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After all, Min County is located in the southeast, and Cheng County is not as good as the hinterland. Coupled with the development of various industries, commerce, and canal construction, the labor force on the farm seems to be somewhat insufficient.

Relying on having children, another seven or eight years can always make up for it, but these people seem to be impatient under the benefits.

In July a group of big farmers and farm capitalists got together and drew up a petition which they hoped the County Council would present to the National Council.

The "Request for Relaxation of Migration Restrictions for the Poor" has more than a hundred people's signatures. Although the state's control is relatively loose, various previous laws and regulations still restrict large-scale migration.

All poor people can only work in the county, and are not allowed to leave the county without permission, otherwise they will be arrested and sent to their hometowns for labor service, which is also for the convenience of management.

However, the current situation is that Min County was originally developed late, industry and commerce developed too fast, and there was a temporary relative shortage of labor force. After all, the population is not a very large county.

This request will definitely not be allowed, at least not in the current situation, and the county council cannot make such a decision at all.

Because this kind of shortage is temporary and relative, it is just a temporary increase in the price of hired labor due to the reduction of labor force, not a real shortage of people, but a lack of cheap people. If there are slaves at this time, this group of people is absolutely determined Support slavery.

The weather this year is very good, and the cotton is growing very well. In addition, the Mexican party has collected a large amount of cotton planting materials and revised them, including various soil methods to remove cotton bollworms, apply some struvite fertilizers, etc., and it looks like it will be a good harvest. Year.

In addition to cotton, other industries related to Chen Jian are also developing step by step.

According to Chen Jian's request, more than 40 people who learned new well-drilling techniques in Lanxiang Technical School drilled three wells, the depth of which was only 50 meters.

There were also some situations in the middle, and the drilling went wrong a few times, and the drill bit fell down a few times. However, experience has been accumulated in practice. With Zhuo Tsutsujing's principle as the basis, all that needs to be enriched are some details.

And in the oil seedling field that Chen Jian bought, a few people were left.

Zhao Si spent money to form a vigorous social organization of rogue gangs, came to the oil seedling field aggressively, took out the contract documents that Chen Jian had bought, and let the group of people who used primitive methods to fish for oil there leave.

The hooligans are powerful, and those people dare not provoke them, and Zhao Si did even better.

A lot of god pits were dug around the land, and bamboo sticks that could pierce the feet were buried in them; wild boar traps were placed on some of the roads that must be passed... Afterwards, Zhao Si and others rushed back Go to Mincheng to drink.

Not long after, several people had their feet punctured and became disabled. Two people were hanged from a tree by a death harness.

After suing, Chen Jian was also a big workshop owner and businessman in Nan'an, and he had a very good relationship with the magistrate, so he spent money early.

There is nothing that can't be done without money, and there are loopholes in the law that can be exploited. How can those people win the lawsuit against Chen Jian's dynamic social organization that is colluding with government and business.

How to judge this kind of thing is not based on one's mouth.

Zhao Si only said that he wanted to hunt wild animals there, and Chen Jian entrusted him to manage the land. He wanted to eat game and dig traps, but the national law didn't say no.

So it was an accident and lost money.

Those who were murdered claimed that Zhao Si did it on purpose, which is obviously a long-planned plan.

So this is not an accident, not only to lose money but also to be sentenced.

The magistrate did not hesitate, and directly ruled that it was an accident, and the money was lost.

Public judgment, absolutely no favoritism, aboveboard.Naturally, people would like to believe that Chen Shanren didn't know about this, it was just that such a hooligan did it privately, and there was no disturbance, because this was in Nan'an, Chen Jian was deeply rooted, and he had the right to speak.

After this incident, the oil seedling field became much cleaner, and the people who fished the oil slick had no way of making a living, so they had to go to dig the river.

The construction of the canal is also very effective. It seems that it can be roughly repaired before the New Year. After all, it is not too long and various building materials have been reformed a lot.

The elevated aqueduct that was suddenly imagined has also been basically completed, and the project volume is not too large. The person in charge of the construction is a veteran who has built the drainage canal for the fort bastion.

In addition to the canals, there were several miles of wooden-gauge tracks, and two miles of expensive, experimental railways with cast-iron tracks.Cast iron, not wrought iron nor rolled nor rail, just cast iron.

