Since Li Yan became the general manager of epidemic control in Gyeonggi Province, he has taken advantage of his power and used his cronies from the Red Lady's Department to secretly search for Zhu Cixiang and other three princes.

Unfortunately, no relevant clues have been found so far.

Moreover, Li Zicheng has been sending people to look for Zhu Cixiang and the other three. The daring counterfeiters found a few, but none of them really were found.

Li Yan knew that one of the purposes of Zhu Ya'ao's stay here was to find Zhu Cixiang and the others. Hearing this, he couldn't help but look guilty and said: "I have fulfilled your highness's trust. So far, I have not been able to find any trace of the three princes."

Zhu Yuyao was not surprised to hear this answer.

If Li Yan had found traces of Zhu Cixiang and others, he would have definitely told her. If he didn't tell her, he wouldn't have found them.

Just thinking about the fact that her three brothers are still missing, and they don't even know whether they are alive or dead, makes her unavoidably worried and sad.

Seeing this, Lady Hong said: "Liu Zongmin wants to pay his salary. With his temperament and the virtues of those under him, he will definitely cause chaos in the capital.

When the time comes, we won’t have to worry so much when searching, and maybe we can find out the news about the princes.”

Zhu Aona knew that the red lady's words were mostly meant to comfort her, but she still felt a lot better after hearing them.

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The eighth day of April.

As Liu Zongmin carried out the torture and salary policy to the letter, the nightmare of Ming Dynasty officials and nobles in the capital began.

From the princes and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to the junior officials of the eighth or ninth rank, they were all paid by Liu Zongmin.

Although Liu Zongmin's payment methods were not as random as some unofficial histories say, he was still extremely domineering.

He specially made a list, and required the demoted officials to pay money as salary based on factors such as the size of their official positions and the amount of their family property.

And he confidently told the demoted officials in the Ming Dynasty why he did so——

'Well, the lack of pay and silver for the Dashun Army is secondary, mainly because most of the officials demoted in your Ming Dynasty are corrupt officials.

The reason why the world is corrupted and the people are in dire straits is because of your corrupt officials.

Understand the salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and then look at your current property, and you will know how much people's wealth and support you have embezzled.

Dashun asks you to pay your salary to give you an opportunity to redeem your merits.

Therefore, you who are demoted should not only not resist the pursuit of bribes but also should be grateful.'

Liu Zongmin's words are not only justified, but also logically clear.

Therefore, he felt that as soon as the announcement was sent out and those who were demoted in the Ming Dynasty were informed, those people should actively send money over.

As a result, after one day, there were only a few dozen nobles who came to deliver the money, and none of them paid the "dirty silver" in full as he requested.

These people even complained about his poverty.

The same method used to deal with Chongzhen twice was used.

Some people came wearing patched clothes, some sent family members to sell their property on the street, and the brave ones even invited Liu Zongmin's generals to their homes for dinner.

What they ate was not delicacies from mountains and seas, but mediocre meals and even rotten vegetables.

Although Liu Zongmin didn't know what happened to Chongzhen, he was not Chongzhen.

He was born into a poor farmer and worked as a beggar and later as a blacksmith for a long time.

After joining the Chuang Army, I broke up many wealthy gentry families, and I knew very well how well these people pretended to be poor.

Besides, the wealthy gentry and wealthy people he captured when he was a bandit were all so rich. How could these nobles who were demoted in the Ming Dynasty have no money?

Therefore, Liu Zongmin discussed with his generals and felt that he had to be tough, otherwise these Ming Dynasty demoted officials would think that the Dashun army was easy to fool.

Then Liu Zongmin asked the craftsman battalion to rush to make thousands of pairs of clamping sticks overnight. At dawn the next day, he assigned troops and horses and asked the generals to bring people to pick up the people according to the list.

After arresting the person, give him another chance. If he is still unwilling to pay the dirty money in full, then he will serve him with a stick!

For a time, in the capital city, especially in the inner city, many officials' homes were broken into by Dashun troops.

By the afternoon, various screams were heard continuously from Liu Zongmin's camp...

Liu Zongmin's high salary did not have much impact on what Zhu Yuyao, Li Yan, and the Red Lady wanted to do.

For Li Yan, the general manager of epidemic control, he even finds work a lot more convenient.

