Ming Dynasty: My Brother-in-law is Zhu Youxiao

Not long after Zhang Gui said this, a person in charge of the dental office here came to Zhang Gui: "I have seen Uncle Guo."

Dental shops are intermediaries, and they operate in a wide range of categories. Some are responsible for purchasing raw materials and commodities for customers, and some are responsible for hiring and buying people.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the dental industry was very developed. From the procurement of raw silk and other raw materials to the trading of population, it was inseparable from the dental industry.

When Zhang Gui saw the management of this dental office, he said: "Call all the registered guarantors of your dental office. We need to recruit people. We will not give you less money."

The advantage of recruiting servants and employees through dental firms is that these dental firms will register these young men as guarantees, ensuring that these young men are decent Han Chinese with proven origins, relatives and friends, and no criminal records. It can prevent people from recruiting secret slaves or cult members or even other people of unknown origin.

The steward of the dental office agreed to do so.

An hour later, the steward of the dental clinic brought a group of people to Zhang Gui and the others, waiting for Zhang Gui and the others to choose, and said: "Uncle Guo, there are too many people waiting for your kindness, but you It must be endless, how about choosing first, and then I will give you their guarantee certificate?"

Zhang Gui nodded.

The dentist stepped aside as he spoke.

"Man Hua, you choose a servant for me first, it can't be too tall or too short, try to be a mix of clans from different villages."

Zhang Gui ordered.

These days, many refugees are migrating in the form of villages. If there is no disruption, it is easy to have an uncontrollable township party, which will cause the employer's property to be backlashed.

"clear!"

Man Hua first went to select servants, and later selected more than 800 servants.

Zhang Gui went on to say: "These more than 800 men are all compiled as servants, and the remaining young and strong will recruit another 5,000, and strong women will be recruited for 3,000, which will be used for the expansion of the weaving workshop, the steelmaking workshop, and mining. You first take the 800-odd men to settle in Xishan and build a barracks, and the mansion will transport the food and fodder there today. The others, Han Gui and Song Yingxing, you two first select some who can write and count, and will be recruited The refugees are all registered according to the guarantee letter, and then every one hundred people are divided into groups, and every ten groups is a team, but remember that the same people from the same country and the same race cannot be together, and they are all scattered! After the group is organized, they will also be taken to Xishan.”

"yes!"

Han Gui and Song Yingxing agreed.

Next, Zhang Gui determined the treatment for the refugees he had recruited.

As a private armed force that truly belongs to the Earl's Mansion, the servant is a full-time soldier. The minimum standard of monthly payment is two taels of silver, and rewards will be given out according to performance during the New Year and holidays.

The employees of the weaving workshop and the miners of the mine belong to the employees of the earl's mansion, and the minimum monthly salary is only 500 yuan, and the commission is calculated separately.

The employees in the steel workshop were recruited by Zhang Gui on behalf of the inner court, using money from the inner court, and the minimum monthly payment was tentatively set at 500 Wen, and the commission was calculated separately.

After confirming the remuneration, Zhang Gui asked Song Yingxing to lead these hired workers in steelmaking and mining, and also manage the lives of these hired workers' teams.

At the same time, Han Gui was arranged by Zhang Gui to purchase and transport the corresponding supplies.

As for the servants, because Tianqi had already given permission, Man Gui, the famous future in charge of the Shenshu camp, personally trained these servants for him, and Man Gui's younger brother Man Hua was in charge of the imperial guards for the time being.

Everything is unfolding in an orderly manner.

"Enfu, there are really coal mines in Xishan, and they have a lot of reserves, and they are easy to mine!"

Although Song Yingxing did not make a statement in the imperial examinations, he was just a candidate, but he was an all-rounder in natural science. Whether it was mineral exploration, mining or smelting, he was a professional in these fields in this era, otherwise he would not be able to write "Heaven". Gongkaiwu".

Therefore, at first Song Yingxing was surprised that Zhang Gui asked him to be in charge of mining in Xishan, but after he surveyed the landforms of Xishan under Zhang Gui's order, he really confirmed that Xishan has a large number of coal mines.

After hearing this, Han Gui was even more delighted than Zhang Gui. He stood up on the spot and asked, "Really? I heard from my friends in the household department that the Ministry of household affairs deliberately made it bad for Enfu Xishan. The barren land I don’t like is a farmland reward for Enfu. I originally wanted to remind Enfu about it, but I didn’t expect Enfu to agree first, so I didn’t persuade anymore. Now if there are coal mines, I can make a lot of money a sum."

Song Yingxing also echoed, "That's true. Now that the price of charcoal has increased by 10%, many wealthy families in the city are afraid to buy charcoal."

Han Gui began to flatter Zhang Gui: "Now that I think about it, my mentor really has the foresight. It is Zhuge reincarnated, the most intelligent man in the world!"

Boom!

Zhang Gui immediately kicked Han Gui.

Han Gui was directly put on the ground, looked at Zhang Gui, and asked aggrievedly, "Why did Enfu teach his disciples a lesson?"

"Hurry up and buy a shop, prepare to sell charcoal!"

