Chapter 165 Let’s be frank. I found a stepmother for you. Do you have any objections?

Luo Shang also understood what Yang Zhengshan meant. He thought about it and said, "I can try, but I'm not sure how much I can gain."

Yang Zhengshan took another sip of tea and said, "Go to Anning County before going to Jing'an Prefecture. Then you can take my post and visit the Lu family and Luo Jin!"

Jing'an Prefecture is not Yang Zhengshan's home, but it is Yang Zhengshan's hometown.

Although the Lu family is in Anning County, it is also a prominent family in Jing'an Prefecture.

Although Luo Jin is only a county magistrate, he also has some connections in the prefecture.

With the support of these two parties, Luo Shang dare not say how much he can gain, but he will not return empty-handed.

Yang Zhengshan asked him to go to Jing'an Prefecture, and he would naturally help him plan something.

"I understand, I will visit the Lu family and County Magistrate Luo first!" Luo Shang was obviously relieved.

If he relies on himself alone, it is almost impossible for him, an outsider, to reach out to Jing'an Prefecture.

It's okay to buy a store and do a small business, but if you want to make some achievements, it is absolutely impossible.

"As for the third thing, I actually want you to help the military households in Anyuan City find some livelihoods. The military households' lives are too poor. I hope you can provide them with some stable jobs as much as possible to make their lives better!"

This is Yang Zhengshan's main purpose.

If you want to help the poor, you can't do without agriculture and business.

In agriculture, Yang Zhengshan doesn't have much room for operation. Only in business, Yang Zhengshan can borrow Luo Shang's business.

When he was in Yinghebao, the prosperity of Yinghebao was also developed with the help of Luo Shang.

And now, Yang Zhengshan also needs Luo Shang.

This is why Yang Zhengshan is willing to support Luo Shang.

As for how much silver Luo Shang can give him, Yang Zhengshan really doesn't care. He needs silver, but he can earn it himself. When the horse farm is built, he will definitely not lack silver.

In contrast, the business activities brought by Luo Shang can make the military households under his jurisdiction live a better life, which is the most important thing.

Just like the poverty alleviation in the previous life, why should we let big enterprises help with poverty alleviation? It is because big enterprises can invest, provide a large number of jobs, and help a place to achieve development.

"But I only need the shopkeeper and the clerk here. Can they do it?" Luo Shang said.

"The shopkeeper may not be able to do it, but the clerk can be trained a little bit!"

"In addition to the clerk, you also need embroiderers!"

"What do you think about building an embroiderer school?"

Yang Zhengshan said.

It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish.

In ordinary people's homes, embroiderers are already considered high-paying jobs. It is normal for a skilled embroiderer to earn dozens or hundreds of taels of silver a year.

If an embroiderer appears in a military household, it is equivalent to reducing one poor household.

When he was in Linguan Fort, Yang Zhengshan built a needlework workshop. Now there are many qualified embroiderers in it. Although those women are not powerful embroiderers, they can still support their families.

"Embroidery school?" Luo Shang was a little confused.

Can embroiderers also go to school?

His mind was a little confused.

Seeing him like this, Yang Zhengshan could only explain in detail.

This embroidery school is actually a technical school. It does not need to be too large. Only a few dozen students are needed at a time. The training time does not need to be too long. Half a year is enough.

After the skills are mastered, you can enter Luo Shang's Jinxiufang to continue to study while practicing.

However, there are some problems involved. First of all, these people need to be trained intensively and sent to Anyuanzhou City. However, with the endorsement of the garrison office, it should not be a big problem.

Secondly, these people should not be too old. It is best to be girls under the age of sixteen. They are not married, not burdened by housework, and they learn things quickly at an early age.

Finally, there will be no wages in the early stage. The military households may not be willing to send people here, and of course it is impossible to charge them.

Through Yang Zhengshan's explanation, Luo Shang finally understood his idea.

"This is not difficult. There are many embroidery workshops in Jiangnan. The embroiderers there are trained from childhood, but they need to sign a long contract." Luo Shang said.

Long-term contracts are not contracts of selling one's body. After signing a long-term contract, one becomes a long-term worker. They still have household registration, not slaves.

For example, Ma San signed a long-term contract with the Yang family for ten years.

"Long-term contracts are long-term contracts. You can do whatever you want. I just want to find some ways for them to make money!" Yang Zhengshan said.

He had no choice. Military households are different from farmers. The male members of military households have to join the army and cultivate the land, and these jobs do not bring much income.

How many male members can a military household have?

And apart from one regular member and one surplus member, how many male members can a military household have left?

So Yang Zhengshan has always placed the goal of poverty alleviation on women.

From needlework workshops, to raising pigs and chickens, to the current training of embroiderers, Yang Zhengshan hopes to liberate women's labor.

"Not only embroiderers, but also carpenters, blacksmiths, etc., I hope you can do the same!" Yang Zhengshan continued.

Although there are not many male members left in military households, there are some.

In any case, it is good to let them learn a craft.

Yang Zhengshan has already made a plan. After the spring ploughing is over, he will renovate all the garrisons under the defense office.

Just like Yinghebao, each garrison will build pig pens, sheep pens, chicken coops, etc., build a school for each garrison, and establish commercial streets in several larger garrisons.

This cannot be accomplished in a few months; it requires long-term planning and investment.

