Only merchants were called Dongjia, and no one understood why. Xu Jiushi asked, "Why did it become Dadongjia?"
Kang Yueran pressed his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet. "Xu Erlang asked a good question. The reason I asked everyone to call me the boss is because I am a businessman.
From today on, Qingping Mountain Stronghold will be renamed Qingping Village. It's no longer a stronghold, but a village. All of you are no longer bandits, but fellows.
The women can cook, the elderly can make mint ointment, and the able-bodied men can go out to work and trade. I will give you food and monthly wages, and you will eat according to your work."
In the past, bandits in Qingping Mountain could eat and get paid even if they didn't work. Now they have to work to eat, and some people are dissatisfied.
Wang Sidan asked cautiously, "Master Kang, why do you want to do business? Isn't it enough to eat and drink just by collecting tolls?"
"Does the official road belong to you? It belongs to the imperial court. Does the imperial court belong to you? If you dare to say that the imperial court opened the road with your family, you can collect tolls."
Anyone who dares to say this is treason! "But, when Li Da was in charge of the stronghold, he collected tolls."
Kang Yueran smiled and said, "Why don't you go and ask him now if he still dares to collect tolls?"
Kang Yueran was obviously smiling, but for some reason, Wang Sidan suddenly remembered the scene of Kang Yueran standing between a tiger and a wolf. He was so scared that he lowered his head and dared not speak anymore.
With the examples of the fifteen people who were driven down the mountain before, many people who thought the same as Wang Sidan dared not say a word.
Niu Dayan shouted, "Doing business also allows us to have enough food and clothing, and we can get a monthly salary. Isn't it just a little effort? Why do we have to hang our lives on the belt? If the imperial court comes to crack down on the stronghold one day, we will all be dead."
Xu Jiushi said, "The eldest brother bought some land in Kaoshan Village, east of the village, and gathered a group of disaster victims to work there. The brick kiln is now complete, and once the bricks are fired, we'll build a new house."
After the new house is built, the boss will also build a kiln to burn porcelain on Mount Paektu and a wharf on the west side of Mount Qingping. As long as everyone is willing to work hard, there will be no worries about a good life.
Let's work hard with our boss, and in the future we'll buy a house and settle down in Kaoshan Village, and move our whole family here."
Niu Dayan followed up, "Did you enjoy the snacks you had a few days ago? Did you stop getting bit by mosquitoes after applying the mint ointment at night?"
The cook needed more practice, so she made a lot of snacks every day, and Kang Yueran sent them down the mountain to feed the young men. The young men were sleeping in the open air, so Kang Yueran sent them mint ointment.
Someone replied: "Delicious! I've never had such delicious dim sum."
“The mint cream is very useful and smells good.”
"Such a good thing will definitely sell well, and I'm sure I can make money from doing business."
"That's right, I also think doing business is good."
......
Everyone started discussing it one after another.
A quarter of an hour later, Kang Yueran signaled Xu Jiushi to strike the gong. When the discussion died down, Kang Yueran said, "There are only a few types of business, and they are not big. Whether I make money or lose money is my business.
As long as you work hard, I guarantee you'll have enough food and clothing, and I'll also guarantee your monthly salary. As long as you don't slack off, I can also guarantee you'll always have work to do."
Niu Dayan was the first to respond again, "Why are you still hesitating? It's a good thing to have a good life without worrying about being beheaded. I've worked for the boss all my life, and when I make money I'll bring my mother and my brother's family over."
The common people were very practical, so they responded one after another.
Kang Yueran continued, "I've already asked Xu Jiushi, the steward, to clean up Courtyard No. 4, Jiazi. From now on, children under the age of six will be placed there during the day, and a few elderly people will be sent to look after them. You can take them home at night.
Children aged six to twelve, both boys and girls, went to Courtyard No. 5, Jiazi, to learn how to read. Adults, both boys and girls, went to work to earn money.
There is someone to look after the children, so you don’t have to worry. With one more person earning money, life at home will be more relaxed. It’s a good thing!
I can't tell you too much at once. What I said today is enough for them to digest and discuss for a while. Kang Yueran gave Xu Jiushi a look and left.
Everyone was more familiar with Xu Jiushi, and when they saw Kang Yueran leaving, they pulled Xu Jiushi aside and asked him many questions. Xu Jiushi answered them one by one, with Niu Dayan as the main speaker and Niu Dayan as the auxiliary speaker.
Back at Courtyard No. 1, Jiang Xiaoyan came to find Kang Yueran and asked him when he would go down the mountain to harvest pork. She also reminded Kang Yueran that there were wild boars on Qingping Mountain.
The animals on Qingping Mountain belong to the wolf pack. It's okay for her to kill a few and eat them occasionally, but she can't eat too many.
The next day, Kang Yueran took Dacheng, Xiaocheng, and twenty or so younger brothers and drove a donkey cart to Wild Boar Ridge.
Yezhuling is located northeast of Mount Baitou, adjacent to Changming County. Originally, Yezhuling was not called Yezhuling, but was given this name privately by nearby villagers because there were so many wild boars there.
Wild boars have a very strong adaptability and a strong reproductive capacity. They grow slower than domestic pigs, but their fighting power is several times greater than that of domestic pigs.
Adult male wild boars can weigh up to 400 to 500 kilograms and can fight tigers. Moreover, wild boars like to move in groups.
Therefore, in the past, even though people knew that wild boars could be exchanged for money, they still did not dare to go hunting in Wild Boar Ridge.
But things are different now. People will starve to death if they have no food, so many villages will organize young and strong people to come to Wild Boar Ridge to hunt in exchange for food.
As soon as Kang Yueran arrived at the foot of Wild Boar Ridge, he saw someone running out of the mountain carrying an injured person.
She ignored him and continued to go up the mountain with her men.
The common people who had been wandering around Wild Boar Ridge saw that Kang Yueran was surrounded by strong men and hurried forward to talk to him. "Hard-bodied men, please take a step forward."
Hu Dacheng asked, "What's the matter with this uncle?"
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