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"Squires and elders, everyone must have inquired about my background. During this period of tenure, I will be the parent officer of Rong County, and I still need your help." Qin Hao bowed his hands to everyone, which is enough for these places. Nouveau riche face.

The gentry and elders present also knew that, as the future heir of the Qin family, Qin Hao was here to make political achievements and would not stay in Rong County for a long time, so there was no need to make things difficult for him.

"County Chief Qin is being polite. If there is anything I need to wait for, just tell me." A thin, even slightly hunched old man bowed slightly.

Seeing this, the rest of the country gentry and elders also echoed.

Qin Hao took a deep look at the hunchbacked old man. This person is the head of the Tao family in Rong County, and the Tao family is the most populous and powerful force among these families in Rong County.

"Then thank you all." Qin Hao calmly exchanged cups with these local tyrants, without directly throwing out the intention of cooperation.

At the end of the banquet, when the head of the Tao family was about to get in the carriage to go home, a servant suddenly stopped the carriage at the intersection.

"Master Tao, our adults are here to invite you."

Mrs. Tao was still drunk, startled slightly, and then came to his senses. The only person in Rong County who can be called an adult is Qin Hao. It is obviously not that simple for the other party to quietly stay behind after the banquet.

For children from a family like Qin Hao, Old Master Tao didn't take it very seriously at first. At least most of the children from aristocratic families he had met were good-looking. Hao is a warrior, he can only go to battle, but he can't govern the place at all.

However, after getting in touch with him today, I realized that this young man is not simple, he does not have the arrogance of a general or the arrogance of a son of a family, and he has won the favor of the rich and powerful families in Rong County with just a banquet.

Back at the county government office, Qin Hao was already waiting in the front hall: "Old Master Tao, drink a cup of hangover tea first."

"Thank you, Master Qin." Old Master Tao cupped his hands respectfully.

After drinking the hangover tea, Qin Hao said solemnly: "Old Master Tao must be more aware of the situation in Rong County than I am. Herdsman, I have the cheek to ask Mrs. Tao to help me."

When the old master Tao heard that Qin Hao wanted him to pay, he hesitated: "This little old man is ashamed to say it."

Qin Hao pressed old master Tao's hand with a smile and said, "I have a lot of money in my family, and I plan to build a kiln factory in Rong County to specialize in firing porcelain. It needs a large area of ​​land and manpower, so please don't refuse, old master Tao."

When he heard that he didn't need to pay for it himself, Old Master Tao breathed a sigh of relief: "The Tao family has some land in their hands. Since it is to make a living for the local people, the Tao family is naturally obliged to do so. It's just this manpower."

The reason why Qin Hao entrusted the Tao family with recruiting staff was that he had just taken office and had no prestige, and was not as influential as the local tycoons.

The main reason why Mrs. Tao is unwilling to help Qin Hao recruit people is because the kiln factory has been a place to eat people since ancient times. It is hard and tiring, and life-threatening. For those from the village, the Tao family will still hang out in Rong County in the future. This kind of infamy cannot be recited.

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Hao understood Mr. Tao's concerns, and couldn't help being a little funny. Did Mr. Tao treat him as a black kiln factory?
"Old Master Tao misunderstood. The Qin family will never engage in activities that oppress the people and disregard human lives. But anyone who comes to work in the kiln will be given [-] yuan a month, including two meals, and I don't want the land for nothing. I will buy the pottery at the market price. Just sell the piece of wasteland near the Minjiang River to this official."

Mrs. Tao was stunned when he heard it. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the currency in circulation was five baht. According to the price at that time, corn (millet) = stone/220 yuan, and one stone was about 27 catties. Five hundred yuan a month was enough to buy two yuan. Stone corn is enough food for a family of four for a month, and there is still a surplus.

Moreover, ordinary people would not buy corn, and replaced it with cheaper wheat, which could last two months if they saved some food. This was definitely a high salary in the Han Dynasty.

"Master Qin is serious?" Old Master Tao asked in surprise.

