Chapter 43: Women for Men
"It's all a bunch of white-eyed wolves who can't be fed!"
The third master kept slapping the table, which shook Liu Chun's ears and buzzed, "That, Dad, don't be so angry!" ”
"Humph!" The third master stood up suddenly, stretched out his fingers, and knocked on the table angrily: "Can I not get angry?" Well done, they took the land, turned around and ran, and threw down such a big mess, what to do with the military rations? What to do with gunpowder, and iron-making workshops...... You say, are you still going to do it? ”
"Of course you have to do it, this is our family's way of getting money!" Liu Chun confirmed.
The third master sat down, grabbed the teapot, poured a big sip of tea directly, put the pot down, and said angrily: "To put it lightly, now that everyone has run away, what do I think you should do?" Not to mention anything else, Song Guogong and Yan Wang still have military rations over there, if they can't hand it over on time, people will delay our military plane, and your head will be gone! ”
"Of course, I can't get better, I want to cut off my head, cut mine first!" The third master felt that it was unreasonable to be angry with Liu Chun, he sighed, "You said that these people, why don't they know how to learn about Entu Bao, it's really hateful!" Or...... I'll take the soldiers and horses and arrest them now! ”
Liu San finally remembered that he was still a hundred households in Baiyangkou, and he was the identity of Jinyiwei, and he still had power!
Liu Chun hurriedly stopped, "Don't be stupid, the officials on the mission, if you go to the countryside to do evil, the people can be arrested and sent to the capital!" ”
Lao Zhu does have this rule, Liu San rolled his eyes in anger, and complained in his heart, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, aren't you making trouble for us?
Why do you take care of those mud legs so much?
Sure enough, no one can escape the fate of the butt to decide the head.
These days, the third master actually has the consciousness of a capitalist.
Liu Chun took a deep breath, "It's useless to complain, the key is to figure out, why did the workers run away?" ”
"Do you need to ask? It's not that they got the fields, saying that they are white-eyed wolves, and they are not wronged at all! ”
The third master scolded on his lips, but he also thought about it in his heart...... Strictly speaking, the workers of Baiyangkou are still people's husbands, and they are recruited in the name of war.
According to the rules of the imperial court, they only had to bear one month of forced labor, which could be extended to forty days at most...... And it is still a matter of counting the fields, and one of the fields can be out of the Dingfu alone.
Obviously, these regulations are Zhu Yuanzhang's care for the poor people.
But if it was according to Comrade Zhu's regulations, how could Liu Chun gather enough workers to quickly process military rations?
There was no way, he could only give the people money to start work, which was not enough, and took out the land, which gathered enough workers in a short time...... At the beginning, Liu Chun stipulated that after working for three months, he could get the land.
When it came to actual work, some people worked hard, some people knew technology, and they got the land they deserved in advance.
It didn't matter if they got the land, the workers began to calculate.
On average, each person has more than one acre of land, and some people have more than five acres!
Seeing that autumn is over, now when I go back, I can still plant a crop of autumn vegetables, keep it for the winter, maybe I can buy a little, plus the wages I earn, although it is not much, but I can also live a fat year.
What's more, in one month, the autumn harvest will begin, and there is still their own land waiting for them!
No, they ran away.
"I told them to pay for the three salaries, but they didn't do it! These elm heads deserve to die of poverty guarding that little field! The third master was still angry.
Liu Chun is relatively calm, he is too familiar with this situation, to put it bluntly, these people are migrant workers!
And he was forced to come out to work.
Why is the smallholder economy stable?
Thirty acres of land with a cow, and the wife and children are hot on the kang.
Farmers grow their own crops and feed themselves, and they are self-sufficient.
Let them leave the house, listen to the command of others, and be honest as a worker, which is simply overwhelming.
Even in later generations, young people from the countryside are willing to open a small restaurant, a small hair salon, and a small fruit shop...... Be your own boss, and only if you have no choice, you will go to the production line to be a worker.
This problem, in the people of Daming, is countless times more serious!
Lao Zhu has only been dividing the land for 20 years, and the north is still relatively vast and sparsely populated, and they can live by farming, if it weren't for Liu Chun to lure them with land, they wouldn't have persevered until today!
