After sending Chang Kai away, Qin Chuan had already returned home, and after Qin Juren visited the magistrate, he also went to the house to have lunch at Zhou Gui's house.

After dinner, Zhu Da, Qin Chuan, Zhou Qingyun and Li He gathered in the study, Li He sat at the table, the account book on the table was unfolded, he was recording with a pen in his hand, and reported in a deep voice while remembering: "Today Zhu Da withdrew five hundred taels to Chang Kai, and his uncle withdrew one hundred and fifty taels as a gift today." ”

This is a joint decision of Zhu Da and Qin Chuan, when withdrawing the silver, it is necessary to keep a clear account, and it is necessary to reconcile and account every day to explain the use of the silver.

"Even if you are a family member, you have to keep your accounts clear and make a rule for the future." Zhu Da said this in the new village by the river before, and Qin Chuan thought so.

"When the young recruits come, they will be placed in a place to live, and they will spend every day, as well as various miscellaneous expenses, and they will make a list when the time comes." Judah said what he was going to do next.

Qin Chuan pondered for a moment and nodded slowly, and said: "Now it's the cost of some favors, but at the beginning of this matter of collecting the ownerless land, the silver will be spent like water, although it is to be jointly funded with the county, but the officials are used to deducting things, and if they want to make them attentive, they have to consider this deduction, in addition to this deduction, we also have to prevent the county from not having enough silver and food, if we really want to get to this point, we have to make up for it more." ”

These words made Li He gasp, put down the pen and said with emotion: "I thought that we had too much money in our hands to spend it, so it was not enough?" “

"This is only the case in the worst of situations, but don't worry, everyone is relieved, it will never come to such a situation." Zhu Da's words are comforting but not like it, but everyone feels the confidence contained in the words, Qin Chuan can hear that Zhu Da may have some plans, but Zhu Da doesn't say it, and he won't ask.

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The next morning, the dawn was a little late, because of the dense clouds, and there were fine snowflakes falling, in terms of experience, it will not snow heavily, although it is only a night interval, but everyone can clearly feel that today is much colder than yesterday.

Chang Kai arrived early with enthusiasm, and he had already arranged the manpower for the investment promotion matters assigned by Zhu Da yesterday, and he was willing to spend money to make money, so naturally there were people who were willing to do things. At present, there is no peace in the various places outside the city, so five people are arranged in each direction to form a team, in addition to dry food utensils, but also with knives, sticks and weapons, such preparations, in case of danger, there is also the power of a battle, a total of four teams of people go to four directions, that is, Huairen County and the surrounding border of the official road intersection.

"Brother Zhu, your idea is really good, foreign merchants still recognize the local government, in everyone's hearts, the local powerful gentry must be partial to the locals, we wait for the officials to eat people and not spit out bones, and high-grade officials must be somewhat fair." Chang Kai smiled and flattered, but what he said was sincere.

Yesterday, Chang Kai was arranged to mobilize people to preach and attract investment, and Zhu Da specially asked Chang Kai to go to the yamen to get a few notices, basically saying that Huairen County is fair and has good public order, and hopes that caravans from all over the country will come here to rest and stay temporarily, and they will definitely feel at home.

Although the notice is written in the vernacular, but the twenty people sent out are not literate, and they have to find someone to tell them the general meaning and then memorize the past to repeat, the rate of literacy in the caravan going south and north is slightly higher than that of the white lieutenants, but not every caravan has it, what can really make people trust is the red mark, the official seal represents credibility and authority.

For the county magistrate who is in charge of the seal, there is no obstacle to the use of the official seal in such places, and the benefits of a few hundred Wen are settled, and there are two good drinks to drink in the follow-up, so why not.

"Everyone, let's go to attract investment this time, not to be a lord and a blessing, but to be a grandson to serve people well, take out your ability to flatter the masters, bend down and smile to greet you, and bring me all the caravans!" Zhu Da preached loudly, and the two dozen or so people below listened with sincere fear.

The meeting place was in Yang Shouwen's house, most of which had been burned down, and the ruins and wreckage that had been burned to black charcoal had been cleaned up, but it was a rare closed empty space in the city.

Zhu Da stepped on a stone to preach, after speaking, he saw these young people with ignorant faces, knowing that they might not be able to figure out what they said, but this is not strange, in Zhu Da's memory of more than 20 years, in the process of promoting reform, many things are not understood by everyone, and then slowly accepted, including investment promotion.

