As the saying goes, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Jiang Yue tossed and turned in bed, finally coming to a conclusion: a son is no longer under his mother's control once he grows up; now that her son has grown up, it's time for her, as his mother, to enjoy a peaceful and happy retirement!
She didn't object to the purchase of people.
That's her sons' control over the hot pot broth. She can keep her share of the profits, and let her sons go out and make their own way in the world!
Among the promising younger students, Yao Yao is the one she has taught the longest. Yin, Xiao Xue, and Danu are all beginners. She needs to find more illustrated books about herbs.
The pharmaceutical factory is currently only hiring for eleven positions, one of which, a security guard position, will be filled by my father-in-law who has some free time.
No one in the clan had any objections. Logically and emotionally, she had absolute say in the pharmaceutical factory and the power to make personnel decisions!
She left the selection of the remaining ten people to the village chief: five men and five women, aged between eighteen and thirty, with clean hands and feet, and absolutely obedient.
This move is a signal of her trust in the village, and at the same time, it shows the clan that she is sincere, selfless, and working for the well-being of the clan!
According to the numbers, she is 001, Da Niu is 002, her father-in-law is 003, and so on up to 013. The numbers have been prepared and are just waiting for everyone to be recruited!
The benefits for employees are as follows: regular employees receive 500 copper coins per month, while probationary employees receive 300 copper coins per month. The probationary period is three months. If the employee performs well, they can be promoted to a regular employee early. If the employee performs poorly, they will be dismissed and will be permanently barred from employment!
Of course, when the pharmaceutical factory is doing well, it may issue quarterly bonuses, annual bonuses, outstanding worker awards, perfect attendance awards, etc.
Work from 8 am to 5 pm, with four days off per month, six days off after one year of service, and eight days off after five years of service, with the same monthly salary!
The wooden frames needed for the pharmaceutical factory, the sieves needed for drying medicinal plants, and all the utensils needed for processing were distributed around the factory building.
The assembly line work mode is used, with male workers responsible for heavy work and female workers responsible for more delicate work. The first batch of probationary workers were selected by the village chief and clan elders to undergo onboarding training.
After the seven-day probationary period, I signed the labor contract, or agreement, provided by Jiang.
With the contract in hand, the workers felt more secure and worked even harder, treating the Wujiacun medicinal herb factory as if it were their own, putting in extra effort and not wanting to let down the factory manager, Jiang!
These ten spots may seem few, but they are all for native residents of Wujia Village!
As the factory manager, Jiang only gave two spots to her husband's family, and the rest were carefully selected by the village chief and clan elders.
Contentment brings happiness. The villagers of Wujia Village who won the quota remembered the contract and kept the details of the pharmaceutical factory a secret!
Those families who didn't get a spot yet were also reassured that as long as they grow the medicinal plants well and vigorously, the pharmaceutical factory will definitely expand and recruit more people as their workload increases!
By the end of the month, the pharmaceutical factory had resumed operations, and everything was running smoothly.
Meanwhile, the school was half-built, and its basic structure was beginning to take shape!
The fact that a school was built in Wujia Village was not kept secret. Every daughter-in-law visits relatives, and after a while, several nearby villages knew about it!
Originally, the village chiefs of these villages looked down on Wujia Village, thinking that Wujia Village was far worse off than their own villages, and that building a school there was just a pipe dream!
However, as his married daughters, great-aunts, maternal grandmothers, and other relatives returned to the village, they started talking about how the school should be completed in another half month. This made the village chiefs from other villages restless!
So it turns out that Wu Family Village, having come from behind, actually built a school!
After repeatedly inquiring about the current situation of Wujia Village, the village chiefs learned that a woman surnamed Jiang had become wealthy by growing medicinal herbs and had brought prosperity to the entire village. They were filled with envy!
They also wished there were women like that in their own village!
To be honest, if a school were actually built in Wujia Village, wouldn't it be full of empty classrooms if all the children from Wujia Village went to school?
Cough cough cough~
Their village isn't far from Wujia Village, why don't we go ask them?
Try to get to know them, strike up a conversation, and see if you can send any school-aged children from your village there to learn a few characters!
What if, just what if, there were a child who was willing to study and had talent, and actually succeeded in his studies, and the village produced a scholar or a successful candidate in the imperial examinations? Then the whole village would be following in his footsteps...
Thinking about this, the village chiefs couldn't sit still!
He immediately gathered the village's local specialties, along with wine and meat, and asked someone to drive him to Wujia Village!
He hadn't caught up with his old friend from Wujia Village in a long time. "Let's go for a chat, we'll be good buddies, and who knows, things might work out!"
........
In a short time, the construction of houses in Wujia Village has been in full swing, and the threshold of the village chief's house has been worn down by strangers!
It was only after some inquiry that people learned that nearby villages had found out about the school being built in their village and were trying to curry favor with the village chief, hoping to send their children there to study and learn to read!
The village chief finally got to hold his head high today. Every three years, a conference of a hundred villages is held, and Wu Family Village is always at the bottom, constantly ridiculed by other villages for being dirt poor!
Hmph, at the Hundred Villages Conference this June, he has a feeling that Wu Family Village is about to get rid of its last place!
"Brother, just tell me directly, what kind of price would it cost if the children from our Zhangjia Village came to study here?"
"Yes, yes, brother, our Jiangjiawan and Wujiacun villages have always intermarried. We're all relatives, like family, we exchange a few words with each other!"
“We haven’t produced a scholar in Zhao Jiawan for many years. These taxes are suffocating our villagers.”
Three old men, each dressed in tattered clothes, crowded around the newly built eight-immortal table in the village chief's house, complaining about their troubles.
Old Qin sighed in the kitchen. They were all from nearby villages, and everyone knew who was good and who was bad.
Since everyone is a guest, we should still serve them brown sugar water!
Then there's the gift these people brought; it wasn't cheap. The old man hasn't said whether he'll invite them in for a meal yet; he'll see...
The village chief puffed on his pipe, listening to his old buddies complain. He empathized with them, but he knew that if he agreed immediately, it would make this hard-won opportunity seem cheap!
After thinking for a moment, he began to speak:
"You all know that our village was poorer than yours in previous years. But now, a kind family in the village was willing to contribute money to the clan, which is how this school was built."
"Yes, yes, we've heard about it too~"
"Yes, we've heard about it too."
"I've heard about it too~"
The three village chiefs all chimed in, but they were all nervous about what the older brother was going to say next!
The village chief saw through their little schemes at a glance, but he didn't tolerate it. He bluntly complained about being poor, but left them a way out. Since their village had started the school, they wanted it to be run well and for a long time!
However, everyone is poor, so don't expect Wu Family Village to be a sucker, right?
Shall we ask for your money, sir?
The gentleman needs to eat, and the children need to eat too!
These inkstones, paper, and brushes all cost money, right?
Books cost money too, and the expenses are huge!
In short, if you want something for free, no way!
Let's bleed a little, everyone~
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