Miao Wan laughed so hard on the mule cart that she still felt a slight pain in her stomach when she returned to the garrison.

Seeing that she was rubbing her belly with her little hands, Qiao Ruichen calculated that it was almost time for his wife to have her baby, so he quickly asked someone to prepare some brown sugar water.

"Awan, if you feel uncomfortable, just lie down for a while. I'll bring the meal over for you to eat on the kang table."

Miao Wan waved her hand, letting Qiao Ruichen rub her face. She told him what happened at the alkali factory. "I laughed so hard my cheeks hurt, and my abs almost popped out. These guys we bought are all really interesting."

Qiao Ruichen: “…”

He walked over and rubbed Miao Wan's face, watching her pout like a little chicken, and gently took a bite. "So, Awan, do you think I'm boring?"

Miao Wan grunted and pushed him, listening to the voices outside, already calling for their mother as they rushed over. "Why are you always so jealous? If we were to calculate it this way, you hold Taotao almost every day, and how many times have you held me?"

Come on, let's settle the score and get jealous. With her daughter, her lover from the previous life, around, Miao Shiren has nothing to fear.

Ever since Taotao learned to walk, the garrison was almost too small to accommodate her. She followed Maodan and Ludan like a duck every day. She would only call for her mother when she was hungry or sleepy, and call for her father when her mother was not around.

At this moment, she walked in rubbing her eyes, and when she saw Qiao Ruichen, she immediately stretched out her hand skillfully, "Daddy, hold me, and let me sleep."

Qiao Ruichen lifted his daughter up, then watched her ruthlessly abandon him as a ladder. He climbed to Miao Wan's side and asked her to pat her belly, "Awan, wake up."

Miao Wan raised an eyebrow and looked at Qiao Ruichen, then coaxed the child to sleep first.

Qiao Ruichen was a little amused and confused. He didn't know why, but other couples were always so affectionate with each other, but even if they said something that made people blush, one of them would always be choked and speechless in the end.

Although her period had not come yet, Miao Wan coaxed Taotao to sleep and then gave him the brown sugar and egg water to drink.

Hot sweet drinks are really enjoyable in winter, but now the wind outside is howling like a monster, which is scary.

There was no time to delay any longer, so Miao Wan called Sun Yaozu and Ruan Jialin to the study and tried to finish counting all the data within one day.

As for recruiting manpower, whether it is from the perspective of the military camp or to establish Qiao Ruichen's prestige as a garrison commander, Qiao Ruichen has to do this.

At this time, the disadvantages of not having servants around him became apparent. Most things had to be done by people from the Six Departments. The mansion was in a mess all afternoon, and Adun was so busy that he was sweating profusely and didn't even have time to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

The Qiao family had been living a hard life since they were exiled. They didn't have many servants originally, and Miao Wan had no intention of being served. She hired people with the idea of ​​training them.

She didn't ask Aunt Geng and Uncle Geng to serve her in the house. At most, she would just ask Aunt Geng to do something for her when they were having a good time.

Since Xining Town was burned down, all shops could not open immediately, and most of the women in Qianjinlou went back to their homes to take care of household chores.

The remaining Sun and Li took some people with them, Ayuan took some people with him, and Uncle Zhang and Uncle Wu still had to look after the land.

Aunt Geng took Aunt Zheng and Aunt Zhao to help with the work in the stove shed, while Uncle Geng drove the mule cart to buy things, and also did some repairs and cleaning at home.

Only A Dun is left. He has to move wherever he is needed. His legs are almost becoming thin.

Ruan Jialin asked someone to go to the warehouse to get paper, but couldn't find A Dun for a long time. He came back and told Miao Wan.

"You don't like having people around, but you're the wife of a garrison commander now. You can't live your whole life without interacting with the wives and daughters of officials. Having no one to run errands for you is a problem. You'll be completely out of place by then. Not only will your cousin-in-law be laughed at, but even a kind-hearted person will be embarrassed. What will you do to others?"

After hearing what he said, Miao Wan realized that he was persuading her to buy a servant. She was so busy before that she didn't pay attention to this.

