Inside the Weijixian box.

“I, I…”

Si Ya was stunned when she heard this, and was speechless for a long time. After a while, Fang waved his hands and said, "I can't do it."

"Don't worry. Manager Fang will stay here until the beginning of next spring." Zhao Hao looked at Fang De and said, "You have to take good care of this apprentice."

"Don't worry, boss. This is our founding store. For the sake of the Wei Ji Xian brand, I will teach you everything I know." Shopkeeper Fang nodded heavily.

"With what Manager Fang said, what do you have to worry about?" Zhao Hao smiled and said to Si Ya, "Besides, we're just letting you give it a try. We shareholders have discussed it and decided that as long as you work steadily for a year, we'll give you 10% of the shares of this store."

"If you don't do a good job, I can remove you at any time and let you continue to wait in the hall." After a pause, he pretended to be serious and said, "Do you have the confidence to accept this challenge?"

"Yes!" Tang Siya blurted out, causing several people to laugh.

"It seems that the soldiers led by Marshal Qi are different." Zhao Hao waved his hand, asked Tang Siya and Fang De to get busy, and turned to Gao Wu and said, "You have to find a way to find more people like this for me."

Gao Wu shook his head with a bitter look on his face, obviously this was beyond his ability.

"Oh, okay, just pay attention." Zhao Hao naturally wouldn't make things difficult for his brother Gao.

~~

At this time, there was another knock on the door of the box, and it was Captain Yu Jia who came in.

"It's great that the young master is back." Yu Jiachang was the most talkative, and said excitedly: "The neighbors ask me all day long, is the young master not coming back?

"How could that be?" Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "Although I no longer live in Caijia Lane, this is my home no matter where I go."

It was getting late, so the two exchanged pleasantries for a while before getting down to business.

Zhao Hao had two things to ask Yu Jiachang. One was to have him meet with Tang Youde to recruit people for the Xiaocangshan project.

Building bridges and roads, digging lakes and clearing canals all require a lot of labor. Then there are buildings and houses to be built, and trees and flowers to be planted. When it is completed in the future, a large number of people will be needed to maintain operations. Now, I am afraid that the entire Caijia Lane will have to work for Zhao Hao.

"Oh, such a big project will require so many people. I have never taken over such a big task before. Don't let it ruin the young master's important event..." Yu Jiachang couldn't help but feel worried.

"I've thought about this." Zhao Hao gave him some advice, "You can set up a labor service company... or a human resources agency. Hire some smart and eloquent people from Caijia Lane and ask them to help recruit people."

"Good idea." Yu Jiachang praised when he heard it. In fact, he made a living as a broker, but he had never opened a brokerage firm. He was just a black intermediary.

"However, the county's regulations are very strict, and I'm afraid we won't be able to get a pawn shop license." After saying this, Yu Jiachang became a little worried again.

"That's not difficult. I'll go see Magistrate Zhang in a couple of days and get one for you." Zhao Hao said with a smile, "You might as well expand your business and classify your agents into different categories. Pay special attention to the workers in the silk and cotton weaving trades, as well as masons, bricklayers, stonemasons, blacksmiths, miners and the like. As long as they have a skill, register them all for free. I'll be able to use them when the time comes."

"Hey, I've got it." Yu Jiachang thought, the young master wants to repair Xiaocang Mountain. We can understand that he needs masons, bricklayers, and stonemasons, but what do he need blacksmiths, miners, and weavers for?

However, he would always be right if he followed the young master's instructions. He would understand sooner or later anyway.

"Sir, do you have any other instructions?" After writing down the matter, Captain Yu asked again.

"There is one more thing." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "I have informed Manager Fang. From now on, I will take out 500 taels of silver from my share of Wei Ji Xian every month to teach the children in Caijia Lane to read and write. The school will be set up in my new house behind."

"Is that so?" Yu Jiachang suddenly realized. No wonder Zhao Hao, although he no longer lived in Caijia Lane, ordered him to buy all the neighbors' houses, tear them down and rebuild them together. It turned out that he wanted to build a school.

"It won't cost that much." Yu Jiazhang made a quick calculation and said to Zhao Hao, "There are less than a hundred children in Caijia Lane who can go to school. Adding up all the miscellaneous expenses, fifty taels of silver a month is more than enough."

"Not only the children from Caijia Lane, as long as the school can accommodate them, we will accept everyone." Zhao Hao waved his hand and said, "If there are too many students and the school can't accommodate everyone, we will continue to buy houses and expand until we can enroll 500 children."

"Yeah. If there are too many, it will be difficult to manage and it will be a mess." Tang Youde whispered from the side.

"Will there be so many children coming to school?" Yu Jiachang was a little unbelievable.

"I don't charge tuition, and I provide breakfast and lunch so they can eat well." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "I don't believe no one will come."

"That means people are trying their best to get a free meal." Yu Jiachang couldn't help but laugh.

"I want them to study." Zhao Hao shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Exams will be arranged every month. Those who slack off will be expelled, and those who study well will be rewarded. I will draw up a detailed strategy for you later, and you just need to follow it."

"That's great, sir." Yu Jiachang said with tears in his eyes. "You are so kind. We are the cultural and educational sanctuary of Jinling. Almost everyone in other places can read. But in the north of our city, people who can read are rare. This is the reason why others look down on us."

As he spoke, he patted his chest loudly and said, "Don't worry, my lord. The culture of studying in our Ming Dynasty is good. As long as the conditions are met, every family is willing to study. As long as the study is free, it's fine. There is no need to provide food."

"If you can afford it, then take care of it. We'll talk about it when you can't afford it anymore." Zhao Hao smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's settled."

After a pause, he reminded Yu Jiachang, "By the way, don't hire too good teachers, especially those corrupt scholars. In the first year of this school, we will only teach 300,000 and mathematics... Someone will give you the mathematics textbooks when the time comes."

"It turns out that I was worrying for nothing. Young Master has made all the arrangements." Yu Jiazhang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Then I will do as Young Master wishes."

"Well, let's meet a few more times during this period and think about everything we need to think about." Zhao Hao patted Tang Youde on the shoulder and said, "When I go to Beijing, you can discuss it with Boss Tang. He is very caring."

"Sir, you don't have to say that. I know what you mean." Tang Youde said with a wry smile, "I'll pay for all the school buildings. Is that ok?"

"You are indeed kind-hearted." Zhao Hao smiled approvingly and said, "Then you can name the school building 'Youde Building'."

"Hey, that's a good idea." Tang Youde's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested: "Then I have to pay more money to build a sturdier one."

"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile, "That's what I meant."

~~

By the time I had met everyone I needed to meet, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Hao yawned as he came downstairs and found that the restaurant had already closed and the waiters had finished cleaning the lobby.

Qiaoqiao was dozing off on the counter, but she hadn't gone home yet.

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