Today, the Mojia family has actually merged with Richanglong, Jie Zhicong said: "Richanglong's steam-powered machine has been put into use, so the loom provided by Xiao Ming was immediately promoted by Richanglong Weaving on a large scale, followed by a large number of iron parts, which is also one of the reasons why Richanglong quickly agreed to Xiao Ming to build Taiping Iron Works."

Xiao Ming understands that the wear and strength of iron parts is super high and wooden, once Richanglong uses the loom provided by himself on a large scale, he will find that the all-material steel loom is completely better than the wooden loom, at that time, Guangri Changlong's order for the iron factory is enough for the iron factory to make a fortune!

Of course, he is very happy to get such news, this is a good start, Xiao Ming is glad that he chose the right business partner at the beginning, with the strength of the day and the long, at present, it is only the tip of the iceberg in front of Xiao Ming, if they are determined to get involved in the steel manufacturing industry, then their huge strength is definitely Xiao Ming's biggest help.

"What is the situation in Xiuzhou now?" After learning that Jie Zhicong had been using flying kites to contact Ri Changlong, Xiao Ming was eager to know some of the current changes in the situation.

"The situation is still not too good!" Jie Zhicong said: "The Demon Sect pioneer Fang Qifo led an army of 60,000 to attack Xiuzhou, but the army of the imperial court did not enter the city to participate in the defense of the city, and let the rebels sweep through the counties, and now the people are panicking!" ”

Xiao Ming was relieved when he heard the news, it was after the defeat of the Seven Buddhas in Xiuzhou that the military operations of the Ming Sect began to suffer serious setbacks, and the southeast rebellion was no more than a month away.

And now the timing is right, Xuzhou iron ore was bought, and mining can start immediately, but due to the construction of the Taiping Iron Plant, there is a lack of a large number of manpower at present, and it is the kind of skilled craftsmen and technicians, but Xiuzhou has a large number of idle people who have nothing to do, isn't it a waste?

After careful consideration, Xiao Ming told Jie Zhicong that he needed to use Richanglong's flying kite to pass the news to the left-behind personnel of Xiuzhou Iron Works, which was obviously no problem, Jie Zhicong agreed, and at the same time felt that it should be so.

The first thing Xiao Ming did was to inform the personnel of the iron factory and the Gu smelter in Xiuzhou, select a large number of skilled craftsmen and bookkeepers, and come to Xuzhou as quickly as possible, escorted by Luo Wen's tiger guards along the way.

The second thing, Xiao Ming thought of the thing agreed with Xue Bingchang, that is, to convey the news that the Tokyo historian wanted to make to Ri Changlong, as for what to cooperate with, he needed to contact the historian directly, and at the same time, the historian wanted to marry Ri Changlong, Xiao Ming also decided to tell Ri Changlong, although he was not very happy, but this kind of thing was not something he could stop, and he still had to tell it.

The third thing, Xiao Ming told Su Bi and other Mo masters that if only the Mo craftsmen wanted to popularize steel machine looms on a large scale, they must build a factory specializing in manufacturing and maintenance, and if it could be implemented, Gu's Refinery would fully assist.

Xiao Ming and Gu Shouzhen began to get busy, first of all, the location of the iron factory, fortunately, the land within ten miles around the iron mine is his, and he can choose wherever he wants, and then he recruits a large number of miners in Taiping Town and surrounding villages and towns.

As soon as the recruitment notice was posted, the onlookers were as many as ants gathered, but they signed up, the reason is very simple, Xuzhou Iron Mine is really notorious, the miners in the surrounding towns and villages were choked by the government pit, many people still owe wages, everyone still remembers vividly, I heard that the owner was changed and recruited workers, most of them came to watch, and few of them applied.

The mine recruited workers this time, and the conditions given were very generous, the mine was in charge of food and housing, the wages were very high, and they also issued uniforms and clothing, and there was free medicine when they were sick, and there was a holiday in less than half a month, which was very tempting for the people in many towns and villages in the current agricultural slack period.