Indeed, the garrison is too big, making it inconvenient to do anything.

People in later generations still hired cleaners and nannies. There was nothing she couldn't do that she couldn't be served by others, she just didn't have the habit of doing so.

But she never objects to hiring people, not because she thinks it is the right thing to do. If this behavior can be stopped, she will spare no effort to do it. Hiring is a good idea.

But in this world, she has no way to fight against the environment. To be shameless, after being bought by her, she can still live like a human being, and after being released from the indenture, she can still be a decent human being.

Not only does Qiao Ruichen need someone to order him around, but Miao Shiren also needs a secretary!

"Let's finish the meeting. After the meeting, my husband and I will go to the county town." The matter of buying people can't be delayed any longer.

The most important thing is that after calculating the accounts, if she doesn't make money, her five-digit savings will be gone too quickly.

When her parents-in-law left, Miao Wan stuffed them with 20,000 taels of silver. Although they were poor at home, they still needed money to settle down when they returned to the capital. If they couldn't spend it, they could bring it back, but they couldn't be without it.

The Ruan and Zhang families also burned almost all of their property. Miao Wan gave four thousand taels to the Ruan family and six thousand taels to the Zhang family to compensate for the losses of the two families in proportion.

The cost of building kilns, repairing roads, and adding blue bricks, tiles, and glass before and after the reconstruction of Xining Town cost five thousand taels of silver, building a factory cost five hundred taels, building the Jufu Inn cost eight hundred taels, Ruan's Fast Food cost three hundred taels, and renovating the shop in the county town also cost three hundred taels.

The cost of food consumed by labor every day is about fifty taels, which is one thousand five hundred taels in more than a month.

Next, the commercial street will only spend more, and it will have to make a surplus of 10,000 taels.

The military camp had distributed enough food and fodder, but there was a shortfall of 18,000 taels of military pay for the last three months before the New Year, which was filled by Miao Wan.

There are also benefits that can be distributed to everyone based on their work points. Food, clothing, housing and transportation all cost money, which costs another five thousand taels.

The silver returned by the saint, as well as the gold and silver ingots found from the burned areas of Qiao's house, Qianjinlou and Jufu Restaurant, totaled 160,000 taels.

After the meeting, there will be about 80,000 taels left. It’s only been a short time and half of it is gone.

She still has to build a commercial street and a city wall, continue to cover labor costs, repair roads, and celebrate the New Year. If she doesn't make a fortune before the New Year, her savings may drop below five figures after the New Year.

That’s absolutely not possible!

Keep Wuliangha clan for the New Year? Damn it!

Two days later.

Right in the open space in front of the commercial street, there is the familiar long table, the familiar wooden loudspeaker, and the familiar large banner with black letters on red satin - excellent work points, and getting rich depends on everyone!

Everyone said: "..."

Everyone stopped working for the whole morning today. No one was thinking about working and everyone was looking forward to it.

The captain and several centurions led by Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan came to collect winter clothes.

There were also 600 soldiers on duty on the last day. They were all wearing military uniforms and were the most conspicuous.

What they are looking forward to is how much salary the soldiers can get and what benefits they can receive after taking into account their work points. Winter clothes must not be delayed any longer.

Yu Ada, Yang Ada and Lin Dazhi each brought a group of men, and they stood close together on the side, waiting for Qiao Ruichen and the others to appear.

After today, they will be able to move into the new house, but they don’t know what kind of house they will get.

Sun Laohuo and Ruan Qi brought the cooks from the stove shed and the helpers who were working, and they were leaning over the stove shed to watch. If others didn't work, they had to do it, otherwise what would everyone eat and drink?

Yu, Sun and Ruan Jialin's wife Li brought a larger group of female soldiers, and even female workers such as Ayuan were mixed in here, looking forward to Miao Wan's arrival.

They are more eager to know whether they can get wages or work points in exchange for food, drink, and shelter, and how they will survive this winter.

Uncle Geng was driving a mule cart. When he got closer, he was so frightened by the scorching gaze that his legs started to shake. He kept a straight face and didn't want to embarrass the garrison.

