In three days, the carpenters worked overtime to finish all the rooms.
The rooms were already quite well done. Although the time was tight, there was absolutely no cutting corners. The bed boards were very sturdy, and the guardrails were reinforced.
The upper and lower bunks don't disturb each other.
Each bed has a curtain, and the space inside the bed is quite large, with boxes for storing clothes and a small folding table.
Lin Jinyue took a look, but still felt somewhat dissatisfied.
I always feel like something's missing.
Candles are not allowed inside the bed, for fear of causing a fire and resulting in heavy casualties.
Installing lights isn't a problem, but lights are expensive now, and we can't afford to consume those new energy fuels.
The monthly rent is only fifty coins, which is really not worth it.
Lin Jinyue thought that she still needed to get the electricity working as soon as possible.
I don't know when the generator will be unlocked.
Of these maids and servants, 1,400 are willing to work for their village, which already accounts for more than half.
Lin Jinyue never expected that these people would give up their monthly salary of two taels of silver to come to their village and earn a few hundred coins a month.
However, after glancing at her watch, she realized that being a maid in ancient times was not easy.
Even being a maid requires being multi-talented.
Some need to be able to play an instrument and sing, some need to be good at embroidery and needlework, and some need to be able to dance.
Lin Jinyue felt that more multi-talented people should be invited, including arts performances, interest classes, extracurricular tutoring classes, and various stage performances.
She went back happily to prepare for talent coordination.
The thought of so many people helping with the construction made her feel very happy.
*
That evening, Lin Jinyue assigned tasks to each person one by one.
She knew she couldn't finish it in one day; she had prepared to spend several days on it.
At this moment, inside the Yunhe Inn, the maids who had retrieved their indentures were all looking at the rooms Lin Jinyue had arranged for them with some disbelief.
They wondered, what kind of good conditions could fifty coins a month provide?
Not to mention that this house was originally intended by Lin Jinyue to be used as a restaurant to sell things.
Opening a restaurant is so profitable! Those gentlemen and young masters would spend a fortune just for a meal.
Lin Jinyue rented them out at a low price and even provided so many beautiful beds.
The first and second floors are all occupied by men. The beds haven't been fully made yet, and most of the people are sleeping on the floor.
The third and fourth floors were for the girls to live on. When they saw that each room had its own private space and a spacious bed, they almost couldn't hold back their emotions, and several girls even burst into tears.
These young maids, who were only fourteen or fifteen years old, were sold into servitude as children when they were twelve or thirteen.
The moment their families sold them for money, they were basically no longer able to go home. So when Lin Jinyue asked them whether they wanted to go back to their families or stay in Yunhe Village, none of them thought about going home.
They were not well-liked by their families and were sold to be maids. They never managed to become senior maids and were mistreated in their master's household.
No one has ever genuinely cared about them.
However, after arriving in Yunhe Village, several villagers brought out a lot of meat to treat them.
Some villagers even enthusiastically introduced the different jobs available in the village.
Some of the maids knew how to cook, so someone immediately arranged for her to work in the kitchen and taught her some simple dishes, all using special seasonings from Yunhe Village.
Those people didn't even think about guarding against them.
These maids, who had endured so much hardship for so long, suddenly found themselves unable to bear it any longer.
The villagers are so kind.
And these houses they live in—you can tell the designer used clever ideas to try and make them as comfortable as possible.
I originally thought this was the best treatment I could get.
Just then, a little girl suddenly came in and shouted, "Have you seen the notice outside?"
The others came over, some looking worried: "What notice is it?"
The little girl said, "It's a new rule in Yunhe Village. It says that all of us who haven't turned eighteen can go to school. We get free lunch in the morning and at noon, plus eggs! Dinner is simpler, just brown rice cakes."
Everyone else's eyes lit up. "This...this doesn't charge us?"
"They won't accept it. They say you're too young and don't need to think about so much. We can talk about making money after you turn eighteen. Of course, you can go to school while doing some light work in the evenings and earn a few coins a day."
"Can you not go?"
"Sure, but the aunties in the village all encourage us to go. They say that if we study, we'll have a chance to become managers and earn more money. If we also have a skill, we'll have more options in the future. Besides, the village pays for our pens, ink, paper, and inkstones... Oh right, there's also the clinic. If you're interested, you can go and learn. I see that the female doctors can earn quite a bit by collecting herbs."
Everyone's eyes lit up immediately.
What kind of magical place is this village?
These people are lucky; otherwise, if they were to serve others like before, they would never see the end of the road and would be taken advantage of.
At this point, someone asked, "Are we dreaming?"
"Ouch—it hurts! You're just dreaming. Pinch yourself instead of me!"
Lin Jinyue listened to them discussing going to school together at the door, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. She didn't care about the cost of pen and ink; she hoped that more people in the village could become literate and have more opportunities to read.
Reading more books is never a bad thing.
Moreover, Lin Jinyue didn't help them for nothing.
This afternoon, Magistrate Ding returned to the county office and probably recorded all of this information on file, which means that the registration has been successfully completed.
Lin Jinyue received a series of system notifications just an hour ago.
[System: Congratulations, host, your territory has reached a population of 500. Surprise gift pack awarded.]
[System: Congratulations, host, your territory has reached a population of 1000. Surprise gift pack awarded.]
[System: Congratulations, host, your territory has reached a population of 2000. Surprise gift pack awarded.]
[System: The next stage of the population series mission is at 2358/3000. Please keep up the good work, host.]
[System: Attention! Attention! Host, please improve the welfare benefits in your territory to retain your people, otherwise there will be corresponding penalties.]
Lin Jinyue hadn't expected there to be a punishment.
But it doesn't matter. She feels that the environment here is pretty good. She can increase the benefits and allow everyone to stay.
Changing one's household registration in ancient times was very troublesome. As long as the benefits were slightly better, people would not go to great lengths to leave.
After thinking for a while, Lin Jinyue decided to let these pageboys and maids go to school. The minors would be provided with meals, and the adults would either attend night school or come in their spare time.
The village has no shortage of food now; we can make cornbread or potato stew with rice.
Then, Lin Jinyue opened the surprise gift packages one by one.
What a pleasant surprise! This gift package is truly a timely help.
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