Tu Dazhu and Xiao Chunlai both happily left the Lujiabu shop.

After Tu Dazhu came back, he immediately asked the doctor to see a doctor and take medicine for his mother, and then regardless of the increasingly cold climate after dark, he came to the vicinity of the Lu family weaving workshop and strolled.

Not only that, Tu Dazhu also greeted other military friends who were familiar with him, and paid more attention to the rumors about the Lu family's weaving workshop.

Xiao Chunlai was no exception, after paying off his gambling debts that night, he greeted a few gambling friends who had a good relationship, and then went to Honghualou to find his good friend Xiaocui and asked him to help him pay attention to it.

In short, both of them were very serious about secretly inquiring about who would move the Lu family's weaving workshop.

After all, as long as the Lu family's weaving workshop was fine for three months, they would be able to get ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver is not a small number for them, and of course, it does not rule out that as Lu Yuan's neighbors, they naturally want to help Lu Yuan.

When a person does something for a person, it is difficult to distinguish whether it is for righteousness or profit.

It's just that when it's profitable, being able to do righteous anger is undoubtedly the most meaningful thing.

Tu Dazhu and Xiao Chunlai are like this now, as soon as they hear the remarks about the Lu family and the Lu family weaving workshop, they immediately put down the teacup or lift their pants or lose the pai gow, and directly put on almost a sound, more concerned than caring about whether they are wearing a green hat.

Because of this, Lu Yuan can get a lot of gossip about him and the Lu family weaving workshop from Tu Dazhu and Xiao Chun every day.

Of course, it is not accurate to say that it is a rumor, at least Lu Yuan still knows some rumors through the mouths of these two people.

However, perhaps because Lu Yuan's industry has not yet completely expanded, except for the Zhang family and a few big merchants in Linqing City who are secretly inquiring about their weaving workshops, there are no rumors that anyone wants to seize their own industry.

Lu Yuan didn't make any big moves because of this, he simply waited and watched, and only continued to do what he should do now.

Zuo Tiejian and Zeng Dongsheng had signed an employment contract with Lu Yuan, and lived in the Lu family's upside-down house with Lu Liang, a carpenter who was responsible for manufacturing the loom.

The so-called inverted seat room is the south room, that is, the south room of the ancient courtyard house.

The ancient dwelling place paid attention to sitting in the north and facing south, the north room was the most noble, and the elderly generally lived in it such as parents, and the south room was the inverted seat room for slaves.

Therefore, although Zuo Tiejian and Zeng Dongsheng and other craftsmen are not slaves of the Lu family, they are also subordinates hired by the Lu family, so they naturally live in the south room.

The former shuttle loom assembly room and shuttle loom manufacturing room in the south room were also renamed Chunfeng Machinery Company by Lu Yuan.

Zuo Tiejian, Zeng Dongsheng, and Lu Liang are the first batch of mechanics of Chunfeng Machinery Company.

Although these people are still very unfamiliar with the concept of mechanics and machinery companies, or even have little feeling, Lu Yuan established a machinery company and appointed mechanics from the beginning with a long-term purpose, and the purpose is naturally to lay the foundation for building a strong machinery industry in the future.

For Zeng Dongsheng, the biggest advantage of becoming a mechanic is that he has a monthly salary, and even if he can't do anything for a while, he can get a basic salary every month.

What made Zeng Dongsheng even happier was that Lu Gongzi, that is, Lu Yuan, promised to pay for his mechanic on behalf of the classman.

The so-called collection of Banjiang silver is due to the reform of the Ming Dynasty craftsman requisition system in the 41st year of Jiajing, which changed from the previous direct requisition of craftsmen to serve the imperial court without compensation to the tax collection system generated by craftsmen paying Banjiang silver to the imperial court, and then hired by the imperial court itself.

