Chapter 945
: Reclaiming the Land with a Child
Chapter 945: Reclaiming the Land with a Child
"Hey, hey, hey!" The village chiefs and neighborhood leaders were there to check on the construction regulations.
Because the medicinal herb industry is a matter of life and death, there are many rules and regulations in the medicinal herb workshop, as many as one hundred major rules and dozens of minor supplementary rules.
However, if work regulations are violated, the penalties are extremely severe.
For example: "If the medicinal materials become ineffective due to the employee's incorrect processing method, the lightest punishment will be a fine of ten thousand taels of silver and a report to the authorities; the heaviest punishment will be a lawsuit filed by the Qin family in the capital, with the employee's entire family implicated!"
This, this, this?
The village chiefs were terrified and looked at Qin Xiaomi... "Isn't it a bit too much to kill our entire clan in one go?"
Qin Xiaomi: "Everyone, this is to prevent some people from paying high prices to bribe workers to deliberately fail in processing the medicinal materials, thereby ruining the reputation of the Qin family's medicinal material processing workshop and making it unable to continue operating. Therefore, the punishment must be so high to have a deterrent effect."
"That's reasonable!" Village Chief Zhou and Clan Chief Lü echoed in support, then pointed to the other village chiefs: "If you think the punishment is too severe, you can take your villagers with you. Signing the contract is voluntary; the Qin family will not force you to sign."
The village chiefs remained silent, but hundreds of workers shouted, "Village chiefs, we are willing to sign! We will never be bribed! Even if they give us 100,000 taels of silver, we will not help them harm the Qin family!"
Ah, 100,000 taels of silver?
Some students thought to themselves with disdain: Have you lowly people ever seen 100,000 taels of silver? How dare you say such things!
The villagers had never seen so much silver before, but did that stop them from making threats? No, it didn't.
“It’s very reasonable. I, Lao Niu, have no objection to these extremely high penalties for violations,” said Niu, the village chief of Niutoupo Village.
The other village chiefs echoed, "We have no objection."
The village chief added, "No matter how outrageous the punishment is, as long as the workers don't do evil first, there won't be any problems. These work regulations are very safe."
"That's right, that's right. There's nothing wrong with Lord Qin's construction regulations. As long as we act with benevolence and righteousness, there won't be any problems."
but……
"Old Master Qin, Boss Qin, isn't this rule—that workers are forbidden from making frivolous or offensive remarks about other workers, and that violators will be dismissed, with serious cases even being handed over to the authorities for investigation—to be too harsh?" several village chiefs asked.
Many workers also felt that this was unreasonable.
What do you say?
Even a country man might not beat his wife, but who hasn't made a few risqué jokes?
Qin Xiaomi said, "This punishment is not severe at all. Rumors can spread like wildfire, and people can kill. There are so many female workers in the herbal medicine shop. If someone makes a joke about it and it gets around, and the villagers believe the rumor is true, what if my female workers jump into the well because of it? Will you pay for it with your lives?"
“Village chiefs, workers, you all have wives, daughters or granddaughters. Do you make frivolous jokes with your wives, daughters or granddaughters at home?”
“You won’t, because you’ll feel sorry for your wives and daughters, and you know that doing this is wrong and hurts the person being joked about.”
"So since you know that joking and flippant remarks can hurt people, why don't you stop it?"
"You may not stop it, but my herbal medicine shop will definitely stop it. This work rule will not be withdrawn. If you disagree, you can leave now before you sign the contract!"
Damn it, if you can do it, great; if not, get lost. Qin Xiaomi was really annoyed by this kind of "child-rearing-style pioneering," it was exhausting.
"Qin Dongjia is right, my Zhou family has no objection!" Old Village Chief Zhou immediately stood up for her when he saw that she was getting impatient.
Clan chief Lu, village chief He, village chief Shi, village chief Niu, and others also said, "They should be severely punished like this. We can't let them verbally bully the female workers and then try to escape punishment by joking!"