To outsiders, he looked quite impressive as he lifted the curtain of the carriage...mule cart and let Qiao Ruichen and Miao Wan out from inside with an expressionless face.

Following behind were Sun Yaozu and Ruan Jialin, both of whom were sitting on the shaft of the cart. They were too excited to stay seated, so it was nice to get some fresh air, which helped to calm them down.

The two of them put their hands behind their backs with expressionless faces. They looked very well-mannered, but no one knew that their hands were shaking behind their backs.

Including the soldiers of the Gubei Army, and even wealthy families and merchants who came out to join in the fun, the number of people on the scene was definitely more than four thousand.

Except for Qiao Ruichen, Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan, no one had ever seen such a scene. It was not often that the three of them had seen so many people.

When Miao Wan grew up, she had never seen so many people in real life. She had only watched military parades on TV.

But her overall condition was actually fine. She wasn't too scared. She just wanted to save face and insisted on having her arm in a sling removed before she came out, so it delayed her a bit.

As for why she's still in good shape? Oh, it's not because Miao Shiren has a good mental state, or because she has the cuckold spirit of the heroine.

As long as you are not a socially anxious person, it is actually fine for anyone who has been to school all the way and is willing to participate in campus activities.

There are many students from Northwest China. She is pretty and obedient, and is the school's red flag bearer. Every Monday you can see a large number of her students.

The time when her legs felt weak, trembling and her face turned pale was long gone. From elementary school to high school, from a few hundred people to thousands of people, she was probably calmer than some stars who performed on stage.

Her only regret was that she had no literary talent. She was okay at encouraging people in private, but she was unable to quote classics and paint a rosy picture for so many people, and she couldn't make the splash.

However, she kept the opportunity to herself, so she left it to Qiao Ruichen.

Originally this was my father-in-law's job, but now that he's not around, it would be nice to establish my husband's reputation as a good official.

But Miao Wan was a little worried. Qiao Bailao was a good worker, but he didn't talk much. Now his sweet words were weird. Wouldn't he perform well in front of so many people?

"Awan doesn't trust me so much?" Qiao Ruichen was a little hurt and asked Miao Wan a few nights ago.

Miao Wan thought about it for a while in bed and carefully suggested, "How about you write a speech for me first?"

Even if you are not good at speaking, three stinky shoemakers can still stand up to Zhuge Liang and let your husband carry you on his back.

Qiao Ruichen thought it was okay, but——

"Then my lady, do you have to give me some reward?"

After Miao Shiren used the method on the kang to cheer up Qiao Bailao, he received a speech that he was not very satisfied with. He even glared at him this morning.

All her efforts on the kang were in vain.

Unexpectedly, when Qiao Ruichen started speaking with the loudspeaker, the others were so excited that Miao Wan was stunned.

Miao Wan saw the final speech last night and felt that it was in line with Qiao Ruichen's concise and to the point personality. It basically covered three points.

First, the saint will never sit idly by when the Xiban people commit such evil deeds. He will supervise the supply of food and grass as soon as possible, and the Gubei Army will sooner or later deal with those bandits.

Secondly, the Saint and everyone in the Gubei Army have seen everyone's efforts over the past month. It can be said that the military and civilians are happy together and are united. Taking today as the baseline, the future will only be better than now.

Third, the work point system is being implemented smoothly. I won’t say any more nonsense. Let’s just look at what we get. As long as everyone works hard in the future, Xining Town will become the most desirable place for people in the northwest.

To be honest, they are all just cakes, and not a single one can be eaten. Miao Wan feels that if she were an ordinary person, she would definitely not buy it.

But Qiao Ruichen's words made everyone's blood boil. He was not the same as Qiao Shengwen. He did not speak beautiful and admirable words. He spoke in plain language, but it was damn close to the language habits of ordinary people, so that everyone could hear what he meant.

When the work points statistics and distribution began, Miao Wan was still in a daze for a moment. She felt her heart burning.

Oh, it’s not that I was excited, but I felt that all the encouragement I gave on the kang was not in vain, and I was happy.

Therefore, when she took the loudspeaker, she smiled with dimples on her face, which made her look quite cheerful to everyone, and everyone couldn't help but smile.

