novelraw Chapter 522
Chapter 522
Jia Cong originally thought that he would enter the village quietly and not shoot anyone.The development of trade unions and the working class has to take advantage of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism to grow secretly, like the weeds described by Lao Zhou;I never dreamed that Feng Ziying came to the door in person only a few days after the incident.
He asked: "Your Zhonghua Book Company's printing factory had trouble a few days ago, did you know?"
Jia Cong just woke up and hasn't had breakfast yet, so he rubbed his eyes: "I know, I'm fine now."
Feng Ziying frowned and said, "Do you still keep those disobedient workers?"
Jia Cong yawned: "As long as the skills are high and the requirements are not too high, why not keep them? I've put a whistleblower box for them."
"What whistleblower box?"
"It's just a mailbox, and anyone can stuff letters and notes into it." Jia Cong said, "If the managers and shopkeepers have done something to bully others or use power for personal gain, workers can write anonymous letters to report and expose. There are so many The workers stare secretly, even if they want to mess around, they have to weigh it. It’s not a bad thing for themselves, it’s better than being slaughtered by the ranger.”
Feng Ziying said: "Don't make trouble."
Jia Cong said casually: "What can happen? It's just ordinary people. Can they still not reason with me?"
Feng Ziying shook her head: "It's not a good thing for people below to compete with those above. Is this okay in the barracks?"
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Brother Feng, you are overthinking. Soldiers and civilians are two different things. Soldiers may be brave or ruffian, and civilians may be naive or tricky. Soldiers are trained and know how to fight; people are just a flock of sheep, goats and sheep are both. Sheep, fire, and guns are all put down in one fell swoop. As long as they don't drive them to a desperate situation, the people are the best to deal with. And they are easy to deceive."
Feng Ziying sighed: "Forget it, I don't care about your generosity. I always think it's not a good thing."
Jia Cong shrugged and said, "In my opinion, that kind of trade union is worth promoting. You see, the power of chambers of commerce is getting stronger and stronger, and those chambers of commerce are more popular than officials of the imperial court. The imperial court is not good at raising taxes casually. They can also try to escape the tax. In the early years, scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants were at the bottom, because the merchants were too ostentatious, and naturally some of the lord's brother-in-law and the lord's brother-in-law went to rob them. Now the ranger takes care of all injustices, and the merchants As long as they don’t break the law, or if they don’t get caught, the imperial court can’t do anything about them.”
Feng Ziying thought for a while: "That's true. In the past two years, merchants in Beijing and abroad have gradually been able to compete with officials."
"That's why I said." Jia Cong stretched his waist "ahhhhhhhhhhhhh", "Power must be supervised, and the best supervisors are ordinary people. Wouldn't it be nice to let them confront the rich man? Dare, but it’s okay to secretly file a black complaint. The trouble is that ordinary people may make up a complaint and waste the time of the court officials. It would be great if there is a sieve that can be filtered first.”
Feng Ziying thought for a while and said, "You want to use the trade union to fight against the chamber of commerce?"
Jia Cong waved his hands again and again: "Where does the trade union have that ability! Whenever the trade union crosses the border, the court must clean it up. But the trade union can inform the court and lead the way. And they can't pay them salaries, just use it quietly. Otherwise, The Chamber of Commerce will not be convinced."
No matter how transparent Feng Ziying is, she has only read history books from 3000 years ago, and has never taken a history class 300 years later. How could she ever wonder what a "trade union" is?There has never been one throughout the ages.Jia Cong babbled a lot, and sure enough he got his thoughts wrong.After a while, he said, "It's good that you understand." He said a few more gossips and left.
It didn't take long for the trade union of Zhonghua Book Company to be established, and Shi Qiusheng was busy with grassroots cultural construction in it.As soon as the news got out, many workers sneaked over to inquire.Pan Xigui is getting busier these days because all he cares about is going out to make contacts.Wang Fu faked his death once, and he was very interested and often thought about it, but he couldn't hang around the printing factory anymore, and he missed it a little.Except for Feng Ziying, none of the court officials noticed this matter.
At the beginning of June, there was a letter from the south that Yang Heng and Yang An were left in the Malay Islands, and Lin Daiyu Jarvis had set sail for Taiwan.Immigration from Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places has gradually become a tide, and there is an extreme shortage of people to preside over government affairs.Because the state of Yan is opening various government-run schools recently, regardless of whether they are on the list or below, many candidates have never returned to their hometowns, and they want to wait for the opportunity to get a job.Jia Cong then discussed with Jia Xu to make some proposals to go to Nanyang.Jia Xu said, "This is easy."
