1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 89
These two teenagers were born innocent and in good health, and they used to do the work of serving people, which met He Xi's request, and immediately took the two of them to a nearby dental office to sign the paperwork.These two teenagers were sent to the dental office by their previous masters to sell them, so they directly signed the deed of sale, 15 taels of silver each.After the money is collected, it will take part of it, and the rest will be handed over to the original owners of the two teenagers.As for the monthly money of the two of them, He Xi tentatively decided to give them three coins per person per month.

When the deed was signed, the dental dealer asked the names of these two people. The two were quite clever. After looking at each other, they knelt down and said, "Please give me your name."He Xi and Zhang Guang spent a long time together before they came up with two vulgar and unnutritious names - Dafu and Dagui.

Just have a name, not a surname.He Xi, however, refused to let the two young servants follow his surname: "No, no, then I won't become a godfather? After that, the executive committee knew that I thought I was outside to form a gang to run a business force, which would easily lead to misunderstanding. "

It was the tooth merchant who helped come up with an idea: "Since the two masters claim to be overseas merchants, I think it's better to give them the surname 'Hai', what do you think?"

"It seems to be possible...but why does it always sound a little weird?"

He Xi and Zhang Guang hadn't thought about it yet, and the two teenagers had already kowtowed and thanked them.He Xi took the Qiwen with the words "Hai Dafu" written on it from the tooth merchant, and said with a wry smile: "Would it be too vicious for us to give him such a name?"

The newly-baked Hai Dafu and Hai Dagui couldn't understand the feelings of their masters. For them, this is an excellent name. Who wouldn't want to be rich and rich in the future?The two new masters seem to be very kind, and their hardships must have finally come to an end.

Although two teenage servants were recruited, the original plan to buy a maid was not realized. The two went to the market a few times. The old lady saw a large group, but the little girl did not see a single one. The young servant girl looked like she was in her thirties or forties.

Zhang Guang couldn't help but feel a little dejected: "I watched those ancient costume dramas before. At this time, there must be a little girl who sells her body to bury her father, and a little girl who puts grass as a target appears. ?"

Although the dental dealer didn't understand what "costume drama" means, he understood the dissatisfaction in Zhang Guang's words, and quickly explained: "The two gentlemen don't know something, there are not many little girls in this place. See, there are only seven or eight in January. But if you two really want to buy a maid, then please come back here tomorrow, and you should get something."

"What's the difference tomorrow?" He Xi asked.

"Tomorrow is the day when the polder market is held this month. People from all over the world will come here to catch the polder. At that time, some families who are forced to make a living may come here to sell their sons and daughters." The tooth merchant introduced without hesitation. : "Today, seven to eighty percent of the land outside the city of Yazhou is under the names of several big families. Some people who have no money and no land can only sell their children for food, and go to the remote Tianya, Phoenix and even Yulin to open up wasteland."

"Then if we can provide food and lodging, and recruit some people who have no livelihood to go to distant places to reclaim waste, do you think it is feasible?" He Xi keenly sensed the opportunity and immediately asked.

"If you don't go to Qiongzhou Island, you can still have a bowl of rice to eat, and I think you should be able to recruit a lot of people." The tooth merchant was also a very smart person, and after hearing He Xi's overtone, he immediately added: "Two If the master intends to recruit a large number of people, he can act here for a long time.”

"How to calculate the price?" He Xi immediately started negotiations.

"According to the number of people recruited, how about one dollar and one person?" The tooth merchant boldly quoted a price.

He Xi shook his head and said, "It's too expensive. Every hundred people are settled once, five taels of silver." He Xi cut the offer in half without hesitation.

"Eight taels of silver, I can guarantee that there will be no less than 200 people per month." The dentist made a slight concession and increased his weight.

"Seven taels of silver. You can pay half of it as a deposit right away." He Xi was fighting for every inch of land, and his bargaining attitude was very professional.

"Deal!" The dental dealer gritted his teeth and agreed to He Xi's conditions.

He Xi smiled, took out silver and paid the deposit, and at the same time comforted: "Don't feel that you have lost money at this price. If you can introduce 8000 people to me a year, it will be 500 taels of silver."

The tooth merchant said with a wry smile, "Yazhou has only more than [-] people. How can there be so many rootless people who are willing to go out to cultivate wasteland. Master, you are really joking."

