Hikaru Nojiri is a craftsman under the rule of Teruyuki Omura, and has inherited the carpentry skills from his ancestors.
Under the rule of Teruyuki Omura, he lived an ordinary life, because it was not common for ordinary civilians to make furniture, and the rewards he could get from making furniture for nobles were also limited. Moreover, if he did not do a good job, he would not only not get any money, but would also be beaten.
Many times, Nojiri Hikaru's life is not even as good as those of farmers who grow crops. At least farmers still have stable output.
Nowadays, the most valuable thing on Nojiri Hikaru's body is her pants.
Yes, now he is so poor that he doesn't even have a shirt.
He used the only cloth in the house to make clothes for his wife last night, and then sent his wife to the place where the Da Qi army was stationed, hoping that she would be noticed by those tall and strong soldiers. He hid at home, waiting for his wife to return.
When his wife came back, he was very disappointed because nothing happened between her and those soldiers.
What made him even more desperate was that the next day, Teruyuki Omura came to his house with his men and dragged him out of the dilapidated thatched hut.
According to what Omura Teruyuki said, all of them have become slaves. Now Nojiri Hikaru is completely desperate. Are they finally going to lose even the cheapest freedom?
However, things were not as he had imagined. After their heads were shaved and their bodies were washed clean, they actually had a full meal.
The food was not very good. It was millet rice, which was a bit irritating to the throat and required a long time to chew.
But even such a meal was something that these poor people could not afford to eat in the past.
When Nojiri Hikaru swallowed the coarse millet that was enough to cut his throat and bleed, tears flowed down his face unconsciously.
At this moment, he did not feel the pain of eating millet rice, but felt happy instead.
This was the first time in three months that he had eaten a meal instead of wild vegetables or tree bark.
It has to be said that the ruling class of Japan did a very thorough job of educating the people to be ignorant. They could even say such absurd remarks as "radish peels are the ultimate delicacy" with a straight face. This shows how difficult the lives of the common people were.
Nojiri Hikaru felt that it was not a loss to have such a meal, and he could die with peace of mind now.
Of course, Ma Tong couldn't let these people die. They had just eaten up a lot of his food rations. Although they were all worthless millet, they were still resources and should not be wasted.
So orders were quickly passed down one by one.
The first thing is to register the identities of these people. Everyone must be recorded, and then the dormitories must be checked every day. One more or one less person will not be tolerated.
The second thing is to count the specialties of these people and see what abilities they have, especially the craftsmen in handicrafts, who will be picked out and treated differently.
Speaking of treatment, I need to explain it in detail.
According to regulations, every adult man who works at the dock for a day can get 3 points, which are settled once a month. The points can be exchanged for supplies from the quartermaster of Da Qi, including but not limited to food, clothing and daily necessities.
In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of these people for work, the soldiers from Da Qi even took them to see what supplies they could exchange.
There is everything you need, including firewood, rice, oil, salt, silk, porcelain, etc.
This is just the first batch of supplies. Once the news of their establishment here spreads back to Da Qi, more merchant ships will transport more supplies here.
He thought these supplies were enough to open the eyes of these people, but when one of them pointed to an iron pot next to him and asked if he could exchange it for it, Ma Tong realized that the living standards here were shockingly low.
It’s better to trade silk, porcelain and other things with the nobles. If you want to reap the benefits of these poor people, rags are better.
Nojiri Hikaru's eyes turned red when he looked at the set of needles and thread. His wife had always said that she wanted a set of needles and thread so that she could mend the clothes at home because the current needles were too blunt.
Nojiri Hikaru plucked up the courage to ask how much such a set of needlework would cost, and Ma Tong was stunned by the question.
He had never thought of exchanging this thing. Just now, someone took it out to mend his clothes because they had torn them.
At this moment, Ma Tong finally understood why Lu Chen wanted to expand overseas. The overseas market was really huge, and Da Qi's future excess productivity had finally found a place to be dumped.
Even an iron pot or a needle is scarce in this shabby place. What are you waiting for? Come quickly! Harvest!
"9 points! You only need to work for three days, and you can take home this complete set of needlework! How's that? Isn't that a good deal?"
When he said this, Ma Tong felt that his conscience was blackened.
But when the Japanese on the opposite side heard this, their faces flushed with excitement.
In their opinion, it is a great deal to get such a complete set of exquisite needlework in just three days of work.
Nojiri Hikaru just took a look and saw that this needle and thread set contained at least ten needles and five or six balls of thread. After taking them home, he could even sell the extra ones to his neighbors.
This deal is worth it!
What Ma Tong said next made Nojiri Hikaru even more excited. Ma Tong said that as long as the worker has a special skill, such as carpenter, stonemason, etc., he can get 6 points a day, and his level will be highlighted at once.
When Ma Tong asked if there were any carpenters or stonemasons, Nojiri Hikaru's raised hands were shaking.
At this moment, he was really grateful to his parents and his former teachers.
He is grateful to his parents for sending him to study under the teacher, and grateful to the teacher for teaching him his current skills.
Although the teacher would beat and scold him every now and then when he got drunk, he eventually choked to death on his own vomit.
But at this moment, that teacher is sacred in Nojiri Hikaru's heart.
In this way, the grand dock construction began!
According to Lu Chen's request, Ma Tong had to expand Nagasaki Port into a large port that could accommodate many merchant ships and warships.
This is the starting point for their conquest of the entire Japan, and they must manage it carefully.
Not only should the hardware facilities be well built, but the local people should also be made grateful to them and receive tangible benefits from them.
Originally, Ma Tong was prepared to bleed heavily, but now he sees that the Japanese people are too easily satisfied.
I heard that the guy named Nojiri Hikaru spent all his points after working for three days. He not only exchanged them for a set of needlework, but also a bag of millet and dried fish.
According to the report from the soldiers below, Nojiri Mitsuru got lost on the way back with food and had to circle around their village several times.
This was the first time that Hikaru Nojiri felt like a man. When he returned home and looked at his wife kneeling on the ground to welcome him back, when he threw millet and dried fish on the ground and looked at the children's admiring eyes, he felt that he was finally living like a human being.
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