In the years of ancient traders

"Brother, wait for me, I will go too!"

"Liu Niang, put on your shoes before going out!"

Song Shu was waiting at the door, it was still early, and the voices of pedestrians greeting each other could be heard from time to time outside the lane.

While arranging her shoes and socks, Liu Niang jumped out on one foot: "Brother, let's go."

"What about your third elder sister?" Song Shu asked.Song Anan had already led the carriage and was waiting by the side, Song He was also there, and Sanniang had said that she would go with them, but there was no one there yet.

"Sister San was still in the back just now?" Liu Niang turned her head and saw only her own screen wall, behind which was the Hanging Flower Gate, San Niang hadn't come out yet.

"Here we come." Sanniang hurriedly ran out from behind, "Just now I was so busy asking Liuniang to put on shoes that I almost forgot about myself, let's go."

Song Shu helped them both, and they got into the car one after another.Song He drove the car, and Song Anan also came in and sat beside him.

It was already late yesterday when they arrived at the house, they simply ate something and went to sleep, at this moment Song Shu asked, "What's the matter with the bunk beds in my room?" Song Anan refused to sleep by himself.

"Didn't you want to play it?" Song He's voice came from outside.

"How is it possible?" Song Shu said.

"You wanted to release it, and I heard it too." Sanniang said, "On the night before Yan Zhuo and brother left, when you were discussing the blueprint with Yan Zhuo, brother asked, and you nodded."

Song Shu remembered that he discussed the drawings with Yan Zhuo, but he had no impression of anything else.

"Brother told you at that time that this house has two main rooms and six wing rooms, and Yan Zhuo and we just share one room. The roof of the compartment is not as high as yours, and it is inconvenient to put the upper and lower bunks, so I asked you if you are still with Song Anan, and you nodded at that time." Sanniang said.

Song Shu thought about it again, but still had no memory.

That day Yan Zhuo pulled him to talk about a lot of construction matters, he was dizzy, and he had to discuss with Yan Zhuo from time to time, rejecting his ideas that took too long or were unrealistic, Song He spoke At that time, he probably didn't understand at all, and just nodded indiscriminately.

This was a little messy, so he shared a room with Song Anan again.

Originally, Song Shu thought that he could sleep in a room by himself when he came to Hengzhou City, but now it's all right, let's sleep on the upper and lower bunk beds obediently, fortunately he is used to living with Song Anan.

"Brother, that building is so magnificent!" Liu Niang lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, pointing to a three-story building on the side of the road and shouted.

Three-story buildings are very rare these days, at least they don't have one in Datu County, and the tallest Wanghai Building is only two-story, and their Song Ji's Laoyue Boat is also two-story.

"It's really magnificent." Sanniang also leaned over to take a look.

"That's a gambling house." Song He said, he came early with the construction team, and already knew a little about the place, "It has been closed for a long time, and the shops around are also owned by the same owner, and they are all closed now."

"How could this happen?" Song Shu was amazed. Casinos have been a profitable business since ancient times, let alone the city of Hengzhou where people come and go, and they would lose a lot of money if they closed down.

"I heard that the owner is a dude who doesn't know how to do business, and doesn't know the ways of the gambling house. He lost a lot of money within two months. Later, he may have lost too much and stopped doing it, so he has been closed." Song He said that he also heard these from others, so he didn't know whether it was true or not.

"Tsk, what a pity." Song Shu said, and walked back to sit down.What a pity that such a large frontage is closed on a street full of people coming and going.Sanniang and the others also agreed. After doing business with Song Shu for so many days, they also knew that the shops facing the street were all valuable, and it was a pity that they were closed and vacant.

Going south from this street, not long after leaving the city is the piece of wasteland he bought.

Song Shu lifted the curtain on the window of the carriage. When he came last time, there were only some messy stones on the ground. Now, two workshops have risen on the ground, and there are several large rooms used as canteens and dormitories.Besides the house, Song Shu also saw Yan Zhuo and several familiar faces from Datu County who came to build workshops, as well as many unfamiliar faces.

"Excuse me, have you started recruiting here?" A worker from Datu County was standing not far from the official road, holding a bowl as if drinking, and someone leaned over and asked.

Song Shu didn't know this person, so he looked like a farmer from a nearby village.

"Our boss hasn't come yet, so you're asking too hard." The worker from Datu County was a little helpless, since they started building workshops here, there were always people watching.This was a good thing. After all, there were only ten of them, so they always had to find some more from the local area, but when they found enough people, there were always people who came to watch the excitement.

It's really not a pleasant feeling to be watched by people while working every day, as if watching a monkey show.

"Hey, didn't I hear that your boss here is Song Silang, how are you treated? People from Siping Village, Wu'an Village and Liuhe Village next door are all waiting." said the farmer who came to ask about recruiting workers.

"That's right." The worker from Datu County straightened his back proudly, "It's not me bragging, our boss is one of the most kind people, and the treatment in his workshop is very good, and the wages are paid and board and lodging are also included. And a new dress every season!"