Qin Hao said with a smile: "I don't have the time to keep Mrs. Tao in the middle of the night to tell jokes."

"That's it, that's it." The old master Tao echoed, thinking in his heart, after returning home, he would mobilize the peasants of the Tao family to work in the kiln factory, and they could get five hundred dollars a month. Offer it as a god?

"Lord Qin, how many people does this kiln factory need?" Old Master Tao asked again.

Qin Hao knocked on the table: "In the early stage, we need to build a kiln factory. It is almost enough to have 500 people. After the kiln factory starts construction, we will recruit more."

Old Mrs. Tao’s jaw was so shocked that he thought that a hundred and eighty people would be enough for a kiln to be built, but Qin Hao asked for three to five hundred people. How big is the kiln?

"Here, aren't there too many people?" Mrs. Tao thought Qin Hao didn't understand engineering.

Qin Hao waved his hands and said, "Not too many, not too many, one kiln factory is far from enough, and the second and third factories will be built in the future. I am afraid that even if all the people in the county go to work in the kiln factory, it will not be enough."

Old Master Tao subconsciously felt that Qin Hao was bragging. If all the people in the county went to the kiln factory, who would farm the land?What's more, although Rong County is not a big county, it has a population of [-] households. With so many people working in the kiln factory, how big is the kiln factory?

But regardless of whether Qin Hao was bragging or not, after Mrs. Tao returned, he still gathered the backbone of the family and informed them to recruit people.

Similar to old master Tao's suspicion at the beginning, everyone in the Tao family doubted whether Qin Hao's five hundred yuan salary was an exaggeration.

Old Mrs. Tao's cane was stuck on the ground: "Since you don't believe it, then give the quota to outsiders, but when the time comes, you don't have to regret it."

The members of the Tao family finally decided to give up half of the places, and half to the needy families in the family. Anyway, they have no better way out, so they might as well try their luck.

The newly opened kiln factory, the salary of [-] yuan, and the two key words quickly spread throughout Rong County. At first, everyone thought it was a joke. The kiln factory has always been notoriously black, can they pay such high wages?

However, as the Tao family began to recruit personnel, after seeing that many people from the Tao family also signed up, some poor people who were too poor to survive also started to sign up.

However, most people are still waiting and watching, and there are also many local tyrants waiting to see the jokes of Qin Hao, the new county magistrate.

Qin Hao has not been idle during this period of time, and took the Qin family's stewards, craftsmen, and Cheng Shaoshang to survey and plan the site of the kiln.

Cheng Shaoshang seemed very excited. Her biggest hobby was building these buildings. Unfortunately, she could only make small things like tables, chairs, benches, and swings before.

Now I can have the opportunity to participate in the design of such a large-scale building, which I dare not even think about before.

In fact, the stewards and craftsmen were very surprised when they saw Cheng Shaoshang appearing on the construction site at first. They thought Qin Hao was just taking Cheng Shaoshang to relax, but the blueprints drawn by Cheng Shaoshang surprised many old craftsmen. It was only then that I realized that this young lady was genuine.

"Husband, why do you want to build such an arched structural support on it? Isn't a flat surface more convenient?" Cheng Shaoshang asked curiously.

Qin Hao explained with a smile: "Although the arched structure is a bit troublesome to build, it is durable enough and relatively simple to maintain. It is also good for heat conduction. What we fire is porcelain, not pottery, and the temperature requirements are even higher. High, such an arched design can reduce part of the fuel consumption."

Although Cheng Shaoshang didn't know much about the principle of heat conduction, he could roughly understand what it meant, and carefully recorded what Qin Hao said.

After putting down the brush, Cheng Shaoshang asked Qin Hao worriedly: "Nowadays, lacquerware is used all over the court. Can this porcelain really sell well?"

Before the Han Dynasty, most of the bronze wares were used, but because the refining of bronze wares was difficult and costly, it was only popular among the nobles.

After the Han Dynasty, because bronze ware was too bulky and easy to rust, many nobles also began to abandon bronze ware and switch to more gorgeous and lightweight lacquer ware.

