Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Twenty miles west of Ruzhou City, a large number of brick and tile houses were built. This is the newly built workshop area of ​​the Runing Army.And this workshop area is completely set up according to the barracks, with a moat, a city wall built around it, and there are towers and artillery on the city wall.In the workshop area, individual workshops are also surrounded by individual walls, and there are living areas 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) from the Department of Internal Affairs to guard it in two layers. They cannot contact each other, and can only be contacted by military officers if there is anything to do, so as to achieve the greatest degree of secrecy.

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

"Chang Jing! Since we have captured Ruzhou, why use words to stab Yu Shilang again, I'm afraid he won't think about it?" Although Wu Shigong dragged him to attend the opening ceremony, Deng Qifan still chatted with Wu Shigong about official business.

"It's good enough to help him raise his family, what more good things do you want to hear? Could it be that if you say a few words about him, he will still cry?" Wu Shigong was obviously in a good mood, so he kept making jokes, "Besides, I didn't let fool Yu idle , He stayed in Nanjing stupidly, and he couldn't go to Xiangyang, and he couldn't go back to Ruzhou. We won't take his farmland for nothing. Besides, we haven't treated his soldiers' families badly, what else does 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 his skills.So a few days ago, a frustrated Yu Zilian wrote to Wu Shigong, asking him to help take care of what was established by the Ruzhou Army at that time.Those tuntian villages in the north of Ruzhou.

But will Wu Shigong take care of him honestly and obediently?Anyway, it was impossible for Yu Zilian, the servant, to return to Ruzhou, and the Ruzhou army had also merged into the Beijing camp, let alone return to Henan, so Wu Shigong honestly took all those farms and villages for himself.

But it's okay for Wu Shigong to get rich in a muffled voice, at least he can get by in terms of face.But how could he miss this opportunity to hit and laugh at Yu Zilian?So Wu Shigong personally wrote the pen, it was indeed written by Wu Shigong himself, and the reply letter was written like this: "Fool Yu! Don't worry, you can worry about state affairs in Nanjing! Anyway, I am your strong backing, Ruzhou You don’t have to worry about it anymore. I’ve already taken over, and I’ll never leave you an acre of land or a grain of grain…”

It is estimated that after seeing Wu Shigong's reply, Yu Zilian 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 from time to time, so he changed the topic with a smile: "By the end of the year, 17 mu of land will be seized, and [-] people will be resettled. Good head."

Wu Shigong knew that Deng Qifan was comforting himself.With a wry smile, he shook his head and said: "After a lot of hard work, we set up six Zhuangzi, and half of the farmland was taken from Yu fool. Except for the large population, there is nothing to be proud of. It's strange, we all Shrunk down like this. The Shaanxi thieves don’t even come. I really want them not to come when they come, and not to fall when they come. Why are they so disobedient?”

Deng Qifan was amused by Wu Shigong's complaints.Because the remaining prestige of the Runing Army is too powerful, the peasant army dare not approach the territory originally controlled by the Runing Army.Although the Runing Army has shrunk sharply.However, there was still no large group of peasant troops approaching, which made it difficult for the Runing army to drive away the tigers and wolves.On the contrary, in this vacuum zone, a small group of bandits ran rampant, refugees also appeared again, and the place was in chaos.

There is another reason. As the Ming army commanded by Yang Sichang approached step by step, Zhang Xianzhong's troops had moved to the mountainous area near the border of Sichuan and Shaanxi in order to avoid confrontation with the Ming army.Therefore, the main force of the Peasant Army has fled far away, making the current Runing Army useless.

So Deng Qifan comforted: "Mr. Yang Ge may not win this time, maybe there will be another big defeat, and the resurgence of the thieves, the strategy of long-term respect is still feasible. Just wait patiently for a few more months."

"hope so!"

"Master Wu! Mr. Deng!" Seeing Wu Shigong and his party coming, You Qingchen bowed his hands and saluted.

At that time, You Qingchen showed his closeness to the Runing Army and showed his outstanding business talent. After Wu Shigong's school 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 has self-knowledge and knows that he can't invent and create, so he wants his craftsmen to work together.

So Wu Shigong listed the names of a batch of modern commodities, and relied on his memory to list the uses and performances of these commodities, and publicly offered rewards in his jurisdiction to reward those craftsmen who could invent these commodities.

Moreover, the rewards this time are quite rich. In addition to the title of "Master", there are also rewards ranging from a few hundred taels to several thousand taels depending on the product.In addition, with the patents of these products, Runing Army 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 local craftsmen immediately burst out with great enthusiasm. Soon, three products were invented successively, namely: matches, pencils and telescopes.And today is the day when these three workshops opened.

"You have worked hard these days." Wu Shigong smiled and waved to You Qingchen.

"Unfortunately! Unfortunately! This subordinate is full of energy now." Although You Qingchen has been out of shape these days, but he is suddenly reused by Wu Shigong, and he is doing the things he is most interested in. Now You Qingchen is full of energy.

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

The reward this time did not use the public funds of the Runing Army, but used Wu Shigong's own personal wealth, so in these three workshops, Wu Shigong also personally owned a certain amount of shares.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 recruited by You Qingchen.

According to You Qingchen's vision: the shares owned by the Runing Army will be gradually listed and traded after the workshop makes a profit, and gradually transferred to the private sector to cash out funds for the Runing Army.Because the prospects for the profits of these three workshops will be quite good. (To be continued..)