"There are a lot fewer people?"

When Liu Jin heard Wang Shouren's words, he rarely wondered. Then he looked at the crowd returning to the city on the road. The flow of people was quite large. He just looked at it and was full of people. Why did he say that there were a lot of people?

"There are quite a lot of people."

Liu Jin was very confused.

"No, much less!"

Wang Shouren said firmly: "Nanjing is currently the largest city in Jiangnan, and also the city with the most factories and workshops. Although it cannot be compared with Beijing and Tianjin, it is definitely the third largest city in the Ming Dynasty, with a population of more than five million."

"So, around the annual leave, the number of migrant workers returning home and the city is very large, two or three million."

"Today is the last day to return to the city. In the past, there was a lot of people on this road, and sometimes four-wheeled carriages were difficult to pass."

"But now, looking at the abortions on this road, although there are a lot of people, they are much worse than before."

Wang Shouren frowned.

As the governor of Southern Zhili, he was very concerned about this matter.

The safety of returning home from the Chinese New Year before and after the New Year is a major event. In the middle of winter, the government needs to prepare for all aspects of the post stations along the way.

So he would personally go to inquire and make arrangements, and every time he would personally walk a while to see how the work the government does in various places is doing.

"It shouldn't be that. Maybe many people came back early. The city is developing very fast now, and many people buy houses in the city and then settle down in the city."

Liu Jin thought about it and guessed.

"There are these possibilities, but I still feel that it is very abnormal. The traffic of this person is much less than before."

Wang Shouren nodded, but his frown still did not let go.

If a city's population decreases significantly, this is not a good thing. This means that the city will soon enter a decline. Without people, there will be nothing, and only people have everything. This is the simplest truth.

“That’s right~”

Liu Jin looked at the pedestrians on the road and pondered slightly, saying that he had read nothing wrong.

But who is Lao Wang?

He is the most awesome person of this era. Since he said that, he would definitely not be wrong.

"Is it because we have hit Jiangnan locally too hard that many people are worried that they will not be able to find a job in Nanjing?"

Liu Jin thought so in his heart.

But he soon denied his conclusion, because although he severely attacked the local merchants, gentry, landlords and families in Jiangnan, and seized a large number of factories and workshops.

But not everyone in Nanjing is like Zeng Qing, Jiang Cheng, Zhang Yuanting and others. In order to defeat Wang Shouren, they deliberately united and did not pay wages, causing trouble for workers.

Most of the factories, workshops, especially those small and medium-sized factories, still followed the agreement with everyone and paid the wages that the workers had worked hard for a year before the New Year.

After all, for most small and medium-sized factories and workshop owners, what they consider is how to make profits and how to make money, they dare not rise to the level of opposition to the ranks of officials like the governor.

As for tax payment, it’s enough to follow the rules and regulations. Yankees can all pay taxes according to the rules and regulations. They can also become bigger, stronger, and make big money. Why can’t we southerners do it?

They are different from top big families such as Zhang Yuanting, Zeng Qing, Jiang Cheng, etc., big families, big merchants, and big gentry. They dare not do such things, nor do they have the ability to do such a layout.

Therefore, we must be honest and do our jobs in accordance with the law. We will pay a lot of money. If the wages are not paid, the workers will cause trouble and the government will intervene, and if their network of relationships is insufficient, they will probably be finished.

This is what most small and medium-sized factories, workshops, and business owners think and practice.

All they can do is do things according to the law and make their own reasonable profits.

Small and medium-sized factories are the mainstream, the largest number and the largest number of people employed, which is why there were only hundreds of thousands of workers before the end of last year.

These hundreds of thousands of workers are all workers in large factories and workshops. If the entire factory in Nanjing and the workshops are causing trouble together, there will be more than hundreds of thousands of people, and that will be millions.

With this doubt, Liu Jin and Wang Shouren's carriages soon returned to Nanjing. However, before they entered the city, they saw many people recruiting workers on the road to the city.

"Recruiting workers, recruiting workers~"

"Zijin Textile Factory has recruited workers, including food and accommodation. The dormitory is a newly built building, clean and tidy, and there is also a couple's room for it."

"Give five taels of wages a month, and when you pay the wages at the end of the year, you will get an extra month of wages, and a total of sixty-five taels of silver." spanstyle>Gu/spanstyle>

A guy wearing purple gold textile factory clothes shouted loudly on the side of the road with an iron trumpet. At the same time, there were more than a dozen guys wearing the same clothes, desperately greeting people passing by, asking if they wanted to work at their factory.

