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As soon as the share auction ended, Fuzhou Anding, Yixing, Tiger Festival, Qingtai, Kangtai several major city gates have posted recruitment notices, within a morning, the news spread throughout Fuzhou City, and then to the surrounding area at a faster speed.

The street of Huaping Street, not far from Hualin Temple, is a favorite place for the people in Fuzhou. Basically, the business of the restaurants on Huaping Street is very good, especially some ordinary restaurants that specialize in ordinary people are business; Since most of the food is home-cooked and the price is not expensive, many people are willing to spend a little money to come here for a drink or two and get together to chat. In one of the larger civilian restaurants, there are many people coming to dine in the lobby on the first floor. At a round table against a pillar sat five young men, dressed in ordinary clothes, but very energetic.

The other seats in the lobby were basically full, and some later acquaintances took the initiative to get together for a drink and dinner. A screen was placed at the entrance of the door, and it was useless to put the table, probably because it was afraid that the wind outside would blow in and the diners would be uncomfortable. It's already November, and it's still a bit cold.

The entire lobby was buzzing with diners chatting in low voices. However, the adjacent wine table can still be heard clearly.

"Tie Niu, this time the prince is recruiting again, do you have any ideas?" I only heard a middle-aged man about fifty years old ask a young man. Although this one named Tie Niu is not as black as the one in the Water Margin, he is just as strong.

"I just want to go, didn't I just read the recruitment list. I had been working at Hu Yuanwai's house before, and I didn't make much money. My mother's body, I have to be served every day, otherwise I would have gone the last time I recruited sailors. Also, the shipyard built by the prince has also recruited a lot of people, hey."

"Uncle knows the situation of your family, your father died early, and it was your mother who pulled you up, and it is right to be filial! Hey, your mother's life is thin, and now I'm gone, I can't enjoy your blessings. Uncle thinks so, your cousin is not too young, I am going to let him try it with you. The prince needs a lot of people to build the port this time, and you must have something to do when you get there; The wages paid by the prince are so high, and they are never in arrears. The last time I recruited sailors, I asked your cousin to try it, but he said that the sea was too dangerous, and he refused to live or die. It's good now, the prince won't recruit people, it's too late to regret it, how good the conditions the prince gives to the sailors, the little third son next door should be on, and he can get home so much money and food every month, and the people who come to the door to say that the matchmaker is about to step on the threshold of his family, and our family, hey"

"Don't worry uncle, this time I took my cousin to the port to work. But he's not as strong as me, and it's certainly not enough to ask him to be a guard, and he doesn't do it as a sailor, and if he builds a port, it's hard work, and I don't know if he can endure that hardship. Uncle, I would like to give you a drink. After saying that, he raised his glass and drank it all.

Then the two of them chewed the vegetables and said, "Tie Niu, no matter what, I don't have to worry about you taking him with you." Uncle Ke told you, this port is not an ordinary place. I think that Zheng Zhilong was the king and hegemon in Fujian, and he also built a port in Mawei, which is called a prosperous place! The river is densely packed with all kinds of boats, large and small, and you can make a fortune by selling some food there casually. I was thinking that you and your cousin were busy working in the harbor right now, and when the harbor was built, you would be the most familiar with the place; When the time comes, you can definitely live a good life by opening a small shop or restaurant in the port together, and you don't necessarily have to go to sea to make money. That is, in the future, you will have more contact with people and experience more. ”

"Hey, uncle, I listen to you. I helped out at Hu Yuanwai's house, and Steward Hu taught me after reading the wit, and I know how to do arithmetic. It's my cousin, you know his temper, if he doesn't listen to me? Tie Niu said with a frown.

"He dares! I broke his leg! The middle-aged man slapped the table with a bang, and all the moments around him were shocked. The middle-aged man also realized that something was wrong, and complained to the surroundings: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was excited for a while, I disturbed everyone, forgive my sins!" ”

"Uncle, what's so angry, Tie Niu? You're there too! Great, I was looking for you! As soon as the middle-aged man finished speaking, two people walked out from behind the screen, these two people looked seven or eight points similar, and they knew that they were brothers at a glance, and they saw the two Tie Niu and walked straight over.

"Oh, it's nothing, I just told Tie Niu to let him take his cousin's dead son to try it at the port, why are you here?"

The two brothers were happy when they heard this, "Coincidentally, we are also ready to try, now our brothers are together, and we can take care of each other." A while ago, when we recruited sailors, our two brothers followed the trading house to run the goods, and after coming back, we didn't regret it to the point that our intestines were blue. This recruitment notice clearly stated that not only the masons and workers who built the port, but also the tents, escorts, sailors of the ocean-going fleet, etc., were recruited, and the wages were also high. I missed the last time I recruited a sailor, and I definitely can't miss it again this time. The two brothers were not very loud, and the tables around them glanced over a few times.

