"Zhang Jiulu, the general will let you go." The person who sent the message glanced at Zhang Jiuliu, envy and jealous in his heart, the four brothers of the Zhang family, Zhang Jiusi is now the captain of the ten thousand, and the next three brothers, Zhang Jiuwu was just an ordinary soldier. Zhang Jiuliu had been promoted to platoon leader a few days ago. Zhang Jiuqi was not good at fighting, but he was good at reading and writing.
Zhang Jiulu was also a little confused as a monk of 20 feet.
He was born tall and sturdy, stronger than his elder brother, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked very honest. When he went to the battlefield, he always rushed forward with military achievements. He also married a wife and was rewarded with a big house. Ten or eight, the house can live.
Zhang Jiulu was worried that he had done something wrong, so he followed the messenger nervously and thought about it all the way.
It should be a good thing, but if it's a bad thing, it's not looking for the messenger, but sending troops to arrest him. He is also a platoon leader. If there is a big mistake, a review meeting will be held.
When Zhang Jiulu returned to the dormitory in a dizzy state, his colleagues in the dormitory asked him enthusiastically, "What's the matter? But you're going to be promoted again? The next step up is the battalion commander, so you have to be your age. The youngest battalion commander is really good enough."
Zhang Jiulu stared at him absent-mindedly before saying, "General, let me go to Gaoyou."
"Why did you go to Gaoyou? The soldiers on Gaoyou's side hardly fought, and they had no military exploits, so go there to be safe."
"Also, although you can't get military merit, you don't have to tie your head to the waistband of your pants."
His comrades were comforting him. After all, if he went to Gaoyou to be the platoon leader, it would be equivalent to demotion.
Zhang Jiulu swallowed: "The general asked me to take 10,000 people to Gaoyou."
"what?!"
"Zhang Jiulu! Are you going to be the captain?!"
They stared at Zhang Jiulu closely, as if this person who was opposite day and night suddenly grew three heads and six arms.
Zhang Jiuli couldn't restrain himself, he always admired his big brother.
In his opinion, the eldest brother is almost omnipotent, righteous and tall. After the eldest brother became the captain of ten thousand, he also thought that if he could become the captain of ten thousand one day, does that mean that he and the eldest brother are the same people. ? Can he compete with his big brother
"By the way, you've all been promoted this time, should you change your name?" a colleague asked.
Zhang Jiulu smiled and said: "I have thought about it a long time ago. My elder brother said that our brothers can come here because of one person. That person has the same surname as us. If it weren't for him, we would not be today. benefactor's name."
"Zhang Shicheng."
"Our brothers are named after this. The second brother's name is Zhang Shixin, my name is Zhang Shide, and the younger brother's name is Zhang Shiyi."
Colleagues: "This name! Integrity, virtue, and good name!"
Zhang Shide smiled and said, "My eldest brother thought."
Someone next to me said, "It's a pity that some people have nothing to do with letters."
Zhang Shide was stunned, and immediately knew who the other party was talking about, and asked, "My second brother went to gamble again?"
The man: "Who said no, you got a suite last time, didn't you give it to him? Yesterday he went to the gambling game, and when he left, he also lost the suite you gave to others. If you want me to tell you, you shouldn't Give him something, he is still your second brother, not as good as your younger brother."
Zhang Shide also has a headache. His second brother is not like the eldest brother. Since the eldest brother became the captain of ten thousand, he has no idea who his surname is, and he has become arrogant.
Now that he has become the captain of ten thousand, the second brother estimates...
Thinking of this, Zhang Shide couldn't help but look bitter. Gambling is not a big deal. Usually, if he is caught, most of them will be fined.
But it's only these few years, there is a shortage of people and soldiers. After that, the world will be peaceful, and the second brother still likes to gamble. What should we do
"If you want me to tell you, your second brother is not a soldier. Why don't you let him stay at home. The monthly salary you and your elder brother received is enough to support him. Don't ask him to implicate you in that time."
"Exactly, think about it for yourself."
Zhang Shide thanked his comrades before packing up and preparing to leave.
He thought clearly that when the general asked him to go to Gaoyou, it must not be for him to enjoy the past. If Gaoyou had nothing to do, the original troops were already enough.
Soldiers can only go up by fighting battles. There is no battle to fight, so I don’t know how long it will take to climb up.
Being a soldier today is not a good job, but it is not a hard job either.
Now being a soldier is easy to earn military merit. As long as you are not timid and afraid of things, you will basically earn some money. When you retire, you can spend a few years of leisure. Even if you don’t go to work, you will not starve to death. When the day issued a death order, these soldiers would retreat, and the superiors would arrange for them to do things.
The days are full of rushes, and soldiers don’t spend their money like they did before, and fewer people gamble. They all want to save more money. When they retire later, they can also buy a bigger house and marry a Daughter-in-law, have a few more children, even if you can't marry a daughter-in-law.
