Where does Yinyu dare to take this hot potato, this is not something that can be settled with more than 100,000 silver, this must be inherited, even if he drags the eighth and tenth into the water, he can't raise so much silver, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, how can the minister's idea be called a long-sleeved dance?" With so many workshops being built in a short period of time, the minister has neither anyone nor silver, which is really a little frightened. ”

Zhenwu smiled and said: "Talents are easy to say, eclectic recruitment is, workshops are from small to large, gradually developing, I am just in the guise of military needs, sucking the flag people into the workshop, clock glass, there are some craftsmen in the palace, plus missionaries, you can hold up the shelf first, I sent another letter, and the navy in Europe to find and recruit some craftsmen to come, other workshops, Jingshi Jiangnan is more talented, not worried about not being able to recruit talents."

As for the silver, there are hundreds of thousands of taels enough for your early use, and next year, I will gradually allocate silver taels to you, this matter is related to the livelihood of the banner people, and it is related to military production, how can I not pull out a dime? ”

Hearing Zhenwu say this, Yinyu couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, but unexpectedly Zhenwu turned his head and said: "Garment processing, military uniform and quilt production, can all female workers be recruited?" ”

Recruiting female workers into the workshop? Yinyu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, just let the flag people enter the workshop, recruit female workers into the workshop, what kind of system will it be? It's not a lack of labor, he couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Does the emperor want the Eight Banners woman to enter the workshop?" ”

Zhenwu nodded slightly: "Yes, making quilts, military uniforms and ready-to-wear clothes, etc., women are naturally superior to men, and there are many good women and women in the Eight Banners, and it is a great waste not to use them." ”

Who doesn't know this truth, the problem is how to let women get together to work in the workshop, after a little hesitation, Yin Yu said: "Your Majesty, if you want to make good use of the craftsmanship of the women of the Eight Banners, you can subcontract the uniforms and quilts to various families, and openly recruit women to work in the workshop, which is really a bit appalling." ”

"Brother Jiu is not well-informed." Zhenwu said disapprerovingly: "In Jiangnan." Raising silkworms, spinning and weaving, tea picking, weaving and other industries. All of them are carried out by women, and even in the fields, there is no shortage of women. In some places, there are even cases where a daughter grows up and does not marry, and the fool wants to keep a woman's work, all because of the hard work of men and women.

My Baqi woman does not advocate coquettishness and weakness, and there are many people who show up in the streets and alleys. Why can't I enter the workshop? Subcontracting is cumbersome, the quality is difficult to guarantee, and it is not conducive to the division of labor and cooperation, and the production speed is also difficult to greatly improve. Military uniforms and uniforms are difficult to keep up with in time. ”

Yin Yu also knows that what Zhenwu said is the truth, today's uniforms really can't keep up, the Navy Janissary New Army has been growing at a rate of seventy or eighty thousand every year for the past two years, and more than 100,000 sets of military uniforms a year have been pressed by the military workshop. The whole country was in an uproar.

Of course, no one will scold Zhenwu for being the initiator. The only one who carried the black pot was him, the king of Rao Jun, who was in charge of the affairs of the workshop, thinking slightly. He bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Qing Dynasty has strict hierarchies, comprehensive etiquette, words and deeds must follow various rules, and women are no exception. ”

Zhenwu didn't want to give up easily, liberated women from the shackles of etiquette and family, and could save a lot of labor, and now he vigorously expanded the army, fought on all sides, immigrated to the famine, and wanted manpower, and moreover, this is also the trend of the times, and the current military uniforms are not able to be controlled, which can be described as the best excuse.

After a slight sigh, he said: "Recruiting women into the workshop is naturally to recruit commoners from the Eight Banners, or poor people or women from small merchants and peddlers, is it possible that you can also recruit women from nobles, eunuchs, and gentry families?" They don't look down on this kind of wages and silver, do they? ”

Seeing that Zhenwu's attitude was not very resolute, Yin Yu said boldly: "Your Majesty, even if you recruit civilian women into the workshop, it is immoral, shocking, and easy to provoke criticism. ”

It is true that you can't be in a hurry, Zhenwu nodded slightly, and said: "That is the case, then the uniforms will be subcontracted to the Eight Banners family, regardless of status, all the tasks will be apportioned, the officers' uniforms will be contracted to the royal family, the princes and nobles, and the soldiers' uniforms will be subcontracted to civilians. ”

Seeing that Zhenwu put his hand away, Yinyu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

The Qing Royal Navy won a great victory in the conquest of Europe, defeated the combined Portuguese and British fleets in one fell swoop, sank 20 ships, captured more than 20 large warships, opened up European trade, and the navy of the conquest of Africa was about to set off soon, and the news of a detour to Europe was soon published in the Beijing Newspaper.

