Talent!

This is Hong Tao and Xu Donglai's evaluation after chatting for more than an hour. Don't look at this person who is also an orphan and has only attended a literacy class in the Salesian Bureau, but he likes to read very much, and he reads everything, plus he has been mixed with the bottom of society all the year round, and his vision of seeing problems is very unique, and he analyzes things in a meticulous way.

He was particularly dissatisfied with the welfare system of the Great Song Dynasty, believing that as long as the officials were willing to observe the people's feelings, they could do this better, without spending a lot of money and food as they do now, and not achieving corresponding efficiency.

"I don't raise athletes, but I raise beggars; They don't feed the living, but the dead. The people generally suffer immeasurably! ”

This is the folk proverb relayed from the mouth of Xu Donglai, the people at the bottom of the society, which is completely contrary to the idea that Hong Tao had just formed in his mind that the welfare system of the Song Dynasty was quite comprehensive and the Song people should be very happy.

According to Xu Donglai, a large amount of tax revenue from the imperial court was used for the benefits of birth, old age, sickness and death, but it refused to reduce taxes on the young and strong and the living, which is a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

Moreover, in the entire welfare system, corruption, waste, laziness and laziness are not a minority. In order to get oil, the officials in charge of some welfare institutions even used the method of falsely reporting the number of people and hiring more workers to ask the imperial court for more money and food, and some young and strong people were also mixed into nursing homes to receive welfare.

"This Nima makes welfare sick!"

The problem that Xu Donglai said is understandable, because this situation also occurred in many high-welfare states in the West in later generations. Because the benefits are so good, people are not happy to go to work, and waiting for relief at home is even more comfortable than working at work.

It's a pity that there is no solution to this defect, the Song Dynasty is a little too advanced, and the problems that modern people have just encountered a thousand years later, they have also encountered them, so that the traverser has no way to learn from it, how can it be embarrassing!

"Brother Xu, I don't know who else is in the family, are your parents okay?" The Song people do not have adoptive parents, as long as they are adopted, they are parents, and there is no difference between them and their own children, at least not in terms of statement.

Hong Tao doesn't really care about other people's adoptive parents, he has fallen in love with Xu Donglai, and wants to get to the bottom and see if he can easily hug him to his side and listen to it.

Although Xu Donglai has a shallow education and is not highly educated, he has a mind that likes to ask questions, think, and summarize, as well as the experience of crawling at the bottom of the society.

In Hong Tao's eyes, he is much more useful than many intellectuals, he has no shortage of theorists or doers, Xu Donglai has the potential to become a good helper, as long as he is trained a little.

"My father and mother have passed away for a long time......" Xu Donglai didn't hide it, and he answered very happily.

"Oh, how many sons does Brother Xu have?" As soon as he heard that his parents were hanging, Hong Tao was secretly happy in his heart, but he was not satisfied, there were too many children and they were too young.

"I haven't married ...... yet" Xu Donglai was a little ashamed this time, if he is not married, he will have no children, and not having children is a big sin, and in the eyes of the ancients, it can even rise to a moral character problem.

"Dare to ask Brother Xu what he does for a living?"

Alone, Hong Tao felt that he had picked up a treasure, but he couldn't be too relieved. Looking at the way he looks, life is obviously not bad, at least slightly better than the residents of Pig Killing Alley.

"On weekdays, I take the old man as my business, and the children in this bureau are all matched by me. The father has a good reputation in the area of Pig Killing Alley, and the son is just from his father's business, which is not worth mentioning. When it comes to his work, Xu Donglai is polite, but he has a proud look on his face, and he seems to be quite satisfied with his work.

"Then you are in charge here, do you have a salary?" Hong Tao felt a little puzzled, can an employment agent still work part-time in the management of an orphanage? I'm not afraid that he will damage the public and private interests, and sell all the children in the yard!

"I don't take a penny, the monks in the bureau are not in good health, and whenever they are sick, they come to work for a few days. I don't want to meet Lord Commander today, I was offended just now, please don't hold a grudge. Xu Donglai replied while clasping his fists, apologizing for his attitude just now.

"There's an errand I want to ask Brother Xu to help, do you want to hear it?"

