"What are you doing there?" Sun Ren looked over there curiously. Hundreds and thousands of people quickly surrounded the platform of the house. Zhang Lang looked around and said, "It's the Zhen family, go and have a look." Then he led the two girls into the crowd. On the platform, the strong man shouted: "Famous people, you must know what our Zhen family does! That's right, our Zhen family is now a famous merchant under the commander. Follow us to keep the delicious and spicy food!"

A young man in the crowd couldn't help but shout, "Brother, are you going to do this today? Just tell me!" Many people started to cheer.

The strong man signaled everyone to be quiet and said with a smile: "Our Zhen family is preparing to expand the scale of the westbound caravan, so he specially set up this platform to recruit young people who are not afraid of hard work or danger! Join our Zhen family, the porter, one tael of silver per month. If you are strong and skilled in martial arts, you will be a guard, two taels of silver per month, and those who can settle accounts and understand words will be a clerk or an accountant, and two taels of silver per month will also be two taels of silver per month... "

The crowd had already started to stir, and many people were moved.

The strong man continued: "If the porter and the guards take out a mission, they can get additional rewards, which is 30% of the mission revenue. Everyone, this is a considerable profit!"

People rushed forward, yelling, "I'll participate! I want to participate!" The scene was in chaos and noisy. The strong man asked everyone to line up at the top of his voice, and then someone started to register his name and address.

Zhang Lang and the other three left the crowd. Dong Ying asked suspiciously: "The porter only gives one tael of silver. Can the Zhen family afford it?" Sun Ren also felt deeply. Zhang Lang smiled and said: "Big merchants like the Zhen family have huge industries in the domestic market, and it is difficult to describe their profits with daily income. The foreign trade profits on the Silk Road are even more unimaginable. The Zhen family and the others are not short of money now, they lack people. As long as they have enough manpower, they can earn enough benefits!" The two women understood a little, but they didn't understand it very much.

Not far ahead, there was a noise and noise. The three of them looked in the sound and saw a high platform set up at the entrance of the Cai family. On the platform, a girl in strong clothes was talking loudly. The content was similar to the one at the door of the Zhen family before. There were thousands of people around the platform, which looked crowded. On the streets at both ends, the people who received the news ran over there, all excitedly.

Sun Ren couldn't help but sigh: "Once upon a time, everyone was disdainful of merchants, but now they are flocking to them! Everyone is becoming very energetic!"

Zhang Lang smiled and said, "This is vitality!" Then he frowned, "Do you know why I don't like the gentry so much? Just because the gentry used morality as the name, actually suppressed the vitality of the entire society and the people for their own interests! In the long run, our nation will become a stagnant pool! Therefore, the gentry class must be cleaned up, at least they cannot let them dominate the country."

Dong Ying smiled and said, "How can we understand what you said? No matter what you do, our sisters are absolutely supportive!" Sun Ren nodded vigorously.

Zhang Lang felt relieved. Seeing a teahouse not far away, he said, "You can do it too, let's go to the teahouse to have a cup of tea and take a rest." The two women nodded with a smile.

The three of them walked into the teahouse. When the little brother saw a guest coming in, he immediately came up and asked, "Cheers and officials drink tea?" Dong Ying said angrily: "Will you stay in the hotel if you come to your teahouse or not?" The little brother hurriedly smiled and said, "It's a villain who is confused." Zhang Lang asked, "Is there any seats upstairs?" "Yes, yes, please come with me!" Then he led Zhang Lang and the other two up the stairs and to the second floor. Zhang Lang glanced and found that 70% or 80% of the guests on the second floor had been made, and there was no room by the window.

The waiter brought the three of them to an empty table in the middle and asked the three of them to sit down. The waiter hugged and asked, "What do you want to order?" Zhang Lang said, "Come two pots of the best tea, and have a few more snacks, let's take a look." The waiter responded, waited for a while, and left quickly.

Sun Ren looked around and said to Zhang Lang in surprise: "Brother, most of them are ordinary people!" Zhang Lang smiled. Dong Ying smiled and said: "Now, farmers are rich, and the servants are rich, so they naturally have to come out to enjoy it!" Sun Ren smiled slightly and looked at Zhang Lang with admiration, "It's all thanks to my brother!" Zhang Lang said jokingly: "Xiangxiang, if you say that, my brother is so beautiful!" Sun Ren made a beautiful face and gave Zhang Lang a blank look.

Dong Ying spat and whispered: "It's so bad to say this in public in broad daylight!"

Zhang Lang pretended to be stupid and said, "What did I say to me?"

Dong Ying snorted, and Sun Ren's face turned redder.

The waiter came back and had a big food plate in his hand, with two black pots of pottery teapots with plum blossoms on it, and snacks such as peanuts and pickled vegetables were placed around it. The waiter came to the table, put the teapots and snacks quickly, and then left.