Because in the process of preventing and controlling the plague, the officials and nobles of the Ming Dynasty, whether soft or hard, did not like to cooperate with the epidemic control work because of their status.

Now Liu Zongmin's people have shown the domineering and ferocious side of Dashun's army. When Li Yan's people go to work on epidemic control, these Ming officials and nobles are much more respectful. For fear of offending Li Yan's people, they also imitate

Liu Zongmin's people are generally tough.

Zhu Yuluo spent most of her time carrying military rations and resting with Li Yan and Hong Niangzi to learn how to manage the political army every day.

After resting, I did not forget to actively learn various modern knowledge.

But compared to the vast amount of modern knowledge, no matter how hard she worked every day, what she learned was still a drop in the ocean.

Hao Guangming's main focus was on opening a store.

It took several days to decorate the pharmacy in Xihe Town according to Hao Guangming's requirements.

The location of this drugstore in Xihe Town is not very good. It is at the end of the street near Wollongong.

Even so, it takes twenty minutes to drive from Wollongong to the store in town.

The store is not big, only more than 100 square meters, and it is divided into three areas.

Shelves, functional areas and warehouses.

There are six shelves in the shelf area. Counting conventional drugs, tens of thousands of dollars worth of medicines can be stored at one time.

The functional area refers to the cashier, restroom, and equipment room - some medicines need to undergo certain processing before they can be given to buyers.

As the name suggests, the warehouse is where medicines are stored. It has all the hardware facilities needed to store medicines, such as refrigerators and thermostatic cabinets.

In addition, during the decoration, according to Hao Guangming's requirements, a security door was opened from the back to enter the warehouse.

In this way, he will be able to purchase and ship goods exclusively through the back door in the future, which will be enough to hide his eyes from others.

Now that the pharmacy is open, it's natural that someone has to look after the store.

It is impossible for him to stay in the town drugstore all day long, so it is necessary to hire a cashier.

Considering that if he helps Zhu Yuluo with medicine in the future, it is inevitable that the store staff will notice something, so he thought twice and decided to recruit an acquaintance.

The eldest granddaughter of my neighbor Uncle Yu, Yu Weiwei.

According to Hao Guangming's understanding, Yu Weiwei is 22 years old. Her academic performance in elementary school was pretty good, but in junior high school she was average. In high school, she became addicted to the Internet, makeup, and dating.

Therefore, in the end, she failed to pass the two junior college entrance examinations, so her parents arranged for her to work as a factory girl in an outside electronics factory.

Two years later, I ran back and worked as a salesperson in a large supermarket in the county.

Because they were neighbors and the age gap was not very big, Hao Guangming knew Yu Weiwei to a certain extent.

Although this girl didn't do well in school in the end, she wasn't really a bad student, otherwise she wouldn't have worked as a factory girl in an electronics factory for two years.

When I returned to the county, I didn't just hang around, but quickly found a job in a large supermarket.

Hao Guangming had a few chats with her during the Chinese New Year and learned that she felt that working as a salesperson in a large supermarket had too little spare time and wanted to change to a more leisurely job.

Because she wants to do some side business after work, or learn some skills on her own.

No matter how bad things get, you can still spend more time dating and find a good husband.

After the Chinese New Year, Yu Weiwei still went to work in the supermarket.

So Hao Guangming took the opportunity of going to the county town to pick up the second batch of military rations purchased online and asked her out from the supermarket to have a chat.

Yu Weiwei learned about Hao Guangming's intention, and directly asked about the salary, working hours, and work content, and readily agreed.

"I quit my job at the supermarket in the afternoon and will go to work in the pharmacy in town tomorrow!" After the matter was settled, Yu Weiwei said with a smile, feeling quite eager to change into a new environment.

Hao Guangming smiled and said: "You don't have to be in such a hurry. It's not easy to be a pharmacy clerk. Not only do you need to be able to cashier, you also need to have some basic knowledge about medicines.

I have already contacted the drugstore for your internship, Nanxing Pharmacy. You can intern there for a month and then come to work in my drugstore. The salary during the internship period will be as I just said."

Strictly speaking, pharmacy clerks must also be medical professionals.

But small places don’t pay that much attention, and small pharmacies don’t prescribe medicines.

Usually the customer asks for some medicine, and the clerk knows where the medicine is and can quickly find it and then collect the money.

At most, you need to learn some drug handling skills and some common sense in medicine.
Chapter completed!