Poor family mother and son

Chapter 46 The woman's words are not enough to believe

Jizhou State Yamen House.

After Song Tingshan got off the Yamen, he returned to the back house.Mrs. Song stepped forward to take the official hat and waited for her husband to change.Ask happily: "Why did you come back early today?"

Song Tingshan snorted angrily and took off his official robe, sat at the table in only his middle coat, grabbed the teapot and poured water by himself.The servant girl saw that the master was in a bad mood, he poured water by himself, so stay away quickly, don't eat and hang up.

Mrs. Song gave the servant girl a look, signaling her to go out and not wait on her.Then he smiled and said: "That Li Langzhong has another moth again today?"

Couples who have been married for many years, the husband's temperament is naturally understood.Recently, because of the arrival of two officials from the Yu Department, Song Tingshan went home with a bad face every day.

"Shameless!" Song Tingshan thumped his teacup on the table: "The last time I went up the mountain to search for mines and met Mrs. Chu, she suggested to check the rocks at the bottom of the mountain carefully. What did you say? Ah, what did Li Jin say? He said 'women's words are not enough to believe'.

Then, after a further look, everyone was sure that it was really exposed ore, and judged that it was not only a mining spot, but also a large ore vein.He turned around and told the court that after careful investigation, he found a huge iron ore vein, and quoted Chu Qing's saying, "There is iron on the top of the ocher."

The most irritating thing is that he said in the memorandum that local officials pretend to understand when they don't understand, and laymen direct experts. I hope that the emperor will order that local officials should not get too involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Yu!Who is he talking about?Isn't this pointing at my nose and scolding! "

Mrs. Song quickly refilled the tea: "This man is really a villain!"

"I didn't know about this at first. It was Li Jin who brought the emperor's letter in the afternoon. The emperor said that I only need to fully cooperate with the officials of the Yu Ministry. At that time, I felt that this "only need" was a bit puzzled, so I didn't think much about it. As a result, this time The father-in-law who came to declare the decree belongs to Empress Concubine De, and just now he secretly told me the cause and effect of the matter, and only then did I know that Li Jin used such a method!"

Mrs. Song persuaded: "When Mrs. Chu was recuperating in the mansion, I mentioned to her some of our daughter's troubles. She told me that she once told Xiaobao that when she heard bad words, she would chant a mantra in her heart!"

"Chanting a mantra?" Song Tingshan was suddenly interrupted by his wife, unable to turn back.

"Yeah, chanting mantras—whether you listen or not, chant scriptures bastardly, ignore them, scold yourself."

"Pfft!" Song Tingshan didn't get the tea and sprayed it!

Mrs. Song saw that her husband was in a better mood, so she said: "This is not a matter of the Ministry of Yu, it is a matter of the court! How can the Ministry of Yu be able to make decisions on such a large mine vein?"

"That's right!" Song Tingshan said angrily, "It is said that the iron ore on the surface extends to nowhere, and it may extend all the way to Donglun. It is unknown how much is underground. It’s enough to dig for 50 to [-] years. How can he, a Yubu under the Ministry of Industry, cover the sky with one hand?”

"This man is self-willed and eager to make contributions, but he has no foundation in Jizhou, so there is no need to worry about the master. Since he wants to take care of everything, let him support himself first. Anyway, the imperial court will not leave such a large mine. No one will be assigned to supervise. The matter of building a granary is the most important thing right now."

Mr. Song scratched the back of his head: "Oh, I'm also worried about this. Mrs. Chu has such a relationship with us, so I handed over the business to her. But you said, can her workshop do it? The master came back and told her There are only 3 kilns, and they are not big. But her bricks are really good."

Mrs. Song thought for a while and said, "There's no need to worry. Miss Chu's temperament, even if she doesn't have diamonds, she would not dare to take on the porcelain job. Look at what she did, what can we imagine?"

"That's true. But to build a granary, we need bricks from two granaries, which cannot be undertaken by a small workshop." Song Tingshan was still worried.Returning favors is one thing, delaying the affairs of the court is a big responsibility.

"I'm afraid the only problem that Mrs. Chu has now is money. Her 1000 taels were given by Mrs. Hong and me." Mrs. Song said.

"The master said that Mrs. Chu asked for a high deposit."

"That's it, Mrs. Chu won't be aimless. Let me tell you, you have to pay the deposit in time. Last time I mentioned buying bricks from her to send to Mrs. Hong, but they sent someone to deliver them yesterday No, no cash yet."

