As expected, the Mu family really did not send someone to contact, let alone withdraw the land.

Su Baiyi's face was gloomy, and he said in front of the students: "The Mu family wants to fight against us, but our Yuyuan can't be afraid, these two hundred acres of land will be taken down after all, this time it's not that I, Su, want to do the business of squeezing people, it's that his Mu family is too arrogant." ”

Right!

Su Baiyi decided to take this opportunity to enter the cloth market in one fell swoop.

Now in the textile industry of the Ming Dynasty, the spinning car is still a hand-cranked car, and only one thread spindle can be made at a time, while the Jenny machine can spin up to 80 thread spindles at the same time when spinning.

Because of the efficiency of mechanical production, how much more than a little bit?

In addition to the Jenny machine can be used as a reference, the shuttle loom is an epoch-making product.

Some people say that the British Industrial Revolution began with the Jenny machine and the shuttle loom, both of which can be realized without the slightest modern mechanical means.

Therefore, using the Jenny machine and the shuttle loom to impact the cloth market of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to beat the Mu family to the ground.

It's just that the problem is that although he knows the principle and production method of the Jenny machine, after all, it still needs to be made, and it needs to be prepared, and it takes a process to wait for things to come out.

But none of this is a problem.

The only problem is people!

Whether it is a Jenny machine or a shuttle loom, it is highly confidential and must not be leaked out at all.

It's not about controlling the carpenters and the machines that make them, but also the people who use them.

The master and the workers are absolutely loyal and absolutely confidential.

There is only one way to meet the above requirements!

Buy people!

Buy Slaves!

The evil feudal society is really dark for the people at the bottom, but everything is relative, and for those who control the fate of the people at the bottom, this society can be used by them very well.

If a group of slaves can be purchased, whether loyal or not, at least a little, their freedom can be sufficiently restricted.

Once freedom is restricted to him, then don't worry about technology leakage!

It's not just the weaving industry that needs workers!

Soap making also requires workers.

Glass manufacturing requires a large number of workers.

With the construction and later maintenance of the college, workers are certainly indispensable.

Therefore, Su Baiyi made up his mind to buy a group of servants.

He needs a lot of them, and that's a problem.

However, after the brainstorming of this problem, there is already a preliminary plan.

Hou Fangyu proposed that he could go to the government to buy it.

In the autumn, about six or seven hundred displaced people came from Shaanxi, and it was a large daily expense for the government to support these people. On the other hand, although these people are raised by the government, they are not well fed and clothed, and can only ensure that they will not starve to death, and their living conditions can be imagined.

From that point of view, the entry point is good.

Moreover, it can also meet the requirements in terms of quantity.

Su Baiyi was only worried about one point: he had a big holiday with Qin Youde, the prefect of Guide, and he also got 12,000 taels of silver from this goods, as the prefect, if he didn't cooperate, the plan to buy these people would really not be realized.

Anyway, check it out.

Once you've made a decision, look at it right away.

Su Baiyi took Liu Cheng and Hou Fangyu out of the house in the cold winter and walked towards the camp where the refugees were settled.

The refugees were not settled in the city of Guide, but in the vicinity of Huoshentai.

Vulcan Terrace holds a large-scale fighting event every year, but it is usually an ordinary place and not much popularity. But there are several relatively large abandoned temples nearby, and I don't know which god is worshipped.

The refugees were temporarily resettled here.

The winter was extremely cold, several bonfires were burning in the house, and the refugees were thinly clothed and some of their limbs were frostbitten.

Every morning, the government would send people to distribute porridge outside the temple, and each person would have a large bowl of thick porridge to withstand a day's hunger. But the premise is that if you don't exercise, you lie on the ground and play dead.

But the calories of a bowl of porridge could not withstand the cold of winter, so they could only go out to collect firewood and then rely on the fire to keep warm.

Su Baiyi walked into the dilapidated hall, and was greeted by collapsed statues, cobwebs hanging on high places, and countless people leaning against the corners of the walls and beside the bonfire to "rest". Those people were not even able to move, their hair was messy, and they were better dressed in cotton clothes full of holes, and even worse were shivering on their knees in their summer clothes.

A rancid smell came from the air, and a foul smell permeated the air.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

"Mother, I'm hungry!"

Su Baiyi's heart felt dull and he could hardly breathe, because he saw a little child, who couldn't tell the difference between men and women, and looked thinner than a cat, lying next to an adult, constantly saying that he was hungry and cold!

But his voice was small! I don't even have the strength to cry in my face.

More people were on the spot, like dead bodies.

There are still many people who have a cold, but there is no one to treat them.

"Be careful, sir!" Hou Fangyu pulled Su Baiyi's arm and didn't let him go inside any further, but Su Baiyi didn't seem to hear it, frowning and walking in step by step.

