Lu Bu and Mrs. Gan sat facing each other.

Mrs. Gan poured him a cup of tea: "Husband, please drink tea." ”

"You've been with me for a long time, and I know you're an idea." Lu Bu took a sip of the teacup and asked Mrs. Gan, "Recently, I encountered a troublesome matter, and I discussed it with others, maybe many people will think that I am crazy." If I think about it, I can only talk to you. ”

"The concubine is just a woman, and she really doesn't have any ideas." Mrs. Gan replied: "But if the husband has something to worry about, he can talk to the concubine, maybe the concubine can help some." ”

"I asked Zhang Shiping to set up an arsenal, you should have heard about it." Lu Bu said to Mrs. Gan: "Although the arsenal is built, the number of craftsmen in it is not very large, especially the manufacture of armor, the army owes so much, if it is based on the current progress, I don't know when it will be fully distributed." ”

"Regarding the words of the arsenal, the concubine has also heard some of them." Mrs. Gan replied: "Those profiteers earlier, the husband's punishment was very happy, even if the concubine heard it, she felt very happy in her heart. In the past, armor was made by craftsmen in the market, and for the husband, it was difficult to restrain him, and someone would take advantage of it. Once the people who purchased the armaments took advantage of it, no matter how much money the husband invested, it would not be enough for those people to lose money. ”

Lu Bu listened and nodded.

Of course, he understood what Mrs. Gan said.

In many places where money is needed, someone has to go and check the accounts.

Not only do you need to check the accounts, but it's also a good idea to send some people to the market to check the prices.

It's like a bag of grain, the price on the market is only ten copper coins, and after handing it over to some people to buy, they may dare to quote the price of fifty copper coins.

These people have drawn a lot of benefits, but if they are asked to buy the government or factories and mines they need, they will have a lot more deficits.

Things like this need to be eradicated, and shoddy ones need to be uprooted.

However, what Lu Bu wanted to discuss with Madame Gan was not just these things.

He said to Mrs. Gan: "You are right, I have arranged these things, and someone is in charge of taking care of them. I want to ask you something else. ”

"What the husband wants to ask, as long as the concubine knows, she must know everything." Mrs. Gan replied.

"Nowadays, in Pengcheng and other places, most men have things to do." Lu Bu said: "It's just that women are at home with their children doing housework, and their contribution to the local area is not very large. After many years of war, there are many more women than men in the world. I wondered if the arsenal could recruit some women. When they arrived at the arsenal, they could participate in cutting and sewing cowhides, and even inlay nails into cowhides. In this way, the manpower of many craftsmen can be freed up to conduct research on armor improvement, and more armor pieces can be forged. ”

When Lu Bu said this, Mrs. Gan pondered for a moment before replying: "Is the husband in trouble and wants to recruit women, but no women go to apply?" ”

"Exactly." Lu Bu said: "Although most of the women are at home, they can't earn much money, and they rely on men to support them. But when it came time to recruit female workers, no one was willing to go to the arsenal to apply, which was really embarrassing. ”

"Dare to ask your husband, what kind of women are you going to recruit to work in the arsenal?" Mrs. Gan asked again.

"As long as you are ingenious, you can do it." Lu Bu said: "Going to work is not a beauty pageant, and there are no requirements for appearance. ”

"Although a woman has nothing to do at home, she can spin and weave cloth to give food to her husband who is working in the fields." Mrs. Gan replied: "It's not that they are useless, but now a man is really working hard to raise a number of women." If the husband does not judge whether he can be retained by his appearance, I think some people with rough appearance can go to the arsenal. The family let them go to work, at least without worrying that they would be targeted by outsiders. ”

"Anything else?" Lu Bu was stunned and asked, "Could it be that the inability to recruit female workers is due to this reason?" ”

"Husband, imagine that when the women in the family are outside, they will always come into contact with some men." Mrs. Gan smiled slightly: "Looking at the world, who is really willing to let the women of the family go outside and have too much contact with others. ”