After she started talking, everyone couldn't hold back their laughter.

"One thousand nine hundred and forty-seven people from Xining Town signed up for the work point system, and three hundred and twenty people from the town's lower reaches signed up. Excluding those who withdrew due to health reasons, the total number of people is two thousand two hundred and fifty."

"Among them, 405 people scored 400 points, 1,060 people scored 350 points, 99 people scored 300 points, and 700 people scored below 300 points."

"The newly built blue brick and tile houses are divided into three sizes: large, medium, and small. The large house costs 2,000 work points, the medium house 1,500 work points, and the small house 1,000 work points. The names will be called out later. After the names are called out, you can ask the officials of the Six Departments to calculate them for you and exchange them according to the work points."

"If your home was burned down in this catastrophe and you were unable to accumulate enough work points for some reason, you can report it and exchange the work points owed for a small house. The work points owed will be repaid monthly."

"For those who have sufficient work points, a list of household items and work points will be posted here, and everyone can redeem them as needed."

Miao Wan paused after she finished speaking, letting the increasingly excited crowd calm down a bit before continuing with a smile, "Regarding the work point system, the Law Department has already issued work point management rules. Going forward, after noon every day, as long as it's not raining or snowing, the Law Department will send someone to explain it to everyone on site."

After that, without waiting for the common people to ask questions, she continued to talk about the Gubei Army -

"The base salary of all Gubei Army soldiers, which is half of their original salary, has been distributed to the barracks by the Garrison Headquarters. Each barracks will distribute it on its own. For the remaining salary, those who reach 150 points or more can receive a commission equal to the base salary. For those who reach less than 150 points, the commission will be reduced by one cent per cent."

"Soldiers who reach 200 work points will receive a bonus of half a guan of silver, and benefits include a set of sweaters, a set of trousers, a down coat, and a meal voucher of one liang of silver at the Jufu Inn."

"Those who reach 250 work points will receive a bonus of one guan (a Chinese coin), and benefits include a set of cotton-padded jackets and trousers, a down coat, a set of hats, gloves, and scarves, and a two-liang silver meal voucher for the Jufu Inn."

"Those who reach 300 work points will receive a bonus of 1,500 wen, and benefits include a set of camel-hair coats and trousers, a down coat, a set of hats, gloves, and scarves, a set of toiletries, a three-liang silver meal voucher for the Jufu Inn, and five roast ducks."

"Those who have accumulated 350 work points, the highest number of points this time, will have their bonus doubled to four strings of cash. Benefits include two sets each of sweaters, cotton-padded jackets and pants, hats, gloves, and scarves, one set each of camel-hair coats and down coats, four sets of toiletries, a ten-liang silver meal voucher for the Jufu Inn, and ten roast ducks."

Even Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan were stunned. They calculated the approximate value of these items in Xiping County and figured they could get 350 centimeters... a benefit worth over 130 taels of silver?

The two of them looked at each other, their hearts brewing with jealousy. Their monthly salary was only a dozen taels of silver, and this amount had increased tenfold!

Others could still earn work points, but how could they have the opportunity to go out on field work? Wouldn't they just watch their subordinates earn more than them just by being diligent?

So why do they work so hard to climb up?

Didn’t you see that the eyes of the centurions next to them were green with anger? Looking at the looks of Jing Zhuzi, Zhou Ding and others, if they could kill someone, they would probably kill them three times.

It's so infuriating, so infuriating. I'm so infuriating that I won't be able to calm down until the things are distributed and I grab them all.

As for the soldiers on duty in Xining Town recently, they were so happy that they didn't care about the murderous looks. They didn't even calculate how much silver it was worth, and they were so happy that they almost fainted.

Except for a few who are dull or lazy, almost everyone's scores are above 250.

Because they also have the basic score of 150 in the military camp, and they get separate points for field work. These can be seen every day outside the garrison gate.

Hardworking people also like to take advantage of others. If you catch someone bullying others today, I will catch someone stealing buns from the elderly tomorrow. If you help others with their work today, I will go and move bricks to build a house tomorrow. Anyway, everyone works hard to get work points and eat more.