Yang Zhengshan estimated that he would stay in Anyuan City for several years. He hoped that when he left Anyuan City, all the forts would look different and all military households would be able to solve their food and clothing problems.

Serving as an official for one term brings benefit to one party.

Although people's livelihood is not Yang Zhengshan's main responsibility, Yang Zhengshan is still willing to benefit those military households.

Asking Luo Shang to train carpenters and blacksmiths was a completely thankless task, but Luo Shang agreed without any hesitation.

He already understood what Yang Zhengshan meant, and he also understood that he could not make money from this.

In fact, this is easy to do. You can just open a carpentry shop and a blacksmith shop, and the cost will not be very high.

After talking about this, Yang Zhengshan started talking to Luo Shang.

Luo Shang told him a lot about Chongshan Pass, most of which were about the changes in Chongshan Pass during this period.

It has to be said that Lu Chongde and Liang Chu are both capable people. Under their management, Chongshan Pass has become more and more prosperous.

In addition, Yang Zhengshan also asked about Luo Shang's family situation.

Luo Shang's eldest son Luo Zhen, the reckless boy who was imprisoned for bumping into the fourth young master of the Zhang family, has now started a business. When Luo Shang leaves Guancheng, he will help keep an eye on everyone. Shop business.

Although this kid is a little reckless, he still has some sense in business.

…

Luo Shang stayed in Anyuan City for three days and then left. Now his business is not small and it is impossible to stay in Anyuan City forever.

Moreover, the affairs in Anyuan City will not be over for a while. He will probably have to wait for several months before he wants to take over the Liang family's business.

However, there are some things that he can prepare in advance. He has already agreed with Yang Zhengshan that when he returns, he will arrange for two shopkeepers to come to Anyuan City to open a shop. Schools were built.

Of course, Yang Zhengshan had no objection to this. Luo Shang had a very strict rule in handling matters, so Yang Zhengshan was still very relieved of him.

And the day after Luo Shang left, Ma San brought his entire family to Anyuan City.

Yang Zhengshan saw him and asked Yang Mingcheng to arrange a place for the Ma family.

The racecourse hadn't been built yet, and there was no place to live there, so Yang Mingcheng rented a small courtyard for them in the city to stay temporarily.

After the racecourse is built, the whole family will move there.

In the days that followed, Anyuan City was still bustling with activity. People from the secret military guards, the governor's office, and the general military office were coming and going. Those who were imprisoned were all released after being reviewed and found to have no problems.

As for those with problems, they were taken to Chongshan Pass.

This smuggling case involved not only Anyuan City, but also Jiacheng and Heiyazhai, so the final trial was placed at Chongshan Pass.

It is said that people from the Chinese Military Governor's Office, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple came to Chongshan Town. Yang Zhengshan did not know the specific situation and did not pay attention to it.

Anyway, the rest of the things had nothing to do with him, so he didn't bother to get involved.

Besides, he is just a small guard. He can't get involved in this kind of thing even if he wants to.

Instead of wasting energy on this, it is better to think about how to marry Yu Qingyi.

After dinner that day, Yang Zhengshan did not let everyone leave.

In the main room, Yang Zhengshan sat in the main seat, his eyes scanning everyone's body.

Except for Yang Mingzhi, everyone else in the Yang family came, well, there were still a few little kids who didn't come.

The whole family sat quietly, waiting for Yang Zhengshan to speak.

"Ahem!" Yang Zhengshan coughed lightly, breaking the quiet atmosphere and said, "I'm going to marry Qing Yi. What do you think?"

It's a showdown, I've found a stepmother for you guys, do you have any objections?

After his words fell, the hall fell into a longer silence.

"..."

Yang Zhengshan looked at them speechlessly.

You are talking!

Disagree or agree?

Don’t say in the future that I won’t give you a chance to express your opinion.

Seeing that no one had the intention to speak, Yang Zhengshan had to name them and said, "Mingcheng, what do you think?"

Yang Mingcheng scratched his head and said, "Dad, I have no opinion."

"What do you mean you don't have an opinion?" Yang Zhengshan glanced at him dissatisfied.

"Hehe, as long as dad is willing!" Yang Mingcheng said with a naive smile.

Yang Zhengshan was speechless for a while. This fool couldn't say anything about this.

"Minghao, what about you? What's your opinion?" Yang Zhengshan could only look at Yang Minghao.

Yang Minghao looked at him, blinked, and said, "Dad, will my opinion be useful?"

"It doesn't work!" Yang Zhengshan said directly.

"Then I have no objection!" Yang Minghao lowered his head angrily.

What I said didn't work, so what else do you want me to say?

Yang Zhengshan looked at Yang Yunyan again. Yang Yunyan lowered his head and did not look at Yang Zhengshan at all.

Hey, the married daughter throws away the water. This eldest daughter can't be counted on.

In fact, Yang Yunyan was not suitable to speak at this time.

As for Yang Yunxue.

"Dad, I have no objection!" Yang Yunxue took the initiative to speak, but she didn't say anything.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and nodded.

"Since you all have no objections, the matter is settled!"

"Ms. Wang, go find a matchmaker in the next two days and prepare the bride price. Madam Liang, please help your sister-in-law!"

"Okay, that's it, you all go back!"

Hmph, if I told you guys to be quiet, don't blame me for being the only one who has the final say.

I've asked you guys, and you all have no objections.

After saying that, Yang Zhengshan stood up and walked into the west room.