How vast was the Ming Empire? When the Liaodong War was in full swing, most of the people in the hinterland of the Ming Empire did not even feel the atmosphere of war. They couldn't hear the earth-shattering sound www.biquge.info of artillery on the front line, nor could they feel the coldness in the trenches, and the only thing that could let these civilians in the rear know that the war was not over was that the factories were working overtime to produce all kinds of things needed at the front.

Ancient wars, modern wars, are nothing more than logistical support, whether it is the barbaric nomadic tribal civilization relying on plunder, or the agricultural urban civilization relying on production, all wars need materials, but more or less, or the source of materials is different.

Once upon a time, war was almost as devastating as it was on the enemy. Agricultural production was abandoned by conscription, and a large number of labor forces were forced to concentrate from production to transportation, and the population began to consume materials before the war began, and the money and food consumed were enough to make any ruler lose interest in war.

And modern warfare is also an expensive game that consumes materials. No one can imagine how all-encompassing the production of materials can be in a war, and how huge and endless the things consumed by a large number of armies every day.

You must know that because of the vast territory and protectorate of the Ming Empire, the army has always been maintained on a huge horizontal line, and hundreds of thousands of troops are maintained in every major direction. After the start of the Liaodong War, the Ming Empire began to mobilize from all over the country, and the total mobilization of 1 million troops has not yet reached the front line.

These troops required more than 1.2 million sets of assorted uniforms, at least 3 million pairs of socks, and more than 400,000 tents with corresponding quilts, including the harness for the horses and the flags of these troops...... Not counting weapons, just the category of clothing on them is enough for several clothing companies to have a headache for several months.

Although the Ming Empire's military supplies are very abundant, they still need to be replenished, and production still has to continue, even without delaying for a moment. In addition, the Ming Empire began to replace new military uniforms internally (promoted by the new army), and the entire production work not only did not decrease, but also increased.

"I said Lijuan, did your man have any news back?" In front of a row of huge textile machines, there was a huge roar of spinning spindles, because there were so many of them. In front of these spinning machines, which have been improving since the time of the Industrial Revolution, several women who are in charge of these machines are chatting loudly while looking after them.

After the appearance of this evil machine, the textile industry in the Jiangnan area completely collapsed. Countless unemployed women have suffered unspeakable suffering. Eventually, the power of industry shattered the self-sufficient individual handicraft workshop, and the Ming Empire began to embark on the path of industrialization.

More than a hundred years have passed since that era, and now the status of women in the Ming Empire has improved slightly, at least because of family needs, they have to go out to work, making them a group with a regular source of income. The improvement of economic status has brought about the improvement of family status, and on the other hand, it has also destroyed the traditional feudal religious foundation.

The corrupt and feudal foundation that the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not dare to touch back then, survived for nearly a hundred years after his death, and finally collapsed completely because of the thirst for labor of the capital group and the counterattack of the new capitalism against the old feudal forces.

"How can it be so fast, I heard the elders in the family say that during the last war, it was fast to have the opportunity to send a letter to the family every year." The woman, who was called Lijuan by her colleague, replied as she was busy. The movements of her hands were still fast as she spoke, and she quickly adjusted the machine so that the spinning spindles on it continued to rotate at a fixed frequency.

In times of war, everything that was transported from the front and back to the rear was subject to strict inspection, and all correspondence could not be sealed in accordance with the relevant regulations, and had to be written in a uniform format and in standard language. The content is nothing more than some official statements, which can only be mixed with a few greetings to the family, which can be regarded as a special part, which is used to vent the soldiers' longing for their hometown.

Even so, every letter was inspected by a special person, and at all stages of the transportation process, there was a large women's agency of more than 1,000 people, called the "Inspectorate of Wartime Correspondence", which was responsible for inspecting each letter to ensure that it did not record what should not be recorded, or convey negative emotions that should not be transmitted.

At least in times of war, public opinion is completely controlled by the government, and there is no exception in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. And also in times of war, where personal privacy and so-called freedom of speech are just a joke, and even the most stupid people would not believe that there is anything more important in wartime than ensuring victory.

