In the years of ancient traders

It dawned early in summer, and when Song Shu and the others returned to Xianghe Village overnight, the mist had cleared, and the sound of hey-ha boxing exercises could be heard from afar.

Song Anan has been teaching boxing for more than half a year, and people in and out of the village have practiced it very proficiently, and they can fight well without him.The last time the village chief's little man was walking at night and met two robbers, thanks to this set of punches, his small body with little flesh was forced to be placed on two big men.

Now that people from Xianghe Village walk in this area, few dare to provoke them.

"Does the carriage belong to the Song family?"

"Yes, yes, I recognize his horse."

"The horses all look the same, how can you recognize them?"

"I fed him when I went to help at his house, it can't be wrong!"

In the center of the village, Zaoquan was in the middle, and there were arguments from time to time, until the carriage actually stopped in front of Song's house, and the arguments stopped for a while.Song Shu hadn't returned to the village for a long time, and recently there were rumors that he went to Hengzhou City. Most people in the village heard what others said, and they didn't know whether it was true or not, so someone raised it at this moment.

Some people claimed that their relatives saw Song Shu go out of the city to Hengzhou with their own eyes, while others said that he was still in Datu County and had not left.It cannot be said that everyone in Xianghe Village works in the Song family's workshop, but most of what they use and sell in their daily life has something to do with the Song family. Taking a step back, their village is so lively now, and it is also closely related to Song Shu.

If Song Shu really went to Hengzhou, would the excitement be preserved now?

"It's useless for us to guess whether it's true or not here. It's better to go directly to the Song family and ask. Maybe Song Silang is coming back in the same carriage." Someone said.

After hearing this, everyone felt that it made sense.It's dawn now, and going to someone's house is not considered a disturbance, so why not just go and ask, Song Silang can give them an explanation, so they can feel at ease.

Song Shu bumped in the car all night, his chest felt so tight that he wanted to vomit, and his eyelids kept fighting. When he got home, he didn't say anything, and fell asleep with his head depressed.

When the villagers came, he had already gone back to his room and did not see them.

"Liu Niang, is your fourth elder brother here?" Someone asked Liu Niang coming out of the kitchen behind the fence.

"Take it easy, my elder brother is going to sleep." Liu Niang said.

After Liu Niang said this, these people knew that the car just now really belonged to Song Shu.There is so much mud on the wheels, have you ever been to Hengzhou City?Someone asked Liu Niang, but Liu Niang became angry.

"Don't talk nonsense, when did my elder brother say he was going to Hengzhou!" She had her hands on her hips, and she really had the aggressiveness of Widow Song back then.It's a pity that she is still young and has a round face, not only does she not feel powerful, but she is a bit cute, and several people laughed immediately.

"It's so funny." Liu Niang thought they were strange, so she turned her head away and went to find Wu Niang and Qi Lang.

"Don't laugh." Song Anan did not know when he came out of the main room, and looked around at the people outside.The members of the Song family are all young, and although they have some status in the village, they are not scary, and they are not bullying.Except for this Song Anan, he spoke very little, sometimes it seemed as if he didn't exist, but sometimes he could easily make people feel oppressed.

"Guan Nan, we don't want to quarrel with Song Silang. It's just that someone has said that your family is going to Hengzhou City. If you are curious, come and ask." Among the crowd was a man who worked in Song's steamed bun shop. Anan has been in contact with a lot, and now he has the courage to speak.

Song Anan glanced at the people around the fence, turned to the West Room, and took out a pair of pens and inks.He unfolded the paper on the small wooden table in the yard and wrote with pen.

After the opening of Yan Zhuo's school, many people in Xianghe Village went to school intermittently for a few days, but literacy is not so easy. Most people can barely write their names, and many people have no patience to learn, and they are really down-to-earth In fact, except for a few adults, most of them are the young masters of the village, and there are also children of the Song family.

It's just that Song Anan was never included among them.

"Guan Nan can write?"

"I haven't seen it. Didn't he never go to school?"

"Could it be that Mr. Yan taught it privately? It's not impossible that Mr. Song lives in the Song family."

"It's absolutely impossible. Who doesn't know that Song Anan hates Mr. Yan? The last time I ate in the cafeteria of the workshop, they happened to be at the same table, or face to face. They were chatting on that long table, and they didn't even look at each other." superior."

"Yes, once..."

Those who spoke deliberately lowered their voices, Song Anan also pretended not to hear,

His handwriting is also the kind that can be seen at a glance, but compared to Yan Zhuo, his writing is sharper, and the strength of his strokes is like a sword unsheathed on the battlefield.

After Song Anan finished writing, he put down his pen and brought a small jar of paste.

When the crowd saw him coming out, they gave way one after another.Song Anan found a slightly flatter fence, pasted the paper up, and went back.

Those people stopped whispering and looked at the wet paper.

"I do not get it."

