After talking to Uncle Qi about the workshop, he entrusted him to walk out the news of his recruitment. Uncle Qi patted his chest and agreed. Then Liu Pei called Liu Jiang. Liu Jiang is the little beggar. When he was on the way, Liu Pei had already asked Liu Jiang about his life experience. Liu Jiang's family was originally a businessman, and his family was also very wealthy. I didn't expect that one day disaster would fall from the sky! There was a fire in the house, and both parents burned to death in the house. At that time, Liu Jiang was still young, and his relatives seized his family property and drove Liu Jiang out.

Liu Jiang was not satisfied and sued the government several times. However, when the clan relatives gave him the money, the government did not accept Liu Jiang's complaint in the name of Liu Jiang being young and needing the clan relatives to take charge of the property for him. Liu Jiang argued many times, and was broken when he was fighting with his relatives. In this way, Liu Jiang became a little beggar in the city of Jinan.

Liu Pei took 500 taels of silver and handed it to Uncle Qi and said, "The 500 taels of silver will be put on you." This is where the money for the workshop comes from. In addition, let Liu Jiang run errands with you, and eat some good food to take care of your body by the way. When the village chief was done, he helped him find someone to send him to Jinan City to find a doctor and heal his leg again. The money for Liu Jiang's treatment and the expenses for his care came out of these silvers. ”

Liu Jiang was moved to kneel down and kowtow, but Liu Pei grabbed him and said, "Remember in the future, don't kowtow!" Just salute me as they do. ”

What Liu Pei popularized is the salute of the modern army. Liu Pei is a modern person, so he naturally opposes the fact that soldiers kneel when they have nothing to do. Soldiers with weak legs always kneel, and slowly lose their arrogance. If there is no pride in the heart, there will naturally be less backbone. And then surrender is a logical thing. So Liu Pei changed the way of saluting as soon as he established the team.

After sending away Uncle Qi and Liu Jiang, Liu Pei pondered how to proceed with the next plan. Now with the money, some things are on the agenda. What did Liu Pei know best about what he lacked in the last years of the Ming Dynasty? It's a lack of food.

With food, the people will be stable and will not be thieves. With food, meat and other non-staple foods can be produced, and adequate nutrition can be provided to people. Soldiers will have more physical strength to fight. So the next step for Liu Pei is to be a big landlord.

But before he can do that, he has to solve the problem of playing first. So it involves recruiting and expanding. Liu Pei had already inquired about the situation in several nearby villages from the villagers. There are about 300 young people in several nearby villages. Excluding those who are only willing to stay at home to farm, there must be more than 200 people to choose from, so this time Liu Pei simply plans to recruit more people. Recruit 100 people directly.

In the evening, Uncle Qi came to the door again. As soon as he entered the door, Uncle Qi asked, "I forgot to tell you during the day." I would like to ask, are you planning to recruit 60 people this time? ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "The original plan was to recruit 60 people. But I thought about it for a while, and I planned to recruit 100 people directly. ”

Uncle Qi nodded and said, "It's okay to recruit more people." But there's one thing you need to hurry up with. ”

Liu Pei asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Uncle Qi said with a mysterious face: "Official body! ”

This sentence confused Liu Pei. What kind of ginseng is Guan Shen? Uncle Qi knew that he didn't understand when he looked at him, so he said, "Your current identity is just a military household. You have to work hard to climb up to give hope to those who follow you! So you've got to get a place in the guardhouse! ”

Only then did Liu Pei understand that what Uncle Qi meant was that he wanted him to be an official. Liu Pei said lightly: "Is this necessary?" ”

Uncle Qi pointed at Liu Pei with his finger, and said angrily: "You are still young and don't understand these things!" Indeed, with a full amount of money, you can hold the hearts of a group of people. But everyone talks about getting promoted and getting rich, and getting promoted to get rich! If you are promoted, they will naturally follow you in the future. to be able to follow you more faithfully. ”

Liu Pei listened and took a deep breath. He nodded heavily. He only realized now that what Uncle Qi said was right! Since ancient times, the four words of promotion and wealth have been engraved in people's bones. And the promotion is in front. In China's history, officials have represented all favorable factors.

In the past, I just thought about running regimental training and mastering the troops! But if you become an official, you can develop your own strength justifiably without worrying about the reaction of the government. Because I am a member of the government! And if necessary, it can also use the power of the government.

At the same time, if he has an official position in Weiwei, it will be more justifiable to order his subordinates in the future. His subordinates are also willing to push him to a higher place, so that they can take themselves one step higher. Otherwise, how could there be so many people who instigated Shangguan to rebel in ancient times! Aren't they all looking forward to becoming the founding fathers of the country!

Thinking of this, Liu Pei immediately thanked Uncle Qi and said, "Thank you Uncle for reminding me!" I really forgot about it. ”

Uncle Qi twisted his beard and pretended to be Zhuge Liang, and said with a look of Zhizhu in his hand: "Young man, thinking about things is one less piece!" I've already thought of it for you, so you can take out 20 taels of silver first. I'll go to Qianhu to dredge it up for you, and arrange the identity of a small flag first. After a year and a half, we will find a way to commission the general flag, 100 households or something! You'll be talking to more people! ”

Without saying a word, Liu Pei took 25 taels of silver and gave it to Uncle Qi, and said, "Uncle Qi, this time you are troubled to run errands." 5 taels of silver will be counted as giving you a cup of tea. ”

Uncle Qi was not polite and put it away directly. Just about to say goodbye, he was stopped by Liu Pei. Liu Pei said: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I still have something to discuss with you." I wanted to build a school in the village to teach children to read and write. ”

Uncle Qi was so excited that he trembled all over his body, and tears came down! Build a school! What a few lifetimes have not had! I didn't hand Liu Pei over to the county government at the beginning, which is really the right thing I have done in my life! If my children and grandchildren come out on top, I will be able to laugh out loud in the cemetery!

When Liu Pei saw Uncle Qi's appearance, he thought that this old man had a stroke in excitement! Hurriedly helped him sit down, and fed him two mouthfuls of water before Uncle Qi came back to his senses.

In fact, Uncle Qi can't be blamed for his gaffe. The literacy rate in the Ming Dynasty was quite low, less than one in tenth. And all were concentrated in the nobility and gentry classes. At the very least, it is also the middle class. It is basically impossible for a real poor child to be literate. The children of the poor families mentioned in the history books are not ordinary people at all, but homesteaders who have land and surplus grain at home!

Otherwise, ordinary people will not be able to afford the huge cost of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Because in these four items, except for the inkstone, the others are consumables. It takes constant consumption to hone knowledge. Moreover, ordinary peasant families simply cannot afford to support a full-time student. I am afraid that even eating is a problem if there is one less strong laborer in the family, not to mention the expenses of handing over and buying paper and pens. You must know that in ordinary people's homes, even children are usually responsible for collecting firewood, digging wild vegetables, hunting pigweed, raising chickens and other work at home, and they are also half laborers.