While Zhao Kun was sitting in the valley and supervising the construction of the steel mill by 3,000 workers, Zhao Hu took a clerk from the City Lord's Mansion and more than a dozen guards from the City Lord's Mansion to set up a table near the gate of Andy City and began to recruit steel mill workers.

The clerks and more than ten guards of the City Lord's Mansion were all found by Zhao Hu at a great cost, and the clerks represented the City Lord's Mansion, as the notary who signed the contract between Zhao Hu and the workers, and more than ten guards were responsible for maintaining the order of the recruitment site, preventing anyone from making trouble, and casually showing the strength of the Zhao family.

The treatment of workers in the iron and steel plant is very generous, with a monthly salary of 10 taels of silver, including food and housing, which is ten times better than the treatment of ordinary workers, and a worker can easily feed a large family.

First of all, the applicant must be a native of Andy City or a village within the jurisdiction of Andy City, secondly, the applicant must have relatives alive, and relatives are willing to live in the accommodation area of the steel plant, and finally the applicant must sign a lifelong contract with the Zhao family to serve the Zhao family for life, and within ten years without the permission of the Zhao family, they are not allowed to leave the area where the steel plant is located.

Although there has been no war in the Emerald Country for decades, and the people live a stable life, the people of the Emerald Country are not very wealthy, and they can't even maintain food and clothing, and at most they will remain in a state of starvation, so as soon as the preferential treatment of the steel mill workers appeared, a large number of city residents surrounded them and wanted to become steel mill workers.

Package food and housing, a monthly salary of 10 taels of silver, a year is 120 taels of silver, ten years is 1200 taels of silver, as long as you survive ten years, you can come out of the steel mill, buy 100 acres of good land in Andy City, become a small landlord, live a happy life, this is simply a great food for the people of Andy City.

Looking at the long queue in front of the table, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Hu's mouth, and he said loudly: "Everyone, the recruitment conditions of our steel plant have been clearly written, this time only recruit people from Andy City and nearby villages and towns who have relatives alive, and must sign a lifetime contract with our Zhao family, all those who do not meet the conditions, please leave automatically, don't waste time here!" ”

As soon as Zhao Hu's voice fell, several people walked out of the queue, their faces full of frustration.

"Alright, let's start recruiting now!" After explaining the recruitment conditions of the steel mill workers once, Zhao Hu began to recruit.

The recruitment work was very smooth, and under the temptation of the preferential treatment of the steel plant, many people in Andy City and nearby villages and towns rushed to the gate of Andy City, wanting to become a member of the steel plant, so that Zhao Hu could successfully recruit a thousand workers.

After recruiting 1,000 steel mill workers, Zhao Hu stopped recruiting and gave 1,000 steel mill workers a day off to report to the valley the next day.

In the valley, on a simple square, Zhao Hu looked at the thousand steel mill workers in tattered clothes, and asked loudly: "Which of you is willing to join the escort team to protect the safety of the steel mill!" ”

Hearing Zhao Hu's words, a thousand steel mill workers whispered and discussed, but no one took the initiative to stand up. The treatment of steel mill workers is good, and no one wants to give up the treatment of steel mill workers and join a convoy that does not know what treatment.

Seeing that none of the 1,000 steel mill workers took the initiative to stand up, and no one was willing to join the escort team, Zhao Hu frowned slightly, and once again said loudly: "Willing to participate in the escort team!" ”

"Since everyone is reluctant to join the convoy, let's start training the workers of the steel plant! After the training is over, I will assess you, and those who fail to pass the assessment will be terminated from the contract and expelled from the iron factory! Seeing that no one was willing to go out and become the guard of the steel plant, Zhao Hu sighed secretly and said loudly.

After saying that, Zhao Hu began to conduct some simple training for the workers of the steel plant.

After a morning of simple training for the workers of the steel plant, Zhao Hu asked them to assist the construction workers in their work, and he left the valley to find a clerk from the City Lord's Mansion and more than a dozen City Lord's Mansion guards, and went to the village of Andy City, hoping to recruit a group of good quality escort members in the village of Andy City.

Since the people in Andy City were unwilling to join the escort team, Zhao Hu simply recruited the escort team from the village to which Andy City belonged.

After all, compared with the people in Andy City, the village to which Andy City belongs is more impoverished, and it values money more seriously, and the treatment given by Zhao Hu is more tempting.

Of course, the villagers are more honest than the people in Andy's City, easier to control, easier to train, and a good source of guards.