At that time, everyone was still the same as when they first came to Xining Town. No one believed that they would have such good food and drink when they returned to the barracks. As for the benefits, they just listened to them.

As long as the new garrison embezzles less than when Qin Mao was there, everyone will be satisfied.

But I didn’t expect that the benefits would be so great!!!

Jing Zhuzi's hands were shaking with joy.

His fixed work points were 150, which was the maximum, and his full score for field work was 3 points per day, which was also the maximum. He also led his people to build two factories and a farm.

Each person under him adds one point, and he adds two points every day, which means he adds three hundred points in a month!

Plus, he loved to stand up for the weak, and later on he got into a fight with Jing Wen, doing a lot more work. If we counted the points at the garrison gate... he was three points behind Liang An, for a total of 352 points!

Especially when he saw Jingwen's sour look, and his superior came over to talk to him in a friendly manner, implying that he should distribute a set of benefits and that he would have to take the lead in field work in the future, he felt so light-hearted that he almost floated up.

Oh my God, he looked at Miao Wan who was still smiling and waiting for everyone to recover, and his heart shuddered. He secretly swore not to tell him anything else in the future. The garrison commander's wife is also the saint's cousin-in-law, she is his Bodhisattva!

From now on, if the Bodhisattva tells him to go east, he will never go west! If the Bodhisattva tells him to chase away a dog, he will never kill a chicken! He will work for the Bodhisattva for the rest of his life!

Qiao Ruichen felt Jing Zhuzi's disgusting look, narrowed his eyes and raised his eyebrows, motioning Miao Wan to continue.

Miao Wan didn't notice Jing Zhuzi's eyes, or rather, she felt that all the soldiers looked at her as if they were the God of Wealth, and she liked this kind of look.

This means... they are all willing to work for her, hehe...

Miao Wan continued with a smile, "To let the people know how hard the Gubei Army works, and for the sake of fairness and justice, so that the people know where the taxes they pay by tightening their belts and eating less go, the Gubei Army's salaries and supplies will be made public from now on."

Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan were stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly. This was even more shocking than the generous benefits.

If this is done, it means that from now on, even if Qiao Ruichen is no longer on garrison duty, he will no longer be able to embezzle military pay and supplies.

Even if it cannot be completely eradicated, at least there won't be another person as corrupt as Qin Mao. Moreover, if Xining Town implements such a policy, the entire Xiping County and even the area where the Gubei Army is located will be able to implement such a policy in the future.

Then these soldiers will no longer have to worry about shedding blood and sweat and dying in frustration.

Not to mention, as long as the full amount is paid, the salary earned by soldiers will still be decent, and recruiting soldiers will not be so difficult then.

At that moment, Xu Bin's nose felt sore. He was in his thirties and was almost crying.

He cares about his soldiers and knows how hard they have suffered over the years. If it is really as Miao Wan said... Xu Bin is willing to work with Qiao Ruichen for the rest of his life!

Even Zheng Yuan, who came from the Cheng family army, was a little moved. If Qiao Ruichen and his wife could really do what they said, even if General Cheng had other ideas in the future, he would do his best to speak well of Qiao Ruichen!

Even if this is Qiao Ruichen's way of winning people's hearts in order to climb up the ladder, they are all leading troops to fight in wars. Who wouldn't feel sorry for the soldiers under his command who may not have a future? As long as someone is willing to let the soldiers live a good life, they will accept being plotted against.

Regarding military affairs, Qiao Ruichen added a few words, "But I have to say something upfront: everything depends on work points. I will privately send people to check the authenticity of work points at any time. I will deduct points for fraud. Each battalion also has work points, and the battalion work points are 100 points, with 80 points being the watershed.

Every soldier with a score of 80 or above will receive a set of cotton-padded clothes. For every additional 5 points, food and welfare will be increased by 10% on top of the original amount. 90 points will give all soldiers meat every day for ten days of the month. 100 points will give them meat every day for the entire month, and vice versa. Below 60 points, the generals of the two battalions will be held accountable. Do you have any objections?"

Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan were horrified. Wow, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Qiao Ruichen actually asked them in front of the people. Do they have any other answer?

They can't even bargain, they just want to save face. This Qiao Ruichen is really a fox, so cunning!

They gritted their teeth and replied that they had no objection.

Miao Wan's eyes rolled around a few times, and she leaned over to whisper a few words into Qiao Ruichen's ear.

Xu Bin looked at the young lady with a mixture of love and hate. He loved her because he knew that she was the God of Wealth who distributed all the welfare benefits, and without her, nothing would exist.

He hated it because he had a strong intuition that this young lady was slandering him again.

As expected, a smile flashed across Qiao Ruichen's eyes, and then he turned around and shouted sternly, "What did you say? I didn't hear you!"

Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan took a deep breath. They had to let the couple get what they wanted for the sake of the upcoming benefits. They glared at their soldiers who were so happy that they were stunned. They said they had no objection again, but their voices were much louder.

Qiao Ruichen smiled, "I didn't hear it."

Jing Zhuzi and the others, holding back their excitement and strength, roared at the top of their lungs, "No objection!"

The voices of less than a thousand people actually had the force of a tsunami. The noise was so loud that many wealthy families who had not left their homes were frightened and sent people out to see what was happening.

When the servant returned home, his face was pale. "Someone's name is being called outside. Whoever is called is screaming 'here' with all his might. Everyone is so excited that they seem to be ready to kill someone."

Those wealthy families who had kept their doors closed since the disaster, and were even secretly trying to take advantage of the opportunity to buy some people back at a low price, were really unsure. Most of them hid in the dark and looked towards the commercial street.

After the soldiers finished shouting, the enthusiasm of the people was also mobilized. Miao Wan only asked people to shout out the name of the person being called, and then line up in front of the long table where the name was being called.

Even the common people were shouting at the top of their lungs until they were hoarse.

Miao Wan didn't want to delay too long. After the houses were divided and the benefits were distributed, she could let everyone pack up and move in the afternoon.

The scattered tents across the commercial street and in other places were quickly packed up.

The freed-up space would allow the personnel from the two military camps to be rearranged, and together with the civilians who were still willing to take work points, they would continue to build roads, city walls, and commercial streets.

These three things must be done before the New Year. There are less than three months left. All the promotional coupons must be sent out in the county town during the twelfth lunar month so that the commercial street can open on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

As for the soldiers who were going to receive the benefits, each one of them was even more excited. Even the thousand-man commanders and centurions who came to receive their winter clothes were very excited.

In the eyes of those wealthy families, this was because the new garrison commander was sought after by the Gubei Army and was more popular than Qin Mao.

It's only been over a month, and the new defense has already established itself?

Everyone was shocked, and some wealthy people even regretted not going out to establish a good relationship with Qiao Ruichen in advance.

Someone brought it up, "I heard from my brother-in-law that Tiao Street and Wa City are going to merge to create a commercial street, and there are still more than 30 empty shops. Even if we don't do business, why don't we buy a few shops at a high price?"

Several people who were on good terms with Qin Mao began to wonder, as they had sent him many offerings when he was around. Many of them were so scared that they closed their doors to visitors, fearing that someone would find out that they had had close contacts with Qin Mao in the past and they would be killed accidentally.

Now that the new garrison has won the hearts of the people, they have to continue to pay tribute to him, so that they will not have no one to protect them in the future and they will be ostracized and may fall at any time.

No one responded to this, but everyone went back to think carefully about how to deal with the new garrison.

Qiao Ruichen invited Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan to the stove shed to drink hot soup.

"The general has tricked both of us without telling us in advance. We are all scared." Xu Bin said somewhat unhappily.

But this title made Zheng Yuan's heart move. In the past, they all called Qiao Ruichen "General Garrison". That was because the two veteran generals who climbed up with their military merits did not recognize Qiao Ruichen's part-time position as General Yunhui.

Most people in the county town probably felt the same way. Even if they were just watching and not causing much trouble, few of them called Qiao Ruichen "General".

Qiao Ruichen is isolated and helpless, and has been as busy as his grandson recently.

