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The shops that had been delayed by the heavy rain opened one after another, and the streets of Xiyang became lively again, and the guys who recruited workers in various workshops began to pull people on the streets again.

With the development of the economy, more and more workshops have sprung up in the Huangzhou territory, and the strong demand has made the business opportunities unlimited for the workshop owners, and the newly opened dart shop has made the businessmen go farther and farther in doing business.

Huangzhou's cloth and books have been selling well for several years, and now there are two more things that are about to sell well, that is, white porcelain and tea, the sudden appearance of these two things has once again caused a labor shortage.

It takes time and a lot of manpower to run a tea plantation, and in early summer, when the new tea is sold out of stock, many new tea gardens have opened one after another, recruiting people to reclaim the barren mountains and plant tea trees.

The milky white porcelain, which has never been before, is fired by several large porcelain kilns in the suburbs of Xiyang, and a batch is sold after a batch is fired, and the vendors who purchase the goods line up in a long line, stimulating the owners of these porcelain kilns to expand production.

Coupled with the textile and paper industries, which are already in high demand, the huge demand for labor has attracted people from all over Shannan who have no land to come to Xiyang to find a living to support their families.

Xiyang North City, a neighborhood gongs and drums, there is a newly established dart shop, today began the first single to Yecheng to send darts business, more than 20 four-wheeled carriages, full of heavy porcelain, about to set off under the escort of the dart master.

"Fellow fathers, fellow villagers! This is the first time to go to the capital, to the capital thousands of miles away, along the way through the state and county, if you have relatives and friends in the following states and counties to settle, you can entrust the disdain to help send the letter, the price is preferential! ”

On the huge banner, there are big characters written on it, and on it are the states and counties that the darts are going to pass through, and the dart guys shouted like this, and those who are illiterate are interested: "Have you passed through Gwangju?" ”

"Of course, from Xiyang to Yecheng, all the way north over Dabie Mountain, after crossing the mountain, isn't it Gwangju?"

"You can't get past Yuzhou?"

"Of course, there is a semicolon in the hanging gourd!"

"Where did you cross the Yellow River from?"

"Bianzhou!"

"Is it Shijijin or Hakumajin?"

"This brother, where are you going to deliver the letter in Bianzhou?"

"Dongjun Slippery Terrace, can't you pass?"

"Yes! It is Baimajin who crosses the Yellow River, just northeast of the slipway, isn't it? ”

"The store opened today, and there is a 10% discount on the cost! If you want to send a letter, please hurry up, the dart team also has a small... Half an hour to go! ”

There were more and more people asking, and the "reception office" that had already been prepared by the dart store was instantly crowded, and the demand for sending letters exceeded the expectations of the dart line, and the guys who were crowded to the ground shouted hoarsely:

"Line up! Line up! Come one by one! ”

"Which one of the plague touched Lao Tzu's crotch!"

The ban on violence that was maintaining order on the side, saw this, blew the bamboo whistle, and led his subordinates to rush over: "Line up!" Line up! Whoever dares to make trouble will arrest him and go to the yamen! ”

Kong Yingda, who was watching the excitement on the side, silently retreated when he saw this, took the promotional paper of the dart shop, and transferred to the tea shop next to him with a few classmates, chose a private room to sit down, ordered a pot of tea and began to discuss.

"Oh my God, it's so crowded, I don't plan to send a letter today."

"How can they be so big, the door of the dart store that opened the day before yesterday was broken, and it seems that there are still not enough people to maintain order today."

"The dart shop that opened the day before yesterday was going to Chang'an, maybe this one thought it didn't matter..."

The propaganda paper in his hand, not to mention the content, the printing quality is very exquisite, Kong Yingda saw that many people used it to wrap cooking cakes just now, and felt that it was a pity, but this is in Xiyang, so there is nothing strange.

Paper in Huangzhou is very cheap, and the printed matter is not as expensive as imagined, and there are already small vendors who use paper to wrap food such as cooking cakes and let customers "pack" and take them away.

The paper is printed with a pattern, and illiterate people can be impressed at a glance, and after eating, they feel good, so next time they will take the paper and buy something according to the pattern on it.

Nowadays, the promotional paper issued by this dart company is exactly the intention, with a group plan on behalf of the dart company, and its own "business" is introduced in easy-to-understand words.

To put it bluntly, it is armed escort, transporting people and goods on the way from Xiyang to Yecheng, and undertaking the business of sending and receiving letters by the way, which is what Kong Yingda and his classmates are most concerned about.

