"Hope?" Everyone looked at Qin Feng a little blankly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Yes, hope!" Qin Feng nodded vigorously, "As the saying goes, a dog jumps off a wall in a hurry, but why should a dog jump off the wall, because he has no way out, and if he doesn't jump off the wall, he will die, but if it knows that there is another way to go, will it still jump off the wall?" I don't think so. So what we want to give these captives now is another way, so that they can clearly know that what awaits them in the future is not despair, but hope. ”

"General, how can you give them this hope?" Quan Yun leaned forward, interested in the authentic.

Qin Feng smiled, "Quan Junshou, haven't you been doing the same thing all these years?" Why have the people of Shayang County been obedient and wholeheartedly support the county government and the five families, isn't it because you have been letting them see hope, although this is just a painting cake, and all they occasionally get is a few sesame seeds that fall from this cake, but they are still happily waiting for more sesame seeds to fall, isn't it? ”

As soon as Qin Feng said this, the faces of the five major families such as Quan Yun and Liu Xingwen turned a little red.

Standing up, Qin Feng looked at everyone: "These captives were originally ordinary people from Changyang County, unfortunately, they ran into Mo Luo, of course, even more unfortunately, what they encountered in Changyang was another group of officials and gentry who were tyrannical and did not care about their life or death, so even if there was no Mo Luo, there would be Li Luo and Zhang Luo." Fundamentally speaking, they are just ordinary and kind people who have been forced to go to Liangshan. ”

"Liangshan? Where is Yangsan? Why is it said to be forced to Liangshan? Liu Xingwen looked at Qin Feng puzzled.

Qin Feng, who had just blurted out, was asked by Liu Xingwen, and suddenly he was also at a loss, yes, why was he forced to go to Liangshan instead of Yanshan, Mengshan, and Yinshan? He scratched his head a little inexplicably, looked at Liu Xingwen and smiled, "Just say it casually." ”

Everyone's attention was not distracted because of such an accident, but they were still listening to Qin Feng's words attentively.

"Since they were originally the most ordinary people, then at the root, they can still be said to be duty-bound, and the desire for a stable life is the most primitive desire of the people on this land. These people, along with Mo Luo's burning, killing and looting in our Shayang County, of course they have committed crimes, and if they commit crimes, of course they must be punished, which is why they were sent to the Taiping Iron Mine to mine. Qin Feng coughed lightly and said.

Everyone smiled knowingly, and when they did things, of course, they had to find a justifiable and high-sounding reason for themselves, and Qin Feng found this reason flawlessly. However, when there was a serious shortage of labor in Taiping Iron Mine, even if there was no such reason, I believe that Qin Feng could find other reasons.

"But as I said earlier, they are not the first evil, but they are blindly obedient, and although they have to be punished, this punishment must be measured, and how can it be measured? The first poop time limit. Qin Feng said: "Tell them that our punishment for them is fixed-term imprisonment." ”

"Fixed-term imprisonment?" The crowd was dumbfounded.

"Yes, a prison sentence." Qin Feng smiled and said, "Lu Feng, the next thing you have to do is to distinguish and screen among these captives again, and pick out some of the most obedient and honest, and their fixed-term imprisonment is one year." And so on, but the highest should not exceed three years. ”

"It's a good idea." Quan Yun applauded and laughed: "Even those guys who want to make trouble the most, as soon as they hear that they can regain their freedom as long as they suffer here for three years, who will risk their lives to fight for an ethereal future?" Even if they want to make trouble, will those captives who are only one or two years old make trouble with them? This is divide, divide and conquer. ”

"The Quan Junshou is right, this is divide and rule." Qin Feng nodded and said: "This is the hope of time, and the second aspect is the hope of treatment." Although they are captives, we still have to admit that they are contributing to the Taiping Iron Mine, so we can pay them a certain amount. ”

"Pay the captives back?" There was an uproar in the room. "It's already good to give them a bowl of full rice to eat, you know, they are in Changyang County, but even eating is a problem."

