Chapter 57 * Workshop

The meeting lasted until noon, and after lunch, everyone was busy. Cui Daoshu and An Dalang gathered about 500 displaced people with their escort team and drove the carriage to the dock to carry supplies.

Wei Hongye and Du Dalei began to communicate with the new craftsmen, striving to start construction of the kiln factory as soon as possible. Zhao Zizhong and Boris gathered the craftsmen who made the weapons to understand the situation and prepare to start building the weapons factory. Na Zhe and Cui Xiaoniang were coaxing more than fifty new children, and they were very busy, plus the original more than forty, the total number of people has exceeded one hundred.

The next day, Cui Daoshu said goodbye to everyone, after all, he was busy with affairs, and it would be a luxury to spare a few days to come to the island. Everyone sent him out of the camp and waved goodbye. An Dalang kept sending him to the boat, and when they parted, he took out a letter and handed it to Cui Daoshu.

"Whose letter is this?"

"It's a letter written by the eldest brother to Jiang Wuniang, please pass it on to her."

Cui Daoshu nodded, put away the letter, and then said: "Da Lang, go back, take care of your brothers, and take care of yourself!" ”

An Dalang gave a deep salute and immediately got off the boat. The ship soon set sail, and An Dalang continued to lead people to carry supplies, and sometimes when he met a few blind guys, he would beat them up, and then tie them up to show the public.

The first batch of homeless people said to the newcomer: "This person can't be messed with, he is very outstanding in martial arts, and he has a short temper, whoever provokes him will not end well, this person is ruthless!" Let's work honestly and eat well. ”

It took four days of hard work to get most of the supplies back to the valley. The rest of the coal, bricks, limestone, and clay were piled up next to the dock, and Wei Hongye planned to build a kiln factory in the north of the central part of the island, so the raw materials would not have to be transported back to the camp.

Zhao Zizhong asked the displaced people to repair for two days, and he took everyone to build files for the displaced people, and at the same time talked with them to stabilize the mood of the new refugees. He asked fifty more of the guards to tell their stories and mobilize the newcomers to join the guard.

After listening to the words of the guards, the homeless people became interested in joining the guards and asked about the conditions for registration. The guards told everyone that there were no conditions and that anyone could sign up. Everyone was boiling and rushed to join the convoy.

An Dalang was overjoyed, another group of unlucky eggs were about to fall into his hands, and he would toss them tomorrow.

The next day, the assessment of the recruitment of the convoy officially began, and like the first assessment, after a day of torture, eighty new members were selected. An Dalang now has a strong army in his hands, and there are already 130 people, and he began to change his methods to toss these people, and train them every day to death.

Zhao Zizhong has not been idle in the past few days, he took a few craftsmen of the Cui family to find a cave and prepare to build a workshop in the cave. He led the people to work hard for three days, and finally cleaned the cave.

In the evening, Zhao Zizhong asked Cui Zhaorong to summon all the homeless women to the cafeteria for a meeting. There was chaos in the cafeteria, the women were talking, the sound of chirping was like more than a hundred small birds, and when Zhao Zizhong entered the cafeteria, he was startled and almost turned around and fled. He froze and shouted, "Silence, don't speak!" ”

After shouting several times, the cafeteria gradually quieted down. He walked into the middle of the crowd and said, "You all know me, don't you?" ”

"Knowing"

"You are the leader"

"No, it's the Grand Chief."

"Of course it's the big leader, I think everyone else calls him big brother."

There was a lot of talk at the bottom. Zhao Zizhong shouted a few times before the women quieted down. He continued: "I came to you this time, and I have something important to say, we are going to set up a new workshop, mainly to produce medicinal materials, and I want to recruit thirty people from among you to work in the workshop, the salary is very high, and the work is not tiring, are you interested?" ”

"Oh, how much can I get paid?"

"Why do you have to have 500 wen a month?"

"I see it consistently, like a salt-drying person."

Zhao Zizhong pressed down with his hands and shouted, "Quiet, quiet." The women stopped talking, and all looked at him earnestly.

Zhao Zizhong smiled, "Each person will be given three times a month, which is as much as the escort team." ”

The cafeteria was completely boiling, the women were very excited, some people screamed, everyone gathered together and talked excitedly, the voices were getting louder and louder, and the roof was about to be torn over.

Zhao Zizhong covered his ears, he really couldn't stand it. Cui Zhaorong turned around and went out, and after a while, Gongfu walked in with a gong and began to bang it hard.

