my grandfather was qin shi huang

Chapter 340 Don't forget your original intention!

But he never thought that when Zhou Yin randomly invited two people to treat him, it was very likely that it would be the famous Fan Zeng, who almost single-handedly helped Xiang Yu to the throne.

This is a super boss who is comparable to Xiao He, Zhang Liang and others, or even better.

Unfortunately, I didn’t follow the right person.

Zhao Ying suddenly felt hot when he thought that the great man in history was probably hiding in his small charity hall.

"Where is Mr. Fan? Take me there quickly..."

Servant:  …

He wanted to refuse, but when he saw Zhao Ying's tall figure and his majestic aura, the words of rebuttal came to his lips, and inexplicably turned into a rebuttal.

"it is good……"

As soon as the words came out, I realized that I seemed to have lost momentum just now.

Why should I be afraid of him? I am the one who works for His Highness the Emperor's Grandson!

Thinking of this, I regained a little bit of confidence.

"Mr. Fan is a friend of Manager Zhou. He is entertaining distinguished guests at this time. He has already given instructions that there is nothing important and you cannot disturb him. I am afraid it is not convenient to see you at this time - I think if you have nothing to do, you might as well go back first..."

As he spoke, he stopped, mustered up his courage, and looked up at Zhao Ying.

The meaning is very obvious. Who do you think you are? How can you see Mr. Fan just by saying you can?

Zhao Ying: ...

Looking at the contemptuous look in the boy's eyes, Zhao Ying couldn't laugh or cry for a moment. Just as he was about to reveal his identity, he suddenly heard the sound of wheels rolling not far away, followed by the sound of messy footsteps and Zhou Yin casually ordering people around. sound.

He couldn't help but smile and stopped.

When the boy saw this, he thought that Zhao Ying was suppressed by his words, and he immediately became more confident. He twisted his neck, straightened his waist, and turned around with a reserved expression.

That's it!
I was almost fooled by this person just now.

At this moment, Zhou Yin, who was talking to several followers around him, looked up and saw Zhao Ying standing in the courtyard with a smile.

His footsteps suddenly stopped, and he was immediately overjoyed. He took a few steps forward and saluted from a distance.

"His Royal Highness the Emperor's eldest grandson! I didn't know that His Highness the eldest grandson of the Emperor was coming to visit me. I apologize for missing the welcome..."

As he said that, he led everyone and quickly came forward to greet him.

Boy:! ! ! ! ! !

The big man in front of me is His Highness the Emperor Changsun!
He was in a daze and almost reached his neck.

With a plop, he fell to his knees.

"You villain, I have blind eyes and cannot see Mount Tai. Please forgive me, Your Highness..."

Zhao Ying was talking to Zhou Yin. Unexpectedly, Gudong fell to his knees behind him. He turned around and saw the boy from before, and couldn't help but smile and wave his hand.

"Ignorance is not a crime. You did a good job just now and there was nothing rude about it. Get up and go do your thing..."

The boy suddenly felt like he was being pardoned. He got up from the ground with a lot of gratitude and disappeared in a flash. Zhao Ying couldn't help but laugh at the posture of avoiding him as if he was too late.

Zhou Yin couldn't help but smile when he saw this.

"Although this guy is a bit slutty, he is kind-hearted, upright, and extremely serious in his work. I am about to let him be the manager of the verification team - if he did anything rash just now, please don't follow him." He is so careless..."

Zhao Ying smiled and waved his hands.

"Not so..."

After saying that, he looked around at the crowd and saw that some of them had a trace of inconspicuous cotton wool in their hair, and he immediately laughed.

"Thank you for your hard work, but I just came back from the textile workshop. How is the situation there? It went well..."

When Zhao Ying asked about this, Zhou Yin suddenly became energetic.

"I was about to report to His Highness——"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.

"Your Highness, please come inside. Let's sit down and talk..."

Several people arrived inside and sat down. Before the servants could bring tea, Zhou Yin couldn't help but said excitedly.

"Your Highness, this work-for-relief method is really great - our textile workshop not only solves the problem of feeding those poor people in Guizhou, but also brings a large amount of cheap labor to our workshop, which greatly eases our charity The financial pressure of the church..."

The textile workshop that Zhou Yin and Zhao Ying mentioned was the method that Zhao Ying thought of years ago.

The so-called saving the emergency is not saving the poor.

Simply relying on the distribution of money and food will not solve poverty, and will most likely make people inert.The distribution of money and food can only be a temporary move. If you really want to completely solve this problem, you have to find a way to make money.

