Yang Zhuguo tapped his fingers lightly on the table, thought for a while, and said, "I will write a letter to several adults in the capital. When you go to the capital to pay tribute, give the letter to those adults."
"Students take the order." Mr. Zhou held his hand and asked immediately, "It's still the same as in previous years. Are you going to Beijing after the new year?"
The New Year is about to come, and local officials from all provinces will send people to Beijing to send charcoal tributes at this time. Yang Guozhu will entrust him with the annual charcoal tributes and the ice tributes in Sanfu.
Yang Guozhu hesitated for a moment and said: "The New Year is approaching, and the princes in the DPRK are afraid that they will not care about politics, so they should wait until the New Year before entering Beijing."
"Yes." Mr. Zhou agreed.
At this time, the two soldiers who drove Sun Yi away walked into the tent from outside.
"Sir, Mr. Sun has been expelled from the camp." One of the soldiers bowed and clasped his fists.
Although another soldier did not speak, he also bowed and saluted.
Yang Guozhu nodded slightly and said, "I know, general, please stand down!"
The two soldiers stepped aside.
Just when Yang Guozhu was preparing to deal with the Tiger Character Banner through his connections in the capital, the Tiger Character Banner War Barracks stationed in Lingqiu was upgraded to a personal soldier division.
A 4,000-man supply battalion was integrated into the newly established Guards Division.
The number of tiger-character flag troops stationed in Lingqiu has increased from 4,000 to tens of thousands, and new supply battalions are being formed.
However, because there are not many new refugees in Lingqiu, the number of soldiers in the latest supply camp is still far short, and it will be difficult to reach full strength in a while.
Tiger Banner's several military armor workshops in Lingqiu continuously produce various types of muskets and plate armor, and new cannons are constantly being built in the artillery field.
Many people who fled to Lingqiu from the Shaanxi-Gansu area joined these workshops, which alleviated the shortage of manpower in the workshops.
In addition to men, some women were also recruited to work in the workshop. In order to avoid the mixing of men and women, a special factory was set up for women to work.
Women from poor families are not so particular. Working in the workshop of Hu Zi Banner, they are responsible for two meals a day and wages. The work they do is easier than farming, so they naturally attract many women.
There are women working in the workshop, and naturally there are women taking care of things, so as to avoid things happening under the melons and plums to the greatest extent.
According to Liu Heng's own opinion, it is not a big deal for men and women to work together. It is just that in this era, many things can be avoided or should be avoided as much as possible. Building a few more factories is not a big deal for Tiger Flag.
With more people working in the workshop, the speed of building armor will naturally be faster, and it can already meet the needs of several combat divisions.
The artillery field has various types of molds, and as long as it is not a newly developed cannon, it can be made quickly.
At the same time, the Jiangwu Hall trained a large number of gunners, and the Tiger Flag had enough guns for these gunners to practice. Groups of gunners were quickly trained and sent to different camps.
Every workshop has a bulletin board. Whenever there is something that needs to be announced, there will be a dedicated person who will post a written piece of white paper on the bulletin board to announce it.
On this day, there were many people watching the excitement around the bulletin board in the workshop.
"What is written on this?" The illiterate person asked the people around him.
Almost everyone in the Tiger-Character Banner is literate, especially in the war barracks and the supply camp, and there are dedicated people to teach ordinary sergeants how to read.
Within the Tiger Character Banner, illiterate people are not allowed to be promoted.
If ordinary combat soldiers and baggage soldiers are illiterate, becoming a deputy corps commander is the limit, because corps commanders are also required to be literate. More senior officers must not only be literate, but must also pass certain assessments before they can be appointed. Otherwise, no matter how great their merits are, they will not be appointed. You won't be promoted, you will only receive other rewards for your merits.
In this way, anyone who is determined to achieve something within the Tiger-Character Banner will force himself to become literate, so that he can become an official in the future if he performs meritorious service.
Although the official position of the Tiger-Character Banner is not recognized by the court, you can get better treatment within the Tiger-Character Banner. No one has trouble with money. Moreover, as an official of the Tiger-Character Banner, you can also manage people under your subordinates, which is equally impressive.
Compared with the strictness of the tiger-character flag soldiers and the heavy baggage soldiers, whether the people working in the workshop are willing to realize the word is entirely voluntary and will not be forced.
However, Huziqi also arranged literacy classes in the workshop to teach people how to read. Those who are willing to learn can go to the literacy classes.
Although the Tiger Character Banner does not have high requirements for the ordinary people working in the workshop, the managers in the workshop must be literate and must pass certain assessments before they can take office.
The martial arts hall also trained many literary talents, and some of these people entered the workshop to work.
"It says here that those who are willing to stay in the workshop to work at the end of the year will be given two days' wages for every day they work, and things will return to normal after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." The literate person explained.
Someone beside him counted on his fingers, and finally said excitedly: "So as long as you work for half a month, you can get a month's wages."
"Yes, that's what it means, but you can only get double your salary during the half month of the Chinese New Year."
"For such a good thing, I will definitely stay and work. I won't get half a month's wages in vain!"
"I can pass every year, but I only get a few days' wages for working one day and two days."
"It's good to have a full stomach these days. Now that the manager is paying more, we can't miss such a good thing."
"This money was not given by the steward, but by Mr. Liu, the proprietor of the Tiger Flag."
"It's a pity that my family has agreed to celebrate the New Year together at home this year and visit relatives, otherwise I would stay too."
"Although the wages are quite high, after working for a year, I can have a good rest during the Chinese New Year. I don't want to work in the workshop during the Chinese New Year."
The crowd said anything.
Most of the people who are willing to stay and work during the New Year are people who have escaped from the Shaanxi-Gansu area, while those who want to celebrate the New Year at home are mostly local people in Lingqiu.
For the people who escaped from the disaster in Shaanxi and Gansu, as long as they can make money, it doesn't matter if they miss one year. Moreover, they can go home and spend New Year's Eve with their families. However, they can't spend the whole day with their families in the first month of the year and can only work in the evening. to go home.
The people of Lingqiu had already opened workshops in Huzi Banner, and many people worked for Huzi Banner. The family had saved some savings in the past two years, and naturally they did not want to be tired during the Chinese New Year.
These discussions occurred in more than one workshop, almost every workshop was talking about it, and even when working in the afternoon, many people talked about it.
Naturally, the affairs of each workshop cannot be hidden from the managers in the workshop. As for the opinions of the people working in the workshop, after a few days, they all have a similar understanding.
As the director of the Ordnance Bureau, Huang Zhong summoned the main managers of each workshop to his office three days after the announcement was issued.