"I'll make it clear to you, the caravan really doesn't come to our Huairen, then I don't blame you, if you scare people away and bully them and run away, thirty whips to the bottom, no cap, you all know my means, if you let the caravan come, we live in Huairen County, even if it is for one night, the team brought by the caravan will be rewarded with one or two silver, if there is a follow-up reward, there is no cap, do you understand?" Zhu Da raised his voice and said.

After saying this, more than 20 young people were stunned at first, and then showed a look of surprise, and replied with uneven shouts: "Master Zhu, I understand." ”

Chang Kai, who was standing on the side, sighed and said in a low voice: "Another waste of money...... Zhu Da ignored this, he looked at the expressions of the others, and this time confirmed that everyone understood what he meant, no training and no experience, don't talk about any meaning, directly clarify the rewards and punishments, let them know the difference between doing and not doing, the treatment and results of doing good and bad, they immediately have motivation and know what to do.

"Zhang Jinbei who went to the south road followed, and Wang Jing who went to the north road followed." Zhu Da arranged two of himself in these two ways, and everyone had no objection to this, and took it for granted.

Arrange a few teams to go back and make preparations, and after Chang Kai also said goodbye and left, Zhu Da called Zhang Jinbei and Wang Jing over, and said solemnly: "They are not their own people, and they can't be stared at outside, I assign ten points, and it is good that they can do five points, and the two of you just have to stare at them to achieve more than six points, understand?" ”

Of course, the two of them agreed, Zhu Da stared at the eyes of the two, and said seriously: "We are only about to be together for a month, to be honest, there is no training for you, and there are no rules, everything depends on your consciousness, I can only trust you now, I hope you two will let me trust me all the time, understand?" ”

This was a bit heavy, Zhang Jinbei and Wang Jing both thought about it before they hugged their fists and replied: "Please rest assured, master, we will not have any ambiguity." ”

The two of them left with solemn faces, Zhu Da rubbed his forehead, if he could be like the new village by the river, bring the newcomers with him for systematic training and education, set the rules, and send them out after they are available, they will be assured and reliable, but now they can only rely on words to motivate, stimulate people's sense of responsibility, and ensure efficiency and results as much as possible, but what is really achieved is still uncontrollable.

......

The Li family caravan delivered the goods in Huairen County, and after a night's rest, they resigned, and the days of dealing with each other were still long, and both sides knew each other very clearly.

However, the goods brought back by the Li family caravan were a little unexpected, there were actually four cows, fifty sheep, a number of leather goods, and the others were some local products for daily use, among which the leather goods were bought by the Fang family store, and the reason for purchasing this was that it could be sold to the caravan from the south, and it could be exchanged for some of the goods from the south, and there would be a good price for reselling it back and forth.

For example, the caravan of the Li family, which traveled around the various state capitals in Shanxi and Datong, on the one hand, was to sell several special products regularly, and on the other hand, it would also do profitable business in a certain place, for example, this time I met cheap cattle and sheep in the north, and bought them by the way.

"These cattle and sheep are trafficked in Tartars, and they can't be consumed locally, and it's inconvenient to sell, so they will cheapen our frequent relationship."

"There are livestock and leather goods on the Tartar side, and iron, cotton cloth, and miscellaneous goods on our side, this is what I can think of, and is there anything else?"

Zhu Da wants to know all the new knowledge, this kind of border trade matters are what he is interested in, I expected that this Li Yuan should also know everything, I didn't want to ask this, but Li Yuan wanted to talk and stopped, and bypassed this topic, what is inconvenient to say, which makes Zhu Da very curious, of course, the two sides have not known each other for a long time, and they want to make friends after all, they have not yet had deep friendships, and they may have concerns about the unreserved disclosure.

Since it is inconvenient to say, Zhu Da did not ask, and there will be opportunities in the future.

Only then did Li Xiu's caravan go, Chang Kai came to find Zhu Da again, although Chang Kai flattered again and again, but it didn't make people feel upset, just like Zhou Gui, the owner of the house, Chang Kai is a smart person, but everyone didn't see it before, Chang Kai came every time not just for flattery, but for serious things.

"Brother Zhu, seventy-three people have been recruited so far, and this is only outside the city, and it is estimated that there will be more people in the future, so we have to think of a way to resettle them." When he said this, Chang Kai didn't have a flattering expression, and his face was full of sadness.

This news made Zhu Da also stunned, the wandering young men scattered everywhere should be a day or more away from the county seat, the recruited people have not yet arrived, but this day has not yet arrived, there are already seventy-three, why is it so fast, why are there so many?

"Where did you get the people?"

"There are so many inside and outside the city, I can't find a job, I am hungry and full, and when I heard that you are recruiting, I have all defected here."