Chapter 42- Buying People
The store preparation in the county and the sauce workshop in the suburbs are basically completed but the two places need to recruit people. The workshops and shops Wei Cheng planned to build close to the official road of the county seat also needed to be completed, and it also needed to recruit people.
However, he needs stricter manpower requirements. He does not have his own manpower like Yun Chengfeng did so he must cultivate his own manpower and be absolutely rigorous in recruiting.
Cultivating people is a long-term task, and he has two choices. One is to buy a person- with the deed of sale in his hands, there would be no fear of betrayal. The other choice is to recruit long-term workers, the long-term workers are stable and bound by contracts so these people dare not betray him easily.
Before recruiting, Wei Cheng used his free time to teach his wife and Wei Lei how to do business and management at home.
“…As for doing business and managing employees, the most important thing is practice. The recruitment of workers for the sauce workshop would be handed over to Yuan Yuan, and the recruitment for the county shops would be handed over to Wei Lei. If you have any questions, you can ask them and I will answer them one by one.”
As soon as his words fell, the two spoke.
Zhou Yuan said, “…I have an opinion.”
Wei Lei said, “I have a question.”
One has an opinion, the other has a question- that’s fine, he’ll deal with his wife’s opinion first.
“Yuan Yuan, you speak first.”
Zhou Yuan frowned slightly, “Husband, I haven’t recruited workers before, I’m afraid I can’t do it, and I’m also a ger. If others see that a ger is in charge of recruiting then they will have many bad opinions of us. I can just help you while you are the one to recruit people, okay?”
Zhou Yuan still didn’t have the courage to be able to be responsible for recruiting people alone.
Wei Cheng comforted him, “Yuan Yuan, didn’t your husband say that I would be here for everything? Don’t be afraid to face those people. When we recruit workers, it is others who will come to ask us to give them jobs, not us asking them to work for us. If there are those who have bad opinions, then you don’t have to be merciful and just drive them away, I will be there to help on the day of recruitment, and there will be other people to help, as long as there are trouble, they will all be driven away.”
This era is very harsh and contemptuous for women and gers. Wei Cheng did not think about changing all of his wife’s ideals at once but he will let his wife get out of this type of thinking step by step so that he does not have to be afraid of other people’s eyes and be able to stand proudly.
In the face of status and wealth, harshness and contempt have always varied from person to person. The people he cherishes- Wei Cheng will not let others bully them, if someone bullies his wife then he will teach his wife to beat them back.
Zhou Yuan thought that what his husband said was right. In the past, it was very difficult for the villagers to go out to find a job. In order to make a living, they had to lower their attitudes and ask for them, hoping to get the job that would allow them to survive.
“Okay, husband, I will take care of the job recruitment.”
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“Don’t worry, your husband will not let you face it all alone. Your husband will make a list of the things to be done in each step of recruitment in advance, and you can just follow them.”
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Wei Lei said, “Okay, I know now, just leave things to me.”
If his ger goes to recruit workers, he will definitely not be worse than his friend. This is also an opportunity to exercise their confidence and abilities. When encountering difficulties, Wei Lei can just go to Wei Cheng.
“Okay, another question, when facing people who come to see us for work, how do we suppress them with our aura—”
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To buy people, he has to go to a broker.
There are private brokerage shops in the county and government offices, and there are public and private brokerage shops. When buying people, most of the slaves in the government’s office came from the mansions of officials who committed crimes. These servants knew the management of rich houses best, and they had some knowledge. But for now, Wei Cheng needed manpower.
For the largest private brokerage shop, Wei Cheng decided to use the backing of Tai Fu Luo when buying people so that he would not be afraid that the person in charge of the brokerage shop would introduce some people with questionable backgrounds to him.
Wei Cheng first went to the government brokerage shop and the steward in charge of the brokerage shop introduced him to the slaves who were waiting to be sold. Wei Cheng looked around and said, “I need two people who can fight, cook, and a housekeeper. They must have clean hands and feet and have committed no crimes.”
The steward of the brokerage shop answered, “I have heard this young master’s request, and stand up in line with the requirements. The men will stand in a row, and the gers and women would stand in another row.”
Perhaps seeing that Wei Cheng was wearing ordinary cotton-padded clothes that weren’t even as good as some flamboyantly dressed girls, those girls who were sold off from wealthy families. Even though Wei Cheng had an extraordinary appearance, they were all lacking in interest, and they wanted to find a wealthy family to enter as a concubine.
The others who stood up were all hard-working people, and they had no such messy schemes. Wei Cheng also didn’t want these types of people who had never worked hard in their lives under him.
Wei Cheng looked at the people who stood up, pointed to an elderly dressed in so much fabric and an ordinary tall girl, and asked, “Tell me, you two, what kind of work do you know?”
The old woman respectfully said, “Your Honor, this old servant used to be a steward of the master’s back kitchen, I can cook well, and I can discipline servants.”
The tall girl lowered her head and said, “Answering this young master, this servant did rough work in her previous master’s house, and I can do laundry, cooking, and needlework.”
Wei Cheng looked at the two of them replying with respectful eyes, the calluses on their hands showed that they were hardworking people, and he nodded in satisfaction, “I’ll keep these two.”