What should the common people who farm the land do if they cannot support themselves with just a few acres of thin fields and want to find a way to support their families?
The experience for future generations is to go out to work!
Zhao Ying's move was to use the Charity Hall to purchase land and build a textile workshop.

This job has low technical content and is not very labor-intensive. With a little training, except for a few old, weak, sick and disabled people, as well as very young children, everyone can get started.

All people can rely on their own work in exchange for food!
Listening to Zhou Yin's report, Zhao Ying nodded in response from time to time, feeling very satisfied.Zhou Yin and others, especially the entourage, received personal affirmation from His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun. Their faces were all flushed, and most of the fatigue from a day's work had dissipated.

"... You have done a great job. Although the scale of cotton cultivation in the Western Regions is not large, it is more than enough to support a mere workshop like ours. Those cotton-padded clothes and trousers are thick, soft, and much warmer than ordinary clothes. Once they are made, , we will definitely make a lot of money, and with this property, it will be enough to ensure the normal operation of our charity hall..."

It's not like he hasn't considered letting this group of people dig coal or join the iron smelting workshop.

But both the charcoal workshop and the iron smelting workshop require too much physical strength. This group of hungry, cold, sallow and thin people cannot do this at all.

"In addition to this textile workshop, in the future, if the opportunity is right, we will open some other workshops, slowly expand the coverage, and try to help as many people as possible..."

We need to open other workshops!

Everyone in the charity hall couldn't help but become excited after hearing this.

Zhou Yin couldn't help but flash his eyes.

If what His Highness the Emperor Changsun said can come true...

He has already thought about the situation where Charity Hall's workshops are blooming everywhere. By then, countless farmers will inevitably join Charity Hall's workshops to earn wages and subsidize their families, and Charity Hall will inevitably become a place with countless workshops. A behemoth that makes money every day.

Not to mention accepting donations or spending the royal family's money and food, I'm afraid I can't even count the money I earned.

By then, can Charity Hall still be called Charity Hall?

At this time, he realized what kind of monster the charity hall that His Highness the Emperor Changsun had put him in charge of was, and only then did he realize the ambition of His Highness the Emperor Changsun in setting up this charity hall.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but raise his head and look with burning eyes at Zhao Ying, the emperor's eldest grandson, who was sitting at the top.

"Your Highness, the idea is certainly exciting, but just like these cotton-padded clothes we are going to produce - now the workshop is small and the output is limited, which is better. There are always people who want to enjoy it and have some spare money in their hands, and are willing to buy it and wear it. But once As you said, there are more of them, so where can these things be sold?" Zhou Yin subconsciously straightened his sitting posture and leaned forward slightly. He didn't realize that he was in front of Zhao Ying, and unknowingly, he already had It's a bit like a monarch and his ministers asking for advice.

"Nowadays, the common people in the world, men farm and women weave, want food and clothing, but it is not enough. Apart from the indispensable farm tools, how can they have spare money to buy these? Most ordinary people weave their own cloth and provide it to the elderly. It’s a small thing…”

Hearing this, Zhao Ying looked at Zhou Yin with even more appreciation and satisfaction.

He is truly worthy of being a great Sima figure under Xiang Yu. He can tell the autumn leaves and see the subtle changes. He has already seen this before there is even a shadow.

This kind of insight and vision is really rare in this era.

Zhao Ying looked around at the crowd and saw everyone looking at him thoughtfully. He smiled, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Zhou Yin himself, and praised him sincerely.

"Shan, sir, what a great talent!"

Seeing this, Zhou Yin hurriedly got up and grabbed the teapot from Zhao Ying's hand. How could Zhao Ying let him steal the opportunity of his courtesy?
Without hesitation, she pressed her shoulder with her left hand.

"You are welcome, sir!"

Zhou Yin immediately became motionless.

"Cough cough cough..."

Seeing Zhou Yin blushing and struggling desperately under his hand, Zhao Ying suddenly came to his senses. He had been so engrossed in listening just now that he forgot for a moment that his strength seemed to have increased recently...

He quickly let go of his hand and put down the teapot in his hand with some embarrassment.

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention just now and forgot that you are weak..."

Zhou Yin: ...

You better stop apologizing!

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter - His Highness...ahem, let's continue talking about the question just now..."

As he spoke, he subconsciously reached out and rubbed his shoulders.

He felt that his shoulders had gained weight just now...

