Twenty miles west of Ruzhou City, a large number of brick and tile houses were built. This was the newly built workshop area of the Runing Army. This workshop area was completely designed according to the layout of the barracks, with moats and city walls built around it.
There are also towers and artillery on the city wall. In the workshop area, each workshop is also surrounded by separate walls, as well as living quarters for craftsmen, apprentices and their families.
For the defense and confidentiality of this workshop area, the Runing Army mobilized a battalion of regular troops and a brigade (200 people) from the Internal Affairs Department to guard it on two floors, and the two floors of Runing Army soldiers and Internal Affairs Department soldiers
They are also not allowed to contact each other. If there is any matter, they can only be contacted by the military officers, ensuring the utmost confidentiality.
The reason for this is that this workshop area is the production base of Runing Army's new industries. Today, three new workshops will be opened here, and Wu Shigong and some officials from Runing Army participated in the opening of the workshops.
ceremony.
"Chang Jing! Since we have captured Ruzhou, why bother to use words to stab Yu Shilang again, lest he think it over?" Although he was dragged by Wu Shigong to attend the opening ceremony, Deng Qifan still chatted with Wu Shigong about official business.
"It's already good to help him raise people, what more good things do you want to hear? Will he still cry if you say a few words to him?" Wu Shigong was obviously in a good mood, so he kept making witty remarks, "Besides, it's not me who left Idiot Yu idle.
, he stayed in Nanjing stupidly, and could not go to Xiangyang, nor could he return to Ruzhou. We would not take his farmland for free. Also, we did not treat the families of his soldiers badly, what else does he want? "
After arriving in Nanjing, Yu Zilian was repeatedly disappointed. He couldn't go to Xiangyang at all and had no place to use himself. So a few days ago, the frustrated Yu Zilian wrote to Wu Shigong, asking him to help take care of what the Ruzhou Army established at that time.
Those farming villages in the north of Ruzhou.
But will Wu Shigong take care of him honestly and obediently? Anyway, it is impossible for Yu Zilian, the minister, to return to Ruzhou. The Ruzhou army has also been merged into the Beijing camp, and it is impossible to return to Henan. So Wu Shigong honestly and unceremoniously took care of those farm fields.
Zhuangzi took it all for himself.
But it was okay for Wu Shigong to make a fortune in silence, at least in terms of face, he was okay. But how could he let go of this opportunity to laugh at Yu Zilian? So Wu Shigong wrote it himself, and it was indeed written by Wu Shigong himself, and
The reply was written like this: "Idiot Yu! Don't worry, you can worry about state affairs in Nanjing with peace of mind! Anyway, I am your strong backing, so don't worry about Ruzhou's affairs anymore. I have taken over.
I will never leave you an acre of land or a grain of grain..."
It is estimated that Yu Zilian will be so angry that he vomits blood after seeing Wu Shigong's reply.
Of course, Deng Qifan knew the relationship between Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian very well, and he couldn't do anything about Wu Shigong's frequent childishness, so he changed the subject with a smile: "By the end of the year, we will seize 20,000 acres of land and resettle a population of 170,000. It is considered successful.
A good start."
Wu Shigong knew that Deng Qifan was trying to comfort himself. He smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "After all the hard work, we have set up six villages. Half of the farmland was taken from Yu Fool. Apart from the large population, there is nothing to be proud of. That's right.
It’s strange, we are all shrunk like this. The Shaanxi thieves don’t even come. We really don’t come when they come, and we don’t come when they don’t come. Why are we so disobedient?”
Deng Qifan was amused by Wu Shigong's complaints. Because the remaining power of the Runing Army was so powerful, the peasant army did not dare to approach the territory originally controlled by the Runing Army. Although the Runing Army had shrunk sharply, there was still no
The approach of a large group of peasant troops made it difficult for the Runing army to implement the strategy of driving away tigers and devouring wolves. Instead, small groups of bandits were rampant in this vacuum zone, and a wave of refugees also appeared again, and the local area was in chaos.
There is another reason. As the Ming army commanded by Yang Sichang approaches step by step, Zhang Xianzhong's troops have moved to the mountainous areas at the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi in order to avoid direct conflict with the Ming army. Therefore, the main force of the peasant army has fled far away, making the current
The Runing army has no place to use it.
So Deng Qifan comforted him: "Mr. Yang Ge may not win for sure this time. Maybe there will be another big defeat and the people's thieves will reappear. The long-term respect plan is still feasible. Just wait patiently for a few more months."
"I hope so!"
"Master Wu! Mr. Deng!" Seeing Wu Shigong and his party approaching, You Qingchen bowed his hands and saluted.
Because You Qingchen showed his closeness to Runing's army at that time and showed his outstanding business talent, after Wu Shigong's examination and conversation, he was promoted to deputy director of the Gongfang Department in charge of Xingongfang District.
When King Wu Shigong returned to Runing, he had nothing to do one day and suddenly thought of some modern convenient daily necessities. However, Wu Shigong was self-aware and knew that he did not know how to invent, so he wanted his craftsmen to work together.
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So Wu Shigong listed the names of a number of modern commodities, and relied on his memory to list the uses, performance, etc. of these commodities. He also publicly offered rewards in his jurisdiction to those craftsmen who could invent these commodities.
Moreover, the rewards this time are quite generous. In addition to the title of "Master Craftsman", there are also rewards ranging from hundreds to thousands of taels depending on different products. In addition, you can also rely on the patents of these products to be awarded by Runing.
The army invested in building new workshops and gave those inventors a share of the shares.
Stimulated by such a huge amount of money and honor, Runing's army and local craftsmen immediately burst out with great enthusiasm. Soon, three products were invented: matches, pencils and telescopes.
And today is the day when these three workshops are opened.
"You have worked hard these days." Wu Shigong smiled and waved to You Qingchen.
"It's not hard! It's not hard! My subordinates are full of energy now." Although You Qingchen has been busy these days, but he suddenly got Wu Shigong's important position and is doing the things he is most interested in. Now You Qingchen is full of energy.
Then Wu Shigong and his party, accompanied by You Qingchen, first visited the workshop to be opened. While walking, You Qingchen also introduced Wu Shigong to the situation of the new workshop.
The reward this time did not use the public funds of Runing Army, but Wu Shigong's own private wealth. Therefore, Wu Shigong also had a certain private share in these three workshops. In addition, the construction costs of the workshops
It was jointly raised by the Runing Army and the gentry on the other side. The local gentry was raised by You Qingchen.
According to You Qingchen's idea: the part of the stock held by Runing Army will gradually be listed and traded after the workshops make profits, and gradually transferred to the private sector to cash out funds for Runing Army. Because the prospects for making profits for these three workshops will be quite good.
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