.

And Liu Bei was not polite to them, although he only had more than 2 remnants and defeated generals.But after all, they have experienced wars, and although Shibian and these people have more than 5 military and private soldiers, they have never fought at all. Where is the opponent of the veterans who have gone through the Central Plains War? Liu Bei defeated!

The seven counties of Jiaozhou were occupied by Liu Bei in this way. Of course, Liu Bei was not having a good time. These elites and nobles were local snakes. Field battles were not Liu Bei’s opponents, but Liu Bei could still do it by relying on geographical advantages. The current Jiaozhou is a copy of a small group of separatist regimes. And the Dagan side is also trying to find ways to support the tyrants in Jiaozhou, and wants to wait for them to fight cleanly before taking over Jiaozhou!
And Cao Cao admired Liu Bei for being able to fight with the whole army after knowing that Liu Bei was defeated for thousands of miles!
The two walked all the way to Luo Jing's mansion, and after the host and guest were separated, Liu He was followed by two colleagues, and Cao Cao also came to accompany Xun Yu and Guo Jia!

Liu He said solemnly to Cao Cao: "We have agreed to your proposal. We plan to recruit 1 dispatched laborers on Crab Island to solve the labor shortage problem in Youzhou! You can call people now, and you will go to Youzhou in June. Quanzhou County Wharf, and then join the summer harvest, the employment time is tentatively set for one year!"

Cao Cao and Guo Jia had smiles on their faces after hearing this. They didn't expect this matter to be so easy.

Xun Yu said, "I don't know how many months these dispatched workers are?"

Liu Hedao: "According to the efficiency of the savages over there in Dagan, your dispatch workers are temporarily set at 500 yuan a month!"

Guo Jia frowned and said: "It's low! According to Jia's understanding, the workers who carry bags at the wharf where you work can earn more than 1000 yuan a month, but our dispatch workers here are only half of it. Is this price correct?" too low?"

"This is high enough. It's not that we haven't hired savages to do things. According to the experience of Yizhou, savages are lax, lazy, and often make mistakes. What three people can do is not as good as a big man's people. They are efficient, and they can only do some simple manual work. To put it bluntly, the efficiency of the savages you brought in is not even as good as that of some big animals, and 500 yuan a month is already considered high." Foreign Secretary Cao Official Chen Aihua said firmly

Xun Yu immediately explained: "There are no savages here on Crab Island, as early as 5 years ago, and some are ordinary people. These people have been trained by us for many years and have mastered various farming skills. I can also do some simple carpentry, I can guarantee that the work efficiency of these people will definitely not be lower than that of a Han commoner."

It has all been reduced to selling labor. Of course Cao Cao and the others want to sell it for a good price. 500 yuan a month, which is not bad if it was before Dahan, but for Dagan who lacks labor force now, the minimum wage standard is already thousands, and this price is really too low.

Of course, for Cao Cao and the others, they can earn 500 yuan, 500 million yuan a month, and 6000 million yuan a year. Such a huge amount of foreign exchange is enough to solve most of the problems of Crab Island. At least they have the money to buy big guns. With the advanced machines, you can buy tens of thousands of cows. Cows are more efficient than people. The labor force here is not reduced but increased!

But if they can get more, why don’t they fight for it? Now if they have an extra 10 yuan, they will earn an extra 10 yuan. If the number of dispatched workers expands to 10 in the future, they will have an extra million yuan. This is a number that can do many things.

"It's not up to you to decide this matter. It's a buyer's market now, and it's up to us to decide." Li Aimin, Cao official of the Foreign Affairs Department, said.

This made Cao Cao's face look ugly, thinking that they were all-powerful figures back then, and now they were belittled by a small official with a few hundred stones, Cao Cao even wanted to walk away, but he thought about it and held back.

Li Aimin continued: "This is not that we are bullying you, but that we are stating the facts. If there are other choices, we will not hire you dispatch workers, because you have no idea what weird things they will do, and what will they do?" What kind of mistakes are made, this kind of thing happens too much in our work, and we have to spend a lot of money to train them!"

Guo Jia said: "We have already trained, and even the dispatch workers in this area can speak some simple Chinese. It is completely different from the savages you captured!"

Liu He said: "Brother Mengde, even if you have trained these common people and let them understand some common sense, the common people here are all a little over five feet tall. My twelve or thirteen-year-old children are only this tall. That's all. Height, brother Mengde, you said that their work efficiency is the same as that of my rich people, do you think this is possible?"

