The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 382 The Method of Recruiting Female Artisans
Lu Bu and Mrs. Gan sat facing each other.

Mrs. Gan poured him a cup of tea: "Husband, please drink tea."

"You have been with me for a long time, and I know you are thoughtful." Lu Bu took a sip from the tea cup, and asked Mrs. Gan: "Recently, I encountered an annoying matter, and it may be a lot to discuss it with others. People will think I'm crazy. After thinking about it, I can only talk to you."

"My concubine is just a girl, so I really don't have any ideas." Mrs. Gan replied, "But if your husband has something that bothers you, you can talk to my concubine, maybe my concubine can help."

"I asked Zhang Shiping to set up an arsenal. You should have heard of it." Lu Bu said to Mrs. Gan: "Although the arsenal has been built, there are not many craftsmen in it, especially for the manufacture of armor. The army owes so much. According to the current progress, I don't know when it will be fully distributed."

"I have heard about the arsenal." Mrs. Gan replied: "Earlier, my husband punished those profiteers with great satisfaction. For the craftsmen in the market, for the husband, it is difficult to restrain, and some people will profit from it. Once the people who buy the armaments get the benefits, no matter how much money the husband invests, it will not be enough for those people to lose money. "

Lu Bu listened and nodded.

Of course, he couldn't understand what Mrs. Gan said.

In many places where money is needed, a special person must go to check the accounts.

Not only need to check the accounts, it is better to send some people to the market to check the price.

Just like a bag of grain, the price on the market is only ten copper coins. After handing it over to some people to buy it, they may dare to quote a price of fifty copper coins.

These people have gained a lot of benefits, but telling them to buy the government or factories and mines they need will cause a lot of losses for no reason.

Things like this need to be eliminated, and the poorly made ones need to be uprooted.

However, what Lu Bu wanted to discuss with Mrs. Gan was not just these things.

He said to Mrs. Gan: "You are right. I have arranged these matters, and there are special people in charge of them. What I want to ask you is another matter."

"Whatever the husband wants to ask, as long as the concubine knows it, she will know everything." Mrs. Gan replied.

"Nowadays in Pengcheng and other places, most men have things to do." Lu Bu said: "It's just that women take care of their children at home and do housework. They don't contribute much to the local area. There are more women than men in the world. Many. I wonder if the arsenal can recruit some women. When they arrive at the arsenal, they can participate in cutting and sewing cowhide, and even inlay nails on the cowhide. They can also do it. In this way, many craftsmen can be freed up. With human hands, research on armor improvement can also forge more armor pieces."

When Lu Bu said this, Mrs. Gan pondered for a moment before replying: "Is your husband in trouble and wants to recruit women, but no women come to apply?"

"Exactly." Lu Bu said: "Although most of the women are at home, they can't earn much money. They rely on men to support them. But when it comes to recruiting women workers, no one is willing to go to the arsenal to apply for the job. It is really embarrassing Very embarrassing."

"May I ask my husband, what kind of women do you plan to recruit to work in the arsenal?" Mrs. Gan asked again.

"As long as you are clever." Lu Bu said, "Going to work is not a beauty pageant, and there is nothing demanding about appearance."

"Although women have nothing to do at home, they can still spin yarn and weave cloth, and give some food to their husbands who work in the fields." Mrs. Gan replied, "It's not that they are useless, but now a man raises them." It’s true that some women have worked hard. If the husband doesn’t judge whether he can be retained by his appearance, I think some of the rough-looking ones can go to the arsenal. The family let them go to work, at least they won’t worry about them being targeted by outsiders.”

"What else is there to say?" Lu Bu asked in astonishment: "Could it be that the lack of female migrant workers is due to this reason?"

"Just think about it, husband, when the women at home go out, they will always have contact with some men." Mrs. Gan smiled slightly: "Looking at the world, who would really let the women at home go out and have too much contact with others."

"If the women I recruit are too old or have a rough appearance, I should be able to persuade those people to send the women to the arsenal." Lu Bu nodded thoughtfully, and then said to Mrs. Gan: "It's still Madam. How come I haven't thought about this?"