The capital division was immediately boiling, the whole inner city was jubilant, the children of the family in the navy were all rejoicing, and they set off firecrackers to celebrate, and a number of shops and storefronts in the outer city also followed the firecrackers to celebrate, the streets and alleys, everyone was beaming with joy and smiles, although Europe was far away, although European commerce and trade had nothing to do with most of the common people, but every victory of the navy would bring unexpected benefits to the Qing Dynasty.

What is even more rare is that since the establishment of the Qing Imperial Navy, there has been no defeat, and now the expedition to Europe and the United States is also a success, which makes all the officials and gentlemen intoxicated with the arrogance and pride of the Celestial Empire, which is not only the victory of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but also the victory of the Han people, everyone knows that most of the Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty are Han Chinese.

The business of the large and small teahouses in the inner and outer cities of Beijing has been booming these days, and today it is even more popular, every house is full, and the lobby is more lively than the bustling street market, and the debate on the new policy a few days ago has been completely replaced by the victory of the European conquest.

Yin Yu naturally will not miss this kind of opportunity, he immediately lost no time in posting notices everywhere to subcontract to rush to make uniforms, and at the same time widely recruited people to prepare for the construction of the Beijing Division Army Workshop, as soon as the news spread, the officials and gentlemen in the inner city and the outer city signed up one after another, not only to transfer wages and money, but also to support the navy, why not?

Those who had close ties with maritime merchants rushed to all directions to quickly rush to the four directions, and the news that the navy of the navy was about to set off for the conquest of Europe and that the navy of Africa was about to set off, and that it was going to make a detour to Europe.

Nowadays, the scope of maritime business in the Qing Dynasty is basically stopped in the South Seas, and it is an extremely rare opportunity for maritime merchants to follow the navy to open up European routes, and now the routes of the Qing Dynasty's maritime foreign trade have been basically sold out, even the Mughals and the Persian Empire have been auctioned off, and the only thing left is Europe and Africa, the two continents that have not yet opened routes.

Whether Africa's commerce and trade are profitable, a group of maritime merchants are not very clear, but Europe's commerce is definitely profiteering, which can be seen from the fact that a large number of European merchant ships go to the Qing Dynasty every year to trade, but they do not understand the situation in Europe, in order to buy out the maritime trade rights of the ports of European countries, they must have a more detailed understanding of Europe, not just stay on hearsay, to be able to follow the invincible navy to Africa, Europe to investigate, naturally is an excellent opportunity.

However, no matter how fast the horse is, even if it is 800 miles faster, it is not as fast as the carrier pigeon, and the members who know the existence of the carrier pigeon naturally know that time is precious, and they have long begged the old thirteen Yijun Wang Yinxiang to use the pigeon letter to spread to all directions.

After receiving the news, the seamen who were determined to win the two pieces of fat in Europe and Africa immediately heard the news and urgently organized the crew and sailors of the ships to load the goods and rush to the Karopa, who had been working hard at sea all the year round, they all knew the importance of the direction of the wind, and they also knew that the dispatch of the army was not child's play, and the navy would not deliberately wait for them.

The Qing Dynasty Nanyang Province, the provincial capital, Karopa.

The port of Karopa is extremely busy at this time, and the Australian migrants who have been interrupted by the summer to avoid the storms in the South Seas are once again pouring in, resting here for a few days before changing ships and heading for their new homeland, Australia.

Within two years, the port had prospered rapidly, and in just one year, the port had more than doubled in size with its manpower, food, and land, and not far from the port was a large area of newly built warehouses and houses that resembled stilted buildings for temporary accommodation for immigrants.

The newly landed immigrants feel particularly new to everything here, but they can't feel the feeling of a foreign land thousands of miles away, and the people of the Qing Empire are busy in the whole port, with the same appearance, the same clothes, and even the familiar local voice can be heard anytime and anywhere, the only thing that makes them a little strange is that the busy people on the dock actually have some braids.

Through a short conversation, they learned that the people of Nanyang Province are allowed to keep no braids, and the land is divided according to the head, ten acres of wasteland per person, free of charge, which makes many people envious of the people of Nanyang, the land here is fat, and the climate is better than that of Jiangnan, two crops a year, absolutely no problem.

Although envious, but no one wants to stay here, compared to the conditions in Australia, the conditions are better, the imperial court provides a year's rice rations, in addition to providing a tool and cattle for land reclamation, the land is more or less owned by private individuals, and can buy slaves to open up the wasteland, no silver can be borrowed from the 'four Heng' at low interest, for them, the temptation of the landlord is really irresistible.

Waiting for ships, idle and bored immigrants like to go to the newly opened port in the east, watching the huge warships of the Qing Royal Navy fleet moored in the harbor from a distance, I heard that the navy has won another battle in Europe, this fleet is preparing to go to Africa.

For this invincible navy, they love it in their hearts, without the navy there would be no Australia, without Australia, they would not have the hope of being landlords, and what made them even more excited was that they heard that the Qing Dynasty was going to form a fleet in Australia, and when the time came, their children would definitely have the opportunity to become a member of the navy. (To be continued.) )