Unexpectedly, Xu Bin surrendered just after receiving his first military pay. Zheng Yuan even admired the old man's courage.

Zheng Yuan squatted down next to Qiao Ruichen and said, "That's right, the general is not kind. I also want to ask, if everyone else can get the benefits, then what should Brother Xu and I do?"

Qiao Ruichen pretended not to notice the change in address, still smiling gently as he explained, "Madam wanted to give everyone a surprise, and I really couldn't refuse Madam's kindness, so I listened to her."

They both: "..." I see. I knew you were a henpecked man. There's nothing wrong with this explanation.

As for how the two of them were treated, Qiao Ruichen remembered what Miao Wan had taught him.

Miao Wan also felt sorry for her husband running around and being as tired as her grandson. He was not doing this for his own future. Otherwise, if he returned to Beijing, his official position would be promoted much faster than it is now. He would even be promoted to the third rank if he went back.

My husband took on so much work because he was accompanying her in her travels in the Northwest, and because he felt sorry for the soldiers of the Gubei Army and the people of the Northwest. However, there were still a group of people with shit in their brains who were scheming against each other for power, fame and fortune.

But this is the case no matter which dynasty it is. Miao Wan can't even resist the buying and selling of servants, so she has no idea how to deal with this situation.

Helplessly, she offered her signature flattery to make her husband feel more at ease.

"These leading generals have to work tirelessly for the soldiers under their command every day. How can we use things like work points to add to their hardship? They are devoted to the soldiers, so the soldiers are naturally their face. Sir, just praise them to death.

We must let them know that as long as their soldiers perform well, they will receive benefits doubled according to their highest work points. We must let them know that this is what they deserve. We can't let these generals who illuminate themselves and their soldiers feel disheartened."

Qiao Ruichen's ears were filled with such flattery that he felt dizzy. He couldn't help but feel sorry for his wife for thinking so much about him. "If this happens, won't it cost more money?"

He knew very well that his status was far inferior to that of gold and silver. That was his wife's heart and liver. The more stingy he was, the more distressed his wife would be.

Miao Wan chuckled, "Are you stupid, my husband? How could I possibly suffer a loss? If they encourage their soldiers to earn more work points, won't they have to go out more? Whether it's building Xining Town or paving roads and bridges, business will be better in the future. Everyone knows that the Gubei Army works for us, so who would dare to offend us? In the future, when we have more benefits, if anyone makes things difficult for us or hurts us, the Gubei Army will fight that person to the death and make sure there is nothing left."

Even the common people's work points will not stop. The common people can exchange the work points they earn for wages in the future. It is almost equivalent to that all the people in Xining Town are working for her. The more you work, the more you get. If you don't work, you get no money.

It's not easy to find so many hardworking employees, and they still think they are taking advantage. She suffered a great loss while doing a good deed, hehe...

In short, the Gubei Army and the people may have gained a great advantage, but she will only earn more.

After Qiao Ruichen asked, he realized that his wife was a cunning small landlord and he didn't need to worry about her.

Therefore, in front of Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan, even though it was a bit embarrassing to flatter them, he still tried his best to express what his wife forced him to say.

Not only did he express it, he also painted a pie for the two of them according to his own ideas, and this pie was bigger and rounder than the previous one.

"Brother Xu and Brother Zheng are busy with military affairs, so of course the overall situation is the most important thing. My wife and I are doing all this to make the Gubei Army stronger so that the people will no longer suffer from bandits.

If we can obtain God's blessing in the future, and kill all the Xiban people, so that foreign invaders dare not invade, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe, then maybe we can return to our homeland and enjoy some family happiness."

Xu Bin and Zheng Yuan felt so full that their whole bodies were burning, especially their hearts, before they even drank much of the soup. Even if they wanted to move up, they might be able to return home in glory and enjoy the company of their grandchildren. Who wouldn't want that?

Knowing that their subordinates took more, they would only take more, and the two of them were no longer jealous.

They all smiled and hinted that they would train well after returning, and this field work would become a formal rotation, and everyone should take it seriously.

