From the gate of heaven

Chapter 63 [Attracting Scholars, Four Maids' Courtesy]

The system mentioned by Lin Ze is widely used in the main world.

In terms of ensuring production efficiency, it is indeed extremely practical.

After listening to Lin Ze's system, Li and the three officials thought about it for a moment, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

Isn't this the way to control people with rewards and punishments?
As officials, they usually use this method as they like, but people are like this. It is obvious that the core is the same, but it is totally unexpected to change the way of expression.

But as long as someone enlightens the fog, they can quickly understand it.

"If the salary is fixed, it has nothing to do with digging more or less, and these miners will naturally slack off."

"And the more you dig, the more you get paid, and you naturally work harder, even with an output of more than two thousand catties, and you dig out more coal every day."

"However, Ziyi's rules still need to be strictly enforced. If the enforcement is unfair, I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect. If you want to record the output of these miners, you need a lot of people who can read and write."

After savoring for a moment, Li He said.

"This requires the help of my uncle. I heard that many poor students in the county school have difficulty making a living on weekdays. They only occasionally do some copying work to make a living. My mine can provide a lot of jobs so that they can make ends meet while studying."

Lin Ze said with a smile.

Scholars in the Great Zhou Dynasty usually studied in private schools.

After studying to a certain level, after taking the county examination, you can become a scholar and enter the county school to study.

But in fact, the scholar did not study in the county school, but just put on a name and received a salary to study by himself.

In view of this situation, the existence of Meng Xue was added to the county schools of this dynasty, and many children formally studied here to prepare for the examination of scholars.

The people Lin Ze wants to find Li He are those old boys, or scholars who have already tried their best to be admitted to the scholar.

These people may not be able to pass the entrance examination of Juren High School Jinshi, but they are still competent to keep accounts for the miners in the coal mine of Linze.

"No problem, I'll go and tell the Jiaoyu when I get back, and let scholars who want to find a job to make a living come to Ziyi."

Li He nodded in agreement.

"It's getting late, and tomorrow I'll be busy here, and there are still some things that need to be finished."

"If the adults have something to do, you can leave first, and come back here to check the progress when you have time."

It was almost the end of the chat, Lin Ze took a look at the sky.

If we set off now, we can return to the city before dark.

"Zi Yi, I will arrange for the pickaxes and salt needed for the mine to be delivered tomorrow. I will also arrange two for you, the blacksmith, and come with the pig iron. However, these materials are produced in government-run workshops and must be paid at market prices."

"In addition, I have already made preparations for the shipment of coal. According to Zi Yiyi's instructions, I have built a lot of coal furnaces. When you start producing coal here, I will help you contact buyers."

Aside, Gao Fei said.

This is what Lin Ze asked him to do when he was inspecting the mining area.

Lin Ze nodded, indicating that there is no problem.

"Ziyi, starting tomorrow, I will arrange a group of hundreds of soldiers to patrol the official road between Fenglin Township and Fengping County."

Liu Pei also promised at this time.

"Okay, gentlemen, let's go slowly."

Lin Ze bowed his hands and bid farewell.

Next, the three officials got up and left in a carriage.

On Lin Ze's side, the second round is busy.
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First of all, it is to settle the wages for the construction of coal mines.

The three engineering teams, including labor and design fees, spent a total of 80 taels of silver on Lin Ze.

This price is not expensive. After all, these master craftsmen are not only working by themselves, but also directing hundreds of young people to work. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

That is to say, Lin Ze just asked them to make some simple wooden houses, otherwise the project cost would be at least ten or even twenty times higher.

Then there are the wages of many laborers who help with the work. They worked for a total of three construction periods.

There are 304 people in total, and each person is paid [-] Wen a day.

The wages of these people add up to only 91.2 taels of silver, and the addition of so many people is only slightly higher than the wages of the master craftsmen.

Lin Ze mixed the scraps of silver and copper coins he brought, paid the workers wages, and took out all the remaining materials, and asked the cook to use the remaining materials to cook a good meal for the big guys, as a celebration of the end of the project.

"Elder, you have counted here, how many young and strong people want to work in my mine?"

Everyone was eating, and Lin Ze asked Zhang Dayu, the head of Heishi Village, to ask.

"The 304 young men who helped repair the house, and the ones we went to ask around Fenglin Township in the past few days, a total of 615 people are coming. If it weren't for many old men like me who are physically weak, they would also want to come to work in your mine, Mr. Lin."

Zhang Dayu replied.

"Okay, you tell them to gather here at the mining area tomorrow morning."

Lin Ze spoke.

The conversation ended here, and then Lin Ze arranged a few servants to watch over the mining area as usual, and then set foot on the way back to the city.

Fenglin Township is less than [-] kilometers away from Fengping County, and it is enough to travel within an hour at the speed of a horse-drawn carriage.

Although he will come over tomorrow morning, there is no need to live in Fenglin Township tonight.

Besides, Lin Ze still has a lot of things to prepare.
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Back to Fengping County.

After Lin Ze had his meal, he took a shower and changed his clothes to wash off the dust.

Then, he entered the study room and began to write a letter to ask the family to run errands, and contacted in advance the materials needed for the coal mine to officially start work tomorrow.

In the study room, four servant girls stood quietly in the corner of the study room. Seeing the last servant leading away, they immediately stuck up to Lin Ze graciously. Her soft hands tapped Lin Ze's shoulders, pinched his back and pressed his hands.

"Looking at how attentive you are, are you in good spirits with your family? How many people are coming to work in my coal mine, my lord?"

Lin Ze took a sip from the teacup and put it on the desk.

He casually played with the soft hair of the girl squatting beside him, and asked with a smile.

"If you go back to the master, there are fifteen elders, parents and brothers in the concubine's family. As long as the master needs you, you can come."

Feihua helped Lin Ze beat his leg, and said softly.

"Oh, little greedy ghost."

Lin Ze nodded Feihua's small nose, neither saying no nor agreeing.

"Master, I am indeed a little greedy."

While speaking, Feihua rubbed Lin Ze's palm with her fair and pretty cheek, like a coquettish cat.

Xiangxue and Xia Ye, who were pressing their shoulders behind them, didn't speak, but Lin Ze felt that the two people who were helping him press their shoulders leaned forward, and there was some weight on their heads.

An arm on the side was also embraced by Qiu Ge's two soft hands.

(End of this chapter)