Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty and swear not to be an official!

Chapter 28 Princess Ningguo starts her working career

Do you want me to work?

dream!

Princess Ningguo raised her head proudly.

Needless to say, everyone understands that meaning.

However, Liao Tiancheng did not tolerate her: "No? Not doing it? Disobedient? Okay, you can leave! Don't follow me in the future."

Ning Guo was a little panicked when he saw him walking back with his hands behind his back, as if he was serious about it.

"Ben, are you still not satisfied with my making a vase for you? Liao Tiancheng, don't push your limits!"

"A vase? In the past, I had nothing to do, so I could just look at a vase every day. Now... I'm going to be busy with my career, so how can I have time to look at this vase of yours? You're lazy, greedy, and don't know how to do anything. Pack up your bags and leave as soon as possible!"

Princess Ningguo felt that she couldn't hold back her face after being said: "Yes, yes, I am a little greedy, but am I lazy? I just don't bother to serve you! I don't know anything? I can read and digit, and You are good at arithmetic, don’t look down on others!”

"You will praise yourself to the sky. If it is of no use to me, it is all in vain! Stop saying anything, pack up and leave!"

"I didn't even say I wouldn't do it!"

Ning Guo suddenly became anxious.

Over at the palace, the emperor's father hasn't said anything about letting her go back, there's no sign at all!

Now that Liao Tiancheng doesn't want her, how can she explain to Father Zhu?

"Just tell me what you want me to do! But agree in advance that if you let me do the work, I will pay you back in real money. After you pay it off, you can no longer let me be your maid!"

Liao Tiancheng smiled: "Let's first see how capable you are and how much money you can make! Maybe your skills are worth just a few pennies a day. It's just a dream to pay it off with this!"

When the two returned home, Zhu Yuanzhang was already in the yard.

There is also a box on the table. The box is full of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, and they are all of the highest denomination, consistent.

"Tiancheng, here is the [-]-guan treasure note. Please click on it."

"Hey, no need to order, I can rest assured that I will do the work!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy to hear this: "Then how do you plan to spend the money?"

"It's very simple, hire people, buy materials, rent space, and build a factory! That's basically it."

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more happy when he heard that he was thinking clearly: "Then you hurry up and do the work, and we won't disturb you anymore!"

This was the first major event that Liao Tiancheng did in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, he was very attentive. After seeing off Zhu Yuanzhang, he immediately asked Zhu Yuqing to look after the house. He went to the street with two treasures in his arms.

In the center of the street, there were crowds of people under several notices.

There are direct recruitment notices posted by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China a few days ago, for sugar and salt manufacturers, and recently for glass makers.

The wages given were clearly marked, one tael of silver per person per month.

Liao Tiancheng looked at the wages and suddenly lost consciousness.

What is the concept of one tael of silver?
The county magistrate's annual salary is only 45 taels, which means that a worker's annual salary is almost half of the county magistrate's!
It seems like a lot, but in fact... it's very crotch-stretching.

If one tael of silver buys two shi of rice, 20 taels of silver cannot buy fifty shi of rice.

An adult consumes about ten kilo meters per year.

If only one person in a family works and relies on this to support his parents, husband, wife, and children, he will definitely go hungry.

This is also the reason why corrupt officials emerged in endlessly in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, if you calculate carefully, in addition to salary, officials also receive subsidies such as clothing, oil and salt, and rewards during holidays, so it is still possible to maintain basic expenses.

Ordinary civilians can live a comfortable life doing this, plus the few acres of thin farmland at home.

If you are purely a tenant farmer, you either don't have a wife and don't care about your parents, so you can barely feed one person and keep the whole family from going hungry.When there was a disaster and food prices soared, the tenants either starved to death or borrowed money to survive. But if they borrowed money, it would be a waste of profit and profit, and they would have to live in debt for the rest of their lives.

If there are so many natural disasters in succession, the tenants will be so in debt that they can't even work enough to pay the landlord interest, and they will have no choice but to pay off the debt or run away altogether.

But it’s not that easy to escape. In the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people had to be guided when traveling. Without documents, they would be arrested even if they left the village for a few miles.

Think about it, before you became successful, those days were really not what people lived.

"Hey, I thought too far..."

Liao Tiancheng's eyes narrowed slightly.

Looking at the officials who recruited workers, they seemed to be condescending even if they were given one tael of silver a month. Liao Tiancheng felt that he could not live like that.

"Uncle Guangfeng is hiring!"

Somehow, a surge of blood came over him, and Liao Tiancheng shouted with open voice!

"Two taels of silver per month! Work in the workshop! Opportunities are limited, come quickly if you are willing!"

This voice aroused doubts from many people, but many people also came here to admire it.

"Uncle, is it really two taels of silver per month?"

"Uncle, are you selling your blood and your life? Why are you paid so much?"

Some people are still asking, but some people can't wait to get this job. No matter what the job content is, it seems that they can really give it even if it costs their lives.

Of course, although Liao Tiancheng paid a lot of wages, he was not really stupid and paid a lot of money. He was also a bit picky about his employees.

I don’t want anyone who is too stupid, naughty, skinny, or someone who pushes others and shows his claws...

In the end, those who were left behind were all young, naked men who looked powerful, well-behaved, and poor.

Not long after, two hundred young men were recruited.

But when it comes to money, one tael of silver is equivalent to one tael. Two hundred people are equivalent to two hundred guan. If you work for ten months, you will get two thousand guan.

I originally only had [-] yuan, so after all the calculations, it seemed like I was spending a lot.

"I borrowed less!"

Borrowing money always feels humiliating, so Liao Tiancheng plans to control costs.

"Renting space? Isn't my old yard vacant? Isn't that the factory building on site!"

With an idea, Liao Tiancheng immediately saved a fortune.

The first thing these 200 people did was to start building a kiln. Burning glass was similar to burning bricks and ceramics. Before industrialization, they had to be burned in caves.

There are drawings and Liao Tiancheng's guidance, plus people in ancient times basically built their own houses, so this job is not difficult.

Within three days, 200 people had already built the infrastructure in the yard.

At the same time, Liao Tiancheng also appointed local businessmen in Yingtianfu to purchase large quantities of soda, quartz sand, and some auxiliary materials from various places.

Soda is abundant in the Ming Dynasty, and Henan is the main producing area of ​​natural soda mines.

As for quartz sand, there is a lot of it, and Hebei and Shandong can buy it in large quantities.

Other excipients are not a problem because they are used in small amounts.

As long as you have enough money, it's easy to buy raw materials.

Liao Tiancheng kept an eye on the progress of various matters every day, and because Princess Ningguo knew arithmetic and was his maid, she was appointed by Liao Tiancheng to play the role of secret technician and accountant. She helped Liao Tiancheng check some missed items every day. At the same time, Calculate each expenditure and how much is left.

Not to mention, since she got involved in it, Princess Ning Guo actually did it very vigorously and enjoyed it endlessly!
(End of this chapter)