Factories have been set up in various parts of Zhongyang County, and coal and iron ore mines are under construction. In the past few days, Zhang Chu has been very busy, running around the county, transferring all kinds of materials and personnel, and constantly revising the previous plan. Lack of people or lack of people, everywhere is asking Zhang Chu for people, Zhang Chu is not Sun Wukong, he will not pluck a handful of monkey hair to conjure up a monkey, of course it is useless to conjure up a monkey, what Zhang Chu lacks is people. When people are forced to be anxious, there will be urgency, and Zhang Chu has an evil plan to poach people after a few days of headaches.

It was almost noon in the school classroom in Yan'an Mansion, the professors and instructors were not there, some of the Xiucai were reading alone, and a few were discussing together, only Xiucai Guo Xiyuan was sitting alone in the corner, holding a piece of paper in his hand and thinking silently.

A few people chatting finally found Guo Xiyuan, who was sitting there alone, not reading and not participating in everyone's discussions. There is a good thing to say and teased: "Brother Guo, what are you thinking about there, are you thinking about some big plan to make a fortune?" ”

Guo Xiyuan's family is poor, the family is already living in poverty, in order to change the situation, Guo Xiyuan pulled down his face to use the last bit of money in the family to invest in business, but did not expect that business also requires professional knowledge, the money was not earned, but lost into the family's last little savings, seeing that the family is about to be unable to open the pot, and is often teased by his companions after they know. Every time he heard that Guo Xiyuan was being teased, he would be ashamed, but today he uncharacteristically raised the piece of paper in his hand and said, "That's right, I'm working on a plan to make a fortune." ”

Guo Xiyuan's abnormal words aroused everyone's interest, and they all gathered around to listen to how Guo Xiyuan was going to lose money.

In the past few days, someone asked Guo Xiyuan to participate in an activity that was said to be called training, where someone gave him a lecture on the method of making money, and it was a relative of his who gave the lecture, saying that he saw that his family was not good, and gave him a chance to make a fortune without capital. So far, the man has taught him six times.

After listening to the first day's lesson, he was vague and didn't know what he was talking about;

After listening to the second day of class, he was dizzy and distraught, and if it weren't for the face of his relatives, he would have gone long ago;

After listening to the third day of class, he understood a little, but he felt that his butt was sitting very painful and he didn't have the heart to listen;

After listening to the fourth day of class, he thought: Wow, this thing can still make money.

After listening to the lesson on the 5th day, you are already excited, and finally understand why these people are there.

After listening to the lecture on the sixth day, he suddenly found that what he had said a few days ago was useful, and it became easier for him to make a fortune, because he only had to find three people to come over, and not only did he have a job, but he could also earn 20,000 taels of silver. It's finally pie in the sky!

So today, Guo Xiyuan has become confident in speaking.

The Xiucai took Guo Xiyuan's piece of paper and looked at it, only to see that it was full of numbers, diagrams, and a poem.

Kyushu is angry and thunderous,

It's sad to hear from all the horses.

I advise the Lord of Heaven to shake up,

Eclectic talent reduction.

Everyone praised the poem in unison and asked Guo Xiyuan if he wrote it.

"This is the new work of Zhang Hong, the magistrate of Zhongyang County." Guo Xiyuan replied as he asked for a piece of paper.

Someone saw a strange diagram on a piece of paper and asked, "What is this?" ”

"Have you heard of the Zhongyang Development Plan?" was asked by his companion Guo Xiyuan came to the spirit. began to gush endlessly: "Today's saint is diligent in government and loves the people, seeing the natural disasters for many years, he can't bear the suffering of the people, so he listened to the suggestion of Zhang Hong, the magistrate of Zhongyang County, and took out the silver from the inner treasury to implement the Zhongyang development plan. Recruit talents from all over the world to work in Zhongyang, and each person will be paid five taels of silver per month. If you go to work, you will have the opportunity to earn 30,000 taels of silver."

"Brother Guo wants to get rich and want to go crazy, five taels a month, only sixty taels a year, it takes five hundred years to earn 20,000 taels of silver, can you live to be more than five hundred years old?" There was a nimble sneer in the middle of it.

