Early the next morning, outside the most prosperous city of Suzhou, Guanqian Street, Xuanmiaoguan and other places, there are pawnshops, gold and silver shops, silk shops, tea shops, southern goods shops, garment shops, and bathhouses...... When the door panels were removed and opened, most of the shops were the same

A sign saying 'Food stamps are welcome to be used in our store' was displayed.

In order to attract customers to use food stamps to consume, some stores also have the words '10% discount on food stamps' on the signs.

This kind of large-scale abnormal behavior naturally aroused the curiosity of Suzhou citizens. People are asking the store, what is a food stamp?

The shopkeeper's answer was even more outrageous, they had never seen what the food stamps looked like. It was ordered by the owner overnight, and they only knew that the thing could be used to extract grain from the three preparation warehouses in Suzhou City.

"I heard that it seems to be issued by the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, and the government and county government are responsible for cashing it." Finally, a well-informed shopkeeper revealed:

"But don't think about printing it yourself, I heard that you will be beheaded for the crime of counterfeiting!"

"I don't even know that...... What does the food stamp look like, and how can you print it yourself? The crowd laughed.

Since they couldn't see the real thing, everyone gradually dispersed. And their attention was quickly attracted by a great piece of good news—

Since the New Year, the factories that have been in a state of shutdown have actually started recruiting workers at the same time!

And not only those workshops related to the silk weaving industry, but even those shops and workshops of cotton spinning, printing, papermaking, and iron-making have gone to Guanqian Street to recruit workers......

Lao Liu and Robben, who were privately interviewed by Weifu on the street, even saw that even the doors of brothels and bathhouses were hung up under the guise of 'recruiting talents and preferential treatment'.

Of course, the most sought-after are the workers in the silk weaving industry, because the only known place to get food stamps is the Suzhou Weaving and Dyeing Bureau.

Therefore, when large households hire workers in other industries, they can only meet the assessment of 'improving public employment'. However, if you hire workers in the silk weaving industry, you can also take care of another 'get food stamps' assessment at the same time.

As for the third assessment of the 'amount of donations', the big ones are not stupid, but they are as good as monkeys. At the beginning of the assessment, it will not be in vain.

You have to wait until the end, according to the actual situation, a one-time top-up, improve or keep the ranking.

Now kryptonite, it's too early. If the effect is not good, it may be targeted......

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Therefore, those unemployed weavers who squatted on Guanqian Street, hungry and close to their hearts, suddenly changed from roadside grass that no one cared about to sought-after fragrant dumplings.

The unemployed weavers who had been in drought for a long time were crazy at first, and as long as someone wanted it, they followed it upside down.

But they weren't stupid either, and they quickly came back to their senses. They all work for big dog households, of course, whoever has the highest salary will do it.

"How much do you all cost?" In the face of their 'stewards', who usually do not bird birds, the unemployed weavers finally straightened their waists.

"Forty wen a day, one meal, and a reward at the end of the month." A chubby steward said, "How is it, kind?" ”

Forty wen a day is the current market price. And when I heard that there was a reward at the end of the month, the unemployed weavers flocked to the fat steward.

"We're fifty a day." Seeing that the skilled workers were about to be rounded by the fat steward, the thin steward of another family was busy raising the price loudly: "We also take care of the meal, and there will be a reward at the end of the month!" ”

"We ...... sixty dollars" is like opening a Pandora's box, and in order to compete for workers, each family began to raise the price.

"I'm ...... Seventy"

"Eighty Wen!"

The unemployed weavers were dumbfounded, why did the other party double the wages before they bargained here?

You must know that even when the market is the best and labor is the most demanding, ordinary weavers can't get 80 wen a day. Only the best silk masters and dyeing masters can reach this price.

"You're not lying, are you?" Happiness came so suddenly that the weavers suddenly felt unreal.

"What is the reputation of our host, can we deceive you? Besides, what are you so good to deceive? The stewards were full of indignation.

In fact, they are also very angry, they don't know what kind of wind the owner is pumping, and suddenly they are about to start work, and let them recruit as many workers as possible at all costs.

It doesn't matter if you don't need so many people for a while, you can just find some work for them first, even if you let them count millet, you can raise them first. Don't let anyone else recruit you......

Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, the wages are not up to the sky?

It's really interesting that the spiritual capitalists have to process money while being distressed.

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There is also a very important factor in the wages of the weavers, which is the contest between the homecoming faction and the iron window faction.

The homecoming faction is riveting to prove their ability in front of His Royal Highness, and they want to regain their position in the silk weaving industry in Suzhou. And, of course, there's the revenge against the Iron Window.

In short, under various reasons, the return to the countryside faction is to smash the pot and sell iron, and bankrupt the family.

The motivation of the Iron Window faction is even more sufficient, and its strength is stronger than that of the hometown faction, so naturally the latter cannot be compared.

So you finish raising the price, and I will increase the price; I raised the price, and you raised the price...... Together, they pushed the wages of workers to an eye-popping 100 a day......

"This goes too far, isn't it?" Now, even Luo Guanzhong on the side can't stand it. reminded Zhu Zhen: "Who can stand such a high salary? It won't make them bankrupt, will it? ”

"No, it won't." Zhu Zhen chuckled, patted Lao Luo's shoulder and said, "Your family has never had much money, and you don't know anything about how rich the big families in Suzhou are. ”

As he spoke, he looked up at Lu Yuan, which had been sealed in the distance, and sighed faintly: "That's the wealth accumulated in the past two hundred years." ”

Zhu Zhen had heard a saying before that the reason why deflation was long-term in ancient times was because the rich liked to hide the gold, silver and copper coins they earned. A large amount of hard currency was withdrawn from circulation, eventually leading to economic depletion.

He has always been skeptical of this statement, thinking that how much gold, silver and copper coins can the rich hide can cause the national currency to dry up and the economy collapse?

But the third brother told him that the gold, silver and copper coins found from the Lu family were worth more than one million yuan...... And that's not counting the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver and jade.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu was directly stunned.

When the King of Chu told Luo Guanzhong about this, it was Mr. Luo's turn to be shocked.

Suddenly, Mr. Luo raised his hand and slapped himself suddenly.

"Teacher Luo, don't do this." Zhu Zhen hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be like this, Teacher Luo." ”

"It's okay, I'm calm." Luo Guanzhong put up the red marks on his face, and said extremely depressedly: "I thought that Zhang Jiusi asked me to persuade the big families to pay for the labor army, and they buckled the ropes, and a total of 20,000 yuan was paid. I also told Zhang Jiusi that there are already a lot...... It turned out to be playing me like a monkey! ”

(End of chapter)