Chapter 89: Buying a Servant

These two teenagers were both innocent and healthy, and they used to do the work of serving people, which was in line with He Xi's request, so he immediately took the two of them to a nearby dental store to sign the paperwork. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable) These two teenagers were sent by the previous owner to the tooth shop for sale, so they directly signed the deed of sale, fifteen taels of silver. After receiving this money, the bank will take a portion of it, and the rest will be handed over to the original owners of the two teenagers. As for the monthly money of the two, He Xi tentatively set it at three cents per person per month.

When signing the deed, the tooth merchant asked the names of these two people, and these two people were a little clever and clever, and after looking at each other, they knelt down and said, "Please give the name of the master." He Xi and Zhang Guang spent a long time before they came up with two vulgar and unnutritious names, Dafu and Dagui.

Just having a name, not having a surname. He Xi refused to let the two young servants follow his surname: "No, no, no, then I won't become a godfather?" After letting the executive committee know, they thought that I was forming a gang outside to run a faction, and it was easy to misunderstand. ”

However, the tooth merchant helped come up with an idea: "Since the two masters claim to be overseas merchants, they think they might as well give the two of them the surname 'Hai', what do you think?"

"Seems to be ...... But why does it always sound a little weird?"

He Xi and Zhang Guang hadn't come back yet, and the two teenagers had already kowtowed to thank them. He Xi took the deed with the words "Hai Dafu" from the tooth merchant's hand, and said with a wry smile: "Wouldn't it be too vicious for us to give him such a name?"

The freshly baked Hai Dafu and Hai Dagui can't understand the mood of the master, this is really a wonderful name for them, who wouldn't want to be rich and prosperous in the future? These two new masters seem to be quite kind, and their hard days must finally be over.

Although two young servants were recruited, the original plan to buy a maid ring was not realized, and the two went to the market a few more times, and the old woman saw a large group, and the little girl did not see any of them, and the youngest servant seemed to be thirty or forty.

Zhang Guang couldn't help but be a little depressed and said: "I used to watch those costume dramas, at this time, there should always be some little girls who sold themselves to bury their fathers, and the little girl who planted grass as the target appeared, why did we turn around and watch it for a long time, and none of them could catch the eye?"

Although the tooth merchant didn't understand what a "costume drama" was, he understood the dissatisfaction in Zhang Guang's words, and quickly explained: "The two masters don't know, the little girls in this place are rare, and they are only seven or eight in a month. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable) But if you really want to buy a ring, then please come here again tomorrow, you should have something to gain. ”

"What's the difference tomorrow?" He Xi asked.

"Tomorrow is the day of the polder market this month, and people from all over the country will come here to catch the polder, and then there may be some families who are forced to come here to sell their children. The tooth merchant did not shy away from introducing: "Nowadays, seventy or eighty percent of the land outside Yazhou City is under the names of a few large households, and some people who have no money and no land can only sell their children for grain and go to the remote Tianya, Phoenix and even Yulin to open up wasteland and farm. ”

"Then if we can provide food and lodging, and recruit some people who have lost their livelihood to go to distant places to reclaim wasteland, do you think it is feasible?" He Xi keenly sensed the opportunity and immediately asked.

"If you don't go out of Qiongzhou Island, you can have a bowl of rice to eat, and I think I should still be able to recruit a lot of people. The tooth merchant was also an extremely smart person, and when he heard He Xi's voice, he immediately added: "If the two masters are interested in recruiting a large number of people, they can do it here for a long time." ”

"How is the price calculated?" He Xi immediately began to negotiate.

"According to the number of people recruited, how about one penny and one person?" the tooth merchant boldly quoted a price.

He Xi shook his head and said, "It's too expensive." Settle once per 100 people, five taels of silver. He Xi cut the offer in half without hesitation.

"Eight taels of silver, which can guarantee no less than 200 people per month. The tooth dealer relented slightly, and increased his weight.

"Seven taels of silver. You can pay half of your deposit right away. "He Xi fights for every inch of land, and the bargaining posture is very professional.

"Deal!" the tooth merchant gritted his teeth and agreed to He Xi's conditions.