"It's been almost two months since this ****** came down, right? I heard that the troops stationed in the barracks outside the city have been mobilized for almost a month. The woman also moved her hands between the spindles, but did not see her hands bumping into any of the whirling mechanical parts. While inspecting and controlling the spinning machine in front of her, she was not slow to speak at all.

"I've been gone for thirty-two days. Ever since our family started their troops, I can't count the days that night? Or the men in your family have the ability, can have a craftsman certificate, can lathe, and the second-level ****** do not need to serve. Lijuan's long hair was tied behind her head and covered with a white hat. This is a hard and fast rule in textile factories to avoid accidents caused by workers' hair getting caught in the machine.

In the beginning, women who worked in textile factories were required to cut their hair short. With the gradual increase in the number of factories, the requirements of private enterprises were gradually relaxed, and then the frequent accidents once again attracted attention, and finally formed the current set of standards for the spinning industry.

"No noise! This batch of products in your hands will be sent to the Jiangnan Weaving Factory and distributed to various military clothing factories as military supplies! Pay attention to the quality, don't talk to each other! A supervisor in charge of production order in the workshop walked behind Lijuan and the other women with his hands behind his back and loudly stopped the conversation of the female spinning workers.

Leaders like this are generally promoted from among the female spinning workers, and most of them are old women who are not able to do spinning production, they are regarded as spinning workers who have worked all their lives, and they are also management cadres who supervise new workers in the factory. This is the rules and regulations for corporate recycling, and after the capital is transferred to the private sector, it immediately fades from the rigid skin and begins a flexible and efficient evolutionary road.

When the team leader passed by, all the female workers subconsciously closed their mouths, and the originally roaring machinery seemed to be louder, monotonously repeating the regular clicking sound. Behind a row of machines are also neatly arranged spinning machines, which are also constantly rotating, producing at full speed to ensure victory at the front.

He nodded in satisfaction, as if enjoying his authority. The old woman, who was over sixty years old and looked a little like the grandmother in the play, nodded, and continued to patrol the passage to the other side with her hands behind her back. Behind her, the weavers were doing their jobs as if the conversation had never happened at all.

When the team leader who was patrolling had gone away, and the small talk just now continued, Lijuan looked at the end of her passage and found that the team leader had turned a corner and disappeared, so she turned her head again and said to her friend: "Thirty-two days, you say, he has been gone for thirty-two days, will he be hungry and lose weight?" I don't know if the front line is bitter or not, and if I have enough to eat......"

The woman who listened to Lijuan pouted, interrupted Lijuan's nagging, and said persuasively: "My man said, it's only been thirty-two days, and your man is estimated to have only been transferred to the vicinity of Gyeonggi, and he hasn't even seen the real front line." You're going to have to wait a little longer, right? ”

"Your man knows a lot, can you go back and help me ask, if my family goes to the front line, is it dangerous? Will you be back soon? Lijuan's heart was full of things about her family men going to the front line, and her eyes were red as she spoke. After all, this poem is too famous for fighting a few people in ancient times, and there are many people in the Ming Empire who popularized compulsory education.

The spinning lady next to her looked proud, his man was a real worker. The Ming Empire has regulations that the skilled workers who operate machine tools in the factory, the second-level ****** do not need to report to the conscription office, these workers are the most valuable strategic resources of the Ming Empire, and their importance is even more important than that of the elite troops.

Therefore, no matter in any era, people with real skills should live better than others, which can also be said to be a trace of mercy from God for the most direct workers who have worked hard to promote human development. Reservists in those service industries and some minor departments must report to the military recruitment office near their location after the national second-level ****** is issued, and then they are mobilized into soldiers and go to the front.

In the last two months, more than 1 million of these soldiers have been armed across the country, and after training for three weeks in barracks near their locations, they begin to assemble and march to the front, continuing their training as they go, and at the end of the sixth week, they move closer to the nearest railway station on the marching route and wait for the train to transport them to the front, where they will fight for their country until they are victorious or they die. (To be continued.) )