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Chapter 148: Coal yard expands production, spies rush to blow themselves up
In the late Ming Dynasty, when there was no breakthrough in relevant production technology, how to improve production efficiency?

The first thing Liu Sheng thought of was division of labor, standardization, and assembly line operations.

As a result, after he and Matchmaker inspected the Liudian coal yard, they found that a more detailed division of labor and assembly line operations had been adopted here, but the standardization was relatively poor.

But it’s not that there is no standardization, it’s just that the tools are limited and the work is not done well enough.

After asking several craftsmen from North America, Liu Sheng learned that the same situation was also the case at the North American Coal Field Camp.

It was Li Changwen who learned about the benefits of fine division of labor and flow operations by referring to other workshops established by Liu Sheng, and then used them in the coal yard.

After learning this, Liu Sheng couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Li saved me a lot of trouble."

What Liu Sheng admired was Li Changwen's ability to discover, learn and apply, which meant that Li Changwen still had a lot of room for growth, and his abilities would most likely grow rapidly with the development of the rebel army.

The red lady said: "This Liudian coal yard produces a lot of briquettes and coal stoves every day, but there is still a big gap in supplying Ruyang, Queshan, Suiping, and Tianmu Mountain."

Liu Sheng smiled and said: "If you want to expand production, the easiest way is to invest more manpower. It just so happens that I brought more than 500 young and strong male prisoners and male prisoners from Ruyang this time, and they can stay here as miners.

Later, if Mr. Li is asked to send a thousand single young men to work as coal field workers, the output can be expanded several times. "

Today, there are only over 400 people at the Liudian Coal Mine, most of whom are miners, and there are only over 100 workers making coal stoves and briquettes.

Liu Sheng more than tripled the number of miners, expanded the number of manufacturing workers nearly tenfold, and expanded output at least four to five times.

The red lady said: "If you do this, I will have to send another civilian warrior camp to watch."

"Of course I want to send it."

Lady Hong had already sent a battalion of civilian warriors before, and she sent another battalion to station two battalions here.

This shows that the Ministry of Finance attaches great importance to Liudian Coal Field.

Liu Sheng added: "Next year, we can send people to check whether there are coal mines in other counties in Runing Prefecture. If so, we can build new coal mines there.

Cooking with coal stoves and briquettes is more convenient and cost-effective than using firewood stoves. Even if there are ten more coal yards in Runing, they may not be enough.

Even if there is excess production in the future, it can still be sold elsewhere.In short, the more briquettes produced, the better. "

The red lady nodded in agreement, "I will ask the people in the county where the coal mine is when I get back."

Queshan County has been occupied and ruled by the rebels for nearly three months. Not only the ordinary people are extremely supportive of the rebels, but the gentry and landlords are also about to accept their fate.

Unless they are willing to move away their land and other assets, they will have no choice but to live under the rule of the Yibu rebels.

It is impossible not to accept fate.

Most of the villages and villages in Queshan County also submitted to the rebels, at least in name.

Just like this Liudian (market), it had surrendered to the rebel army before, and the additional civilian camp was just to completely control the place.

Liu Sheng and the red lady visited the Liudian coal yard together, and had a simple lunch in the immigration team before continuing on their way.

Liu Sheng went straight to Tianmu Mountain, while Hong Niangzi and Cai Wending returned to Queshan County.

As for the marriage proposal, Liu Sheng didn't tell the matchmaker - he really didn't know how to take the initiative to chase women, he only had experience of being chased.

Two more days later, on the tenth day of December, Liu Sheng finally led the immigration team to complete the remaining eighty or ninety miles and return to Tianmu Mountain.

He first placed the refugees outside Xiaoli Village, Dashuiping Village, and Liujiazhai for a day or two.

After he understood the current situation of the eight major camps in North America and made relevant arrangements, he then transferred the more than [-] refugees.

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Another rainy day.

Huaxi Camp.

Except for a few people working indoors in carpentry workshops, canteens, firewood sheds, etc., most people had no work to do.

But the stewards did not leave the young adults idle. Instead, they organized the young adults to go to adult schools to learn literacy, arithmetic, and listen to stories told by school teachers.

Although there are no work points, it is considered a good leisure activity.If you don't care whether you learn knowledge or not, just chatting away from time to time is a good form of entertainment.

So everyone is happy to participate.

Li San was also willing to participate, but he didn't desert much.Because he is the team leader, he must set an example for the team members.

Also because he felt that the stories told by the teacher were really interesting, and arithmetic was also a very useful subject.

At the same time, he did not forget to keep an eye on his eldest nephew and eldest nephew to prevent these two guys from causing any trouble.

As the new year approaches, not only does the eldest nephew Liao Rong inquire about information more frequently, but also the eldest nephew Li Chou becomes irritable whether it is because of missing his family.

In his opinion, the identity of the two of them could easily be exposed in this state, so he couldn't help but be careful.

He even considered finding an opportunity to reveal his identity directly to the camp manager to avoid being implicated by these two people.

But according to his understanding, Luo Zonghuan, the general manager of West China Camp, was very hostile to the Ming Dynasty officials. This was evident from the fact that Luo Zonghuan would denounce the Ming Dynasty officials and evil gentry and bullies every time he gave a speech at a meeting.

He was afraid that he would not get good results with Luo Zonghuan, so he always hesitated and did not really reveal his identity...

"Teacher Chen, please stop class for a moment."