Several of them are from the north, and they learned that Liu Shiyuan, one of the two Lius, started school in Xiyang City, Huangzhou, on the Yangtze River, so they traveled thousands of miles to Xiyang to study, so the contact with their families could only be solved by letters.

Yecheng to Xiyang, the distance is nearly 1,500 miles, and it takes nearly a month to walk each way, although there are post stations along the way, but this is for the government to serve, if ordinary people have nothing to do with it, it is really difficult to send letters to their homes.

There are very few people like Kong Yingda who can send people to deliver letters, not to mention that Kong Yingda can't afford to send people to deliver letters every month, so many people can only rely on relatives and friends to bring letters back, and they can't meet a few times a year.

If someone in the family dies or something like that, they in Huangzhou are likely to not receive the news until half a year later, and even if they are anxious to go home, they dare not go on the road easily.

In these years, the risk of traveling long distances is very high, and even if a few people go on the road together, it is likely that they will never be heard from again, so Kong Yingda and others have traveled thousands of miles to study in Huangzhou, which is actually taking a great risk.

Fortunately, the state school cooperates with the caravan to ensure that every student whose home is in the field can return home at least once a year, and if there is an emergency, try to arrange to follow the caravan, but this is always a little inconvenient.

It's different now, but the dart shop has a giveaway business!

"On the first day, fifteenth day of each month and the end of the month, there is a dart team that regularly travels back and forth between Yecheng and Xiyang..."One person read the content on the promotional paper, "As long as the government proves that he is not a wanted criminal or an outlaw, he can entrust relevant matters in the bank, and there is no need to do this to deliver letters..."

"Three batches a month? How many darts does it take... Escort by a dart master? Aren't they afraid of losing money in this business? ”

"Loss? It is the right thing for people to take care of the goods, and sending letters and people is just piggybacking. ”

"Look at the north gate, the cloth and books in Huangzhou are transported to the north every day, and the business done by this dart store is to protect those caravans... Bodyguards, the number of people must be indispensable, by the way, send letters, send people, what's so difficult? ”

"And the white porcelain, the white porcelain of Hebei has never seen such a color, how did the porcelain kiln in Huangzhou burn it?"

"You ask me? Who goes, I ask? Last month, I went to the porcelain kiln to work to subsidize the family, and I was so tired that my waist was about to break, and I didn't see anything unusual. ”

"Maybe... Is it tiring to work in a porcelain kiln? ”

"Tired! Make mud tires every night, draw patterns, that is called a continuous rotation and even drink water can not take care of, the porcelain kiln has basically not stopped for a month, porcelain out of a batch on the sale of a batch, the owner into the day shouting to recruit people, do you say tired tired? ”

Kong Yingda listened quietly, his family background is good, so he doesn't need to "work and study", but many shy state school classmates have had the experience of "part-time work", relying on their own hard work to earn tuition and living expenses.

Isn't it too bad for a scholar to do this kind of thing?

He doesn't know, but he knows that there are many students in the world who want to study but can't afford to study, and now in Huangzhou, students can do some jobs that do not violate the law to earn tuition and support themselves, what's wrong with that?

Huangzhou, Jiangbei Province, which has never been known for its literary style, now has a state school taught by famous scholars, a free library, and countless "work-study" opportunities, and is now a holy place in the minds of many students.

It is conceivable that if the dart business is really carried out smoothly, more people will make up their minds to study in Huangzhou without fear of hardships and dangers, and if even the so-called dart business can promote the development of Huangzhou state, it is really not sure how to evaluate the idea of that one.

It's really surprising to use the idea of doing business to do knowledge.

Thinking about it, Kong Yingda couldn't help but think of the encouragement of his friend Yu Wenli: "What, do you have relatives and friends who want to study in Huangzhou?" There are discounts! ”

"Lang Jun, your tea is here."

The tea maid walked in with a tea set and prepared tea for several young people present, of course, the tea used at this time is the most fashionable loose tea today, and the method of preparing tea is to "make tea".

After coming to Huangzhou for two years, Kong Yingda and other northerners have become accustomed to drinking tea, and now this way of "making tea" has made them more and more obsessed with drinking tea.

"It's so fragrant, man, the tea in your restaurant is good."

"Lang Jun will have another pot? There is a discount in this restaurant, and the second pot is half price. ”

"Then another pot!"