Xia Houlan was not the only one to have such an idea. Zhou Xing held the Caihou paper in his hand with trembling hands, looking incredulous.
Zhao Yun and Zhao Xi took the time to take the baggage carts and civilian workers, and after being out for a day, they brought back hundreds of carts of supplies and put them into the old warehouse of Guzhu Manor.
In recent days, with the gradual handover of Zhuangzhong's affairs, Zhou Xing has gradually retired as Zhao Xi's deputy. The two have switched their priorities, and Zhou Xing has turned to assist Zhao Xi's work.
This recruitment work is Zhou Xing's last job as the chief steward of Lone Bamboo Manor.
After that, he, Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan went to Lulong County to take office.
He was excited and sad about this. He was excited about his leap in class, and also sad about being separated from the Lone Bamboo Manor that he planned and created.
But all his complicated emotions disappeared when he took over Gongsun Yan's recruitment method with emotion, leaving him stunned.
"Little, little, little..." Zhou Xing said something the little lady couldn't say for a long time.
Gongsun Yan looked at him a little funny and a little touched.
After getting along with each other for a few days, she gradually became familiar with the manager of the village. There were about fifty or sixty managers with different responsibilities in the village. Zhou Xing was not outstanding except for arithmetic and planning.
Therefore, when the news of Gongsun Zan's defeat came, he quickly lost control of the village.
If it weren't for the remnants of Gongsun Zan's army in the village who strongly supported him, I am afraid that Lone Bamboo Manor would have fallen into Gongsun Xuan's hands. If that happened, it would be a lot of trouble.
Coming from a lower background, he is used to bowing his head and compromising, and is used to finding compromises.
Because of his low background, he is more sympathetic to the hardships of the lower class, as can be seen from the incident of renting.
When Gongsun Yan first arrived, Zhou Xing was almost too busy to keep his feet off the ground.
Knowing that Gongsun Yan wanted to check the registered materials and personnel of Guzhu Villa, he stayed up all night to check the documents.
Later, due to Gongsun Yan's behavior, which was generally regarded as extremely willful in this era, such as changing spring crops, he often lost his hair.
After the housekeeper Zhao Xi checked the accounts of the past years and the treasury, there were no major problems in the accounts.
Gongsun Zan was far away in Jicheng, and Zhou Xing was in charge of the two estates in Lingzhi in western Liaoning. There were too many things that could be done, but Zhou Xing could still be said to be responsible for his duties.
Although it is also related to his temperament, his vision, ability, and majesty still have room for improvement, but there is no doubt about the word loyalty.
At this moment, he was so distressed that Gongsun Yan was about to spend so much money and food that his hands were trembling.
"Little lady, this, this is too much!" After a long while, Zhou Xing finally organized his words and shook the paper in his hand with a grimace.
The above are Gongsun Yan's conditions for recruiting workers to build the system warehouse.
Projects that were carried out at about the same time as the system warehouse included the renovation of the village wall and the construction of the valley pass.
According to common sense, if Gongsun Yan started these projects, he could mobilize the craftsmen and tribes in the village, but she didn't want to do this.
Although it is only a subordinate force, as the manor's defense force, it should be an elite soldier, and should not be a farmer and a laborer at the same time.
It is impossible for Gongsun Yan to let them be as idle and wasteful as before.
Directly hand them all over to Zhao Yun and Xia Houlan to reorganize them into retired soldiers.
From now on, they will no longer serve as soldiers during slack periods and farm during busy periods.
Instead, he is directly stationed in the three old camps in Guzhu Manor and the recently built camp two kilometers outside the main house to become a professional soldier.
He receives tactical training every day and his duty is to obey orders.
As a reward, this new type of military household formed by professional soldiers will not only enjoy a 30% reduction in rent, but more importantly, they will receive monthly food and salary to make up for the lack of strong labor in the family.
Such a move is essentially to separate the tribe that was originally completely dependent on the owner of the manor from its humble status.
In the later period, they even completely relied on the army's food and salary to support their families, instead of completely relying on field farming and no longer dependent on the manor owner.
Once such a move was announced, it spread to the ears of many tribesmen in the Xishan camp who had detained Fu Ni and rebelled. It was said that the sound of wailing in the camp resounded throughout the sky that night.
Like Buqu, there are hundreds of craftsmen households, and Gongsun Yan also has corresponding arrangements.
She does not intend to ask the farm's labor force to focus all their attention on the fields.
It is really a waste for her, who is systematic, to let these people live in hunger and cold, guarding the fields.
Previously, the plan to open warehouses to release grain and give out porridge to satisfy farmers, but to harvest material points, failed.
The fundamental reason is that these shelter households are just frugal and frugal in their hearts to prepare for any uneasiness.
In this case, Gongsun Yan can only use the ultimate method - taking care of the rice!
As long as you participate in the construction of the village, you will be in charge of lunch and dinner, and work points will be recorded. You will work two points a day, and the work points can be exchanged for cloth, needlework, and salt.
Moreover, such recruitment of workers is regardless of age and gender, and young men can work on the warehouse construction site.
Women can make fire and cook, and help the soldiers in the camp wash clothes.
For the elderly and children, Gongsun Yan planned to set up some small accounts nearby and buy some insole cartons in the system trader for them to make paste.
Once it is cooked, it will be supplied to the army.
Now she just wants to drag all these farmers out of their homes, accept her feeding, have enough food and clothing, and provide her with a stable supply point.
She did not consider whether this would spoil the villagers for the time being. After entering into a healthy operation, these villagers would be returned to the Lulong County household registration sooner or later.
After the sweet potatoes are planted and harvested on a large scale in four to five months, even if she stops such relief projects, farmers will no longer go hungry.
Four months should be enough for them to save enough work to exchange for some cloth and make some clothes for the family.
By then, she will build a heated kang in the middle of the village, and she won't have to worry about the loss of employees in the village this year.
Gongsun Yan was really not worried, but he was worried about Zhou Xing, the steward who didn't know the inside story.
Zhou Xing already knew from the time he opened the granary to put grain in the warehouse to the time he gave porridge that the new owner was a very kind-hearted person who cared about the common people.
But he never expected that the young lady would make another big move after changing the grain types two days ago, and this big move was like digging her own roots.
"Young lady, you must not do it at this time!" The recruiter could understand, and he was also aware of the recent changes in the village, but such superior recruitment conditions were beyond Zhou Xing's understanding.
Not only does it provide enough food for two meals, it even comes with the condition that you have to eat until you are full.
In the past, a laborer only needed four liters of beans, wheat, and dry rice for a day's work. This provided two meals, and the actual remuneration not only increased several times.
As for work points, exchanging for cloth, salt and the like is simply unbelievable.
In this way, the rice in the treasury can be exhausted in just a few months.
What is the most important thing in these troubled times? Rice and grain!
Zhou Xingwanban didn't understand that he would exchange such precious rice for a new warehouse.
(The liter in this article is the small liter in the Han Dynasty, which is about 120 milliliters today).
