A dozen or so servants followed Sun Fusheng and came to the courtyard, this courtyard that he had come to a few days ago, seemed so strange among these people, among the 15 people, the groom was about forty years old, the porter was a little bigger, he was close to fifty, and the hardships of life made him gray-haired and withered, and he looked like he was in his seventies in later generations.

Except for the three older ones, the rest of the people are much younger, the maid is about fourteen or fifteen years old, and she looks a little yellow and thin, and those who look a little better, they are all eighteen or nineteen-year-old sturdy young men, slightly thin, nothing else, all healthy.

Yang Yuanzhao has seen the deed of selling these people, and there are also some simple information, most of them are the children of the Zhuang family, and their family backgrounds are innocent, but they can't live anymore, so they sell themselves into slavery.

People must be honest and innocent, this is what Yang Yuanzhao values most, he has been in this era for so many days, he has thought of many ways to change this era, and he is also working hard, he really needs a group of people to realize his idea, he was going to recruit a group of children among the homeless, and the appearance of this group of servants seems to solve his problem from another aspect.

"Since you're here, everyone is a family, my rules are very simple, just do what you're told, Fusheng!" Yang Yuanzhao said calmly.

Sun Fusheng walked out and said respectfully: "Master! Command! ”

"Divide into several groups, settle your own affairs first, clean up the house, and then follow the craftsmen to busy our house!"

"Yes!"

Yang Yuanzhao seemed to think of something, and said: "By the way, Fusheng, are you literate?" ”

Sun Fusheng was a little strange, but he still said respectfully: "Master, I have read books for a few years, and I can write and calculate!" ”

"That's good, in the future, in my spare time, I will teach them to read!"

"Teach them to read?" Sun Fusheng looked at Yang Yuanzhao in amazement, he didn't understand, why the master would ask such a strange question, he couldn't say it for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he lowered his voice and said to Yang Yuanzhao: "Master, they have some difficulty in literacy, they ......!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao understands what he means very well, after the era of the information explosion in the 21st century, he knows that enlightenment is often good at the age of six or seven, once he becomes an adult, there will be more thoughts, coupled with the problem of inertia, popularizing literacy and literacy, the difficulty is relatively great, the new China of later generations, the literacy as a political task to grasp, just like this for many years, it was completed, in Baotou, without the help of the administrative force, it is not easy to implement this.

Although there are many difficulties, Yang Yuanzhao cannot let them go, this group of people, in his opinion, may be the executors of spreading his ideas and measures, if he is not literate, many of his plans and ideas will not be able to be implemented, and he is even more concerned than the flour mill and the reclamation company.

After thinking about it for a while, in the end, Yang Yuanzhao decided to use the real thing to attract, waved his hand and said: "Fusheng, you tell you to go down, who learns 500 words first, in addition to the monthly silver, give 20 catties of white flour every month!" ”

"White noodles? Wrapping up new white flour? Sun Fusheng asked in disbelief.

Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said, "The fastest one will be rewarded with 2 bags of white noodles!" ”

2 bags of white noodles, this reward is not light, it is still extra, there are only 15 people, the housekeeper Sun Fusheng can put it aside, among the rest of the people, as long as they learn faster than others, they can get two bags of white noodles, and a reward of 20 catties of white noodles per month, which is almost a person's ration, or fine white noodles, replaced by miscellaneous grains, about enough for a family to eat for a month.

There are few people who come to be servants, most of them have many children, and they are extremely poor, and their monthly silver, except for a few who stay, and most of the rest are subsidized by the family, learn literacy for free, and can also be rewarded, and everyone's eyes are much more eager.

A thin maidservant girl tentatively stood up and said, "Master, I don't know if we can learn!" ”

"Of course!" Yang Yuanzhao nodded and said, "As long as it is my family's servant, regardless of gender, you can learn!" Speaking of this, Yang Yuanzhao paused for a moment and said, "Steward Sun has taught you hard, so you can support 1 bag of white noodles every month!" ”

Sun Fusheng looked at the bold Yang Yuanzhao, a little helpless, he didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, the current Yang mansion, there is only one master, more than a dozen slaves, and the monthly cost plus monthly silver is already expensive, if you add this reward, it is equivalent to doubling the monthly expenditure, the master is a young man, I don't know this, it seems that I need to mention it later.

