As soon as the young men left, the young men from Wangjia Village immediately surrounded Manager Huo and asked him about the affairs of the Qiao Mansion.
"Which other Qiao's mansion could it be? The residence of the current top scholar. You've all seen him when he was paraded through the streets on horseback. What an upright man. Yes, that's right, it's his house.
The Qiao family has more than one top scholar as an official. He is the second in the family, with an older brother and a younger brother. Now they are all generals in the Zhennan Army. Each of them has a promising future. Even Madam Qiao herself is an extraordinary person.
Let's not talk about these big shots, just look at the young masters from their families who showed up today. What kind of people are they? They are friendly, right? They really don't put on airs with us ordinary people.
You Wangjia Village are lucky. You have met a customer like the Qiao family. What else do you have to consider? Why don't you just hold on to them and live a peaceful life?"
Wang Dazhu:......
This thigh seemed to be pushed away by him, but could he be blamed for that?
Look at how those kids are dressed. They don't look like children from wealthy families at all. They are not even as decently dressed as the stupid son of the landlord in their village.
Isn't it normal for him to be suspicious for a while? When walking outside, who doesn't respect the clothes first and then the people?
"Manager Huo, is it true that the Qiao family will not delay the payment of wages?"
Many people are most concerned about this. After all, no matter how good a reputation is, it is only spread by others. The reputation of the Right Prime Minister is also very good! But the servants in his house are still taking bribes.
Reputation is something that only powerful people care about, and ordinary people like them don't care about those empty words. What's most important is to let them get the benefits in time.
"Look at your useless appearance. Not only will the Qiao family not delay wages, but there will also be extra rewards for short-term work done well. This reward is not just about money, there are other things as well."
"What? Give me more?"
"Of course, I can go there and ask in person. If it weren't for the fact that you, Lao Wang, once saved my brother, I wouldn't tell anyone about this."
The Qiao family not only gives year-end bonuses to the most dedicated and loyal servants and farmhands, but also lets their children study for free in the Qiao family school for a year. For those who don’t have a house to live in, the Qiao family will also give out part of the money to build a house for you.”
Wang Dazhu obviously didn't believe it. "Manager Huo, don't fool us. Learning to read and study, and building a house? Which landlord would be willing to do that? Are you dreaming?"
Those officials and businessmen would like to squeeze their bones and marrow out of them, so how could they bear to give them the enlightenment they have put in their pockets. Even if you offer him three sticks of incense a day, he would not be so generous!
"There are some guys from your village on this trip. When they come back in the evening, you can ask them carefully."
When Manager Huo first heard the news, he first suspected that the person who reported it was lying to him. But after going to Laohu Town and seeing the paradise with his own eyes, he couldn't help but believe it.
The construction of Laohu Town is booming. The large row of townhouses at the foot of the mountain were all built by the Qiao family for their servants and hired workers to live in.
As long as you work diligently and are rated as excellent every month for a year, the Qiao family will consider subsidizing you 30% of the money to buy a house. If you don't have enough money, the Qiao family will also provide you with an interest-free loan. This money will be deducted from your salary every month until it is fully repaid.
To be honest, if the Wang family father and daughter had not treated him well, he would have wanted to resign and become a servant in the Qiao family. It would be hard to find such a master even with a lantern!
"Why do the Qiao family treat their servants so well?"
"What's the point? The old lady said that he is for everyone, and everyone can be for him. Listen to this, how good it is to say that!"
What is the purpose of these servants who have no roof over their heads and no place to stand working so hard for their masters? Isn't it just to hope that they and their descendants can fight for a way out in this chaotic world.
Having enough food and clothes is good enough, but can they dare to think about reading and writing? Even for him, the chief steward, his father and grandfather worked hard for the Wang family for three generations, so that he had the opportunity to accompany Wang Yuanwai to school and study together since he was a child, and got such a chance to learn to read!
However, the Qiao family gave all these things that others could only dream of to their servants. This made it difficult for the masters of the aristocratic families to boast that they were kind in front of their servants in the future.
Wang Dalin's dying heart suddenly became alive, especially when the young men who came back from the boat trip excitedly talked about what they saw and heard in Laohu Town, which confirmed what Butler Huo said bit by bit.
"Village head, don't you know? Every household in Laohu Town actually has a farm. This was reclaimed by the Qiao family in the spring. Last year, that place was a dangerous place that everyone in Weizhou Prefecture avoided.
Since the Qiao family settled down, Mrs. Qiao has led the villagers to hunt in winter and reclaim land in spring. Now the place is very lively. I heard that the prefect has considered establishing alliances with several villages. "
"What? The Qiao family wants to hire us to fish for them. What else is there to do? Just agree to it now..."
Under the leadership of the Qiao family, maybe in the future we can add an acre of good farmland to our family, so that our descendants can have enough food to eat."
At the joint urging of the villagers, Wang Dalin went to the river overnight to get several baskets of bait, and in the dark brought a few boys from the village to deliver the catch to the Qiao family.
It has to be early. The boys in the village are like chickens with their blood pumped up. They don't even sleep at night and rush to his house one after another, urging her to come quickly to find the young master of the Qiao family so that the matter can be settled quickly.
I’m afraid that if I miss this village, I’ll miss that store!
After all, Chenjia Village, which was not far away, was also a fishing village like them. It was just that the head of the family and the head of the village were more cunning than him.
As soon as I was born, I found a big boss. I heard that his family had a small family with a county magistrate, and that there was a young man who passed the imperial examination and became a scholar this year.
Although they are not a particularly powerful family, they are still out of reach for ordinary people like them. Didn't you see that Chen used to fish on the river without interfering with them, but since he found a backer, he looks down on them when he sees them. Recently, he has begun to fish beyond the boundary repeatedly.
They had clearly paid the fish tax on time in the territory that had been designated by the government, but recently those yamen runners always came into their village and found ways to make things difficult for them.
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