"Song Anan really knows how to write, this handwriting looks as good as Mr. Yan's!"

"Is there anyone who can read to read?"

"Work? I only know one worker."

"The word below reads An, what is An? An...Qing?"

"That word reads quiet, quiet!"

"Hush! Don't make noise, don't make noise, Song Anan told us to be quiet!" In an instant, the buzzing stopped suddenly.

"Then what are those on the top?" Someone spoke again, but this time it was in a breathy voice, like a whisper.

"Let me take a look." A young gentleman studying in the school said, "Recruitment, Hengzhou, build a workshop, register in the afternoon, be quiet!"

"You read it carefully, you can't even make a sentence!" Someone complained.

"That's what's written on it, you're not satisfied with your size!" Xiao Lang replied.

"Hush! Be quiet! Song Silang is sleeping, and Song Anan told us to be quiet!" Someone growled again, and the two quarreling fell silent instantly.

"Actually, these words really have the style of Nan Guanshi. This should be a job recruitment notice." The steamed bun workshop said humanely.

"That's right. The location is in Hengzhou City. The content is to build a workshop. The registration in the afternoon should invite interested parties to register in the afternoon." The young man who had read the book interfaced, and repeated the content on the paper according to his own understanding.

Originally, he only heard a few words, and those who couldn't read the words hadn't reacted yet. After he explained it like this, everyone understood.

The Song family is really going to Hengzhou City, and they want to build a workshop like they are in the village. This recruitment notice is to recruit workers for the workshop!

The Song family is hiring workers again!

The news spread quickly inside and outside Xianghe Village.Whether it is a long-term worker in a workshop or a short-term worker who digs a cellar and builds a workshop, the Song family is always very good to the workers. There are always many people flocking to recruit workers.

This time it was a little different.

In the past, they were all in Xianghe Village, and they could go home after finishing their work. Apart from making more money, it had no effect on life.Even those who came from other villages originally wanted to work in Xianghe Village, so there was nothing to adjust psychologically.

But when they suddenly said to go to Hengzhou, the big guys didn't think about it, and they didn't know how to react for a while.

Most of the people here never imagined that they would be able to visit Hengzhou City one day.

Hengzhou City, ah, but that is the place where Jiedushi lives. Many aristocratic families also have mansions there, as well as many officials, wealthy businessmen, and scholars. How could such a place be the place where small farmers and small traders like them should go? of.

Besides, it is a long way from here to Hengzhou City, and it is said that it will take a whole day.With such a long distance, one must live in the city. Hengzhou City is not like a small village like theirs, and it must cost a lot of money to live there, and I don't know if the Song family can cover their jobs.

"Sure, Song Silang's workshops, but Fan's home is far away, he won't cover any of them." Several people who came to grind noodles under the thatched pavilion of the mill talked about it, and someone said.

"Can Hengzhou City compare with here? Do you think it is easy to live in Hengzhou City? I heard that the rent for a house there is ten times that of ours!"

"Nonsense, it's only two or three times more expensive. Hengzhou City is not the capital of the empire, so it's so expensive."

"Say it as if you've been there."

"Of course I've been!" said the man, taking it for granted.

The noodle grinder finally took a look at him, and found that the person in front of him was Pang Liulang, who sold silk quilts.

"Hey, it's Brother Pang. I haven't seen you coming to the village for a few days. Where did you get rich?" Pang Liulang often came to Xianghe Village and got to know the people here very well.

"I went to Hengzhou City with Song Silang." Pang Liulang said.He has been to Hengzhou City twice, and compared to the few people here, he is a regular visitor there, so when he said it now, he couldn't help but stand upright.

"Okay, you! You actually went with Song Silang. Let me ask you, do you know about the job recruitment this time?" the man who turned the mill asked again.

Pang Liulang didn't see Song Anan's recruitment notice, but he heard Song Shu mention it, so he nodded and said he knew.As soon as he said that, the other people who were sitting beside him also gathered around, asking him about the recruitment.

Generally speaking, when the Song family recruits workers, they will explain all these things clearly, but this time the news was sent by Song Anan, and it is really too difficult for him to say so much.

Pang Liulang has no such obstacles, but he is not from the Song family after all, so it is not good to talk too much. He only said that Song Shu did have this plan. Board and lodging should be covered, but the wages are not good enough. It would be better if Song Silang wakes up and speaks in person.

If so, you can try it.

With Pang Liulang's words, everyone became more interested in the recruitment notice.

After all, the opportunity to go to Hengzhou City may only be once in a lifetime. If you can really take this opportunity to have a look, it will be enough for the next 20 years.

But Hengzhou City is far away, what should we do if something happens on the way.

Some people only think of this trip, but some people think more deeply.

When Sun You heard the news, he immediately went to the field to find his family Dalang.The last time his family Dalang followed him to pick ice, his wages were good in those few days, and he had meat to eat every day. He was obviously going to work, but he even gained a lot of weight.