"My fellow villager, I'm working in the city~"

"Come to our funding textile factory, the dormitory is brand new. If the couple is together, we will also provide you with a couple's room."

"Zijin Textile Factory?"

"A small factory?"

"Yes, yes, our factory is not big, but it is not a small factory. It is considered a medium-sized factory. There were more than a thousand workers last year."

"A factory with more than one thousand people is not a small factory?"

"What's your boss' name? Where's the person? Did you pay everyone a full salary last year?"

"Our boss is Xia Liangsheng. He is from Yangzhou Prefecture. He is also a wealthy family in Yangzhou. Everyone can rest assured that the workers who worked in us last year all got their wages for a lot of money. If you don't believe it, please ask anyone around you who knows our factory."

"Who knows that last year, big factories like Jinling Cement Factory and Textile Factory didn't pay us wages. If Lord Wang hadn't come forward in the end, we would have been in vain for a year."

"Yes, yes, if it weren't for Lord Wang, we would have been in vain for a year, and some people would have been crippled for wages."

"I don't plan to enter the factory this year. In Nanjing, there are few conscientious owners. If you don't pay wages, you will beat people. I will never do anything for them again."

"I will take a boat to Songhu later. I heard that there are many large factories run by northerners in Songhu. Whether it is good treatment, credibility, or the owner treats us workers, I have long wanted to go to Songhu."

"So, so am I, brother, let's go together later. If I have brothers, I will work in Songhu."

"Okay, go together, go together~"

"Some fellow villagers, several fellow villagers~"

"Although our Zijin Textile Factory is not a big factory, our boss is also very good to everyone. We have not built a new dormitory, but we also take care of our husband and wife and leave a husband and wife room. The wages have also increased for everyone. Why bother to go to Songhu? I won't mention the extra travel expenses. I also know a little about Songhu, and it may not be better than Nanjing."

"After all, those northerners are northerners. If something really happens, they lose money and have no money to pay their wages. They pat their butts and leave. We can't find anyone, but our local owners are different. They are all fellow villagers, and those who leave cannot leave the temple, right?"

Seeing that they were leaving, the clerk of Zijin Textile Factory suddenly became anxious and said quickly.

"Go, go, don't stop us, we're rushing to take the boat."

"It's not up to you to say whether the North East is good or not. Everyone has eyes to see and feel it with the heart. At least they will pay enough wages at the end of the year. Unlike you Nanjing people, if you don't pay wages, you will beat people. You will do things for you."

"That's right, many of my fellow villagers have gone to Songhu directly, and some of them have simply gone to Shanghai this year. Everyone said that they will never do anything for your Nanjing Dongjia again."

The few people left a few words and walked straight towards the Nanjing Wharf. There were ships traveling back and forth between Songhu and quickly heading to Songhu.

"My fellow villager, do you go to the city to do things?"

"Come to our Zijin Textile Factory, the treatment is good, the dormitory is good, and the food is good."

Seeing this, the staff from Zijin Textile Factory sighed helplessly, and then went to recruit people with a smile on their faces.

It just seemed that none of the people who came to the city came to work in Nanjing, and it was very difficult for them to recruit people.

The same scene continued to happen on both sides of the road, with a large number of factories and workshops on both sides of the road, just like the people from the capital textile factory.

While keeping shouting, he told me about the generous treatment from his factory.

Some have increased their wages, while others emphasize their work, living environment, etc., and are all working hard to recruit people, but they are almost the same as those in Zijin Textile Factory, and it is difficult to recruit workers.

This scene also made Liu Jin and Wang Shouren, who were sitting on the four-wheeled carriage, see it with their own eyes.

"Have you attracted this person on the road?"

Liu Jin frowned immediately as he looked at the lively scene on both sides of the road in front of him.

There is only one explanation for this situation, that is, factories, workshops and other places here need workers very much, and they have not recruited enough workers, so they can only find ways to recruit people on the way to the city, and want to take the lead and recruit more workers.

If there were enough workers, it would be impossible for these factories, workshops, etc. to recruit people here. Just like in later generations, when it was just popular to work in the city, there were few factories and many people working in the city. The factories were all harsh, but there were still countless people who wanted to enter the factory. Many times they had to rely on their relationship to work in the factory.

Because there are many people and few jobs, the factory can offer harsh conditions, and people will still do it.
Chapter completed!