Hu Axiu and Li Fu came to the dormitory. They carried the bedding they had just handed out in salute, as well as an enamel basin, toiletries, hand towels, a hot water bottle, and stainless steel tableware.
The room was full of young women, greeting each other shyly. After all, they would live in the same house and eat in the same cafeteria from now on.
Each of them has a room of twelve people. The doors and windows face each other, there is an aisle in the middle, three bunk beds on each side, and two wardrobes.
The women got to know each other quickly, and soon they were all chatting together.
Along the way, they were humiliated by the slaves. They were already stinky even before they took a bath. This time they not only took a hot bath, but were also pressed on a shelf and rubbed with burlap by those wolf-like female soldiers.
Got it clean.
They were all young women, the youngest was in their teens and the oldest was less than thirty years old. Immediately, after cleaning, they all looked fresh and refreshed.
Their long hair was cut, and they were told that from now on they would be assigned to work in workshops as they were afraid that their long hair would get caught in the machines.
The master who manages them has arrived, a woman in her thirties.
She told them that during the apprenticeship period, they only received a subsidy of one hundred copper coins per month. After they started working as apprentices, they received a basic salary of two coins per month, and the rest was piece-rate wages. At the end of the year, there would be bonuses based on the company's profits.
These women were so happy that they almost went crazy. They didn’t expect that not only could they have enough food and clothing, and such a good house to live in, but they could also make money to support themselves.
After settling in, each person was given a settling-in allowance of 500 copper coins.
Then, tell them that you can move around freely. You just need to return to the dormitory before dark.
With red eyes, Hu Axiu and her sister-in-law looked at the white-painted dormitories in the concrete tube building and burst into tears.
They also live in a mud and thatched house at home. They have never seen such a tall four-story tube building made of stone and cement in their lives.
In the corridor more than three meters wide, in addition to the bedrooms with doors on both sides, each floor has a water room with a sink and faucet, as well as a toilet with flushing ceramic sanitary ware. There is also a bathroom where fifty people can take a shower together.
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These older girls and younger wives have now become female workers.
They were still a little uncomfortable with their new status for a while. They originally thought they would be sold, or given to the Mongols, or given to soldiers and farmers as wives, but they ended up becoming workers.
They are not afraid of being tired from work, but when they are at home, they do not work non-stop every day.
Moreover, their freedom is not restricted in the factory.
After settling in, each of them was given a linen Russian-style backpack and 500 yuan. This was a huge amount of money that many of them had never had in their lives. In this era, women could not touch money, and their mother-in-law was the housekeeper.
It was said that they were allowed to go shopping by themselves and buy some necessary daily necessities.
Hu Axiu and her sister-in-law, sisters they had just met in the dormitory, walked out of the factory uneasily and came to the street of Linhe City. There were many shops here, selling everything. It was very prosperous, many times more prosperous than the hometown of Xianghe County.
.People are coming and going on the street.
The surrounding farmers and herdsmen all come here to purchase supplies, because the waterway transportation here is a hub, and there are even herdsmen from Qinghai to purchase supplies.
The streets are clean and tidy, and there are dedicated people cleaning the roads. Horses wear dung bags behind their butts to prevent them from pooping everywhere. There are all kinds of vegetables sold in the wet market, and now is the time of year when fruits and vegetables are ripe.
Especially the orange trees planted on both sides of the street bear golden oranges. These are grown by the yamen, and passers-by can pick them at will, with a limit of two kilograms per person.
It is natural for women to like shopping, and they happily walk to the end of the street.
After leaving the west gate, I discovered that this city is right on the edge of the Yellow River. Over the Yellow River, there is a huge two-story iron bridge with a beam structure, and underneath is the train that brought them here.
The upper part is used by road cars. Steam trucks often drive over the bridge.
Across the Yellow River is a new city under construction. Thousands of construction workers are working feverishly there. Many buildings have begun to take shape.
The riverside was built into a park along the river. Trees and flowers were planted, and wooden pavilions, promenades, and benches were dotted among them. In the distance were green rice fields, endless as far as the eye could see.
Hu Axiu thought to herself, it's midsummer now, and probably by autumn, the rice ears will turn a heavy golden color.
Hu Axiu opened her mouth in surprise and whispered: "Didn't I say that this is a pastoral area in the northwest? Why does it look better to me than our hometown in Xianghe County?"
Li Fu also had tears in his eyes. It was a blessing in disguise that they could live here in the future. This city is so nice. It makes people like it as soon as they see it.
After the Qinghai Tumut Seven Tribes and the Yongxie Bu Tribe were defeated, they no longer had elite strength in Qinghai.
Immediately, Yang Fan sent Wang Hao with a cavalry division and Yan Yingyuan's 40,000-strong army to march into Qinghai. Currently in the Qinghai area, Yang Fan's troops have pacified the Hehuang Valley and Qaidam Basin. This is also for the next step.
, escort the master into Zang to prepare.
Wang Hao became the commander of Xining. He led three regiments with veterans as the backbone and newly recruited Ordos Mongolians as soldiers to form the Ordos Cavalry Division. They were stationed in Xining, Hehuang Valley, and Qaidam Basin. Commander
The headquarters is located in Xining City.
Wang Hao followed Yang Fan's instructions and adapted the Qinghai Yongxie Bubu and Tumut Seven Parts here.
The original Taiji, Nayan, herdsmen, and soldiers were all escorted to Luzon Prefecture for mining. The ordinary herdsmen were dispersed, and the 100,000 Ordos herdsmen who moved here were reorganized into a pastoral team.
The Ordos Cavalry Division, together with the 40,000 garrison troops that recently arrived in Qinghai, work together to maintain local order.
There are still 15,000 people in the original militia led by Yan Yingyuan. But these people are all veterans of hundreds of battles. They have long been reborn. The remaining 25,000 people were adapted by the prisoners of Alxa.
They are all scum, desperadoes, and destabilizing factors in Ming society. Now Yang Fan has arranged the best place for them to go.
That is, all serious criminals were handed over to Yan Yingyuan for training. They went to the snowy area to take root, and started a family with Zang Nu. Their children and grandchildren would defend the country on the snowy plateau and guard the border. The snowy area in Yang Fan's heart included the entire Himalayas.
Southern Foot. Including today's disputed Shannan area, Nepal area, Ladakh, Kashmir, Afghanistan and other areas.
For such a big place, more than 40,000 people is not a lot. For many people, it is not enough to set up a camp.
A regiment must be stationed in each of Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Kashmir to maintain effective control of the imperial court over these places.