The so-called lacquerware is actually made of wood and pillars, carved and shaped, and then painted with various colors of lacquer. Not only is the color beautiful, but it is also more gorgeous.

However, the cost of lacquerware is also very high. Ancient lacquer is different from the industrial products used by later generations. It is made of collected natural resin and then added pigments to it. Only the nobles can afford it.

Qin Hao is not worried about this at all. Compared with lacquerware, ceramics have many advantages, that is, they can be fired in large batches. A lacquerer may not be able to make several sets of lacquerware in a month, but ceramics can be produced continuously. After firing, there are thousands of finished products in one furnace.

In fact, there was also porcelain in the Han Dynasty, but the production technology was relatively backward, and the fired porcelain was more inclined to pottery.

Qin Hao believes that the low-priced and exquisite porcelain produced by a sound industrial system will surely replace pottery and lacquerware and quickly occupy the mainstream market.

Even exporting to some countries such as the Western Regions and overseas in advance, the demand will be so huge that a single Rong County will not be able to supply it.

Of course, all of this is still on paper. The next thing Qin Hao has to do is to build a kiln factory, and at the same time take advantage of the waterway near Rong County to sell these porcelains to every corner of the Eastern Han Empire.

In the early stage, Mrs. Tao recruited more than 300 villagers to work in the kiln factory. At first, everyone was skeptical about the wages, but when the lunch was served, everyone was dumbfounded.

Huge steamed buns with wild vegetables and egg soup with wild vegetables were lying there quietly. The cook of the Qin family knocked on the wooden barrel and shouted arrogantly: "Everyone is lined up, line up one by one, and each person is two big. Steamed buns, a bowl of egg soup, everyone has a share, what about you, line up and don’t be crowded!"

Tian Laolan stood in the middle of the line with his back arched. There were already more than 30 people in front of him. He licked his dry lips. Seeing the tall stack of steamed buns just disappear, he was very anxious, afraid that he would lose them all when he arrived. .

He began to try to count, but he had never studied, and he couldn't even write his own name, let alone count, so he could only suppress the hope in his heart and watch the team move forward little by little.

However, something that made him desperate still happened. When the pile of steamed buns arrived in front of him, it was still gone, and the big wooden bucket of wild vegetable and egg soup had already bottomed out.

Just when Tian Laolan was disappointed and felt that he might have missed the only big meal in his life, he saw that the guy asked someone to bring up a big pile of steamed buns, and even a big bucket of wild vegetable and egg soup.

Old Tian didn't know where to put his excited hands, the cook said angrily when he saw him standing there in a daze and didn't step forward.

"What are you doing? Don't hurry up. You'll be waiting later. If you don't eat, there will be nothing left."

The people behind also said impatiently: "That's right, we will eat if you don't eat."

Tian Laolan then walked forward with a smile on his face, nodding and bowing. The big steamed bun was bigger than his fist. It was the first time he had seen such a big steamed bun. He took a bowl of wild vegetable and egg soup. He narrowed his eyes drunkenly.

No one laughed at Tian Laolan, because most of them were like him. It might be the first time in their life that they had eaten such big steamed buns and drank egg soup. For the ordinary people who plan to eat, eggs are an important commodity. They are reserved for their wives to confine themselves, or they are used to exchange coarse cloth in the market. How can they be willing to eat them by themselves?

Being able to taste egg soup is already like celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Tian Laolan found a hard clod, he didn't care if it was clean, he just sat down, then carefully took out a wild vegetable steamed bun from his arms, and carefully took a bite.

He bites very carefully, only biting a little bit of the skin, such a precious food, he has to savor it carefully, for fear that after a few bites, he will never be able to eat it again in this life, now eat slowly, remember this taste, Maybe he can brag with his children in the future, if he can still find a wife in his life.

At this moment, Tian Laolan suddenly saw a commotion in front of him, and his nature of joining in the fun made him follow, but he found that there were people fighting over wild vegetable steamed buns.