A few people sitting at one of the tables inside them heard that Tie Niu's table was also talking about the recruitment of the prince, and a young man dressed as a scholar was very interested and said: "A few brothers, a few of us are from Nanping, and we are here to play." We have also read the recruitment revelation of His Royal Highness the Prince, and there is nothing special about it? Can you bother a few people to tell us about it? We invited several people to drink and drink! ”

Tie Niu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "You're polite!" ”

The middle-aged man put down the chopsticks and said: "A few outsiders don't know, but everyone in Fujian knows about this matter." This has to start from the beginning, some time ago, the Taiwanese Zheng family and pirates came together to attack the Mawei port of the prince, and they were destroyed by the prince, which is really good. To say that the Zheng family was not bad before, since they retreated to Taiwan, they often went to the coast to rob, which is more hateful than bandits. Last time, it was the prince who recruited sailors on a large scale in order to develop the navy, and it is said that the sailors recruited will soon become official sailors. This time, the prince united a number of masters to build a new port together, ready to do business, and there was a shortage of many people, so their brothers were ready to go to the port to find work and earn some family. He said as he pointed at the three Iron Bulls.

"Taiwan's Zheng family called? I've just heard of this. How could the prince defeat the Zheng family's fleet? This scholar was very surprised, as far as he knew, there was no sailor under the command of King Jingnan, how could he defeat the Zheng family's fleet?

"Hey, Childe's words are not right, I heard that the Zheng family and the pirates jointly attacked, and the prince first destroyed the pirates and then captured the entire Zheng family fleet. The son of the world is really a martial artist, a god! It is said that that night, the cannons bombarded the whole night, and the pirates were all sent to see the Sea Dragon King! The middle-aged man took a sip of wine and said unhappily to the reader's table. Geng Jingzhong's deeds in the past year have been recognized by most people in Fuzhou, in his eyes, to belittle the son of the world is to look down on the people of Fuzhou!

Scholars have traveled all over the world, and they know a little bit about the world. Seeing the angry appearance of this middle-aged man, he knew that he had committed a taboo, so he stood up and apologized: "I'm sorry, the contemptible person doesn't know the situation, and I am suspicious, I really want to know the details." This glass of wine is right when I make amends! With that, he took a sip from his glass. Seeing that there were not many dishes left on the table of the middle-aged man, and then there were no dishes and chopsticks, he turned around and called Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, serve a few more hard wine dishes to this uncle and a few brothers, and add dishes and chopsticks." Write the account on my head. ”

When Xiao Er next to him heard this, he hurriedly agreed and slipped into the kitchen, as if he was afraid that people would not agree to the business.

The middle-aged man didn't think that the reader was so polite just now, and felt a little embarrassed by his rough voice just now. So, he raised his glass and saluted one. "Childe is a foreigner, and those who don't know are not to blame. If you want to say that His Royal Highness is the prince, he is really young and promising, and he is even more benevolent to the small people. Let's just say that last year, Fujian suffered a disaster, and the imperial court did not allocate food for disaster relief. is all the sons of the world, taking in and giving relief to the victims, and giving the victims work to survive; The son of the world is benevolent and righteous! ”

"I also know this, and it's the same in our Nanping, and the people are still praising the world!" The reader couldn't help but nod and said.

At this time, Xiao Er came up with a plate of fried fresh bamboo clams, "Hey, offended, please let the guest officer let me go, be careful of the burn!" ”

The two tables toasted each other, and the middle-aged man continued to speak: "Also, just after the New Year this year, the prince began to train his troops, and then I heard that the bandits in Fujian were exterminated, and it is estimated that you Nanping will be the same." Later, there were several large Western warships that sailed to Mawei, which is said to have been bought back by the prince from the foreigners, and the Western warships stopped at Mawei, and we all went to see them, and they were really big, and they were densely packed with cannons. Then it happened that in less than a month, the pirates and the Zheng family came over, and they were wiped out by the prince in just one day, but many soldiers also died. At that time, the prince began to recruit a large number of sailors to develop sailors, and the boy in my family refused to go to sea and did not answer the call, which really pissed me off. Now this time, you've seen the notice as well. Here's another toast! ”

"Uncle, you still said that you missed it, the salary given by the prince is very high, and he is never in arrears! I think you can always settle accounts, and it shouldn't be a problem to go to the bookkeeper, and you won't make much money selling those books at home anyway. In the past, everyone was invited, but now there is a large shortage of people in the world, isn't it just an opportunity? Later, the eldest of the two brothers actively mentioned yì.

"This brother is right, I have read the notice of the prince, and the salary given is indeed very high. A few of them are members of their own family, and they happen to be together to take care of each other! ”

"Childe also thinks it's feasible?" The middle-aged man was also a little moved, the family's business has always been like that, just to support the family.

"Feasible!"

After listening to it for so long, Geng Jingzhong and the others also ate well, so they stood up and prepared to check out and leave. This morning, Geng Jingzhong had nothing to do, so he suddenly wanted to go to the street to see the situation. In the past, every time I went to the street, I hurried by, and I didn't carefully inspect the people's conditions. I happened to be free today, so I paid a private visit to Weifu. Sure enough, I was able to hear a lot of different things.

A table of dishes is less than two taels of silver in total. Geng Jingzhong stepped forward in line, personally took out five taels and one small silver ingots with good color to the counter, and retrieved more than three taels of scattered silver. Looking at the counter shopkeeper and looking at the color and weighing the weight, it took a few minutes to get it done, Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but feel that the egg hurt, it was so inconvenient!