"It's not that my husband can't think about it, it's just that my husband has a lot of affairs, and I don't take these small things to heart." Mrs. Gan replied: "My husband wants to recruit women. Once this is done, there are likely to be many people in the world." Being criticized, I hope my husband can deal with it calmly, but don't get angry because of these."

"Zhang Shiping is in charge of the arsenal. If he can't recruit women to work, he won't be able to complete his tasks on time." Lu Bu smiled and said to Mrs. Gan, "It's Zhang Shiping who should really worry, not me."

"Although Zhang Shiping is in charge of the arsenal, the ordnance manufactured there is prepared for my husband." Mrs. Gan said: "Nowadays, the troubled times have broken out, and the sisters in the back house want to live in peace, but they have to fight off the strong men outside." The enemy. The soldiers in the army are the foundation of the husband, and the arsenal dare not slack off."

"When the arsenal recruits women, I plan to set up textile factories and other factories in the future, and hand over all the things that various small workshops are doing now to the factories." Lu Bu said: "In this way, the manufactured goods have A unified system is more beneficial to local development.”

"My husband can think of these things, it's really extraordinary." Mrs. Gan replied, "Anyone else would never think so thoroughly like my husband."

"You don't have to praise me like that." Lu Bu replied, "Actually, what I thought of is nothing, I just think it should be done."

"I don't know if my husband has thought about it. It's not enough to just decide to recruit ugly and older women." Mrs. Gan said: "The arsenal needs at least some people who make other women feel safe to sit there."

"Ma'am, what do you mean..." Lu Bu didn't quite understand what Madam Gan meant, so he asked her a question.

Mrs. Gan replied: "The concubine's meaning is, should the husband tell Zhang Shiping and ask him to select a few women from his family to enter the arsenal. Even if these women do nothing but live there, the recruited women will feel A lot of peace of mind."

Lu Bu nodded and grinned at Mrs. Gan: "Sure enough, Mrs. Gan is more thoughtful than me. She is responsible for recruiting women to the arsenal. It is best for women to do it. In many cases, it is easier for women to talk to women."

"My husband is really very clever. My concubine just mentioned it casually and didn't understand what is important, but my husband explained the key point."

Mrs. Gan came up with the solution, but she gave the credit to Lu Bu, which made Lu Bu feel more fond of her.

Getting up and walking to Mrs. Gan, Lu Bu bent down and hugged her: "It's getting late, since I'm here, I won't leave. Madam must take good care of her tonight."

Since arriving in Lu Bu's back house, Mrs. Gan has not been favored many times.

As a woman, of course I hope to be pampered by my man a few more times.

After being reported by Lu Bu, Mrs. Gan replied softly: "It is the blessing of the concubine that the husband should spoil the concubine. But please don't worry, let the concubine order the maid to fetch some water and wait for the husband to wash, so that life will be better." Serve your husband to sleep."

"You can just order this kind of trivial matter." Carrying Mrs. Gan to the bedroom, Lu Bu said, "I just need to wait for Mrs. Gan to take care of me."

Mrs. Gan told the maid waiting in the room: "Go and get hot water quickly, I want to wait for my husband to wash up."

Lu Bu met Mrs. Gan, and after she said a few words, he immediately understood what to do.

Early the next morning, he asked someone to invite Chen Gong to the front hall of the government.

Chen Gong arrived and bowed to Lu Bu: "Dare to ask the Marquis of Chu Zhaochang, what do you want?"

"Zhang Shiping's arsenal needs some women. Although he posted a notice, no one went to apply for it." Lu Bu said to Chen Gong: "I plan to assign you to go to every house and ask each house if there is any suitable one. The woman recommended to work in the arsenal."

"Chuhou wants to use women as craftsmen in the arsenal?" Chen Gong was taken aback, and then said to Lu Bu: "Women have always been at home with their husbands and children, and they just need to handle the affairs of the family. Chuhou plans to use women in the arsenal. If we use female craftsmen, I'm afraid they won't be supported by the common people."