In short, they have to whip everyone to work harder. They wish everyone could get more benefits so that they can live more comfortably.

Ruan Jialin, Liang An, Zhou Ding, Xu Dayao and other literate people are responsible for maintaining order and distribution here.

Miao Wan brought Zhang Sanzhuang who had rushed back, as well as A Yuan and the other people who had been bought, back to the garrison to continue the meeting.

In fact, work points were first implemented in Jufu Restaurant and Qianjinlou. They used different calculation rules from people outside, and they knew roughly how many work points they had.

Miao Wan didn't say much, but just handed the booklet with Sun Yaozu's statistics to Zhang Sanzhuang and asked him to read it to everyone.

The ones with the highest work points are Ayuan and Adun, with a total of 200 points.

The second is Ah Cheng, who was splashed in the eyes by pepper spray last time. He scored 180 points. He was the one who loved gossip the most in Ju Fu Restaurant. He liked to eat melon seeds and listen to stories, but he was also very efficient at work.

The latter one was the little celebrity around Zhang Sanzhuang. When Zhang Sanzhuang went to the county town, Acheng, who was originally very dull and seemed timid, actually became the leader of the guys.

"I didn't tell you all about how to sign the contract originally because I haven't figured it out yet, so it's hard to make any promises to you casually." Miao Wan let them get excited for a while and said in a low voice.

It’s not that I don’t want to shout loudly, but my throat is sore from shouting outside before.

Although she was not afraid of so many people, being watched by thousands of people could easily make people emotional.

I didn’t feel excited at the time, but in fact my dopamine secretion was strong, so I unconsciously exaggerated it a lot.

But the sound was low, everyone listened quietly, and could hear it clearly.

"I have to be frank. Although the money I brought back wasn't much, you guys are responsible for most of the most profitable jobs at home. You're paid and get paid bonuses. I don't owe you anything. The longest you've been here is less than two years. There are some things you all need to understand."

Miao Wan glanced around at everyone. "In principle, 200 points is enough to release the contract. The fact that we were able to accumulate enough work points so quickly this time was also a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. It doesn't happen all the time. I mean what I say, but I also have to consider the people who work with me. So there are three types of contracts. You can choose yourselves."

"The first option is to release the contract if you score 200 points or more. There will be no additional compensation. You can take your wages and bonuses, or you can choose to stay and start as the manager of the Qiao family.

But you must sign a confidentiality agreement. If the Qiao family's secret recipes are leaked, they will be reported to the authorities as theft of ten thousand taels of silver. Whether I can catch you depends on my ability, and you can try your best."

Everyone was shocked and wanted to ensure that the news would not be spread.

Miao Wan raised her hand to stop their cursing and swearing. She didn't believe it.

Even though she is loyal now, no one can predict what will happen with the passage of time and the temptation of gold, silver and treasures. She will never gamble on this person's heart.

Since she has signed the contract, she can bear the consequences of the secret being leaked, but she will never let go of anyone who dares to leak the secret.

"The second option is to get a 500-point bonus. You can choose to use the 100 taels of silver to do whatever you want, or you can choose to invest in one of the Qiao family's businesses. The amount of profit you get will be determined based on your ability and investment. You will also need to sign a confidentiality agreement."

"The third option is to sign a contract after you reach 1,000 points. The Qiao family will give you a shop worth at least 1,000 taels or equivalent in gold and silver. They can also give you a secret recipe. In the future, you can choose to become a shareholder of the Qiao family, or you can choose to do business on your own like an ordinary merchant, or even do whatever you want. You will also need to sign a confidentiality agreement except for this recipe."

Everyone breathed faster as they listened, and no one present was a fool.

They would not risk leaking the secret in case they were not caught. Even if they could get a contract, they would still want to work with the Qiao family.

As long as they are in the same boat with the Qiao family, they will definitely earn more in the future than if they work alone.

The Qiao, Zhang and Ruan families suffered heavy losses, but the luckiest ones were the people who were bought back. They had little property, which they mostly carried with them or kept in small boxes.

When they ran away, they basically took everything out with them, so they still had the money in their hands.

Because of this incident, everyone counted a lot