National teacher, your man ran away

In the blink of an eye, the National Teacher and his party had been away for several days, and Carpenter Niu also brought over all the finished samples.

"Although the style looks simpler than the usual style, it is also very strong, and the most wonderful thing is that these tables, chairs and benches can really be spliced ​​into several shapes according to what the young master said. It’s more convenient.” The carpenter Niu is a knowledgeable man, and he felt a little itchy when he saw the new style of furniture. This time, he took his son to polish it himself. Sure enough, the carpenters in Niu’s Village were envious of the new style of furniture. endlessly.

Their business is to rely on craftsmanship for their livelihood, and some of the furniture styles and patterns in their hands have been passed down from generation to generation. Now that they see this new style of furniture, they can't help but want to buy it to make a new pattern.

Ai Ai, the carpenter Niu, solemnly told the young master Yao about her idea of ​​buying this blueprint. She thought that a big family like the Yao family would never sell their furniture patterns to outside carpenters. Unexpectedly, Yao Yixin just thought about it Nodding in agreement.

"You, you really don't want a penny?" Carpenter Niu couldn't believe his ears.

"No, if you feel sorry, you can find more carpenters and help me quickly make out the other furniture in the store." Yao Yixin waved his hand indifferently. His current net worth is enough for him to live in this time and space. Compared with the embarrassment of not being able to make up the down payment to buy a house in the previous life, it is much better. God loves him, and he also wants to be content and happy, so that the carpenter who is living a miserable life these days can earn a lot of money. Why be stingy with a few blueprints for the money of new tricks?

What's more, these drawings are just some of the most basic styles he saw when he was visiting IKEA with his sister who was waiting to be married in his previous life. Strictly speaking, these blueprints were not designed by him at all, and they cost money to buy, so he is too unkind.

However, Carpenter Niu refused to take advantage of this. In the end, the two each took a step back. Yao Yixin gave them all the blueprints of these new furniture for free, and Carpenter Niu waived the manual money for all the furniture in the shop this time. Yao Yixin originally didn't want to take advantage of the cost of the wood, but it's a pity that the carpenter Niu said that if he even asked for handcraft money, he would have no face to ask for the blueprint. After the work is completed, when the time comes, give each of the carpenters a red envelope, which will be regarded as wages.

Niujia Village is closer to the wharf than Yaojia Village. Although it is in the mountains, there is a tributary leading to the Qingjiang River at the foot of the mountain. It is much more convenient to transport goods than using a horse-drawn cart. Therefore, the two parties agreed that the furniture in Niujia Village will be made After it is ready, it will be transported directly to the dock by water, and then it will be moved directly from the dock to the store to put it away, and the shipping fee will also be settled in the store.

In other words, in two days, Yao Yixin will have to take people to the store in the town to sit in the town, not only to settle wages for the craftsmen and pay for moving furniture, but also to take the opportunity to buy all the other things that need to be bought in the store. Completely bought, ready to open shop.

The war on the border subsided, and the wharf by the Qingjiang River returned to its usual hustle and bustle. Yao Yixin only brought Bai Shisan with her this time, and the family was entrusted to Song Ming and Song Ye's father and son to take care of her. Grandpa Zhu still stayed at home and would The two apprentices, Xiaoba and Azhu, were ordering around, and the other juniors were still in charge of looking at the chicken coop and the duck coop. Yao Yixin couldn't help having a headache when he thought that his canteen didn't even have a single employee.

He finally understood why this high-ranking family in time and space had to raise hundreds of thousands of domestic slaves at every turn.

"We should buy more people!!" Looking at the empty restaurant, Boss Yao sighed.

"I heard that two boats of refugees came down from the pier today, and they said they would sell themselves as slaves if they could exchange a few taels of silver for their families. Would you like me to go and see?" Bai Shisan suggested.He just heard the news when he went to the pier to buy.

"Refugees? Didn't you say that the law doesn't allow you to buy good people?" Yao Yixin looked up in surprise.

"The law can't make the victims full," Bai Shisan said with a wry smile, "Most of these refugees came from the north. This year the north is dry and rainless. I heard that many places have been hit by drought, and the grain in the fields is almost gone. Encountering the military disaster in the northern grasslands and heavy taxes, they had no choice but to go all the way south to flee famine. Those refugees probably couldn't survive, so they sold themselves, and the government couldn't control it. Can the government support it?"

Yao Yixin couldn't help being silent for a while after listening.

Yes, there is no systematic national disaster relief in this time and space. In previous years, large households could be mobilized to raise donations for relief. However, this year, when there is a war in the north, it will be good if the court does not increase taxes. Is it okay to send out military rations to relieve the people?

"Then let's go and have a look. If we meet the right ones, it's okay to buy some." Yao Yixin stood up heavily. Their family can support dozens of refugees now, but there is no other way if there are more. .At this moment, Yao Yixin suddenly felt that his ex-husband might be scumbag to him, but to the people of Li, it should be called dedication, right?

