From Chief to Ball

The four booklets are not thick. Although I haven't read the contents, I can tell from the title that the contents must be easy to understand.

Hu Lin thought of the pamphlet written by Chen Jian last time, and couldn't help but want to read it, but Chen Jian suppressed his hand.

"Brother Zhugan, you can go back and read these books again, I just want to tell you."

"Take the trading company we established as an example. In fact, we can do many things, but before doing anything, we must first think about which ones are possible and which ones are completely impossible now. At least in Mincheng, we can do it based on the previous deduced from this pamphlet."

"It's like a man is hungry, do you give him a fish? Or give him a net?"

"Brother Zhu, I said that knowledge is power, but in fact knowledge is also money, just like this glass, isn't it made out of knowledge? The lowest-level hired workers may have learned the words of Kaimeng at most, and then they No money to study."

"Then you are a person who has been to the capital to study, can you talk about more words and more arithmetic methods after work at night? Or organize some hired workers to learn some craftsman's skills from each other? Or even You can spend some money and invite a few learned people to take classes at night, and anyone who is willing to come and listen can come and listen, and the business office will be open at night, and it will become a place for workers in Mincheng to chat and study together."

"For another example, your dream city is very well written. Some people may have heard it, and some people haven't. So can you tell them a story? Even if it's small talk, nonsense, or random talk, it's better than those hired workers. Go to the bar at night for a small amount of money?"

"Someone is sick, can you take out some money to buy some medicine for those who can't afford it? Can you lend it to those hired workers who are fired, hungry and unable to survive without interest to buy some food?"

"You don't need to talk about what you want first, but become friends with them first, not just as a good person, a saint, but a friend who can be relied on and trusted."

"If you talk a lot, more people will naturally be willing to listen. Then we can discuss together what the real bright future looks like, and which ones do you really want?"

"You can take it step by step, but you can't take one step at a time. You may not know it at the beginning, but you can learn slowly and try slowly, and you only need to try it here in Mincheng at the beginning, just like running a business company. From meeting to meeting, from no one to more and more people.”

"If you are interested, you can give it a try. Brother Zhu, I didn't hit you, it's useless for you to gossip in the meeting. Don't you get angry when I say that?"

Hu Lin gave a wry smile, shook his head and said, "You're not angry, why are you angry? You just told the truth. I've been talking for so long at the meeting, but it's really useless."

"I'm not saying that it will never be useless, but that some things will be useful sooner or later. You are telling me that it is actually useless, but the problem is that you have to figure out which things may be useless in the future. , which is useless for you to shout out your throat for decades. Fairness and justice, at least seem good, are also what many people want to pursue, even if the compensation for the death of miners is increased from ten silver coins to ten One silver coin and one copper plate, don't you go after it and expect it to fall from the sky?"

……

Hu Lin lived in Chen Jian's workshop for eight days. Chen Jian and Hu Lin chatted for eight days, but they didn't talk about any radical things. They talked more about reform thoughts and the most primitive fairness.

The most is to rely on a kind of human pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty, so that a kind of thought that is in line with the times, at least making people feel that everyone is equal in theory, becomes a trend of thought, so that more people can think about it.

In fact, no matter how much we chat, Chen Jian is not afraid. Anyway, looking at the long road now, it will take a few years for Hu Lin to mature his mind, and it cannot be accomplished overnight.And my workshop is in Nan'an County, not a county town, no matter what kind of wind and rain will not affect this place within a few years.

He will not set up any cooperatives in his workshop, nor will he pay more money to hired workers, because it is meaningless and the splash will not be left.But it makes sense to plant some seeds that can bloom everywhere.

Maybe in the future he will stand on the opposite side of what he said now and suppress it, but as long as people are not killed, they will always leave their thoughts.

But the most important point, before returning to Mincheng, Hu Lin told Chen Jian that he would follow what Chen Jian said and turn the charity business association in Mincheng into a place where middle and low-level people could discuss, tell stories and chat in their spare time.

Moreover, after he returns, he will organize a group of hired workers from the trading company and create a picket team of hired workers to protect the interests of the trading company.

Whether it will be able to maintain order during the petition and parade as Chen Jian said in the future is still unknown, but Chen Jian knows that after it is built, the most powerful business company in Min County must be his own. After all But there are dividend buyouts and there are simple arrangements.

