Fight the Giants Chapter 305

Chapter 305 Who will be

Hearing Huo Xi's question, Yang looked at Huo Erhuai.

Huo Erhuai didn't know what Huo Xi had in mind for the two Zhuangzis, and was afraid of ruining her affairs, so he looked at Huo Xi, and Yang Shi also looked at her.

Huo Xi did have some thoughts in his heart.

The environment in Tangquan Town is better, and there are hot spring pools. The remaining three servants seem to be more loyal.

But she just built a sugar shed in Mu Yan's village before, and she has other ideas later, her parents live here, and she can help to look after it in the future.

It's just the servants of this Zhuangzi, and it seems that they are not very easy to deal with.

Seeing that Huo Xi hadn't made up her mind, Mrs. Yang said, "Xi'er, mother listens to you. Mother can go wherever you tell mother to go."

Huo Xi then expressed his thoughts: "I want my mother to go to Tangquan Town to raise her health. The environment there is good. But we will make sugar in Zhuangzi here, and my parents will stay here in the future. I also need help to look at it. If the sugar shed is built in Tangquan Town, there will be too many people, and I am worried. And..."

Bao Xia said from the side: "Is the master worried about the servant here?"

Huo Xi nodded: "We will still make sugar in the future, and we need loyal servants."

"If the boss is worried, why not replace them all, and let's buy a new batch."

Huo Erhuai nodded: "Yes, Xi'er, we are the master's family. We held their deeds and sold them if they were disobedient. Father and mother still live here and will help you in the future. The sugar shed The things in the house cannot be dismantled and rebuilt. In the future, the two Zhuangzi will be close, so it will be convenient for us."

"Yes, Xi'er, mother also prefers to live here, the first family in Jizhuang can talk to mother, Tangquan town is full of nobles, and mother is not comfortable living in the courtyard over there."

Huo Xi pondered for a while, then nodded: "Okay. The mother will stay here in Zhuangzi first. I will take care of the personnel and affairs of Zhuangzi."

When Wu Dongsheng returned to his yard, his mother, wife, children and brother's family surrounded him.

Wu Dongsheng's wife, Lin, asked: "Father, should we redeem our family? We have also saved some money over the years. If we redeem it, we can become a good citizen."

Udon's old mother, Mrs. Rong, glanced at the daughter-in-law, but didn't speak.

Wu Dongsheng did not speak after hearing this, and turned to ask the old mother: "Mother, what do you think?"

Mr. Rong was silent, and then said: "My son, don't forget why our family sold themselves as slaves..."

Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by Mrs. Lin.

"Mother, it was back then, but it's different now. Back then, our family had a grudge against Xiangkun, and we were bullied and couldn't survive in the local area. We sold ourselves into slavery after suffering a disaster, but now our family has saved some money. The master also wants us to redeem ourselves, why don't we become good citizens?"

"Redemption, where are you going? Do you want to go back to your hometown?" Rong's heart is not very willing.

"Why do you go back to your hometown? I haven't been back for decades. Let's just buy a shop in the capital, start a small business, or settle down in the village where the big girl married. Buying a few acres of land is better than giving people Be a slave. Besides, Youwen is still studying, and he is also good at learning. If we redeem him, he can also take the imperial examination."

"Is it that easy to take the imperial examination?" Rong couldn't help but choked her.

Wu Youwen glanced at his mother, and said to Rong: "Grandma, I want to try."

Rong might as well that this grandson actually said such a sentence, does he know how wide the world is outside? After being praised by a private school teacher in a small village, you want to squeeze the single-plank bridge that thousands of people pass by?

When Mrs. Lin heard this, her face was filled with joy: "Yes, mother-in-law, if Wen wants to try it, let him try it. We can't cut off his future. Besides, the big girl redeemed herself and went out to marry in a nearby village. Every time I go back to see She was looked down upon by her mother-in-law, and looked down on our identity."

"Don't look down on our status, you still want to go to the big girl's village to buy land and build a house?"

"Then why don't we go to Beijing and buy a shop to do business?"

"Business is so easy to do?"

Lin refused to give up: "My father has been the head of the village for so many years, and he always has some contacts."