Zhang Gui said something, and then said: "As a teacher, you have limited energy. You will be responsible for these things in the future, and you will not let your hard work be in vain. It's just that you can't have private wealth because you haven't separated your family. You can tell your father and you will be treated as a teacher." In the name of your Han family, you are a shareholder of the comprehensive store, and you will get 10% of the dividends. From now on, you will be the general manager (general manager) of the comprehensive store."

"Disciple understands, Xie Enfu, disciple will do it now!"

Han Gui was quick-witted, and soon understood the benefits of this. He agreed and left with a grin, thinking: "Enfu still loves me more, and I didn't say to give this benefit to the newcomer. I have to keep working hard! I have to prove to my teacher that although I am just a yamen, I am definitely better than any other people!"

Zhang Gui said to Song Yingxing: "You immediately organize the recruited miners to mine coal mines immediately!"

"yes!"

Song Yingxing agreed to go too.

Ten days later, Zhanggui's Xishan Industrial Zone was full of people, full of blast furnaces, mines, and locomotives.

Zhang Gui also began to run here often, instructing Song Yingxing how to improve his Xishan Industrial Zone.

During this period of time, the price of charcoal in the capital became more and more expensive.

...

"My lord, the price of charcoal has risen again, and it has already exceeded the highest price last year."

Liu Mansion.

In the middle of the night, the servant Sheng Rui came to the cabinet minister Liu Yixiu to report the latest charcoal price.

Sheng Rui is a servant doing business for Liu's family outside, and mainly speculates and hoards things for Liu Yixiu, such as frying grain prices, frying charcoal prices, and the like.

After Sheng Rui said that, he asked Liu Yixiu, "Can we buy someone now?"

Liu Yixiu thought for a while and said: "Didn't you notice that this year is colder than last year? Wait a minute, maybe a bowl of rice can be replaced by a big girl with yellow flowers, and if Jiannu wants to expand the population, there will definitely be more people." More young men and women are needed, so the price for Jin merchants to buy people will definitely rise again.”

"Master is wise, buy it at a lower price, and then sell it to Shanxi merchants at a higher price, you can earn a lot more!"

Sheng Rui replied.

And Liu Yixiu then asked: "How did the old man ask you to inquire about Xishan?"

Sheng Rui replied: "Just as I was about to report to the master, now Uncle Guo runs to the west mountain every day, and bought many people to go."

"It must be that the nunnery is open."

As Liu Yixiu spoke, he said: "It happens that I will take a rest tomorrow, tell the outside, get the sedan chair ready tomorrow morning, the old man is going to Xishan!"

Early the next morning.

Liu Yixiu really came to Xishan in a sedan chair, accompanied by Sheng Rui's servants.

Many dignitaries in the capital have long been paying attention to Zhang Gui's situation in Xishan, because according to their logic, if Zhang Gui is willing to want the land of Xishan, he can only use it to develop the special Fengyue industry.

Therefore, many civil officials like Liu Yixiu took advantage of the day of Xiumu to come to Xishan in sedan chairs.

"This uncle of the country really knows how to do business, but he thought of doing this. I want to see if there are any wonderful nuns in his nunnery. It's okay to go there. Just explore Buddhism and criticize the country by the way. Uncle's behavior that ruins the world."

Even Wang Yingjiao, Shangshu of the Household Department of the Great Ming Dynasty, came in a sedan chair, slandering expectantly.

When Xu Guangqi heard about this, he rushed over angrily: "This uncle of the country, I still think he has a conscience, at least he does not shoddy when doing frontier military business, but I didn't expect him to do this kind of business." , This is simply corrupting the world! If what he did is true, I will definitely impeach him!"

For a while, on the day when all the officials in the capital were resting for a bath, many sedan chairs were parked outside Xishan.

However, when Liu Yixiu waited, he found that there was no so-called nunnery in the entire Xishan Mountain, and all the people lived in sheds.

Liu Yixiu, Wang Yingjiao, Xu Guangqi and others were a little surprised watching this scene.

The people who settled down in the Xishan Industrial Zone were also surprised to see so many dignitaries.

"Go away! Don't run into our master!"

The slaves who came with these dignitaries also began to yell at the children who were still staying in the middle of the road because they were playing, and some even beat them with riding whips. Many children cried because of this, and their parents hurriedly took their children away. Hugging to the side, panicked kneeling on the ground kowtow begging for mercy.

Liu Yixiu and other high-ranking officials frowned when they found out that there were only refugees and no menis here, and continued walking in, hoping to meet a nunnery.

At this time, they suddenly saw a track running from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain.

I saw that under the track there was a ceramic cylinder that seemed to have been cut in half, and the track was full of coal, and there were even hired workers who kept pouring coal into the track at the end of the track.

Then, Liu Yixiu and others discovered that there were several such long tracks on the hillside, all of which were filled with coal.

"So much coal!"

Liu Yixiu couldn't help sighing, then looked at Wang Yingjiao, gritted his teeth and asked, "Didn't your household department say that Xishan has nothing to produce?!"