Guo Xiyuan was not annoyed, but spread the piece of paper in his hand on the table for everyone to watch

I saw that it was written in large letters:

"Earn enough 30,000 taels plan"

Below is a row of numbers

One

Three

Nine

twenty-seven

Eighty-one,

Two hundred and forty-three,

Seven hundred and twenty-nine,

Two thousand one hundred eighty-seven,

Sixty thousand five hundred fifty sixty,

Nineteen thousand six hundred eighty-one.

The crowd didn't understand the use of the numbers.

Guo Xiyuan explained, "These numbers are the money you are going to make. In order to encourage everyone to go to Zhongyang to serve in the special reward plan, after you take office, the county will send you a special blank letter of recommendation, if you introduce a person to Zhongyang, you will be rewarded with a tael of silver, and he will introduce a person will give the two of you a tael of silver each, so that it has been passed down, until the tenth person will not give a reward, you only need to introduce three people to Zhongyang, then you will soon earn 30,000 taels of silver. ”

"Introduce ten talents for ten taels of silver, how can you introduce three people and there will be thirty thousand taels?" The showmen still don't understand how to make money.

"The key is to introduce three people here, if each of these three people introduces three more people, your dream of making a fortune will come true, that is, the role of these numbers. The first layer is you, one person, the second level is three people, the third level is nine people, and so on. When they reached the tenth floor, it was nineteen thousand six hundred and eighty-one. The bonus you get for each of you is 19,681 taels, plus the previous rewards. You will receive a reward of almost 30,000 taels, at this time, the county will make up the difference and reward you with 30,000 taels, and the bonus is not the last to be issued but to Zhongyang in the same month and your salary together, as long as someone goes, you will have money to earn. It's really not good, isn't there still a salary of five taels of silver a month, which is no less than the income of a magistrate. ”

After hearing this, the talents discussed a lot, but some people still asked uneasily: "But where can I find so many readers?" ”

"You don't have to be a scholar, as long as you have friends and relatives who are skilled craftsmen. There are many craftsmen in our Daming, and the lowly craftsmen also give five taels of silver a month's wages there, and they don't all rush to go, so that they have a job and you make money, why not do it, don't spread this thing everywhere, there are more people who know, and we won't be able to make money if we go late. Guo Xiyuan remembered the advice of his relatives and finally added.

"Zhongyang is hundreds of miles away from us, those craftsmen don't care, how did we scholars get there?" There are really people who are moved.

"Zhang Hongzhi County has arranged for people to respond along the way, and from then on, to Yanchang County, and then across the Yellow River, there are people at every station to respond, as long as it is a genuine show, there are people to provide food and accommodation."

"But recently there was news that Zhongyang County was occupied by a group of thieves called Daming Security, don't be deceived by thieves." An important question came to mind.

In order to prevent the money from being filled by corrupt officials, the saint specially sent his own civilian guards, that is, the Ming security, they are different from the Imperial Forest Army usually hidden in the people, and now they are mobilized because of the critical situation, and they have arrested a group of corrupt officials as soon as they appeared, so some people say that they are thieves and want to destroy the plan of the saint. If you are interested, you can listen to my relative's explanation, he was entrusted by Zhang Hongzhi County to handle this matter. Guo Xiyuan explained according to the relative's statement.

Everyone looked at the piece of paper and studied it, in this disaster year, the life of the talents is not all good, many people sit and eat empty, the township test is not yet time, it is really better to find a job to support the family first, and the 30,000 taels of silver is really tempting.

A few days later, Guo Xiyuan really said goodbye to the division commander and those Xiucai and embarked on the road to Zhongyang County. After a few days, there was a letter back to Fuxue, Guo Xiyuan said that the work in Zhongyang was very good, and he also received a reward for introducing people to Zhongyang, if someone goes to Zhongyang now, he can be responsible for the reception, and those who want to go should hurry, and there will be no reward when the people are full in a few days. After receiving the letter, some people were moved.

The same script was staged in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces, and later spread farther and farther, all the way to the north and south of the river, and to the Ming Dynasty.

Many scholars and craftsmen were told by relatives and friends that they went to Zhongyang with the dream of making a fortune.