548 stimulates the economy of Zhao
"Come on. Whoever has served as a soldier. You can all come. Not only to fight the Huns, to take revenge, but also to eat and make money. More importantly, he can marry a daughter-in-law. "On the streets of Handan, Zhao State. A man of five big and three thick shouted at the top of his throat.
"I'm the one." As he spoke, a strong man burst out of the crowd of onlookers. The man was holding a bronze sword. Behind the sword was a bundle of battered armor. It shows that this has been a soldier.
"Good. This strong man inside please. Just draw a bet. As he spoke, the man made a gesture of please.
"Is there anything else?" The man shouted at the crowd of onlookers.
"Come on. Go to the Qin State, there is work to do. Absolute righteousness. Weavers. An old woman shouted in a shrill voice across from her.
"Do you want to recruit men?" A sassy-looking man coaxed.
"Go, go, go. People in the Qin State only need women. Feel relieved. Definitely a serious place. If I dare to abduct you. I don't want to be in the Qin State and Zhao State in the future. As soon as he finished speaking, a large number of women passing by began to inquire.
What is a Weaver. What do weavers do? Really work for money. What to eat, how to wear. These became the things that the woman inquired about again and again. But there are really not many signings. The main thing is that they have to go back and talk about it.
Soon after Li Mu returned, Zhao Guo began to change greatly. First of all, some small companies organized by the Qin State came to Handan, Zhao State. They found that the people here were not paid for their work. So, they used this as a breakthrough. It's a great opportunity to make a fortune. They gave extremely low prices in the Qin state to recruit all kinds of workers. In addition to heavy industry. For example, weavers. The women of Zhao are ingenious. So they recruited a group of female workers to work in the Qin State. Although the pay given is low. But in Zhao State, this is a huge amount of money. As soon as these female workers arrived in the Qin State. Just dumbfounded. They didn't even dare to go out into the street. The changes in the Qin State are too great.
The canteen is also good, and people have meat to eat. It was like entering the palace for them. Hurry up when you work, though. Because those machines are very fast. When weaving cloth, especially linen. They need to get the shuttles fast. Five hours a day, up to three Qin and a half taels a day. This is already satisfied.
Not only that, the postal system of Zhao and Qin began to be initially established, and there was only one line, Xianyang to Handan. But this is for these women workers. Enough is enough. They sent the money back. As a result, more and more women in Zhao asked to work in factories in Qin.
Some of the women who came back from bold work also began to organize their sisters to go to the Qin State factory. She told everything she had seen and heard in the Qin Kingdom. This is more convincing than the Qin State newspapers. What is the automatic sewing machine. There is also a wide variety of clothes. Speaking of which, the woman also had to show off all kinds of clothes, perfumes, mirrors and other things she brought from the Qin State. These things are much cheaper in the Qin State.
This further intensified the determination of the women of Zhao to go to Qin. But to get to the Qin State, you need to pay for the road. As a result, some companies in the Qin State and the newly established companies in the Zhao State came to undertake this work. The company has just become popular in the Qin State. And Zhao Guo's company, they don't know what's going on at all, it's purely fashionable. They thought that only in this way could they be on an equal footing with those companies in the Qin State. As a result, these companies began to gather a large number of people in Zhao State.
First of all, women workers. They didn't charge a fee at first, but instead signed a contract. The company is responsible for sending the female workers to the Qin State, and after the female workers work, they have to pay them a fee of one hundred and a half taels of Qin. It's almost a huge amount of money. But think about it, these women are calculated. At most, this will cost them a third of their wages. But if you stay in Zhao Kingdom, you will starve to death, although it is not peaceful. But they still signed a contract to go to Qin. So, one from Handan to the north, crossed the Taihang Mountain, entered Taiyuan County of the Qin State, and entered Hexi from Taiyuan along the Fen River to the end of the Yellow River. Take the train in Hexi and go directly to Xianyang, Qin State. There are special pick-up and drop-off personnel throughout the journey. And what visas, passports, tax vouchers are messy. It's a lot easier for them.
It was also the first time for these women to ride the train, and they had never even seen a sofa. And it's the first time I've seen a cart that can seat 60 people at a time. With more and more people. More and more trains from Qin to Hexi have to be departed. Especially some train tickets. It's been booked for more than twenty days. Many Qin people couldn't afford to buy train tickets themselves. As a last resort, the Wenyang Northern Railway Company laid the first telegraph line to the north. In addition, the telegraph transmitter has been developed and improved. And a special power plant was built. In this way, the number of train departures begins to increase. But it still can't satisfy the steady stream of Zhao people.
It was not only the women of Zhao who came, but also a large number of middle-aged laborers. They came to Qin to find work. For example, the detention of slaves. grazing, or directly joining the armed forces. The armed men of the Qin state had a new large number of employees.
Those who make money are all merchants of Zhao State. There were no officials and princes and nobles involved, but gradually, these people saw that the merchants made a lot of money. So they also began to intervene, and they used the private soldiers in their hands for foreign wars. They signed contracts with some trading companies in the Qin State.
Since they used muskets, these nobles did not intend to change their weapons, but spent very little money to buy a certain number of horses, and the rest served as infantry. At the same time, they also organized a large number of peasants attached to them into a large labor army to work in the Qin state. In this way, they succeeded in passing on the crisis brought about by the great drought. In addition, through the export of labor. They will have access to a large amount of foreign exchange.
At the same time as Zhao's huge labor export, it was also carrying out some streamlining plans, first of all, disarmament, Zhao State's disarmament of 200,000. Keep their total strength at about 250,000. So. By compressing the formation, it was possible to popularize muskets to a certain extent. A large number of artillery pieces were then imported by signing a military arms trade agreement with Qin. Quality began to become Zhao Jun's first choice.
Not only in terms of number and quality, Zhao Jun also made large-scale adjustments in the command system. Li Mu asked King Zhao to establish the Zhao State Staff. The purpose of the fight was to effectively coordinate the armed forces of the Zhao State in the Qin State. Prevent the Zhao army from being annexed by the Qin army. King Zhao immediately agreed. Losing most of his strength is the most terrifying thing for King Zhao.
In order to learn from the Qin State's General Staff, Li Mu took the initiative to correspond with Wang Qian. It is hoped that the two companies will join forces and be consistent in foreign operations. To a certain extent, this has coordinated the unified combat operations of the two sides to the outside world.