The leader, Tian Laolan, knew them. They were the three brothers of the bully Tao family from his same village. Although they were only offshoots of the Tao surname, they often bullied the villagers because of the large number of brothers in the family, so he was often bullied.

The three Tao brothers went into battle together, beating the other two men helplessly, while the two men could only hug their heads and curl up in a ball, allowing them to punch and kick.

"Hand over the steamed buns quickly, you bitch, if you don't beat you up, you won't know how powerful my three brothers from the Tao family are!" Boss Tao laughed loudly, and even stepped on a man's head with his foot.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout: "Stop!"

On the dusty construction site, a group of guards in full body armor came. The leader was very young, but he was imposing and imposing. Head, it was the first time in his life that he saw such a beautiful lady, such a noble person, he could not look directly at her.

"Master Qin."

"County Qin!"

Tian Laoji was slightly surprised when he heard someone calling the young county magistrate. This is the new magistrate of Rong County?

Although the three brothers of the Tao family were arrogant, they knelt down knowingly when they saw the county master.

Qin Hao glanced at the three of them, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"My lord, the three younger ones are from the Tao family village." Boss Tao said flatteringly.

Qin Hao snorted: "So, you are from the Tao family?"

"My lord, the younger one is a side branch of the Tao family. Today's old master Tao and his family ancestor are cousins." Boss Tao is still a little proud. Look, the new county magistrate wants to sell the Tao family's face.

However, Qin Hao yelled directly: "Take it!"

The three knives were placed on the three brothers of the Tao family like this, and the onlookers were so frightened that they fell to their knees.

Qin Hao shouted loudly: "Since this county is the head of this county, if there is any illegal thing under the jurisdiction of Rong County, this county will punish it severely according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, no matter how deep his background is or how well-connected the people behind him are." How tough, before I took office in this county, I was a general on horseback, and I was named a Marquis of Guannei by virtue of my military achievements. If you don’t believe me, you can try your necks to see if your necks are tough, or the county’s knives are tough!"

The two kiln workers who had been surrounded just now got up at this moment, knelt down to Qin Hao, and shouted: "Master Qingtian!"

"Thank you, Lord Qingtian, for making the decision!"

Cheng Shaoshang watched them being beaten with bruised noses and swollen faces, and kowtowed to express his gratitude. He couldn't help feeling a little sour in his heart, and said to Lianfang beside him, "Go and get some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis."

Qin Hao noticed that they were always tightly protecting the two wild vegetable steamed buns in their arms, so he asked, "Why don't you eat these steamed buns?"

Only then did the two raise their heads, and replied in a straightforward manner: "My lord, there are old mothers, wives and children at home. We want to take them home for them to eat, and we don't want to be seen by the three rogues of the Tao family."

Before Qin Hao could speak, Cheng Shaoshang angrily stepped forward and kicked the three brothers of the Tao family.

"You creatures that are not as good as animals, living in this world is a waste of food!"

Boss Tao rolled his eyes and cried miserably: "My lord, there are old mothers, wives and children to support at home!"

However, their lies were exposed in the next second, and a timid voice shouted: "The parents of the three Tao brothers are all mad at them, and they never got married. I am from the same village as them."

"Tian Laolan, you dare to betray us, I'll kill you!" Tao Laosan was about to rush towards Tian Laolan in despair.

However, in the next second, Qin Hao kicked him to the bottom of the slope, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

"You still dare to commit murder in front of the county, come here, beat these three people with thirty big boards, tie them to the gate of the construction site, and show them to the public for three days, as an example to others!"

"promise."

Qin Hao looked at these common people with disheveled faces, who regarded the two wild vegetable steamed buns as treasures, and couldn't help feeling bitter secretly.

In the world, the prosperity of the people is suffering, and the death of the people is suffering. A sentence that is light in the book falls into reality, but it is so heavy.

At the beginning, Qin Hao promised Emperor Wen that he would make Rong County look brand new in three years. Before that, it was for political achievements, but now, Qin Hao sincerely wants to do some practical things for the people here!
It's not in vain for him to come to this world for a while.