What to do?
Is the newly established family business about to collapse?
The third master was so anxious that he was angry, and he was still counting on making money to marry Miss Feng! Looking at the current situation, let alone making money, I'm afraid that even the order will not be completed on schedule!
Liu Chun thought about it seriously and said, "Actually, it's not that bad!" ”
He analyzed the situation for the third master...... True, the workers have gone a lot, but the craftsmen are still there!
These craftsmen are craftsmen in Beiping, and they are born to do this, and they can't run.
Liu Chun was able to quickly establish a workshop, but he didn't rely on his golden finger to come to everything. In fact, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, made great efforts.
It takes a carpenter, a lacquerer, a stonemason, a blacksmith, and a coachman to produce a barrel...... This set of people was all arranged by Zhu Di.
Liu Chun was only responsible for assigning them well, letting them perform their duties, and leading the workers of Baiyangkou to work.
The craftsmen lived a very comfortable life in Baiyangkou, Liu Chun gave more wages than the imperial court, and arranged for them to live in the Lu family's mansion, with good food and someone to serve them, which was much better than in Beiping.
Now they would rather work for Liu Chun than return to Beiping.
"What we lack now is some workers who can make a lot of effort, the purse and military uniform are temporarily completed, as long as some women come over, we should be able to fill the vacancy!"
"Woman?"
Liu San couldn't believe his ears, is his son crazy? Let a bunch of women work like men? Who would?
The third master kept shaking his head, "You have a bad idea, it will definitely not work!" ”
Liu Chun chuckled, "Don't be in a hurry to deny it yet!" Haven't you heard a word? Shall a woman be used for a man, and a man for an animal? I thought, I can do it! ”
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Zhang's sister-in-law was instructed by Liu Chun to take care of Xu Miaojin. After getting along for two days, she found that Xu Miaojin was really good, not delicate, and had no temper. I do a lot of things by myself and try not to bother others.
It's just that sometimes she sits there in a daze, and she sits for more than an hour, and I don't know what she thinks. Sister-in-law Zhang could see that Xu Miaojin had something in her heart, and she was reluctant to say it.
She is also not easy to ask, and many times, the two of them just sit down...... Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't stand it, she secretly took out a booklet, took out a charcoal pen, and wrote and drew on it.
"What are you doing?"
Xu Miaojin didn't know when, standing behind the focused sister-in-law Zhang.
Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly put away the booklet and said uneasily: "Girl, the old woman is confused, please forgive the girl, I won't dare next time." ”
Xu Miaoyun smiled indifferently, "It's nothing, I see you have drawn a lot of circles, what do you mean?" ”
Sister-in-law Zhang was embarrassed, she spread out the booklet, her old face was red and said, "Girl, don't tell me, I lied to Master Liu!" ”
Xu Miaojin's eyes lit up and she became even more curious.
Zhang's sister-in-law could only tell her that Liu Chun asked at that time who knew how to read and was responsible for bookkeeping, and could receive an extra three cents a day.
As a result, Sister-in-law Zhang volunteered, God is pitiful, she can only write five words, including her own name! How do I keep my accounts? But it turns out that Sister-in-law Zhang not only completed the bookkeeping, but also made no mistakes!
"Girl, look, I draw a small circle, which is an egg, a little bigger, a duck egg, and the largest one is a goose egg......" Sister-in-law Zhang originally relied on drawing to complete the bookkeeping! After a few months, she was stunned to know more than 200 words.
In the booklet, there are fewer and fewer pictures, more and more words, although there are missing arms and legs, but no one can deny that it is a word!
"Girl, I took over the bookkeeping work just to earn a little more money...... My sons are nine years old, and in a few years, they will marry a daughter-in-law. Sister-in-law Zhang frowned, the pressure is really not small!
Xu Miaojin was puzzled: "What about your father-in-law?" What does he do? ”
"He's a ghost!" Sister-in-law Zhang laughed at herself, "My life is not good, I killed three husbands, and I am left with one son, no matter what, I have to bring him up!" ”
Xu Miaojin looked at the booklet again, and the circles were full of it, and there was a kind of magic that made her blurt out.
"I'll teach you how to write!"