As someone who has read history books, he naturally knows how cruel war is.

If this time, it wasn't for the National Teacher's manpower to turn the tide, outsmart the Tatars, use the internal conflicts of the various ethnic groups in the northern grasslands, and take advantage of the opportunity to support the Lukunjidong family to nip a big war in the bud, these refugees, I'm afraid that not only will they suffer from drought, but they will also be forcibly recruited into the army. At that time, it will not only be a problem of hunger.

He doesn't know much about those important national affairs, but it is still possible to help these ordinary people who escaped from the famine settle down in other places and have a few full meals as much as they can.

"Thirteen, ask the steamed bun shop next door to send over two hundred miscellaneous grain steamed buns, load them into the carriage, and let's go to the pier to buy someone."

I don't know if those refugees had anything to eat along the way. The reason why they didn't buy white flour steamed buns but multigrain steamed buns was not because he couldn't afford the money, but because he didn't want to make too much of a show. After all, most ordinary people in this town People are still reluctant to eat white flour steamed buns every meal.

When I drove the carriage to the pier, there were indeed two ships of refugees from the north disembarking.

Almost all of these refugees were disheveled, their hands and feet were weak, and they didn’t know how long they had been hungry. Some of them even had joints on their wrists clearly visible. These refugees took the few dozen copper coins left in their homes and begged for help. The boatman took them down the river, hoping to be bought by a wealthy family at a wealthy pier, no matter how much money, as long as they can buy some chaff for the family to survive this miserable famine, It is not in vain that they abandon their status as good citizens and sell themselves as slaves.

After landing, these people skillfully pulled a weed from the side of the road and hastily pinned it on their hair.

Yao Yixin found that after these people knelt on the ground with grass marks, the rest of the group couldn't bear to turn their heads away. These people were probably relatives of the prostitute's family. Only one can be sacrificed to save the other relatives. This is also a matter of no choice. If only one sells his body, the rest of the family will be regarded as good citizens. Yinzi redeemed the prostituted relatives, but if they were all prostituted, there would be no hope at all.

"Master, what should I do?"

"Thirteen, go over there and yell and say that our family does not want to buy people, but there is a shortage of hired workers. Ask them if they are willing. If they are willing, they will provide three meals a day and pay 100 yuan a month. "Yao Yixin thought for a while and ordered that he really wanted to buy a few servants to go back, but after seeing that these prostitutes were still with their families, he overturned his original plan in an instant.

He thought of his elder sister, the younger brother who always quietly gave up the best things in the family to him. In order for his younger brother to continue to study, he gave up a better university and went to a normal school where he could get a full scholarship. College girl.He believed that most of the people kneeling here were willing to sacrifice themselves for their families.However, he couldn't bear it.

I can't bear to see the separation of flesh and blood, and I can't bear to let these people who watched their relatives sell themselves into slavery in order to save themselves, bear heavy guilt and regret all their lives.

Sure enough, when they heard that they could earn food without having to sell their bodies, everyone looked at Yao Yixin and Bai Shisan in disbelief, and those who had reacted impatiently rushed over and ripped off the hair of their relatives. The straws that were holding each other hugged each other and cried loudly: They are saved!They don't have to sell themselves!

After a long while, they finally calmed down their unbearable excitement. Everyone knelt down at the same time and solemnly kowtowed several times in the direction of Yao Yixin and Bai Shisan. Open the door of the carriage, take out the prepared multigrain steamed buns and distribute them to these people to pad their stomachs first.

"Oh! If I had known that Boss Yao bought my steamed buns to do good deeds, how could the old man have the face to ask for money?" The steamed bun seller wiped his tears.

"That's impossible. These are all employees of our Yao family. How can they eat for free in your shop?" Yao Yixin smiled and waved to the crowd, asking them to wait a while. Bai Shisan immediately hired a dozen people from near the pier. A big cart, the master and the servant drove the carriage, and sent him directly back to Yaojia Village.

"Uncle Muchai, I'm afraid these people have suffered a lot on the road and their stomachs are also weak. Don't cook them big fish and meat for the time being. Is there a good bone soup at home? Use that bone soup to cook some thick pigs." For bone porridge, cut the pork liver into thin slices, add some cooking wine, shredded ginger, and salt, marinate it and put it in the porridge, sprinkle some green onion when it comes out of the pot, and warm their stomachs first."

Uncle Muchai hurriedly responded, and after a while, Xiaoba also came over, and brought some herbs with Azhu, saying that Grandpa Zhu said to make some soup and medicine for these people to drink after meals. Ordinary people are fine, those Half-year-old children came here in fear and hunger all the way. If they relax, they will get sick in all likelihood, so it is better to take precautions in advance.

"Mother, is this meat porridge really for us to eat?" After washing, he changed into half-new clean clothes and sat on Yao's spacious special long dining table. Huang Yun still felt like a dream Same.