It was no wonder that these people were shocked. Who had ever heard of a feudal lord giving money to his people in exchange for farming tools?
The land belonged to the feudal lord, and the people in the territory belonged to the feudal lord. With so many people, why would the feudal lord care about the life and death of the people?
As long as the taxes were collected regularly, the feudal lord would not care so much.
However, Tang En was different from his usual self. After taking office, he did not ruthlessly plunder, but threw out a lot of money!
One thousand two hundred and thirty-two households!
One gold coin per household!
That was one thousand two hundred and thirty-two gold coins! With just one sentence, he threw it out!
The feudal lord did not treat gold coins as gold coins!
Everyone was shocked, and then, what followed was crazy cheers!
"Long live the feudal lord!"
"Long live Lord Tang En!"
Everyone was like crazy. Although this subsidy was only for the farmers, in fact, the farmers in Ellington were closely related to everyone, and they were very familiar with each other. Besides, when the farming tools were changed, the efficiency was increased, and the harvest was better. When the time came, the price of food would naturally fall, and they would also be able to obtain tangible benefits.
Fiona looked at Tang En with a complicated expression. Although he did not understand financial management, he was very good at how to make the people more united. Especially in these short few days, Tang En's several measures were almost all beneficial to the people of Ellington. This was almost unimaginable before.
When every feudal lord in other places took office, the first thing to do was to erase the traces left by the previous lord, then strengthen the rule and strengthen the armed forces to suppress the rebels. However, Tang En did the opposite. This was simply …
But Fiona had to admit that Tang En's methods were very effective.
Just the announcement of the purchase of peppermint grass today was enough to make everyone in Ellington smile.
As long as they were willing to work, they would be able to get an income. Was there a better guarantee than this?
After working for more than an hour, Fiona and the others finally finished purchasing all the mint grass, but this was not the end. There was still a lot of mint grass by the Emerald River, and it was likely that they would not be able to finish collecting it in the next month.
"How much did you buy in total?"
"… More than two tons of mint grass."
Fiona flipped through the book and found the unit.
Tang En raised his eyebrows. "On average, everyone got one kilogram?"
"No, there are only 400 people in total today, which means that each person collected a little more than two kilograms. With today's news, there may be explosive growth tomorrow. "
Fiona frowned. "The peppermint has already been moved to the warehouse, but I'm afraid it won't be stored for long. When will you be able to turn it into peppermints?"
"Who said they were all made into mints?"
Tang En raised his eyebrows, "Let's extract the peppermint essential oil first … Tomorrow, you can start recruiting temporary workers. I'll train all of them and they'll start working in the warehouse the day after tomorrow. Ten silver coins a day. How does that sound?"
"Ten silver coins a day?!"
Fiona suddenly raised her voice, "Even in Alinx, ordinary workers don't have such a high salary! Five silver coins is enough! "
"Five silver coins?"
Tang En smiled. "If it was before, I'm afraid they would be very happy. But after today …"
Fiona thought about it and agreed. Five silver coins was the income of five kilograms of mint grass. There was no need to learn how to collect mint grass. They just had to collect it. They didn't know if they would be able to make money this afternoon, but they had already collected so much. Tomorrow, they would have to dig as hard as they could.
"Ten silver coins is really not a lot, but this work is also considered a technical work …" Tang En thought for a moment. "Limit the workers to adults or teenagers. Give priority to those who live a tight life and have no other way to make a living."
"Okay, how many people do you want?"
"For the time being, let's set it at ten. The specific number depends on how much mint grass we can collect tomorrow … By the way, take some time to write an official document about the planting and promotion of mint grass. Tell them that buying mint grass is a long-term work. If they are willing to plant it, they can report to the Lord's Residence. They can be given some land to plant mint grass and the tax can be lowered appropriately."
"I understand."
"Also, has the reward for the guards been calculated?"
Tang En still remembered that he had promised the guards that they would be rewarded with gold coins after the bandit extermination. However, he had been busy since he came back, so he didn't pay attention to it after he passed it to Fiona.
"It's been calculated. I was just about to tell you."
Fiona sighed. "You spend too much money. You casually said that and you spent thousands of gold coins. Give them the money after the recruitment tomorrow."
"I think it's worth it. At least they are motivated now, aren't they?"
Tang En said with a smile. "And in the future, we will need their help to protect Ellington. How can we let the horse run and not let the horse eat grass?"
