"They want craftsmen, what do they want craftsmen for?" Chen Hailong frowned and asked after hearing Chen Fu's report.

In the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen's households were originally registered separately. However, during the Wanli period, due to the abolition of the military household system, some craftsmen's households were also added to the military households and used as military households. In the view of the generals, military households

The households are their slaves.

Low-level captains would embezzle the property of military households, and senior generals like Chen Hailong would ask for anything from military households and do whatever they wanted. He didn't understand why Li Xiao wanted to recruit those who were so poor that their pants were fast.

The craftsman who cannot wear it.

"I heard that they have occupied an island and want to build a house or something on the island. There is a lack of craftsmen, so I want to ask Master for help. I see, this brother Xiao is also honest. How about...!"

"Uncle Fu! Are you accepting money from others?" Chen Fu was interrupted by Chen Hailong before he could finish his words.

"Uh...! I can't hide it from you, young master, so I took him twenty taels of gold."

"To be able to pay two taels of gold for these craftsmen, it seems that they really care about this matter. I can agree to it, but...! From now on, their soap business will only be traded with us. In addition, they can build ships.

The craftsmen were not allowed to give it to them.

Don't you mean building a house? It can be done by some carpenters, bricklayers, or even blacksmiths. Remember! Shipbuilding craftsmen are not allowed!" Chen Hailong thought for a moment and said.

Chen Fu is an old man of the Chen family, and it is normal for him to be a little filial when doing things. How can he be loyal to himself if he doesn't get any benefits from following him? Chen Hailong doesn't care about Chen Fu collecting money. After all, Chen Fu can't do it for the sake of the two.

Two pieces of gold will betray the Chen family.

"No! I know how to do it, don't worry, sir." Chen Fu bowed deeply to Chen Hailong, turned around and walked out.

He understood what Chen Hailong meant. The Chen family was in the business of trading on the water. If the shipbuilding craftsmanship was given to Li Xiao, Li Xiao would have his own fleet in the future, which would be the opponent of the Chen family. There would never be a second one on the sea.

The Chen family appears!

"Haha! Brother Xiao, my general has agreed. For your sake, I have always said good things to the young master. This old face is so brave." Chen Fu smiled like a chrysanthemum.

"Thank you, old supervisor, don't worry! My Master Mao will never keep you busy, don't worry." Li Xiao smiled and handed over to Chen Fugong.

"But my general has one condition, that is, you can't find another soap business. Our Chen family has to do it exclusively!" After Chen Fu sat down, he said solemnly to Li Xiao.

It turns out that he wants the soap franchise, which is not a big problem. Li Xiao now has no connections and no manpower to sell soap. Besides, Li Xiao doesn’t like this kind of business. When it comes to making money, Li Xiao is the first

What comes to mind is glass.

I think back then, a three-flat and four-out-of-round glass cost two hundred taels of silver. It can be seen how profitable glass is in these years. There are still problems with the glass craftsmanship, and we need to go back for further research. Li Xiao only knows

The general principle is that if you want to purify glass and improve the process, you have to think of other ways.

"No problem, then tomorrow I will follow the old supervisor to recruit craftsmen."

"Since you agreed, then of course there is no problem. In the Shandong Navy, my general is the one who says everything. If it were anyone else, this matter would be difficult."

"Lao Lao will supervise you!"

After breakfast the next morning, Li Xiao went to find Chen Fu. The two of them went to the place where the craftsmen lived!

As soon as we entered the Jianghu camp, we were hit by a stench. The weather in October has turned a bit cooler, but the place is still full of mosquitoes and flies. The water in the sewage ditch is black and green, and the fishy smell floats up one after another.

The craftsmen Li Xiao saw were all unkempt, and their bodies were all patched and patched.

Everything you see is adobe house, that is, a house made of rammed mud and covered with thatch. There is a hole in the wall, which is used as a window. In winter, the hole is blocked with thatch. The inside of the house is painted black.

It's dark, not much different from a cave.

Not far away, several children were picking up food on the ground with the chickens. These children were all naked. Under their dark skin, there were ribs that could be seen. Their legs were like two sticks.

, supporting an exaggeratedly large belly.

That image, the first thing Li Xiao thought of was African refugees.

"Old Supervisor, this...!" Li Xiao was shocked by the scene in front of him. He had never seen anything like this in the slums of Liaoyang before.

"Hey...! These craftsmen are military craftsmen, which means they have to make things for the army. But now the court sometimes can't even pay the soldiers, let alone the money and food for these craftsmen.

Even if they had some money and food, they would only get a few cents after being deducted from them.

Moreover, they are craftsmen and cannot go out to work. In recent years, craftsmen have often fled, so the court made them live together. The Baojia system here is very strict. If one family escapes, five families will sit together. Therefore, they can only

I can't live without starvation here.

You can take some of them away, which can be regarded as a good deed. Those civil servants in the court treat us warriors as human beings!" Chen Fu couldn't bear to see these people. Some of these people even even

We know each other, they went to North Korea with the army. When the war was tight, even the craftsmen had to go into battle with knives. But when we returned to the Ming Dynasty, each of them only had dozens of copper brothers.

This Li Xiao knew that the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty had always looked down on the military attachés. Especially now that the Donglin Party was in power, the lives of military personnel were worthless. The current Liaodong Manager Wang Zaijin is a standard Donglin Party. Look at what he did

You will know what his attitude is towards warriors. The thousand heads that Man Gui worked so hard to cut off became his harvest when they came to Wang Zaijin's mouth.

Mao Wenlong was only given a thousand taels of silver to keep him quiet. As for Man Gui's contribution, they didn't even mention it.

With the so-called great victory in Zhenjiang Fort, Wang Zai Jin won the official position of Secretary of the Ministry of War and the right deputy censor of the capital, and managed Liaodong, Jizhen, Tianjin, Deng and Lai. Emperor Tianqi gave him a python jade, a belt and a monk Fang sword, and the honor

Pampering lasts forever.

Seeing a large group of people walking in, everyone was standing against the wall. They lowered their heads and peeked. The image could be as obscene as it was. Li Xiao was unsure, are these people really craftsmen? Look.

These people don't have the magnanimity that craftsmen should have at all.
Chapter completed!