Twenty miles west of Ruzhou City, a large number of brick houses were built, which was the newly built workshop area of the Runing Army. And this workshop area is completely in accordance with the setting of the barracks, with a moat and a city wall built on the periphery, and there are towers and artillery on the city wall. In the workshop area, individual workshops are also enclosed by separate walls, as well as quarters for craftsmen, apprentices and their families.

For the defense and secrecy of this workshop area, the Runing Army mobilized a battalion of regular troops and a brigade (200 people) of the Department of Internal Affairs, which were guarded in two layers, and the soldiers of the Runing Army and the soldiers of the Department of Internal Affairs on these two floors could not contact each other, and could only be contacted by officers for anything, so as to achieve the greatest degree of secrecy.

The reason for this is because this workshop area is the production base of the new industry of the Runing Army. Today, there will be three new workshops opening here, and Wu Shigong and some officials of the Ru Ningjun participated in the opening ceremony of the workshop.

"Long respect! Now that we have seized Ruzhou, why bother to stab Yu Shilang with words again, I am not afraid that he will not be able to think about it? Although he was dragged by Wu Shigong to attend the opening ceremony, Deng Qifan still chatted with Wu Shigong about official business.

"It's already good to help him raise people, what good words do you want to hear? Could it be that if he says two words, he will still cry his nose? Wu Shigong was obviously in a good mood, so he kept making witty words, "Besides, it's not me who let Yu Fool be idle, he stayed in Nanjing stupidly, and he couldn't go to Xiangyang, and he couldn't go back to Ruzhou. Also, we didn't treat his soldiers' families badly, what else do he want? ”

After arriving in Nanjing, Yu Zilian was repeatedly disappointed, he couldn't go to Xiangyang at all, and he had no place to use. So a few days ago, a frustrated Yu Zilian wrote to Wu Shigong, asking him to help take care of the Ruzhou Army established at that time. Those Tuntian Zhuangzi in the north of Ruzhou.

But will Wu Shigong take care of him very honestly and obediently? Anyway, it is impossible for Yu Zilian, the squire, to return to Ruzhou, and the Ruzhou army has also been incorporated into the Beijing camp, and it is impossible to return to Henan, so Wu Shigong honestly and unceremoniously took those Tuntian Zhuangzi for himself.

But Wu Shigong made a fortune in a muffled voice, at least he was okay with face. But how could he let go of this opportunity to blow and laugh at Yu Zilian? So Wu Shigong personally wrote it, and it was indeed written by Wu Shigong himself, and the reply letter was written like this: "Yu fool! You can rest assured, you can worry about state affairs in Nanjing with peace of mind! Anyway, I am your strong backing, and you don't care about Ruzhou's affairs. I have taken over, and I will never leave you a ...... of acres of land or a grain of grain. ”

It is estimated that after Yu Zilian saw Wu Shigong's reply, he would be so angry that he vomited blood.

Of course, Deng Qifan knew the relationship between Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian very well, and he couldn't help Wu Shigong's childishness that often happened, so he smiled and diverted the topic: "By the end of the year." 20,000 acres of land were seized, and 170,000 people were resettled. It's a good start. ”

Wu Shigong knew that Deng Qifan was comforting himself. He shook his head with a wry smile and said: "After a lot of hard work, six Zhuangzi were set up, and half of the Tuntian was still taken from Yu Fool, except for the large population, there is nothing to be proud of." It's strange that we've all shrunk like this. The thieves didn't come. If you really want them not to come when they come, and don't want them to come when they come, why are you so disobedient? ”

Deng Qifan was amused by Wu Shigong's whining words. Because the residual power of the Runing Army was too powerful, those peasant armies did not dare to approach the territory originally controlled by the Runing Army. Although the Runing army has shrunk sharply. However, there was still no large peasant army approaching, which made it difficult for the Runing army to implement the plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. On the contrary, in this vacuum, small bandits are rampant, refugee waves have reappeared, and the local area is also in chaos.

There is another reason, as the Ming army under the command of Yang Sichang approached step by step, Zhang Xianzhong's department has moved to the mountainous area around the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi in order to avoid a head-on conflict with the Ming army. Therefore, the main force of the peasant army has fled, making the current Runing army useless.

So Deng Qifan comforted: "Yang Ge Lao may not win this time, maybe there will be another big defeat, the people and thieves will resurge, and the plan of long-term respect is still feasible." Just wait a few more months. ”

"I hope so!"

"Lord Wu! Mr. Deng! Seeing Wu Shigong and his entourage coming, You Qingchen bowed his hand and said.

Because You Qingchen showed that he was close to Ru Ningjun at that time and showed excellent business talent, after Wu Shigong's examination and conversation, he was promoted to the deputy director of the workshop department in charge of the new workshop area.

When King Wu Shigongqin returned to Runing, one day he had nothing to do, and suddenly thought of some convenient daily necessities in modern times. But Wu Shigong is self-aware and knows that he can't invent anything, so he wants his craftsmen to work together.

So Wu Shigong listed the names of a number of modern goods, and relied on his memories to list the uses and properties of these goods, and publicly offered rewards in his own jurisdiction to reward those craftsmen who could invent these goods.

And the reward this time is quite generous, in addition to the title of "master craftsman", there are also rewards ranging from hundreds of taels to thousands of taels according to different commodities. In addition, with the patents of these goods, Ru Ningjun can invest in the construction of new workshops and give those inventors a part of the shares.

Stimulated by such a huge amount of money and honor, the Runing army and the local craftsmen immediately burst out with great enthusiasm, and soon, three goods were invented one after another: matches, pencils and clairvoyants. Today is the day of the opening of these three workshops.

"You've been working hard these days." Wu Shigong smiled and beckoned to You Qingchen.

"Misfortune bitter! Unfortunate bitter! The subordinates are now full of energy. Although You Qingchen has been busy these days, he has suddenly been reused by Wu Shigong and is doing what he is most interested in, and now You Qingchen is full of energy.

Then, accompanied by You Qingchen, Wu Shigong and his entourage first visited the workshop that was to be opened. While walking, You Qingchen also introduced the situation of the new workshop to Wu Shigong.

This time, the reward was not the use of Ru Ningjun's public funds, but the use of Wu Shigong's own private wealth, so in these three workshops, Wu Shigong also personally owned a certain share. In addition, the construction cost of the workshop was jointly raised by the Runing Army and the gentry on the other side. The part of the local gentry was raised by You Qingchen.

According to You Qingchen's assumption: the part of the shares owned by Ru Ningjun will be gradually listed and traded after the workshop makes a profit, and will gradually be transferred to the private sector to cash out funds for Ru Ningjun. Because the prospects for these three workshops to make a profit will be quite promising. (To be continued......)