Chapter 50: Deliberation

Everyone came out of the cafeteria and met a few guards who came to eat. Zhao Zizhong asked Fan Jinchun, "What happened to the few people tied up outside?" ”

"They were all untied just now, and they were freezing enough, so we found some hot water to pour them down, and then they were all right. Give them porridge in a moment. ”

"You eat first, you'll be busy later."

Wei Hongye walked towards the area where the women lived, and the four brothers slowly walked around the camp, and Cui Zhaorong walked over to him. Everyone said hello, and Cui Zhaorong said: "Gentlemen, I have an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

Zhao Zizhong said politely: "Steward Cui, please speak, we will listen." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are so many displaced people here, and the amount of food they need every day is not small, and the food is all transported from Mingzhou, so there is no problem. However, vegetables and meat are not easy to transport and are easy to perish, and this problem is not easy to solve. ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically, "What Steward Cui said makes sense, so many people consume a lot of materials every day, and there will be more people in the future, so we must find a way to solve it." If you have any ideas, just say them, and everyone will brainstorm and work together to solve this problem. ”

Cui Zhaorong stroked his beard and said slowly: "I have a few ideas, let's listen to them, first of all, let those women raise chickens, ducks, and pigs, solve part of the meat problem, and get some eggs and duck eggs." ”

"Then let some homeless people go to the wasteland to grow vegetables, and you can also mobilize the residents of the island to participate, which doesn't cost a lot of money. In addition, we can get the word from the fishermen on the island that we buy a lot of seafood, and we want as much as we want every day, and we pay cash. So the fishermen in the surrounding area send a lot of their catch, and I learned that these fishermen sell their catch at a very low price, and we can get a lot of seafood for very little money. ”

Zhao Zizhong was very happy, "Steward Cui's methods are very good, and we will seize the time to establish a file for the displaced people and find out their details." And then how about implementing your approach right away? ”

Three days passed quickly, and everyone was busy with their own affairs, and finally found out the details of the displaced people and established a file. In the evening, the six brothers and Cui Zhaorong, Wang Quan, Fan Jinchun, and Hu Shuiyang gathered in the cafeteria for a meeting, and Cui Xiaoniang attended the meeting.

Zhao Zi looked at the thick file, and after a while, he raised his head and said, "Let me say it first, I called everyone today to make a plan for the next step, and everyone can talk freely and talk about their thoughts." But I want to set the tone first, and that is that the convoy is our top priority, and it is related to the security of our group, which must be put first. ”

Everyone has no objections, An Dalang is gearing up and wants to do it immediately. Zhao Zizhong said to him: "You will gather all the men tomorrow, make generous conditions, and let the homeless people sign up voluntarily, and pick fifty people first." ”

"Big brother, what's the condition?"

"We have to make the members of the escort much more paid than ordinary homeless, after all, they are going to play with their lives in the future, and no one will participate if the salary is not high. My idea is that the monthly salary is three times, food and accommodation are free, there is fish every day, and pork is eaten once every three days. After five years of work, each person will be given fifty acres of land, which will never be taxed. After two years of working to make women, let them all marry and have children, and the land may be passed down from generation to generation. ”

Cui Zhaorong said cautiously: "Mr. Zhao, are these treatments too generous?" I have been in business for so many years, and I have traveled to many places, but I have never heard of such a good treatment from that army. ”

Zhao Zizhong is not surprised by Cui Zhaorong's thoughts, the poor treatment of soldiers in this era is outrageous, and many troops tattoo words on the faces and bodies of soldiers to prevent soldiers from fleeing. Later, the Song Dynasty inherited this glorious tradition, and when Lin Chong, Song Jiang, and Wu Song were assigned in the Water Margin, they all tattooed words on their faces. In real history, Di Qing, the most outstanding military general in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, had to wear a bronze mask when he went to the battlefield, and he was called 'General Mian Ni'. It's because Di Qing has tattoos on his face.

"I don't know if everyone has this kind of thought, thinking that soldiers and men are vulgar and lowly people, and they should not be treated well. But think about it, if you are in danger, who do you expect to protect you desperately? Is your life or your money important? ”

Cui Xiaoniang flashed her big eyes and said: "Big brother, I support you, money is something outside the body, and it can't be compared with your own life." If you want to make people desperate, how can you do it without paying. ”

An Dalang sighed with emotion, "When I was in the army before, because of my outstanding martial arts, the treatment was okay. But those low-level soldiers were miserable, not only were they tattooed on their faces and hands, but they couldn't even eat enough every day. They were often beaten and scolded, and it was fine to die in battle, but if they were wounded or disabled, they would be thrown out of the barracks and left to fend for themselves, and some would starve to death. ”

