Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 97

Three days later, a total of more than 800 recruits were selected from the nearly 300 refugees.

Among the remaining common people, the young and strong who were not selected were basically selected into the ironworks.Those old men and the like sat on the ground, sighing long and short, hating themselves for being born a few years earlier.

Even those women, except for those who were too old, basically entered the quilt factory.

Of course, it was impossible for Zhao Wen to select all these young men into the army.

After all, when there are more soldiers, there will be fewer workers.

For this consideration, Zhao Wen's conscription is not the more the better, at least to ensure production first.

The old and weak women and children in the cement factory were also retreated by Zhao Wenqing, after all, these people's strength was too weak.

Because there are many refugees, the Longmen Army also selects the best from the best when selecting recruits.

The remaining ones who were not selected, looked at the arrogant recruits, and they all held back their energy.

"What's the bullshit? Don't you just arrive a day earlier than me, eat a full meal earlier than me, and look more energetic than me? Otherwise, it's your turn?"

A big black-faced man looked at the family living next to his shack, and said with a look of resentment.

"I've been selected, my baby is promising!" An old woman with a wrinkled face and tears in her eyes held a young man's hand excitedly.

The young man knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to the old woman.

"Mother, the child has gone to serve as a soldier, so I won't be able to take care of my mother anymore." The young man raised his head with a look of excitement, but there was a little sadness in the excitement.

This man was about 25 years old, wearing a sackcloth bunt, with a pair of strong arms exposed, he looked quite strong.

"Mother, this is the land deed for the five mu of land issued from above. You take it away, and this will be the capital for us to live and live in the Longmen Castle boundary." The man took out a neatly folded land deed from his pocket, Blow the dirt on it.

"Second son, you must take good care of your mother in the future. If you dare to neglect our mother, I will not spare you." The man said in a deep voice to a boy who looked like thirteen or fourteen years old standing next to the old woman.

The boy called the second son patted his chest and said, "Brother, I will take care of my mother from now on."

"Mother, this is my farewell to the child." The man respectfully kowtowed three more times to the woman.

The man stood up from the ground, and rushed out without looking back.

The old woman looked at the leaving man, took two quick steps, and shouted at the man's back: "When you become a soldier, you must be worthy of the guard. Everything we have is given by him. From now on, we must give it to him." Desperately, if you dare to offend Lord Guard, I will not spare you."

The man paused, nodded heavily, and headed towards the gate of Longmen Castle.

The people in this era are so simple, whoever gives them a way to survive, then support them.

This guy is called Zhuge Goudan, he just walked into the city gate, his eyes seem to be not enough, looking around.

While he was curious, a pair of big hands rested on his shoulders.

"Hey, who is it?" Zhuge Goudan was startled by this sudden blow.

The man with his wife and child looked at him with a smile on his face, and said with a smile, "What's wrong? Such a big reaction?"

"You are?" Zhuge Goudan looked at the man suspiciously.

The man cupped his hands and said, "My name is Gongsun Erlu, what's the name of the little brother?

Maybe the two of us can still be assigned a part, we got to know each other in advance. "

Zhuge Goudan came back to his senses and said, "I'm going to be Zhuge Goudan, I've seen Brother Erlu."

The two of them seemed to be acquainted with each other, and they walked towards the school field shoulder to shoulder.

The roster of recruits had been sorted out two days ago, and after Zhao Wen handed in the roster, he gave them two days off.Let them take care of things at home.

The previous 56 recruits have already formed an army, but except for the soldiers who were sent to the guard battalion, the rest have not been allocated [-] and a half.

There are 140 people in the personal guard camp, plus the previous total of 65 people.The rest of the battalions were divided into 110 people, and there were a total of [-] people who were taken before.

Liu Wenzhong walked to the refugee camp with several guards from the camp.

Liu Wenzhong stood on a platform that had been erected at the front of the refugee camp, watching the refugees who came after the sound of three-way gongs and drums fell.

"Starting today, the garrison has brought hundreds of thousands of bricks and thousands of catties of cement to build your own houses for you. After all, it's not the same thing for you to live in shacks all the time."

Liu Wenzhong looked at the longing-looking refugees below, and couldn't help but praise in his heart: "Although this Zhao Wen is a martial artist, he has a heart of a bodhisattva. It's not easy."

When the refugees below heard Liu Wenzhong's words, they completely boiled.

Countless refugees had tears in their eyes, knelt on the ground, and shouted words such as the benevolence of adults.

