Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 459

Daming is actually short of labor everywhere, I have to say, this is really a rare thing.

The problem seems to be the case.

At the moment, Daming seems to be quite busy no matter if it is a military household or a craftsman household, regardless of whether it is a merchant household or a farm household. Even the coastal fishermen who were poor in the past have become a hot commodity now.

There is no way, as the territory of the Ming Dynasty continues to expand, there will definitely be more and more places that need to employ people, and the labor force will definitely become more and more tense.

It seems that we can only find a way from other places.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Feihong, didn't you say that the firm can bring labor from Dongying to work, why don't you bring more labor?"

We need a boat!

Zheng Zhilong sighed helplessly: "Huang, what, Huang Da is the head of the family, we don't have a boat, and the labor from Dongying can only be pulled to Liaodong by sailboat at the moment. It's not easy to travel here!
Dongying goes to Liaodong and passes through two islands to the vassal state of Korea, and the fleet can also dock on the coast of the vassal state of Korea, so the eliminated Cangshan ships and Canghai ships of the navy can go there to pull people.

It won’t work here. From Dongying to Dongfan, you have to take the sea route of Ryukyu, which is a country. Come here, bring some goods and encounter a storm. "

Well, again no boats to blame.

However, it doesn't matter, the Daming Western Company will soon have armed merchant ships.

Taichang thought for a while, and then asked: "Old Chen, if you bring some Dongying people over to plant the land for you, it shouldn't be a problem for you to plant double-cropping rice?"

Hearing this, Old Chen couldn't help being surprised and said: "Japanese pirates in Japan! Can they work honestly?"

Taichang smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, the Japanese pirates have all been subdued by the imperial court, and almost all the real Japanese pirates have been arrested and dealt with. Dongying people don't dare to act like they used to."

Hearing the words, Old Chen thought for a while, and then asked: "Then how do you calculate the wages for hiring Dongying people to farm the land? They won't work for nothing, right?"

Naturally, it is impossible to work for nothing, and they still have to make money to pay back the debts owed by the Daming Bank.

As for the specific salary, I have to ask Zheng Zhilong.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help looking at Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong said without hesitation: "As far as food is concerned, one tael of silver a month, do whatever you want, they still work very hard."

This profit is not very big!
Old Chen made some estimates, then hesitated and said, "Even if we grow double-cropping rice, we can harvest at most three hundred shi more grains a year.

According to the purchase price of your firm, it is about 150 taels.

We have to put in at least 30 taels of fertilizer here.

And if someone is invited to plant double-cropping rice, at least five or six people will be invited.

One tael of silver per person a month, five or six a year is six to seventy taels.

This has to be managed, and if people are asked to work, of course they have to be fed, at least a month is a stone of food.

Calculated in this way, five or six people are sixty or seventy shiliang.

In other words, excluding these, we can earn about ten taels more at most.

With such a big posture, you have to prepare a place for people to live, you have to cook for people, and you have to take some risks. It seems that it is not worthwhile to earn such a small amount in a year! "

uh, this!

Zheng Zhilong frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly said: "Actually, you don't have to let people work here all year round, even if you grow double-cropping rice, you need to work for four months at most every year.

You can let them do the work for four months. You can easily do the weeding and weeding in the fields, right?

Calculated in this way, if you hire six people a year, you only need 24 taels of silver, 24 shimi, and the money to buy fertilizers. You can earn at least 80 taels a year. "

Hearing this, Old Chen couldn't help but move: "This is really a trick."

Seeing this, Taichang suddenly asked Zheng Zhilong: "Feihong, the woman who cooks, does laundry and cleans in Dongying doesn't seem to need a tael of silver a month?"

Zheng Zhilong was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, half a tael of silver for housework is enough for a month."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said to Old Chen: "I heard that the imperial court built a new shipyard at Dongfan Zuowei, and the wages there are not low. It doesn't matter if you are not very skilled at the beginning, as long as you work hard. , earning two or three taels of silver a month is not a problem.