The arithmetic teacher was talking about a mixed arithmetic problem when Luo Zonghuan suddenly appeared outside the school (greenhouse).

Everyone heard the sound and looked around, only to see a group of people behind Luo Zonghuan. The leader was tall and handsome, surrounded by a group of personal guards. It was the leader that everyone had seen when they passed through the "Xianmen" - Liu Sheng. !
There were 200 people in the greenhouse at this time. When they saw Liu Sheng, they couldn't help but excitedly whispered.

"The leader is back!"

"They must have won another battle with the Ming Dynasty!"

"Even if we don't win the battle, the leader will definitely come back here when the new year is approaching!"

"I finally met the leader again..."

Li San was also excited when he saw Liu Sheng appeared and happened to come to their school.

'It is undoubtedly the safest thing to report your identity to this Liu Sheng, maybe you can be reused because of it! '

Li San secretly decided in his heart that he must seize this opportunity.If he misses it, given his current status, he doesn't know how long it will take to see Liu Sheng again.

I saw Liu Sheng walking into the school and getting on the podium.

He said with a smile: "I came to Huaxi Camp this time to inspect, firstly, I want to know how everyone is living, what areas I think can be improved in the camp, and whether any management personnel are corrupt, accepting bribes, or bullying everyone.

The other one is to tell everyone good news - our rebel army captured the capital city of Ruyang half a month ago! "

Whoa!
After hearing Liu Sheng's last words, the people present immediately exclaimed.

Even ordinary people at the lowest level know that Fucheng is different from ordinary county towns.

Not to mention, these people often come to the school to listen to lectures, and their knowledge has increased a lot. Most of them know that Fucheng is the ruling center of a place.

"I really can't believe that the rebel army actually captured Fucheng?"

"I've been to Fucheng before. The city wall is two feet high. There are cannons on the city, and there are many officers and soldiers guarding it. The rebels can attack it. It's really amazing!"

"The rebels have taken over Fucheng. Does that mean that our Hua tribe will take over the entire Runing? Then can I get back the fields that were taken away by Zhou Papi?"

"Are you stupid? Can your field be as fertile as this?"

"···"

Li San, Li Zhao, and Liao Rong were immediately stunned.

Li San had been thinking about blowing up his identity as a spy before, somewhat betraying Fu Ruwei's trust. Unexpectedly, he heard the news that Ruyang City had been captured by the rebels in a blink of an eye.

The city of Ruyang was captured by the rebels, and one can imagine Fu Ruwei's fate.

As the personal commander, Li San knew that Fu Ruwei had secretly imposed a lot of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in order to make money.

Although Fu Ruwei himself did not directly oppress or persecute any people, in fact, hundreds of people had their families destroyed because of his lust and greed.

Based on his current understanding of the rebels' behavior, it would be easy for Fu Ru to surrender, but if he were captured by the rebels, he would probably die.

Even if Fu Ruwei was lucky enough to escape, the court would imprison him.

Therefore, after the fall of Ruyang City, the most honorable outcome for Fu Ruwei was to die in battle.

But Fu Ruwei is not only not good at military affairs, he is even afraid, so he probably won’t die in battle...

No matter what happens to Fu Ruwei, the spy he was sent out has become a wireless kite.

Li Zhao and Liao Rong were confused.

'The city of Ruyang fell? ! '

'What about our family?Will he be killed by the rebels? '

'With the way the rebels behave, they shouldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, right? '

'But after all, they live in the government office and are the prefect's family members. Are they really innocent in the eyes of the rebels? '

'In addition, if the prefect's staff or personal followers are captured by the rebels, or even if prefect Fu surrenders to the rebels, will the three of us be betrayed? '

Thinking wildly, the two of them were sweating profusely in the winter.

Liu Sheng said a few words on the stage and then prepared to leave - there were several adult schools like Huaxiying, and it was impossible for him to spend too long in one school.

As for the strange behavior of Li San and the others, he did not notice it.

There were more than 200 people. How could he observe everyone in detail without intending to do so?

However, just as he got off the podium, someone suddenly stood up.

"Chief, I have something important to report!"

Li San looked at the man who stood up, his face full of shock.

He never expected that it was Liao Rong who stood up!

'This old man actually blew himself up before me?It was well hidden before! '

Just when Li San was stunned, another figure suddenly stood up.

"Chief, I also have something important to report!"

The second one to stand up was Li Zhao.

This made Li San so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he didn't dare to delay any longer and quickly stood up.

"Chief, I have something more important to report!"

Liu Sheng looked at the three people who stood up one after another. He was stunned for a moment, and then he vaguely guessed something and couldn't help but reveal a strange smile.

He knew that it was probably not convenient to talk about the three of them in front of everyone, so he nodded and said, "You guys can come out and talk about it."

The three of them walked out of the greenhouse one after another.

During this process, Li San couldn't help but glare at Li Zhao and Liao Rong, especially Liao Rong.

This guy looked like he was actively seeking information before, but he didn't expect to be the first to rebel after hearing that the rebels had captured Ruyang City.

Being so decisive probably means he has had similar ideas before.

The three of them followed Liu Sheng to the wooden house where there was only one person. They didn't care that it was still raining and the ground was muddy, and they knelt down on one knee together.

Then he rushed to say: "Chief, we (we) are guilty!"

Liu Sheng smiled and asked, "What's your crime?"

The three of them wanted to answer together again. Liu Sheng was afraid that he could not hear clearly, so he pointed to Li San and said, "Tell me."

(End of this chapter)