Since reaching a cooperation with the Zhang family, tiger-head shoes have been spread across seven or eight prefectures in less than a year. There is a saying that the tiger-head shoes will be sold wherever the Zhang family shop is opened, and the business is very good, which made Sangye make a fortune.

Today, Mangye gathered all the villagers involved in shoemaking in several nearby villages, one to put the wages and year-end rewards from last month, and the other to announce the plan for the coming year so that they can be mentally prepared.

The Zheng family did not have a big house with thousands of people, so they could only arrange people in the yard. Fortunately, it was a sunny day, and there was no wind. The sun shining on her body was warm and she would not feel cold.

Looking at the few wooden boxes placed under the eaves, a hot light burst out from everyone's eyes. Everyone knows that the wages and year-end rewards for last month were just loaded in these big boxes!

Seeing that the people had not arrived, I had to wait a while to give the wages and rewards, and the noisy crowd began to whisper:

"Hey, how many pairs of shoes did your family make last month? Is there such a number of year-end rewards?" The speaker raised two fingers, meaning if there were two taels of silver.

The person who was asked angrily said, waved his hand and said, "How could there be so much? It would be great if I could have a dozen silver dollars for my family to have a good New Year."

The person who asked the question curled his lips and clearly disbelief: "Who are you lying to? Your mountain kid married a wife who knows how to make shoes. Last month, your family made shoes with three people, and two people took the soles of the shoe. Just this salary is more than one tael of silver. With this year-end reward, who would believe that if there is no two taels of silver!"

The person who was questioned had no embarrassment on his face. He slapped his thigh and smiled: "Oh, if you don't mention the wife of the mountain kid, I forgot that there are more people in the family! After this calculation, the salary is really more than one tael of silver. If you count the reward, it may be really two taels. Now you can have a fat year!"

When the person who asked the question heard this, he almost flew over his head: I will watch you pretend quietly!

Although I dislike someone pretending to be more of a person, the person who asks questions is more envious: "Your family is better. There are more people who can do business. Unlike my family, I can make shoes with my daughter. This is probably only one or two silver dollars if I include the year-end reward."

Unlike her own family, men cannot do this meticulous job, so they can only manage a few acres of thin land; as for the mother-in-law, she is old and has to take care of the chickens, ducks and geese at home, and also look at her young son who has just gone to the field. If there are fewer people making shoes and soles, will she earn less than others?

The envious person covered his pride and cried out, "Oh, this is all hard-earned money! Besides, I have a lot of family members. It's been a long time since I have worked hard. I don't say anything else, I always have to pull clothes for the elderly and children, and I don't know if the wages and rewards are enough."

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Such conversations are born in many people. Those who earn more people in their family will naturally become the envy of those who earn less and less. Those who earn more will not show off to others, so as not to poke their lungs and tubes.

Amidst the heat of discussion, it was soon time to release wages and rewards.

Aunt San and Zheng Dacheng helped lift the table and chairs out and put them under the eaves to facilitate the mulberry leaves to put their wages.

Sang Ye handed the dumplings to Meng, put two books of account books on the table, and said to the villagers who were gathering forward: "Uncles, aunts, there are too many people, to avoid crowding, please line up first. If the account room is chanted a name later, you will come up to receive wages and rewards. If the number is wrong, stand aside for the time being. When everyone's wages are over, we will reconcile them one by one."

After the words came to an end, without reminding the mulberry leaves for a second time, everyone started to line up consciously. When the noisy sound gradually disappeared, the queue was lined up neatly, and there was a gap between the two teams that could pass by.

Sang Ye nodded to the accountant Hu, sat in front of him and opened the account book in front of him. The account book was filled with names, and the person who received the salary pressed the handprint on his name, and the wages were actually gone.

Hu's accountant picked up another account book, opened it with a clear cough, and began to chant the name and the silver that should be put on: "Zheng Feng made 36 pairs of shoes last month, totaling 360 cents; 213 pairs were completed throughout the year, and another reward of 213 cents was given, totaling 573 cents."