"Old man Wang, this is Zhao Hu, the young master of the Zhao family! The Zhao family has just opened a steel factory recently, and is preparing to form a guard team to protect the safety of the steel plant, and wants to recruit some guard team members from your Wangjia Village, so please cooperate a little more, call the young man of your Wang family over, and let Young Master Zhao Hu choose it well! Of course, if you do this well, Young Master Zhao Hu will not treat you badly, this is ten taels of silver, which can be regarded as your hard work! ”

When Zhao Hu and his entourage, under the leadership of the clerk of the City Lord's Mansion, came to the house of the village chief of a village called Wangjia Village near Andy City, the clerk of the City Lord's Mansion said loudly to the village chief of Wangjia Village, a smiling little old man.

"Young Master Zhao Hu, I don't know how this escort is treated? What are the requirements? The little old man smiled and asked Zhao Hu respectfully.

"The guards are fed and sheltered, and the reserve members at the beginning are five taels of silver per month, and when they pass the assessment of the escort team and become official members, they will be given ten taels of silver per month, and after three years, they will be fifteen taels of silver per month! Of course, the members of the escort team I want, even if they are reserve members, must sign a lifelong contract with our Zhao family and serve our Zhao family for life. At the same time, these team members must be innocent, have family members alive, and be able to obey my orders unconditionally! Hearing the little old man's words, Zhao Hu said with a calm face.

"Young Master Zhao Hu, what if a member of the escort team is killed or injured while protecting the steel plant?" Hearing Zhao Hu's words, the little old man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked softly.

"Quite simply, if a member of the escort team is injured while protecting the steel plant, then our steel plant is responsible for curing it, and if it can't be cured and makes him disabled, our steel factory will find him an easy job so that he can live without food and clothing for the rest of his life! If a member of the convoy dies while protecting the steel plant, then our steel plant will compensate his family with a lump sum of ten wages, and find a stable job for one of his family members. Hearing the little old man's words, Zhao Hu said with a smile on his face.

"Young Master Zhao Hu, you wait a while, I'll go and call all the good guys in our village over, and let the young master choose!" As soon as Zhao Hu's voice fell, the little old man replied loudly with excitement on his face.

After speaking, the little old man didn't wait for Zhao Hu to respond, so he quickly left the house and summoned the villagers of Wangjia Village.

Seeing the back of the little old man leaving quickly, Zhao Hu's mouth showed a faint smile, and he sat on a wooden chair casually, quietly waiting for the little old man's return.

Zhao Hu's treatment of the members of the escort team was very high, high enough to make the members of the escort team die, and high enough that he could make any harsh demands.

The extremely high treatment can not only allow Zhao Hu to recruit enough guards, speed up the formation of the escort team, and allow the escort team to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, but also show the sufficient financial resources of the Zhao family, giving the outside world a signal that the Zhao family is very rich.

The signal that the Zhao family is very rich is a very important thing for the Zhao family, who no longer has much money, because with this signal, the Zhao family can use the method of deferred payment to purchase a large number of iron ore and other raw materials without spending a penny, and wait until the weapons are produced and sold, and pay for iron ore and other raw materials, so as to save a lot of money and time for the Zhao family, and enhance the Zhao family's control over iron ore and other raw material suppliers.

In about a quarter of an hour, Old Man Wang returned. Along with Old Man Wang, there were hundreds of young and sturdy stick boys, all of whom were attracted by the generous treatment of the escort team and wanted to join the escort team and become a member of the escort team.

In the face of hundreds of young and sturdy young men, Zhao Hu did not accept them all, but simply tested them and selected the best twenty of them.

After recruiting twenty young men from Wangjia Village, Zhao Hu left Wangjia Village and walked in the direction of another village, continuing to recruit escorts from other villages.

Time flies by like flowing water, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

The steel mill in the valley was built in just one month, and the three thousand construction workers left with a smile on their faces after receiving the money, and loudly praised the Zhao family as a good family and wished the Zhao family prosperity.

With the departure of 3,000 construction workers, 1,000 trained steel plant workers began to be stationed in the steel plant for the trial operation of the steel plant.

At the same time, the 500 members of the Guardian Guard, who had been assessed by the Escort Team and became official members of the Escort Force, began to take over all security issues in the valley.

One hundred of them were stationed in the fortifications of the valley population, strictly inspecting the personnel entering and leaving the valley to protect the safety of the steel plant.