Wei Cheng turned around and walked to the line of men. He looked at the same line and looked at the last one. The man was tall and strong, with a straight face and imposing manner, sharp eyes, and a steady state. He looked like a warrior.
He wondered why this kind of talent was kept and no one was buying him. Did something happen?
The steward of the brokerage shop looked at Wei Cheng’s expression and guessed that the other party was interested in this tall man. He seemed to be very experienced and explained: “My lord, this man has not committed a crime. He is a domestic slave. His first master committed a crime and he was exiled. He was sold to the government office, and his character is guaranteed…”
Wei Cheng could see that the steward wanted to say something, and asked, “What do you want to say directly?”
The manager of the brokerage shop didn’t hide anything- this man was returned several times, sold, and then returned again, it was a recurring problem so he simply said, “You can see that this man is a capable man, but this man has some brain problems. Several masters who bought him before returned him within a few days.”
Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows, “What’s the problem? Are you an idiot?”
“I’m not an idiot!”
Before the brokerage shop manager could speak, the tall man retorted angrily and loudly. He had a straight face and a strong aura, but when he spoke, his true colors were revealed.
The steward of the brokerage shop shouted, “Remember the rules, do not answer back!”
The tall man pouted stupidly and stood back in dissatisfaction. After standing back, his seriousness returned.
Wei Cheng: “……”
This guy’s brain is indeed not lacking but he seemed a bit slow in some areas.
The steward of the brokerage shop’ mouth twitched at the corners as he said with an embarrassed smile, “This person is not clear-headed, and easily offends people. He was sent back a few times before because he didn’t know the rules and had interrupted others casually. He is absolutely loyal, when you say east then he won’t go west.”
Wei Cheng doesn’t think there is any problem, this kind of loyalty is like having a family member, unless it is cultivated from childhood, it is difficult to find.
“It’s okay, I’m looking for a servant who is loyal and able to do things. My family’s rules are not so complicated, I’ll also take him.”
The steward of the brokerage shop nodded- relieved that he finally got rid of this hot potato.
In the beginning, he also saw that this man was tall and a capable worker so the price was a bit high… Later, the price dropped more and more since no one was willing to buy him, leaving him for too long in the brokerage shop. This person is very good at talking back, and he eats too much…
As for the person eating too much, he didn’t say anything as he was careful, lest the boss in front of him take back his words when he hears that this slave eats too much.
The manager of the brokerage shop kept it a secret, but when the tall man heard Wei Cheng saying he would buy him, he happily asked, “Will I be able to eat if you buy me? I haven’t had a full meal here today, this man is too stingy.”
The head of the brokerage shop throbbed.
Wei Cheng glanced at the steward of the brokerage shop, then looked at the tall, silly man, and asked, “Do you eat a lot?”
The tall man grinned foolishly, showing his bright white teeth, “Not much, I eat five bowls of rice and three big steamed buns for a meal. Meat is the best but I don’t mind eating without meat. What’s important is to have a full stomach.”
Wei Cheng: “…”
This amount of food he consumed made him really difficult to raise in ancient times.
The brokerage shop’s manager next to him saw that the stupid man had revealed the matter of his large appetite, he was so angry that veins popped out, and he thought with a dark face that he would definitely not be able to get rid of him at this time.
Originally, since Wei Cheng was wearing ordinary clothes, it meant that his family had no background so he was not afraid of the man being returned if he was sold. He can just refuse to take him back, unlike the people who bought the man before, they all had a background so when those people came to return him, since he couldn’t offend them, he had to accept the man back.
If he can’t sell him, then he’ll be eating and drinking here for free. This was a government’s office so he couldn’t just beat him off and whenever he scolded him, the man became even more shameless.
“Shopkeeper, I’ll take these three people, give me a sincere price.”
“Yes, yes, for sure.” If he can get rid of this certain person then he can make as little money as he wants, “The two people in the front would cost ten taels each, and the man behind him would cost twenty taels. This is the most honest price. Most capable men are worth more than fifty taels.”
Wei Cheng felt that buying them was not that expensive so he handed over the silver and asked the brokerage shop to handle the formalities.
Things were going well until the elderly woman who was bought by Wei Cheng knelt down in front of Wei Cheng, and begged, “Master, please show mercy and buy my husband and grandson as well!”
“What are you doing, don’t you know how things go around here—”
The manager of the brokerage shop got angry and waved his hands- gesturing as if he wanted to teach her a lesson. Daring to ask for favors as a servant- is it because she looks down on him?! Is it because she thought that he couldn’t teach that fool so he can’t teach a woman?!
Wei Cheng stopped the brokerage shop manager, “I’ll listen to what she has to say first.”
The person who bought her didn’t have any objections, so the steward had to stop himself.
Seeing this, the woman hurriedly said, “Master, my husband is locked up with our grandson. He was the steward of the mansion before and he is very loyal… Please buy them. We will definitely be good servants in the future and will be absolutely loyal to you.”
Wei Cheng asked the manager of the brokerage shop to bring the man, and the manager of the brokerage shop ordered his subordinates to bring the man.
Hope they are not a bad people
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Thanks for the update!!!
Well he did mention all he eats in a meal.
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I hope they all are good people. We don’t need schemers!!!
I really pleased with this novel so far.
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I can’t wait for them to get even reacher!!!