Once you become a boy, marry a good man, and become rich together

Chapter 128 Training Manpower

When Jiang Ci saw the person opening the door, he was stunned for a moment.

This person...why is he here?

The person who opened the door was none other than the young man whom Lin Jingsheng had asked to help find out where to buy daggers, and who had also recommended to them where to rent a carriage last time.

"Hey! The two masters are here, please come in, please come in!"

He quickly opened the door and let them in.

Lin Jingsheng felt Jiang Ci's figure pause for a moment, "What's wrong, Ah Ci?"

Jiang Ci didn't look at the boy who was still leaning against the door, "It's okay, let's go."

"This is Xu Xia. He is in charge of a group of kids here and teaches them some Kung Fu."

"Hello Jiang Dongjia, I'm Xu Xia."

When she smiled at Jiang Ci, her eyes curved into crescents, and she exuded an aura that made me feel very approachable.

Jiang Ci looked at him and felt that he was a different person from the nonchalant Xu Xia she had met before.

Of course, not to mention the last time he went to Xu Xia to get something done, and the ruffian and ruthlessness he displayed.

When you enter the yard, you can see that the weeds have been cleared and the houses on both sides have also been repaired.

Passing by the houses on both sides and walking towards the yard at the back, I saw many children washing clothes by the well.

Some washed clothes were being hung up by the rope over there.

Looking at these children, the youngest is seven or eight years old, and the oldest is fourteen or fifteen years old. There are more than 20 people in total.

However, it seems that most of this group of people are in their teens, more than half of them are boys, and the rest are mostly boys. There are relatively few girls, and they are all relatively young.

The reason is self-evident.

Many of these children were killed in the floods, and their relatives were unwilling to raise them, so they became beggars on the streets.

When the children saw them, they immediately put down their work and greeted them politely and respectfully.

"Just do your own thing and don't worry about us."

Lin Jingsheng took Jiang Ci to where the child lived. The house at the back was only used for living.

"It's better for four children to live in one room and be taken care of."

Jiang Ci thought the same thing, "They don't have anything. These four people live together, and the room still looks empty."

"These things were added later. Before, they just slept in the corner of the alley. There was nothing else."

"Are these the beggars in town?"

"Only one girl is not one of them. She is the older girl drawing water from the well. Her name is Li Xiaojin. She was bought from a human trafficker in town. She had studied before she could read. She was bought to teach these children how to read and write, and to take care of the little girls."

Hearing this news, Jiang Ci was a little surprised, "You actually thought of teaching them to read and write."

"But now, the place where soap is prepared has to record how much soap is made every day. We still need someone who can write."

"Have you ever thought that these people might disobey and run away in the future?"

Lin Jingsheng slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my brain. I forgot to tell you."

Then he took out a stack of papers from his pocket and said, "This is the indenture of these people."

Jiang Ci looked at them one by one and said, "Those people are easy to talk to, but why was Xu Xia willing to sign the contract to sell himself?"

"All these people he took back were his subordinates. It was not so bad in the summer, as they only had to worry about feeding them and not starving to death if they missed a meal. But it was different in the winter, and some people froze to death on the streets.

I can provide them with a stable place to live, and now those who have signed the indenture contract are willing to do so.

At that time, half of Xu Xia's children had not signed the indenture contract. Later, I approached him several times and promised him some benefits. He agreed, and the other half signed. "

"What are the benefits? And what you just said, let him teach these kids some martial arts."

"The second time I went to persuade him to sign the indenture contract, we had a fight, and he was attracted by my kung fu skills at that time.

Later, he signed a contract to sell himself, and I gave him my kung fu skills, and asked him to teach these children some physical training, and I paid him one tael of silver per month. "

Jiang Ci stood in front of Lin Jingsheng with his hands behind his back, staring at him in surprise.

"Ah Sheng, I like this surprise very much!"

"As long as you like it, that room over there is used for them to learn to read. Go and take a look."

As they walked, Jiang Ci said, "It seems that I still don't know you well enough. These people and this place will be arranged in the next few days."

"It's nice to eat your free rice, but what I want is to be able to help you."

Lin Jingsheng was originally pinching Jiang Ci's face, but the more he looked at her, the more beautiful she became, so he pecked her lightly on the mouth.

Then he pushed open a door that served as a classroom. Some of the tables, chairs and benches inside looked very old, while others looked like they were newly made of old wood.

"These old carved tables and chairs were all found in this room. If there weren't enough, we made some more out of old wood."

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​renting this big house here? It looks like a three-story courtyard. How could it have fallen into such a state of disrepair?"

“When I had this idea, I was walking around this town, looking for a suitable and cheap place to rent. When I saw this place, I asked people nearby.

This mansion is thirty or forty years old. It was built by a businessman who returned home with great wealth. However, he didn’t live here for long. I don’t know whether he met an enemy or his business was not going well, so he moved away with his family. So it was left empty and was seized by the government.”

"Then why has no one rented it for so many years?"

"Because when they left, more than a dozen servants in the family died in the yard."

"If I buy it like this, how much would it cost?"

"This yard is not worth much, but this large area is probably worth more than a hundred taels."

"Then let's buy this yard. We are not short of money now anyway, and there will be more people here in the future."

"Okay, that's exactly what I meant."

"But you don't have money, right?"

"Aci is right. Just wait for me to talk to you and then you can make the decision."

"You can pick some children who are suitable for martial arts training, and you can teach them some skills for guarding the house. When they have learned it, it will be just in time for us to use it."

Jiang Ci thought far into the future. He didn't know if it was because of his own ambition or his intuition, but he just had a feeling that his business would become big.

At that time, there would definitely be a need for a group of people like this to guard the house.

"I think so too, but now we need to make them stronger first."

"You brought me here today, which means they have a second employer. Do you have any gifts? How about buying them a set of clothes?"

"Yes, they will be delighted."