But after recruiting for a few days, he didn't find a few people, which made Xiao Ming very angry, so he decided to go to the scene to see it in person.

Before the recruitment notice, it was still the same as a few days ago, there were a lot of people around, anyway, everyone had nothing to do when they were full, so they gathered there, and when Xiao Ming went, there was just a lively scene to see, and a big man was talking loudly, which made the on-site recruitment personnel very annoyed.

"Everyone's eyes are open! This is another trick played by the government, last time it was said that the salary was high, but who saw the money, and still owed, several of my brothers have had accidents, not to mention the treatment of the wounded, and the people were driven out, they are all white-eyed wolves! We can't trust them," the big man was foaming at the mouth with his hands fluttering.

There was a man next to him: "Li Laohe, I heard that this is a mine that someone bought from the government, how can it still be a trick of the government?" ”

Li Laohe said: "You don't know, this iron mine was originally discovered by my father, but there was no money to mine, and then the rich man Liu said that the land here belonged to their family, and the mine was dominated by him, but he didn't know how to mine, but hired a stonemason like my father to mine for him, and said that my father would take a 10% dividend, who knew that he took the mined ore to the government and sold this mine to the government."

The idler next to him asked, "What happened later?" ”

"Later, the government actually said that my father and they were all long-term workers hired by the rich man Liu, and they were all sold to the government by the rich man Liu, but my father not only did not get the dividends, but also became the long-term workers of the government, and finally died of exhaustion in the mine, the government sold this iron ore several times, and in the end it was not us who were unlucky, I have many brothers working in the mine, and now they are either crippled or dead, and the government is more ruthless than the rich man Liu! Now these rich people must be partnering with the government to deceive us and continue to sell their lives, so don't be fooled! ”

Responsible for recruiting people are Qian Baguang and Hao Stick, these two people have never been Meng Bujiao, Jiao is not separated from Meng, Qian Baguang followed Xiao Ming to Xuzhou, Hao Stick also came, they were still interested in listening to Li Laohe's story, and finally realized that it turned out that people were demolition, and they couldn't help but be furious!

"Wu Na man, don't talk nonsense, the mine was bought by my lord from the government with real money, the contracts are complete, my brothers are now working in the mine with good food and drink, looking for you to work is to give you a way to make money, that is a partnership with the government? Lao Tzu hates the government the most! ”

Li Laohe said: "You have empty mouths and white teeth, why should we believe you?" ”

Hao Stick said angrily: "Why? Just because he is the fourth master of Mangdang Mountain Cottage, the money of the giant spirit god on the rivers and lakes is called the money master! Do you believe it now? ”

"What? You are robbers in the mountains! ”

The crowd of onlookers suddenly burst into an uproar! "It turned out that the robbers in the mountains colluded with the government!" There is humanity. "Yes, are they all officials and bandits? Now I really believe it! ……”

Qian Baguang and Hao Stick were immediately dumbfounded! They mentioned the Mangdang cottage, and the situation on the scene worsened! There were a few people who had been robbed by bandits, and they immediately came up with red eyes to settle accounts.

Fortunately, Xiao Ming immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Do you think you look like a robber?" Everyone looked at it, there was a weak young man standing there, although he was not tall, but where was the majestic momentum on his body, the aura was really not nonsense, whoever had a high aura would be able to control the field, Xiao Ming's current aura is very high.

"I'm not afraid to tell you, the robbers in Mangdang Mountain have been swept away by me, and the cottage has been burned, but this big man is my little brother!" Xiao Ming looked at everyone looking at him and said.

Looking at his weak appearance, not many people really believed him, but soon they did, and they saw the arrogant black man just now, the giant spirit god Qian Baguang and Hao Stick, obediently walked in front of Xiao Ming, bowed down to greet him, and looked respectful.