Everything seems to be in order, but Min City, the center of Min County, is somewhat depressed.

The consequences of the bursting of the orchid wave bubble gradually emerged. Chen Jian took away 10,000+ working capital for the reason of sea freight speculation. The funds brought by the profitable cotton flowed to the cotton fields. Then it started again and there were more rumors, the construction of the canal has been made public, and a lot of money has flowed to Nan'an and bought land where the canal enters the mouth of the Min River, etc...

All of these have temporarily cast a half-dead attitude on Mincheng. Although this attitude will soon be prosperous again with the expansion of production, it looks a bit depressed now.

The only thing that can bring vitality may be those people on the wharf who have invested money in shipping risks, looking forward to Chen Jian's mast and dividends.

Chapter 141 Magic Reality

In September, the port of Mincheng is calm and calm, and there are always a few eight or nine-year-old children standing on the towering stones, looking at the sea in the distance.

They were looking forward to their father's return, and they always saw that the mast was exciting, but then they found it was not.

Some rumors said that their father followed Mr. Chen to the sea and encountered a shipwreck and never came back; others said that they followed Mr. Chen to catch the mermaid in the drunk Sailor Adventures, and they don’t want their mother or them...

The children are still young, so they can only wait, singing the Little Conch, which they learned before going to sea, looking forward to the return of their father, like a statue.

A kid from a rich family who had just learned photography took advantage of the children watching and quietly took a photo called "Hope" from behind.

This photo was taken with a very artistic color, and soon became the top name of the first photography photo fair, and this quietly taken photo sparked a discussion-is photography considered art?

After quietly taking this picture, when the young man was about to pack the heavy equipment and tents, he suddenly looked up and saw the statue-like children cheering.

The young man stood on tiptoe, stretched out his hands to build a pergola, looked at the boundless sea, and understood the reason why these children were excited.

In the distant sea, several masts are exposed, and those masts are slowly climbing upwards, like a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon, spreading its wings step by step.

Those are not wings, those are sails.

……

"Mr. Chen is back from Qi! There are quite a few ships!"

It only took half a day for such news to spread throughout Fujian City. The next day was a ten-day holiday, and people saw Chen Jian in front of the red brick building.

Contrary to what people imagined, Chen Jian took out the ledger of this trade, copied it down one by one, and pasted it on the glass waterproof bulletin board.

People were not in a hurry to see it. They believed in Chen Jian's character, and they also saw the harvest this time from Chen Jian's smile, and they knew that the money they invested would be profitable.

Shouting for Chen Jian to talk about what he saw this time, Chen Jian looked at the crowd in the square with a smile, and said loudly: "The knowledge is in the book, and you can read it whenever you want. The goods brought from Qi have not been sold yet. Go out, everyone's dividends can't be counted yet."

Someone in the crowd shouted: "We can trust Mr. Chen. You are a kind person, and you spend a lot of money in charity every year. How could you be greedy for our little money?"

After Chen Jian bowed and saluted, he said slowly: "Everyone, trust is one thing, but venture capital is another. This time I made a profit, but what if I lose it next time? Trust is built on the basis of profit. On top of that, who can guarantee that this kind of trust will last?"

"Only by perfecting the venture capital system and relying on the system to restrain everyone, can more money be pooled to make money. Forget it this time, the accounts are still being counted, but I can guarantee that everyone's income this time will be in the More than [-]%, or even more."

The crowd immediately cheered. Due to the impact of the last orchid craze, people hated orchids, but they had a soft spot for the leftover speculative investment.

After all, there were still people who made money before, and these days when Chen Jian left, people are also thinking about the difference between orchids and seaborne trade. That vague distinction has already taken shape, and some people are trying to explain what is hidden behind all these The reason for this.

Although it is monotonous and there are many shortcomings, at least some people have begun to realize the problem of labor volume, right? That is relative to the times, and this is the foundation of the new era of capital and labor.

When people know that this speculation has earned [-]% of the profit, they are more convinced that this kind of investment is worth trying.

As long as you can see clearly, don't make mistakes like the orchid trend, it is still profitable.

Even, as long as it is the investment made by Chen Jian Trading Company, it should be possible to try. After all, there is still such a large industry in Nan'an, and it is impossible to lose everything.