"Mr. Wang, how's the recruitment going for the rest of the people?"
"As soon as the notice was posted yesterday, people started asking about it. Today, when we opened, even more came; we've registered dozens of people by now. Most of them are craftsmen and farmers; only two cooks showed up."
Mr. Wang quickly handed the registration records over to Han Lei to review. Han Lei took a look; it was all in traditional characters, written messily, like scrawls she couldn't read at all.
In this era, educational resources were scarce and mostly monopolized by wealthy families; not many people could read and write. Perhaps Mr. Wang became a shopkeeper for over a decade because he was literate.
Han Lei called over Squad Leader Xiao Yi, instructed him to tell County Magistrate Luo to send a couple of literate clerks to assist with registration. Then, she asked Mr. Wang to gather all the registered craftsmen and farmers because work would start today.
