Once they were liberated from their life as serfs and gained an unprecedented advantageous situation, the farmers strongly supported Su Yonglin and Sheng Jiejun.
Out of this gratitude, the farmers catered to and accepted Su Yonglin's policies as much as possible instead of opposing them.
So when Su Yonglin decided to set up some jobs that women could do and recruit women to work, although people were a little surprised, they didn't object.
The first job was to wash, mend and make clothes for army soldiers.
Next to the military camp, Su Yonglin set up a Huanyi camp to recruit women to do logistical work for the soldiers, giving them money.
In order to respond to the call, the cadres in the farmers' association always wanted to take the lead, no matter what they thought in their hearts. So they took the lead and sent all the unmarried girls in their families who were eight, nine or ten years old to go to work. .
This was a decision made by the farmers' association cadres and commissioners after careful deliberation.
The strong labor force in the family has to cultivate the fields and has no time to cook. However, there are elderly people above to take care of and children below to raise, so it is necessary for the wife to stay at home to take care of the housework.
Then the only ones who can go out to work are the girls at home.
Girls in the countryside have to work early. According to tradition, they have to learn to do housework and become a nun at the age of eight or nine, so they are often hardworking and good at doing work.
People in the village believe that girls are of little use if they are kept at home just to eat. Now that they have jobs where they can work, it is good to go out to work and earn some money to support the family.
So after the farmers' association cadres took the lead in doing this, families with daughters in the village felt that this was not necessarily a bad thing.
When the cadres of the farmers' association came to talk to them again and settle the accounts, the farmers sent their daughters out one after another to work in Huanyi Camp to earn money.
Not to mention, the Shengjie Army has strict military regulations and does what it says.
The wages were paid once a day, and a meal was taken care of at noon. When the girls went home with a few copper coins and handed them over to their fathers, the fathers looked at them with strange eyes.
Raising girls has always been expensive, so farmers are eager to marry off girls early to reduce the family burden.
But once the Shengjie Army came, the girls could go out to work and bring income to the family. After all the calculations, it seemed that it was not such a loss.
Of course you can make money by raising a son, and he can be considered a labor force at the age of eleven or twelve.
Can you make money by raising a daughter?
After the initial operation was successful, Su Yonglin insisted on doing this, and girls in every village near the garrison camp could find work.
Gradually, it was no longer unusual for the Shengjie Army to recruit women and pay them back.
Then the arsenal and the mine began to recruit people. When people in the surrounding villages found out that the arsenal and the mine were good long-term jobs, they immediately became excited.
The garrison camp may not necessarily be stationed locally for a long time, and this money cannot always be earned, but the arsenal and mines located here cannot be easily moved away.
Can work for a long time.
So what are you waiting for? Send your daughter to make money as soon as possible.
So they rushed to sign up, saying that their daughters were good at craftsmanship and hard-working, but they were afraid that they would not be able to get a spot and would not be able to send their daughters to make money.
Because there were so many girls here, and even some girls as young as five or six years old were brought over by their families to work, the arsenal and the mines had to make some regulations, such as not allowing girls who were too young to work. .
After a series of ridiculous things ended, the mining work started smoothly, the iron ore needed by the arsenal was guaranteed, and the arsenal started trial production smoothly.
When we arrived at the stall where Su Yonglin came to inspect, the work in the mine and the arsenal was already on track.
Work at the mine is going well.
Su Yonglin saw many miners pushing carts back and forth in and out of the mine. The work helmets issued to each person at his request were also put on their heads, which was somewhat of a safety guarantee.
The work and rest here are basically the same as those in the military camp. There are lunch breaks, public holidays, a certain working time limit every day, and there is no sweat shop. Therefore, after Su Yonglin asked several miners in succession, they were all quite satisfied with the current working life.
"Isn't it good to be able to get paid, have food to eat, and have a full stomach? In the past, when the Jin people were mining, the stones pushed in these carts were all dead people, dead from exhaustion, starved to death, and sick. Everyone who was smashed to death said that if they were sent in, they would not be able to get out alive."