Two days later, a very elegant old man smiled and listened to gossip for half a day in the teahouse with the most children.This person looks and behaves well, and the clothes, shoes and hats on his body are expensive.Even if he chose a secluded corner to sit, it would be difficult not to draw attention.He ate two and a half pots of tea, but no one dared to disturb him.
At this moment, a pretty girl of sixteen or seventeen came up the stairs, wearing an emerald green blouse, obviously she was a servant girl of a rich family.The servant girl stood at the foot of the stairs and looked around, someone saw her with a sharp eye and straightened her eyes.His tablemate was shaking his head and recited his new poem yesterday. Seeing him stunned, he frowned and said, "Brother, I'm talking to you." squinted.It was too late to say it, but it took only a moment, and all the students in the building looked at the maid and were stunned.
The servant girl also noticed that these stinky men were looking at her, she blushed immediately, and turned her neck to look for someone even more panicked.After a few glances, he finally saw the old gentleman, hurriedly trotted over, and shouted in a low voice: "Master, my aunt is downstairs."
When the old gentleman saw her, he immediately looked sad and sighed, "Is everything going well?"
The servant girl lowered her head slightly: "Anyway... that's it. My aunt is very generous."
The old man snorted, "What auntie! You're not married, you haven't even visited a church, and you've never met a man. How can you become an auntie?"
The servant girl hurriedly changed her words: "Our girl has a big heart, so she doesn't care about that villain."
The old gentleman hummed again, stood up flicking his sleeves, called the waiter from the teahouse to pay for the tea, and slowly followed the maid downstairs with his hands behind his back.Downstairs was parked a green-covered Zhuying eight-treasure chariot, and the maid gently opened the curtain to get on it.In an instant, someone saw a beautiful face flashing inside.Although it was only for a moment, it was enough for the girl's bright eyes to slip past the crowd of people watching, and everyone thought that the girl in the car was looking at him.The old man coughed, and a young servant who followed him led the horse, got on the horse, and left with the carriage.
There was an uproar in the building.Tsk tsk, a beautiful woman, a wealthy family, an old man who looks good at first sight, and a pretty maid who is as beautiful as our young lady.Which poor student has never had this sweet dream?All the students talked about it in a hurry.There was an old scholar in the corner, but no one paid attention to him because he was wearing ordinary clothes.The old Confucian suddenly said: "Stop thinking about it, this family will leave soon."
Everyone turned their heads in unison like puppets: "Mr., do you know?"
The old Confucian took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Just now, that gentleman, surnamed Liu, was also selected by Juren. It was just that he failed several times in Chunwei, so he entered Jinyiwei."
"Boom—" the crowd was in an uproar.After the Taishang Huangdong hunted, Jin Yiwei dispersed.Even so, the word "Jinyiwei" is still enough to bluff people.
"This Liu Qianhu has a lot of money anyway, so he doesn't mind not being a errand."
"Boom—" There was another commotion.Well, it's still a thousand households.Jin Yiwei's salary is not much, but it is too easy to get money.If you think about it with your toes, you will know that Liu Qianhu is very rich.
"It's just a pity that his daughter, the good-looking Miss Jingcheng, why bother to marry to the south? Her husband has long been ill, and Miss Liu couldn't even get up when she sent her there. She didn't even pay her respects, and Miss Liu never saw her. The man lived in the courtyard for three years with his maid and nurse."
A scholar asked, "Why didn't this Liu Qianhu bring his daughter back earlier?"
The old Confucian glanced at him: "It's so easy to pick up the daughter you gave away? It's been three years! If it wasn't for the man's death, he wouldn't be able to pick it up again. And the in-laws also said, yes Those who come back to visit relatives will be sent back after staying for at least three months."
Oh, how could such a thing happen!Everyone jumped up against the case: "How unreasonable! It's too much to deceive people! Who is that in-law's family?"
The old Confucian said slowly: "What's the use of talking about it? You have power and power, and you can't even provoke this Liu Qianhu."
Everyone opened their throats and cursed.Anyway, I don't know who is scolding, so I just pick up elegant words to scold.After they scolded for a while, the old Confucianism sighed: "Old Liu only has such a daughter. He made up his mind a few days ago, sold his family property, and planned to move his family secretly to the Malay country in Nanyang. Over there The country has just been established, and the ruler is still my dynasty. There are not many local natives who have fought wars. They are recruiting immigrants from our country and recruiting talents from our country. He said that he will find a son-in-law there in the future That's good, I don't want to pick any family background." She shook her head and said, "That girl is really a talented woman, but it's a pity that she can only marry a barbarian."
The waiter couldn't help asking: "Is she still a talented woman? How do you know?"
The old Confucian said: "Their family is the neighbor of the old man. When the little girl was young, the old man even read the poems she wrote." Then he read, "'Meeting once and thinking about it once, the place where the most love is the most infatuated. Lonely mountain forest Three thousand trees under the tree, this is the branch that endures the frost.' This is her poem about plum blossoms when she was 13 years old."