"Oh?"

"I said that I'm not in a hurry to use it here, so I might as well get back to the business first, and the person who came said that their lady Chu said that they are not short of these few kiln bricks."

"So, she has something in mind. Don't worry, I'll send the power of attorney, the deed and the deposit together in a few days."

After discussion at the court meeting, it was unanimously decided: [-]. Smelting near the iron mine.[-]. Set up an additional military workshop nearby.[-]. Zhuzhou military workshops are under the supervision of Zhizhou, Tongju, Tiju, and Dujian.

This third clause is an additional addition.As the war changes, some systems also need to be improved.Today, the main battles in Daxuan Kingdom are concentrated on the border between Daxuan and Donglun.

This is the first time that the Daxuan Kingdom has discovered mineral veins on the border, so this third article is also a sample for how to deal with the border mineral deposits in the future.

Baolu Group.

When Chu Qing came to "inspect" the construction site, he found that the construction site was lively but not cluttered, and there were many people but not noisy.I glanced around and didn't see Baijia.

"Where's Baijia?" Chu Qing grabbed a person passing by and asked.

"Over there." The man pointed in a direction.

Looking around, I saw two people far away.Chu Qing led Xiaobao to walk over there.Now Xiaobao tries not to let Chu Qing hug him, he thinks that will make Chu Qing tired.Although Chu Qing wanted to take walking with Xiaobao as a weight-bearing training of thirty catties.

Baijia was talking to Village Chief Wu, and when he saw Chu Qing approaching, he stepped forward to report: "Village Chief Wu allows us to choose [-] acres of land, and we will give an extra [-] acres as an extra."

Chu Qing hurriedly expressed his gratitude, but Village Chief Wu waved his hand: "Miss Chu, you are welcome. As long as the wages you give are suitable, everyone will thank you."

Baijia stretched out his hand and gestured in a circle and said, "Boss, our original land of more than 100 mu is relatively narrow and long. I will extend the original land by 46 feet to the north, so that we will not block the entrance from the official road."

Metrics in ancient times were not the same as they are today.Chu Qing looked around and estimated that the original length was unchanged, but the width was increased.It becomes a relatively regular rectangle with a length of more than 1000 meters and a width of more than 200 meters.

Chu Qing nodded, indeed, the original 100 mu was just a narrow strip, and now it is also long and narrow, but it looks much more comfortable.

"What are you doing over there?" Chu Qing asked, pointing to the original place, where there were several lines.

"I discussed with the village chief and felt that our village still has not enough people, so I told Zhang Village and Li Village that they are now registering in groups." Baijia replied.

"I asked them to be divided into groups according to the type of work, and then divided into two teams for work pieces and hours, and cooks were divided into separate groups." Baijia continued.

Chu Qing applauded Baijia in her heart.As a modern person, I don't even have a clue, and Baijia got organized so quickly.Village head Wu has no objection either.This method is better than the classification of long-term workers and short-term workers, and it is not easy to get mixed up.

At noon, the noise on the venue ended.Chu Qing ate lunch with Xiao Bao and twenty elders.

The purpose is to hold an impromptu meeting.Chu Qing announced that the monthly salary of each person would be raised to 800 Wen.The premise is to become your own servant.

This must be requested.They are refugees now, but they can apply for local household registration after one year.If you become your own servant, you need to sign a deed of sale.In other words, they will become lowly, and their children will also be lowly in the future.

He is a refugee who does not sell his body. After one year, he will get a local household registration, which will not affect his children, but he will have no land and no income.

Selling one's body, lowering one's status, raising wages, affecting children, but having a fixed income.

So this is a relatively difficult multiple-choice question, but Chu Qing made a living, that is, signing the contract of living.The term is ten years.

The contract of sale in this world is basically the same as the modern employment contract.The difference is that it has a great influence on one's own class status.The difference between a farmer and a servant is the difference between a free man and a slave.If you are a slave yourself, your children will also be slaves.

The deed of sale is divided into a living deed and a dead deed.Like an employment contract, a deed of activity is time-sensitive.The time limit can be determined by both parties, but the shortest is ten years.When the deadline is up, you can renew the contract with the employer or terminate the contract.Termination of the contract is different from modern times, requiring redemption money.

These 20 people, because they sold themselves, when the time limit came, Chu Qing didn't need to collect the ransom money.Of course, they can also be kept on trumped-up charges.

Lunch fell into silence.

(End of this chapter)