Zhao Yingong looked at the dozen or so children of different sizes sitting or standing in the yard in front of the foyer. All of them were unkempt and slender. Some looked healthy, while others reluctantly walked in, but sat down immediately.
He couldn't get up from the ground.
I couldn't bear it, but I felt itchy all over my body - I brought the girl back a few days ago, and also brought back the fleas and ticks on her body. That night she was bitten and scratched all over her body, causing a lot of itch.
Red envelopes and pimples. He had to get up, take a shower, change clothes, and apply insect repellent. Looking at the things in front of him, he didn't even need to think about how many parasites were peeking at his body under the rags.
"Everyone kneels down and kowtows. They have seen the master." Cai Shi shouted loudly.
Some knelt down, and some staggered and lay directly on the ground. Zhao Yingong couldn't bear it, and said: "No need to salute." After taking a closer look, most of them were boys, and there were also a few girls.
The youngest ones were only four or five years old, and the oldest ones were thirteen or fourteen years old. However, Zhao Yiggong knew that poor children were malnourished and generally had developmental delays, so they were probably older in actual age.
"Are they all orphans?" Zhao Yingong asked, "Are they really voluntarily surrendering themselves to my house as slaves?"
"It's true." Cai Shi said quickly, and then shouted to the children: "Speak for yourselves!"
"It's true." The voice was sporadic, slow and long.
"Masters, look..." Cai Shi turned to a dry and thin clerk next to him - this is the household clerk in Renhe County. He was specially invited to register the certificate today. Generally speaking,
This kind of thing does not necessarily have to go through the government, but when they were receiving training, they were warned that they should be very cautious when taking in people in places beyond the power of the traveling group, because at that time, there was a group of gangsters who made a career out of this.
It is easy to lose people and money. The intelligence agent is alone and it is inconvenient to directly conflict with people.
"Okay, okay, I've seen it all." The bookkeepers took a big red envelope and felt happy, so of course they wouldn't pick on you, "Let's raise the coupons and make a deposit."
Cai Shi cheered up and asked the children to put their fingerprints on the deed of sale, and took them all down to have their heads shaved, take a bath, and change clothes. Zhao Yingong renovated several rooms in the abandoned garden of the mansion and temporarily used them as dormitories. He also hired another
The doctor treated the children and followed the same "purification" procedures. He also sent people to take care of them. The dozen or so attendants he brought with him were all from the purification camp and were no strangers to this system. They were nothing more than specific and subtle. Waiting for the orphans' bodies
After recovering a little, he took the children to clear an open space in the abandoned garden to serve as a playground. They did exercises and runs every day to exercise. They also grew vegetables and raised chickens in the abandoned garden to exercise and supplement their food. Zhao Yingong asked Feng to
Hua went to work as a literacy teacher and provide primary education in accordance with the requirements of the C Diploma.
Zhao Yingong knew that it would be very difficult for him to make a big difference in sheltering and educating the population at present, especially because he lacked enough manpower. Therefore, he paid special attention to the older children aged thirteen or fourteen who were taken in, focusing on the cultivation of personality and knowledge - the future
They are the basic cadres and talents that can be quickly put into use at Hangzhou Station. As for the children under ten years old, they will still have to be transferred back to Lingao to study in batches in the future.
Only the little girl who was taken in from the bridge he decided to stay by his side and educate her personally. He named her He Ning. He also named the other children one by one. Among them, the six eldest children over the age of twelve were named
The names are: Donghua, Xihua, Funing, Furong, Lizheng, Yanhe. These names, like Fenghua and Hening, are the names of palaces in the Song Dynasty.
The eldest children live in a dormitory alone, and Zhao Yingong spends a certain amount of time every day to teach them in person. Although the eldest children are more mature in mind, children who have been wandering and begging for a long time usually have distorted personalities and will also develop various bad habits.
Lingao has a whole set of methods for managing and educating the refugees, which can be used by anyone. But he has to be cautious here, so he specifically takes care of Cai Shi when taking in children. He will not accept any homeless beggars who are good-looking and smart-talking. For the time being,
Only children who are about to starve to death or abandoned are taken in.
As a result, he felt that the manpower was really short now. He was now looking after Cai Shi and Sun Wangcai, and those with reliable sources who were willing to sell themselves would be taken in - all of them would have a "definite contract".
In addition to taking in children and expanding the team of slaves, Zhao Yingong also spent a few days on-site to inspect the main markets and various goods markets in Hangzhou. He gained a general understanding of the trade situation in Hangzhou. It seems that it is easiest to make money in Hangzhou.
It still has a long history and tradition of silk industry and tea.
"Master, they were originally sericulture farmers. They are experts in raising silkworms, growing mulberry and reeling silk. If I buy a few acres of mulberry land and let them take care of it, I won't have to worry about spending a hundred and ten taels of silver every year...
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Cai Shi said it with enthusiasm - recently he saw that the master often pays attention to matters related to silk, satin and raw silk, and thought that he must be interested in it, so he added something like this.
Zhao Yingong nodded and expressed satisfaction: "Not bad. Just stay."
"Do you want to kowtow to the master?"
"Of course. Call them."
After a while, Cai Shi brought people over. The family crowded at the foot of the steps and kowtowed to Zhao Yingong. Zhao Yingong took a look and found that although they were people working in the countryside, they looked neat. Especially the housewife, who was in her 20s.
The eldest daughter is not yet mature, but she looks very cute. Moreover, mother and daughter are both talented - Zhao Yingong is very satisfied.
"First allocate a room in the lower room to accommodate." Zhao Yingong told Cai Shi, "Follow the rules. All necessary clothes and food will be allocated according to the rules, and there will be no shortage."
"Yes, I understand, little one." Cai Shi bent down and said, then scolded, "Why don't you thank me quickly?"
Several people quickly knelt down and kowtowed. Zhao Yingong asked: "Are you silkworm farmers?"
"Yes, I used to grow mulberry and raise silkworms..." the man said quickly.
"So you are very good at raising silkworms?"
"Little people used to make this their business," the man said. "The little ones grew mulberries, and their wives and daughters raised silkworms and reeled silk. They reeled the silk and sold it to silk customers, and they made a living."
"Well, then tell me, what is the business of sericulture in this place? Tell me in detail."
"Yes, Master!" The man had newly joined the family. He was originally uneasy. But now he heard that the family wanted him to talk about planting mulberry and raising silkworms. He thought that the family master could lend him a favor, so he cheered up and kept talking.
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He spoke a Hangzhou dialect, and was a country person who had few contacts with other people, so his speech was not coherent and his speech was unavoidable. Fortunately, Cai Shishi was there to translate and explain, so Zhao Yiangong got a general idea.
To raise sericulture, you must first have mulberry leaves. Therefore, every household that raises sericulture will have more or less acres of land for planting mulberries and gathering leaves. If you have little land or not enough mulberry leaves, you have to rent it from others or purchase it from others. Therefore,
There has been a "leaf market" specializing in trading mulberry leaves for a long time. The former requires a deposit in advance and they will be picked when the time comes;
The market for mulberry leaves is high, so sericulture farmers have to buy mulberry leaves at high prices and often have to borrow high-interest loans.
But sericulture is very profitable: if the cocoons are dried that year, the market price of raw silk is not bad. After the sericulture farmer pays off the principal and interest, the remaining income is not only enough to pay taxes, but also cover the whole family's expenses for a year. In terms of income, it is better than rice farming.
Cotton is much stronger. But if the cocoon market is not good that year, it will be reduced to selling land, houses, or even sons and daughters to pay off debts.