Chapter 89 Purchasing a Servant

The two young men were both from clean backgrounds and in good health. They had previously worked as waiters. They were in line with He Xi’s requirements. He immediately took them to a nearby dental shop to sign documents.

The young men were all sent to the dental shop for sale by their previous owners, so they signed a deed of sale directly for fifteen taels of silver each. After receiving the money, the dental shop would take a portion of it, and the rest would be handed over to the two young men.

The owner's house. As for the monthly money for the two of them, He Xi has tentatively decided to give them three coins per person per month.

When signing the deed, the dental dealer asked the two people for their names. They were quite smart. 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.

Only then did I come up with two vulgar and nutritious names - Dafu and Dagui.

Just having a first name and no surname is not enough. He Xi refused to let the two young servants follow his surname: "No, no, then I can't be the godfather? If the executive committee found out about this later, they would think that I was pulling strings from outside."

Gangs and cliques operate forces, which can easily lead to misunderstandings."

However, the tooth merchant came up with an idea: "Since the two gentlemen claim to be overseas merchants, I thought it might be helpful to give them the surname 'Hai'. What do you think?"

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

Before He Xi and Zhang Guang could recover, the two young men had already kowtowed and thanked him. He Xi took the deed with the words "Hai Da Fu" from the tooth dealer and said with a wry smile: "We will give him this name."

Isn’t the name a bit too vicious?”

The freshly baked Hai Dafu and Hai Dagui cannot understand the mood of their masters. For them, these are really excellent names. Who doesn’t hope that they will be rich and powerful in the future? These two new masters seem to be quite happy.

You're kind-hearted, I guess your hard days are finally over.

Although they hired two young servants, their original plan to buy a maid failed to come to fruition. The two of them went to the market a few more times. The old woman saw a large group of them, but the little girl didn't see any of them. In the end,

The young servant girl looked to be in her thirties or forties.

Zhang Guang couldn't help but said a little frustrated: "When I used to watch those costume dramas, at this time, there would always be some young girls who sold their bodies to bury their fathers and cut grass as a target. Why did we look around and watch for a long time, but no one caught our eyes?

?”

Although the tooth merchant didn't understand what "costume drama" was, 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 a month. But if you two really want to buy a maid, please come back here tomorrow and you should be able to gain something."

"What will be different tomorrow?" He Xi asked.

"Tomorrow is the day when the fair will be held this month. People from all over the country will come here to attend the fair. At that time, some families who are forced to make a living may come here to sell their sons and daughters." The tooth dealer introduced without hesitation.

: "Nowadays, 70% to 80% of the land outside Yazhou City is owned by a few large families. Some families with no money and land have no choice but to sell their children for food and go to remote Tianya, Fenghuang and even Yulin to open up wasteland and cultivate land."

"Then if we can provide food and accommodation and recruit some people who have lost their livelihoods to go to distant places to cultivate wasteland, do you think it is feasible?" He Xi keenly sensed the opportunity and immediately asked.

"If we don't leave Qiongzhou Island and have a bowl of food to eat, I think we can still recruit a lot of people." The tooth merchant was also a very smart person. He heard the implication of He Xi's words and immediately added: "Two

If you, sir, want to recruit a large number of people, I can work here for a long time."

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

"Based on the number of people to be recruited, how about one denarius per person?" The dental dealer boldly quoted a price.

He Xi shook his head and said: "It's too expensive. One settlement for every hundred people, five taels of silver." He Xi cut the price in half without hesitation.

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

"Seven taels of silver. I can pay you half as a deposit immediately." He Xi fought for every inch of land, and his bargaining style was very professional.

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

He Xi smiled, took out the silver and paid the deposit, and at the same time said comfortingly: "Don't think that the price is a loss, if you can bring me seven or eight thousand people a year, that will be four to five hundred taels of silver.

"

The tooth merchant smiled bitterly and said: "There are only more than 20,000 people in Yazhou. How can there be so many rootless people who are willing to go out to cultivate wasteland? You are really kidding me."

He Xi shook his head and said: "You can't be so rigid in your business. There are only a limited number of residents in Yazhou, so you can go to other places. You can go to Danzhou, Lingao, Qiongzhou Fucheng in the north, Wenchang and Wanzhou in the east.