Now Hong Tao is relieved, you are a volunteer! I have a good brain, a good character, and a lot of love, so I have to use it for me. Don't play any false things, look at the general, how I smash you kid!

“…… I don't know where Lord Du Wei can use villains. Hearing Hong Tao's words, Xu Donglai was stunned, and although he endured it, his breathing was still obviously short.

"The official family appointed a certain person to raise insects and make wax, the stakes are very high, I don't know if Brother Xu is willing to help one or two. It's not for nothing, the salary is six times a month, and you can also enter the abacus to listen and learn the art of abacus. ”

In order to have one more helper, Hong Tao also worked hard, not only to pay the salary, but also to the future. If you're not a waste, it's okay to promise a petty official or something.

"If you dare to disobey your orders, the villain will do his best to live up to the good intentions of the officials." Xu Donglai was indeed smashed down, but he didn't faint, and he wasn't moved to the extent of bowing down, he just promised to take people's money and people to eliminate disasters, and he didn't even worship a master.

"Come to my house tomorrow and talk more...... Fu Ji, come here, this is Xu Donglai, who has just been persuaded by your family's senior officials, and will be on an errand in the house in the future. Is there anything about the contract, you two should negotiate, what is the boy's choice? ”

Hong Tao, who is not easy to get emotional, prefers to fight with blood or something, but it is in the way of doing business. I have no intention of gathering the generals at present, and it is true to get a few managers first.

At this time, Fu Ji also happened to come out of the gate of the Salesian Bureau, looking around to see who she was looking for. Leave Xu Donglai's affairs to her, if she is a red-faced person, she has to be a white-faced traitor. It is she who promises benefits, and she will naturally have to offend people and talk about the rules.

"Won't you...... How can there be a hug! Inadvertently picking up a person who he thought was useful made Hong Tao feel good, but as soon as he walked into the door of the Salesian Bureau, his good mood was immediately discounted.

There were more than a dozen children standing in the yard, most of them were girls, and there was a big difference in age, and the youngest one was actually shrunk in Lian'er's arms and gnawed his fingers.

"Don't worry about the officials, Chen Niang is the most pitiful, stay here and be bullied, bring it back to the house, I will use the money to support, and never let the officials and ladies bother."

Seeing Hong Tao frowning and grinning, Lian'er hugged the child in her arms tighter, and began to play tricks with her mouth curled. Her case money is not enough to buy her own snacks, and the princess has to make up for it privately every month, where is the wealth.

"Brother Xu, how can there be disabled children!" Hong Tao doesn't care about having a small mouth in the house, even if it costs a few dollars to drink milk and eat eggs every day. But he leaned over and looked at the child carefully, and he couldn't tell the difference between male and female, but the eyes were clear. This one has a disease, the lenses of both eyes are not the same color, one is a little yellow, and the other is actually a flower, it can't be blind!

"This woman is not from Tokyo, and she wandered here with her father, crying every day when she first arrived, and her eyes were afraid of the sun. The children look at her strangely, and they are also bullied......"

Xu Donglai also wanted Hong Tao to adopt this little girl, but it was clear that it would be a burden when he grew up, he had just found a new boss, and he couldn't ask too much like Lian'er.

"You can eat it! Girl, tell uncle, what is this? Hong Tao took a deep breath, grabbed a dried apricot from the pouch in Lian'er's waist and held it up to the little girl's face for her to identify, by the way, Lian'er said that the pouch has bottomed out, and it seems that she has to buy snacks on the way back.

If you are really blind, you should give up your teeth. It's not that we're ruthless, it's that it's too cumbersome. His future is unpredictable, he has done bad things that will not see the light of day, and he can't afford to suffer with a disabled child again.

......The little girl shrank into Lian'er's arms again, but the taste of the food emboldened her and changed her life.

"Yes, you will follow my surname in the future, Wang Chen...... Hurry up and help your sister Lian'er eat more, she won't be able to move the horse if she goes on like this! ”

Since the little girl can see things, Hong Tao can't grit her teeth, one is raising, and the other is raising. Whether her eye disease will worsen, and whether she will be blind when she grows up, depends on her creation.