Zhang Lang and the other two were talking and joked. At this moment, a tea chef on the table next to him said to the fat tea chef at his deskmate with envy: "Your brother, I haven't seen you for a year. I didn't expect you to be fat. You dress so well, like a rich man!" The tea chef next to him smiled and said with gratitude: "Thanks to the commander! I have 80 acres of land in my hand, and the government does not charge any taxes. It's hard not to get rich!" The tea chef said extremely depressed: "If I had known that farming was so good, what else would I read! Alas!" The tea chef said: "Brother, you are reading and literate, so it should be easier to make money!"

The tea chef said depressedly: "I have tried all the imperial examinations these times. Alas, there are too many people, it's so difficult to take the exam!"

Fat Tea said: "Brother, your vision is too narrow! Why do you have to squeeze into the single-plank bridge at the imperial examination room? Why not go to any merchant family to do things? Although they are not as noble as fame, they are also free and lively and have a wealthy life. I know a young man who is studying, but he also failed the exam, so he went to the Zhen family to do a clerk. Tsk, when I saw him recently, he was full of red faces and was wearing silk and satin, which was completely reborn! Do you know that working in these big merchant families will make the profits much more than being an official! If you reach the level of in charge, the profits will be higher!"

The tea chef couldn't help but feel moved and asked quickly: "Brother, do you have any way? Give me a guide!"

The fat tea chef laughed and said, "Brother's care, I naturally have to help you! I know the manager Deng, who is responsible for purchasing rice and grain in the Cai family, so I will take you to find him..."

The tea chef was overjoyed and quickly clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much! My brother's kindness is unforgettable!"

Fat Teake waved his hand with a smile, "Brother, don't be polite! But I dare not guarantee this. Although Manager Deng can look at my face, he may be going to take the exam. Just don't perform too badly!" The Teakeke said confidently: "Don't worry, brother, although I can't get a good exam, I'm still very sure about jobs like documents!"

After hearing the conversation between the two, Dong Ying asked Zhang Lang curiously: "Brother, is the salary of officials in the officialdom not as good as that of the merchant's family? Is this impossible?"

Zhang Lang took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and said, "If it were the manager of Zhen Mi's family, I'm afraid the income of the sixth-rank official is higher."

Dong Ying and Sun Ren both felt incredible, and Sun Ren said worriedly: "In this case, I'm afraid there won't be many talents willing to become officials, right?"

Zhang Lang smiled and said, "On the contrary, every time the imperial examination is in full swing, just like the two tea guests said!"

Dong Ying frowned, "This is strange!"

Zhang Lang smiled and said, "It's nothing strange, because not everyone wants to be an official for money. Some have the ideal of benefiting the people and leaving their names in history, while others envy the status that parents can get. The reason why we suppress the salary of officials is relatively low is actually to suppress the ** from the source. Because, those who are willing to be an official in a relatively low salary are basically not for money. Wenhe and I both believe that high salaries cannot support integrity, so we can only support paralysis!"

Dong Ying and Sun Ren felt that what the elder brother said made sense, so they couldn't help but nodded.

Dong Ying joked: "I'm afraid that later generations will not have a good evaluation of the elder brother, and they will say that the elder brother is too stingy!"

Zhang Lang laughed, "What should I do with so much about the things behind me?"

The three of them ate and chatted in the teahouse. After unknowingly, more than an hour passed, and the three of them were still a little unsatisfied. They called the waiter to settle the bill, got up and left the teahouse.

...

The three of them returned to the mansion, Dong Ying and Sun Ren went to the back first, and Zhang Lang came to the lobby to sit down. Yan Yuyao personally brought a bowl of tea. Although Zhang Lang had already drunk a lot of tea, he couldn't bear to let Yuyao down. He took the tea bowl and drank it in a few sips. After that, he exclaimed with great comfort: "The tea made by Yuyao is delicious!" Yan Yuyao smiled and asked, "I'll make another bowl for you?"

Zhang Lang put down the tea bowl and waved his hand: "Enough!" He waved to Yan Yuyao to signal her to come. Yan Yuyao walked to Zhang Lang and knelt down.

Zhang Lang turned sideways and looked at her with Yan Yuyao's slender hand. Yan Yuyao is still so graceful and beautiful. Her hair is like a waterfall behind her head, and she is wearing a red and black skirt. Her beauty is solemn, restrained, and implicit, but it is what makes Zhang Lang feel the most warm!

"Yuyao, thank you so much for so many years!" Zhang Lang couldn't help but say.

Yan Yuyao smiled sweetly, holding Zhang Lang's big hand tightly with her slender hands, looking at him with beautiful eyes, without saying anything, everything was left unspeakable!

"By the way, what are the children doing now?" Zhang Lang thought of his children and couldn't help asking.
Chapter completed!