If you are proficient, it will be even more serious. It is no problem to earn four or five taels or even six or seven taels a month.

I think your youngest son doesn't seem to be married yet, right?

I think you can let the younger sons of the family go to work in the shipyard, and then recruit such an honest Japanese couple as sharecroppers to cook, wash, clean, weed and raise cattle for your family.

In this way, as long as your boss takes the sharecroppers to work, they can relax.

You two old people can just stay at home and enjoy the blessings. When the farming is busy, you only need to recruit two or three more laborers to work for four months a year.

Calculated in this way, it is no problem for your family to earn a hundred taels a year. "

Uh, send the youngest son to learn shipbuilding?

Hearing this, old Chen Tou couldn't help being surprised and said: "Master Huang, isn't shipbuilding a craftsman's job, and we farmers can learn it too?"

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "Actually, there is no distinction between artisans and farmers now, and almost all the workers in the workshops in Nanzhili are farmers.

What happened to shipbuilding? In fact, that's the thing. After a year or two of learning, you will be proficient.

You can't let the two sons stay at home, can you?

Working in the fields all year round is actually quite boring. Can you let your youngest son go out to see the world and make some money along the way. "

This is true, it is really boring to stay at home farming all your life.

There is nothing they can do in this generation. The imperial court does not allow them to run around or do anything else.

Farmers can only farm, and they can only stay at home to farm for the rest of their lives.

It's different now, it seems that there is no problem going anywhere, and even the guides are no longer needed.

Perhaps, it is time to let the youngest son go out to see the world.

Elderly people generally hurt the little ones.

Hearing the words, Old Chen couldn't help but move: "Is my kid really going to learn how to build a ship?"

Of course, I can't wait for him to go.

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "It's definitely not a problem. I heard that learning shipbuilding can be accomplished with a little cleverness. You are so smart, your kid must be good, right?"

Hearing this, Old Chen couldn't help but chuckled and said, "The boss of Huang Da's family is over the top, but my boy is indeed quite clever."

That's it.

Taichang hurriedly urged: "You just let him go. If he doesn't accept him, you can say that you and Zheng Da are old acquaintances, and he will definitely accept him."

Zheng Zhilong wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this.

Your majesty, why are you kidding me?

You might as well let people say they know you, then the future is boundless after entering the shipyard!

After several people chatted for a while, Taichang got up and said goodbye.

As soon as the group returned to the ship, he said to Zheng Zhilong and Yuan Shu: "Feihong, you and Bo Ying took forty dragon-tooth warships and five hundred wolf-tooth warships to Dongyang to pull people. If you are a tenant farmer, you can talk to the local state officials in Dongyang, let them choose carefully, and try to choose the most honest one."

Zheng Zhilong nodded, and then asked: "Your Majesty, how much is suitable for this first batch?"

Without hesitation, Taichang said: "Doesn't the shipyard need 10,000 young adults? The first batch must at least bring in [-]+ tenant farmers to make up the number! By the way, let's bring some timber along the way. The shipyard will need timber."

All right, Zheng Zhilong hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Taichang then said to Xu Yunzhen and Sun Quan: "Just now you also heard, how to let the farmers recruit tenants, how to let the young and strong from the farmers come to work in the shipyard, you all go to the commanders of the guards and tell them to hurry up. Send someone to the farmer’s house under his command to give a lecture. It’s okay if there are more than a few people in Tunwei’s house, anyway, as long as you want to work in the shipyard, try to attract them.”

Uh, this.

When Xu Yunzhen heard this, he couldn't help but clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, not everyone can understand this, right?"

Taichang said indifferently: "You can't expect everyone to be smart. If you don't understand, you probably won't be able to do the work in the shipyard. This way you won't even have to screen."

Well, it is.

If you can't understand such a good thing, you really can't do your job in the shipyard.

(End of this chapter)