Zhuo Zheng was also in great pain.
When I worked in a canning workshop, I could sleep soundly even with a sweat towel covering my face at night.
But when he moved to the dormitory of the soap workshop, he had to listen to people talking in their sleep every day, and occasionally they would shout loudly, which would wake him up as soon as he fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, when he was half asleep, someone would suddenly get up, fumbling around in the dormitory with a dazed look on his face, or open the door and wander around like a ghost. Every time he would be frightened awake.
The most important thing is that when he entered the soap workshop, his mind was full of stirring the soap liquid...
I have no idea how this thing becomes soap and fragrance, and what else needs to be added.
Each process is separate. If he wants to reach the workroom next door, he will be driven away by the people guarding it.
He also discovered that the other two were spies.
So the three of them formed an alliance and looked for an opportunity to bribe the people in the soap workshop who had access to the core recipe and worked on it.
Every day when I eat or take a break after work, I will go to those people.
Originally they thought it would be very simple, but after going to several people, no one agreed.
Two people even told them not to have any such ideas, otherwise they would report it to the management office.
Some also scold them for being ungrateful.
The three of them felt that these people were crazy. Wouldn't it be better for Fangzi to go to a new place to live with a reward of hundreds of taels? Why were they so stubborn?
But these people didn't take the bait, and there was nothing they could do but keep waiting and look for an opportunity.
They didn't know that Xiao Hanzheng had screened and examined the character of those selected for the core workshop several times.
These people are either of upright character or know how to be content. They are all from Heyang County and will not sell out their workshops for money.
Moreover, Xiao Hanzheng came here to talk before the workshop officially started operating, and asked everyone and the workshop to sign a confidentiality agreement and stamp it with the official seal of the county government.
If anyone in the workshop sells the recipe or the process they have learned, once discovered, they will not only be fired but will also be held accountable and sent to jail.
Moreover, his family members and relatives within the five degrees of mourning who work in the workshop will also be fired.
He didn't work in the workshop, but if he wanted to recruit workers in the future, he would definitely not hire any of his relatives within the five generations of mourning, and the entire county would be informed.
This is too much. Nowadays, most people in a village are related to each other. If one person commits a crime, most of the people in the village will be implicated.
Not only will you have to go to jail, but when you return to the village after you are released from prison you will also be hated by other people. How can you live your life like this?
Especially now that we have just entered the workshop, everyone is doing things very cautiously, for fear of being fired by accident.
How dare you do such a treacherous thing.
Besides, since coming to the workshop, they have enough food and drink every day, and the sleeping place is much better than their own home. There are also special toilets and bathing places. This is a life that they could not even dream of before.
Instead of living a good life, they go to jail for a little money and are despised and ostracized by the village and clan members. It is not worth it at all.
Moreover, if the workshop’s recipe is leaked and someone else opens a soap workshop in another place, will the people here still be able to work?
If they caused the workshop to close down, they would be sinners and would be despised and scorned by people in the county and other villages. They did not want to be sinners.
Therefore, although hundreds of taels of silver were indeed tempting, these carefully selected people still suppressed their greed and refused to give up.
What's more, two people actually secretly went to tell the steward that there might be something wrong with Zhuo Zheng and the other two, and they kept trying to get the prescription from them.
The steward naturally reported the matter to Xiao Hanzheng.
When he came to report, Shi Qingluo was also there.
Her husband has always been good at employing people and is very good at judging people, but she is not so good at it.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled and said, "I chose and chose again."
"But there are still too few people like this. The workshop will have to expand slowly, and we need to recruit people with good character and ability to get things done."
Shi Qingluo thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Zheng, how are the soldiers who retired from the battlefield usually placed?"
Xiao Hanzheng replied: "Give me some money as resettlement allowance, and I will go back to my hometown to live on my own."
"Also, the resettlement fee depends on whether the superior is greedy. If he is greedy, they may just give him a few hundred coins and send him off."
"People who have lost their hands or legs can't do heavy work when they return home, so life is very difficult."
"I've also heard of many people who simply chose to end their lives in order not to burden their families."
"The court has preferential treatment for these people, and they don't have to pay taxes, but whether it can be implemented locally depends on whether the county magistrate is greedy."
"For example, in Heyang County, the previous county magistrate not only did not exempt these people from taxes, but also made them pay the excessive taxes and levies."
"I've been doing this recently. I've re-registered all these taxpayers and refunded them the taxes they paid in the past two years. They don't have to pay taxes anymore in the future."
"We are carrying out this task in each village, but we have limited manpower and many roads are long and difficult to travel. It will probably take the runners in charge of this task another two or three months to visit every household in Heyang County."
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "Then let's hire some more yamen runners. Anyway, the workshop has money now and can afford it."
"And I think we can let retired soldiers who are still able to work come to the workshop. No matter what the reason for these people to join the army is, it is an indisputable fact that they were injured while defending their country, and they should be treated with respect."
"People with one injured hand can still use the other hand, and people with injured legs can still use both hands, such as sitting and stirring soap liquid or watching the heat of stewing meat."
"If they are retired because of their age, that would be even better. We could recruit them to work in a workshop, or organize them into a patrol team to maintain public order in the county."
"This way you can solve your problem of lack of staff and give them a way to survive."
“It’s good for reputation, too.”
"You can also submit a memorial to the emperor, asking the court to do the same."
After hearing her words, Xiao Hanzheng fell into deep thought, then pulled Shi Qingluo into his arms and gave her a tight hug.
"My lady, that's a great idea. It kills three birds with one stone."
He had served in the army and fought in wars, so he has a different feeling towards the army and soldiers.
Before, he only wanted to find ways to improve the lives of veterans, especially injured veterans.
Now what his young wife said woke him up. Hiring these people to work was indeed giving them a way to survive.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.
Moreover, these people are trained and disciplined and cannot be easily bribed.
Now that I have such an opportunity in front of me, I will definitely cherish it and will not do anything to repay kindness with enmity.
Of course, human nature cannot withstand the test, so he has to screen among these people, and those with good character will be put in charge and in important positions.
If you feel that it is not capable of keeping a secret, just put it in an ordinary place, as long as it can support your family.
Those with bad character will naturally be screened out and not used at all.
(End of this chapter)
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