Chu Qing didn't ask them for a life contract like Hong Liang said. He didn't even mention anything.

He only privately ordered Baijiaxing to pay wages to these 210 people according to the standard of long-term workers for the time being. The matter of identity was put aside for the time being.

This invisibly formed a kind of involution, and the original servants and long-term workers worked hard, because they were not as good as the veterans. They knew what everyone else knew. They had also been on the battlefield, and their momentum was different.

And these retired soldiers are also very careful. If someone finally accepts them, they must behave well. Otherwise, what if Chu Qing is only close to his own people and turns them back.

This kind of involution even spread to three villages. The villagers were all talking: No wonder Chu Qing doesn't need them anymore. Chu Qing is now an official, with a salary from the fifth rank. According to his rank, he can even build a courtyard wall.

Hat brim!

This offended me so much! You see, they have more than two hundred servants here, so they can still work!

At night, cries of beating children and wives came from various houses.

Some villagers who felt that they were being implicated went to their respective village chiefs and asked them to intercede. After all, without the income from work, every family would not have enough to eat.

The village chief was also in a dilemma. They went to find Chu Qing during the day, but unexpectedly they met Chu Qing accepting the two hundred people.

The formation of two hundred people was as murderous as the army, and they did not dare to approach.

The construction materials are all readily available, and more than 200 people work efficiently. Every day, the Baolu Group's construction site is in full swing.

When the secretary sent by the Ministry of Revenue arrived, what he saw was a tense and orderly labor scene.

In the center of the field, stood a woman in her twenties, tall and holding a little boy beside her.

Both of them stood up straight. Someone came forward to ask for instructions at any time, and both of them commanded like generals on the battlefield.

The secretary kept his boss's words in mind and just kept accounts and didn't talk too much. Chu Qing was also polite to him and arranged for his residence - one of the half-built houses.

It's the end of October and it's very cold. For the past two days, the veterans have been sleeping in tents guarding the kiln. Tonight, the secretary will join them in the tent.

The villagers did not survive three days, but finally they begged the village chiefs to come find Chu Qing. The villagers waited at a distance and did not dare to approach.

Three village chiefs came into the courtyard to look for Chu Qing, "Ms. Chu... ah no, Master Chu!" The village chiefs suddenly realized that they didn't know how to address her, and they tried to get closer, but it seemed that they couldn't make sense.

"You're welcome, let's call her Mrs. Chu." Chu Qing said. Baijiaxing served tea.

"You see, the women in the village have long hair and short knowledge, and they have offended you and Xiaobao..." Village Chief Li is straightforward and explained his purpose directly, "Can you not remember the faults of the villain and spare them?

With you as a place to work, everyone can feel more at ease. Without the work here, every family would really not have enough to eat."

Chu Qing is waiting for them to come to the door. There are really not enough people to work, and now more work needs to be done.

"Yes, they are not good enough, you just don't need them. But there are so many of us villagers..."

"The village chiefs are overly worried. You have also seen that I have more than 200 men here. To tell you the truth, these men are not hired by me. They are veterans sent by the General Soldier and placed here by me.

"Because we need to accommodate them, and they are all men, we have too many women working, which is inconvenient, so we temporarily closed down the business." Chu Qing gave a high-sounding reason, and at the same time expressed his intention to no longer recruit female workers.

"That's right, it's really inconvenient." Village Chief Wu nodded and said. Village Chief Wu's daughter-in-law sometimes comes to work, and Wu Dalang is always here.

But he can understand Chu Qing's thoughts. No one can be forgiven if he is hurt over and over again.

Fortunately, the women who made trouble last time were all from Zhangcun, otherwise his old face would be gone.

"I do need people to work here. Let them resume work tomorrow. It's just that I can only keep twenty women to take care of cooking, and the others will not be used for the time being." Chu Qing finally said.

This is also good news. In this way, almost every family can have a worker, and at least they can make money, right?

The village chiefs were very happy and expressed their gratitude. At the same time, they also said that even the women who cooked would find older ones so as not to cause trouble to Chu Qing.

As there were more people, the speed increased. Within a few days, Chu Qing's house was built and everyone had their own place to live.

There are more than 200 soldiers, and there are four people in each room, which is more spacious than in the military camp. All rooms have kangs. These retired soldiers feel very happy.

Seeing that everything was on track, Chu Qing restarted his mechanized design.

