Mu Siyu stood on the city wall, looked at Li Guyuan who was directing the craftsmen to work, and asked Lu Zhiyun next to him: "Where did this kid come from?"
"He is one of the silkworm farmers in the village. I wanted to study the breeding method of ice silkworms, so I gave twenty pairs of ice silkworms to the people in the village. It was he who solved the problem despite all the opinions."
"This guy's brain is very good. He can arrange the work of the craftsmen based on my drawings, and even find out where they made mistakes. You have picked up a treasure, and this person's future is limitless."
"Mom rarely praises others. If he can get your praise, there must be something unusual about him." Lu Zhiyun said.
Li Guyuan came over and saluted Mu Siyu: "Madam, it's done as you said."
"Have you ever thought about joining the army?" Mu Siyu asked.
Li Guyuan smiled bitterly: "Madam, ordinary people are not this kind of material."
"Then do you want to do business?"
As soon as Mu Siyu said these words, the other person's eyes seemed to be shining with light, and he looked like a little money addict.
"I think I already know the answer."
He doesn't want to be a soldier, not only because he can't bear the pain of being a soldier, but also because it's not something he likes. When it comes to business, his eyes shine with gold, like two ingots of gold sparkling, which shows that he loves money.
There is nothing wrong with loving money, as long as it is obtained in a wise way, that is his ability.
"I have a big project here, and I plan to hand it over to my daughter. You can stay with her and help her!"
Mu Siyu was talking about the machine array that was about to be deployed.
The ingenuity involved requires people with brains to do it.
The commotion in Hubei City was so loud that the people in the city noticed something unusual. However, Mu Siyu did not deliberately hide it, so soon the people in the city joined in preparing for the war.
The county magistrate recruited all the soldiers he could, and there were only 30,000 soldiers in total.
These 30,000 people are all in disarray. They have not received professional training, and their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of ordinary bandits. Therefore, during this period, we must seize the time to train these temporarily recruited soldiers.
"Xian Cheng, please recruit another group of female soldiers for me." Mu Siyu issued another order.
"Female soldier?" Not only the county magistrate was shocked, but also the subordinates who had been following the magistrate.
Shang Zhi and Chan Yi looked at each other.
They have already seen Mu Siyu's various whimsical ideas. But even so, she can always bring them unexpected surprises - or shocks.
"Madam, woman..." The county magistrate almost let it slip, but luckily he shut up in time and barely managed to save his life. "Women are weak after all. It's up to us men to go into battle to kill the enemy!"
"Women can be weak or strong. It depends on what they want to protect." Mu Siyu said, "As I ask, you post a notice recruiting female soldiers. Anyone who is willing to come can come. I will not
Barely a family."
After the Yamen posted a notice announcing the recruitment of female soldiers, there was indeed a commotion.
At first everyone was shocked by this decision, but then there was silence. No one wanted to be the first to take advantage of the decision.
Just when all the men felt that this should be the case, a long queue formed in the open space recruiting female soldiers.
"Why are there so many people? Are these women crazy?"
"Er Niuniang, what are you doing?"
"Aunt Wang, I have great strength and want to contribute to Hubei City."
"You are a woman..."
"Mrs. Lu is also a woman. She has become a famous businesswoman all over the world. What's wrong with me being a woman? How am I worse than a man? Men can obtain fame and go into battle to kill enemies, but why can't women? Even if I didn't have the chance before,
Yes, I have accepted my fate. Now that there is an opportunity in front of me, why don’t I fight for it? When my children mention me in the future, they will also be proud of me."
"But if you go into battle and kill the enemy, you will die."
"Everyone is mortal. Death from old age, illness, and death is death. Going into battle to kill the enemy is death. I am willing to die in a different way."
Other women echoed.
These women have been taught since childhood to get up earlier than chickens and go to bed later than dogs. When they are at home, they work hard to serve their parents and brothers. After they get married, they work as cows and horses for their husbands and children. Now they want to change their lives.
Mu Siyu stood opposite, looking at the long queue, and said to the county magistrate who was wiping cold sweat: "Feng County Magistrate, how about we make a bet?"
"How do you want to bet, madam?"
"I bet there will be more female soldiers recruited than men."
"Isn't this impossible?" Feng Jing hesitated, "Although some women want to get ahead, they are still some women after all, and most women still want to live a life of good wives and loving mothers."
Mu Siyu smiled lightly and said nothing.
Two days later, the recruitment of female soldiers reached 50,000.
The oldest among them is thirty-five years old, and the youngest is twelve years old.
If it hadn't been for strict screening, I'm afraid this number would have been increased by another 20,000.
Those 20,000 were screened out because women's status in this era was too low. They did not have enough to eat or wear, and many women's bodies had long been tortured into disarray and could not meet their physical requirements.
The people of Hubei City should be the people with the strongest psychological endurance in the world.
They witnessed how a barren city expanded its territory and became the second largest city after the capital.
They witnessed the rise of a businesswoman.
They have a prime minister, the youngest number one scholar, and several officials.
Now, they witnessed the first women's army in history.
Mu Siyu attaches great importance to this Detachment of Women. They have a separate training camp, and that camp is opposite the men. The training slogans of the Detachment of Women every day are so exciting that the heaven and earth shake, and the excitement makes the men beat up.
Blood, nothing can be done to lose the dignity of men, and the women's army must be suppressed.
Because of the stimulus from the Detachment of Women, the regular army received an additional 10,000 people, so their number was 40,000.
Shang Zhi and Chan Yi are responsible for managing the Detachment of Women.
Of course, the two of them would definitely be too busy, so Mu Siyu gave them enough permissions to recruit the people they liked as subordinates and help them train these women's troops.
Li Guyuan came over with his men and saluted Mu Siyu: "Madam, this is the food we bought from the cities next door."
Mu Siyu took the list from him, and the numbers on it surprised her.
"This number is twice what I planned. How did you do it?"
"The common people have been crawling around at the bottom since they were young. They know who has food in their hands, who has weapons in their hands, and who has connections in their hands. Besides, the common people are now foxes, and foxes have no say in the forest.
Of course, we have to rely on tigers and lions to gain power. The common people can buy these grains because they are using the guise of the Lu family and his wife."
"I heard you have an old mother."
"Yes." When Li Guyuan mentioned his old mother, the smile on his face disappeared.
"Do you want to fight for her?" Mu Siyu smiled lightly.
Li Guyuan was surprised: "The common people do not have the ability and patience to study hard in Hanchuang, and they do not want to join the army."
"I need an apprentice to inherit my mantle." Mu Siyu said, "Do you want to become your master?"