Xiao Ming pointed at their noses and scolded: "It's a copycat at every turn!" Do you still consider yourself robbers? He turned to Li Laohe and said: "This big brother, you don't believe in the government, in fact, I don't believe in the local government, but the official document of the household department of the imperial court is here with me, do you want to read it?" I think the official documents of the imperial court are always counted, right? ”

Li Laohe was stunned, Xiao Ming continued: "This mine was originally the livelihood of many people who have no land and no land in the left and left, and the big guys can make a living by digging hard, but after the government took over, they knocked on the marrow and snatched it, sucking people's bones and blood, so that many people had no livelihood, fortunately, I can buy him, just give the father and elder of the left near a chance to support the family, fellow villagers and elders, we will often deal with each other in the future, what kind of person I Xiao is, everyone will see, the survival of the iron mine depends on the big guys to contribute together, Of course, I will not treat you badly, and I am ready to recruit another 3,000 people in the next step, and all applicants, once hired, will immediately be paid a settling-in allowance."

When these words came out, everyone applauded, and Li Laohe bowed down and said, "Xiao Daguan, if I want to sign up, are you willing to accept it?" ”

Xiao Ming said: "Collect, of course accept, that old money will take him to register"

Li Laohe said: "Don't be busy, Xiao Daguan, if you are a believer, can you give me the settling-in allowance now?" ”

Xiao Ming scratched his head and smiled, this guy is still a scheming person! Then he waved his hand, and said to Qian Baguang and Hao Stick: "After registering for him, immediately give him the second money, and cash it on the spot, and the settlement fee will be deducted from the future salary" After thinking about it, he said: "I'll just stand here, wait for you to get the money and then leave, how about it?" ”

Li Laohe said: "That's what you can't ask for"

The bookkeeper and clerk of the self-owned iron factory registered him, and after pressing the handprint, he took the two pieces of money from the bookkeeper, which was equivalent to two thousand dollars, Li Laohe nodded, and Qian Baguang said: "What my father-in-law says counts?" Then you have to count when you speak, don't take the money and run."

Li Laohe said: "Since the big official is a believer, I will naturally sell your life to you, I didn't say it, I will call the following group of brothers to sign up," said to Qian Baguang: "I was offended just now, you can follow me home, write down the address, and prevent my Lao Li from escaping."

Qian Baguang was a little embarrassed, and said to Li Laohe: "We are all rough people, solid-eyed people, I believe in you Lao Li, so I won't go with you, but I can wait for you to drink together."

Xiao Ming said: "Don't chase others to gamble money"

Qian Baguang said: "Don't worry, lord, how can it!" ”

At this time, the crowd of onlookers saw this scene, all of them were in a commotion, and they raised their hands to sign up, but this is unbearable for you, now people are going to pick people, not skilled workers do not recruit, you can sign up if you want to, wait for the next batch, for a while, crowded, noisy, and soon the first batch of recruits will be full.

Xiao Ming patted his robe, and said to Gu Xiaoliu in Guo Degang's tone: "I'm very pleased!" ”

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After busy recruiting miners, Xiao Ming also has to help Gu Shouzhen recruit a large number of experienced blacksmiths and technicians in Xuzhou Mansion, once the Taiping Iron Works starts, the personnel gap is very large, and the personnel of the old iron factory have not yet arrived, these people are currently the masters who lead the team, but the local talents in Xuzhou can not be let go, like the mold master who can make exquisite molds.

Three days later, Jie Zhicong found Xiao Ming and handed over a letter, a letter written by Su Caier, the treasurer of Richanglong, to Xiao Ming, which briefly explained the situation in the recent period in Juanxiu's font, as well as a few suggestions from the high-level officials of the Richanglong Mo family, with a faint thought between the lines, "...... Sijun can't see it, and at the end of the letter, Su Caier wants to ......pass through Xuzhou and go to Tokyo by boating on the South Lake.

"What? Cai'er is coming to Xuzhou! Xiao Ming exclaimed.

(Ask for collection)*****