Chapter 39 Buying land and recruiting workers
We say we are waiting, but actually we are not doing nothing.
Qin Yu continued to make her knife.
Wen Yunxi still sells herbal medicines on the street and calls it a day after selling.
Su Qiao wandered the streets of the county town for two hours every day. Many people came to him for fortune telling. He often said auspicious words, or said that this person could not do fortune telling and would harm his luck.
Of course, when he meets a specific person, he starts to cheat.
In just three days, Su Qiao and Wen Yunxi became famous in Heishi County.
Anyone who lives in the city knows that there are two characters like these in the county.
A half-immortal with a straight white beard and a green bamboo medicine god.
Three days later, Wen Yunxi used eight gold leaves to buy a piece of land outside Heishi County.
It covers an area of [-] acres and the terrain is flat, about five miles from the county seat.
There are many mountains in Lanzhou, and Black Rock Plain is the largest plain among them. It was a place fought over by many barbarians 500 years ago. Later, after an alliance was signed, Black Rock Plain became a gathering place for all tribes to exchange their needs.
Only five years ago, Heishiyuan was changed into Heishi County by the Zhanyue people, and the current Heishi County town was built with the market as the center.
Xuan Gu Nan now completely believed in Su Qiao, the white-bearded Taoist priest. As the youngest son of the magistrate of Heishi County, he was favored by his father. People in the county government did not dare to offend him, not even the good master Bo. Say more.
Therefore, within three days, such a large piece of land was acquired for Wen Yunxi at a very low price.
Soon, a piece of news spread throughout Lanzhou, and spread throughout most of Lanzhou in a few days.
"Have you heard? Pingxiba is recruiting workers to build a large yard, and the wages are quite high."
"Tell me quickly, I'm worried that I don't have enough money."
"Hey, I heard that this amount should be settled on the same day." The short man who spoke made a gesture.
"Just two copper coins? Too low!"
"You're stupid. I'm talking about twenty coppers. Twenty a day. If you work for a month, you'll get six hundred coppers. If you work for two months, it's enough to pay taxes for the whole family. It's easier than hunting for you."
The tall, strong man's eyes lit up when he heard this. Seeing that it was time to pay taxes soon, he was in a hurry. He took his wife there and worked for half a month to collect enough tax money.
His family's previous life was actually quite manageable. Since joining Youchao, they can buy some new things in the county and still have some balance after paying taxes every year.
But at the beginning of the year, my daughter got cold. She bought a few pills at the hospital and the illness was cured, but the family's financial resources were depleted and they couldn't even make up the tax money.
It was helpless, but those Han doctors were better than many witch doctors. At least his daughter could recover.
It would be cheaper to hire a witch doctor, but recovery would depend on luck.
"Brother Hui, I'm going home to clean up right now. You wait for me to come with you!"
The tall, strong man carried the rabbit home with a happy face. He couldn't go too late. There must be many people rushing to do such a good job.
He was not wrong. Almost everyone who got the news, as long as they had labor at home, ran towards Blackstone County.
This afternoon.
Wen Yunxi looked at the busy crowd of more than a thousand people and smiled.
What we want is such a big battle.
In fact, if it were another construction site, many people would not accept it. This was not the case with Wen Yunxi. As long as she came, she would accept everyone.
If you really can't do it, you can arrange to do chores in the kitchen, and the salary will be reduced by half.
There is only one principle: those who can move and those who do not cause trouble should stay.
Su Qiao was shocked by Wen Yunxi's generosity.
"How many days can your money last?"
Paying money every day, including food and accommodation, at least 90 yuan a day, and more than [-] yuan a Yunxi had calculated it, but he didn't panic, "Don't worry, there will be no problem in three months."
Su Qiao: "..."
Well, it seems that Wen Yunxi earned a lot of medical fees from Lin Wang.
Su Qiao took a deep breath, then pointed to the big thatched shed in the distance and said, "Why do you recruit so many women?"
There are 400 people in total, 300 of them are women, and dozens of people are needed in the kitchen. The remaining [-] or so women are just there to watch and get paid?
"Let's go, I'll take you over there and you'll understand."
Looking at the big stone mills and the white pulp constantly flowing out of them, Su Qiao fell silent.
It turns out that Wen Yunxi was not throwing money away, she was burning it.
……
"Master Shui, your car is so busy. Where are you going?"
Master Shui grinned, revealing only a few of his teeth.
"My son is working at Pingxiba outside the city. He said there is tofu to eat there, so I took the old guys to have a look."
There is also tofu sold in Heishi County, but it only costs ten copper coins for a small piece, and the family doesn't have much money. After buying it, I don't dare to eat more.
"Hey, there's such a good thing, I'll go take a look." The thin, dark middle-aged man smiled and climbed onto the bullock cart.
Master Shui didn't care, raised his short whip and slapped the cow's butt, and continued driving the cow cart out of the city.
In just five days, the hospital had begun to take shape. During these days, many workers came one after another, and Wen Yunxi also accepted them.
On the great plain, there is a huge construction site in the middle, where countless workers are busy, and hundreds of straw sheds are set up next to it, more than a dozen of which are constantly emitting smoke.
Mr. Shui took the old guys out of the oxcart and was looking around when he heard someone calling him.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Shui? Come here quickly. This pot has just come out of the oven and is still hot."
The fat aunt smiled and waved. There was a large wooden basin in front of her, which was emitting white smoke.
Mr. Shui and others went over and took a closer look. The bean curds in the basin were white, tender and flat.
He looked around and asked in a low voice: "You really eat casually?"
"Of course, I'll serve it to you right now." The fat aunt happily handed the first bowl to Mr. Shui, "Our boss said, as long as you don't take it away, you can eat whatever you want."
The thin and dark middle-aged man who followed was overjoyed when he heard this. He finished the bowl in his hand and asked the fat aunt to fill it up. The fat aunt was not annoyed and was still smiling.
Can they not be happy? The boss has said that the more people eat, the more rewards they will get. They can't wait for more people to come.
"I heard that you get this number every day, is it true?" Hei Shouzhong had heard about it a few days ago, but he hadn't finished his work at that time, so he didn't come.
The fat aunt raised her hand and pointed to the house being built in the distance, "Nuo, as long as you work there, you can get paid at [-] per day after work."
Then she pointed to the straw huts that were smoking white, "Except for a few master chefs, the rest of the people in the kitchen over there are doing it every day."
Finally, she pointed to herself, "For people like us, we only get ten cents a day. We get it right after work, and we don't owe anything in arrears."
As soon as he finished speaking, another large group came in front, it looked like there were 40 or [-] people in total.
"Hey, come here quickly, it's freshly cooked and delicious."
The fat aunt jumped and shouted. Just as the group of people walked this way, they saw another person carrying a bucket of soy milk. The fragrance of beans was overflowing, with a faint sweetness, and most of the people left in an instant.
"Nothing is easy..."
The fat aunt sighed.
(End of this chapter)