"If the women I recruit are too old or have a rough appearance, I should be able to convince those families to send them to the arsenal." Lu Bu nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Mrs. Gan: "It's still Madam who thinks clearly, why haven't I taken these into account?" ”

"It's not that the husband can't think about it, it's just that the husband has a lot of affairs, and he doesn't take these little things to heart." Mrs. Gan replied: "The husband wants to recruit women, once this matter is completed, it is likely to be criticized in the world, and I hope that the husband can deal with it calmly, but don't be angry because of this." ”

"Zhang Shiping is in charge of the arsenal, and if he can't recruit women to work, his task will not be completed on time." Lu Bu smiled and said to Mrs. Gan: "It is Zhang Shiping who should really be bothered, not me. ”

"Although Zhang Shiping is in charge of the arsenal, the ordnance manufactured there is all prepared for his husband." Mrs. Gan said: "Now that the troubled times have risen, the sisters in the back house want to live a stable life, but they all have to be repelled by their husbands outside. Officers and men in the army are the foundation of the husband, and the arsenal does not dare to slack off. ”

"When the arsenal recruits women, I plan to set up textile factories and other factories in the future, and leave all the things that the small workshops are doing to the factories." Lu Bu said: "In this way, the goods manufactured have a unified standard, which is more beneficial to local development." ”

"Husband can think of this, it is really extraordinary." Mrs. Gan replied: "If you were someone else, you would never think so well like your husband." ”

"You don't have to praise me like that." Lu Bu replied: "Actually, what I thought of was nothing, I just felt that I should do it. ”

"I don't know if my husband has ever thought that just deciding to recruit ugly and older women is not enough." "The arsenal needs at least some people who make other women look at it safe," said Lady Gan. ”

"Madame means ......" Lu Bu didn't understand what Mrs. Gan meant, and asked her.

Mrs. Gan replied: "The concubine means that the husband should inform Zhang Shiping and ask him to select a few women from the family to enter the arsenal. Even if these women don't do anything but live there, the recruited women will feel a lot more at ease. ”

Lu Bu nodded and grinned at Mrs. Gan: "Sure enough, Madam thinks more than me, and is responsible for recruiting women to go to the arsenal, and it is best for women to do it." Many times, women are better at talking to women. ”

"The husband is really wise, the concubine is just casually mentioned, and she doesn't know what it is, but the husband is the key to it."

The solution was thought up by Mrs. Gan, but she gave the credit to Lu Bu, which made Lu Bu inevitably have a good impression of her.

got up and walked to Mrs. Gan's side, Lu Bu bent down and hugged her: "It's not early, since I'm here, I won't leave." Madame has to be well served tonight. ”

Since arriving at Lu Bu's back house, Mrs. Gan has not been pampered very often.

As a woman, of course, I hope to be pampered by my man a few more times.

was reported by Lu Bu, and Mrs. Gan replied softly: "The husband wants to spoil the concubine, which is the blessing of the concubine." It's just that I also asked my husband not to worry, let the concubine tell her maid to fetch some water, wait for her husband to wash, and then serve her husband to sleep. ”

"This kind of trivial matter, you just tell me to go down." Holding Mrs. Gan to the bedroom, Lu Bu said, "I just need to wait for Mrs. to serve." ”

Madame Gan instructed the maid who was waiting in the room: "Go and fetch hot water, I will wait for my husband to wash it." ”

Lu Bu saw Mrs. Gan, and after she said a few words, he immediately understood what to do.

Early the next morning, he asked Chen Gong to be invited to the front hall of the official mansion.

Chen Gong came and bowed to Lu Bu: "Dare to ask Chu Hou to summon him, what do you have to order?" ”

"Zhang Shiping's arsenal needed some women, and although he posted a notice, no one went to apply." Lu Bu said to Chen Gong: "I plan to appoint you to go to each house and ask each family if there is a suitable woman recommended to work in the arsenal." ”

"Chu Hou wants to use a woman as a craftsman in the arsenal?" Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, and then said to Lu Bu: "Women have always been husbands and children at home, and they just need to deal with the affairs of the family. Chu Hou planned to use female craftsmen in the arsenal, but he was afraid that he would not be supported by the people. ”

"I don't want the most beautiful woman in their family." Lu Bu said: "Even if she is ugly, as long as she is willing to go to the arsenal, she will accept it." ”

"No matter how beautiful or ugly, as long as it is a woman, the arsenal will want it?" After hearing this, Chen Gong asked Lu Bu in surprise.

