Blood can't be eaten, and the work that should be done can never be done.

In the afternoon, Xu Shiyang summoned all the "officials" in the fort and held a meeting in the main hall of his house.

The people attending the meeting, in addition to Xu Shiyang himself, also included Xu Shiyang's father's representative Hu Laotou, who was the housekeeper of Wubao, and theoretically was the second person under Baojia, but Xu Shiyang didn't like him, and his status was precarious.

Then there is Gongsun Sheng, who wandered here half a year ago and took the initiative to take refuge, he is now in charge of supervising gunpowder, and he is the only person in Wubao (and in this world) who can configure gunpowder, and recently, the status of this Taoist priest has risen rapidly.

There is also Mama Rong from Xu Shiyang's mother's family, this old woman is thin and small, and her appearance looks very different from the one on TV in her previous life, but she does not lose at all in terms of momentum.

She is Xu Shiyang's mother's dowry grandmother, after Xu Shiyang's mother passed away, his father married a young lady again, and Mama Rong has no place in her family, so she can only follow the only bloodline of the young lady to beg for food.

For Xu Shiyang, Mama Rong belongs to the old people of the grandmother and grandmother's generation, so Xu Shiyang made the best use of everything and let this old grandmother govern the women and children in Tunpu.

This position is equivalent to the women's director in the previous life, theoretically able to control most of the population in the castle, and her status is not low.

Earlier, there were still people who objected to this old grandmother participating in the important meeting in the dock fort, but Xu Shiyang said in the fifteenth tun that he must allow the grandmother to attend the meeting, and others would not dare to disobey the order of the castle lord.

In addition, those who were eligible to attend the meeting were Xu Shiyang's two personal army captains, Xu Da and Xu Er, as well as the two most important craftsmen in the village, Zhang Blacksmith and Li Carpenter.

Together with Xu Shiyang himself, a total of eight people sat around a round table - this round table was also specially ordered by Xu Shiyang to be built by the carpenter, otherwise the others in the dock would not dare to sit next to him.

This is the way the world is, the more war-torn times there are, the more severe the relationship between the upper and lower levels of the people at the bottom.

Xu Shiyang is in the fifteenth tun, and it can be said that he is a soil emperor and slave owner, and he has the power of life and death for everyone in the tun.

Therefore, every time there is a meeting, Xu Shiyang must speak first, and he doesn't ask questions, and others don't dare to speak at all.

It's not something that can be changed by a round table.

"Lao Hu, after the meeting, you go and count how many men, children, women and girls are new this time."

Old man Hu froze for a moment, no one told him last time, after everyone went to fight the Tartars, this old man always felt that he had no place in the dock fort, although he was an old man who followed the second master (Xu Shiyang's father) twenty years ago, but after all, he was his own son and the owner of the dock fort, and he couldn't resist if he wanted his life - he couldn't even find the second master for help.

Unexpectedly, there is still work for him to do now, and he is still the population that the castle lord and young master value the most.

"Yes!" Old man Hu hurriedly agreed: "I'll check it out after the meeting, and make sure it's done before tomorrow!" ”

Xu Shiyang nodded and said lightly: "You have a meritorious role in bullying the enemy this time, and you will go to the livestock shed to pick a pair of donkeys after the meeting." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

This is a surprise, this year, the big livestock is a precious object, and the parents and castle owners of each family take it as a treasure, not to mention reward it to their subordinates.

Gongsun Sheng, who was sitting on the side, unconsciously stroked the goatee on his chin, he also thought that Old Man Hu had lost his position just now, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"After counting the population, hand over all the women to Mama Rong and live in the West Courtyard!" Xu Shiyang ignored the careful thinking of these people, and after giving a sweet date, he continued to order: "I'll emphasize it again!" Anyone in the dock fort, as long as it is public, will not be allowed to enter the West Courtyard without permission, otherwise they will be killed! ”

The west courtyard is a compound specially set aside by Xu Shiyang for the new homeless women to live in, and it can be regarded as the "women's dormitory" in Shiwutun.

Although the homeless people and the women who have been plundered by the Tartars are not innocent, Xu Shiyang is very strict in managing the girls' dormitory, hoping to rebuild the self-esteem of the homeless people, and also hope that they will treat this place as their own home, rather than treating the aborigines of Wuwutun as another group of Tartars.

"If there are husbands and wives among the homeless people, tell them that this is only a temporary separation, and it is also for their own good, and the chief will arrange for them to get together every month." Xu Shiyang continued: "This matter will be handed over to Mama Rong, and I hope that Mama will be careful and don't let Xiaoxiao take advantage of the loophole!" ”

"Old and provincial, young master rest assured!"

Of course, Xu Shiyang can rest assured, in this world, except for the fifteenth tun, Mama Rong has no place at all, so she does her best to give any orders to him, the only concubine of the young lady, and there is no sloppiness, so that the women and girls in the West Courtyard respect and fear her.

Even the men in the dock fort dare to talk back to Mama Rong, after all, her backstage is Xu Shiyang herself.

In the fifteenth tun of this acre and three points of land, if this little tyrant must support Mama Rong, unless others can invite the eldest and second masters of the Xu family, otherwise a conflict with Mama Rong will be a big disaster for human life!

As for whether this Mama Rong will prick people's ......, cough cough, think too much, this is an iron object is very expensive, and no one will be idle to take it to tie someone - it is more popular to hit the board directly.

What's more, it turns out that Mama Rong didn't stab the wrong person, right?

"Mr. Gongsun."

Xu Shiyang politely said to Gongsun Sheng:

"Gunpowder weapons are very useful, it can be said that this is the foundation of our decisive victory, and Mr. needs to increase production!"

"How much does Saburo want?"

Xu Shiyang ranks third in the clan, and Gongsun Sheng is a popular person around him, so he can be called San Lang, and a domestic servant like Rong Mama or Old Man Hu can only call him a young master or simply an adult.

"500 pounds a month, is it okay?" Xu Shiyang asked in an expectant tone.

"San Lang don't want to laugh, don't say 500 catties, 50 catties are not available." Gongsun Sheng spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "There is a shortage of everything in the Zhuangzi, even the manpower to cut and burn charcoal, let alone ......." ”

Gongsun Sheng glanced at the others at the meeting, and did not say the words saltpeter and sulfur: "Ahem, the materials are not enough." ”

"There are a lot of new people this time, and they have just harvested in the autumn, and they don't have any farm work now." Xu Shiyang groaned and said, "Ding Zhuang, who came this time, will allocate half of it to you to burn charcoal." Half of the woman, go to the toilet. Ten children, all of them are your apprentices! ”

"How much can you make?"

"It's not a question of the number of people." Gongsun Sheng closed his eyes and groaned: "I strive to make 30 catties a month!" ”

This number is slightly discounted, and the extra part can be pretended to be the result of some hard work, and it can be curried for in front of this young man who seems to be very easy to talk on the surface, but is actually bold.