After writing the book "The Overbearing Young Master Falls in Love with Me", Chen Mu started printing the book and prepared to divide it into ten small volumes.
After all, it’s really hard to determine the price for a short novel that costs 200,000 yuan. It costs more than 100 yuan a book, and the price is expensive. The core of business is cheapness, and the price cannot be expensive no matter what.
Another advantage of dividing it into multiple volumes is that it can whet the appetite of customers and make the next volume better purchased.
However, it is still mainly about A Chinese Ghost Story, and only prints a hundred copies every day, because Chen Mu has no plans to sell this book yet.
When the Sanwu Geng bookstore is completely spread to a large scale in Bajun, and then sold throughout the country, the effect will be better.
Early the next morning, Xiahou knocked on the door again.
Behind him were ten men with the same temperament as him. They were not tall in stature, but they could feel a sense of solidity in every step and every line.
I heard from Xiahou that his brothers were all veterans who had been on the battlefield for several years.
They are all people who crawled out from the pile of dead people. Especially when they are gathered in a pile, the murderous aura can be detected with the naked eye.
But now, there is a sense of confusion and bitterness on the faces of the ten people, and they look quite haggard.
"Brother Mu, these...are the ten brothers I mentioned, can you take a look?"
The inquiry in Xiahou's words was clearly visible. Seeing this, the ten people couldn't help but look at the young man.
It can be seen that Brother Xiahou has learned a lot of martial arts, and he was able to defeat five prairie barbarians by himself, but now he is bowing down to such a white-faced doll, which is really unexpected.
Chen Mu looked around the crowd and nodded with satisfaction: "How can a man who dares to sacrifice his life to serve the country be inferior? From today on, you will work here for two hundred cents a day. As a commoner, we can't make much contribution to the country, but at least we can't let anyone do it.
You righteous men of this country are hungry."
As soon as these words were said, the ten people were stunned, and then their eyes turned red for no reason, as if they were sad and about to cry, but the ten people gritted their teeth and endured not even a drop of horse urine.
"Thank you...thank you."
"Yes, thank you, we will definitely repair the kiln for you."
"Yes, I really... thank you very much."
…
Seeing how everyone was holding back their pain, Chen Mu nodded and asked Xiahou to take them down quickly.
They are all men, Chen Mu can understand. There is a saying from ancient times - men should not shed tears easily.
It's not that a man has no spine when he cries. You can cry and swallow by yourself even if your teeth are broken, but you can't be watched by others. This is a man's last dignity.
The dragon kiln has been built like this, and I think it will be completed in a short time.
This world's smelting technology is backward, so we know what Chen Mu did in his previous life - a gun dealer.
He is also an all-round firearms dealer who has worked his way up from the bottom of the production line.
Chen Mu has a very clear memory of the internal structure of firearms or the production ratio of gunpowder and explosives.
There was no other purpose in spending a lot of money to build this dragon kiln, just to see if it could produce gun fire.
Even if Chen Mu remembered what AK and AWM guns were like, due to the particularity of the required metals and the precision of the parts and bullets, he didn't think that the forging technology of this era could keep up.
But if it were an older fire blunderbuss, or a slightly more advanced front-loaded and breech-loaded flintlock gun, Chen Mu still felt that it could be made.
In this era where black powder has not even appeared, if Chen Mu had an army of muskets...
Of course, this is just speculation at the moment. Without a complete industrial system, it would be difficult to manufacture firearms in batches.
Now it's just for fun. Once the dragon kiln is built, the real benefits it can bring are more than these.
Since the addition of the eleventh person, the long-lasting tranquility has naturally been broken.
When the work was finished in the afternoon, the fenced yard was crowded with people, so Chen Mu naturally had to take care of the food.
It was naturally difficult to cook meals for ten people. Liu Si thought quickly and simply stewed the meat and vegetables he bought in one pot. This saves trouble and everyone can still drink the soup.
After dinner, it was almost dark. Chen Mu originally planned to let ten people go to his eldest brother's room to squeeze in, but these people obeyed the rules and were unwilling even if Chen Mu tried to persuade them.
They all came from various villages and it was too far away, so a dozen of them simply built a shed next to the kiln to rest.
Chen Mu was still extremely satisfied with this. Although he kept urging these people to rest at home, he had other thoughts in his heart.
Some people remember their gratitude to the point where they are grateful, and some people are ungrateful to the point where they go even further.
Since he had shown kindness to them, if they were really repaying their kindness, if Chen Mu allowed them to live in his home, they would be so frightened that they would not trouble him again even if they were beaten to death.
If you enter this room today, it means that this group of people don't remember Chen Mu's kindness very much. If you are this kind of person, the better you treat him, the more he will take it for granted and not be familiar with it.
Controlling others, to put it bluntly, is like raising a dog. If you don't know how to raise it, there is no need to raise it. No matter how much you feed it, it will not look after your home or yard, and even bite you if you don't care.
Chen Mu had no other purpose than to tame these eleven veterans and make them his subordinates.
Compared with ordinary kilns, the area of the dragon kiln is much larger. Chen Mu originally thought that it would take about ten days or more. After all, Chen Mu was paid on a daily basis. From a human perspective, this group of people would definitely be entrusted with a period of time.
time.
But I really didn’t expect that the kiln was repaired in just three days.
It was completed in such a short time, which is enough to prove that this group of people were not lazy, but were deliberately speeding up.
The biggest trick in this world is sincerity. Even Chen Mu, who is full of calculations, can't help but feel warm when he sees the carefully repaired dragon kiln.
"Brother Mu, what do you think? Although the brothers move a little faster, the quality is definitely up to par."
Chen Mu was too lazy to look at the dragon kiln. He just looked at Xia Hou helplessly and said half-jokingly: "Three days, brothers have made a lot less money in such a fast time. If I were you, it would take ten days."
Upon hearing this, more than a dozen people laughed. Although they were a group of killing machines, the laughter at this moment only contained endless truth and simplicity.
Yes, if the country is peaceful and the people are safe, who is willing to go to the battlefield?
Before Xia Hou could speak, a strong young man named Qingyu in the crowd laughed and said: "Brother Mu, let's never forget our gratitude. Two hundred coins a day, which coolie can earn so much?"
"Yes, we were humiliated by other armies in the army, and these days when we return to the village... the people in the village also laugh at us as deserters... look down on us, and only you, Brother Mu... think we are great heroes."
"We are not doing it for money, just for this love."
After saying this, the eleven people's expressions suddenly froze, and then they gave Chen Mu a military salute in an extremely orderly manner.
Seeing the sincerity in everyone's eyes, the corners of Chen Mu's eyes suddenly became sore. This time, it was no longer about acting, but simply being infected by the innocence of these men.
"Everyone, I, Chen Mu, don't have much ability. If you don't mind...if you take a fancy to me, Chen Mu, they will all follow me. They won't say anything else. If you have me, you will have half of yours."
Hearing Chen Mu's words, several people were stunned for a moment. After looking at each other for a few times, they all looked at Xia Hou.
"Now that the kiln is ready, what can we... rough guys do?"
Chen Mu shook his head: "You can do more than ordinary people, just ask if you think highly of me."
Chen Mu stood on a piece of earth and looked at everyone. After a moment, a man suddenly raised his voice: "But two hundred cash per day is really too much. Brother Mu can just give him a few dozen cash per day. That's it."
…We also feel at ease.”
"Yeah, I think so too."
"that is……"
Hearing this, Chen Mu couldn't help laughing: "This is the first time I've seen someone bargain like this, so that's okay."
Hearing this, the eleven people understood and bowed to Chen Mu again in a military salute.