Chapter 408: Breaking Ground
In the small talk between Yan Liqiang and Qian Su, the time for a stick of incense passed quickly.
As soon as the time came, Yan Liqiang and Qian Su returned to the canteen of the craftsman camp, and the people gathered in the canteen were also quiet at this time, just now everyone was bustling and talking for a while, everyone was sure that Yan Liqiang would not joke with everyone about this kind of thing, and there was such a time for incense, whether it was to stay or to leave, it had been decided.
"How is it, have you thought about it?" Yan Liqiang asked, standing on the stone steps, glancing at everyone.
"Think about it!" hundreds of people replied, and some didn't speak, just nodded.
"Okay, those who have decided to leave the Craftsman Camp should stand up now!" Yan Liqiang pointed to the position on the left hand side under his steps, "I will have someone give you money and go through the procedures for leaving the country, and then you can leave!"
As soon as Yan Liqiang said this, a few seconds later, among the hundreds of people, someone squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the place he said.
One, two, three, four...... Eleven, twelve......
There weren't many people willing to leave, there were just a dozen of them, some of them came up with a calm face, and some of them came up a little sluggishly, but in the end, those people walked to the front under the eyes of the people of the craftsman battalion.
The twelve people who came out were a little embarrassed, and they all lowered their heads.
"Lord Camp Warden, I'm ...... I'm old, I've been a craftsman in the craftsman camp for decades, and I can still walk and have the craft, I ...... I want to go back to my hometown in Chenzhou to see, the fallen leaves return to the roots, these years, thanks to the care of the camp supervisor, let me be such an old man who has been in the army in this Ganzhou has not been bullied, and I have saved a little savings, a hundred times stronger than others, I kowtow to the camp supervisor!!" An old craftsman with gray hair gave Qian Su a big gift with tears in his eyes
"Lao Chen, get up, get up, don't do this big gift, the fallen leaves return to the roots, human nature, in the past, your military status was managed by the people above, I can't be the master, now the Lord Guardian speaks, you can go home and see, I am also happy for you!" Qian Su hurriedly helped the old craftsman up.
"Thank you Lord Guardian for your mercy!" the old craftsman said with trembling lips, and was about to kneel down in front of Yan Liqiang, but was quickly helped up by Yan Liqiang, not letting the old craftsman kneel.
"Last time my mother came to see me and said...... said that I found a daughter-in-law at home and asked me to go back and get married and have children......" There was also a man in his twenties who touched his head and looked embarrassed.
"My parents are old, my eldest brother broke his foot last year, and if I don't go home, there will be no one in the family to hold it up......," said a sergeant who came out with a look of embarrassment.
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Each had his own reasons, and these reasons, true or false, were the reasons why they wanted to leave the Craftsman's Battalion.
Qian Su glanced at those who came out and took a deep breath, " Since the Inspector said, each of you also has your own difficulties, then everyone will gather and disperse, I will not embarrass everyone, if you still encounter any difficulties in the future, you can also come to the craftsman camp to find me, within the scope of my ability, I will also help you, just now the Inspector said that the people who left each will be given ten taels of silver for the journey, I personally pay out of my pocket, give everyone ten taels of silver per person to settle down, I hope everyone leaves the craftsman camp after a smooth journey, want to go home, want to go to the future, everything is going well, no matter where in the future, can be an upright person, do not insult the reputation of our Huanglong Craftsman Battalion!”
"Thank you, Lord Camp Supervisor, thank you Lord Guardian!" everyone gave Qian Su and Yan Li a forced salute.
Qian Su beckoned, called the head of a steward beside him, and ordered in public, "Take them down to pack up their things, go through the formalities of leaving the craftsman camp, and give them ten taels of silver from the accounts in the camp and my personal private room, and don't be embarrassed after they are done, let them leave!"
"Yes!" the head of the steward bowed to Qian Su, then called a few sergeants, and left the compound of the dining hall with the twelve people who had come out.
"Let's wait a little longer, wait for Steward Zhu and them to come back, and let Steward Zhu and them hear the rest of the words!" Yan Liqiang said to Qian Su.
Qian Su nodded, "Okay, you have the final say!"
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After all, it was in the barracks, and those who left were also considered military households, and there were not many personal things, except for a few pieces of clothing, which were a little silver and bits and pieces of softness, and a simple salute and backpack were put away, and it was only more than ten minutes before and after, and the head of the steward came back with a few sergeants to return to his life, saying that the twelve people had completed all the formalities and left the craftsman camp.
At this time, Yan Liqiang, who had been waiting, smiled slightly, looked at the people in the courtyard of the canteen who had stayed firmly, and began to speak.
"First of all, I want to congratulate everyone, all the people who stayed, you just now, you made the most important and luckiest decision in your life, just now I saw that when someone heard that the person who left could take twenty taels of silver, he was still a little moved, and felt that it was a lot of money, I want to tell you that from this moment on, all the people who remain in the craftsman camp, whether it is a sergeant or a craftsman, even if it is just an aunt and sister-in-law who cook for everyone in the canteen, in the future, the income you get from the craftsman battalion every year, at least the least, will exceed twenty taels of silver, and we people from the Huanglong craftsman battalion will become the entire Ganzhou in the future, and even the object of envy of all the craftsmen and armies of the entire Han Empire, because you will say goodbye to poverty completely, and you will become the richest group of people in the entire Han Empire's artisan camps......
