I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 182 The real reward

"Captain Zhou, why are you here?" Zhou Abao said in surprise.

"I'm here to see you off. We've been in meetings these past few days, and after the meeting I found out you'd already left, so I caught up with you to see you off." Zhou Erwa smiled brightly.

The people from Zhoujia Village also gathered around. After three months of getting along, they all had a pretty good relationship.

After a moment of farewell, Zhou Erwa started to talk about business. He took out two envelopes from his pocket. There was a jingling sound inside the envelopes, and there were seals on the seals.

"This is the salary of Zhou Yuanzhi, the fourth uncle. Although he did not work for three full months, his salary is still 6 silver coins." Zhou Erwa said as he picked up an envelope.

The person in Zhoujia Village who was most closely related to the fourth uncle suddenly knelt down and kept thanking Zhou Erwa.

Zhou Erwa took out a second envelope and said, "I have reported Fourth Uncle's situation to the higher-ups, and they have given me a 20-silver-coin pension. I want you to help me take the pension back to Fourth Uncle's relatives."

The people in Zhoujia Village were suddenly shocked. Many of them had never seen so much money before, and they all looked at the two envelopes with burning eyes.

The man who had just knelt down was even more ecstatic. He kowtowed a few more times and was about to reach out to take the
Zhou Erwa frowned, looked at Zhou Abao on the side, and said, "Abao is an advanced person, and I trust him more. I'll leave this matter to you, Abao!"

After saying that, he handed the two envelopes to Zhou Abao.

Zhou Abao was stunned for a moment. He could feel all kinds of eyes from his fellow villagers were cast on him. He felt that Zhou Laosan was secretly pulling him, signaling him not to get involved in this matter.

But Zhou Abao took the envelope without hesitation and said firmly: "I guarantee to complete the task!"

Zhou Erwa was very satisfied with Zhou Abao's performance and suddenly asked, "Why aren't you wearing your medal for outstanding individual?"

"Uh" Zhou Abao scratched his head, not knowing how to answer this question.

"Come with me, let's talk alone." Zhou Erwa saw what Zhou Abao was thinking.

Zhou Abao also breathed a sigh of relief and followed Zhou Erwa's footsteps.
The people in Zhoujia Village looked curiously at Zhou Erwa and Zhou Abao who were talking in the distance, guessing what they were talking about.

Zhou Laosan stretched his neck to look at them. He only saw Zhou Erwa constantly patting Zhou Abao's shoulders, as if to encourage him. Zhou Abao also kept nodding his head, and his expression became a little excited.
This aroused their curiosity.
Zhou Erwa finished chatting with Zhou Abao and left. When Zhou Abao came back, he still had an irrepressible joy on his face and looked much more confident.
The people in Zhoujia Village asked Zhou Abao what they had just talked about, but Zhou Abao kept his mouth shut and refused to reveal a single word, so the people in Zhoujia Village had to give up.

The person who was closest to the fourth uncle also asked Zhou Abao for the two envelopes, but was rejected by Zhou Abao without any hesitation. The man could only give up in hatred.

It was not until late at night when everyone in Zhoujia Village had fallen asleep that Zhou Laosan asked in a very low voice about what had happened today.

"Dad! I'm telling you, you have to keep it a secret for me." Zhou Abao still couldn't suppress the desire to share. Zhou Laosan nodded repeatedly, "I'm your dad, we are a family, I will definitely not tell anyone else."

Zhou Abao felt more relieved and said in a small voice: "Brother Erwa came to tell me today that the Daming Royal Group is recruiting workers. Advanced individuals like me will definitely be given priority for admission. There is no need for a probation period. I will be directly admitted as a first-class employee."

"Recruiting workers?" Zhou Laosan asked in surprise, "Or as a worker like those who build dams?"

"Those who build the dam are temporary workers, not formal ones. If I am recruited as a worker of the Royal Group, I will be a formal worker, with the same status as Brother Erwa." Zhou Abao said, suppressing his inner excitement.

Zhou Laosan also became excited after hearing this. It took him a long while to control his emotions and asked what he was most concerned about: "How much is the salary?"

"The salary for a first-level worker is two silver coins a month, food and accommodation are provided, work clothes are issued all year round, and there are various benefits on a regular basis." Zhou Abao said with some pride.

Zhou Laosan was extremely shocked and quickly calculated in his mind. This means that he didn't have to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation for a year, so he could save the wages for the past twelve months, which would be 24 silver coins. 24 silver coins could buy 24 shi of grain.
This number made Zhou Laosan very envious. His family of five or six worked hard for a year and only got 20 dan of grain. The problem was that these 20 dan of grain had to be used for the family's food for a year, and it was not enough to eat enough, let alone have any surplus.
And these 24 silver coins of Zhou Abao are completely the leftover money!
If he becomes a formal employee of the Royal Group, he will earn much more than their whole family!

"This is still a first-level worker, and it can be promoted. The higher you are, the higher the salary. The highest skill level of the group is level eight. It is said that a level eight worker can earn at least one hundred silver coins a month," Zhou Abao continued.

Zhou Laosan was even more shocked. With his limited knowledge, he couldn't imagine what it would be like to earn hundreds of silver coins a month or thousands of silver coins a year.
He was in shock and could not speak for a long time. Then he whispered in a trembling voice: "Abao, you are holding on to a golden thigh! You must hold on tightly. Dad will definitely keep it a secret for you."

Zhou Abao nodded vigorously.

Zhou Laosan thought of something again, and after hesitating for a long time, he whispered, "You are right, Dad shouldn't stop you, nor should he laugh at you for being a fool."

Shrouded in darkness, Zhou Abao's eyes instantly turned red. He had recently been ridiculed by some people in the same village, and the grievances accumulated due to his father's lack of understanding were all vented at this moment.
Zhou Laosan, who was also in the dark, was not sleepy at all. He looked at the stars in the sky and thought to himself: Has the world changed? Can hard work really get the corresponding rewards?

“南堡盐田修筑进度目前为80%，共耗费51万石粮食，鱼肉暂不统计，折银币为51万枚；布匹23多万匹，折银币为14万枚银币；麻袋2100多万个，折银币42万枚；工具15万件，这部分只算损耗的费用为银币10万枚；人力成本60万枚；医疗、调料等等杂项耗费4万枚银币初一共耗费180万枚银币”

Tian Cheng's voice rang out in the tent.

Zhu Houxuan looked at the report in his hand and nodded continuously.
Everyone in the tent was whispering about these numbers.
After Tian Cheng finished his report, he looked at Zhu Houxuan, hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I have something unclear and I would like to ask you for your advice."

"Say!"

"Your Highness, why do you want to treat the workers so well? We can completely reduce the salary by a lot, so that we can save half of the silver coins."

(End of this chapter)