Outside, Liu Cheng ran over, walked to Su Baiyi's side and said, "Sir, I just looked, and many people have frozen to death!" ”

"Hmm!" Su Baiyi nodded heavily.

If he had decided to buy servants for the sake of pure production, now his mind had changed.

Even if it's not for production, it's not for labor, but to rescue them.

How hateful is it that the "benevolent and righteous rice" given by the official yamen of the Guide Mansion can't save them, but they still use their names to win a future?

But Su Baiyi was different, after seeing the tragic situation here, he decided to sincerely help these people.

"The medicine is coming, the medicine is coming, the miracle doctor is coming!"

A series of low voices sounded, and Yue Ran, dressed in black, entered the main hall with a mask, followed by several Tongjitang workers, carrying a medicine box into the main hall.

When she saw Su Baiyi, she was obviously stunned.

"You're there too?"

The two haven't seen each other for a long time, but they didn't expect to meet again on such an occasion.

Su Baiyi nodded, without a hint of joy at the reunion on his face.

There were already several people here standing up to get the medicine, and the guys were handing out the symptoms. Someone else took hot nests out of the box and handed them out to everyone one by one.

"You're helping them?"

Su Baiyi asked.

"Of course!" The poisonous little magpie didn't know where it came from, and pouted: "Who do you think it is, if it's not our husband...... Miss rescued, now there must have been more deaths. ”

"Doesn't the government give porridge every day?"

Yue Ran opened his mouth faintly and said, "It's good for the government to come to give porridge, but what about a bowl of porridge every day?" It's better in summer, but a bowl of porridge won't save people in winter. ”

"So you've been saving them all along?"

"So!" Facing Su Baiyi's questioning, Yue Ran spread his hands: "Tongjitang can't make ends meet now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to pay back the three hundred taels of silver I owe you for a while!" ”

"Let's not talk about that, what are they going to do? You can't do it like this? Su Baiyi pointed at the refugees.

Yue Ran took off the mask on his face, revealing his fair face, and said with a little sorrow: "I can't help it, I can only do my best!" ”

Su Baiyi suddenly knew why this girl could be such a loser!

According to the mind of a virgin like hers, not to mention hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, even millions of tens of millions of taels of silver, she can also be defeated.

"The air here is not good, the fire is too strong, come out with me!"

Su Baiyi walked out, and Yue Ran also followed slowly.

"With your cure, it won't help you anyway!" Su Baiyi shook his head, looked at Yue Ran seriously, and said very seriously: "It's like curing a disease, you can't even treat the symptoms." ”

"I'm just a weak woman, so what?"

"This world is sick and needs treatment!" Su Baiyi took a deep breath at the gloomy sky: "The Ming Dynasty is like a dying patient who has a serious illness. The time has come when surgery is necessary. Only by cutting down with a knife and cutting off all those tumors can we save the world. ”

Yue Ran's heart trembled, and he looked at him with a delicate face.

Su Baiyi smiled again and said, "There are those literati doctors in the world, Ge Lao Shangshu, I am just a teacher who teaches, I am really worrying." However, I have a way to accommodate these people for the time being. ”

"How?" Yue Ran asked.

Su Baiyi said: "For these refugees, what they need most at the moment is not a mouthful of food, not a warm piece of clothing!" ”

"What's that?"

"It's a hope, it's a job to support a family!" Su Baiyi snorted his cold hands: "It can also be said to be a job, I am short of manpower in the construction of Yuyuan now, but I can give them a way out." ”

Yue Ran nodded thoughtfully: "Mr. is a capable person, since he can help them, let's do it as soon as possible, there will be people here freezing to death and starving to death every day!" Well, if there's anything I can do to help, just let me know. ”

"Okay, it's too cold here, and there are many germs in the air, you can go back first, and I'll handle the things here!" Su Baiyi reached out and wanted to touch her face, but suddenly stopped again.

Yue Ran and Qing Ye are different after all.

He turned his head and walked towards the main hall.

Su Baiyi decided to pick up these refugees today.

"Su Baiyi!" Yue Ran behind did not leave, but stood in the snow and watched him, shouting his name loudly in public for the first time, making him involuntarily stop his steps.

"What's wrong?" Looking at Yue Ran, who was still in a graceful posture even though he was wrapped in a layer of cotton clothes, he showed a gentle smile.

"You're a capable person and a good person! I believe that you will be able to cure the diseases of this world. ”

Facing the praise of a beautiful disciple who would never only damage herself, Su Baiyi felt very happy.

"And!" Yue Ran's voice suddenly became smaller, his face seemed to be painted with a light layer of pink, and he said in a low voice: "Your story is not finished yet, I have time to go to Tongjitang, I want to know how Yang Guo and his master came together in the end?" ”