The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 383

Lu Bu came to the arsenal, and Zhang Shiping, who had been waiting all night, greeted him outside the gate: "The Marquis of Chu is here."

"Don't you think I'm here too often today?" Lu Bu smiled slightly and asked Zhang Shiping.

Zhang Shiping replied: "How dare I think that Chuhou came here frequently. The arsenal was originally for Chuhou to forge armaments, and Chuhou should come ten times a day."

"The words are very pleasant to listen to." Lu Bu said with a smile: "Is there anything you want from me?"

"Chu Hou forgot what happened last night, right?" Lu Bu asked, and Zhang Shiping looked at him in astonishment.

"What happened last night?" Lu Bu pretended to be stunned for a moment, and then he smiled: "If you don't mention it, I really will forget it. Last night, I promised you that I would think of a way to recruit female craftsmen for you."

"Exactly!" Lu Bu still remembered this incident. Zhang Shiping breathed a sigh of relief, and said to him, "I thought about it all night last night, but I didn't think of any way to recruit female craftsmen to the arsenal. I usually work in the workshop. All the men are outside, even if there are a few women, they all stay in the backyard."

"It used to be that way, but it won't be so in the future." Lu Bu said, "I also know that women are always kept at home to do things like husband and child. But in this world, there are either men or women. Men work outside, but the number of people is after all. Limited. If we can make use of women, why worry that Xuyang and Yangzhou can't grow as soon as possible?"

"Chu Hou is right, but everyone in the world thinks that women should stay at home." Zhang Shiping replied with a bitter face: "If they are asked to go out to do things, few people will agree..."

"Do we still need the approval of the world when we do things?" Lu Bu said: "I was in the back house last night, and I talked about this with a lady in the back house. The lady told me that the reason why women refuse to come to the arsenal is nothing but them My family and I feel that this place is not safe.”

"Not so safe?" Zhang Shiping said in astonishment: "The Marquis of Chu dispatched many guards to the arsenal. If it is safe, there is no place that is more safe than here."

"What Madam said is not very safe, and I don't mean these things in particular." Lu Bu said: "The arsenal is full of men now, and some women come to apply for the job, and they will work here in the future. Men always treat women as they want. What will happen? When you come to the arsenal, how can you let them and their families feel at ease?"

"I understand what Marquis Chu means." Zhang Shiping replied, "But the world is like this, and I have nothing to do..."

"It's time to change this kind of world." Lu Bu said, "We can't take care of the whole world. Could it be that even a small arsenal can't be changed?"

"Marquis Chu means..." Zhang Shiping probably understood what Lu Bu meant, and asked him in astonishment.

"Immediately issue an order in the arsenal, as long as women come here to work, no man is allowed to touch them, let alone make fun of them." Lu Bu said: "Anyone who violates it will be handed over to the government for murder."

"Murdering others?" Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment, and asked Lu Bu, "Is it too serious to ask such a crime?"

"How can you restrain the men in the arsenal if you don't set a stricter punishment?" Lu Bu said, "If you can't restrain them, the order you issued will be useless. If you want to recruit female craftsmen in the future, it will be difficult. To the sky!"

Suddenly, Zhang Shiping hurriedly said to Lu Bu: "I'll let someone draft the document and post it outside the gate of the arsenal."

"It's just posted outside the gate of the arsenal, and there are not many people watching here, so it won't be of any use." Lu Bu said, "You have to have someone post this order on the streets and alleys, so that everyone can See. Only when everyone can see this order and you issue it will it be useful."

"I understand what Marquis Chu means." Zhang Shiping replied, and then asked Lu Bu, "Do you want to announce it in the arsenal as well?"

"Of course it must be announced." Lu Bu said, "If you don't announce it, the craftsmen will not know about it. If someone is punished because of it at that time, wouldn't it make people feel dissatisfied?"

"I'll tell the craftsmen after I draft the notice." Zhang Shiping said, "If it wasn't for the reminder from Marquis Chu, I would almost have missed a big deal."

