The next day, as soon as the city gate opened, the porters came to the city wall early as usual to wait for work.

As the market outside the city grew and developed, the poor people in the city who had no land became peddlers selling small commodities, and most of them became porters.

Because they had no capital and some only had a lot of strength, they were noticed by passing merchants and hired to carry goods or pull carts. At the end of the day, they earned much more than before.

If you meet a generous customer, you can get a lot of tips a day. Now the life of the head of the family is better. Some hardworking families can even save two or three taels of silver, which was unimaginable in the past.

Therefore, these porters still like the market outside the city very much. Because of the construction of this market, there will be a steady stream of merchants, and the arrival of these merchants brings them opportunities to make money.

Early that morning, the Qin family's young servant received his master's order and went to the foot of the city to look for these porters. He walked up to the porters with a smile on his face and said, "There is work available at the Qin family's grain store. The pay is 40 cents a day. Do you want to do it?"

Hearing this, the porters all stood up and rushed to say that they wanted to do it.

Forty cents a day was a joke! They could only earn twenty cents a day on weekdays, and now they were asking for forty cents! What was there to hesitate about? They were afraid that if they expressed their opinion too late, they would miss out on such a good opportunity.

The young man raised his hand to stop the noisy expression, "Look, this job requires traveling far away, and it will take about a month. If you have made up your mind, go back and tell your family, then go to the Qin family grain store to sign up!"

Someone calculated in his mind, forty cents a day, this trip would make more than one or two taels of silver, this job is doable!

Some were counting the silver, while others were asking, "Excuse me, sir, can we know where we are going?"

The young man didn't hide it. "The shopkeeper will make the arrangements for your specific destination. It will probably be a few neighboring counties and towns. Someone will accompany you, so don't worry!"

When everyone heard that someone was leading them, the last bit of worry in their hearts disappeared, and they ran a long way as fast as they could.

In about a cup of tea's time, many porters gathered outside the Qin family's grain shop.

Shopkeeper Qin called everyone into the shop and said to them, "We have a job to do. We're going to the nearby town to buy grain. We'll provide wooden carts for you to help haul the grain. If you're interested, come and sign up now!"

When the porters heard that there was a wooden cart, their eyes immediately lit up. It would save a lot of effort to push the cart, and they all rushed to the shopkeeper to sign up.

Soon, the porters were divided into four groups, each with eight people, and were taken by people from the Qin family to different Lin counties.

Although these people are few in number, the role they play is extremely important.

When they arrived at the various nearby counties, they did not rush to collect the grain, but instead announced to each village that they were from the Qin Family Grain Shop in Rongcheng and had come to collect the grain.

When the villagers heard that they were collecting grain, they naturally wanted to ask them about the price of grain in Rongcheng.

When the villagers learned that the Qin family grain shop was buying them at such a high price, they all lost their composure and expressed their desire to sell them.

The manager naturally agreed, but they were short of manpower at the moment, so they could only wait for the next trip, or if they really couldn't wait, they could transport it themselves.

The two neighboring counties are not that far away. It just means a little more effort to make the trip, and the villagers will not have to sell their own grain at a low price. Naturally, they are willing to do so.

Qin Yue also informed his father about this matter in advance, asking him to send more people to patrol the official roads to ensure that the villagers can transport the grain to Rongcheng smoothly.

On this day, there was such a strange scene on the official road leading to Rongcheng. The soldiers who usually wore armor and had swords on their waists were patrolling the official road without looking around.

When the people who were transporting grain first saw this scene, they were so scared that they stopped and dared not move. The leading soldier came forward and asked them what had happened. The people were so scared that they waved their hands again and again.

Seeing that they were fine, the general ran back to the team and continued patrolling along the way with his men.

After the man left, the cowardly people finally came to their senses. He left immediately? Wasn't he going to rob them? This was different from the police they usually encountered!

Some people are ignorant, but some people understand. This is the general's protection for them!

In this way, the market in Rongcheng became bustling again, and carts and loads of grain were transported to the outside of the market.

Looking from the shop, you can't see the end in the distance.

Although there were many people waiting in line to sell food, the line moved in an orderly manner and did not seem crowded or chaotic.

In addition to the fact that there were officers patrolling here, Qin Yue also opened three places for weighing, so the speed of selling grain was naturally much faster!

The Qin family's grain shop was bustling with activity, and Li Yan, who was staying in the village, was no less busy.

The Qin family shop started to purchase grain, and Li Yan also led people and carried a scale to the foot of the small barren hill she had just built.

"Uncle Zhao, please help inform the village that I'm collecting grain at the foot of the mountain. Anyone interested can come over!"

After receiving the order, Zhao Da immediately went to the village.

The villagers, who had been impatient for a long time, quickly rushed to Xiaohuangshan carrying their own food after hearing the news about Li Yan.

They had seen with their own eyes how busy the Qin family shop outside the city was. Now there were people collecting grain at their doorstep, so they naturally would not endure the hardship of standing in line under the scorching sun to sell grain!

Just as Li Yan was about to weigh the grain, an auntie suddenly asked awkwardly, "Girl, can I make a deal with you? My family has very little land, and even if we sell the grain, we might still be short of the tax. I'd like to advance you four months' wages from the fermented bean curd workshop. Is that possible?"

This was also a decision she made after discussing with her husband. Her family was poor, with many people and little land. If she sold too much grain, they would definitely starve in winter.

Instead of spending money to buy food from the shop later, it would be better to find a way to raise some money for them now and keep the food for themselves!

Li Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Since it's Auntie who asked, it's naturally okay."

The woman immediately thanked Li Yan happily.

Li Yan stopped the woman's words of thanks and then said to everyone present, "Aunts, if you also want to get an advance on your wages from me, that's fine. I treat you all the same as this aunt! I can give you all four months' wages in advance."

The reason why Li Yan did this was of course to let the villagers keep more food for themselves. If they sell the food now, they won’t be able to buy it at the current price next time!

Now she has more than two hundred taels of silver in her hand, in addition to the more than two hundred taels her uncle gave her last time, and she can still give each of her aunts an advance payment of April's wages.

The villagers were delighted to hear this. Who wouldn't want to be paid in advance? They all thanked Li Yan with great joy.