Sun Fusheng, who is good at personnel, of course, will not touch Yang Yuanzhao's authority at this time, at the beginning, give some sweetness, which is normal, but the combination of grace and power is the key, and the master is still too young.

"Okay, that's it, I don't have many rules here, but some things are different from others, I'll take you to get acquainted with them!"

Sun Fusheng looked at Yang Yuanzhao's style, and smiled even more bitterly, this master doesn't seem to be a child of everyone, what rules, respect and humility, etc., all of them are not talked about, as if listening to Liu Shu say that he is the son of everyone overseas, perhaps, foreigners are like this.

Yang Yuanzhao first took them to the front of the water tower, the water tower more than ten meters high, in this era, most of them are bungalows and tile houses, which is particularly eye-catching, not to mention, the top, the huge water tank, when they came, many servants noticed this water tower and water tank, and they were all thinking about what this water tower and water tank were for.

"This is the most important place for our family, the water tower!"

"Water tower?" The servants made a sound of urns, look at this weird-looking thing, is it a water tower?

"Yes, our family's water comes from here, and every morning, we need a group of people to draw water from the well next to it and put it here!" Yang Yuanzhao pointed to the side of the water tower, installed on the metal rail bucket, at least 10 times larger than the general bucket, the top is connected to the hoist hoist crane with alloy steel wire, and the hoist hoist hoist with 10 pulleys can save at least several times the effort.

"Qingming, Gu Yu, you two come here, fill it up!" Without Yang Yuanzhao's order, Sun Fusheng said with great discernment, the eight long followers are all named after the solar terms, in addition to Qingming and Gu Yu, there are also Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Xiaoxia, Da Xia, Xiao Han, Da Han, the four maids are named after spring, summer, autumn and winter, which are spring flowers, autumn moons, summer knots and winter plums.

The two guys took turns to step forward, and after a while, 10 buckets of water were filled, Yang Yuanzhao continued to let them use a gourd to hang and send the bucket to the water tower, the two people looked bitter, more than ten meters high, 10 times larger than the bucket just now, this weight is also too big, hesitated for a while, or walked forward, when pulling the rope, but found that the weight was far lighter than they imagined, almost the same as just now, drawing water from the well, what kind of spell is this.

In the surprised eyes of everyone, he easily poured a bucket of water into the water tower, his face was not red, and he was not panting.

"That's it, I roughly calculated, it takes 20 buckets of water a day, do you see, there's a scale over there, as long as the scale is full, you can stop!" Yang Yuanzhao pointed to the top and said.

This scale is Yang Yuanzhao simply made a connection, outside the water tank, where the water tank is connected, a transparent glass tube is made, which can be seen very clearly below, the scale is connected to the water tank, as long as the scale is full, the water tank is full.

Next, Yang Yuanzhao introduced new things little by little, such as tap water pipes, hot water pipes, special stoves, toilets, etc., everyone looked at many novelties like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, especially tap water, as soon as the water pipe was opened, there was water, and it was divided into hot and cold water, which made them feel magical.

Sun Fusheng's heart, but there was another feeling, when Liu Shu found him, he also hesitated, but Liu Shu was particularly pointed, following this Young Master Yang has a great creation, he only thought that Liu Shu deliberately sold it well, and only after real contact did he find that this Young Master Yang is really unfathomable, these things, let alone domestic, even if he went to a foreign country, with his experience of going to England, he has never seen that dignitary, he will pay so much attention to every bit of life, and in terms of details, he is extremely comfortable.

As soon as it turned down, a morning passed like this, and in the courtyard of the Yang family's house, there was finally a trace of liveliness outside the cold, and more than a dozen people shuttled through the courtyard, and the already neat courtyard was more popular and tidy.

With someone to serve, Yang Yuanzhao did not lie down to be a big man, he looked at it in each room, scratched around on the drawings, the basic decoration has ended, but the functionality of this house has only solved the problem of water, the problem of electricity has not been solved, power wiring, this, this era, at least in China, few people understand, Baotou is even more difficult to find, if you want to let each room have wires, get the light, but also let him do it himself.