When Zhao Ying saw everyone looking at him strangely, he quickly coughed and brought the topic back up.

"Do you all share this concern?"

When the emperor's eldest son asked questions, everyone naturally had to cooperate and nodded repeatedly.Even if I didn’t have this concern just now, I have to have it now.

What's more, Zhou Yin has already made the problem so simple and straightforward?
Zhao Ying coughed lightly, looked around at everyone, and saw that everyone's attention had shifted from Zhou Yin's shoulders to him, and then he said with a smile.

"What if the price purchased from us is cheaper than making it at home? Or maybe the time they spend spinning and weaving to make their own clothes at home can earn them more money than buying clothes. …”

As soon as Zhao Ying said this, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhou Yin couldn't help but feel his heart beat, and he subconsciously leaned forward slightly.

"Your Highness, can you do it?"

When Zhao Ying saw this, he couldn't help but lean back slightly, leaning on the back of the chair, looking at Zhou Yin and others with a smile.

"Everything depends on human effort. Are you willing to try it with me?"

Listening to His Highness the Emperor's Grandson's gentle but passionate words, everyone could not help but feel excited. They stood up one by one and bowed solemnly and deeply.

"Wish to advance and retreat with His Highness!"

Zhao Ying couldn't help but smile and nodded, stood up, and stretched out his hands for support.

"You don't need to be too polite. Everyone is so talented and the flames are high. I am lucky to have you help me!"

After everyone sat down, they finally calmed down their excitement.

Although according to the current imperial decree, it is indeed not easy to achieve the step that His Highness the Emperor Changsun said, but since the Emperor Changsun has this idea, who dares to say that there is no hope in the future...

"...The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest moth, the nine-story platform starts from tired soil, and a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Now the charity hall has just started, and we still need to rely on everyone's hard work to complete the things before us. Do a good job, do a good job..."

Having said this, Zhao Ying suddenly remembered something and looked around. Zhou Yin and others, who were in high spirits, warned them seriously.

"Everyone, you must always remember that no matter how many workshops we open or how many industries we have in the future, the purpose of our Daqin Royal Charity Hall is to help the poor and the poor, and to provide relief to Guizhou. This is for charity, not for making money... …”

Zhou Yin and others nodded heavily one by one.

"Promise! I will not dare to disappoint His Highness's trust!"

Seeing this, Zhao Ying couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"Good! By the way, although we are doing charity, since we have opened a workshop, we should not be stingy with wages. We cannot exploit those poor people under the guise of charity..."

Zhao Ying actually reminded him casually, but when Zhou Yin and others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and immediately showed a look of shame and embarrassment on their faces.

Zhao Ying was suddenly startled and looked at Zhou Yin with some confusion.

Zhou Yin said with shame on his face.

"Your Highness's kindness is as bright as the wind and the moon. I didn't think carefully about this matter. If Your Highness reminded me, I almost did something wrong..."

Hearing this, Zhao Ying couldn't help being stunned.

After hearing Zhou Yin's red-faced explanation, Zhao Ying finally understood why Zhou Yin had such an expression.

It turns out that this product only provides workers with two meals a day and two large subsidies!

He didn’t even pick off Zhou’s skin!
"...I was thinking at the time that we were doing charity, and all the money was just a gift from His Highness. Being able to provide them with two meals a day and avoid them being hungry and cold was already a huge blessing for His Highness. How benevolent, not to mention, we also give them two large sums of money as a subsidy every day, so that they can have the capital to turn around after getting through this difficult period..."

Having said this, Zhou Yin felt ashamed and said with a red face.

"I didn't expect that His Highness would be so kind!"

Zhao Ying: ...

Only then did he realize that Zhou Yin had made such an outrageous move.

In fact, the Daqin Law "Sikong" has clear regulations on wages.

"If someone is guilty and has a debt to pay to the public, he will be asked to do so. If he is not able to pay for it, he will be rewarded (repayed). If he is allowed to live in the house, he will be given eight qian per day. . For those who live in the official government, men eat ginseng and women eat si ([-])."

In other words, even if they are guilty and sentenced to a fine, or they owe debts to the government and are unable to repay them, they can still get paid by doing corvee labor to pay off their debts!

How much to take?

If the government provides you with food and lodging, it will be 8 cents a day, and the cost of food and accommodation will be deducted for a day of work, and you will be given 6 cents.If you stay, the accommodation fee will be deducted from you at most!

(End of this chapter)