"I can endure hardship better than men. Last year, I dug the ground alone for three days and turned over all the land in my house!"
Seeing the female soldiers coming, the women immediately gathered around and recommended themselves.
"Mr. is still awesome!"
Qing Mulan admired in her heart, jumped onto a rock, and signaled Amei to knock the gong.
The gong sounded, and the surrounding area immediately became quiet.
"I know that many of you come here because you don't have enough food to eat. If that's the case, I have to tell you in advance that Mr. Jin's textile factory may expand recently, and he should also recruit workers in your village in the future."
More people came, and there was more room for choice. Qing Mulan also spoke forcefully: "If it's just to fill your stomach, you can wait a little longer. You can still be full after entering the textile factory.
I'll put the ugly words up front. If you join my female army, you have to sign a life-and-death contract. The contract will state that you are not allowed to quit within one year, otherwise you will be paid double the salary. I hope you will think about it carefully!"
As soon as these words came out, it was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a frying pan, causing the pan to explode.
"Miss Mu Lan, are you telling the truth?"
"When will Mr. Kim expand the textile factory?"
"How many people does Mr. Jin want to recruit? From which village?"
"Miss Mu Lan, when we come to work, do we also have to take care of the food?"
"If you recruit workers in other villages, will the wages be the same as in Xihewan?"
"Do we still need people to build brick kilns and houses? My man wants to come too!"
…
The women no longer cared about the female soldiers and kept asking about the expansion of the textile factory.
"As for the textile factory, you should ask Mr. Jin."
When Qing Mulan saw Jin Feng coming, she smiled and waved to Jin Feng.
"This girl is really..."
Jin Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He came here just to see how many women would sign up, but he didn't expect to be captured by Qing Mulan.
However, the textile factory's recruitment expansion is currently under preparation, and Jin Feng did not blame Qing Mulan. Even if it is warmed up in advance, it will be easier to recruit workers in the future.
"Hello everyone, I am Jin Feng."
Jin Feng jumped on the stone and said with a smile: "We are already preparing to expand the number of employees in the textile factory. It is estimated that we will start recruiting workers in a month. It is estimated that we will recruit about 300 people by then. Everyone can come and sign up."
Next, Jin Feng answered the woman's questions on the spot. By the time Jin Feng's speech was over, most of the women present had left.
However, there were still seventy or eighty women who decided to stay and join the women's army.
They all have no men in their families and cannot support their families just by working in textile factories.
Maybe there are one or two among them who really want to be soldiers.
"I'm very happy that you are staying, but I want to make it clear to everyone that I am not recruiting female soldiers for embroidery. They are paid the same as male soldiers and do the same work as male soldiers. In the future, they will need to escort goods, hold knives and fight with bandits.
Fight hard."
Qing Mulan said: "If anyone is scared, leave now. If they retreat and become deserters during the fight, they will be killed on the spot. Moreover, deserters will not receive any compensation, and their death will be in vain."
These will also be written in the contract, so you should think clearly about it."
As soon as these words came out, three more women chose to quit.
But more women showed determination.
"If you have thought clearly, come and sign the life and death contract now. If you have not decided, you can go back and think about it again, and come back tomorrow."
Qing Mulan said: "But it's only for one day tomorrow. If I come back the day after tomorrow, I won't accept it."
"I sign!"
"I'll sign too!"
The remaining dozens of women all pressed their fingerprints on the life and death contract, and then began the assessment training that morning.
In the end, less than half were eliminated, and more than 30 people passed the assessment, which was seven or eight more than the 50 people Qing Mulan expected, but they were also retained by Qing Mulan.
After this expansion, the number of female soldiers was almost equal to that of male soldiers, which made Qing Mulan extremely happy.
But with more people, more equipment is needed, so Qing Mulan has become a candy these days, clinging to Jin Feng every day and pestering him to build weapons for the female soldiers.
No, Jin Feng saw Qing Mulan standing in the yard as soon as he got up.
"Auntie, didn't I promise to give you weapons?"
Jin Feng said helplessly: "If you don't supervise the training of female soldiers, why do you come here to me?"
"I'm afraid that your husband has overslept, so why don't you call him?"
Qing Mulan said with a smile.
Jin Feng likes to sleep in, and the day before yesterday he slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up. After Qing Mulan found out, he came to wake Jin Feng early in the morning these two days, which made Jin Feng very depressed.
"I'm already up, please leave quickly."
He feels a headache when he sees Qing Mulan now.
"Mu Lan, since you're here, why don't you go to the back mountain after breakfast?"
Guan Xiaorou walked out of the kitchen and left Qing Mulan to eat with her with a smile.
"Okay, okay!"
Qing Mulan wiped the corners of her mouth, ran into the kitchen without any politeness, and helped Runniang and Tang Dongdong bring out the food.
She grew up in fine clothes and fine food, and after coming to Xihewan, she ate a big pot of rice with the female soldiers every day, and she felt like vomiting.
Runniang is now concentrating on cooking, and with Jin Feng's guidance, her cooking skills are getting better and better. Qing Mulan has been pestering Jin Feng these days and has eaten a few meals along the way. She doesn't like Runniang's cooking skills.
Absolutely.
"Mu Lan, a qualified commander must lead by example, eat and sleep with the soldiers, and mingle with them!"
Jin Feng lectured: "You are breaking away from the masses by doing this. How will you convince the masses in the future?"
"Sir, stop fooling me!"
Qing Mulan rolled her eyes at Jin Feng angrily: "You are still the commander of the male soldiers, why didn't I see you eating and sleeping with them?"
"The commander of the male soldiers is Brother Liang, not me."
"If it wasn't you, why would you be the one directing the battle when we were fighting bandits?"
"I just took over the command temporarily during the war."
"It sounds so nice, aren't you just lazy and want to be a hands-off shopkeeper?"
Qing Mulan pouted: "I have also decided to hand over the command of the female soldiers to Amei first, and then take it back after I finish eating."
Jin Feng was stunned and couldn't find the words to refute for a moment.
Poof!
Tang Dongdong couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
Seeing Jin Feng's dark face, he quickly covered his mouth.
Guan Xiaorou and Runniang's eyes narrowed in laughter.
This was the first time they saw Jin Feng being eaten to death.
"What are you laughing laughing?"
Jin Feng assumed the posture of the head of the family and patted the table: "Why hasn't Xiao'e gotten up yet?"
"I'll call her right now!"
Guan Xiaorou covered her mouth and ran towards Xiao'e's room.
As soon as I walked in, I heard her giggling.
Tang Dongdong finally couldn't help it anymore, and he and Qing Mulan hugged their heads and laughed together.
Snapped!
Jin Feng was so angry that he slapped his chopsticks on the table.
This meal is inedible.
"Sister, why are you laughing? You are so happy?"
Xiao'e followed Guan Xiaorou, rubbing her eyes and asked curiously.