September of the third year of Longqing.

The golden wind blows through Tamna Island, and before you know it, the maple trees, camphor trees, and other trees on Halla Mountain are dyed in a rich color of golden, pale yellow, and intense green.

The oranges are red, the cattle, sheep and horses are fattening, the crops are ripe, and the harvest season is the most pleasant.

The officials, slaves, maids and homeless people of the Li Dynasty on the island also had a rare smile on their faces. Although all the harvest has nothing to do with them, when it comes to this season, the old man will always let them have a full meal. Not only are there enough coarse grain rice balls, but you can even see minced fish in brown rice porridge, and occasionally you can eat a little smoked horse meat.

This year, the old men are even more unprecedented, allowing them to eat cold noodles and miso soup, which is a top delicacy that can't be eaten during the New Year.

It is said that the Celestial Empire lords rented two places on the island to build a port warehouse or something. Not only did they pay a lot of rent, but they also purchased a lot of materials from the island's lords, making them all rich.

This guess should be reliable, because standing at the southern foot of Hallasan Mountain and looking out to the sea, you can see the long new wall.

Many of the homeless people grazing on the mountain have witnessed the whole process of the wall getting higher and longer every day. A hundred times faster than when they built the county seat!

When the county seat of Dajing, which was only 400 zhang in radius, was rebuilt, it took more than a year for the people of the county to repair it under the leadership of craftsmen.

This ten-mile-long city wall only took more than a month to reach in front of their eyes. And it is much higher than the county city wall on the side.

They originally thought that Dajing County was the third largest city in the world after Jeju Museong and Wangdu. I've always been proud of it.

Now, against the backdrop of that high wall, the great county town suddenly became cramped and obscene, and they were very sad.

Soon, however, they regained a sense of pride because of the high walls.

Although this great city wall was man-made by the Celestial Empire, our dynasty is the son of the Ming Dynasty, so this city wall is equal to ours!

It's just that in addition to pride, they are also very eager to go inside the wall to see what the people of the Celestial Empire are doing. What a lucky and honorable thing it would be to be chosen to work for the people of the Celestial Empire like those lucky ones.

In fact, their freedom was only imprisoned by the old men of the Li Dynasty. The three gates on the long wall were open during the day, and the guards did not prevent any islanders from entering. And the notice board next to the doorway is clearly pasted, and everyone is welcome to come here to do business, work and settle down legally.

Oh yes, it's called 'Newport City now'.

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Xingang City within the long wall is not close to the prosperity, and can only be said to be a busy construction site.

In the entire city of Xingang, more than 10,000 workers are working hard.

The main force of the construction is the engineering team drawn from Chongming Island by Jiangnan Group. They have built both cities and embankments, and they have a lot of experience. And the most important thing is that it has been integrated into the system of Jiangnan Group, and the obedience and labor initiative are unparalleled.

In this regard, Zhao Hao's employee rank system has played a huge role. Thousands of temporary workers were promised that if they performed well, they would be able to become regulars when the project was completed. Once they become regular, they can enjoy the benefits of regular employees, medical security, seniority promotion and other superior conditions, and they will naturally have to work hard.

The regular employees who served as team leaders and captains did not dare to be careless at all, lest they make mistakes and be demoted, or even fired.

In this era of insecure birth, old age, sickness and death, Jiangnan Group provides employees with a sense of security that is enough for them to be willing to give everything for it.

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In addition to the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, there were also 2,000 officials, slaves, maids and exiles of the Li Dynasty, who were sent to work for the Jiangnan Group according to the agreement.

From the moment these people stepped into this long wall, they were overseas employees of Jiangnan Group.

The name 'Overseas Hire' sounds very foreign, but both the salary and benefits are much lower than those of temporary workers from Daming.

And they also have to hand over seventy percent of their income to the official lord of the Li Dynasty. But these officials, slaves, maids, and exiles are already very content.

Many people who have been official slaves and maidservants for generations have never had their own income when they grow up so old. When they had worked for a month and received a stack of small silver coupons from the Lord of the Celestial Empire, they didn't know how to spend them.

The Daming employees who are responsible for managing these overseas employees are stupid, they know for the first time, it turns out that there are really people in this world who don't know how money is spent.

In fact, the employees who came from the heavenly court made a fuss. Even if overseas employees have never eaten pork, they have never seen a pig run? They just can't accept that pieces of paper can be used as money.

Even in the south of the Daming River, there are people in the countryside who do not recognize silver tickets. If they give copper money to these overseas employees, do you think they know how to spend it?

The Ming employees told these poor Li Chaoren that they could use these silver tickets to buy things in the shops in Xingang City, and they could also eat in restaurants......

However, at present, there is no Jiangnan Bank on the island, so it cannot be exchanged into silver money for the time being.

