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Huang Jieshi was no longer surprised by this kind of thing. In fact, seeing the government's actions, he felt more at ease. After all, major epidemics are common after major disasters, so this thing really needs to be prevented before it happens.

Although the United Restaurant has removed the porridge shed, pigs and sheep are sent to the government's porridge shed every day, and two fat sheep are added to the porridge this morning.

After so many times of cooking, the smell of sheep has become very light. But after all, it has been released, which makes many people feel satisfied even if they only smell a trace.

When Huang Jieshi was eating porridge, she looked so handsome that she picked up a piece of sheep intestine and said, "I really won the prize today!"

In this era, protein is a very rare thing, not to mention this drought that occurs once in decades. Being able to divide a sheep intestines is really a blessing.

Huang Jingshi's wife Liu looked up and saw the sheep intestines, and a smile appeared on her face. However, her smile disappeared immediately. She hurriedly picked up the sheep intestines that were sent to the bowl and sent them back, and said angrily: "You are our man, so you should eat them!"

"Thank you for your hard work these days! And your mother is right, I was the one who caused you to suffer and didn't let you live a good life!" Huang Jieshi still felt very caring about his wife, so he put the sheep's intestines into her bowl and said.

Liu clamped the intestines of sheep again, but said seriously: "My life is already very good now! It's not right to say you're hurting me. Everyone is hungry in the disaster. Isn't my mother's family living with government relief now?"

"I won't eat!" Huang Jieshi used his big hands to protect the mouth of the bowl, and shook his head like a rattle and refused.

Liu Low looked at her husband's stupid appearance, but instead was amused. When he turned his head and saw his son looking at him, he sent the sheep's intestines to his son's bowl and said, "Then give it to the tiger!"

When the son saw that the sheep's intestines were sent to the bowl by his mother, he did not immediately take action, but turned his head and looked at his father.

Huang Jieshi looked at her son's timid appearance and sighed in her heart, but responded gently: "It's useless to be dad! When the rice harvest is good, I'll let you and your mother eat a mutton pot!"

Many things seem to be destined from the moment they were born. They lived by farming for generations. His grandfather could still live a prosperous life, but after the separation of his father and his brothers, he could only barely make a living now.

Now his family's income is counting on a few acres of thin land, and the best result is a bumper harvest in a certain year, and he can use this to exchange for more money to get some extra money to improve the food for the mother and the mother.

Even this somewhat distant promise made Liu and his son full of expectations.

After eating the porridge, Huang Jieshi thought that someone got another fat fish in the morning, so he decided to go to the Liujiang River to try his luck. However, there are too many people here, and it is actually unrealistic to catch fish with bare hands.

"Huang Jieshi, I finally found you!"

When Huang Jieshi was making wooden forks, a man from the same village hurriedly came to him, but he couldn't help but pull him towards the south gate of Jingnan, Liuzhou City.

When I arrived at the place, I saw a long queue in front of me.

After the explanation of this enthusiastic tribe, he realized what was going on. It turned out that the United Tung Oil Workshop wanted to recruit workers, divided into workshop workers, escort workers and fruit pickers.

Tung oil trees grow in the highlands, not only require technical workers to refine but also fruit pickers, but also many transport workers. Whether it is transporting raw materials back to the workshop from the mountains or sending the tung oil produced in the workshop to Leizhou for sale, this requires a well-trained team.

In front of the team, there was a billboard: "Treatment: one or two cents a month, three meals!"

Even in normal times, they have already been fighting for the high-standard treatment of one tael and two cents a month and three meals, not to mention this is the special period now.

The news slowly spread, and many people from the refugee area came to interview, but it was like a scene of receiving porridge. There were already four long queues here.

"Will I really treat such a good way? Why do I feel like it's fake?"

"This is because we have been poor for too long. The salary of skilled female workers in Leizhou workshops is already three taels!"

"They are really real people. Even in this situation, they don't think about taking advantage of us!"

"If it weren't for Lord Lin and the United Restaurant, with the faces of those corrupt officials, at least half of our people would starve to death! Not to mention one or two cents, even if he just cared about his fullness, I would be willing to help them for free!"

"Come on! With your body, I don't look down on you!"

"Who said I can't do it anymore? The one who just now applied for a job with a head shorter than me. What they value in Joint Tung Oil Workshop is how good you are!"

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Huang Jieshi stood in the team, but listened to the discussions of the people next to him, slowly knew the whole thing, but he felt nervous.

