Regarding the arrangements for personnel and food.
Kang Yueran said first: "The money will be used to buy bricks. As for the labor, I will select 600 strong men from the disaster victims in Kaoshan Village to do manual labor and 20 people to cook.
"These people will be paid three meals a day, plus an additional twenty coins per person per day. As for shelter, we can first build a few large sheds in the open space. Is that okay?"
The four masters all nodded in agreement. It was necessary to find coolies to build the wharf, and it didn't matter who they found.
He Yifan said, "Food is hard to buy right now. Let's each donate 10,000 kilograms to support us for a while, and then we can send people to the south to buy rice."
Regardless of whether food is easy to buy or whether people are starving to death, these big merchants always have a large amount of food stored at home.
If you want people to work, you have to provide them with food. Zuo Bai and the other two agreed and said they would send food over tomorrow.
Kang Yueran said, "I don't think we need to go south to buy rice for the time being. I have planted over 700 acres of sweet potatoes near Kaoshan Village. They will be ripe in a while. I can sell some of them to businesses then. Sweet potatoes are enough to fill you up, and the price is even lower than that of mixed flour."
The fact that it was filling and cheap made everyone very interested in sweet potatoes, and they also praised Kang Yueran.
Kang Yueran quickly changed the subject and said that he would take 620 disaster victims to the dock to set up tents tomorrow.
After talking about the grassroots employees, it’s time to talk about the management, which is the highlight of the fight between the masters.
Watching the four people arguing with each other until they were red in the face, Kang Yueran sipped his tea without saying a word.
Others had plenty of managers and shopkeepers to choose from, but she didn't. The victims of Qingpingzhuang and Kaoshan Village were all ordinary people, and although there were a few good ones, they were ultimately inexperienced.
The four of them were arguing and looked at Kang Yueran.
Kang Yueran thought to herself that this was not good. The fire at the city gate could not affect a small fish like her.
"Well, there are more than 600 people. I need to go back and ask if they have been selected. I'll go back first. You guys can discuss it slowly. Once you've discussed it, just decide on it. I have no objection."
Zuo Bai was unhappy, "Boss, you can't just ignore everything."
He Yifan spoke for Kang Yueran, "Let her go. She doesn't know any of the candidates we recommended. What can she say?"
Zuo Bai and the other two didn't want to make things difficult for Kang Yueran anymore, so they just told her to pick some strong laborers and let her go.
Knowing that the construction of the dock was about to begin, Mao Jian added more people to build the house in advance, and now basically only some finishing work is left.
Mao Jian had already found people to build the dock, and his remuneration had also been agreed upon with the victims.
Building a wharf was a time-sensitive and demanding undertaking, much more tiring than building a house. Therefore, Kang Yueran's proposed salary of twenty wen plus three meals a day wasn't very high, and she was certain that He Yifan and the other three would agree.
When work was over in the evening, Niu Dayan came to Kaoshan Village to hand over the staff to Mao Jian.
Mao Jian rang the gong to gather everyone together, introduced Niu Dayan, and told the more than 600 people going to work at the dock to leave with Niu Dayan early the next morning.
The rule prohibiting people from moving around randomly that night was also abolished, allowing those who worked to meet and say goodbye to the women in the family.
Wang Daneng and Wang Dali were both going to build a dock. They took their father and son with them to Courtyard No. 13. The women of both families lived in Courtyard No. 13.
The courtyard was inhabited by women, and men were not allowed to enter. Therefore, the women of the two families stood not far from the courtyard waiting early in the morning.
Everyone was very happy to see each other. Mrs. Wu looked at her husband and said, "Take care of yourself over there and don't worry about us. Erqiang will be on patrol and I'll make clothes. The two of us will have no problem supporting the four of us."
Wang Erqiang really likes patrol work. It's not tiring and he can earn food. "Dad, I heard that building the dock is very tiring. You must eat well."
Seeing his wife and daughter wearing clean clothes and no longer looking pale and scary, Wang Dali smiled naively, "Don't worry, I won't have to worry!"
Wang Daneng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Li. I've made inquiries. The boss wants to build a 300-meter pier first. It will be tiring at first, but it will be less tiring later."
Old Man Wang did some calculations in his head, "A three-hundred-meter pier is quite large. Are six hundred of you enough?"
"I heard that there are not only us, but also many disaster victims outside Anzhou City. We hired more than 400 people from there, making a total of more than 1,000 people."
After saying this, Wang Daneng looked around and said, "Let me tell you one more thing."
Seeing Wang Daneng's mysterious look, everyone became a little nervous and asked him what was the matter and asked him to speak quickly.
Wang Daneng said: "The land for building the wharf is very large. After the wharf is built, we will also build a lot of houses on the flat land.
I thought that after such a large dock was built, someone would have to work on it. So I asked the manager indirectly, and he said that they would select a group of us to work at the dock.
If we can stay at the dock for a long time, we can become employees of the Heshun Trading Company. If we are lucky, we may be assigned a job that is not tiring and pays more money.
The work is not tiring and the money is good! Wang Erqiang's eyes lit up, "Uncle Daneng, what is Heshun Trading Company?"
"The boss joined forces with several big merchants in Anzhou City to build a wharf, and named it Heshun Wharf." He was not very clear about what a business name was.
Wu said, "As long as we work hard, the boss will definitely not treat us unfairly. Manager Hao said that the quilts and cotton clothes we are making now are all made for the people in Qingping Village.
The people of Qingping Village have four sets of plain clothes and two sets of cotton clothes every year, and we always have work. "Work means food, and having food means a good life."
After Qingpingshan's identity was made public, all the stewards were no longer shy and would often talk about what was happening in Qingpingzhuang.
Wang Erqiang had also heard some of it, "I wish I could go to Qingpingzhuang too." Now Qingpingzhuang has become a good place and everyone wants to go there.
Wang Daneng was always the most informed. He patted Wang Erqiang on the shoulder and said, "Manager Hao told me that the eldest master's family is in great need of scholars right now. All the children aged six to twelve in Qingping Village are learning to write."
Old Man Wang patted his chest and said, "I can recognize more than 800 characters." He went to school for a few years when he was a child, and had forgotten a lot over the years, but he was still a well-known figure in the village.
Wang Chong, Wang Daneng's thirteen-year-old son, came up to his father Wang and said, "Grandpa, please teach me how to read." He also wanted to go to Qingping Village.
Old Man Wang immediately found a place to use his skills. He laughed a few times and said, "Teach them all. Once they learn to read, they can see far. Who knows, they will have a bright future in the future."
He looked at the new houses and the clean clothes on the children, and laughed even louder. They could now have enough food and warm clothes, and their future was full of hope.
As soon as it was dawn, Mao Jian had someone prepare dinner. After dinner, Niu Dayan came over to count the number of people, gave each person a new set of clothes and new shoes, and then left Kaoshan Village and went to Heshun Wharf.
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