Seed dealers in ancient times

After the market opened, Zheng Jiang asked Cai Lin to send tomatoes to the city every day, and distributed them to various vegetable markets on time.

Dazzlingly, it was the season of potato harvesting, and Zheng Jiang stopped to sell the potatoes in the market, but went to various restaurants first, and directly supplied them to restaurants.Previously, potato flowers were supplied to restaurants. Many of them were willing to buy potatoes when they saw direct potatoes for sale. After all, potato flowers can only be sold as wine and vegetables, but potatoes can be developed and used to make other dishes.

Potatoes do not sell like tomatoes. After the batch is picked, the ones will grow and mature after a while. When the potatoes are dug, they are dug together, and there is no reason for them to mature later.

But this is quite convenient, there is no need to run back and forth towards the village, and the tomatoes have already come to an end when the potatoes are harvested.

Zheng Jiangting made a total of more than 30 taels of silver from the sale of potatoes and tomatoes this time, which is not too much. In the future, he can only sell seeds to earn some loose money. The villagers keep the seeds for themselves and plant them next year. He took it and sold it himself.

But it's not a problem. Doubanfang, which was originally supposed to be built in mid-December, was completed half a month ahead of schedule. After he went to inspect the house, he was busy with other things.

The building of Doubanfang is not too big, it is estimated to be as big as a normal house with a yard, but it does not have many rooms like a house, and it is like a spacious corridor from the main entrance, mainly for the convenience of drying moldy Douban.

"Have you notified the villagers?"

Zheng Jiangting took Chu Xian to make a living in his factory, and the newly built house still smelled of wood, and the two stayed in it for a while before returning to the gate.

Cai Lin said: "I have been notified. The villagers have long been looking forward to your coming to select candidates. Why don't you come here suddenly today without saying anything in advance, otherwise the villagers would have come here and waited."

"It's okay, it's okay to wait." Zheng Jiang stopped to give Chu Xianlong a long shirt: "It seems to be colder in the village than in the city. I'll find you a brazier so you don't catch cold."

Half of Chu Xian's face was hidden in the rabbit fur scarf, and his sultry eyes looked bright. He wanted Zheng Jiang to stay out of trouble, but he was always afraid of the cold, and there was no sign of snow this year. However, it feels colder than last year, and I don't know if it is because people have raised them delicately, and the body is not as resistant to cold as before.

"You two don't work too hard, there is a pile of charcoal in the backyard of Fangzi, I'll go get some."

After saying that, Cai Lin went, and as soon as he left, villagers in twos and threes invited him to come over.

Seeing the twelfth lunar month, most of the villagers are idle at home. Today, there is a lot of excitement, so they hurried over. This year's autumn harvest is bumper, and many villagers have made a lot of money. Later, they will plant potatoes and tomatoes to earn more. In one stroke, this year's harvest is much richer than previous years, and most people's faces are full of joy.

I'm happy next year, but I know it's only for this year. If I want to have a better life in the future, I have to find a stable and long-term job, and I want to work in Doubanfang.

Zheng Jiang stopped to see that many villagers had come, and said: "I think everyone knows that my workshop needs to recruit people. Now I will make it clear. Those who come first will listen, and those who come later will ask first." here."

"We will make seasonings in the future. We will prepare the items in the workshop and then transport them to the shops in the city for sale. Right now we need to hire ten people to do the work. There is no limit to male and female brothers, as long as they can bear hardships and stand hard work. Anyone with good hands and feet can come to sign up, but after being selected, they have to sign and pledge to do long-term work in the workshop, and if they don’t want to do long-term work, there is no need to waste time signing up.”

The villagers talked a lot: "What does it mean to be a long-term worker? Does it mean that if you go to the workshop, you have to be able to work for a long time?"

When Cai Lin came back with a charcoal brazier, he looked at the noisy villagers and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I said it all, they are discussing what a long-term worker is."

Cai Lin's thick brows tightened, and he looked around the crowd: "Hu Zi, come here for a while."

The man who heard the shout came over in a few strides. Kong Wu was tall and powerful. He looked very fierce, but he opened his mouth to show some stupidity: "Brother Da Chai, what are you calling me for?"

"Didn't you work as a long-term worker before?"

"Yes, but that family is ruined."

"I didn't ask you this, you tell everyone what a long-term worker is." Cai Lin roared: "Everyone, calm down, I know that some of the folks know what a long-term worker is, and some have never been in contact with a long-term worker and don't know how it is. Let Huzi introduce it to everyone."