Because he had the right to purchase iron ore, Chu Qing first made himself a large iron barrel, just like a large modern oil barrel for gasoline. A short chimney was installed on the side. Inside the barrel was a large shaft, which was welded

Two shovels were made. The large shaft extended out from both ends of the iron bucket to make a rocking handle.

Put the big iron bucket filled with soybeans across the stove. Just someone shakes the handle, the big iron bucket will rotate, and the shovel on the big shaft inside will stir-fry the beans. This is faster than frying one person in one pot.

It saves trouble.

In addition, a double-shaft crusher was built. The granite brought down from the mountain was crushed into two cylindrical shapes, mounted on the cradle, and mounted on an iron frame. It was like two windlass placed side by side, each with its own cradle.

One side. In this way, two people only need to stand on both sides and shake the handles, and the big stone pillar in the middle will rotate, and the soybeans can be crushed directly through the gaps, which is much faster than a roller.

I tried using two sets of equipment and it worked very well, so I might as well make a few more sets.

In addition to burning bricks and making coke, the kiln also burns molds. In addition to the heating of more than 200 people, the daily coal consumption is very large.

Veteran cadre Huang Zhong has been hanging out with Master Lu every day recently. One introduced his experience and the other explained the principles. They both learned a lot from each other. Because Chu Qing has been using only pig iron and no steel recently, the converter has not been used.

Today, Chu Qing is going to make Xiuchun Dao for the Secret Detective Division. Because the current steel quality has reached the level of hundreds of steelmaking, Chu Qing decided to mass-produce it and put on the mold.

Huang Zhong had never seen a converter in use, so as soon as he heard that steelmaking was going to be made today, he immediately came over with a tea bowl and put the bowl down before finishing his drink.

When another "volcanic eruption" scene appeared, Huang Zhong excitedly rushed over to take a closer look, but Chu Yuan was so frightened that he stopped him and hugged him: "Old man, I don't want to die!"

A quarter of an hour later, the "volcano" went out. Another quarter of an hour later, Chu Chang sang loudly: "Get up!" Chu Ping, Chu Sheng and the others pulled the chains, and the converter tilted. Guo, Tai, Min, and An each had a handful.

Use a long-handled ladle to scoop out the molten steel.

Huang Zhong watched the rows of mold boxes passing by the fired kaolin rollers like water, and admired them. Like knives, molten steel needs to be scooped out and poured. Guo, Tai, Min, and An are already skilled workers.

Huang Zhong felt that they were just playing. Under their control, the molten steel was perfectly poured into the mold.

In a short time, twenty embroidered spring knives and twenty steel pots were taken out of the mold.

Such speed! Eight people from Changping Shengshi and Guotai Minan are currently the main manufacturing force of Baosteel's No. 1 product. They are responsible for ironmaking and processing with Master Lu. After the semi-finished products come out, they each divide a few pieces into pieces for trimming and polishing.

Huang Zhong looked so excited that he couldn't help but follow him with his arms rolled up and his sleeves rolled up.

Huang Zhong had been forgetting about food and sleep recently, so Chu Qing had to ask Chu Yuan to follow him. Chu Yuan was quick-witted and not as rigid as Bai Jiaxing. Now Chu Yuan went to find gloves for Huang Zhong again.

Chu Qing felt that many people were not affected at all. Look, Huang Zhong was led by Master Lu; the secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs had his own small office, and when he had nothing to do, he only had to go to Chu Qing's office yard.

does not restrict him.

Under the assignment of Lao Yu and Lao Zhao, more than 200 retired soldiers were responsible for Chuqing's iron workshops, oil workshops, kilns, and cargo transportation. There were only simple and time-consuming tasks like digging kaolin and making bricks.

distributed to the villagers.

Don't look at Chuqing and have not signed any contracts with these veterans, but he trusts them more. Maybe it's because they don't have roots, while the villagers do.

What Chu Qing didn't know was that these veterans worked very hard just to have a contract with Chu Qing. They wanted to take Chu Qing as their root.

People like them wouldn't be able to get along well in modern society. But that's not the case here. They will be considered the most unstable factor in society. Everything they do will be monitored and restricted.

These are all former refugees, or their family members died under Dong Lun's butcher's knife. They have all been bathed in blood on the battlefield, and their temperaments are different from ordinary people. The sequelae of the war are also very obvious in them. They are irritable,

Irritable and impulsive, but also extremely loyal.

Chu Qing decided to observe them for a period of time, and if there were any suitable ones, they would be incorporated into the team of the Secret Investigation Department. Anyway, we now have 100 households.

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Chapter completed!