Don't look at Liu He as a literati, but he is an eight-foot Hebei man.When I walked past Luojing just now, I was walking like a giant like ordinary people of five or six feet.

Cao Cao said this with embarrassment on his face. Cao Cao is already relatively short among the big Han people, but he is still a little giant when he comes to Crab Island.From here, it can be seen that the people of Crab Island are very short!
As for the children of Dagan, although most people can’t drink milk and eat beef every day, they can also taste it occasionally, and thanks to the low price of Dagan’s food, children have rarely been hungry these years Yes, I can eat enough to eat well. Over the years, the height and weight of Dagan children have continued to grow like blowing up balloons.

The later the child born in Dagan, the taller he is, and the height of many children has surpassed his father.So Liu He said that the 13-year-old children in Dagan are taller than ordinary people here, it is really not nonsense.

Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Why don't we just look at the actual effect? ​​If this group of people can't meet your requirements, we will calculate it at 500 yuan a month, and even reduce their salary. But if it exceeds your requirements, we will I won’t change the salary anymore, I just ask you to give me some bonuses, I believe you will keep your word.”

Liu He, Li Aimin and Chen Aihua nodded to each other in agreement!

At this time Xun Yu said: "I want to use the first month's salary of these dispatch workers to buy some cattle and sheep, iron farm tools, and the new steam engine that you have worked on. If possible, I would also like to buy one."

Li Aimin frowned and said, "We can't do the things you want to do. We do a lot to explain the fair trade. Those dispatch workers help us do things. The monthly salary we pay is for them, not for you.

Another thing I want to tell you is that there are no slaves in Dagan. Even those savages bought or captured by us are not slaves, but ordinary people. We will still do what they do. paid for. "

What Li Aimin said disappointed Cao Cao and the others. They dispatched 1 workers to Dagan to work in order to earn foreign exchange, not to make these 1 people rich. These 1 people were sent out.

At this time, Guo Jia immediately said: "We also agree with this point, your monthly salary can be sent to them themselves!"

After no problem, Cao Cao signed an agreement with them to dispatch workers.This task is considered to be completed, and Liu and the others will leave.

At this time, only Cao Cao, Xun Yu and Guo Jia were left in the hall.

Cao Cao said angrily, "Feng Xiao, why do you agree to the request of the big cadres? If we can't get cadres from the dispatched workers, this is not giving them labor for nothing."

Guo Jia said with a smile: "My lord, as long as they can make money, we won't have much trouble collecting them. We can find a way to collect some fees. After all, we are the ones who decide who to send to do big things. As the owner of the dispatch workers, it is not too much to ask for half of their monthly salary. We can also sell the land of our Crab Island to them for the rest. As long as their families are in our hands, we will always have a way to get their money back. come here.

It was only then that Cao Cao realized that most of the crab land was abandoned except for a few reclaimed areas. If they were to be sold to dispatch workers, they would be able to return a lot of money.

Xun Yu said worriedly: "Dagan's takeaway is fair, but we are here to find a way to get their money. If things go on like this, the subordinates are worried that these dispatch workers will be on the side of Dagan, and they will stay in Dagan directly. , we have lost both talents!"

Cao Cao said firmly: "Yes, Wen Ruo, when you send them, you must find a way to send the kind of people whose families are all here, and you must not send that kind of bachelors, as long as their families are here. The old man didn't believe they still had the guts to escape.

Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "Wen Ruo reminded me that Lei Gong has always loved the people, we can't do it so nakedly, at least we can't use such a blatant method to take away the money from the people. Our dispatch workers can't do it any longer.

We have to find a way to keep the money from the dispatch workers on Crab Island. The lord can be more generous. We don't necessarily have to buy [-] cattle ourselves!The same is true for our people's purchases, and they can only be used on our crab island. "

"We have to arrange officials to manage these dispatch workers and guide them to buy the things we need on Crab Island. As long as these things are on the island, if they have a piece of land on the island, should they also buy farming tools and so on? If they buy these things, they must give them to their families to reclaim the land, so it is equivalent to owning them ourselves!"

Cao Cao frowned. According to his inner thoughts, these are his own serfs. It is their luck to feed them. Now they are allowed to own their own land and property, which makes Cao Cao feel that he is at a big loss. But to make a deal with Dagan, the bottom line is not easy to set too low!
(End of this chapter)