He Xi shook his head and said, "You can't be so rigid in your business. There are limited residents in Yazhou. You can go to other places to look for it. You can go to Danzhou, Lingao and Qiongzhou Fucheng in the north, and Wenchang and Wanzhou in the east. Give it a try. I just pay people according to the head, as for where your people bring them back, that's your business."

The tooth merchant's eyes lit up: "In that case, it's an excellent method. It's just that it takes some time to contact colleagues from all over the world."

"That's okay, we have been living in Yazhou for a long time, you can come to us directly." After saying that, He Xi informed the Yashang of the address of the office in Yazhou.

"If someone asks, I don't know where this land reclamation is going?" The tooth merchant was not stunned by this big business, and he didn't forget to ask clearly about these details.

"East of Yulin, Victory Port." He Xi answered him without hesitation.

"Victory Port? As far as I know, that bay has always been deserted. How could there ever be a port?" The tooth merchant looked stunned.

"It didn't exist in the past, but it already exists now." Zhang Guang grabbed the conversation and said proudly: "Remember this name, within a year or two, the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture will know the existence of Victory Harbor!"

On the way back to the Ya Office, Zhang Guang was still unable to restrain his surging emotions: "Old He, I really convinced you today, you will not talk about your own professional work, and you are so strong in business negotiations, I think Not worse than Malico and Qiu Yuan!"

He Xi said sternly: "Such words that are not conducive to unity, don't say anything when you get home. But then again, I have worked as a police officer for a few years before, and I haven't lost my basic skills in business negotiation. Today It just happened to be this opportunity. I'll call everyone tomorrow and come over to see what's going on in the polder market... By the way, let Xiao Zhao come to pick and see if he can find a suitable maid. "

Since the two servants, the rich and the rich, had no personal belongings, the group went around the city and bought them a change of clothes and bedding.Zhang Guang also ran into a tavern on the street and made three catties of liquor, saying that he would bring everyone together in the evening to celebrate today's "major achievements".After arriving at the Zhuya Office, He Xi arranged the residence of the two teenagers in a shop facing the street - anyway, there are no products for sale in the Zhuya Office. This small shop has been closed, and temporarily serves as a place for the two servants. place.The two teenagers didn't realize anything was wrong, so they found a few wooden boards in the shop and built the bed.

When it was dark, the members returned to the office one after another.Malico first discovered that there were two more Mingren teenagers in the family, so he asked what was going on, and Zhang Guang chose to talk about today's experience.After listening to it, Malico couldn't help but sigh: "I'm still professional enough, and my mind is flexible. It may not be able to do things so beautifully if I go to someone else."

Everyone exchanged their achievements today at the dinner table, and sure enough, only He Xi and Zhang Guang had the most outstanding record.Although other people also communicated with local Akira, most of them were superficial and did not collect any information worthy of attention.The two men from the Military Police Department spent a whole day making detailed records of the guard shifts at the three city gates, and planned to continue to observe for a while to determine whether the security system of the Yazhou garrison remained unchanged for a long time. .

Although Zhao Xiaoruo, who was encouraged by He Xi to follow the line of family members, spent most of the day in several shops selling women's products, other than buying a bunch of jewelry and female celebrities, it seemed that he could not make any substantial progress.According to her own words, she has spoken to several women, but the difference in accent has become the biggest obstacle to communication.He Xi greatly appreciated Zhao Xiaoruo's performance. He believed that it was a rare thing for a girl to go out alone in such an unfamiliar environment, and the speed of progress should no longer be demanded. After all, Zhao Xiaoruo studied nursing. Professional and not Bond girl.

Malike and Qiu Yuan each visited several shops and conducted more in-depth and detailed research on Yazhou's consumer market.According to their survey results, the current economic situation in Yazhou is quite polarized. A large amount of land and social wealth are concentrated in the hands of a very small number of local officials. This also corresponds to some of the information He Xi and Zhang Guang learned today.

Maliko pointed out that the current economic situation in Yazhou has a great negative impact on social stability, but because of the special social nature of the local area, the peaceful situation can be barely maintained by relying on the existence of military power.The guard army in Yazhou and the navy officers and soldiers in Shuizhai total more than 2000 people, which is a ratio of one to ten to the local population. It can be said that the armed forces are very difficult. Combined with the changing trend of the local economic situation, there is only one conclusion-there will be chaos for a long time.

The chaos or not of chaos in Yazhou has no very direct impact on the Chuan Group far away in Victory Harbor.However, Zhuya Office is in the same situation, but must consider how to take advantage of the current situation to win more benefits for the Crossing Group.

(End of this chapter)