Wei He glanced at the contents of the paper and was so shocked that he almost jumped up from the couch. "Follow Captain Cheng and be responsible for going out to find and transport saltpeter and other raw materials."
Someone glanced at his own and raised his hand weakly, "Mine is to go to the county town and be responsible for building a cement factory."
The young man beside him heard this and leaned over to show him the paper in his hand. "I'm helping Aunt Qi build a cloth workshop."
The others spoke one after another.
"Organize people to cut down trees in preparation for winter."
"Inspect the earthen kangs in every household in the fortress and build earthen kangs for residents outside and those in the county town..."
"I'm going to Shilin Village..."
"Hey, mine is responsible for raising livestock."
Wei Da and Wei He looked almost crying, which was a bit funny. "We are responsible for arranging people to weave rattan armor, and we must report to Mingjing Hall immediately."
Wei Xiyin nodded immediately, "Yes, weaving the rattan armor requires a lot of manpower, so this matter will be handled by the two gentlemen."
The gentlemen read the papers in their hands.
I found that the content on each person's paper was different, and everyone's face showed joy and worry. The problem was that most people were not familiar with the matters they were responsible for.
Seeing their listless appearance, Wei Xiyin asked with a half-smile, "Why? Do you cousins have any objections to this arrangement?"
The gentlemen sitting below all shook their heads like rattles and waved their hands, "No, no..." They didn't dare to have it.
Wei Xiyin revealed a trace of sadness and sighed pretentiously, "I spent the entire night writing these for you brothers with all my heart and soul. Right now, there are still many things to do in the fortress, and I originally thought of asking everyone to help the uncles share some of the work..."
Her tone was very heavy, and she seemed a little disappointed with the reactions of her husbands.
The gentlemen were ashamed when they heard this.
Wei He stood up and bowed. "It's our fault. Fifth cousin, please don't be angry. We will definitely complete the work at hand and help Fifth cousin and our uncles."
Wei He also felt embarrassed and agreed, "Thank you for your hard work, Fifth Cousin. As a man, how can I hide behind Fifth Cousin? Don't worry, just leave these things to us."
"Yes, yes, Fifth Cousin, thank you for your hard work. We will complete the task well."
The gentlemen all stood up and saluted.
The gentlemen who had just thought that the matter was too sudden secretly made up their minds to make a name for themselves.
Wei Xiyin immediately calmed down and nodded with satisfaction. "In that case, cousins, go out and work now. If you don't understand something, you can look it up in books or ask your uncles."
The face changes too quickly.
The gentlemen were stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
Wei Xiyin was unceremonious and ordered them to leave. "If you need workers, please write a job posting, show it to the uncles, and then post it on the notice board outside. Okay, everyone, go back to your work. I won't keep you here any longer."
Everyone held a piece of paper in their hands, and after sitting for a while, they were kicked out of the old house.
The gentlemen stood at the door of the old house, looking at each other and staring at the papers in their hands with complicated emotions.
I can’t describe what it feels like, but I always have the illusion that I’ve been cheated.
Finally, it was Wei He who spoke up, "Everyone should do your own thing well and don't let down the fifth cousin's high hopes."
Wei He nodded heavily, "Yes, then let's go to Mingjing Hall to find the uncles to get the signs and start working."
The gentlemen did not delay any longer and went to Mingjing Hall together.
The uncles looked at the papers in their hands, asked no questions, and handed out various signs, asking them to recruit people to do the work themselves.
Wu Niang wanted to train her husbands' abilities, and her uncles and aunts naturally wanted her to do so.
Over at the Arsenal.
Wei Ting collected the weapons of the Wei family army, added steel to the furnace and recast them. In order to speed up the process, all the blacksmiths and apprentices who stayed in the blacksmith shop in the dock were transferred there. The blacksmith shop was temporarily closed for a few days and the repair work of farm tools was halted.
Fortunately, the weather outside is very hot now, so there are not many people who need to maintain farm tools.
Over at the camp.
The change of guard went smoothly. Six centurions led their troops to stay in the fort and build defensive fortifications, while the rest of the people rushed to the county town to train formations with the Wei family army.
Chang Ying and Qin Shan quickly counted the required supplies and handed them over to Mingjingtang to prepare food and fodder.
There are busy figures everywhere.
The atmosphere in the entire dock became very tense.
The person posting notices on the bulletin board went back and forth several times, and within a day, there were more than a dozen job recruitment notices.
The temperature outside is very high.
By noon, all the people who had gone out to work in the morning had returned to the dock.
Many people gathered in front of the bulletin board to check the new job postings.
The work of weaving rattan armor needs to start immediately. The salary is the highest and one can earn double food allowance every day. The recruitment condition is that the worker must have weaving skills.
People who could read stood around the notice and read out its contents one by one.
When many people heard that they could earn double their food by weaving rattan armor, they turned around and ran to Mingjing Hall, and they couldn't even wait to hear what was going to happen next.
I’m afraid that if I’m too slow, they’ll have recruited enough people.
The women also received the news.
For example, Aunt Wang had been working in a cloth workshop. Coming from a farming family, everyone knew some weaving skills. When they heard about the recruitment, they didn't care about gender and asked for leave from Aunt Qi to go there to help.
After a while.
The Mingjing Hall was packed with people.
Wei Da and Wei He had never seen such a scene before. They were busy and sweating as they hurriedly registered everyone one by one.
The uncles and aunts sat aside and chatted leisurely, without any intention of stepping forward to help.
Wei Da stood at the innermost part, his throat almost smoking from shouting.
"Everyone line up, don't squeeze, don't crowd, take your sign and go to Workshop No. 3 in the county town and wait for work to start!"
The dock doesn’t have a yard big enough to accommodate thousands of people.
After discussing it, the two brothers went to ask their uncle for the blueprint of the county town, and finally decided to make the rattan armor in Workshop No. 3.
The other gentlemen were also running around busily, each arranging the work at hand.
After all, it was my first time taking the lead in doing the work, and I was nervous, and there was a group of uncles and aunts watching me.
Some of them were like headless flies, wandering around in Mingjing Hall. They took the pen but forgot the paper, and then forgot to bring the sign after taking the paper. They were so busy that half a day passed without them even leaving Mingjing Hall.
The uncles and aunts sat aside and watched the fun.
Wei Mingze was so frustrated that he cursed, "Where's your brain? You left it at home, didn't you? Why don't you write down some rules on paper first?"
Wei He was busy registering at his desk. Upon hearing this, he raised his head, stiffened his neck, and shouted, "I understand, Uncle Seventh!"
Wei Mingze glared at him, then suddenly became furious and walked out of Mingjing Hall with his hands behind his back.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Wei He followed a team of guards out and went to the foot of the mountain to find Cheng Qing to inquire about matters such as saltpeter mining.
All the work began to proceed in an orderly manner.
After the crowd in front of the door dispersed, Xiang Qi walked to the notice board to check.
After reading it, he immediately went back to report to the princess.
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