In the west of the city, in the backyard of the United Money House, there were already dark people gathered here, all of whom were unemployed female weavers in Suzhou City. The number of people actually reached hundreds, and some people rushed over one after another.

Zhou Hui was pulled here by a woman, but she met several acquaintances here. Seeing that the United Money Bank had found so many colleagues, she couldn't help but feel even more confused.

"Everyone, calm down!"

It was at this moment that a shopkeeper walked onto the stage, his face full of majesty.

When everyone saw the manager appear, they closed their mouths and looked at the shopkeeper curiously, but someone immediately recognized this one as shopkeeper Sun of the United Money House.

Manager Sun watched the crowd quiet, and said loudly: "We need silk in urgent need of silk in our joint money shop, and now we are sincerely recruiting partners! As for what are partners?" He paused and pointed to the red paper notice next to him and introduced: "It is our joint money shop's birth silk and loom. You have weaved the cloth and sold it back to us. Our purchase price is 14 taels. The loom is free, but six taels of raw silk material will be deducted. We will pay you eight taels per piece at that time!"

Zhou Hui calculated secretly that her heart immediately started to pound. Ordinary female workers can weave one piece in seven days and four pieces in a month, which is twenty-eight taels, but this is far more than their wages in the workshop.

"Is this true?"

"How could there be such a great axis of good things?"

"I heard that United Money Bank and our Suzhou Chamber of Commerce had a quarrel. Now they seem to be short of silk!"

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When they heard that it turned out to be a pie from the sky, the crowd first expressed serious suspicion, worried that the United Money Bank would deceive them, but some female weavers seemed more informed.

Manager Sun saw the reaction below, but said openly: "I won't deceive you! Several large silk workshops in Suzhou are unwilling to sell silk to us, and we are now eager to deliver goods to the Folang Jimen, so we have to make this decision!"

Hearing these straightforward words, the weavers suddenly realized that the joint money house had indeed encountered difficulties, and some female workers who learned the rumors immediately looked like Zhuge Liang was reborn.

Manager Sun pointed to a loom not far away and said seriously: "But our looms are all new type of shuttle looms, which are different from the old ones. So you know that using new type of weaving can directly sign a contract and leave an address, and we will send someone to send the loom and raw silk material to you! As for those who don't know how to operate, you can participate in our training, and all food and housing will be borne by our joint money house!"

The female workers seemed to have mixed reactions, but I heard that they had joined hands with the money house to take on food and housing, but I couldn't help but feel much more at ease, especially the female workers who understood the operation introduced that this new loom was not difficult to operate.

Zhou Hui felt a little moved. She used the new loom in her original weaving workshop. I heard that it was shipped from Guangdong and the price was much more expensive than the old one, but weaving is indeed two or three times faster.

"Zhou Hui, go, let's get the machine!" The woman pulled her without hesitation and rushed towards the signing office over there.

There were two officials wearing official uniforms standing there, but one of them heard aloud saying: "I am Li Daquan, the county magistrate of Wu County. The next one is Changzhou County. This time I am here to testify. This contract only requires you to sell back the price of eight taels of silk. As for the improper damage to the loom, or if you don't know how to operate and cannot weave silk, you don't need to compensate you! We two county magistrates are here to protect this matter. If such disputes arise, or if you break the contract with the money house, you can go to the county government to find us! Of course, if you sell the loom and raw silk, or sell the woven silk to other families, you will bear the corresponding compensation liability, and then the county magistrate will be punished!"

Wuxian and Changzhou County are prefecture counties in Suzhou. They can be said to be their parents and have strong prestige and intimidation.

After hearing the two county magistrates say this, Zhou Hui's last slightest scruple was also dispelled, and she quickly pressed her handprint on the paper and told her address seriously.

When she arrived at the street corner, she separated from the woman and first returned to the original restaurant to ask for wages for the past period of time, but was unreasonably rejected by the restaurant shopkeeper, which made her feel very unhappy.

