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- At dawn on the fifth day of the lunar month, Guo Da led eighty slaves to report for duty.
Eighty-one large cars blocked the alley behind the Zhao Mansion. Many neighbors were looking around, wondering whether the Zhao Mansion was moving or something else.
Zhao Hao ordered them to carry the coal and lotus roots from the backyard and load them into the truck.
Before dawn, Cai Ming took stock and found that after working hard for the past few days, there were a total of 12,000 coal lotus roots available.
Coal lotus roots are very convenient to stack. An eight-foot-long cart can hold 150 coal lotus roots, occupying less than one-third of the space.
"It seems that it is no problem to carry a thousand kilograms in a big truck." Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction.
"How about we let them concentrate the goods?" Guo Da asked.
"No need, your task today is to distribute these coal lotus roots to every street in the outer city as much as possible." Zhao Hao shook his head.
"Excuse me, sir, how much does this cost?" Guo Da asked again.
"It's free for the first three days, and from the fourth day on, it costs four cents each." Zhao Hao replied, "You can also exchange it for loose coal, four pounds for one."
¡°It¡¯s going to be hard in the beginning, so you run around more. Later, I¡¯ll teach you how to play¡¡±
"Young master, what you're talking about is, it's all about practicing and not making fools of yourself." The fat little black man said eloquently: "If you do a good job in business, shouting is indispensable."
"There's a set of them." Zhao Hao smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said: "Our business earns hard-earned money. Fortunately, the manpower will be in place in two days, so you won't need to pull the cart. By then you will Just put up a shack on each street and attract business."
"Hey, we will do whatever the young master says." The little black fat man nodded and made a mental preparation to endure hardships and stand hard work.
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Zhao Hao asked the guards to help load the remaining coal into the truck, and called the servants into an empty room in the back house.
In the room, there is a huge map of the outer city hanging This is what he asked for from Wu Shilai. In fact, originally there was even the inner city part, but he was asked to cut it and put it away to avoid anyone thinking that he was going to rebel.
Then Zhao Hao repeated what he said to the little black fat man, and then said to the servants: "Our goal is of course to make every household in the capital use coal lotus roots. But the rice still has to be eaten one bite at a time. After My Lord, we must first focus on the outer city."
"From the statistics of Shuntian Prefecture, the number of registered households in the outer city exceeds 100,000, and the number of hidden household registrations is almost the same."
Because the Ming Dynasty levied a head tax, the household was the tax calculation unit. People used methods such as dividing their families and canceling their household registrations to reduce their tax burden.
At that time, collecting more taxes was not considered a political achievement, and the government turned a blind eye.
¡°So much so that after two hundred years of peace in the world, the number of households in the Yellow Book of the Ministry of Households did not increase but decreased If later historians used this to discuss the hardships of the people of the Ming Dynasty, they would be either stupid or bad.
"And in the outer city, there are basically ordinary people with low and middle incomes. These people are our target users!" Zhao Hao said loudly: "Our slogan is small profits but quick turnover. I have already decided on the most competitive ones." How much you can sell it for depends on your ability!"
"For this reason, I would like to announce that for every ten coal lotus roots sold, you can get a commission of one penny. The more you sell, the higher the commission will be!"
Hearing what the young master said, all the servants couldn't help but feel happy. They all said that even if there was no reward, they would do their best to serve the young master.
At this time, they still don¡¯t know how much benefit this humble penny will bring them
Zhao Hao didn¡¯t bother to explain to them, he just let the facts speak for themselves. Then he conducted a brief sales training for the slaves and taught them how to introduce the advantages of coal lotus root to the common people in the most straightforward and simple language.
As for the issue of preventing gas poisoning, he didn¡¯t mention it at all. Because after living in the Ming Dynasty for a year, he has deeply realized that the ventilation of houses in this era is really good
For example, in the main house where he lives, the windows are made of paper and the door is made of wood. At night, there is a constant breeze.
