Anhui Fengyang Prefecture Suzhou City, Fuli Town.

As the name suggests, the market town of Fuli is famous for this bazaar. This is the largest bazaar within a radius of 50 miles, located at the junction of Anhui, Henan and Jiangsu provinces, where the land and water are busy, and where the local villagers trade and trade with merchants and customers, it is the most prosperous. Today is the day of the market, and tens of thousands of people are crowded in the market, which consists of a few narrow alleys and an open concrete floor.

A large red wedding paper was pasted on the most conspicuous notice wall next to the market gate, and two or three hundred villagers crowded in front of the notice wall, vying to see the content of the notice on the red paper.

There may still be a few older villagers who don't know the words on the notice, and a young man who looks like a workshop guy stands in front of the notice wall, pointing to the notice and saying loudly to the villagers around him word by word: "Dear folks and elders in Suzhou, this good news is a long-term recruitment list, a large company called Erma recruits men between the ages of 16 and 45, as long as one of the two conditions is met, you can sign up." The first is to study in a secondary school for a year or equivalent to this level of knowledge, and the second is to know the crafts of the sect, blacksmiths, carpenters, plasterers, bricklayers, etc., the salary is particularly favorable, and the annual salary can reach as low as 200 saints, and the highest is even 500 to 800 saints. Gee...... What a man! ”

Thinking of this, the onlookers exploded suddenly, this treatment is really not ordinarily high.

You know, Suzhou has always been a small number of people, and often suffer from the Huanghuai floods, perennial disasters, since the history of the people have been miserable, these years after the change of dynasty, the new emperor of the Chinese Empire commanded the new government, but also governed the river, but this project is huge, not a few years or more can be completed. In any case, the villagers' lives are slowly starting to improve, and they are no longer starving to death or begging with their families as often as they used to be. Even, Suzhou, the most populous prefecture and county in Fengyang Prefecture, has grown from more than 1 million to 1.05 million after the Chinese Empire's ten years of governance, which is the result of several migrations and nearly 150,000 people moving out of the country.

But no matter what, it is impossible for the government to let the people of Suzhou have enough food and clothing all at once, and although they do not starve to death, the villagers will inevitably have a hard time when they encounter bad growth and floods. A year is only enough to fill your stomach. Many of the onlookers have never even seen what the 10 yuan holy coin looks like, and they are so poor in the countryside that they just sell local products and buy some daily necessities, and they only use some copper coins, a few dimes or even a few copper coins, 1 holy yuan is already a huge amount of money for them, enough for the family's expenses for more than a month. And the minimum of this year is 200 saints, and even as high as 500 saints, which is simply astronomical for them, and the wealth that they originally thought they could earn for most of their lives can now be obtained in a year, which is simply a great thing that fell from the sky!

But is it possible? It can't be a lie, right?

The onlookers were not sure.

The young man who looked like a man continued to read: "Such a good man, sure enough, the problem is ahead! These recruits have to leave their hometowns to work in distant places. It will mainly be sent to the Hexi Special Zone and the Australian Special Zone of the empire, and some of them will stay in the Nanyang Special Zone, not in the mainland, let alone in Suzhou, Fengyang Prefecture. Hey, you can bring your family with you. Isn't this still an immigration?

It's really an immigrant. There are also the seals of the Ministry of Commerce and the Fengyang Prefect below, so it is not a lie. ”

After listening to the man read the words on the notice, the onlookers exploded.

Everyone didn't want to leave Fu Liji and Suzhou, but they were greedy for the tempting annual salary of hundreds of saint yuan.