"Arsenal is just looking for people to do things, not beauty pageants." Lu Bu said: "What is about beauty and ugliness? ”

Understanding what Lu Bu meant, Chen Gong still said with some hesitation: "Although this is the case, it is inevitable that Chu Hou will not be criticized by the world if he does this. I think we'll have to think about it before we can do it......"

"There is a shortage of craftsmen in the arsenal, and if there is chaos today, men will either join the army or be busy with their own affairs." Lu Bu said: "In every family, there are many women. The little things these women do at home don't help Xuzhou much. Since there are too many women, and most of them are useless, I want to make them useful. The arsenal recruited female craftsmen, and some of the idle women could work there, so that more people could be freed up. Most of the ordnance was made by women, and more men were freed to do other things. Although Xuzhou and Yangzhou under my rule are encouraging childbirth, it is impossible for people to grow up without fourteen or fifteen years. The big war is coming, I can't discuss with Cao Cao, and ask him to wait for fourteen or fifteen years before sending troops to fight me? ”

was told by Lu Bu that he didn't know how to respond, Chen Gong bowed down, but deep down he was very optimistic about Lu Bu doing this.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although women were not imprisoned as much as after the Song Dynasty.

But the status of women in the world is still worse than that after the Song Dynasty.

Many women will be given to each other as gifts, and for women, their existence is nothing more than a man's flying appendage.

Lu Bu decided to recruit female craftsmen in the arsenal, although it still did not change the social status of women, but it invisibly gave these women independent capital.

Being able to work outside to make money, these women don't have to worry about being sent out for no reason.

After all, whoever they send it to, they can also support themselves with their own hands, and they don't need to be attached to one or several men at all!

"This matter is urgent, don't delay me." Lu Bu said to Chen Gong: "Before this evening, I must see the woman who came to apply in the arsenal. ”

"I already understand what Chu Hou means." Chen Gong responded, and then said, "I'll take someone to do it." ”

When Chen Gong left, Sun Ce, who was standing next to him, said to Lu Bu: "Chu Hou, why don't I trust Chen Gongtai very much. From the way he looked at me, I always felt that he was going to make some stumbling blocks. ”

"Chen Gongtai has been with me for many years, and I still believe in him." Lu Bu said to Sun Ce: "His eyes are so flickering, which makes people feel flickering, it's just that he doesn't agree with me doing this." As long as he does it, and finds it feasible, I believe that sooner or later, he will fully agree with my approach. ”

"Otherwise, I'll do it." Sun Ce said: "At least I want to accompany Chen Gongtai, if he is unwilling to pay attention, I can urge him on the side." ”

Looking at Sun Ce, Lu Bu thought for a moment and said, "It's appropriate for you to supervise Chen Gongtai." It's just that he is too tightly restrained, Chen Gongtai is a very strategic person, but all talented people always don't like to be restrained. You go to supervise it, as long as you accompany him, you don't have to say anything, and he will understand what I mean. ”

"I have written down everything that Chu Hou has explained." With Lu Bu's permission, Sun Ce bowed down to receive the order, and then walked out of the front hall.

After Sun Ce left, Lu Bu also stood up.

When he came to the door, he beckoned to the guards guarding the door: "You guys, accompany me to the arsenal." ”

The guards prepared horses for Lu Bu and surrounded him as he left the palace and walked towards the arsenal.

The night before, Zhang Shiping had asked Lu Bu for advice on how to recruit female craftsmen.

Lu Bu didn't give him any response, just told him that he would reply to him the next day.

didn't know that Lu Bu didn't have an idea at that time, since he returned to the arsenal, Zhang Shiping has been waiting for him.

Hearing that Lu Bu was coming, Zhang Shiping hurriedly greeted him outside the factory gate.