At this time, the ironworks and quilt factories had not yet been built, so these refugees had more manpower to build houses.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Wen to give these cement and bricks to them in vain. Zhao Wen is still clear about the reason why Sheng Mi is kind and Mi Qiu is fighting.

After these refugees have all moved into the house, they have to pay back.

Of course, the repayment period is relatively long, and there is no interest.

After all, to build a house, even if the labor costs are not counted, the materials alone cost two to thirty taels of silver.

Zhao Wen wouldn't just build them a kennel. Although the houses they built were not as good as those in Longmen Fort, they were still much better than ordinary houses.

The houses of each family and their courtyards cover an area of ​​half an acre, with three bedrooms and one living room, including a kitchen.

Its real living area is only a little over a hundred square meters, and the rest is empty space.

Zhao Wen is not an idiot, he gave to the refugees free of charge.

In order to cope with the refugees who kept coming, Zhao Wen built enough houses for more than 3000 people at one time.

These houses can be used for a while. In Zhao Wen's vision, a circle will be built around Longmen Fort in the future.

This circle of dwellings is equivalent to the outer city of Longmen Fort. Of course, the outside of these dwellings will also be covered with city walls.

After today, the place two or three miles away from Longmen Fort became an extremely noisy construction site. The refugees were full of energy and were busy working on the construction site.

Ten days later, Fan Zheng rushed to Longmen Fort with the Shanxi merchants.

"Hey, this Zhao Wen is really willing to build houses for these mud-legged people with cement, tsk tsk tsk!" Cao Fugui jumped out of the carriage and looked at the busy construction site, tsk tsk in amazement.

Fan Zheng just looked back, he didn't care about these things.

"Brother Cao, today is the time for us to get the mirror, hurry up." Fan Zheng said to Cao Fugui.

"Come here!" Cao Fugui hurriedly responded, and followed with a group of servants.

After all, they are taking mirrors, so these people have more manpower and more vehicles.

Zhao Wen looked at the Jin merchants sitting in the hall, sitting on the main seat, and said in a deep voice: "I have made all the mirrors you want."

"However, how should we divide the five full-length mirrors? Do you have a charter?" Zhao Wen changed the topic.

Fan Zheng stood up, cupped his hands at Zhao Wengong, and said, "My lord, we have already thought of a solution."

"Oh? What way?" Zhao Wen looked at Fan Zheng curiously.

Fan Zheng cleared his throat, "My lord, the way is to draw lots."

"Drawing lots? Hahaha, are you right?" Zhao Wen laughed loudly.

Fan Zheng looked at Zhao Wen and laughed, but he didn't take it seriously, "My lord, this is the best way at present."

"Okay, then follow what you said." Zhao Wen frowned, and said to Li Xiaosan who was standing next to him: "Go and bring all the things over for them and let them inspect the goods."

A quarter of an hour later, the mirror was moved in by a dozen soldiers from the Guards Battalion.

The Shanxi merchants looked at the neatly placed mirrors on the ground, their eyes were extremely scarlet, and their breathing was extremely thick.

"Okay, these mirrors are here. I don't care how much you each get, I only care about the amount of silver. As for how to divide it, it's up to you."

Zhao Wen stood up from the chair, stretched, and then walked out.

"Oh, by the way, even if these mirrors are all damaged, you still have to pay me money."

Zhao Wen whispered.

After Zhao Wen walked out, the whole hall was noisy.

If it weren't for the soldiers from the Guards Battalion staring at them, a fight would have been possible.

Fan Zheng grabbed a piece of paper from the basin on the ground, squeezed it tightly in his hand, ran to a corner, and slowly opened it when no one was looking.

"The full-length mirror, I got the full-length mirror!!!" Fan Zheng didn't look like the big shopkeeper of the Fan family at this time. At this time, his hair was draped behind his head, and he was shaking the note in his hand with a frantic expression.

Seeing this, the Shanxi merchants who were scrambling for the note started to scramble inside even more frantically.

At this moment, the big shopkeepers of the various families are like street hooligans, with scarlet eyes, scrambling non-stop.

Some shopkeepers opened the slips they had snatched, and when they saw that they were missing, they threw the slips into the basin again, and then grabbed them.

How could others let him continue to rob, so they tore up one after another.

After a few quarters of an hour, the ownership of the five-sided full-length mirror became clear.

Fan Zheng's side, Qiao's Kong's side, Cao's side, and the other side were snatched by the inconspicuous Chang family's big shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper who got the full-length mirror sat on a chair with an unbroken smile on his face.

Those who didn't grab it were like a defeated rooster, dejected endlessly.

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