During the lunch break, an older miner chatted with Su Yonglin with a sad look on his face.
"Are you feeling better now?"
"Of course, let's not talk about it? It's good to have money and food to eat. Of course, the best ones are the little girls. They can make money for the family. Who would have thought of it before? Now many people feel that they have The little girl is from a good family, and she can earn a little more money for her family."
The old miner laughed, and then he seemed to see something again. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a sigh: "If it had been like this, I wouldn't have married off my daughter so early. If I kept my daughter until she was fifteen, I could have given more to my family." Earning money for two or three years is not better than trading in a few livestock? It’s a loss..."
Following the old miner's line of sight, Su Yonglin saw a group of lively girls walking past not far away carrying basins with smiling faces, and felt a little comforted.
The Song Dynasty stipulated that if a girl did not marry at the age of fifteen, she would be questioned by the government. This was basically followed in the Jin Dynasty, but basically only officials and officials could raise their daughters until they were fifteen.
A considerable number of poor peasant families simply cannot raise their children for that long and can only hope to marry off their daughters as soon as possible to reduce the burden on the family.
Therefore, even if the slogan of equality between men and women is shouted ten thousand times, it will not be as real as the ten jobs provided to women.
Improving women's economic situation seems to be the right approach.
It is better than just shouting slogans without doing anything practical.
If this can become a normal situation, more and more girls can find jobs and earn money, and presumably more and more families will be willing to raise their daughters until they are fifteen.
In this way, we can truly improve the situation of women and make them live a slightly better life instead of heading into the abyss of foot binding.
And from the perspective of productivity, Su Yonglin only controls a total population of more than 100,000, more than half of which are women. They can also work and carry out production activities. Getting them to work from home will be a big problem for the Shengjie Army who is short of manpower. Of course it's a good thing.
It's a good thing now and in the future.
Therefore, the Shengjie Army must become stronger and be able to truly protect this world, otherwise everything in front of us will be just a mirror.
Su Yonglin's will became stronger and stronger.
After coming out of the mine, Su Yonglin went to inspect the arsenal.
The arsenal was all about technical work. Su Yonglin didn't know how to make iron or cut wood. He didn't know anything about professional work, but he thought he looked very powerful.
The craftsmen were burning boilers and forging iron. The tinkling sounds were heard together, which sounded particularly pleasant to the ear.
Su Yonglin watched with interest as a blacksmith hit a piece of red-hot iron with a sledgehammer.
Beside him, Lin Jingchun's subordinate Zhao Guangsi, who was specifically responsible for preparing the arsenal, reported to him the relevant situation.
"Right now, spears and knives can be made stably, and shields are not a problem as long as they have enough raw materials. In addition, most weapons themselves take a long time to make, such as heavy axes, armors, and crossbows. The manufacturing process itself is quite complex.
The number of craftsmen we found in Tai'an Prefecture who have mastered the relevant skills is not many, there are only more than twenty in total. Now the Divine Arm Bow cannot be made, and we can only use the existing raw materials to produce ordinary bows. If we want to make a crossbow, there are still some keys Parts cannot be produced and generally have many defects. "
Zhao Guangsi was an honest man and told Su Yonglin all the problems.
Su Yonglin nodded.
"These problems are very normal and can be overcome in future battles."
With that said, Su Yonglin turned around and said to the officers who were following him: "You all must pay attention. In the future, when conquering cities and territories, you must pay special attention to protecting these craftsmen and craftsmen who can forge iron and cut wood, as well as the arsenal. They are all ours." The lifeblood of."
All the officers nodded to express their understanding.
Next comes the issue of firearms.
Due to insufficient raw materials for the production of gunpowder, the arsenal was unable to produce gunpowder independently, and the Shengjie Army rarely used firearms before.
But this does not mean that the Victory Army does not have gunpowder and firearms reserves. In fact, it does, and the quantity is quite large.