The man named Hu Zi shook his voice and said: "The long-term worker signs a contract with the master's family. There are five years, ten years and 20 years. After signing the contract, he must do things for the master's family. You can't tell the master's affairs to the outside world, otherwise it will be a waste of money." To be sent to the government."

"That's selling yourself as a slave."

"Everyone listen to me, the reason why I signed the contract with you is not to make you slaves, I have a secret recipe in my workshop, if there is no restriction on recruiting people at will, then I dare not recruit people. Zheng Jiang stopped and said: "I am a long-term worker here who is only responsible for the affairs of the workshop, and the wages are paid on a monthly basis. Those who want to come can come, and those who don't want to I won't force it."

"I signed up. Anyway, my family has a lot of children, and a long-term job is not a problem. I'm afraid I can't find someone to do a long-term job."

As he said that, someone crowded to Chu Xian's small table: "I'll sign up."

Chu Xian looked at the old man who was over [-] years old in front of him: "You sign up?"

"Sign up with my son."

"Then your son has to come in person, and let's talk about it after seeing the person."

The old man said: "Okay, my son is busy in the field, I'll call for someone right now, young master, remember that my family came first."

Chu Xian nodded, and after the old man left, the younger brother came up again: "Can I sign up? I have worked as a long-term worker before and know the rules."

"You can, the young man is in good health, and he can be responsible for transporting goods to the city in the future." Zheng Jiangting agreed, "What's your name?"

When the young man heard what else he could be responsible for, his face was full of smiles, and he hurriedly said, "Qin Hu."

Chu Xian wrote down the person's name.

After working for more than an hour, there were more than [-] villagers who came to sign up, but Zheng Jiangding only had ten, and the admission was based on merit. Three women and three younger brothers were selected, and four men signed a five-year contract of prostitution. .

After the selection process is over, it is time to train the staff. Zheng Jiangting has to teach the villagers how to mold the watercress and the ratio of various spice recipes. Fortunately, it is not very difficult. The villagers are very quick to learn. Wait here After getting on the right track, Zheng Jiangting handed over the matter to Cai Lin.

"In the future, only the villagers who have signed the contract will be able to plant peppers. When the peppers are planted, they will be picked directly in Doubanfang. Other seeds will be ignored, and pepper seeds must be managed."

"Sure, anyway, I'll come to the city to let you know when the bean paste here is ready."

Zheng Jiang paused and said, "I'm optimistic about Doubanjiang, and it will start selling after the next year."

"Do not worry."

Doubanfang is already busy with things in mid-December, less than ten days away from the Chinese New Year, so busy these days, the house has to be cleaned up and purchased for the New Year, and the business of Qingfeng Building is booming, and customers keep booking tables Chinese New Year treat.

Fortunately, the guys in the restaurant are all competent, they are busy and orderly, and there is nothing wrong with them. Huang Jingyi is in charge of the affairs in the house, and Zheng Jiang just needs to stop and nod for everything, and it is not too much trouble.

He and Chu Xian were busy preparing year-end rewards for the guys.

"The old employees will pay twice the wages this month, two catties of bean paste, and meat. Which kind of meat should I choose? Chicken, duck or pork?"

Zheng Jiang stopped and said: "They are almost the same, or five catties of pork, chickens and ducks are troublesome."

"Okay. Anyway, there aren't many old buddies this year, just Zhou Haixin, Zhang Fu, and Deng Ming, and I'll take Brother Hui for takeout. By the way, Cai Lin also counts?"

"Of course, it's just that Cai Lin doesn't get paid from us, but gets the comprehensive salary from Doubanfang."

Chu Xiannao didn't understand how much Cai Lin was getting, so she said, "Then Cai Lin, you can figure it out yourself."

Zheng Jiangting said again: "Ordinary clerks in Qingfeng Building will pay an extra half a month's wages, one catty of bean paste and two catties of pork. The guys at Doubanfang have just come, so there will be less stuff, but you still have to give some , anyway, it gives people a sense of belonging, after all, it is a permanent job that has been signed for five years."

"Then what kind of hairstyle?"

"The salary is not too much, so let's give each person a catty of bean paste and a catty of pork." Zheng Jiang stopped and said, "I can send more by the end of next year."

"Okay, just do as you say."

Chu Xian closed the notebook: "I've written it all down, it's up to Huang Jingyi to do it."

