Villager of Daming

Chapter 1286 How to plunder flowers from outside

The afternoon sun shines through the glass windows into the rooms of the convenience area. The smell of various snacks wafts around, and people come and go in the halls.

Everyone chose to rest on the fourth floor of the convenience area and take the elevator up. The elevator was manually controlled and could only carry ten people at a time. There were few protective measures, and it was more like a lift.

This thing has become a source of bragging rights for businessmen who can go to the fourth floor. When chatting with others, they will mention the elevator in Nanjing Convenience Store.

"Look, the layout here is good, the place is large, the cost is high, one hour costs one tael, food and drinks are free, and accommodation at night must be booked in advance.

Powerful businessmen are willing to come forward to discuss business, to show that they have a lot of money and not be looked down upon by their competitors.

There is a special inquiry office for odd-job workers outside, and the court arranges people to inform them. There are also special people who come to ask for help when they have work to do at home.

But people living in the village basically ask neighbors for help when they build a house, provide food, and pay a little wages. This is the actual social situation..."

Zhu Chong continued to serve as an interpreter for Gege Haji. Anyone who wanted to build a house and came to find someone had to take out the money, which would be kept by the convenience department.

After the house was built, the imperial court sent people to check the quality. If it passed the test, the money would be given to the construction party. If it failed, the work would be redone and the wages would be deducted from the investor for delaying people from living in the house.

The villagers did not have enough money to hire people, so everyone helped each other. Even if a worker could earn 30 cents a day by finding a job outside, he would only eat for free, or ask for a very small amount of money to build houses for the villagers.

When his family has something to do, others will help him, such as weddings or funerals, where a village will provide assistance to a family by lending them tables, chairs and tableware.

Other matters will be taken care of by the leader who will then discuss them with others.

Odd workers who were not in the team usually went to the side and waited. Someone shouted, "Wharf No. 1 is unloading cargo. We are looking for 30 people to unload 1,000 sacks weighing 100 kilograms. Anyone want to go?"

Those who want to go call to sign up, and when there are enough people, they take out their credentials and deposit them at the convenience store. The convenience store will issue a certificate, and they can go to Pier No. 1 with the certificate.

If they don't do this, it's useless for them to go in and look at the words themselves because they can't read. Besides, the procedure for issuing the lists is cumbersome. Having a tour guide will save everyone's time.

Part-time workers here are not qualified to negotiate prices with large demand parties. Only by talking to a few other people looking for part-time jobs can they talk about how much money they want, and basically they have a rough range.

The rating certificate comes in handy at this time, with a photo and a stamp on it to prove your ability.

"Oh! One thousand coins per hour? Expensive!"

Gegehaji was a little distracted. She kept looking at Wang Yiqian. The head of the village said that Wang Yiqian had three level eight certificates in his hand, and she was curious about how powerful he was.

For a wooden comb with mortise and tenon joints, any carpenter can make it with a ruler so that the two sides can be compared at any time. Without a ruler, it is impossible to compare the two pieces of wood, so how can they be made to fit perfectly?
The key is that this is only the first of the ten tests, and the easiest one, which means that many people can easily pass the first level.

Zhu Chong glanced at Wang Yiqian and said, "Every profession has its own specialty. In addition to talent, it also requires a nurturing environment.

Among a thousand children, there may be five who have the talent for carpentry, but they all live in the village and have to farm since childhood, which buries their talent for carpentry.

Even if you get involved in the carpentry business, you don't have the right tools, there is a shortage of good wood, and the work you can find pays little.

How can they have time to improve their skills? They are burdened by life.

If a child is born in an industrial area, he will be given a lot of things to try out from a young age and receive systematic education.

Their master is very capable, has all the tools and wood to use freely, and the five talented ones will definitely be found.

This is the importance and function of the social education system. A good education system must allow educated people to be exposed to many aspects, so that there is a greater probability of discovering genius in a certain project. "

Zhu Chong guessed what Gege Haji was thinking, so he started with the topic of education.

"Can they do that? They don't have any money, unless they meet an official or merchant family."

Gegehaji was smart and immediately thought of the issue of money. Which one was easier to obtain: a powerful master, a full set of tools, or sufficient wood?
"So the court needs to make more money. Once the children are trained to be strong, they can help increase the court's fiscal revenue. If the growth rate of Ming's resources is not fast enough, we can use our technological advantages to exchange resources from outside.

If the labor cost of producing one dan of rice in the Ming Dynasty was one hundred wen, and you used five wen of goods to exchange for one dan of rice from outside, you would earn ninety-five wen.

The cost outside cannot be five cents, only some people or efforts are being exploited.

But it has nothing to do with us. We can’t even take care of ourselves! How can we have the time to care about people outside? "

Zhu Chong put it very clearly. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to live a good life now, it would obtain the surplus value of outsiders through overseas trade.

Gegehaji's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously: "So we build big ships and make good weapons to protect the safety of our caravan.

The internal troubles are gone now, right? If I had known this, I would have let my brother negotiate the terms properly.

All of a sudden, the Ming court saved a lot of money and time. It would be a waste of money if it lost money!"

"It's not too late to talk now. Father is very easy to talk to."

Suddenly there was a voice at the door, and Zhu Biao brought his men here.

He was busy in the morning and in the afternoon. Isn't it that the King of Liang has surrendered? Many things have to be arranged in advance, and the ministers have submitted their memorials.

Everyone bowed, and Ling'er served tea: "The Crown Princess is not here?"

"She's sleeping, sleeping with the child, snoring soundly." A smile appeared on Zhu Biao's face when he talked about his daughter.

"Let's discuss it in a couple of days to see what kind of business the princess should get involved in, and what other industries we have never been involved in..."

Ling'er began to think about providing future funds for the baby. Normally, the expenses of the prince, princess, and princess would be paid by the palace.

It was easy when they had not yet left home to start their own business. They could just be given some extra money and have their mother keep it.

Each government office was given separate money, the number of staff increased, the money also increased, and the pressure in the palace was great.

But now, each of those children has a business that allows them to participate in the profit sharing, and the money is real, and those who have not yet started a business will be given to their mothers.

Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and Zhu Su were five brothers. They set up their own households and received normal amounts of money from the palace. The five of them really didn't care about the money in the palace.

Their business with Xiaqiu Village is more profitable, so they don't have to worry about money at all, but they will check the accounts and ask Xiaqiu Village to help with the audit.

The people in the five prefectures were very honest, and they thought that they could not hide the false accounts from Xiaqiu Village.

How much of something you buy, how much you consume, and the price you paid are all unknown if you want to cheat people, unless the person you are cheating is not aware of the prices.

Originally, candles and charcoal were consumables and we could save a little bit of them, so it was okay to be greedy. But now that we use heating and electric lights, we don’t spend any money, so we can save money and we should not be greedy.

Fortunately, the master has money and the bonuses are high, so it is more cost-effective than being greedy, and there is no danger.

"The flowers are fragrant and there are so many of them! They look beautiful! Hmm! Hehehehe..."

Zhu Wentian pointed to a pot of chrysanthemums on the coffee table and said that the flowers looked really beautiful.

"Yes, selling flowers!" Ling'er understood.

(End of this chapter)