"Buzz--" With the voice of Hu's account room, there was another heated discussion in the crowd. No one expected that the year-end bonus was calculated based on the number of shoes made throughout the year, and a pair of shoes costs one cent!

This penny sounds small, but the year-end reward is in vain! Even if no one in the Zheng family can make no mistakes. You should know that no matter how poor a person is, he will make shoes no less than thirty pairs every month. This way, it will be a big number.

Just like Zheng Feng, who first read the name, was one of the first people to make shoes. He just took 213 cents in vain? More than 200 cents were enough for her family to pull out a new dress for the New Year.

Everyone looked at Zheng Feng, who was excitedly coming forward to collect wages, and was very envious. Not everyone looked like Zheng Feng, and they were the first to make shoes. Nearly half of them were recruited by Sang Ye to launch the second tiger-toe shoes. It took only two months to make a fortune, and at most, they could get seventy or eighty cents, which was far worse than these 200 cents.

Sang Ye ignored the comments and pointed to Zheng Feng's name and said softly: "If the amount is not a problem, just press a handprint on this name."

Zheng Feng still couldn't believe that he could get more than 200 cents for free, so he couldn't help but ask Sang Ye for confirmation: "Wife Alin, do you really want to give me the reward of more than 200 cents? Isn't you going back later, right?"

Sang Ye was amused and crying, so he pushed the copper coins in the account room in front of Zheng Feng: "Sister-in-law Feng, when did I cheat you? You can keep the money with peace of mind!"

Zheng Feng blinked, feeling like he was dreaming. Seeing that she was still standing still, Sang Ye hadn't said anything, an impatient person in the crowd urged: "Feng, hurry up and get the money, we still have so many people waiting!"

Zheng Feng woke up from a dream and hurriedly put the pile of copper coins into the money bag that had been prepared long ago, and was about to run away. Sang Ye was quick-eyed and quick to hold the person in time, reminding her to count the money and confirm that the number was fine. After confirming that it was fine, press a handprint before leaving.

Zheng Feng reacted and waved his hand boldly in a loud voice: "No need to count or count, we can believe in your character!" After that, she stretched out her thumb and dipped it in the ink paste, pressing a bright red handprint on her name.

Before returning to the crowd, they thanked Sang Ye again and again. In front of Old Man Zheng and Meng, they praised them for their blessings and a capable and virtuous daughter-in-law.

With Zheng Feng's lead, the villagers behind him knew the process of receiving wages and year-end rewards. The next step was much faster. Almost everyone in the Hu accountant came up and took the wages and rewards from the third aunt and Zheng Dacheng.

All villagers who received wages and rewards expressed their gratitude to Sang Ye and the Zheng family like Zheng Feng. Everyone's face was filled with joy and gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.

It took a whole morning to put down all the wages. The single person who received the most wages and rewards was as much as 650 cents, and the least was 300 cents; if it was a family, the household with the largest number of participants had a total of 2 taels per cent, and the least was 1 tael, which was enough for them to have a rich and good year.

Looking at the empty wooden box, Mang Ye breathed a sigh of relief, put away the account book, stood up and said to the villagers: "As long as our tiger-head shoes business can always be prosperous, there will be a year-end reward for you today every year, and it will only be more than this year!"

These words undoubtedly gave everyone a bloody blow. They quietly touched the heavy money bag around their waists, believed in the promise of mulberry leaves, and were more than ever looking forward to the business of tiger-head shoes.

Someone said decisively: "Wife Alin, don't worry, as long as you cooperate with the Zhang family for one day, we will follow you for a day."

This sentence immediately aroused everyone's consent: "Yes, as long as you cooperate with the Zhang family for one day, we will follow you for a day!"

Who doesn’t envy those who can earn far more money than farming at home? Only when you get water in your mind will you collude with outsiders for a little profit. The relatives and tribesmen who are implicated are not allowed to participate in making tiger-head shoes, and end up being beaten by everyone.