As soon as Yan Liqiang's voice fell, the courtyard of the entire canteen, boom, everyone was excited at once, most of the people in the artisan battalion were simple craftsmen and sergeants, these people, where could they withstand Yan Liqiang's incitement with the rhetoric of engaging in pyramid schemes, of course, Yan Liqiang was not engaged in pyramid schemes here, but he really had the means, and the self-confidence in the words was more infectious.
"Lord Guardian, we will do whatever you say, anyway, everyone will listen to you in the future, is it right for everyone to say......" Under Qian Su's eyes, a craftsman shouted in the crowd at the right time, and then immediately there was a response around him.
"Yes, yes......"
Countless people roared, "Everyone will follow the Guardian in the future, eat and drink spicy ......"
"Well said, it's to eat fragrant and drink spicy!" Yan Liqiang continued on the steps, "Have you ever thought about how the wealth under the world came from, why do some people don't have to do anything, they can make silk and satin, wine ponds and meat forests, and have endless money, why do some people get tired and tired all day long and can't eat and clothe, where does this wealth come from, does it fall from the sky, or does it grow in the ground?" I tell you, no, there are two sources of wealth under this world, one is production, the other is circulation, and the production of wealth depends on our hands, and our hands, through labor, through our wisdom, have changed the appearance of things on the ground and underground, we have turned iron ore into steel, steel into swords, ash wood into spears, wood and stone into materials, materials into houses, barren land into fertile land, things in the fields into grain, underground deposits into gold and silver, gold and silver into the ruler of wealth, these are wealth, only labor can create wealth, if there is no laborThe stone is the stone, the wood is the wood, and the things buried in the ground will only be buried in the ground forever, and it is precisely because of labor that these things have changed their appearance, so that they can be sold for money, and it is a symbol of wealth.
Hearing Yan Liqiang's words, their eyes lit up, and their bodies and souls were greatly touched, Yan Liqiang's words were a problem that many people in the craftsman camp had never thought of in their lives, or they didn't think about it, and when they heard Yan Liqiang say this, they all felt like they had been opened, and everyone's hearts lit up, and they were excited.
Not to mention those ordinary people in the craftsman camp, even Qian Su listened to Yan Liqiang's words, and he also showed a thoughtful look and felt greatly touched.
These words, no one in the Han Empire has summarized them throughout the ages, and no one can explain them, Yan Liqiang made him clear, and it was impeccable and profound, Yan Liqiang said it bluntly, but the more people who heard it, the more they felt that it was reasonable and connotative.
Of course, Yan Liqiang has a point, because in his previous life, the name of the person who summed up this truth was Karl Marx.
Yan Liqiang, who said these words, at this time, in the eyes of a group of craftsmen and sergeants, it was as if he was possessed by holy light.
Of course, Yan Liqiang said this, not to encourage these people to become revolutionaries to rebel, but to make everyone in the artisan camp understand and firmly understand from their hearts that only by following the Guardian is right, can they get rich, and everything the Inspector does is to maximize the value of everyone's labor. Only with such an understanding can Yan Liqiang's subsequent series of transformations of the craftsman battalion be carried out logically, so that everyone loyally supports and agrees.
"The source of all wealth is labor, labor creates wealth, all wealth is usable things, and circulation, that is, to do business, is to sell the usable things that we create with the labor of our hands, to those who need and have money, so that what we create with our hands becomes gold and silver that we can touch, and what is the best thing to sell, the best thing to sell has two characteristics, one is that your things are cheaper than others under the same quality, and the other is that I have things that you don't have, and there is a huge demand for this kind of thing, and there are countless people who want it, and these two things are best to sell!”
Looking at the silent canteen compound, Yan Liqiang's eyes flashed, " In the past, the things produced by our Craftsman Battalion were directly supplied to the Overseer's Mansion, and we couldn't do business with the Overseer's Mansion, but now, everyone has become my subordinates, and they all listen to me, and the things we make in the Craftsman Battalion will no longer be supplied to the Overseer's Mansion in the future, and I will take everyone to do business together, we will not only produce things, but also do business, and we will turn the things we produce with our hands into real money, so that everyone can live a good life that they never dared to think of before!"
"Speaking of which, some people may say in their hearts, this craftsman battalion is yours, it's not up to you to divide the money you make, even if you don't give it to us, we have no choice, this is just like the shopkeeper and the buddy, there are many shopkeepers who make a fortune in the world, but there are not many guys who make a fortune in the world, how can we believe you? It's very simple, because I do what I say, I say that I want everyone to make a fortune with me, eat and drink spicy food together, then it is by no means an empty word, there must be a guarantee, what a guarantee, because I will turn this craftsman battalion into everyone's own, and everyone who stays today will become a shareholder of this craftsman battalion, and there will be shares in the craftsman battalion, and in the future, when the craftsman battalion makes money, we will divide it according to everyone's shares, and everyone will have a share, and I will set up the articles of association of this craftsman battalion......"
Hearing that Yan Liqiang gave all the shares of the craftsman camp, not to mention the bitterness in the craftsman camp, even Qian Su was also shocked, and looked at Yan Liqiang with an unbelievable gaze......
This is something that no one has ever done before, and in a way, it is groundbreaking......