In that case, all Liu Pei's plans would be ruined! So as long as Liu Pei has some spare money, he will buy land desperately. In the future, he can implement a large-scale agricultural plan on his own land, which is to use a small number of people to cooperate with machinery to start a large area.

Extensive cultivation. Instead of intensive cultivation of a few acres of land like now, which is too wasteful of labor. At that time, Liu Pei, as the landlord, could plan and gradually drive the farmers off the land.

Become a free labor force and be trained to enter the workshop.

After the spring plowing ceremony was over, all the villagers returned to their villages and started vigorous spring plowing. Liu Pei also rarely had his own free time, so he started to visit various villages with his entourage because he knew his free time.

Not a lot.

The situation in Fushan Village and several surrounding villages is better. They have relatively complete farm tools, and with Liu Pei's help, every household is working enthusiastically. But the villages newly formed by the refugees are more miserable.

Although Liu Pei distributed clothes to them, they were reluctant to wear them. Everyone wore old clothes from when they were refugees. They worked in the fields barefoot. The men were almost naked, only wearing rags that could not cover their flesh.

Trousers, bare back. For families assigned to cows, the men helped the plow. For families without cows, the village chief arranged to gather them together, and a few men tied with ropes to pull the plow in the field. Although Liu Pei tried his best to

He bought cattle for farming, but he was short of time and still not enough. Liu Pei had to ask people to organize families without cattle to work together for spring plowing.

Among the people pulling the plow, Liu Pei also saw a few old people with gray hair and withered muscles! They were also gritting their teeth and dragging the heavy iron plow! In fact, they were lucky because there were very few old people among the refugees.

After all, the elderly often cannot withstand the bumps on the journey and pass away early. In order to save food and for their children and grandchildren to survive, many elderly people leave the refugee group and walk into the wilderness silently.

Know where it fell!

At this time, even those women appeared in the fields. Their clothes could not even cover their bodies, but only covered the more critical parts. Although these refugees had been raised for a whole winter, they still did not

They have completely returned to their best physical condition. Especially the women, who saved all the food for their husbands and children on the way to escape famine, so their bodies are even weaker!

The women were barely clothed, had the least to eat but did a lot of work! They did the same heavy work as the men. Because they knew that if the spring plowing was not done well, they would still be hungry this year. Moreover, the family still owed money to the Lord.

The money and food for the family! Although the owner is kind and won’t push for anything, and the interest is set low, it’s always not good to owe money. Once the money and food are paid off, the family will feel relaxed! Then good times will come!

Liu Pei saw the flesh exposed under their shabby clothes. Those skin should have been white and tender, but now they have become thin and yellow! These women chose survival between shame and survival! From this point of view, who can

It can be said that they are not one of the backbones of the Chinese nation!

Looking at this scene, Liu Pei felt extremely sad! At this moment, he felt that his responsibility was even greater! Although these refugees will live better under his care, there are still more people living there.

In a miserable and helpless situation. In a few years, natural and man-made disasters will occur, thieves will appear in droves, and rebels will wreak havoc! Those poor people will fall into an even more miserable situation. So Liu Pei feels that it is necessary to speed up his pace.

.Every time I save one more person, I save a little more vitality for this nation!

The period after that was Liu Pei's busiest time. He first selected 200 people from the servants and divided them into two teams. They were led by Wu Yizhou and Qi Qitao, respectively, to protect the carriage team and the United Chamber of Commerce.

Several businessmen went to Beijing and Nanjing. At present, the wealthy people of Ming Dynasty are concentrated in these two places. If these two markets are opened, Liu Pei's business can reach a higher level.

The Chamber of Commerce originally did not agree to take so many people there. The reason is that the country is relatively peaceful now and there are not so many bandits on the road. More people will cost more. But there are some things that Liu Pei cannot explain clearly because these people are still responsible for exploring the road.

, drawing pictures, and training some tasks for grassroots officers. In the end, Liu Pei persuaded everyone in the United Chamber of Commerce on the grounds that he would train the team and bear the excess food and salary himself.

Just sent them away, and then

The good news came. The blacksmith workshop and the gunpowder workshop were officially completed. Liu Pei, who had been looking forward to it for a long time, hurried to inspect the work. When he arrived, people from both workshops were waiting for him.

When Liu Pei arrived, many craftsmen gathered around him and worshiped the God of Fire before officially starting work. The craftsmen all received the wages and bonuses promised by Liu Pei, so they were very enthusiastic. The two old blacksmiths each received

They got four or five apprentices and planned to make a fortune from Liu Pei. But Liu Pei didn't mind. Instead, he encouraged them to continue to expand their enrollment.

But what makes Liu Pei scratch his head is the supply of iron materials. The Suifa gun he wants requires very high quality steel. So he can only buy Su Steel at a high price for use. However, under the current situation, Liu Pei's financial resources can still support it.

Affordable.

Liu Pei also attaches great importance to the newly acquired salt road. The remaining servants are divided into 200 people to patrol the salt road and set up checkpoints. The remaining people are going to serve as instructors to train new people. At that time, they will change their posts with the servants who are out. Then Liu Pei

Pei began to recruit people. But this time Liu Pei recruited 600 servants! People who received the news crowded Fushan Village! Even many soldiers from the guard came to apply! It can be seen that Liu Pei’s servant position is

What a popular position! It also reflects how poor the treatment in the health center is!

Liu Pei divided the newcomers into two parts. One part was to select people who knew how to water and prepare to form a navy. At the same time, he also bought several fishing boats. Liu Pei hired old fishermen to take the newly minted sailors to start daily exercises.

The boat goes out to sea to practice water skills. At the same time, it also takes on the task of fishing to increase nutrition for the servants.

Liu Pei was distracted between training newbies and dealing with other matters. Even with the help of several shopkeepers sent by Huashufeng, there were still too many things for him to make decisions. After all, some things were not suitable for too many people.

People know that. At the same time, we have to solve the problems reported by various villages. We also have to transport goods back from modern times. We also have to organize people to build water conservancy projects. There are so many things to do! It can be said that during this period, Liu Pei was busy

It's so miserable that they can't be separated at all! So whenever Liu Pei is tired, he will go to the recruit camp to see the servants who are getting better and better; or he will go to the fields to visit the farmers who are working hard.
Chapter completed!