Xianglan and the others put their only belongings in a wooden box under the bed. Then they were taken to a place called the canteen, where they lined up at the shouts of the foreman, and each of them received two bowls and a pair of chopsticks, and walked to several large buckets of rice in turn, where a middle-aged woman held an iron spoon and made a bowl of rice for each of them, and put two slices of pickles, and the female workers greedily looked at the buckets of rice and their own small rice bowls, and refused to leave the buckets. The woman who was cooking was also kind, and said to them softly, "Don't be in a hurry, the meal is full, and you can serve it again after eating." Eat less on the first day, or you'll break it. There is soup over there, drink more soup, and you will be full for three meals a day in the future. ”

The relieved female worker took the meal to the rows of tables and stools neatly arranged next to her, sat there and devoured it, and the foreman's shout rang out again: "Eat slowly!" No one is robbing you, don't worry, you won't be a starving ghost with our handsome. ”

After a while, the female workers had eaten two bowls of rice, and the foreman stopped the female workers who wanted to eat again, "I can only eat so much today, and I will not be comfortable if I eat too much at once, and I will be full in a few days." I still want to eat and go over there to drink soup. ”

The soup was just a few vegetable leaves floating in the hot water, so the female workers refused to let go, and after a few bowls, they sat on the stool and couldn't get up.

Looking at their appearance, the foreman put away his stern expression and sighed to the women who were cooking: "These poor children are hungry and afraid. Fortunately, the handsome took them in. ”

"It's all the government and famine, didn't we die when we saw the food, with the big handsome, life will get better day by day." The women who were cooking were also very emotional.

Xianglan held the soup bowl and thought silently, I don't know where her family is now, it would be good if they all arrived here, at least they wouldn't starve to death, they must work hard, and then ask the lord for permission to find their family, and the whole family can live if they are reunited.

The place where Xianglan was sitting was facing the door, and at this time, I saw several men walking towards the cafeteria. These men are very strange, a young man who looks like a boy walking in front of him is quite normal. The three people who followed behind were really terrifying, all tall men, with pale skin and burnt yellow hair, and when they looked closer, the eyes of those three people were actually blue. If it weren't for the sun shining now, Xianglan would have thought that she had encountered a ghost, how could a person look so ugly.

A few people walked quickly, and after a while, they entered the canteen, and the foreman looked up and saw Zhang Chu and John and other three Yi people coming in together, and hurriedly went over and said lightly: "Handsome, good." ”

Zhang Chu attaches great importance to the factory and often runs to the factory, and the old people know that this handsome man doesn't like to be polite, so he just said hello. Zhang Chu walked in and looked at the girls sitting there, and wanted to say a few words of greeting, but he found that no one looked at him, and all the girls looked straight behind him. Zhang Chu couldn't help but feel a little sad, did he look so unbearable, he couldn't even compare to these aged foreigners. Are the girls of the Ming Dynasty so admiring foreigners?

Zhang Chu really thought wrong this time, Daming is a big country, even poor countrymen think that only Chinese are orthodox, and other places are barbarian countries. In these Yi people, the girls can't see the beauty. They were frightened by the strange appearance of the three Englishmen.

"Ahem" Zhang Chu coughed a few times, attracting everyone's attention, and the girls withdrew their gaze from the foreigners. Seeing Zhang Chu's appearance, he should be in charge here, maybe he is a housekeeper or something, and this kind of person can't be offended. The organic spirit hurriedly got up and saluted Zhang Chu.

Zhang Chu was a little more balanced in his heart, originally Zhang Chu wanted to make an impassioned speech, calling on everyone to work hard to build Xinfu Valley or something, but seeing that the girls couldn't stand up straight, they understood what they needed most now, so he said while returning the salute: "Girls, eat and drink well." ”

The three Englishmen behind him did the same, and at the same time said in a strange tone as they arched their hands: "Girls, eat and drink well." ”

Seeing their funny appearance, the girls were not afraid, and were amused by them, and a smile appeared on their faces.

The girls had bathed, changed into new clothes, had eaten enough, and looked much better. But it still can't hide the appearance of weak skin and bones. The girls are all teenagers, and in later generations they are all the flowers of the motherland in school, and the children in the eyes of their parents. really responded to that sentence, I would rather be a peace dog than a troubled world. Zhang Chu felt that the burden on his body was even heavier.

Facing the crowd of girls, Zhang Chu didn't want to stay longer. Take John and others to the workshop to see the installation of the machine.

John and the other three Englishmen were not idle after being brought to Zhongyang by Zhang Chu, and began to manufacture the machines needed for wool weaving in Zhongyang. John and others are traditional British woollen mill owners, all of whom have been apprentices in the workshop since childhood, and then become masters step by step, and then work alone as bosses. So it's very simple for the three of them to set up a wool weaving workshop independently. Zhang Chu's goal will never be a small workshop, he asked the craftsmen of Zhongyang to study John's machine, combined with the hydraulic spinning machine for spinning cotton to create a new wool spinning machine, after the test effect is very good, even John and others are amazed, how much wool has to be spun every day at such a fast speed. After the finalization, Zhang Chuming craftsmen began to manufacture in large quantities. John had some opinions about this at first. At the speed of new spinning machines, the construction of more wool will not be enough to meet the demand. Zhang Chu didn't explain either, only told him that there would be wool, and asked John to hurry up and debug the machine to train the workers, and then lead the troops to the war.

After conquering Fugu, the workers and machines led by John were taken to Fugu, and Zhang Chu took John out of the wall, allowing him to see what the endless prairie was. John understood that the fear of not having enough wool was unwarranted, and that the phenomenon of "sheep eating man" in which arable land was enclosed for more sheep was not possible in China, as was the case in England. China is really a big country. He felt that he had found the right master, and he was even more respectful to Zhang Chu. I fantasize about living in a manor and living like an aristocrat with my wife and children.

The machines in the Fugu Wool Textile Factory have been installed and commissioned, and the pre-trained workers are in trial production. After the training of the new workers, it is ready for full-fledged production. New workers will continue to be sent here in batches, and now the most worthless thing in Shaanxi is people.

Zhang Chu was very satisfied after taking a turn in the factory, and told the foreman to treat the workers well. The exploitation of workers is inevitable, but exploiting workers is not the same thing as not treating them as human beings. China's development is the blood and sweat of laborers bit by bit, and Zhang Chu, as a traverser, cannot create wealth out of thin air. What Zhang Chu wants to do is to give workers a relatively fair environment. The foreman in the factory used to be a homeless worker and worked hard to become a foreman. Kind Chinese were still very loving before they were not polluted by copper odor. Hearing Zhang Chu say that he should treat the workers well, he nodded yes one by one.

After leaving the factory, John and the others went to work separately, and Zhang Chu had to think about the raw materials and sales after the factory started. The grassland is indeed very large, but the sheep on the grassland are herded by the Mongols, and the wool is still in their hands, so how to get the wool from their hands has become a problem.