Chapter 626 Business Experience

Zhao Hu was so angry that she slapped him on the head and lectured him, "Idiot, idiot, why did I choose someone as stupid as you to manage the shop? In such a big shop, there are not even a few pieces of fine linen, and the burlap is still scattered from the local area. Since you know that there are people weaving linen here, why don't you let the workers go to the countryside to buy it? It would be great to buy it in batches. You buy it at a low price in front of the customers, then raise the price and sell it on the shelf. It's ridiculous. The guest is a fool, is he a fool?”

Zhao Hu said "Idiot" and slapped his head. The steward was so frightened that he knelt on the ground again and admitted his mistake again and again: "I know I was wrong, Mr. Master, I, I will change it now?"

Zhao Hu put away her numb hand and looked at him expressionlessly: "Are you asking me?"

The steward was agitated and shook his head repeatedly.

Zhao Hu stared at him gloomily and said: "Also, use your pig brain to think about it more. Since there is a shortage of cloth here and there are few cloth merchants, can you open a veritable cloth shop and sell these clothes?" Collect all the linen from all over the county, hire someone to weave it, and then sell it to other cloth shops?"

"Can you please ask someone to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, and weave silk and satin for me next year!" Zhao Hu shouted the last sentence directly.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have enough people this time and had to take them to Luoyang, he would have wanted to change the manager directly.

Zhao Hu returned to the governor's house angrily.

When he returned to the Sheriff's Mansion, he paused, turned around and went to find Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming has always been fast in handling government affairs. He is well-read and has a strong working ability. He can basically handle the official documents handed to him at a glance. There is no need to think over and over again, so he works for half a day every day.

So right now he is sitting in the garden pavilion... fulfilling his filial piety.

As a sign of filial piety, he was playing chess with his father.

Zhao Hu strode into the pavilion, disgusted, "Zi Nian, your county governor's mansion is too simple. Not to mention my courtyard, it is your hall. There are not a single beautiful ornament, not even calligraphy or painting." One piece."

There were some before, but since Zhao Ming decided to advocate frugality, he put them all away.

He said coldly: "I am poor and not as rich as my seventh uncle."

Zhao Hu sat next to Zhao Song, gave him a flattering smile, and then said: "It must be that Chen County is poor. No matter how bad your father is, he won't be short of money for you."

He said: "Chen County is poor, so just sell the land."

Zhao Hu had just started, and Zhao Ming knew what he wanted to do. He raised his eyelids and glanced at the other party. He was not surprised, but just curious: "What does Uncle Qi want to buy land to grow in Chen County?"

Zhao Hu said: "I want to buy some dry land and make it flat. Then I can plant hemp and mulberry trees. Then I will find people in nearby villages to distribute the silkworm seeds to the villagers and ask them to raise silkworms and peel hemp for me."

There is no need to open a workshop, just cooperate directly with nearby villagers. Children and the elderly can also do things like raising silkworms, while peeling flax and other tasks are mostly done during slack periods. You only need to hire short-term workers, which is better than raising long-term workers. Much more cost-effective than buying someone else.

Even the rolling of flax and the weaving of linen can be directly outsourced to farmers. Just cooperate with the local Li Zheng, and then give Li Zheng some money, and there is no need to delegate management.

But linen can be simpler, because most women can spin linen and weave linen, but silk and satin are different. Silk is very precious, and you will have to set up a workshop and hire weavers to do it.

"I still want to buy some fertile land," Zhao Hu said. "When these people want to eat and drink, they can't buy it from outside. It takes too much effort to transport the food from Xiping and the travel expenses are high, so we have to grow it ourselves."

He said: "Since we have planted everything, let's plant more. Isn't Luoyang short of food? It just so happens that the output here can be sold to Luoyang. I will open a grain shop here..."

It was planned to perfection.

Zhao Ming nodded repeatedly and couldn't help but praise: "Uncle Qi is still thoughtful."

"But there is something I want to remind Uncle Qi. Han Zhang has decreed that all the refugees collected, regardless of gender, as long as they are fourteen years old or above, can be allocated five acres of fertile land and five acres of dry land. You buy the land and the dry land is returned. , you can hire nearby villagers to grow hemp and raise silkworms, but farming on fertile land requires people from beginning to end, so where do the people come from?"

Zhao Hu hummed and said, "If you ask me, Sanniang is too soft-tempered. How can she be so kind to the refugees?"

"But you don't have to worry about this, I can hire someone."

Zhao Ming narrowed his eyes and said, "Uncle Qi, if you buy a slave by force, once it is verified, the Yamen will take the person over for free and restore him to good status."

For example, if Shi Le, who was once turned into a slave, meets Zhao Hanzhang at this time, and it is verified that the slave being bought and sold was once a good citizen and was sold after being kidnapped, then no matter who the buyer is, as long as it is under Zhao Hanzhang's jurisdiction Within the scope, the slave status can be directly canceled and the good status can be restored.

Then you can choose to return home, or you can choose to divide the land and settle down locally.

Most of the slaves rescued so far choose the second option, because in the first option, they don't know whether they will be kidnapped as slaves again on their way back home.

Zhao Hu bought slaves like this often because they were cheap.

He had collaborators, some soldiers in the garrison, or gentry. They would form a team to capture the refugees passing by, and then sell them to him as slaves. It was much cheaper than buying people on the road.

It's a pity that this business is now dead.

Zhao Hu hummed and said, "Don't worry, I won't let your yamen take advantage of this. I can recruit people myself."

He glanced at Zhao Ming and said with some satisfaction: "Not everyone is willing to take the five acres of fertile land and five acres of dry land from your yamen."

"There are still more fools in this world. There are always some people who cannot see the long term and are not willing to endure so much hardship ahead." He said: "Being with me, apart from being a slave, is there nothing better than being a slave? I You will provide them with two meals a day to prevent them from starving to death, and there will be a monthly schedule, and your yamen, in addition to the food relief for the first ten days, if you want food and cloth in the remaining days, you have to go to Work-for-relief work involves clearing land, digging for water conservancy and building roads, but it is much harder than farming my land."

But as Zhao Ming is a good citizen, as long as he survives half a year and the first crop of grain comes out after half a year, life will gradually improve.

Moreover, the accumulation of being a good citizen is getting better and better. As long as there are no wars and fewer natural disasters, life will definitely get better and better. Unlike slaves, who may stay the same for decades, you can see the end at a glance.

But Zhao Ming glanced at Zhao Hu and had to admit that he was right. There are always fools in this world. They can only see a little bit of ground on their toes, and everyone has their own destiny.

Zhao Ming was not the type of parent who wanted to put every bite into his child's mouth, so he was very open-minded and said, "Now that Uncle Qi has decided, let's go and choose the land."