"Yes, it was a problem for them to eat in Changyang, so they rebelled. However, if we want them to know that our Taiping Army is different from the officials they have met before, so that they will have a certain good impression of us, then it is actually very cost-effective to pay a little bit of symbolic payment. Qin Feng said with a smile, "What is given to them, or only one-tenth or one percent of their labor, is not an exaggeration to describe it as pitiful, but for these people, these symbolic rewards are more convincing than any big truth." General Liu, the former miner of Liu's Iron Mine, what is the remuneration for most of them? ”

Liu Xingwen replied: "General, mining is a hard job, the people of Shayang County used to have a good life, and it is really difficult to sweep and recruit miners, everyone digs and digs in the land, and it is not a problem to eat, so the salary of Liu's iron mine to miners is still very considerable, generally speaking, five or ten taels of silver a month, the longer you work, the more you get, which is higher than the income from farming, but even so, there is often a shortage of people, so sometimes, you have to go through the right to guard, Catch some people from prison to be filled. ”

Qin Feng smiled and ignored Liu Xingwen's last sentence, "Five to ten taels of silver is indeed a lot, then we will give each captive five cents of silver a month, a tenth of the reward, but in the hearts of these captives, the role it plays can not be bought even by five hundred taels of silver." ”

"That's what the general said." Quan Yun and Ge Qingsheng are both pro-people officials, and their psychological understanding of the common people is much deeper than that of other people here.

"What's more, the money isn't going to come out right away." Qin Feng drew a cake in the air with his hand, and said with a smile: "When Lu Feng determines everyone's sentence, he tries to distinguish everyone as much as possible, the remuneration of these captives is not paid every month, but is settled to him again when his sentence is completed, then the pressure on funds will be minimized, in fact, there is not much." ”

He said self-deprecatingly.

"Boss, your method will indeed have a great effect on stabilizing the captive team, but I am a little worried, you just said that the maximum sentence is no more than three years, so after three years, where will our miners go to find it? When the time comes, they will leave with the money they earned during their imprisonment, and who will I cry to? Shouldn't iron mines be shut down? Skillful shook his head again and again, expressing his disapproval.

"Why did I set the maximum time at three years, of course, there are considerations." Qin Feng said: "Within a year, I am afraid that our strategy against Changyang County will not be able to be carried out due to various external factors, then, the border must be closed, but our hostile state with Changyang County has always existed, those who have completed their one-year sentence, where can they go?" Back to Changyang County? Then you can only sneak back, well, if we catch you, you can come back to mining, and there will be a new sentence for you. If he doesn't go back, where can they go? In Shayang County, there are many people who hate them, compared to it, I'm afraid this place is still the safest, there is food, there is work, there is money to take, why should they leave? And when the time comes, they will no longer be captives and prisoners, but will be iron miners, and their salaries will rise significantly, as General Liu said, the bottom limit of five taels of silver per month is also heaven compared to their poverty and withering Changyang County! Of course, there is also a question of publicity involved here, depending on how well you are doing during this period? ”

Skillful hands narrowed his eyes, "Boss, I'm just responsible for smelting iron and making weapons and armor, and I have to take care of these things?" ”

Qin Feng laughed loudly, "Skillful, you are the leader of Taiping Iron Mine, not only do you have to take care of production, but everyone here eats, drinks, lass and sleeps, it's all your business, official, it's not so easy to do." ”

Hearing this, the skillful hand looked painful, Quan Yun, Ge Qingsheng was smiling, the ruling side, that is a painful and happy thing.

"What I said just now is a matter of a short time, and three years later, if everything goes well, Changyang County is already under our rule, at that time, even if they go back, what does it matter? What will Changyang County look like after a long war, it must be that the people are not living, as long as the two are compared, it must still be good here. And with the living example of those who stayed after the release of the previous ones, are you still afraid that they didn't come to mine for you? I'm just afraid that when the time comes, those people who were struggling in Changyang County will flock here to find something to do, and you can't handle it? Qin Feng said with a smile. The work of five taels of silver a month is not too high in Shayang County, but in Changyang County, for ordinary people, it is definitely a beautiful difference. ”

Hearing this, everyone had a comprehensive understanding of Qin Feng's plan.

"Of course, this is to be soft, to show kindness, on this basis, Liwei is also necessary, both grace and power, soft and hard, both hands to grasp, both hands to be hard is the truth." Speaking of this, Qin Feng's face was already solemn, "It is not excluded that there are still some diehards in it, who are used to getting something for nothing, and there will still be a few people who make trouble, but as long as the above measures are in place, these people will be alone, and when the time comes, it will not be difficult to deal with, right?" Lu Feng? ”

Lu Feng nodded vigorously: "Yes, general, if you deal with such a person, the last general will definitely make them regret being born in this world." ”

"Yes, when it's time to stand up, you will never be soft, Lu Feng, I will give you two thousand soldiers, you recruit and train yourself, in fact, those miners are also good soldiers, aren't they? I hope that in a few years, when there is no longer a need for military ammunition here, your army will be a strong force that can go to war. ”

"Understood, General!" Lu Feng's excited voice trembled a little. In his opinion, Qin Feng has already listed a timetable for him, that is, three years later, after taking Changyang County, there will no longer be a need for an army to be stationed here, and at that time, he will have an army trained by himself to go to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions and realize his ideals. (To be continued.) )