After dressing as a widow

"Is it still recruiting people now? Let your cousins ​​try to recruit people!"

"Cousin, what do you do? Can you really get paid? Don't be a liar."

Meng Xiaoshu patted his chest and promised: "We just received last month's wages, more than 190 Wen."

His uncle pulled him eagerly: "Isn't it 150 Wen, why are there dozens more Wen?"

Meng Xiaoshu explained: "Shuifen workshop has night shifts. When you work on night shifts, not only can you eat at goufen at night, but you also get 190 Wen overtime per day, so there are more than [-] Wen."

Everything that came out of Meng Xiaoshu's mouth moved the hearts of his uncle's family. They pulled Meng Xiaoshu to question and ask again and again. The next day, Meng Xiaoshu's two cousins ​​and one cousin all followed him to the state capital.

As soon as they entered the state capital, they saw many young women and brothers hurriedly heading in one direction. Meng Xiaoshu knew that those people were just like himself, and wanted to find a different way for relatives and friends, so he hurriedly told them Cousins ​​and cousins: "They must all want to work for Boss Lin, let's hurry up, we won't recruit any more people!"

The man and elder brother who followed him immediately ran up when they heard this.

As soon as I ran into Guangshun Lane, I saw a tall man walking in the alley, and shouted loudly as he walked: "All the people who come to look for work, line up, on the left are girls and brothers, and on the right are men. If you don’t follow the rules, even if you run to the front, you won’t be hired.”

Many people ran around like headless chickens, Meng Xiaoshu hurriedly grabbed his cousin and cousin, and told them to do what the No. [-] nursing home said, and line up in the queue.

Before dawn, Meng Xiaoshu, in order not to delay going to work, explained to his cousins ​​what he experienced when he was looking for a job, and let them stay here with peace of mind, and come to them when he gets off work.

Although they are relatives, two cousins ​​and one cousin are not easy to bother him, and they say that they know it, and let him go to work with peace of mind.

Meng Xiaoshu walked along the line that almost reached the Changping junction to the No. [-] courtyard of Lin's Shuifenfang. He saw a lot of people, some familiar faces from the state capital, and some of them came from far away. Everyone looked forward, wishing to stand here and see what was going on ahead.

Hundreds of workers were recruited in several workshops, and Guangshun Lane was completely bustling.

"Boss Lin, this is all the orders issued by Lin's gouache workshop up to August this year. Please check if there are any mistakes or omissions." Lin Zhen just got off his horse and just touched the ground when the old boy from the gouache workshop chased after him. Come here and hand him the ledger.

Lin Zhen looked at the pig farm which was so close that he could already hear the squawking of pigs, and took a quick look at the account book.

Since the opening of Lin's Water Powder Shop in June, more and more orders have been placed every day. More than half of the merchants around Dayu are running here. Yurong powder, toilet water, lipstick, cream, soap, scented soap, every day are packed The goods were shipped, and the people coming and going made the state capital suddenly lively. Several inns and restaurants were newly opened on Changping Street, just to take advantage of this wind to earn money from these small and medium-sized merchants.

The pig farm that Lin Zhen came to see today was born out of soap and scented soap, both of which require a lot of fat, and he almost bought out all the pigs around the state capital. Bought a piece of land, specialized in raising pigs to supply soap mills and scented soap mills.

Now several workshops are equipped with accounting rooms, two for each workshop, and the forms he specially requested are used, so the various numbers are clear at a glance.

Lin Zhen matched the numbers on the ledger, and said to the accountant of the Shuifenfang: "I have read all the accounts, no problem, the net profit of our Shuifenfang in the past two months is still on the rise, wait for a few more months to stabilize If it is stable, the purchase of raw materials can be roughly fixed."

"Yes." The old Tongsheng of the gouache shop was the first batch of accountants recruited by Lin Zhen, and they were acquaintances of each other.

Lin Zhen said: "You came from the Shui Fen Fang, take a rest, why don't you follow me to see the new pigs in the pig farm?"

Old Tongsheng was taken aback when he heard Lin Zhen inviting him to see the pigs, and nodded: "Okay."

Several workshops are busy now, and Niu Da, the chief manager, is so busy that he can't touch the ground, so Lin Zhen got Lu Lu a small pony and asked her to run around with him.

At this moment, Lu Lu couldn't help laughing when he heard that Lin Zhen invited Mr. Accountant to see the pig.

Lin Zhen looked at her and said: "This pig is very useful, the soap shop and the soap shop are all looking here."

While talking, they walked inside.

Lizhou has a vast land and few people, and the terrain is flat. Lin Zhen bought this piece of land in the suburbs for seven or eight mu, and only spent very little money.

The pig farm has been built, the walls are made of earth bricks, and the tiles are black tiles ordered by Lin Zhen in the city. Three rows of long houses stand there, surrounded by walls.

As soon as Lin Zhen and the others approached the door, the gatekeeper found them. Seeing that it was Lin Zhen who had been here before, he quickly patted the barking dog's head, "The boss is here."

