Chapter 421: Making a Cardigan
The village chief can be said to know the people in the village best.
Therefore, it is most appropriate to hand over the recruitment matter to the village chief.
"Then Miss, how many people are we looking for?" Caiyue, who was about to leave, suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Yu Mengqing tilted her head and thought for a moment before speaking: "There's a lot of wool available now, let's find two to three hundred people first!"
"Do you need so much?"
"Yes, there's a lot of preparation required for wool production. After we return to Beijing, people should start coming to the northwest to trade."
If time was sufficient, Yu Mengqing would even like to open a dedicated trade route in the northwest.
You know, this will be more conducive to the development of the northwest.
But now time and money are limited, so I can only make plans for the future.
After hearing Yu Mengqing's words, Caiyue turned around and walked towards the village chief's house.
Compared with Yuelin County, Lingshi County was recaptured earlier.
Among several counties, Lingshi County is the best developed.
It's not just because Yu Mengqing and the others live here, but also because this place is surrounded by mountains, so there are more gifts from nature.
What's more, Quan Zhaonian also lives here.
Of course, the most important point is that Lingshi County was not bad before, but it was poisoned by the county magistrate Lu Cunming.
As a result, the people of Lingshi County had such a difficult life before.
The most important thing is that the people here are very united.
Among the four counties, Lingshi County is the most united.
The next day, the four village chiefs came to Yu Mengqing one after another.
"Princess Chu..."
"Princess Chu..."
"No need to be so polite, just sit down!" Yu Mengqing said, pointing at the four reserved people.
After everyone sat down, he continued, "I believe you all know why I've come here today, right?"
"I know, I know. For such a good thing, on behalf of our Yuelin County, I would like to thank Princess Chu first."
Yue Zhengxi, the village chief of Yuelin County, spoke first.
Once there is one, there will be two. Soon, the other three village chiefs also expressed their gratitude to Yu Mengqing.
"No need to say thank you, let's get down to business first."
Seeing that they seemed to want to continue, Yu Mengqing quickly waved her hand to refuse.
If I keep thanking you like this, when will it ever end?
She also wants to deal with this matter as soon as possible so that she can return to Beijing?
Moreover, she had already seen that although Xue Zhonglan and Guo Peiying didn't say it, their hearts had already flown back.
"I know, Princess Chu, please give your instructions. Miss Caiyue has also told us your requirements for the workers. Give us a few days and we will slowly select them. Would you mind sending them over tomorrow?"
"Very good. I'll give you three days, no, two days. I'll give you two days. There are three hundred people. The four of you should discuss it and bring them here in two days."
After finishing speaking, Yu Mengqing took another sip of tea and continued:
"Of course, as for the money, it's based on the usual wages for helpers: women get thirteen coins a day, men get two coins more, fifteen coins total. Lunch is included at the factory, okay?"
"There's still silver?" several village chiefs exclaimed at the same time.
Hearing this, Yu Mengqing immediately put down the cup in her hand and asked in disbelief:
"Of course there is money. The people working here, why wouldn't they have money? Not only that, as long as they do a good job, I will give them small gifts every New Year. And on major holidays, I will usually organize some activities for the workers in the factory throughout the county."
"This...this...this isn't good, is it?"
"What's wrong with that? Here, everyone is equal. Since they have worked, they should get what they deserve. This is their right."
Yu Mengqing said sternly.
Even though she is the Princess of Chu and General Yu, in her eyes, the rights that these people have cannot be deprived.
Hearing this, several village chiefs were shocked at the same time.
They originally thought that the Princess of Chu asked them to find workers just to help with the work for a few days.
I didn't expect there would be wages.
Moreover, the wages are obviously two or three cents higher than those outside.
Most importantly, she also provided lunch.
This alone is enough to make them scramble for such a good job.
You know, even in Lingshi County, there are still many people who don’t have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear.
What's more, they are three county towns?
Even after they walked out of the general's mansion, they still looked incredulous.
You look at me, I look at you, and not surprisingly, there is shock in our eyes.
"Don't say so much. Princess Chu is so kind to us. The best way for us to repay her is to pick the best, most honest and hardworking people in the village."
"Right, right, that's right. Village Chief Yue is right."
After several village chiefs returned, the incident quickly spread throughout the northwestern region.
Everyone knows that when the Princess of Chu asks villagers to work, she not only pays them wages, but also provides them with food.
Word spread quickly from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and soon the entire Northwest region knew about it.
Even Jing Keqing from the neighboring Manjing State received the same news.
For some reason, at this moment he seemed to have seen a completely different Northwest a few years later.
Because of Yu Mengqing's words, several village chiefs came with their villagers the next day.
"Caiyue, please choose again. Also, pick out a few more people who can read."
Yu Mengqing instructed Caiyue.
"Yes, miss!"
"Does the Princess of Chu need to be able to read?" Quan Zhaonian asked curiously.
"You don't need to be literate, but you need to enter the skirt, Lu Mo Ling Pa Mo Wu Si second period. Only by entering here can you be the first to see the extra."
At this moment, he was wearing the down jacket that Yu Mengqing gave him.
Because it is spring now, down jackets are made very thin, but they are extremely comfortable to wear.
It can be said that Quan Zhaonian has never worn such comfortable clothes in his life.
If he had doubts before whether he could succeed in making it.
Now, he is fully convinced that these sweaters and down jackets will definitely sell well.
And it can drive the development of their northwest.
In fact, not only wool sweaters can be made into down jackets, but even down quilts can definitely be made bigger.
You know, this down jacket is already so comfortable to wear, how bad can this down quilt be?
Light and warm, isn’t this the comfort a quilt needs most?
Thinking of this, Quan Zhaonian himself became excited first.
Yu Mengqing didn't know what Quan Zhaonian was thinking. Her mind was now full of how to produce these sweaters quickly.
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