This is still the residence of a dignified third-grade official. If it were an ordinary people's home, even the walls would be ventilated. Are you worried that the coal poison will not be dispersed? This is purely unfounded worry.
It is only in the mansions where princes, nobles, and wealthy businessmen live that carbon monoxide poisoning may occur because the rooms are too well sealed. But those people have all burned silver wire charcoal, who would use the briquettes that are covered with dirt?
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Finally, Zhao Hao pointed to the map of the outer city behind him and said: "I have divided the more than 300 streets, roads, and alleys in the outer city into 60 sales areas. How will they be allocated specifically?Manpower, Guo Da, you are in charge. Let¡¯s set off as soon as we¡¯re done¡¡±
"Yes, young master." Guo Dacheng responded respectfully.
"Starting tomorrow, we will go to the Lugouqiao Coal Yard instead." Zhao Hao ordered again and left the house.
Outside, Cai Ming had already led people to load the trucks. Each truck cost 150 yuan, and there were more than 200 yuan left. He followed Zhao Hao's instructions and asked the servants to distribute them to nearby neighbors.
He took five people and loaded the one hundred sets of molds onto the carriage parked outside the main entrance. Then he stood in front of the car and waited quietly for the young master to come out.
"Not bad." When Zhao Hao came out dressed neatly, he saw that he was ready. He nodded with satisfaction and got into his carriage.
"Let's go." Gao Wu gave the order and drove the young master's carriage ahead.
Cai Ming led people to protect the carriage and followed behind.
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By the time we arrived at the coal plant, it was already late afternoon.
It was only a day later, and the originally quiet yard turned into a large and bustling construction site.
The sight of thousands of people banging hammers against each other in the coal mountains and seas of coal is still very spectacular.
Zhao Hao saw that many workers were holding big rocks and smashing them there before they received their tools. Not to mention his enthusiasm for labor was heightened.
Hearing the steward below say that the Young Master has arrived, Sun Dawu hurried over and welcomed Zhao Hao into the small courtyard in the southeast corner.
This was the original residence of the yard manager, and Sun Dawu regarded it as a place where he and the other managers would discuss matters.
After entering the house, Sun Dawu wiped the tables and chairs clean and asked the young master to sit down. He also brought tea with his own hands, and then reported:
"That's what the young master said. Yesterday, a thousand people arrived and worked for less than half a day. But we followed the young master's instructions and gave them a good meal, and gave each of them forty coins during the break. As a result, today , two thousand more people came at onceLooking at this situation, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we will be able to recruit 6,000 people."
"It doesn't matter if you recruit more, I can afford it." Zhao Hao took a sip of tea and said confidently.
"Hey, I understand." Sun Dawu didn't talk nonsense this time.
Compared with the workers of later generations, this labor force is so cheap that it is almost useless
Yesterday, we only spent 40 taels to start work for a thousand people; it was only 1,200 taels a month, which was just enough for Mr. Zhao to reward one of his disciples.
Even if ten thousand people are employed, the salary for one month, including food and clothing, is only fifteen thousand taels. For Mr. Zhao today, there is no pressure at all.
Don¡¯t forget, this is all a labor-intensive effort with three insurances and one housing fund, no benefits, and no holidays
¡®This Ming Dynasty is simply a paradise for capitalists! ¡¯
Zhao Hao suppressed the joy in his heart and deliberately asked Sun Dawu with a straight face:
"You won't persuade me today?"
"Hi, sir. I spent the whole night thinking about it, and I couldn't figure it out until I thought about His Highness opening a porridge factory."
Sun Dawu hurriedly reflected with shame on his face: "Young Master is not doing it to make money, but to help the refugees in a different way I will also treat them kindly in the future"
"Uh" Seeing that he was overdoing it, Zhao Hao reminded his coal plant manager in embarrassment: "You still have to control your expenses and don't make too much effort, so that you can"
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"How can we help more victims?" Sun Dawu hurriedly answered the question.
"Not bad." Zhao Hao glanced at him approvingly, and as expected, every fat man was admired.
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