Fortunately, although Xingang City is still a large construction site, and the streets and municipal governments are under construction, there are nearly 10,000 Ming workers in the city who are definitely high-income in the Li Dynasty. Naturally, it attracted many merchants of the Li Dynasty to set up restaurants, shops, bathhouses, casinos, kilns and other ......

However, it didn't take long for the casino to be cleaned up. Zhao Gongzi specifically instructed that Xingang City should crack down on gambling, not only should public gambling be banned, but underground casinos should be severely cracked down on by the Xingang Police Station.

This Xingang City is a place that Li Chao's law can't control, and the arbitration tribunal of the city hall can directly sentence you to death......

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Those hired workers of the Li Dynasty listened to the words of the adults of the Celestial Empire, but they still did not dare to set foot in the shops opened by the people of this dynasty.

Because elsewhere, the shops opened by the Li Dynasty people were forbidden for them to enter. And they are not sure whether the old men of this dynasty recognize this small piece of paper.

So they rushed to the canteen of Jiangnan Group, because in addition to free meals, the canteen would also sell some fruits, meat, and wine.

When they held the silver coupons in their hands, they cowered and handed them to the Celestial Empire sales aunt behind the counter. But the sales aunt didn't accept the money, and asked them what they wanted to buy?

The employees were dumbfounded, not that they didn't understand Chinese at all.

In fact, half of them were Han Chinese who were exiled during the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the country, and naturally spoke Han dialect every day. Moreover, most of the officials and slaves were all high-ranking officials of the Li Dynasty, and even in their generation, they could not study Chinese in the classroom. But after being exposed to it, at least you can understand Chinese roughly.

"What can I buy?" They really haven't bought anything.

"As long as you have enough money, you can buy it." The sales aunt pointed to the label on the shelf behind her and said: "A roast chicken is 20 Wen, a catty of sauce beef is 30 Wen, a catty of pig's head meat is 30 Wen, a catty of beef offal is 15 Wen, a catty of pig water is also 15 Wen, and the pig's large intestine is 80 Wen......"

In addition, there are a variety of seafood, which are very cheap because they are all caught nearby.

As for the wine, the rice wine and liquor shipped from Daming are expensive, and the local turbid rice wine is cheap...... But in short, it is within a reasonable price, which is originally a place to improve employee food, not to make money, naturally good quality and low price, very affordable, basically sold out every day.

Although the hired workers of the Li Dynasty did not have much money in their hands, only two or three hundred yuan, they could also buy a dozen roast chickens or thirty smoked fish, which was enough for them to improve their family's originally very poor life.

When they trembled and handed out the silver coupons, in exchange for the roast chicken, smoked fish, and rice wine that were impossible to eat during the Chinese New Year, the employees of the Li Dynasty fell into a dream one by one.

It wasn't until someone pinched themselves so hard that they cried out that they knew they weren't dreaming. Hurriedly put away the remaining silver tickets carefully, and carried the food in his arms, and rushed back to the county seat to enjoy it with his family.

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At night, in the village outside Dajing County, the low thatched huts are lit up with a little bean-like light.

A hired man's wife and two children surrounded the roast chicken he bought, stunned for a long time.

"Eat, what are you doing in a daze?" The hired man named Che Zhu touched the heads of his two sons and said, "This is the roast chicken that your grandfather said." ”

"I saw them eat when I was working at Jiang Jiang's house." His wife also said with a shocked face: "I watched it for a long time, and I wanted to see if Jiang could find out his conscience and bring back a little chicken head and chicken feet for the child to taste." ”

As she spoke, she said with a sigh of grief: "Xixi, it turns out that his family eats cleaner than the dog's gnaw!" ”

"Haha, don't envy him, we have something to eat." Che Zhuzi was arrogant, and pulled the two chicken legs to the twin sons Che Zhan and Che Zhen and said, "Remember that Abba earned it for you!" ”

"Hmmm! Thank you, Abba! Looking at the adoring eyes of the two sons, Che Zhuzi felt that he was too amazing.

There are very few officials and slaves who can marry wives, let alone have children and eat roast chicken. She is simply the first official slave in the universe...... Oh no, I'm a hired hand in the Celestial Empire now, hahahaha!

Che Zhuzi thought about it again, and the captain also told them that when they become overseas employees in the future, their salary will rise to 1,000 yuan per month. And their share with the government will also become five or five open. That means that they can earn 500 wen a month.

If you can continue to work hard for the company, you will even have the opportunity to become a naturalized Daming in the future, and become a regular employee of Jiangnan Group. At that time, they can completely get rid of the status of Li Dynasty's officials and slaves and become a part of the Heavenly Empire.

At that time, the hard-earned wages will no longer have to be distributed to the Li Dynasty masters...... Oh no, I was the Lord of the Celestial Empire at that time, and they were still fart masters!