Chapter 212: Miners' Revolt?

Captain Bao Wei said to everyone with confidence: "Everyone saw it, right? Even if we have a thousand policies, it is not as important as defeating the Tatars! ”

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A Tatar army of hundreds of thousands may not be anything in their eyes, but in front of the common people, especially in the northern Central Plains, it is an incomparably terrifying existence!

Squadron Leader Wu Jie finally persuaded everyone, first of all, Annai is the main thing, as long as we don't send people to attack them, we are not afraid of their attack, but the civil strife is somewhat uncontrollable......

Squadron Leader Wu Jie glared and shouted: "Internal stability is the key to whether we can guarantee the final victory!" ”

This is a big truth, and no one can argue with his statement.

So they added two more sets of men to their patrols, both overtly and covertly, patrolling and defending what they considered sensitive areas.

At present, in Shandong, it is still dominated by military management, and most areas have not realized the construction of patrol police in the style of Liuqiu Island...... Patrol officers who can easily resolve cases are not easy to cultivate, and they are expected to take another two years, so military management can only be said to be the most realistic and convenient choice.

They were heavily defended in military camps, bazaars and even major residential areas, but when the first riots occurred, they did not expect that it was the safety zone they thought had gone wrong.

In the Zaozhuang area marked on their own map, there were four or five coal kiln miners, nearly a thousand people, who were able to hijack some of their mine owners!

And according to the intelligence, those miners are now gathering and want to break into the county!

The person who reported the case to the patrol team was called Lao Gui, who was the owner of a small coal kiln and a brick kiln...... On the night of the riot, he was supervising the work in the brick kiln workshop, and there was no way, but now the bricks and tiles are extremely easy to sell, and it is the time to make a lot of money.

At that time, Lao Gui stared at the small workers who kept mixing slurry, making billets and drying ...... I worked until late at night and didn't mean to call it a day.

They have gaslighting in their workshops...... A few years ago, when the gas generator from Liuqiu Island was introduced in the Great Song Dynasty, it was soon liked by many workshops and large households because of its practicality.

Craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty copied it and used it for fire and lighting, and they also used their own body of knowledge to explain the principles of why gas was produced.

Although the principle is completely incorrect, they also have a good grasp of how to use gas and how to prevent leaks...... Of course, there were still some casualties, because there were not many people who died, and they were very practical, and most importantly, because they were so cheap, even if there were safer kerosene lamps and kerosene stoves, gas generators were still widely used.

What Zhang Guoan didn't know was that they indirectly promoted the processing technology level of the blacksmiths of the Great Song Dynasty, especially in the making of sealing equipment...... In addition to the fact that they are not as good as the processing level of the factories on Liuqiu Island, they are the first in the world purely in terms of manual technology.

This number one technique may have been measured in terms of someone else's life...... If the gas generator is not well sealed, it will smoke people to death, because users who love its convenience and cheapness will quickly notice its safety.

Of course, the wealthy big businessmen were still taboo about gas or something, and they immediately introduced it in a big way when they heard that there was a safer kerosene or something that began to appear on Liuqiu Island.

Up to now, the people who use kerosene lamps and kerosene stoves are the real big households, and they can't be consumed by ordinary people; Using candles and even ordinary whale oil lamps, that's ordinary people...... People who gaslight without regard for the danger...... That's the nouveau riche.

Lao Gui is a nouveau riche, and he became rich by opening brick kilns and small coal kilns...... But I always felt that there wasn't enough money, and I could have earned more.

He doesn't worry about selling bricks and coal, he can sell as much as he wants, and he also wants to open a charcoal kiln, which is far better than charcoal to burn, and better to sell!

But...... Manpower, especially one with a little bit of skill, is just as lacking as anyone else......

Lao Gui had discussed with several similar owners to see how he could recruit more labor.

Lao Gui means that it is impossible for us to offer high wages like begging big and small owners, and it is impossible to give such good treatment...... Big fish and big meat every day, we have to eat the poor!

At that time, everyone echoed in unison, yes, yes, they had new equipment, and the same people could produce more, while we could only rely on the blood and sweat of our hands to produce!

Indeed, gas lamps were used for lighting, so that the hands could work a little more at night...... But it's still not good if there are too few people.

Lao Gui said: "They can use captives, use Japanese manpower, and let the family work for a small salary; They can use master craftsmen, and they can rely on high wages to attract others to take the initiative...... How about I? ”

One of the proprietors' eyes turned red and said, "My whole family is doing the same work as the people, and there is no way, I really can't hire them...... I can't buy slaves again! ”

And the crowd echoed in unison, and it was true, that as long as there was an opportunity, those who had been on the island of Wandering bought all the labor, both men and women.

A budding workshop like theirs simply can't find the right workforce!

What to do?

Everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high...... They finally came up with a solution.

Everyone pooled money collectively and partnered to recruit people farther north away...... You can promise to pay a high salary, and then get people here, and then talk about it!

One proprietor said, "I'm afraid it's against the rules of the stream...... If we commit fraud, we will be punished......"

Lao Gui was red-eyed at the time and said, "What about the punishment?" It's a big deal to count them into their normal wages...... Besides, it's so far away, how can they let others know what the normal wage is?! We can count ordinary food and clothing as high prices, and if we can't say it, we will make those natives believe it! ”

Well, everyone nodded in approval again, and let's get the labor first......

They did what they said, there was no shortage of money, and they immediately scraped together enough expenses and hired sharp tooth men to recruit.

In the past year or two, the northern region has basically been in good weather, but there are always some places that have suffered from various disasters, and after the repeated ravages and plundering of the Tatars, there must be many ordinary people who cannot live their lives...... Even they don't have the ability to know what is happening in Shandong, and they don't have the ability to get here, so if they take the initiative to send someone to recruit them with the money on the road, they will definitely find a lot.

That's exactly what they were going to do at the time...... In places close to the Shandong region, most of the people who can come out to work are recruited by the big and small owners who are begging, so they can always go farther away, right?! (To be continued.) )