Gaoyou is the place where Nan Bodhisattva first started. The atmosphere of Gaoyou has spread to almost all other places, especially the fact that women run households. Since women can set up households and have the right to own property, women have changed. There are some big families and scholars. think that women have become untamed, they were sheep, and they go wherever the shepherd drives them.
They obey their fathers at home and their husbands at marriage. They cannot live without a man. There is no place in the world for single women to survive.
But it’s different now. Many women can start their own households when they reach adulthood. Five or six years ago, who would have thought that this would become so common. Walking down the street, it’s very common for single women to do business. Most of them are in groups of three or five, and the sisters who have a good relationship before the establishment of the household serve as arms for each other. If anyone is looking for trouble, they will go to the patrolling guards.
The more developed the economy, the later the age of marriage. Gaoyou is the most developed place, there is salt, and now there is a prototype of a market economy. People don’t all go to work in various factories, and they start their own business with a lively mind. Gaoyou originally had a laundry room, dedicated to washing the soldiers' clothes.
After a few women set up a household, they thought it was a way to make money, so they invited a few aunts to open a laundry room together.
At the beginning, no one asked them to wash their clothes, so they went door to door knocking on the door, and prepared some small snacks, which were not very valuable, but they were more sincere than knocking on the door empty-handed. In short, this was the first order.
Almost everyone in Gaoyou has a job. Slowly, many people find that sending their clothes to wash can save them a lot of time. After all, washing clothes is not an easy job.
Soon, their laundry room became bigger and bigger, and more and more workers were hired, not only in Gaoyou, but also all over Taizhou.
No one could have imagined that they would be successful.
Their success gave a boost to the market economy.
Many people work in the factory while looking for work outside, and many people want to do business.
Chu Lin is in charge of these things now. Since Song Shizhao left, these burdens have fallen on his head. Although there are people left behind by Song Shizhao, Chu Lin will do everything personally, lest something happen to be implicated. Himself, this has won him a reputation, and women like him.
There were even women who made some ironic troubles in order to see him a few more times.
People around him often make fun of him because of this, saying that if he is a woman, he must be a demon concubine who will bring harm to the country and the people.
At this time, Chu Lin looked at the woman in front of him with a serious face. He had learned to pretend, at least he seemed to be an indifferent and upright "adult".
The woman's surname was Li, and she didn't have a big name at first. After she set up a household, she gave herself a name: Li Shengnan.
She is in the cooked food business and runs more than a dozen shops. She came here today to pay taxes.
Li Shengnan looks frail, but the shrewdness in his eyes is that of a businessman. She sat opposite Chu Lin, looking neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "Sir, this is the account book of the previous season, I have already made the accountant do the calculations. Now, I have to pay a tax of 1,600 taels."
The people who can meet Chu Lin in person are all big businessmen, and they can only see him after paying at least five hundred taels of tax.
Li Shengnan added: "There is another matter to discuss with the adults. I want to rent the open space in the north of the city and build a house for the staff to live in."
Chu Lin took a sip of tea: "How many years do you want to rent?"
Li Shengnan smiled at Chu Lin: "Forty years."
Every decade is a watershed, and prices go up quite a bit.
Chu Lin said to her, "That's not a small sum of money."
Li Shengnan sighed: "I'm a small business, and my employees come here from difficult times. Most of them are from poor families. They worked hard for me, so I naturally have to be nice to them."
This is to bargain with Chu Lin.
Chu Lin smiled and said, "Boss Li is righteous."
Li Shengnan quickly waved his hand: "What is the righteousness? Nan Bodhisattva is the righteousness, and what we ordinary people can do is limited."
Chu Lin: "Boss Li has humbled himself."
"There are some people who have retreated from the military camp here." Chu Lin, "There are those who are lame or have broken arms, but they all have the strength to do their jobs."
Li Shengnan lowered his eyes and seemed to be thinking. After a while, he said, "The business is not doing well now, and I can only accept twenty more people here."
Chu Lin: "Then Boss Li, go back and wait for the news. There are many people who want to rent the land in the north of the city."
Li Shengnan: "Sir! This matter can be discussed further, sixty people, really not more!"
Chu Lin picked up the teacup and covered the corner of his mouth: "Boss Li, come with me and sign the land deed."
Li Shengnan breathed a sigh of relief. She came from a small family. She lost her father when she was young and was raised by her mother. Her mother was born in a merchant family. She felt that money was the most important thing in the world. He shop, personally taught his daughter, Li Shengnan grew up under such conditions, if there is no accident, if he gets married in the future, he will do everything possible to control the family's money and shop.
As a result, when Nan Bodhisattva came, she didn't have to get married, and she could set up a household like a man and earn her own money.
Even her mother said to her, "I'm not as lucky as you. When luck comes, you have to grasp it."
Li Shengnan agreed.
The economy of Gaoyou is growing rapidly.
Turned into a jaw-dropping behemoth.