The second day of countdown to the military parade.

Even Zhu Ying didn't expect this.

This recruitment will cause such a big sensation.

After all, he underestimated the impact that the two hundred wen salary without any requirement for joining the company would have on the current Ming Dynasty.

In the 24th year of Hongwu, a yellow book was compiled to count the registered population in the entire city of Nanjing.

The total number of registered people is about 700,000.

However, military households are not included in these statistics.

At present, there are a total of 42 guards in the capital. Assuming that each guard has 5,600 people, the total number of people is 235,000.

Among them, there are naturally many bachelors, but there are also many married people.

Even if 30% of the family members are taken into account, there are still about 300,000 people.

Just counting this number, the population of the capital has exceeded one million.

Among them, there are also a large number of migrant population.

Such as the appointment and dismissal of officials, and performance reports.

Under the influence of the national policies in recent years, the commercial population in the capital has begun to show signs of competing with the Jiangnan region.

There are still a large number of disaster victims.

No matter where in the Ming Dynasty, once a disaster strikes, the refugees will definitely head to the capital.

Although the journey is long, due to the influence of the total number over the years, quite a few people have arrived in the capital.

According to current estimates, the population of the capital is approximately two million.

Compared with the 3 million people at the peak of the entire Ming Dynasty, there is still some gap. After all, the overall number of people is still increasing.

Among the two million people, 80% are civilians.

Among the 80% of the people who have the need to get a job, the lowest estimate is that there are at least 500,000 people.

In addition, due to the influence of wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there is an imbalance in the ratio of men to women. In terms of personality comparison, women are naturally much superior.

Currently, this is the only company that recruits female workers.

So you can imagine how much of an impact this would cause.

In fact, Uncle Zhang was very cautious about this recruitment, and he arranged a large number of manpower for this purpose.

However, under the current circumstances, even if all the manpower of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce in the capital was deployed, facing the impact of hundreds of thousands of people, it would still not be able to cause any ripples.

However, now that things have come to this, there is nothing we can do but go ahead.

Looking at the endless long queue and the dense and surging crowd, Zhang Bo's mouth was full of bitterness.

The recruitment of workers has caused a huge sensation in the entire Ming Dynasty.

In less than half an hour, the news had reached Zhu Yuanzhang.

The main reason was that hundreds of thousands of people queued up, blocking many streets in Daming, seriously affecting the passage of all people.

The most obvious thing is that the number of latecomers to today's morning court is the highest in history.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the court officials below, and did not turn his gaze to his eldest grandson.

It was the first time for him to hold such a court meeting.

The morning court in Fengtian Hall had never been so empty.

Normally, the number of officials attending the morning court was around four hundred, but today, there were probably less than forty.

"What is the current situation?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Jiang Li helplessly.

This was all caused by his eldest grandson, and he had no choice but to hold the ministers who were late accountable.

Jiang Li's forehead was covered with sweat. Hearing this, he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, because the Qunying Chamber of Commerce has a recruitment location, which is right on the main street leading to the palace."

"At present, the entire main street has been blocked to the point where no water can get in. All officials coming to the court are completely blocked. Even the Jinyiwei can't get through."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Can't we ask the Jinyiwei or Wucheng Bingmasi personnel to clear a small path for passage?"

Jiang Li said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the people are too emotional and are unwilling to give way in the queue. Even if the Royal Guards go there, it will be useless."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said in a deep voice, "What's going on? Could it be that the common people don't even have the slightest fear of facing the Jinyiwei?"

Jiang Li hurriedly explained, "Your Majesty, the key is the number of people. There are too many of them. I just went to see them and almost couldn't come back."

"When a dozen brothers entered, the people made way for them. But because there were too many people, after the brothers entered, they could not see anyone else and no one knew where they were pushed to."

Jiang Li was helpless.

When something like this happens, of course he goes to investigate it first.

But as he watched, more than a dozen Jinyiwei brothers fell into the crowd and disappeared in just over ten breaths.

He knew it wasn't that simple.

In fact, it is easy to understand why such a situation would occur.

The notice on the wall clearly stated the number of workers to be recruited, a total of no more than 25,000.

In the absence of any requirements, even a fool can guess that it is first come first served.

In this case, even the Five Cities Army and the Embroidered Uniform Guard would be useless.

This is about eating. Even if you just move aside temporarily, if you then see others squeezing in, can you still tolerate it?

As for the Beijing officials.

The Jinyiwei are useless, and the officials will give you nothing.

The world is big, but eating is the most important thing.

In this torrent, no one can do anything.

"Grandson, you are the one who caused this mess. There is nothing we can do now. You must find a way to solve it quickly."

"Look for yourself, what has this morning court become?"

"It has been 25 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and this is the first time we have encountered such a situation."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was a little helpless.

The current situation, in fact, has great hidden dangers overall.

With so many people gathered, it would be difficult to deal with if a stampede happened accidentally.

Even people with ulterior motives may secretly cause trouble.

Zhu Ying was naturally aware of the seriousness of the problem, and said to Jiang Li: "I'll have to trouble Commander Jiang to send a message and immediately stop recruiting workers. I'll notify you later."

Jiang Li immediately took the order and rushed over.

Even a delay of a stick of incense may lead to serious problems.

"Okay, let's adjourn the court and do what we need to do."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and waved his hand.

There is no point in having a morning court meeting with dozens of people.

Of course it is impossible to take a holiday. There is no morning court session, and there is still noon court session.

In the Huagai Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "You are so great, my great grandson. You have inspired the whole capital with such a big move."

Zhu Ying replied: "Although my grandson guessed that there would be a lot of people, he didn't expect that there would be so many people."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "This time it caused such a sensation, I think it will lay a good foundation for your next strategy."

Of course, Zhu Ying had informed the old man about the recruitment matter.

The general idea is also briefly described.

Strictly speaking, this involves tens of millions of coins, which is more than the coins issued by the Ming Dynasty in a year.

"The effect has exceeded my grandson's imagination and will be of great help for what comes next."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ying couldn't help but smile.

The sensational effect is the key to hype.

Only when enough people know about and pay attention to this event, will the subsequent arrangements be easier to carry out.

Moreover, today's morning court situation is still a very good gimmick.

At least for the next half month, it became the topic of conversation for most people.

"Let's see how our grandson can raise 8.5 million coins in just one month." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Zhu Ying’s current plan is to sell 40% of the shares of all factories.

The winery has already given away 30% of the blue jade, so they can only sell the next 10%.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. Given the current situation, I don't think it will take even half a month."

Zhu Ying replied confidently.