Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

After the holiday, it was time to pay workers in the cloth shop.

There was a lot of noise at the entrance of the cloth shop.

Xu Zhubu and the other village heads stood at the front of the crowd. Xu Zhubu held the wage book in his hand with a smile on his face. Several village heads had rosy faces and stood beside him with their backs straight.

Even without Xu Zhubu saying anything, the employees in the cloth shop became quiet spontaneously.

At this moment, there was no sound of the loom, and the surroundings were especially quiet, as if God and the God of Land had taken a nap together.

Xu Zhubu got straight to the point: "I gathered everyone together before work today for one thing. I'm sure everyone has guessed it."

No one spoke on the field, but everyone's mouth corners were stretched straight behind their ears.

It’s only the beginning of the month and it’s already time to pay last month’s wages!

If you work outside, which boss wouldn't delay you for ten days or half a month?

Sure enough, only the adults in the family will care about their own people from the bottom of their hearts!

Today is the first time that the cloth shop pays employees' salaries. Logically, the person standing at the top and speaking should be Shen Zheng.

But the glass lens was beginning to show results, and Shen Zheng was afraid of missing out on the good stuff in the furnace, so she didn't dare to leave and had to carry Xu Zhubu on it.

Xu Zhubu was not a person who was good at speaking polite words, so the "speech" in his hand was written in advance by Shen Zheng.

At that time Shen Zheng said: "Write it down and just say it directly when the time comes. There is no need to emphasize that it is my intention."

Xu Zhubu nodded and said yes.

But before he knew it, Xu Zhubu sold Shen Zheng out completely: "Before you pay me, Lord Shen has a few words to say to everyone."

The crowd suddenly became quieter.

Since Lord Shen didn't come today, they couldn't thank him in person or say a few words to him. In fact, they still felt a little disappointed.

But when the Lord sent Xu Zhubu to deliver the message, the feeling it gave them was completely different!

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Zhubu spoke: "First of all, the county would like to thank you all. Thank you for your contribution to the cloth workshop during this period of time."

Just the first sentence made everyone feel embarrassed.

The county thanks them?

This... is the opposite, right?

They are the ones who have the jobs and they are the ones who get paid, so why thank them...?

Before the joy could surge into his heart, Xu Zhubu continued, "Secondly, there is one thing that the Lord wants to criticize you for."

criticize!

Once these two words come out, the meaning becomes serious!

Everyone's heart suddenly panicked, and they turned to the people around them for confirmation.

What did they...do wrong?

"Mrs. Xu has been very busy lately. Although she doesn't come to the cloth shop often, many things cannot escape her eyes." Xu Zhubu looked at them and said, "The cloth shop stipulates that work ends at twilight every day, and every six days, we have a day off. But tell me, among all the people, how many people really abide by this rule?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Since ancient times, the word "regulation" has not been very nice.

"Regulations" mean constraints, "regulations" represent the need to follow the rules, and "regulations" are shackles and cages.

But when the word "regulations" is put into Tongan County, everything seems to have changed again.

Regulations are no longer constraints and cages.

The regulations seemed to have grown flesh and blood, and exuded a special smell.

——Human touch.

Several village heads came over first. Village head Zhou rolled his eyes and began to explain: "Master Zhubu, this is what happened, but the situation... is not like that."

Several village heads nodded and agreed: "You and the adults should listen to our explanation."

Before Xu Zhubu could refuse, Zhou Lizheng spoke again: "Master Zhubu, the work in the cloth shop is not very tiring. At the time of You, we haven't used up all our strength. If we don't do something, we will really feel uncomfortable..."

Xu Zhubu picked up a pen and paper from the small table and began to take shorthand notes.

That expression seemed to be saying - you guys tell me, I'll take note, and then take it back to show the adults.

Zhou Lizheng groaned, but still said, "Besides, we are all here voluntarily. If there is something going on at home, we can just leave at a certain time. If there is nothing to do at home, then we can just sit there doing nothing anyway! You can't... deprive us of these little rights, can you?"

Xu Zhubu raised his eyelids and wrote four words on the paper with emphasis - "deprivation of rights".

At this moment, Zhou Lizheng already knows quite a few words!

Especially the words "seize" and "power", he is very familiar with them!

"No!" Zhou Lizheng's scalp tightened, and he came over bitterly, "Master Zhubu, you can't pass a note to you with emotions. We, the head of the village, have never thought of seizing power... The cloth shop must be decided by you and you!"

Xu Zhubu's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't respond. "Is there anything else you want to convey?"

Several village chiefs began to make eye contact.

After a moment, Zhou Lizheng coughed lightly, "Then... please tell the adults that we will definitely go home before dark! We will never work in the dark! We will never walk at night!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The employees also began to agree: "Zhou Lizheng is right. Working at night wastes lamp oil. We can't do this!"

Xu Zhubu nodded and took note.

After stopping writing, he raised his head and began to look for someone in the crowd.

"Ge Le, Cen He, Huang Yumei, Peng Gao, Luo Chu, Li Xiang."

He called six people out of the line.

These six people are responsible for six guarding teams respectively, and each has their own division of labor.

Among them, two groups took turns guarding the gate and were also responsible for assisting the carriages in and out;

The two groups took turns guarding the warehouse and were also responsible for assisting in loading and unloading the carriages and counting the goods;

Finally, the two groups took turns patrolling around the workshop to ensure the privacy of the workshop and the safety of its employees.

After the six people stepped out of the line, they straightened their backs, looked straight ahead, and waited for Master Xu's next words.

"After the evening hour every day, the inspection team will inspect the area, the warehouse team will lock the warehouse, and the gate team will lock the gate to ensure that all employees have left the area."

As Xu Zhubu finished speaking, the field fell into a strange silence.

After a moment, everyone was in an uproar.

"What do you mean by this, Master?"

"Are you going to chase us away?"

"Once the hour of You is over, we can no longer stay in the cloth workshop to work?"

"Why? Didn't we just agree that we would leave before dark?"

It is not uncommon to see bosses forcing people to work illegally, but this is the first time they have seen a boss forcing people to go home early!

Xu Zhubu raised his hand and smiled slightly: "What I said just now was just your opinion. I did not agree with you, and neither did you. What I said just now was your opinion, and you have another word to say, which you want me to convey."

Everyone pricked up their ears.

"My lady said that she is very happy that you are willing to contribute to the cloth shop, but besides the cloth shop, you also have a real home to return to and real family members to accompany you. The work of the cloth shop is endless, and it may not be finished in a lifetime. She does not need you to work overtime, and she does not need you to burn yourself to light up the cloth shop."