Lin Zhen looked at the ferocious dogs on the leash, "Where's Manager Xing of the pig farm?"

"Inside, I just bought a few sows and a dozen piglets, and the steward is watching the workers put the pigs into the pigsty."

"Let me go and have a look." This pig farm can accommodate more than 1000 pigs. It was built with full consideration of drainage, feeding, etc. It is spacious and bright. The workers joked with Lin Zhen that this place is for pigs. All live.

Lin Zhen walked into the house where the piglets screamed heart-piercingly. The spacious room was divided into rows of pigpens, and many pigpens already had piglets and big pigs.

Several workers were putting the newly purchased piglets into the new pigsty, but the piglets panicked when they entered the unfamiliar environment. The body with the length of an adult's arms exploded with great strength, and the man who was holding him was very scared. I was sweating all over, and the blue veins on my neck popped out.

"This pig is good, strong and energetic. When it grows up, it will send the meat to our soap shop!" A black and strong man looked at the little pig running around in the pigsty with his eyes shining.

The other man, who was a little thin but full of energy, widened his eyes: "You want this end, and you want the other end. Our soap shop is also waiting for these fat pigs to refine oil."

Steward Xing of the pig farm patted his head, and said to the two workshops: "My pig just arrived, and you all divided it into your pockets. You don't have to worry that they will panic and stop growing meat."

The strong black man said: "Boss Xing, we can't do anything about it. The soap shop's orders are much under pressure, and the other raw materials are all right, it's the white pork." The strong black man clapped his hands, "You can't buy it around the state capital." There are a few big pigs, and they are about to run out of stock, can we be in a hurry?!"

The thin and energetic man said: "Isn't it the same with our soap shop? The steward has already gone all the way to collect pigs!"

It is not easy to raise a pig now, so little meat is grown throughout the year, and not much fat is removed. Now soap shops and scented soap shops require a lot of fat, and the fat can hardly keep up.

Lin Zhen started this pig farm a month ago. Now there are only more than 300 pigs, big and small, including sows and breeding pigs.

"You guys are playing tricks here, and pigs can't grow more meat." Lin Zhen walked over, looked at the little pig who was not in a good mood in the pigsty, and obviously a little uncomfortable with the new environment, and asked Manager Xing, "These pigs Where did you collect them all?"

"Boss." The busy people didn't expect Lin Zhen to come, and they were a little surprised.

Guanshi Xing said: "It was the relatives of the workers in the pig farm who found out about it, and the sows were brought together in one litter."

"..." Lin Zhen looked at the excited Steward Xing, and felt that it was a good decision for him to hand over the pig farm to him, and that even collecting pigs would give him such a sense of accomplishment.

He asked Guanshi Xing: "Have the pigs bought before been fed as I said?"

"Yes, boss, come over here and take a look." Steward Xing took Lin Zhen to the pigsty where he had bought more than a dozen pigs for seven or eight days, and pointed to the pigs that were energetic and jumping around inside. For pigs, "the pigs are given plenty of food for each meal, and the meat grows quickly. Like this batch of half-sized pigs, they can be slaughtered in four or five months."

Lin Zhen knows that modern pigs are blessed with feed, and they are usually sold in three or four months, but now there is no ready-made feed, so he can only make a simple version, add some eggshells, dried and ground fish, and Add some rice bran when grinding grain.

The most important thing is the rice milk left after filtering the rice milk sediment in the gouache workshop, which is brought here every day, cooked by the people in the pig farm, and then mixed with pig food for the pigs to eat.

Naturally, there are effects. For example, the half-sized pig in the pigsty in front of me has smooth hair, a flattened back, and the meat on its body trembles every time it walks. It cannot be raised by farmers outside.

The pigsty where these pigs sleep is very clean, and the skin and flesh are all white. Lin Zhen couldn't help but patted the back of the pigs, which were almost as wide as his palm. price changes.

They only want fat meat, lean meat and internal organs are not wanted. Although the common people nowadays are short of oil and water, they all like fat meat, but lean meat is still meat anyway, and it is better to have it than nothing.

After looking around the pig farm, Lin Zhen, who had been patrolling outside for several days, returned to the yamen. He looked at the horses and carriages in front of him, and casually asked the yamen servant: "Who is here?"

"Inspections in various places, and county magistrates in several places, the grain around the state capital is about to be harvested, and the adults are starting to find out whether the cultivation next year will be the same as last year."

Lin Zhen was talking to the yamen servant, looked at the thick autumn clothes on his body, and felt that the time passed so quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the food planted will soon be harvested at home. This year, the people around the state capital should be able to have a good year.

In the main hall, after listening to Gu Lin's words, the inspectors who were called here, you look at me and I look at you, finally gritted their teeth and said: "My lord...we...the soldiers under our hands can't even eat a full meal. I can't eat anymore."

"The food and salaries from three years ago have not been paid yet, so there is nothing to do!"