Many people immediately thought about it, and some people shouted, "I want to sign up!" I want to sign up! I have several brothers, and there is not much more than me in the family, and there is no less than me, and I can't even marry a daughter-in-law! Go farther, go far, I'll make a few years of money and make a fortune and then go back to my hometown, maybe I can marry a daughter-in-law! ”

This immediately made a group of bachelors agree, and they all shouted to sign up. And those who already have family members also began to be tempted: "Lao Tzu is going too!" him for a few years, earn a lot of money and send it home every year, the situation at home can be much better, and then go home in a few years to enjoy happiness, how good! ”

There are even many people who are ready to drag their families with them: "Immigrants are immigrants!" With such a high salary, immigrants are not afraid, it's a big deal to work for ten or twenty years, and when I'm old, I'll immigrate back! ”

"I'll sign up too! Folks, why don't we sign up together and register at the town office! The guy who was still hesitant was also ready to quit his current job and prepare to apply for the second horse company.

At the same time, in the Fengyang Mansion. The prefect of Fengyang was accompanied by a middle-aged man who obviously looked like a shopkeeper and was talking in the lobby.

The staff of the Fengyang prefect hurriedly rushed to the two of them, with an incredible look on their faces, and said, "Lord Prefect, and Steward Feng, the statistical results of the first five days have come out. In our Fengyang Mansion alone, there are more than 20,000 strong men who have signed up to recruit for the Erma Company. Greatly exceeded expectations, Manager Feng, in this case, the number of places is limited, do you have to choose well? ”

The prefect of Fengyang glared at the staff, and reprimanded him dissatisfiedly: "What kind of Feng is in charge, you want to call the country surnamed Ye!" After speaking, he turned his head to Steward Feng and said, "The surname of the country is lord, this is a great thing!" There are so many strong men recruited, I wonder if the surname can give us a little more places in Fengyang Mansion? Originally, we only recruited 1,000 people in Fengyang Mansion, but now that 20,000 people have signed up, we will double it and recruit 2,000 people, how about it? ”

Steward Feng shook his head: "2000 is too much!" 1500 people, right? This still depends on the fact that your Fengyang Mansion is a populous mansion, and Feng will reduce some indicators in other places. ”

The prefect of Fengyang smiled and said: "The surname of the country, you also know that our Fengyang Mansion is a famous populous mansion in the world!" Last year, the population of our province exceeded 12 million, which is more than the population of Guangxi province. Fengyang Mansion has always been a large number of people and little land, the people are poor, Your Majesty and the court are also very worried about our Fengyang Mansion, the country surname is Lord, you see, you have the same surname as Your Majesty, how can you not share your worries for Your Majesty? Just 2,000 people, the official will talk about your good, help you choose the most obedient and capable villagers, if anyone is not good at it, the government will clean him up! ”

Steward Feng sighed and said, "Since the prefect is so earnest, Feng can only agree to be punished by his superiors." Let's just recruit 2,000 people. ”

The prefect of Fengyang hurriedly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you for your surname!" Unexpectedly, this solves the long-standing and difficult immigration problem!

By the way, Guo surnamed Ye, what are you doing when you recruit so many young people as the guys of the Second Horse Company, and let them drag their families and their families to follow them to a place thousands of miles away? What is the origin of this two-horse company, it has done what the imperial court immigrants can't do. With this strength, my Fengyang Mansion alone can recruit thousands of people, and the entire Anhui Province shall not exceed three or four thousand people, so the entire empire shall not recruit tens of thousands of people? Coupled with the family, this, this immigration is no less than three or five hundred thousand? Also, this Erma company, how does this house sound so familiar. ”

The staff next to him interjected: "Lord Prefect, have you forgotten, didn't there be a large company raising funds a while ago, although I don't know the interest or anything, but many squires and businessmen in the province and Fengyang Mansion are actively raising funds, isn't that the second horse company?" Madame also quietly scraped together a share. ”

The prefect hurriedly coughed, he didn't want Steward Feng to hear it, but Steward Feng's face was as usual, and he smiled: "It turns out that the prefect is also a shareholder of Feng?" Disrespectful, disrespectful! Prefect, it's a pity that you voted too little! To tell you the truth, Feng invested all his net worth and had 3 shares, just like that, Feng still regretted it. ”