"Get out the notice first, and post it." Lu Bu explained: "As for announcing it to the craftsmen, there is no rush. You will announce it, and the craftsmen may not remember it, and it is impossible for those women who came to the arsenal to apply. I know. Instead of talking to the craftsmen now and making them feel uncomfortable, it is better to wait until all the recruited women come, and then call everyone together to announce the order. In this way, the women working in the arsenal know that they will have What kind of rights, male craftsmen also know that women here are untouchable. Only then can more women feel at ease in the arsenal."

Lu Bu didn't ask Zhang Shiping to announce the order to the craftsmen immediately. Of course, Zhang Shiping couldn't go against his will.

Walking into the factory accompanied by Zhang Shiping, Lu Bu asked, "Did you assign work to the craftsmen yesterday?"

"Back to the Marquis of Chu." Zhang Shiping replied: "It has been assigned, and the craftsmen also followed the orders of the Marquis Chu at night. It is really much faster than before."

"Have the soldiers from the army arrived to hand over to the craftsmen?" Lu Bu asked again.

"It arrived yesterday." Zhang Shiping said: "Tall, short, fat, and thin, there are all kinds of physiques. The craftsmen have already measured the size of the armor they wear, and in the future, they will make armor and war chests of five sizes according to the instructions of the Marquis of Chu." robe."

"In fact, people only need to fix a few sizes to wear clothes." Lu Bu said: "Tailoring clothes also needs to make the clothes a little looser. There is not a big difference between people's height, shortness, fatness and thinness. Except for a few people with unusual physiques, most people's clothes fall into these five sizes."

"What Chuhou said is true." Zhang Shiping said: "If it weren't for the fixed size, it would be really not easy for the craftsmen to make armor suitable for lieutenant soldiers. Now that there are sizes, the craftsmen only need to cut according to these All the armor sent to the army should be usable."

"Less do extra large and smallest sizes." Lu Bu explained: "The most large and medium sizes should be the most. Most soldiers in the army wear armor of these two sizes."

"I understand." After Zhang Shiping agreed, he ordered someone to draft an order not to harass female craftsmen in the arsenal.

Lu Bu went to the arsenal, while Sun Ce went to the official residence of Chen Gong.

Having met Lu Bu, Chen Gong was also thinking in his heart, how to do the things that Lu Bu explained.

In today's world, few people would be willing to send their women to the arsenal.

Even if he visits from house to house, he probably won't be able to recruit a few women who are willing to work in the arsenal.

Just when Chen Gong was feeling depressed, the guard reported that it was Sun Ce who had come.

Ever since he joined Lu Bu, Sun Ce had been by his side all the time. Of course, Chen Gong didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurried out to greet him.

After meeting Sun Ce, Chen Gong asked, "How come General Bo Fu has the time to come to me?"

"I was just ordered by the Marquis of Chu to protect Mr. Chen." Sun Ce said, "When recruiting women to the arsenal, there will be resistance from some people. If there is trouble, Mr. Chen will be safer with me on the side. "

"Even if there is resistance, it's just some ordinary people." Chen Gong replied: "The Marquis of Chu specially ordered General Bo Fu to come over, it is indeed a bit of a fuss."

"The Marquis of Chu cares about the danger of Chen Gong'an, so he did this." Sun Ce replied with a smile: "He also specifically asked me not to interfere no matter what Mr. Chen does. Please rest assured, Mr. Chen, you are doing things. At the time, I was only protecting it, as for the rest, I pretended that I didn't see or hear it."

Although Sun Ce said so, Chen Gong didn't think he would really do it.

If Lu Bu sent the people around him here, Chen Gong would not believe it if it was not to keep an eye on him.

"Just now I was still thinking about how to persuade the people to let women go to the arsenal." Chen Gong said to Sun Ce: "After much deliberation, this matter is not so easy to do. General Bofu also knows that the world treats the women at home very seriously." They are all very tight, even if they are ugly, they will inevitably not be teased outside. There are all kinds of men in this world, and there are always a few who are not too picky..."

"What Chen Gong said is indeed reasonable, but I believe that the Marquis of Chu will definitely respond to this." Sun Ce replied: "I have followed the Marquis of Chu for as long as Chen Gong, and speaking of understanding him, I am far inferior to Chen Gong. ..."