The piercing gong sounded, the women gradually calmed down, Zhao Zizhong looked at a pair of eyes full of hope, and said solemnly: "Give three times a month, and there will be rewards for good work, I don't lie to you, I can swear to God!" ”

A woman in her thirties walked out of the crowd, squatted down to salute Zhao Zizhong, and then said, "Leader Wanfu, we believe what you say. These days, we have a full meal every day, the place where we live is very warm, no one has ever bullied everyone, and the sisters are very content. You are a good person, you are so kind to us poor people, everyone is very grateful, even if you don't pay us, we will work hard, sisters, isn't that? ”

"Yes, that's right."

"Aunt Qi is right."

"We don't need money!"

Zhao Zizhong was very moved, and bowed deeply to the crowd, "Thank you, the salary must be given, I tell you the truth, the work of this workshop is a little dangerous, and it needs to be kept secret, so people who enter the workshop work cannot leave here for life, everyone must think clearly." ”

The women began to talk again, and Zhao Zizhong waited patiently beside him. Mrs. Qi, who spoke just now, came over and said firmly: "Chief, I want to join, it's okay if I don't give money, as long as I can eat enough, I am willing to stay here for the rest of my life." ”

One after another, some women came over and expressed their willingness to join. Zhao Zizhong stood up and shouted: "Everyone listen to me, I said that the people who join will stay here for the rest of their lives, not to lock you up like a prison." You can move around the island as you please, and you can marry and have children. The guys in the convoy are salivating over you! ”

The women all laughed, and for a moment the cafeteria became a sea of joy. Cui Zhaorong walked over and asked, "Mr. Zhao, are there any criteria for recruitment?" ”

Zhao Zi thought about it again, "The main thing is that there are requirements in character, to find calm and cautious people, it doesn't matter in terms of age, but try to find older ones, they have experienced a lot of things, and they will be more careful than young people when they work." ”

Zhao Zizhong and Cui Zhaorong began to compare the files and talk to the women together. After more than three hours, more than 40 people were preliminarily selected. He told the women to go back to rest, and tomorrow the results were announced, and the women all went back.

Zhao Zizhong and Cui Zhaorong repeatedly compared, and selected thirty people, Cui Zhaorong copied the list, it was already late at night, and the two went back to rest without mentioning it.

The next morning, Choi announced the list. After breakfast, Zhao Zizhong and Cui Zhaorong came to the cave with thirty women, the carpenters were making table cases, and several * masters were counting the materials.

Zhao Zizhong said to the women: "In the future, you will work here, remember one thing, no one can bring metal objects to work, even the hairpin on the head must be replaced with wood, this is a major event related to everyone's life, you must keep it in mind." If someone is found to have brought a metal object, they will be severely punished, or even killed, I am not kidding, I am absolutely serious! Think about it, and if you don't want to do it, you can quit now. ”

The women exchanged words for a while, and no one wanted to quit. For them, who have suffered so much, this little thing is not worth mentioning.

Zhao Zizhongren's women stayed behind to help, and took Cui Zhaorong to the camp. On the way, he said to Cui Zhaorong: "The rest of the women send some to the canteen to help cook, and the other people set up a garment workshop to make clothes, shoes, hats, and bedding for everyone. ”

Cui Zhaorong nodded and agreed, and went to prepare for the garment workshop. Zhao Zi returned to the camp and asked a Cui family guard, "Where is the brigade now?" ”

The guard said: "On the Yantian side, now there is no need for horses to crush the land, An Dalang asked his subordinates to pull the mill plate to level the land, saying that it is a matter of killing two birds with one stone to transport supplies and exercise the physical strength of the guards instead of horses." ”

Zhao Zizhong couldn't help laughing, this brother can really toss, but leading soldiers is a good hand. He turned and walked in the direction of the salt pans, and half an hour later, he came to the beach in the south of the island.

He looked and saw that more than a dozen salt pans had been repaired near the sea, each of them in a square, and the ridges were stacked neatly, like a chessboard of Go. Zhao Zizhong walked to the beach and saw that the sea water in the salt pan was sparkling, and some white particles were already revealed in some shallow places, which should be salt particles. Some workers churn in salt pans mixed with salty seawater. Most of them were barefoot and shivering from the cold.

Not far away, more than 100 guards were running in full swing with a grinding plate, and An Dalang was shouting next to him, kicking someone's ass from time to time, and scolding "lazy, soft." Something like that.

Seeing Zhao Zizhong, An Dalang ran over and asked, "Big brother, why are you here?" What's the matter? ”

"I'm just here to see, it's fine."

Zhao Zi looked at it again for a while and asked An Dalang: "How is the physical condition of these people?" Can you continue to train at a high intensity? ”

"Hey----" An Dalang sighed, "Many of them are very thin, which is caused by long-term lack of food, this is a matter of urgency, let's recuperate slowly, we can't increase the amount of training, they will not be able to stand it." ”