"And new clothes?" The farmer's eyes widened. "Is the salary less?"

"A lot, a lot," the worker in Datu County waved his hand, and showed him what was in his bowl, "See, soy milk, our boss's workshop has it every day, drink whatever you want!"

"This can't be!" The farmer was even more surprised, and he couldn't believe it.Soybeans are nothing, this soy milk is not enough to fill the stomach, and it costs beans. They can't make it a few times a year, and drinking it every day is too extravagant.

Song Shu looked away. He thought that he had just arrived in a new place and it would take some time to recruit workers.But he didn't expect that his workshop hadn't opened yet, and someone was already thinking about it. Listening to their conversation just now, it seems that people come to ask every day, and there are quite a few people.

After Song Shu and the others arrived at the workshop, they immediately released the news of the recruitment. Sure enough, many people came, most of them were from the nearby villages, mainly Siping Village, Wu'an Village and Liuhe Village that the person mentioned before.Four five six, peace and harmony, these names are quite easy to remember.

Because it is on the outskirts of Hengzhou, these villages in Siping are narrow towns with a lot of people and little land. The fields shared by everyone are only half of the legal land. Farming alone cannot fill their stomachs, so most people will Go to the city to find work, or work as a porter to support the family.When the workshops on the wasteland were first built, the people here thought that some wealthy lord was going to reclaim the wasteland, so they didn't care. Later, some local people also joined the construction team, and only then did they know that they were going to build workshops.

They know about workshops!Most of them need to hire a few workers, especially like these ones, such a large workshop can't be operated by just a few people in the family!

Later, some people also heard that the owner was Song Silang who sent them to farm for them, and they looked forward to the stars and the moon, and to the workshop to recruit workers.

Song Shu found a spacious and sheltered place, and asked someone to move some tables and chairs.

He was in a group with Liu Niang, San Niang and Song He were in a group, Song Anan was in a group with Zhuo Yuan, a journeyman he brought from the beer shop in Xianghe Village, and asked those people to come to them for interviews in turn.

This group of people just look at the clothes, there are farmers, there are also hawkers or porters.Not all of them are from the villages in Siping, passing by from other places, or from the city of Hengzhou.Some people seemed to know Song Shu and looked at him eagerly, but there were many who didn't.It doesn't matter whether you know him or not, since there are so many applicants, Song Shu also plans to choose carefully.

He doesn't care much about gender or age, don't be too young or too old, the key is to be practical and diligent.

Regardless of farmers, hawkers, porters, most of these manual workers have to work outdoors, and their skin must be dark. If they are fair, they probably don't work much.In addition to skin color and hands, the hands with more calluses must be more dry.Song Shu asked them to show him their hands, so he could tell at a glance.

In addition, it depends on the clothes.It's not about dressing well, but whether it's neat and clean.People who are willing to pay attention to their clothes, even if they are full of patches, must be neat and tidy, and they should not be too bad at work.Song Shu would also say a few words to them. If the applicant was a woman, Sanniang would say a few more words, mostly asking where her family was, how many people there were, etc. Song Shu would rather be a bachelor than a bachelor. Those who have families will cherish their work even more.

This time, the beer shop and the bean oil shop were the first to recruit people. The two places did not have too high requirements for the workers, and Song Shu didn’t want to waste time. We eliminated those who were obviously inappropriate, fished in troubled waters, were too thin or had other problems. Yes, the rest are basically accepted.It's a pity that the number of people he wants is limited, and there are still many people queuing up when the collection is full, so he has no choice but to say sorry to people.

"This is gone? We have been waiting for a long time."

Those people were disappointed.But the places for workshops are always limited, and Song Shu can't help it.

"Song Silang." Suddenly, Song Shu heard someone calling his name.He has just arrived here, so there should be very few people who know him here.

Song Shu turned his head, but saw a gorgeously decorated carriage, the carvings on it were not inferior to Yang Jian's, and he seemed to recognize the family emblem on the carriage.

"Song Silang, my lady heard that you have arrived in Hengzhou City, so she came here specially, and wanted to talk to you about something." A maid in light yellow clothes came over and greeted him.Only then did Song Shu realize that the frame belonged to Xie Wan.

"That's the carriage frame of Xie's Mansion!" Those who came to apply for the job but failed to catch up had not yet dispersed, and someone who knew the carriage said at this moment.

"So, the owner of this workshop is the Xie family?"

"Of course it's impossible, didn't you hear that little lady calling Song Silang?"

"Song? Which one is that?"

"Song Silang! You mean Song Silang? Isn't that the rich man in Datu County who sent us the plowing frame?"

"It's not a wealthy family, but I heard it's a farmer who suddenly made a fortune."

"Whatever he is, he's a great guy! Oh, I should have come earlier, if I could have come to line up earlier, maybe I could have worked for him!"

"That's right."

Those who knew Song Shu's identity for a long time felt that it was fortunate that they were well-informed, otherwise they would have missed this hard-won opportunity.

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