This time the Song family is recruiting again, so they have to occupy a position.

"...not just to build a workshop. After the Song family built a workshop, this workshop has to make a living. Doesn't this business require workers? You follow now and show yourself well. That is to follow the Song family to establish a business in Hengzhou City Elder Yuan, you’re from the same village again, and when the time comes to work in the newly built workshop, you can be in charge.” Sun Dalang waved his hoe, while Sun Youshi was speaking enthusiastically.

"Aniang, I don't want to go out." Sun Dalang said, he is not active by nature, and he is not as thoughtful as his Aniang, he just wants to live a good life in Xianghe Village safely.If you have the opportunity, make more money. If you don't have the opportunity, it doesn't matter, just plant a good field.

"You, why don't you get the hang of it? Of course a man has the opportunity to go out and roam around. What does it look like to live in this small village every day? Let me tell you, your mother-in-law is fine, your wife is pregnant with a boy , do you think that your kid was born just like you, and had to live through hardships since he was a child?

"No matter how bad the times were at that time, Auntie begged grandpa to tell grandma to save you from the drudgery of going to the army. Our family was better than other families in those few years. Now that the opportunity is so good, why don't you know how to increase it?" Work hard!"

Sun Youshi couldn't stop talking about these things, chattering a lot, but Sun Dalang didn't nod or shake his head.

"Think about it yourself." Sun You was annoyed at his son, turned around and left.

Sun Dalang continued to swing the hoe, dripping with sweat, and instantly submerged in the ground.

At the same time, in the bamboo shed behind the Song family beer workshop, a few hawkers were drinking beer in the cold and talking about it.

"If you go with the Song family and settle a client in Hengzhou City for three years, you will be able to get the principal household!"

"The household registration in the city has no land. What are you going to live on? To put it bluntly, the Song family's workshop is booming now. How many years will it be? Don't forget that there is still war outside now. If it weren't for our righteous soldiers and strong horses, there will be no one." Come on, you thought it would be so easy!"

"It's just now that the fire is booming. If there is a war, you may not be able to plant land. Why don't you follow the Song family to earn more money now."

"I'm not going anyway. I'm here to sell soybean oil and drink beer. It's a good life." A peddler ran out of beer in his glass, and he went to return the glass and left with a load.

After Song Shu got up, he wanted to write a notice to recruit workers, but found that Song Anan had already posted it.

Those simple words are really Song Anan's style.Needless to say, the words are also pretty.

Now that the notice had been pasted up, Song Shu didn't bother to change it, so he just added another sentence on it: Food and lodging included, thirty cash a day.

The price was about the same as that of ice mining, but ice mining was risky and it was extremely cold at that time, so Song Shu raised the price on purpose.But this time it was an ordinary construction workshop. Compared with the previous few times when the Song family recruited workers to build workshops, the wages had increased a lot, let alone covered.

Some people didn't want to go, but seeing the price, they couldn't help being moved.

The wages are really high. Firstly, the wages in Hengzhou City are much higher than those in Datu County. Secondly, Song Shu decided to bring some knowledgeable people there this time, so the wages are slightly higher. There are more people who come to sign up, so he can choose more.

In the afternoon, people came to register one after another, sometimes it was Song Shu who received it, sometimes it was Anan or Liu Niang.Liu Niang was watched by San Niang, obediently went to school to study for a few days, and now she can write some.Sometimes when I met someone who couldn't write, I went to find Wu Niang. Wu Niang was afraid of strangers, but she was very quiet. She learned those subjects in the school much better than Liu Niang.

At night, Song Shu had a long list in his hand, at least four to fifty people.Most of them have worked in the Song family, and some Song Shu also dealt with them on a daily basis. Even if he didn't know him, Anan Sanniang and the others knew about it.

However, this time they didn't count.

"Yizhi, brother, who do you think is more suitable?" Song Shu gave the list to the two people sitting opposite him.

The several workshops here in Xianghe Village, Song Shu, still have some plans to adjust, so they have to stay in the village for a while longer, and they will be entrusted to supervise the construction of the workshops.Yan Zhuo was still in charge of drawing the blueprints, and Song He was in charge of the rest. They were good at working together.

"...This Sun Dalang is not bad, with a down-to-earth temper. I didn't expect him to want to go." Song Shu pointed to one of the names.When Sun Dalang came to register, he was the one who received him. Aniang Sun thought that she was famous in the village. He thought that Sun Dalang was urged to come by his aunt, but Sun Dalang said it was his own idea, thinking of going out for a living.

"And this..." Sanniang also mentioned a woman she had noticed, "...the strength is not inferior to that of a man, and she can cook. Since we have food and lodging, we must bring someone who can cook."

"These two." Song Anan pointed to the two names without saying anything.

Song He and Yan Zhuo also had some contact with these people. They referred to the opinions of Song Shu and others, and circled a few people they thought were good, and then decided on a list of ten people.

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