On the way home, she saw carriages carrying looms constantly shuttled through the streets, and her pace couldn't help but speed up a little.

Her home was near the city wall in the south of the city, and she shared a house in a private house in the south of the city with another family. Although the place was very small, it could shelter her family from wind and rain, which made her very satisfied.

As soon as she walked into the small yard, she saw two children playing in front of the door, and Da Ya and Dogzi were playing with sand. Da Ya was eight years old and Dogzi was only five years old. When the siblings saw her, they rushed over happily and said, "Mom!"

Hearing the cheers of the siblings made her feel very sweet, but suddenly she felt inexplicably sad.

"Is this Zhou Hui's home?"

But at this moment, a man asked respectfully at the entrance of the yard.

Zhou Hui responded. After the other party confirmed his identity, he moved the loom and raw silk with someone. Before leaving, he put the things on the table like a magic trick and said, "Thank you for your trust in our United Money Bank and are willing to become the No. 118 signing household of our United Money Bank. This is a piece of pork and a jar of wine we gave you!"

"This..." Zhou Hui was immediately panicked, but she didn't expect the other party to give her such kindness, so she actually gave her wine and meat.

When Xiao Ya and Shi Tou saw the meat on the table, they were surprised and said: "We finally have meat to eat!"

The man smiled knowingly when he saw the two children, and turned around and rushed to the next house. This is one of the reasons why he liked this job and did his best to do this job. They joined the money shop and followed those black-hearted workshops.

In the evening, a man suddenly walked out of the dark alley, and Zhou Hui's husband returned with his tired body.

"Dad is back, our family can have dinner!" The two children squatting at the door immediately ran in excitedly when they saw their father returning.

The man walked out of the hall and complained with exhaustion: "Get me some water for the lees! But I don't know which loom has entered such a loom. Zhou Bapi only cares about unloading goods and making money. He almost didn't give us rest today!"

"What are some wine lees? We have eaten meat and drinks tonight. I just smelled it. The wine tastes good in this jar of wine!" Zhou Hui brought the dishes out and said with happiness on her face.

When the man saw the wine and food on the table, his face became serious immediately. This was not something they could eat at home now, and he did not allow himself to drink the good wine in the jar.

Zhou Hui glanced at her husband. The so-called "no wife is better than a wife" means telling the whole story. At the end, she pointed to the loom placed in the corner and said, "If I'm not wrong, this loom should be one of the ones you have moved down in the past two days!"

"Are you sure it's really a United Money Bank?" The man saw the extremely familiar loom and his eyes lit up slightly to verify.

"The plaque of that money house is the same as the two words in the front of the Union Restaurant, and so many people are present, this should not be wrong!" Zhou Hui nodded gently, then asked curiously: "Is this Union Bank really rich?"

The man looked out the door and said in a low voice: "Just the day before yesterday, a silver ship came from Hangzhou. I heard that the silver on the ship was at least one million taels. Chen Shan and Li Si were busy all day that day. After the work was done, each of them was rewarded with two taels of silver!"

"So, this money house is so rich, it shouldn't have lie to me as a woman, right?" Zhou Hui did not tell me about the fact that she couldn't get a salary today, but asked with a smile.

The man nodded gently, and said with a complicated expression: "No, in the future... can we continue to eat meat? It really depends on you!"

"Our family is not just meat, I will also buy you wine every day!" Zhou Hui's face showed a long-lost smile, and tears surged up her eyes, pushing the wine jar to her husband and said.

Under this flashing light, the child eats meat and the husband drinks, which makes Zhou Hui feel a strong sense of happiness.

In essence, similar situations have been staged in various families in Suzhou City.

Even if it was the richest Suzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, if it were not inherited by the property of ancestors, if it were not from the family of officials, gentry or landlords, ordinary families would not be able to easily eat wine and meat.

However, with the strong involvement of the United Money Bank in Suzhou's silk production process, some things are quietly changing, and the status and income of these handicraftsmen will also be improved.
Chapter completed!