After saying that, Chu Xian said again: "There are more and more things at the moment, I feel that the manpower at home has been overwhelmed, and a girl can only do some things in the house, or go out and simply buy food for the family. There are often no one to do things that need to be used, and things that require publicity for hard work, and Huang Jingyi can't run away alone. Should we buy two servants to come back, or hire long-term workers to do things at home. "

These words touched Zheng Jiangting's heart. Sometimes he had to drive a carriage, go to the village to explain something, and he still had to hire someone to do it or do it himself. There really should be two capable people in the family.

"Then do you want to buy two servants back, or hire long-term labor?"

A slave is once and for all, and after a one-time payment, he will stay with the master's family for the rest of his life. It's just that when he gets old, he needs to provide for the elderly. Long-term workers don't need it, but it's not very economical to pay wages every month.

"Go to the dental store and have a look. If there is a suitable one, buy it. If there is no suitable one, hire a long-term worker."

The couple reached an agreement and went to Yaxing together.To find out whether a year is stable or not, you can usually get a rough idea when you go to the bank.

In a bad year, there are slaves selling inside and outside the shop, because there are too many people who can’t support themselves, so they sell it cheaply everywhere; and when the year is good, there will not be too many people in the shop. And the price is higher.

As soon as the couple entered the shop, they were watched by the spirits, who warmly greeted them and asked them what kind of servants they wanted to buy.

This year's fleeting year is long, there are not many people in the shop, but now it is the end of the new year, and the boys want to sell more, firstly, they can go home to celebrate the new year after making money, and secondly, these trafficked people have found their masters Home is better than sleeping in the open air in a child's travel.

Zheng Jiangting didn't make any detours: "Two servants are needed, preferably in their teens or 20s."

Yazi's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Yes, yes, yes!"

The price of men is generally more expensive than that of women, and it is easy to sell at a good price. Generally, they are happy to meet such buyers.

Yazi called out all the people who met Zheng Jiangting's requirements. The row of children was uneven, and Zheng Jiangting didn't have too high requirements. As long as he spoke clearly and was healthy and healthy, he was fine. He looked around. touch.

"Master, we are two brothers, we are eighteen years old, we can do it."

"Who told you to talk! The master chooses people, not you!" Yazi saw someone open his mouth, and a whip slapped on the ground, splashing a layer of dust. If he hadn't seen Zheng Jiang standing there and reckoned with the whip, he would have whipped On people: "I can't keep my mouth shut and can't keep the rules!"

Zheng Jiang stopped pressing his hand, indicating that it was okay, and he turned to take a careful look at the young man who had just spoken: "Which one is your brother?"

The young man's eyes moved, and he glanced at Yazi: "Look at what I am doing, and answer whatever the master asks you!"

"It's the one at the top."

Chu Xian also looked over after hearing the sound, and then turned to look at the young man: "The two really look alike."

"Then the two of them, how about it?"

Chu Xian smiled: "Very good."

When the two brothers heard that they could go to the same club, they looked at each other happily across several people.

After some bargaining, the two spent five taels of silver.

"Thank you, master, thank you, master. We brothers will do our best for the master in the future."

The two brothers kowtowed to Zheng Jiangting together.

It is really not easy to be able to sell in the same household. The children in the Yazi shop are not always fixed in one place. You may be in Jincheng today, and go to another county tomorrow.Even if it is in the hands of the same boy, one is likely to be sold in this city and the other in that county. No one will know where the other is sold. Once they are separated, they may never see each other for a lifetime. Selling in a county is already a big deal, and now the owner is complete, and the two brothers are freed from the pain of parting.

Immediately afterwards, there are some trivial matters such as the signing of the deed of sale, which can be done in a trip to the government.

When the two of them left the trip, Zheng Jiang stopped thinking about some past events, and couldn't help laughing: "I think Huang Jingyi was bought by me in exchange for grain. At that time, I couldn't even get one or two taels of silver. When I bought it back, I found out that he was very good." If you can do it, there is nothing wrong with it.”

Chu Xian used to think that Huang Jingyi bought it by the way when he was buying a house, but later he learned about the space and understood the twists and turns, and he laughed: "Isn't that right, I bought a house servant and I don't have a place to settle it. , people are hiding outside."

"The one who bought it at a loss was a domestic servant. If I bought a little brother or a girl to hide, then I really have nowhere to reason."

Zheng Jiang stopped crying: "How dare I, you told me to go east, I have gone west."