"It's clear that you are enough …"
Fiona muttered. If Tang En fully displayed his strength, who would dare to have designs on Ellington?
"That's all for now. I will work overtime tonight to get the distillers out. Tomorrow, we will move them to the warehouse. After we recruit enough people, we will start training."
"Okay."
Tang En went to Edgar's place to get some iron ingots. After he came back, he immediately started to get busy.
He had to work overtime. After he finished training them on how to use the distillers the next day and confirmed the process, all the metal farming tools would be ready. When the farmers got their hands on the metal farming tools, he would instruct Edgar and Brian to start building the water wheel.
The water wheel was very important to Ellington at the moment. If the water in the fields could not be replenished in time, the harvest of this year's harvest would be terrible. When winter came, many people might starve to death — this was not an exaggeration.
The next day, as soon as the news of Tang En recruiting workers was released, a group of people came to apply.
Not to mention that the salary offered by Twain was very tempting, just the fact that they could work for the Lord was enough to make them fight over it.
Fiona shouted, "Don't push! Line up! Whoever pushes will be disqualified! "
As soon as the order was given, the people below immediately lined up neatly. No one wanted to lose the opportunity to work.
"The Lord has ordered that because the problem of the site has not been solved, only ten people will be recruited for the time being. In addition, due to the requirements of this job, the age limit is below 30 years old. Those who are above 15 years old and do not meet the requirements can leave. When the candy factory is built in the future, we will recruit more people again. At that time, everyone will have a chance to work."
Hearing this requirement, some people who were over the age limit had to leave. Those who stayed did not have time to be excited when they heard Fiona say, "The Lord has also ordered that in order to provide help to the families who live in poverty, this job opportunity will be given priority to those who have a bigger family burden and who live in poverty. When we expand the recruitment in the future, we will recruit more people equally. Please understand."
Originally, Tang En thought that the second request would cause these people to quarrel, but unexpectedly, they were all very understanding, and even took the initiative to give up those people they knew who lived in poverty.
This surprised Tang En.
After two rounds of screening, there were not many people left. After counting, there were still 13 people left, and they were all women.
Prandal was very dangerous, so the mortality rate of men who often went out was very high. It was normal for there to be more women than men. Generally, men would find a way to make a living. The only people left were these helpless women.
They ranged from 15 to 20 years old. The most common characteristic was that they were very thin and weak. Their clothes were also very shabby and were full of patches.
Tang En recognized these people. They were the group of people who were the most active in collecting peppermint grass yesterday. They were still holding bags in their hands. If it were not for the recruitment, they would have continued to collect peppermint grass.
After a while, Fiona came to Twain with a troubled look and said, "My Lord, the lives of these girls are very difficult, and they all need this job very much. It's hard for me to get rid of any three of them. How about … you choose?"
Tang En was speechless. This girl, if you don't want to play the bad guy, let me do it?
Don't you know that the employees are to take the blame for the boss?
If you don't let the boss do the unspoken rules and don't help take the blame, you will definitely lose your job on Earth …
Tang En took a step forward. The 13 girls in front of him looked at Tang En with apprehension. They all knew that Tang En's words could determine their fate.
With this job, they would be able to eat and wear good clothes. They would be able to get through this winter smoothly. If they did not have this job, it was likely that when winter came, it would be their end.
"You …"
Hearing Tang En speak, the 13 people's hearts tightened.
Tang En said very straightforwardly, "They are all hired."
"Ah?"
The unexpected words stunned them.
"My Lord …"
A thin girl said timidly, "Didn't you say that only ten people will be recruited … If my Lord is embarrassed …"
"So," Tang En pointed to his nose and said very seriously, "I am the Lord, and I have the final say. I can recruit as many as I want. All of you are hired. Of course, if you don't pass today's training, don't blame me."
"Yes!"
The 13 people nodded fiercely and shed tears of excitement. If the Lord gave them a chance and they still could not grasp it, then they could only wait for death.
"Let's get ready for training … Little girl, don't cover your stomach, I heard it."
Tang En's words made the thin girl very uncomfortable, "I'm, I'm sorry, My Lord …"
Tang En was speechless, "Do you think it's okay to say sorry?"
This frightened the little girl and she knelt down in front of Tang En, "I know I was wrong, My Lord, please forgive me! I need this job very much! "
"Hmph, there's no need to talk about forgiveness. Tina, arrange breakfast for them! How can my people starve! "
The little girl was stunned. She looked at Tang En and shed tears again.
My Lord is really a good person …
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