"I don't want the most beautiful woman in their family." Lu Bu said, "Even if she is ugly, as long as she is willing to go to the arsenal, she will be accepted."

"Whether it's beautiful or ugly, as long as it's a woman, the arsenal will want it?" After hearing this, Chen Gong asked Lu Bu in surprise.

"The arsenal is just looking for people to do things, not a beauty pageant." Lu Bu said, "What is it about beauty and ugliness?"

After understanding what Lu Bu meant, Chen Gong said hesitantly: "Even though it is so, it is inevitable that Chu Hou will not be criticized by the world for doing so. I think this matter needs to be carefully considered..."

"There are not enough craftsmen in the arsenal, and the world is in chaos today. Men either join the army or are busy with their own affairs." Lu Bu said: "Every household has a lot of women. The things these women do at home are very important to Xuzhou. There is not much help. Since there are too many women, and most of them are useless, I will make them useful. The arsenal recruits female craftsmen, and some unemployed women can work there, so that more manpower can be drawn Most armaments are made by women, and more men can free up their hands to do other things. Although Xuzhou and Yangzhou under my rule both encourage childbirth, it is impossible for people to grow up without fourteen or five years. The war is imminent , I can’t discuss with Cao Cao and ask him to wait fourteen or five years before sending troops to fight me?”

Not knowing how to respond to what Lu Bu said on the phone, Chen Gong bowed and agreed, but deep down in his heart he was very disapproving of Lu Bu's doing so.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although women were not imprisoned as much as after the Song Dynasty.

But the status of women in the world is still worse than that after the Song Dynasty.

Many women will be given to each other as gifts. For women, their existence is just a subsidiary of men.

Lu Bu decided to recruit female craftsmen in the arsenal. Although the social status of women still did not change, it virtually gave these women independent capital.

Being able to work outside to make money, these women don't have to worry about being sent out for no reason.

After all, no matter who they send them to, they can support themselves with their own hands, and they don't need to be attached to a certain man or a few men at all!

"This matter is urgent, don't let me delay it." Lu Bu said to Chen Gong: "Before this evening, I must see the woman who came to the arsenal at the arsenal."

"I already understand what Marquis Chu means." Chen Gong responded, and then said: "I'll take someone to do it right now."

After Chen Gong left, Sun Ce, who was standing beside him, said to Lu Bu, "Mr. Chu, why don't I trust Chen Gongtai very much. From the look in his eyes just now, I always feel that he will cause some trouble."

"Chen Gongtai has been with me for many years, and I still believe in him." Lu Bu said to Sun Ce: "The reason why his eyes are erratic and flickering is nothing more than that he doesn't agree with me. As long as he really handles it, and It is found that it is indeed feasible, and I believe that one day, sooner or later, he will fully agree with my method."

"Or I'll take care of it." Sun Ce said, "At least I should accompany Chen Gongtai. If he doesn't want to put his heart into it, I'll be there to urge him."

Looking at Sun Ce, Lu Bu thought for a while and said, "It's appropriate for you to supervise Chen Gongtai. Just don't restrict him too much. Chen Gongtai is a strategist, but any talented person doesn't like to be restrained by others. You go to supervise, as long as you stay with him, you don't need to say anything, and he will understand what I mean."

"I've written down what the Marquis of Chu told me." With Lu Bu's permission, Sun Ce bowed to accept the order, and then walked out of the front hall.

After Sun Ce left, Lu Bu also stood up.

When he came to the door, he greeted the guards outside the door: "You guys, accompany me to the arsenal."

The guards prepared horses for Lu Bu, surrounded him and left the palace to the arsenal.

The night before, Zhang Shiping had asked Lu Bu for advice on how to recruit female craftsmen.

Lu Bu didn't give him any response, but just told him that he would reply the next day.

I didn't know that Lu Bu had no idea at the time, Zhang Shiping had been waiting for him since he returned to the arsenal.

Hearing that Lu Bu was coming, Zhang Shiping hurriedly greeted him outside the factory gate.

(End of this chapter)