Rong didn't want to talk, so he glanced at Wu Dongsheng: "What do you think?"

U Dongsheng still remembers the time when his family sold themselves as slaves. After joining the government all these years, he really got the care of the master, so the family can live so well. He lived a much better life than the farmers in the surrounding villages. He walked outside and was respected everywhere.

If the new main family is still an official, and under the protection of the main family, they are naturally willing to stay.

It's just that the new owner's family is worse than their previous ones, starting from fishermen. Now it's just a little money.

But he has been running this Zhuangzi for more than ten years, and once he lets go, he feels a little bit reluctant.

Rong only took one look at the eldest son, and knew what he was thinking. He looked at Er'er's family again: "Qiu Shui, tell me."

Wu Qiushui and his wife looked at each other. His eldest daughter was married to the Qi family who was also a servant of the manor. The second son and the youngest daughter were still young. There were four members of his family.

The money saved in the family may not be enough to redeem their lives, and they are not big brothers. Besides, even if it is enough, there will be only a few taels left after redeeming their lives. How will they live?

Before he could make up his mind, the in-laws ran over with the whole family: "In-laws, are you going to quit your citizenship?"

If the in-laws leave their citizenship, what will they do?

Qi Da, like his in-laws, also has three children. Although the daughter is married, the old parents in the family, plus their husband and wife and two children, six people, have to pay a lot of money for leaving their citizenship.

His family is not like the Wu family, because it is the head of the village. These years, the owner's family rewards money and earns foreign money, and has a lot of silver. The few silver coins he saved in his family were not enough for the whole family to get out of citizenship.

Besides, where do you want to go after leaving your membership?

The next day, Huo Xi found out that there were only six households that were going to quit their citizenship, and there were nine households left from the original fifteen households.

Zhuangtou Wudongsheng wanted to take his family out of citizenship. His old mother Rong and his second brother separated from him and stayed in Zhuangzi.

Huo Xi raised his eyebrows.

Didn't say much, let go of the identity deeds of those who want to quit their nationality. Male laborers redeem 16 taels of silver, female laborers redeem 13 taels of silver, half-children and girls are all 8 taels, and those under ten years old are six taels of silver.

Only one or two more than the market price. After all, when she buys another person, she still needs to pay for people's fees, carriage fees, and lost wages. The yamen also has to pay.

How can we do business at a loss.

The remaining nine households are enough. If there is not enough, we will hire long-term workers and tenants, and we will not buy people for the time being.

As for the Zhuangtou candidate...

This Wu Qiushui seems capable, but Huo Xi doesn't want to use him.

Looking at his in-laws, Qi Da, he is honest. After thinking about it for a while, he promoted Qi Da to be the deputy head of the village. He will try it out for half a year. If he does well, he will be directly promoted to the head of the village.

Most of Qi was stunned. How could he be the boss of a farmer like a mud-legged person who can only bury his head in work?

Didn't wake up for a long time.

It wasn't until Qi Da's wife brought her parents-in-law and children to kneel down to thank him that he thanked him with hands and legs, expressing that he would listen to the master's words.

Huo Xi chuckled: "It's hard for you to take care of such a big village all by yourself. Pick some useful things from these families, and let them take care of one, and they can help you share one or two. It's nothing to worry about. It's up to you, you can just assign them work. Let your son help with the account book, I heard how many years have you sent him to study?”

Qi Da nodded while listening: "Yes, yes, he has studied for several years, and he can read, write and memorize."

Secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but it's okay, the boss asked him to find someone to help with the work, instead of letting him do everything, he was dizzy and didn't know where to start.

Huo Xi nodded: "Then let him be your accountant. You just need to take care of the personnel affairs in the field and in the village. If you have nothing to do, ask the owner Ji next door how to be a good owner."

"Yes, the younger one must listen to the master's words and manage this Zhuangzi well."

Huo Xi took care of the Zhuangzi's personnel affairs, and asked Huo Erhuai and Yang to arrange people to renovate the yard. Let them get in touch with the people in Zhuangzi. They will live here for a long time in the future, get in with people well, and get along more harmoniously in normal times.

(end of this chapter)

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