Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 23 Problems that can be solved with money are not problems! (Seek to follow up, collect, invest!)

After collecting the criminal evidence of Zhang Ze and others, Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly and said loudly to everyone:
"Everyone, what happened to Zhang Ze is in the past tense. There will no longer be such evil officials bullying everyone. Everyone can live in peace in the future."

"In addition, let me tell you a piece of good news. The imperial court has an idea of ​​reforming the salt administration, and decided to use Antonwei as a test site."

"The so-called experimental site is to take our place as a sample. If the implementation is good, it will be promoted nationwide. If there are any problems, you can rest at any time."

"I can tell everyone that this experimental reform is beneficial to everyone. Once it succeeds in the future, everyone will live a better life."

The Zaohu Yanhu who listened to Zhu Houzhao's speech nodded blankly.

They really didn't understand what Zhu Houzhao said. As for good officials and bad officials, who knows what they are like before they meet.

But this young man is so nice, he probably wouldn't deceive ordinary people like them.

Everyone below nodded but looked blank, Zhu Houzhao couldn't laugh or cry.

Well, what I said just now was all bullshit.

For these illiterate ordinary people, sometimes practical actions are more practical than empty words.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao stopped talking nonsense and clapped his hands at Zhang Yong.

Zhang Yong, who had been waiting for a long time, saluted, and led a dozen soldiers to the next room, and took out a dozen large boxes in a short while.

Seeing this scene, the kitchen households and salt households were even more confused.

Without explaining, Zhu Houzhao walked to a box and kicked it down.

Just hearing a "crash", Zhu Houzhao's specially made small ingot rolled out of the box and rolled all over the floor.

And it just so happened that the morning sun, shining from the east, just shone on this little ingot. In an instant, Zhu Houzhao, who was in the pile of silver, was shrouded in dazzling silver light.

"Gudong! Gudong!"

There was a sound of swallowing saliva, and the kitchen and salt households stared blankly at the beautiful little silver ingot on the ground, with greed and obsession in their eyes.

Except for Zhu Houzhao and a few eunuchs, the people present probably have never seen so much money in their life.

Many people even fantasize in their hearts, if the money belongs to them, how and when they will spend it.

With so much money, even if you eat white flour, steamed buns, rice, and fish and meat every day, you probably won't be able to spend so much money in your lifetime.

Not paying attention to everyone's eyes, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and Zhang Yong opened other boxes.

In an instant, the entire courtyard was shrouded in silver light, and the eyes of the people present turned from reddish to bright red.

Looking at the appearance of the crowd, Zhu Houzhao doubted in his heart, if not, he had done some practical things for these people, and there were soldiers gazing at him with weapons in their hands, I am afraid that at this time, someone could not stand the temptation and rushed up to grab them .

However, this is exactly the effect he wanted.

I want to make people move, listen to your words, work hard for you, without actual actions, any promises are farting.

"Cough cough..."

Zhu Houzhao's cough pulled everyone's eyeballs from the silver and put them on himself.

"Have you seen the money?"

Everyone nodded in unison, including the soldiers.

Zhu Houzhao picked up a certain amount of silver with a smile, and threw it in his hand.

The heads of all the people present shook up and down following the ingot of silver.

It's like holding a bone and dangling it in front of the pet, and the pet's head is also shaking up and down.

Although such a metaphor, some people may feel that it is insulting.

But in this ancient time of cannibalism, sometimes people are not as good as dogs.

If someone could keep them alive, keep them fed and clothed, and keep their families safe, these people would do anything for that person, including rebellion.

"Want it or not?"

Everyone nodded violently again, and an old man nodded so violently that he almost twisted his neck.

The smile on the corner of Zhu Houzhao's mouth widened, and he threw the twelve taels of silver ingots in his hand and came to the old man who had just talked to him.

"Old man, if I give you ten taels of silver a year, and you work for me for a whole year, it's not a dangerous thing. Just like you usually cook salt, would you like it?"