Fortunately, he was pulled over by the enthusiastic tribe members early. Although there were many people in front of him, there were more people coming from behind. Just looking at the long queue in front, many people were already in social activities, which made him feel uneasy.

Under the current situation, it is really important to find a livelihood. It is not only for himself, but also for his family. Having income means being able to survive.

At this moment, he no longer cared about the few acres of thin fields at home, nor was he begging for a rain in the sky, but hoped to pass this interview.

Seeing the team ahead getting shorter and shorter, some people left happily, while others returned dejectedly, they remained nervous, fearing that the publicity would suddenly be full.

Fortunately, the number of recruits from United Tung Oil Workshop exceeded his imagination, and according to his observations, it was mainly to eliminate some offenders, and seemed to be more inclined to honest farmers.

After about an hour, Huang Jieshi finally walked into the house.

When I arrived at the front yard of the house, there was a scholar who was responsible for registering information. He carefully asked about his basic situation and then asked about his career choice.

There was a group of people in front of me. After about half an incense stick, it was finally his turn to enter the interview room. When he arrived in the room, he saw a very stylish director sitting at the table, but he finally realized that the director looked like a woman.

He answered a few questions honestly, and then heard a cold voice saying: "You have been hired! Tomorrow you will take this sign and come here to gather at Zhengmao at the time of Zhengmao, and then start pre-service training!"

"I'm really hired!" Huang Jieshi took the sign given by a young man, and emphasized with disbelief.

The head of the lord seemed to have become accustomed to this joy of him. As if he suddenly thought of something, he reminded him seriously: "You will bring your wife and son together tomorrow. We will arrange for them to live in the city. The conditions will always be better than here!"

When Huang Jieshi heard that there were such good hidden benefits, he thanked the head again, and firmly held the meaningful sign in his hand, and felt like he had a dream.

When he recovered his mind, he didn't know how he walked out of the house. However, he knew in his heart that he had become a member of the United Tung Oil Workshop, not only was the monthly money of one or two cents, but his wife and son could be arranged to the city.

It was at the end of June, and after many difficulties, the first batch of food from Leizhou was finally delivered to Liuzhou City.

With the opening of the grain channels in Leizhou and Liuzhou, thanks to the maritime trade between Leizhou Prefecture and Nanyang, the food problems encountered by the people of Liuzhou City were naturally solved.

Lin Qingran opened a pass for Leizhou in the past, but the shrewd Ming merchants had already expanded this pass infinitely. The rice and grain in Leizhou Prefecture were no longer entirely dependent on the Siam country. There were Bonini rice from farther away, and even Luzon had a grain trade.

Although grain trade is far from comparable to spice trade, risks and benefits have always been coexisting, so many Ming maritime merchants are engaged in grain trade.

The grain problem in Liuzhou was effectively alleviated, and the tung oil workshop was promoted in an orderly manner. After the first batch of logging workers were trained, they set out towards important production areas of tung oil trees.

It is a blessing to have a loss of power. Although this drought has brought heavy damage to Liuzhou's agriculture, it seems to have also given Liuzhou a chance to be reborn from the ashes.

Liuzhou has sufficient tung oil tree resources and the technology to obtain tung oil from tung oil trees. Now it has received financial support from the joint business group, which has become the largest tung oil production base in the Ming Dynasty.

With the opening of the grain channels in Leizhou and Liuzhou, the two places have formed closer trade exchanges, and Liuzhou tung oil can completely sell products overseas with the help of the window of Leizhou Port.

Once the tung oil industry in Liuzhou rises, although it cannot take off like Leizhou, it will definitely drive the local economy.

But what is worrying is that as June is about to end, the sky is still invisible to see a single rain.

Although the United Tung Oil Workshop can solve some employment problems, the recruitment of personnel is limited. Faced with the livelihoods of the hundreds of thousands of people in Liuzhou Prefecture, the most effective solution is actually agricultural planting.

However, as this weather continues, the fields in Liuzhou Prefecture will no longer be blessed by rain, and the autumn grains in Liuzhou are also hopeless. Tens of thousands of victims outside the city will have to survive a more difficult winter.

"We have set up a rain prayer platform, please help me pray for the rain!"

Faced with the dilemma of Wuyu in Liuzhou Prefecture, many gentry with character came to the acting prefect Qin Di, but expressed their desire to ask the deputy envoy Lin Pingchang to appear to pray for the rain and find a little vitality for the people of Liuzhou.

Why do you want to invite Lin Pingchang? It is not only because of her noble identity, but also because of her various kind deeds.
Chapter completed!