Everyone was silent, and Cui Xiaoniang's eyes were red. Du Dalei was the first to shout: "Boss, I support you, anyway, we are not short of money now, or our lives are important!" ”

Everyone agreed with Zhao Zizhong's approach, so everyone continued to study the next plan. "I need some people, and as soon as I get them, I can experiment with salt," Boris said. ”

Several people in the Cui family are very strange to Cui Xiaoniang, and they don't know what Boris is talking about, it seems to have something to do with salt. Wei Hongye explained: "My brothers knew a new way of making salt, and if it was successful, we would get a huge amount of salt, and the cost was very low, and the quality was much better than the current salt. That's why we came to Qishan Island, which is very suitable for salt production. In the future, the biggest source of wealth for us and the Cui family will come from salt, I hope you don't say it, and you still need to keep it secret at this stage. ”

The people of the Cui family were shocked, they knew the importance of salt production to the Cui family, so they swore poisonously that they would never say it.

Wang Quan looked at the brothers and felt a little awe. No wonder the family wants to worship with a few people and spare no effort to help them. The Cui family purchased a large amount of materials, and sent competent personnel to the island, and held a high-profile auction, which turned out to be all for salt!

He suddenly came to his senses, stood up and said, "Mr. Zhao, I understand why you want to set up a guard team and give preferential treatment. That's all for the salt! If we don't have a strong force to protect ourselves, we can't keep the salt, and we will be swallowed up by the surrounding forces, and our Cui family will not have a way to live! ”

Wang Quan was a little excited, "Mr. Zhao, I will go back to Mingzhou tomorrow, collect some more young men, and transport them here as soon as possible." You must train your escort team well! Our Cui family will depend on you in the future! After saying that, he gave everyone a deep salute.

An Dalang hurriedly helped him up, "Steward Wang, rest assured, I will do my best to assist my brother, so that the escort team can be formed as soon as possible, the head of the family is kind to me, and he is my righteous brother, and a certain family will not fail him!" ”

Cui Zhaorong said to Wang Quan: "When you go back, you immediately purchase a batch of chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows, sheep and other poultry and livestock, and quickly transport them to the island." I organized the women to breed. I bought some vegetable seeds to send with me, and I bought more farm tools. ”

Wei Hongye added: "You tell the head of the family that you must get some iron ore, coal, and limestone as soon as possible, and I will organize the start of iron smelting, and it is not a matter to buy iron tools in general, and you must be self-reliant." ”

Wang Quan wrote them down one by one, and Zhao Zizhong said to Boris: "Tomorrow Dalang will pick people first, and then you will pick fifty people, if it is not enough in a few days, it is estimated that the second batch of displaced people will arrive, and then you will be given more manpower." ”

Boris nodded in agreement. Wei Hongye stood up and said: "Then it is my turn, I need a large number of people to build a kiln factory, and in the future I can burn coke, make cement, and burn bricks, which is the foundation of our industrialization, and we must invest a lot of manpower and material resources." ”

He said to Wang Quan: "Steward Wang, you have to purchase a large number of high-quality green bricks, the more the better, I will use it to build a kiln factory." Wang Quan was a little confused, but he also wrote it down.

Several members of the Cui family couldn't understand Wei Hongye's words, and Cui Xiaoniang asked curiously, "Second brother, what are you talking about!" I don't understand it at all, but it seems to be very powerful. ”

Wei Hongye explained with a smile: "These are some new craftsmanship methods, which I have seen in the West thousands of miles away, of course you don't know. I'll get it out in a few days, and it will be of great use. ”

He crossed his fingers and said, "It can improve the quality and yield of ironware, and even make good steel; It can also create high-quality weapons armed guards; In addition, you can make an adhesive that will not be damaged for a hundred years if you mix it with stones and sand and use it to build a house. With this thing to build the wall, any weapons now are no longer a threat to us. ”

Cui Xiaoniang's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but pull Wei Hongye's sleeve, and said eagerly: "Second brother, when will these things come out?" I can't wait. ”

Na Zhe and Du Dalei listened to Cui Xiaoniang's words and had different meanings, the two looked at each other and snickered, covering their mouths and not daring to make a sound.

Of course, Wei Hongye understood what it meant, thinking that this little girl was simple enough, he shook his head helplessly, "Sister, these things are not easy to come out, so I can't rush at all." It requires a lot of manpower, money, and raw materials. It also takes some luck, some things I've just seen and don't know how to make them, and it takes time to explore and research. It also requires a lot of money and materials. So it's not going to be fast, everybody has to be patient. ”

Cui Xiaoniang stopped talking, Zhao Zizhong looked at the list, "There should be more than a hundred men left, leave twenty to help build the house, and the rest will be given to you, wait for the second batch of homeless people to arrive in a few days, give you more, and you can let it go!" ”