The old man looked at Yin Zi without any hesitation, "Yes, why don't you want to, a fool is not willing!"

"only…"

After finishing speaking, the old man hesitated again, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said cautiously: "But young master, the court does not allow it."

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, and stuffed the ingot of silver into the old man's hand.The old man's hands trembled instantly, and he was so excited that he almost missed it.

"You don't have to worry about the affairs of the court. As long as His Majesty doesn't come, I can settle it. Your old man took the ten taels of silver, and you will work for me this year, old man."

Holding the white silver ingot in his hand, the old man's body trembled with excitement.

"My lord, what you said is true."

Zhu Houzhao laughed, showing disappointment on the old man's face, thinking that the other party was teasing him.

Zhu Houzhao reached out and put the old man's open palms together, letting him hold the silver tightly.

"It's more real than real gold. We can also make a written note. You will keep this money. It belongs to you."

The old man's eyes turned red in an instant, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", and kowtowed hard.

"Slaves pay homage to the young master!"

"Alas...don't don't..."

Zhu Houzhao reached out to help him up, "Old man, I am not asking you to sell yourself to me, I am just hiring you. That is to say, you will work for me this year, and the next year is over. If you don't want to work, you can leave at any time. If you want to continue working, I will give you another ten taels of silver to start a new year of work."

"Don't go, don't go..."

The old man shook his head again and again, "My lord, you gave the old man so much commission, and the old man is too late to be grateful, how could he commit such a conscientious betrayal."

"Haha, okay, old man, let's settle down like this."

Zhu Houzhao laughed and made an agreement with the old man, then looked at the other impatient people and said loudly:

"The court's new salt policy has given you two choices."

Stretching out a finger, Zhu Houzhao, under the expectation of all the kitchen households, said loudly: "First, we will buy the coarse salt you produce at a price higher than that of the government, [-] Wen per catty. But the imperial court The salt to be paid by the side quota is not in our control, but you have to hand it in.”

Everyone didn't say a word. Although this method is good, after a year of hard work, they can't make much money. If they die, they only have a few taels of silver, which is far worse than the old man's annual salary of ten taels of silver.

So they plan to listen again, and if the second one is not as good as the first one, then they will think about it again.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Houzhao stretched out another finger.

"Second, work for me like an old man, and give different commissions depending on the job. The lowest is five taels of silver a month, and the highest is two taels of silver a month."

"Why there is such a commission distribution, I believe everyone can understand, after all, different jobs earn differently, everyone said it is not!"

Everyone nodded in unison.

They have no opinion on this point, and the wages of those in charge must be different from those of ordinary coolies, which is well known.

"Besides the commission, there are other benefits."

Hearing this, everyone looked forward to it again. With such a high salary and other benefits, this is not a benefactor, it is God who came down from the sky.

Feeling the anticipation of everyone, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said slowly: "I work for me, and I pay for three meals a day. The food may not be very good, but it will definitely fill everyone up, and it's free."

In an instant, many people's eyes lit up.

It doesn't matter if you have money or not, as long as you can eat enough.

In this way, the young master will take care of the food, and there will be no other big expenses, and the money earned can be directly saved.

But before everyone cheered and cheered, Zhu Houzhao exploded another blockbuster.

"Besides, I will also set up a private school. For the families that work for me, one of the children in the family can go to the private school to study for free."

"And I will cover all the children's food, lodging, and study expenses, and I will also cover all the expenses for the imperial examination in the future."

"My only request for this is that these children will grow up to become officials in the court in the future, and they must obey my orders as long as they do not violate the laws of the court."

"Wow!"

In an instant, everyone knelt down, and the Zaohu salt households kowtowed their heads and shouted loudly with tears in their eyes.

"My lord, please accept me. We are willing to go through fire and water for you, and do anything for you."

　Thanks to: Watermelon Eats Grapes, Taibai Shuijun, the chapter recommendations of the two masters!

　　


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