"If it were the past, if General Bo Fu said that, I would definitely admit it." Chen Gong interrupted Sun Ce: "To tell you the truth, since the battle of Xiapi, I feel that I can't understand Chuhou. He often does things very differently from before. If it is said that Chu Hou has changed suddenly, I will never have any doubts."

"Isn't Chu Hou what he is now?" Sun Ce had also heard about Lu Bu's bad reputation, but he still asked Chen Gong.

Chen Gong replied: "Bo Fu should have heard of the reputation of Marquis Chu, the past was indeed not good. Since the battle of Xiapi, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others wanted to speak ill of him, but it was not as easy as before. Today's Chuhou is impeccable in doing things, and he has completely lost the self-willedness of the past. Not to mention the small family attitude. Back then, he always wanted to rely on others to stand up, but now he is always thinking about how to stand up with his own ability. To be honest, I really can't understand him."

"Actually, I heard about some things about Marquis Chu in my early years. When I voted for it, I was still wondering if I voted for the wrong person." Sun Ce replied, "But after I followed Marquis Chu, I realized that As long as he is here, even if I am entrenched in Jiangdong, it is impossible to achieve any great things. Instead of being an enemy of Chuhou, it is better to hand over all the wealth to him and help him achieve great things."

"General Bofu's insight is really admirable." Chen Gong responded, and then said to Sun Ce: "I'm still thinking about how to speak to the people. Although Bofu came here under the order of the Marquis of Chu, Protect me, please don't be impatient, when I think of a way..."

Chen Gong tried to persuade Sun Ce not to worry, but a guard ran into the courtyard from outside.

When he came to Chen Gong, the guard bowed and said, "General Qi, we just saw someone posting an announcement in the street market, and we found out that it was someone from the arsenal after we asked. The general had previously explained that any action taken by the arsenal will be ignored." I want to report here, so I asked them for a notice to send to the general.”

The guard held a notice in both hands and presented it to Chen Gong.

At this time, people used to write on bamboo slips and silk. Although Cai Lun developed paper as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty and made some improvements to the paper, the quality of Caihou paper was very poor. The ink stains bleed, and if the writing is small, it is likely to become an ink dot.

There is another reason why the world would not choose Caihou paper. Even the improved Caihou paper is very expensive, even a little cheaper than silk.

Not many people are willing to spend a little less than silk to buy Caihou paper, which is not very practical, so Zhang Shiping's notices are also made of snow-white silk.

After receiving the notice from the guard, Chen Gong browsed through it, with a happy expression on his face: "This idea must have been given to Zhang Shiping by the Marquis of Chu. With this notice, I have something to say to the common people."

Just now, when it was mentioned that recruiting women to go to the arsenal, Chen Gong still showed a hint of confusion on his face.

After reading the notice, he seemed to be a different person, and he had a lot of confidence in recruiting women to the arsenal, which surprised Sun Ce.

Sun Ce asked him suspiciously: "What did the notice say? Why did Mr. Chen have so much confidence in recruiting women to the arsenal after reading it?"

"General Bofu, please take a look." Handing the notice to Sun Ce, Chen Gong said: "The arsenal has issued an order, but any woman who enters it is not allowed to be teased and harassed by other men. Many people can give women to others, but I will not allow people who don’t want to touch their women. As long as I have this notice, I will have something to say to those people who are worried that women will be harassed when they come to the arsenal.”

"Since that's the case, what are you waiting for, Mr. Chen?" Sun Ce said, "Why don't you just..."

"Don't be busy for now." Chen Gong said: "Recruiting women to go to the arsenal requires a step-by-step process. Ordinary people, we can't visit every house, but those scholars and merchants have many maidservants in their families. Let It is easier for them to send out some women than to recruit them from the people's homes."

"Recruiting Meiji, a servant girl from the homes of scholars and merchants, I'm afraid it will not have much influence on the people." Sun Ce said hesitantly: "The number of people employed by the arsenal will not be too small..."

(End of this chapter)