Chapter 54 Spread the word

On the lively streets of Mincheng, people come and go.

In the corner, a few people stared at the people who passed by, and beside it was a carefully selected large piece of glass that had been wiped clean without any stains.

"Mr. Zhugan, is it almost there?"

"Go. Be careful."

"Don't worry, we have done this kind of thing a lot."

Hu Lin nodded, and the two of them carefully carried the specially made large uncut glass, walked sideways into the crowd, and kept yelling to give way.

Suddenly a person ran over and "accidentally" smashed the piece of glass into pieces. The clattering sound immediately attracted the attention of everyone nearby, and a large group of people gathered around in an instant.

The two people who were carrying the glass looked at the same person who smashed the glass, because he was careful so he didn't get cut, he blinked at that person.

When there were enough people, the two people who were carrying the glass rushed forward and grabbed the man who broke the glass by the neck, shouting: "Blind? Why hit the crystal? Lose money!"

The man who hit the glass said aggrievedly: "I didn't see anything, who knew you were carrying things in your hands? I was wondering why you walk so strangely..."

The man pretending to lift the glass rolled up his sleeves, revealing the tattoo on his arm, and cursed: "You smashed our crystal chip and you're justified? Lose money!"

While speaking, he picked up a piece of broken transparent lead glass without air bubbles from the ground, and said to the people next to him: "Everyone, take a look, look, this is a rare crystal piece, just from the mountains. The ones that were dug out were processed by many masters, and now? All of them were smashed by this guy, do you think you have to lose money?"

The onlookers looked down at the shiny glass pieces on the ground that reflected sunlight, and swallowed their mouths one by one.

Although they didn't hit it, but thinking about such a large piece of crystal, it feels very expensive, not to mention that it must have taken a lot of thought to polish it into this appearance.

No one thinks about glass. Nowadays, only crystal has such color and transparency. Many people have seen crystal mirrors, which are completely different from light green glass mirrors that always have bubbles.

Look at the person who hit the glass, it was filled with silk, and it doesn't look like a poor owner, but it's just such a big piece of crystal, I'm afraid ordinary people can't afford to pay for it, especially if it's so delicate.

Several onlookers clamored to go in and pick up the crystal fragments, but they were all pulled back by the adults.

The man who hit the glass said with a bitter face: "Then how much do you want me to pay?"

"1 silver coins, not one cent less!"

"How many?"

The man who hit the glass screamed, and the hand that had opened the bag around his waist generously swished back cautiously, covering his purse tightly.

"Are you deaf? 1 silver coins! Do you want to pay? If not, I'll find a judicial officer to settle the matter. Lose money quickly!"

Hearing this, the man who hit the glass pretended to cry and shouted, "1 silver coins? How can I have so much money?"

"No compensation, right? Call me!"

Inexplicably, the two of them rushed up and got torn together with the person who broke the glass, but they didn't expect that the person who smashed the glass seemed to have served in the military. Torn to shreds.

There were more and more people watching the excitement, and suddenly there was a sharp whistle from outside. Several soldiers with heavy muskets on their backs pushed away the crowd and shouted inside: "What are you doing? Stop!"

A security officer followed the soldier, and the three people who were still fighting inside were pulled away by the soldier, and each of them smashed a few gun handles.

"What are you doing?"

"Sheriff, this guy smashed our crystal, and he still doesn't pay for it! Look!"

As he spoke, he picked up a piece of glass from the ground and brought it in front of the magistrate. It was crystal clear without any abnormal color.

"Why don't you lose money?"

"1 silver coins, where do I have so much money? Even if I sell all my family members, I can't sell so much money... I have an [-]-year-old mother and a child waiting to be fed. But what should I do..."

During the speech, he even started to cry, and the sheriff took a breath, as if he was also shocked by the price.He looked like a good man, but he had some compassion and asked, "Your crystal is really worth so much money?"

"There is a mirror grinding shop next to it. Master Li Kuixiu in the shop is the best mirror grinding master in Fujian City. He has seen a lot of crystals with his eyes. You might as well ask him!"

Yelling, coupled with the noise outside, the guys in the nearby mirror grinding shop couldn't sit still. Several apprentices watched the commotion at the door, listened to the man's yelling, and hurried back to the back hall.