Luo Bi showed an embarrassment on his face. Looking at this scene, he couldn't even say a word of refusal.
Taking a deep breath, he waved to everyone, then quickly walked to Zhao Hao who was standing at the door.
"Sir..."
"Let me tell you!"
Zhao Hao nodded and walked towards the crowd.
Everyone was shocked to see Luo Bi actually saluted Zhao Hao, a young man who had not yet been crowned.
Seeing Zhao Hao walking towards them, everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Hao.
"Everyone, you probably don't know who I am yet."
"Since we meet here, let me introduce myself!"
"I am a viscount appointed by His Majesty. This imperial manor, as well as the two imperial manors to the west and north, were all granted to me by His Majesty!"
"That means I am the master here!"
"I want to build a workshop. Now that you know about it and want to come and work, I can't refuse you."
"That's it. Everyone present today, including the elderly and children, can be considered temporary workers of the workshop."
"But the workshop doesn't provide meals!"
Zhao Hao's words contained a lot of information, and everyone widened their eyes in disbelief.
How young is this person, yet he was conferred a title by His Majesty?
Of course, that doesn't matter.
When everyone heard Zhao Hao say that no meals would be provided, their faces turned disappointed.
They dare not ask for wages, but if they don’t even have a meal, then is it worth doing the work in vain?
Luo Bi hurried over and said, "Sir, if you don't need these people, just let them go back..."
Zhao Hao smiled softly, then said loudly: "I need white hemp, the kind that can be found everywhere in and outside our manor."
"Starting tomorrow, you can go harvest white hemp."
"I will buy it from you at the price of two cents per pound!"
“There is no upper limit on the weight!”
"If you bring ten catties, that's twenty coins. If you bring one hundred catties, that's two hundred coins!"
When all the tenant farmers heard what Zhao Hao said, they were dumbfounded!
They use white linen to weave baskets, basins and so on.
Can it still be sold for money?
The old man surnamed Jiao walked towards Zhao Hao tremblingly, his old eyes shining with eagerness.
"Sir, do you mean what you say?"
"Are you really buying white hemp?"
Zhao Hao smiled and nodded: "Old man, how can I be false when I say this?"
The old man knelt down with a plop: "Sir, thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness!"
The old man turned around and shouted with all his strength: "Fellow villagers, the Lord is taking care of us and giving us food. Come on, kowtow to the Lord!"
When everyone heard this, they all knelt on the ground again, kowtowed to Zhao Hao repeatedly, and thanked him profusely.
Zhao Hao was also very moved: "Fellow villagers, hurry up and get up. Since I have become the master of the manor, I will naturally give you a full meal!"
"Everyone, get up!"
Although he was a businessman in his previous life, he was definitely not the kind of person who would do anything to make money.
I can't bear to see this kind of scene.
Thousands of people dispersed after expressing their gratitude with great fanfare, leaving behind a thousand strong laborers who had been selected long ago.
Luo Bi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sir, these tenants are causing you trouble!"
To be honest, he was also very surprised when he saw Zhao Hao's attitude towards the tenant farmers just now.
I didn't expect that this notorious second generation would be so friendly.
Zhao Hao smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, it's just a little more money. This can also speed up our papermaking process, which is also a good thing."
Seeing that Zhao Hao was not angry, Luo Bi felt relieved.
Soon, Zhao Hao asked Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian to lead the team to start the work.
At noon, Lao Zhong returned with the things he bought.
Zhao Hao was in charge of the command.
Soon, tenant farmers began to arrive with their harvested white hemp.
Zhao Hao gave this task to Luo Bi's men.
Whenever someone came to sell white hemp, it would be weighed and paid for on the spot.
When the tenant farmers received the money, they could not suppress the joy on their faces and immediately ran off to harvest.
They also didn't know how long Zhao Hao would take to harvest the white hemp.
I wanted to get more back.
I’m afraid that they will stop accepting it someday.
It was almost noon when Zhao Hao slapped his forehead and remembered that he had forgotten to arrange meals.
He quickly found Luo Bi.
"Manager Luo, tell your chef to get ready quickly and move all the pots and other things to the workshop!"
"Prepare the ingredients. If they are not enough, use the money to buy them from the tenant villages!"
"Hurry up and prepare meals for the workers!"
Luo Bi immediately said in embarrassment: "Sir, there is nothing to buy in the tenant farmer's village..."
Zhao Hao was speechless.
Another mistake!
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Hao hurriedly called Zheng Zhiqian.
"Old Zheng, take your people back to the Imperial Capital to buy some food. Even if we can't make it in time for lunch, we have to make sure everyone has a good meal in the evening!"
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Zhiqian quickly called over a dozen hired workers and drove several horse-drawn carriages from the government office.
These hired workers worked very hard, and although they had no food to eat at noon, they had no complaints and even tried to comfort Zhao Hao.
"Sir, you have already paid us a very high salary, you shouldn't provide us with meals at all!"
"Yes, sir, we have already got a great bargain, eighty cents a day, which is more than what we can earn working in the capital!"
“…”
At noon, during the break, the workers sat on the ground and Zhao Hao sat among them. Everyone ate the black pancakes they brought with them and talked with gratitude.
Listening to the words, Zhao Hao also felt warm in his heart.
Look, how simple!
He stood up and said to everyone, "Everyone, today's lunch was indeed not arranged. This is my mistake."
"It's mainly because the time is too tight!"
"But don't worry, I have already asked someone to buy the ingredients!"
"I'll make sure everyone has a good meal tonight!"
Upon hearing this, the employees expressed their gratitude again.
In the afternoon, Zheng Zhiqian came back driving more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages.
The number of carriages is more than double what it was when we went there.
It turned out that he met Lao Zhong who was delivering goods here, so Lao Zhong asked him to bring the things back together.
Zheng Zhiqian came to Zhao Hao and said, "Brother Hao, the food has been bought, the wood that Lao Zhong bought has also arrived, and there is also a thousand strings of cash."
Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Have someone unload all the wood and food, and take the 1,000 strings of cash back to Manager Luo, and have him use the money to buy the white hemp."
"The wages of the hired workers here should also be collected from the office of the head official!"
Zheng Zhiqian said, "Brother Hao, do we really have to pay you once a day? That would be a lot of pressure for us!"
"Adding the daily purchase of white hemp, the daily expenditure must be more than 100 guan."
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