Among the male workers, some who like to chat in private are extremely nervous, constantly reminding themselves not to joke around at work, or they will lose this job that earns them money.
The students, however, thought the regulations were quite reasonable… The daughters of their wealthy families were precious from a young age, and anyone who dared to speak disrespectfully in front of them would cause a conflict between the two families. Of course, sons of equal social standing would not be so rude as to joke about the daughters, unless it was done intentionally for the sake of their family.
If that's the case, it proves that the two sides have not only broken off relations, but have reached a point of no return.
The female workers, especially unmarried women like Liu Xiuxiu, were so moved they almost cried... They felt the care and even the appreciation their employers showed them.
Dangdang Dangdang!
Granny Qin banged the gong and shouted, "Hurry up and watch, stop with the idle chatter, it's getting late!"
He's so slow and indecisive, delaying my mother from getting home from work to enjoy a good meal.
"Yes, yes, let's keep watching," the village chiefs and neighborhood leaders responded.
About half an hour later, the representatives from all parties unanimously agreed: "The Qin family's processing rules for medicinal herbs are correct. We are willing to accept them and will help supervise the workers in our village to ensure that they abide by the rules."
“Listen up, workers from all the villages in Zhenxili! If I, the village chief, find out that you’ve made fun of the female workers after returning to your villages, I won’t even need the Qin family to do anything. I’ll call for Chief Zhou and have you all handed over to the authorities for investigation!” said Old Village Chief Zhou.
Chief Lu and Village Chief Miao also warned the villagers and workers in their respective jurisdictions.
Miao Jinke, He Liuliu, He Wangtian, and the male worker surnamed Huang from Guicun all said, "We will definitely abide by the work rules and will never verbally bully others!"
Qin Xiaomi looked towards the female worker.
Cao Fanshi understood almost instantly and immediately shouted: "We female workers, especially the older women who are married and have children, will never verbally bully, spread rumors, belittle, or slander female workers. We will only treat female workers as our own sisters and daughters!"
Cao Fanshi had lived in the countryside for decades and knew that some elderly women loved to gossip about unmarried girls!
So-and-so was just made up by an old woman and ended up hanging himself... It's an old story. If it weren't for this construction regulation, Cao Fanshi would never have remembered this old news from her childhood.
Upon hearing this, the other female workers echoed, "We will strictly abide by the work rules, watch our words, and never say anything harmful!"
"Good!" Old Qiong couldn't help but clap his hands and cheer for the workers: "You fellow villagers are all doing a great job. If everyone could be as mindful of their words as you are, the atmosphere of the whole world would be much cleaner."
"Oh my, we've been praised by a famous scholar?!" The workers were overjoyed and secretly resolved to keep their mouths shut and not say anything harmful, otherwise, if the famous scholar spread the word, they would lose face throughout the entire Wei Dynasty.
Old Qiong bowed to Qin Xiaomi in front of everyone and said sincerely, "Master Qin not only provides a livelihood for the villagers, but also educates them. I am ashamed to admit that I am not as good as him. Please accept my bow."
He bowed deeply and paused for at least three breaths before straightening up.
The students were shocked. One student, Gao Zhenzhi, glared angrily at Qin Xiaomi: "Boss Qin, you certainly have achievements, but..."
"Shut up! Our herbal medicine shop is busy with signing contracts right now. If you talk nonsense, you'll get thrown out!" Qin Xiaomi was really fed up with these people. They kept interrupting her. If they interrupted her again, she wouldn't sign the contract today and would just beat them up.
Gao Zhenzhi: "..."
Master Xun hurriedly said, "Shut up, everyone. Don't interfere with the master's business."
With Master Xun speaking up, and given the previous incident of Shi Songxin being thrown away, coupled with the terrible nature of the new deworming medicine last night, the students became sensible and obedient.
"Hmph," Qin Xiaomi concluded, "Those who can accept the working hours, wages, work regulations, and the severity of penalties can stay and sign a contract!"