Give it a try. I only charge people and give them money per head. As for where you brought your people back from, that’s your business."

The dental dealer's eyes lit up: "In this way, it is an excellent method. It just needs to contact colleagues from various places, and I'm afraid it will take some time."

"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 dental dealer of the address of the Yazhou office.

"If anyone asks, where is this land reclamation going?" The tooth merchant was not overwhelmed by this big business, and he did not forget to ask clearly about these details.

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

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

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

On the way back to the Cliff Office, Zhang Guang still had trouble suppressing his excitement: "Old He, I am really convinced by you today. Not to mention your own professional work, you are also so strong in business negotiations. I think

No worse than Maliko and Qiu Yuan!"

He Xi said seriously: "Don't say such words that are not conducive to unity when you get home. But having said that, I worked as a police officer for a few years before, and I haven't lost all the basic skills in business negotiation. Today

I just happened to come across this opportunity. I'll call everyone together tomorrow and come over to see what's going on in Wei City here... By the way, let Xiao Zhao come and choose for himself to see if he can choose a suitable maid.

"

Since the rich and powerful two servants had few personal belongings, the group went around the city again and bought them a change of clothes and bedding. Zhang Guang also ran into a tavern on the street and drank three kilograms of white wine, saying it was

In the evening, we gathered everyone together to celebrate today's "major achievements". After arriving at the Cliff 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 Cliff Office now, so this small shop

It was kept closed and temporarily used as a place for two servants to stay. The two teenagers didn't realize anything was wrong, so they found a few wooden boards in the shop to build a bed.

When it got dark, the members returned to the cliff office one after another. Maliko first discovered that there were two young men from Ming Dynasty at home, so he asked what was going on, and Zhang Guang recounted today's experience.

After listening to this, Maliko couldn't help but sigh: "Lao He is still very professional and flexible. Someone else may not be able to handle things so beautifully."

Everyone exchanged their results today at the dinner table. As expected, only He Xi and Zhang Guang had the most outstanding achievements. Although others also communicated with local Ming people, most of them were superficial and did not collect anything.

Information worthy of attention. Two people from the Military and Police Department spent a whole day making detailed records of the guard duty changes at the three city gates, and planned to continue observing for a period of time to determine the security of the Yazhou garrison.

Whether the system remains unchanged in the long term.

Although Zhao Xiaoruo, who was encouraged by He Xi to take the concubine route, spent most of the day in several shops selling women's products, except for buying a bunch of jewelry and female celebrities, it seemed that she could not make any substantial progress. According to her

He said that he had chatted with several women, but the difference in accents became the biggest obstacle to communication. In the end, he couldn't understand what each other wanted to express, so he had to give up. He Xi's behavior towards Zhao Xiaoruo was huge.

He expressed his appreciation. He believed that it was extremely rare for a girl to be able to go out alone in such a strange environment. He should not be too demanding about the speed of progress. After all, Zhao Xiaoruo studied nursing, not a Bond girl.

Maliko and Qiu Yuan each visited several shops and conducted a more in-depth and detailed investigation of the consumer market in Yazhou. According to their investigation results, the current economic situation in Yazhou has serious polarization, and a large amount of land

And social wealth is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of local officials and gentry, and the speed of land annexation has led to a rapid increase in the number of local unemployed people. This is also consistent with some of the information that 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. It is only because of the special nature of the local society that the existence of military force can barely maintain a peaceful situation. The defense of Yazhou

The total number of naval officers and soldiers in the army and the water village exceeds 2,000, and the ratio to the local population is one to ten. This is a very high ratio. With the output of Yazhou, it is very difficult to afford such a large-scale armed force.

, combined with the changing trends of local economic conditions, there is only one conclusion - chaos will inevitably occur in the long run.

Chaos or instability in Yazhou will not have a very direct impact on the Crossing Group far away in Shengli Port. However, the Yazhou Office is in the same situation, but it must consider how to make use of the current situation to obtain more benefits for the Crossing Group.

Many benefits.
Chapter completed!