This reform gave the craftsmen the freedom to operate independently, and thus promoted the development of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Lu Yuan can directly hire mature craftsmen in Linqing City, if it was forty-one years ago in Jiajing, he would not be able to let a craftsman work for him for a long time.

According to the system of the imperial court, each craftsman needs to pay four cents and five cents of silver a year, less than four cents and five cents a month.

Therefore, it is not too expensive for Lu Yuan to pay the silver of craftsmen for his mechanics, but in doing so, he can directly cut off the connection between these craftsmen and the imperial court, so that he can control these craftsmen in the future.

If one day, when Lu Yuan's forces do not need the protection of the Ming court, this class craftsman silver can directly become his own, and then it can also become part of the personal income tax of these mechanics.

At present, Lu Yuan's gift of hiring the Tang family is approaching.

In order to add a festive atmosphere to his upcoming wedding, and to let the neighbors who worked in the Lu family get gifts during the wedding banquet, Lu Yuan simply sent the monthly money for September in advance.

Zeng Dongsheng also returned home happily with the first monthly money, secretly thinking that when the son of the Lu family got married, he would also have to give a gift to express his gratitude to him.

However, as soon as Zeng Dongsheng arrived at home, he saw his daughter-in-law Jiang who had returned to his parents' house waiting in front of his house.

Zeng Dongsheng was even happier, and hurriedly walked over: "Daughter-in-law, when are you coming back, I was about to pick you up." ”

"Why are you picking me up, now I have a big belly, I have two mouths to eat, you are a carpenter, and you can't operate, you can't earn much silver all year round, what do you use to feed me and the baby in my belly?"

Jiang, who came back to get his winter coat, glanced at Zeng Dongsheng helplessly, and then opened the lock and pushed the door back home.

Jiang was stunned when he saw the few pieces of meat hanging at home.

Zeng Dongsheng also followed in at this time: "Daughter-in-law, but it's not a long way for you to live in your father-in-law's house like this, although they have land, they are just croppers, and there are many people, so you don't have to drag them down in vain, and you have to look at their faces." ”

"You also know that this is dragging down my father, but what can I do, you earn a lot of money as a carpenter, and you can only say nice things, knowing that your daughter-in-law and children are still eating white rice at your father-in-law's house, but you are selling meat at home to eat!"

Jiang wiped away tears as he spoke.

"Daughter-in-law, don't cry! I'm not just saying nice things, I'm really making money, and I bought that meat for you, just waiting for you to come back and eat it! Give you a nourishment. ”

Zeng Dongsheng said that he took out his moon silver, spread it in the palm of his hand, and handed it to the Jiang family: "I really didn't lie to you, this is the moon silver I got today, one or two or five yuan, and there will be so much every month in the future!" ”

Jiang was stunned, and she suddenly showed a look of surprise when she had just filled her tears, and carefully picked up a piece of silver: "Your moon silver?" What moon silver? Where are you the silver? ”

"I am now a mechanic of the Lu family, and I can get one or two or five dollars of monthly silver from the Lu family every month when I work for the Lu family, and if I turn positive, I will increase it again! Daughter-in-law, I didn't lie to you, this is my deed. ”

Zeng Dongsheng hurriedly took out the deed.

Jiang didn't know what a mechanic was, and he didn't know a few words, he only learned a few numbers from his father and brother in his early years, and later knew Zeng Dongsheng's name, so she saw that the deed had a red seal and a red handprint, and Zeng Dongsheng's name and the words one, two, and five coins, she had to believe what Zeng Dongsheng said, and for a while she hugged Zeng Dongsheng and cried.

"Daughter-in-law, don't cry, our days are getting better, and we don't have to look at their faces in the future!"

Zeng Dongsheng patted his daughter-in-law on the back and said.

Jiang agreed while crying, and then didn't care that he was pregnant, so he got up, and then choked Zeng Dongsheng's mouth, and then said with a shy face: "Boss, I miss you!" ”

Zeng Dongsheng also simply picked up the Jiang family and walked towards the inner room.