ebookland Chapter 699 Surname Tang
Chapter 699 Surname Tang
"Since Third Sister wants to help the common people, then we can open a charity center. However, it will be different from other charity centers in that this one requires labor in exchange for food or money."
There are dozens of charity houses in Tianling Kingdom. During festivals, people in the charity houses will distribute food and copper coins to the people who line up.
Not much, just two cents per person plus a small bowl of brown rice porridge.
A few times a year at most.
It would be more accurate to say that these charity houses are doing good deeds rather than opening them for the sake of their own reputation. Their original intention was never to help the people.
Whenever there is a natural disaster or refugees, these charity organizations will close immediately, and even the shops will be empty.
"I still don't understand, sister. How about you explain it to me? You are the smartest person in our family." Jiang Huanyu moved the bench under her buttocks and dragged it to sit next to Jiang Fubao.
Because of laziness, his butt didn't even leave the stool, so his movements looked a little funny.
"First, you buy a piece of land. When you plant crops next year, let those refugees or homeless people help you farm. You can give them money or food. When the crops are ripe, use the same method to find people to harvest them. Then store half of the crops for future use. In case of natural disasters, sell them at a low price to those who cannot afford to buy crops. The other half can be exchanged for silver, which can be used to recruit people and buy houses.
The house can be rented on a daily or monthly basis, and the price should be lower than all the rents in the town. For example, working for you can earn ten cents a day, while renting a bed in your house only costs one cent. If I slowly save up, work harder, and do more, can I buy a house and land here and settle down there? If I don't want to work hard to exchange for food and money, then you don't have to save me, because I am destined to live a hard life. Lazy people are hopeless. "
Jiang Fubao explained.
The two sisters' eyes met in the air.
Seeing Jiang Huanyu's confused look, Jiang Fubao sighed and began to explain again.
“Saving people is not just about yourself. If someone doesn’t want to live a good life, what’s the use of saving him? He will still be the same. So you have to save those who should be saved. Also, if you open this people’s hall, you need to make a name for it.
The more people know about it, the better. The poor who want to survive will naturally come here to seek refuge with you. What should you do if you are short of funds? Hire a few salesmen, the kind who are good at talking and can make the dead look alive, and send them to the homes of the rich in various places to ask for money... "
Jiang Fubao was interrupted by Jiang Ruyi before he could finish his words.
"Sister, if you want money, they will give it to you. They are not stupid. If they have money, they would give porridge to the poor and try to gain fame. Why would they give it to you? Even a stupid person would not agree to it."
Jiang Ruyi has been in the clinic for so long and is smarter than Jiang Huanyu.
"Second sister is right. We are trying to gain a good reputation. Just now I said that we need to make the reputation of Baixingtang known to everyone in the world. This is a charity that helps the people. Through the deception of the salesmen, as long as they donate money, they will naturally gain a good reputation. Every year or every month, Baixingtang posts the names of the wealthy families who donated money outside the shop.
Help them to become famous, who wouldn't want to participate in such a good thing? Then write down the silver they donated. People like to compare. For example, Shopkeeper Xu donated five taels, and his mortal enemy Shopkeeper Bai donated ten taels. Then Shopkeeper Xu would be embarrassed. Next time, he would naturally donate fifteen taels, trying to surpass Shopkeeper Bai. This is the fund of the Common People Hall. With the stored grain and silver, are you afraid that you can't help people?"
Jiang Fubao raised the corner of his mouth and praised his second sister before continuing to explain.
"Also, emergency relief cannot help the poor. If someone in your family is sick and has no money to treat the disease, or if there is a natural disaster and people are starving to death, then you don't have to work to exchange for money and food. First check the former to make sure it is true, and that the family has a good reputation among the neighbors and has not done many evil things.
Then pay for her medical treatment. Our clinic can cooperate with you. After the treatment, let her family repay the medical expenses with their labor. Your charity pays half and let them pay the other half. If you can't help her in full, you can donate for three days first. After three days, her strength should return and she will have the strength to work, such as farming, helping to build roads and riverbanks. From then on, she can use her labor to exchange for food. This is emergency relief."
"Fubao, why do we need to build roads and river embankments?" Jiang Huanyu still didn't understand.
The more I talk, the less she understands.
She just wanted to help the poor people who couldn't afford food, so why did she have to build roads and river embankments? Isn't that what the government should do?
“If your Common People Hall wins the support of the people, will it arouse fear? Not to mention the one in the imperial city, even the local officials will suppress you. But if you help the government, it will only build good relations with every official. You will benefit him and he will also be able to make achievements and get promoted. Mutual benefit will last long.
Besides, building roads and riverbanks is also to help people. If the riverbank collapses, who will die? Isn't it the villagers living by the river? If the road is repaired, it will be convenient for the villages in the mountains to come to the town. How can they be poor? They can sell mountain products casually, or carry sandbags and do some odd jobs to supplement their family income, and their lives will only get better and better. "
Jiang Fubao spoke until his mouth was dry.
When she looked up, she found that everyone in the family was looking at her.
Grandma doesn't play cards anymore.
"But I only have five taels of silver. How can I open it?" Jiang Huanyu's face was wrinkled like a meat bun left over from the previous night.
She was very distressed. Although she understood, she had no money.
If she had known this earlier, she would have saved more money.
She used the pocket money her family gave her to buy food, clothes or miscellaneous small items.
The main point is that you can't sleep unless you spend all your money.
These five taels are the New Year's money given by my family.
If all the shops outside hadn't been closed, she wouldn't have been able to stay.
Jiang Huanyu and Jiang Tongtu are like real siblings, they are alike in every way.
"Third sister, you're joking. Do you know what our family has the most?" Jiang Fubao chuckled and looked at Jiang Huanyu with interest.
"What are you missing? A beauty?" Jiang Huanyu looked confused.
There are the most beauties in the family, including her, her younger sister Fubao, sister Ruyi and sister Wangyou, and even the two sisters-in-law who have married into the family and one who has not married into the family yet, are all very beautiful.
“Hahahahaha——” Jiang Fubao burst into laughter.
Sometimes she really admires her third sister's way of thinking.
"It's money! I'm making money, the snack shop is also making money, and there's also the rent of other shops, the harvest from the fields, and the grain paid by the tenants, etc. We have so much money that we can't spend it all. Go and ask grandma to invest in you. When you make a profit in the future, give grandma 10% of it."