"Okay!" A student took the lead and clapped his hands and shouted, and the whole teahouse immediately burst into applause.Someone asked the old Confucian where he lived.
The old Confucian waved his hands and said, "I was young and knew your thoughts, so I told you that you are leaving. Otherwise, why bother me? In China, Liu Qianhu can't stop that shameless in-law's family." Shaking his head again Sighing, "It's cheap for the barbarians in Nanyang." Nai stood up, gave the tea money and left.There were people around him asking where he lived, and he looked at the group of scholars and said, "Stop daydreaming, their family is set to go." He walked away.Two of the elders followed the old Confucian secretly, but he turned a corner and disappeared.
Although the person disappeared, the incident remained, and it spread throughout the capital in the blink of an eye.According to Jia Cong's words, this matter is a big prize.Knowing that only one of thousands of people can win, even if thousands of people buy lottery tickets and bet on the one-thousandth chance-maybe it is yourself?And all the students were thinking, wouldn't it be a pity for such a beauty and such wealth to be cheap for the barbarians?There are few scholars in barbarian places, so I stand out from the crowd, don't I?In a few days, there were hundreds of people who packed up and left Beijing, and they all wanted to go to Nanyang.
The one dressed as a maid is the fifth girl from the Zeng family in Luzhou, and the second girl in the carriage is the best-looking second girl of their family.I don't know what method Jia Xu has used to subdue these women.The old Confucian is Wang Fu, who is addicted to acting.
This matter actually spread to Yan Wang's mansion.King Yan didn't care about leaving a thousand households of Jinyiwei, it's just that the cocoa tea has sold like brown gold in the past few months.He knew that these objects were all produced in the countries of Java and Malay in the South Seas, but the rulers of these two countries were both surnamed Zhou.Now that he heard that the Malay Kingdom was recruiting talents, he inevitably paid attention to it, so he ordered Feng Ziying and Jia Cong to go to his mansion to discuss the matter.
Jia Cong listened honestly to them for a long time before saying: "Nanyang and I are separated by sea, and the audio is inconvenient. These two Lords of the Zhou Dynasty were both pirates, and they probably don't know how to govern the country. I think, my brother-in-law Gao Mangben is also the same. He is a general, but Ping'an Prefecture has long been a business district, and he has two older brothers, so it is not his turn to make a name for himself. Or, let him go to Java or Malay to be a part-time official. That overseas There are not many talents in the barbarians, maybe he can become a high official."
Situ Pan's eyes lit up!It's not that he doesn't have people at hand, but North America is vast and sparsely populated, and the shortage of people will be the most in the coming year, and the small countries in Southeast Asia have to put it aside for the time being.The Gao family followed the Jia family, and Gao Mang was Jia Cong's brother-in-law, so he was more reliable than others.He couldn't help but stroked his beard and nodded: "It's also a personal choice."
Jia Cong muttered: "It also saves Gao's cousin from bothering my sister endlessly."
Situ Pan glanced at him: "This is why we co-authored it!"
Jia Cong pursed his lips, and muttered again: "Original. No matter how happy a woman is at her in-law's house, it's better to move out of her own house."
Situ Pan thought about the meeting again: "There is really no one else who is more suitable. Can you prepare something for him?"
"Don't!" Jia Cong said, "He can just take his wife and children with him. Could it be that he handed someone a post saying 'Gao Mang, the third son of Gao Li, the governor of Ping'an Province'? Even if the ruler of the country is a pirate It’s not stupid to be born! What people want is talent, talent, talent is good.”
Feng Ziying also said: "That's right. If Brother Gao Xian goes there, he can just pretend to be an ordinary strong man who went to Nanyang to find his way. There are many people passing by, and he doesn't show up among them. It's just that their Ping'an Prefecture has been a place where merchants gather all these years. It is inevitable that some big merchants will recognize him."
Jia Cong said: "It doesn't matter if you recognize him. He is the third child, and everything in Ping'an Prefecture is out of his hands no matter what." He thought for a while, "It's just that I have to go to Chang'an. My aunt and grandmother are getting old. Not necessarily letting him go."
Situ Pan was startled: "Is Taijun Jia still alive?"
Jia Cong nodded: "The old man is in good health. It's just - she's over 80 years old. When the old man celebrates her birthday, our family happened to be keeping a filial piety for her grandmother. If Biao Mang goes to Nanyang...to see his grandmother die, he will definitely not be able to make it in time. "
Situ Pan sighed: "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be fulfilled. You should try to persuade her old man."
Jia Cong agreed.Suddenly thinking of Jia Mu, I felt inexplicably sad.