He Xi smiled, took out the silver and paid the deposit, and comforted at the same time: "Don't think that this price is a loss, if you can bring me seven or eight thousand people a year, it will be four or five hundred taels of silver." ”

The tooth merchant smiled bitterly: "There are only more than 20,000 people in Yazhou, how can there be so many rootless people who are willing to go out to reclaim the wasteland, sir, you are really joking." ”

He Xi shook his head and said: "You can't be so rigid in business, Yazhou has limited residents, you can go to other places to find it, Danzhou, Lingao, Qiongzhou in the north, Wenchang and Wanzhou in the east, you can try it." I'll just take the money from the head of the person, and as for where your people brought it back, that's your business. ”

The tooth merchant's eyes lit up: "In this way, it is an excellent way. It's just that I need to contact my colleagues from all over the world, and I'm afraid it will take some time. ”

"That's okay, we have been living in Yazhou for a long time, you can come to us directly. After that, He Xi informed the tooth dealer of the address of the Ya Office.

"If someone asks, I don't know where this reclamation goes?" The tooth merchant was not stunned by this big business, and he did not forget to ask these details clearly.

"East of Yulin, Victory Harbor. He Xi answered him without hesitation.

"Victory Harbor?" as far as I know, that bay has always been deserted, how could there ever been a port?" the tooth merchant looked stunned.

"Not in the past, but now it is. Zhang Guang grabbed the conversation and said proudly: "Remember this name, within a year or two, the entire Qiongzhou Mansion will know about the storage of Shengli Port!"

On the way back to the Ya Office, Zhang Guang still had some difficulty suppressing his excitement: "Lao He, I really convinced you today, not to mention your own professional work, and you are so strong in business negotiations, I don't think it's worse than Marik and Qiu Yuan!"

He Xi Zhengse said: "This kind of words that are not conducive to unity, don't say it casually when you get home." But then again, I've been a police officer for a few years before, and I haven't lost my basic skills in business negotiation yet, and I just happened to have this opportunity today. Call everyone tomorrow and come over to see what the polder is like here...... By the way, let Xiao Zhao pick and choose by himself to see if he can choose the right girl. ”

Since the two servants had no personal belongings, the group went around the city again and bought them a change of clothes and bedding. Zhang Guang also ran into a tavern on the street and made three catties of liquor, saying that he would invite everyone to celebrate today's "heavy achievements" in the evening. After arriving at the Cliff Office, He Xi arranged the residence of the two teenagers to the shop facing the street, anyway, there are no products for sale in the Cliff Office now, this small shop has been closed, and it will be used as a place for the two servants to settle down for the time being. The two teenagers didn't realize that there was anything wrong, so they found a few wooden planks in the shop and built a ** shop.

When it was dark, the members returned to the Cliff Office one after another. Marik first found out that there were two more Ming teenagers in the family, so he asked what was going on, and Zhang Guang chose to tell him about today's experience. After listening to this, Marik couldn't help but sigh: "It's still old and professional enough, and his mind is flexible, and he may not be able to do things so beautifully if he changes to someone else." ”

Everyone exchanged their respective gains today at the dinner table, and sure enough, only He Xi and Zhang Guang had the most outstanding records. Although others also communicated with local Ming people, most of them were superficial and did not gather any information worth paying attention to. The two men from the Military Police Department spent a whole day making detailed records of the change of guard duty at the three city gates, and planned to continue to observe for a while to determine whether the guard system of the Yazhou garrison remained unchanged for a long time.

Although Zhao Xiaoruo, who was encouraged by He Xi to take the route of his inner family, went around several shops selling women's products for most of the day, he did not seem to have made any substantial progress except for buying a bunch of jewelry and female celebrities. According to herself, she talked to several women, but the difference in accent became the biggest obstacle to communication, and in the end, she couldn't understand what they wanted to express each other, so she had to give up. He Xi praised Zhao Xiaoruo's expression, he thought that it was an extremely rare thing for a girl to go out alone in such an unfamiliar environment, and he should no longer be demanding the speed of progress, after all, Zhao Xiaoruo studied nursing instead of a bond girl.

Marik and Qiu Yuan each visited several shops and conducted more in-depth and detailed research on Yazhou's consumer market. According to the results of their investigation, the current economic situation in Yazhou is relatively polarized, a large amount of land and social wealth is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of local gentry, and the speed of land annexation has led to a rapid increase in the number of local proletarians and unemployed people, which also corresponds to some of the information that He Xi Zhang Guang learned today.

Marik pointed out that the current economic situation in Yazhou has a great negative impact on social stability, and it is only because of the special social nature of the local area that it can barely maintain a peaceful situation by relying on the existence of military strength. The total number of officers and soldiers of the guard army in Yazhou plus the naval division of Shuizhai is more than 2,000 people, and the ratio of the local population has reached 1:10, which is a very high ratio.

Whether Yazhou is chaotic or not has no direct impact on the crossing group that is far away in Shengli Port. However, the Cliff Office is in a situation, but it must consider how to take advantage of the current situation to win more benefits for the group.