With a common interest, Sang Ye did not doubt the determination of these people at all. When the crowd gradually calmed down, she began to express her plans for the coming year: "It is too single to make tiger-head shoes and is very easy to be imitated. I hope each of you can earn more than double the amount of money this year. So after the beginning of the year, we have to make tiger-head shoes, tiger-head clothes and tiger-head hats, so that the tiger-head things we made can spread throughout every corner of Daqing!" It also made everyone know the word "Zheng Sang".

That's right, Mangye has incorporated the two words "Zheng Sang" into each pair of tiger-head shoes, using this as the symbol of tiger-head shoes, and has the function of distinguishing between genuine tiger-head shoes and counterfeit tiger-head shoes on the market.

Maybe it is not very useful now, but Mangye believes that one day, these two words will become a unique symbol.

Sang Ye's words made a heroic feeling surge in everyone present, and they shouted in unison: "Okay, let the tiger-headed thing we made spread throughout every corner of Daqing!"

The common interests make them inseparable from tiger-headed shoes. This lofty goal aroused everyone's ambitions and made them look forward to the arrival of that day indefinitely.

Sang Ye was very satisfied with the villagers' reaction. She raised her hand and continued, "Tiger-headed clothes and tiger-headed hats are similar to tiger-headed shoes. They are all made around tiger-headed shoes. I have prepared the relevant drawings. After the beginning of the year, my third aunt will choose some people to learn from me. Whoever has the right person can recommend it. When it comes to making shoes, clothes or hats, we will depend on our own skills."

When everyone heard this, they were happy. They guessed that the wages for making tiger-headed clothes and tiger-head hats were definitely much higher than those for making tiger-head shoes. Even if the tiger-headed clothes and tiger-head hats were difficult to make, the wages for the final handover would not be less than for making tiger-headed shoes.

In this way, of course, I am more willing to make tiger-headed clothes and tiger-headed hats with higher workmanship. Even if I can’t choose them at that time and bring newcomers to join, I can still get a considerable reward.

Thinking of this, everyone became more and more excited. They made up their minds to visit the distant relatives who had not been walking around for many years. They could only give up a few, and they could also owe them favors!

After calculating the accounts in my mind, someone raised new questions and his own suggestions: "The people who can make shoes here have almost the same recruitment. If you recruit people, you may have to go far, but it is not convenient for them to go back and forth. Do you have to open another workshop like in the town?"

Whether it is a tiger-headed shoes, a tiger-headed jacket, a tiger-headed hat, you can get the materials at the Zheng family and take them home, but don’t mention the risks. Those novices always have to learn for a while before they can get started. If the journey is too far, it will be inconvenient to go back and forth, and monthly delivery is also a problem.

Sang Ye naturally considered this problem and said to everyone: "The people who came in this trick must have been intimate with our village. After learning, they will temporarily live in your home. I will increase your reward for bringing new people."

However, the newly joined can only start with making shoes. Only when the Zhang family completely opens the market for tiger-headed clothes and tiger-headed hats will she consider making clothes and hats for people who are far away.

There are still imitation tiger-head shoes on the market. Fortunately, the Zhang family is very well controlled, and it is mostly because it cannot be a small fight, and it cannot pose a threat to Zheng Sang tiger-head shoes. The same is true for tiger-head clothes and tiger-head hats. Once they have gained market recognition, those imitations are nothing.

"Alin's wife, this is a good way, so let's do as you said!"

The villagers first looked at each other and wanted to be humble, so that Sang Ye would not have to increase the reward for bringing newcomers. However, so many people present were offending people, and in the end no one spoke, which was considered as accusation of this matter.

Sang Ye pretended not to see it, but instead smiled and thanked them, not thinking that he was at a loss.

She knew very well that only with enough interests could everyone be firmly tied to her own ship and minimize the risk of capsizing!
Chapter completed!