Qiongying was in war, but she didn't know how to do female work. Letting her come here is nothing more than to avoid embarrassment.

However, Qiongying can manage it, and she has corrected the problem of managing this group of women, who originally likes to pull his wife's tongue.

At this time, the Battle of Shengwei had been completed, and Tian Hu was taken to Tokyo by Tong Guan.

Chao Gai took the leave and led his team back to Jingxing.

The industry in Jingxing was not occupied for no reason, but through Zhao Ling's help, he met the prefect of Zhending Prefecture and bought iron ore, coal mine, forest farm and village from Jingxing Mountain at an extremely low price.

Not far away, Jingxing Iron Mine, Chao Gai, Jie Zhen and Jie Bao were chatting.

Chao Gai was very happy: "The two brothers did a good job, and it was not long before they managed Jingxing Mountain District so well."

"The brothers are all investing heavily, but now the 400 people in big carriages can no longer be expanded. Too many people and few lives can easily arouse suspicion from the government."

"Brother Jie Zhen is right. Now we will split the industries and distribute them in various parts of the Jingxing Mountains. One iron ore, one coal mine, and one cart shop. Now Xiao Rang proposed to build a wood workshop and use the rich wood in the mountains to make carts, furniture, etc.."

As soon as Chao Gai said, Xie Zhen understood.

Woodworkshops are important means of production.

Shields, siege cars, ladders, and catapults are all produced in woodworking workshops.

This is Chao Gai's accumulation of strength. You must know that carpenters cannot be trained in a day, but they require accumulated experience.

The construction of the woodworking workshop was left to Xiao Rang. Xiao Rang's ability is not just a few words. It is a very talented person. Such a person does not have to be defeated.

Xiao Rang stroked his pen and the sketch came out.

He took it over and showed it to Chao Gai, and Chao Gai praised it.

Pang Wanchun next to him was already shocked: "My Military Secretary Xiao, are you building a woodworks workshop or a village?"

This woodworking workshop covers an area of ​​at least 150 acres, with two hundred small courtyards and twenty shops. Then there are five production factories of the woodworking workshop.

"I am completely in accordance with the long-term development plan. Carpenters can go to work when they get up, and go home without leaving the village. Two hundred small courtyards are for carpenters with family members to live in. Carpenters without family members can just live in single houses. There are solid walls outside, excavated wells inside, and certain defense capabilities. Unless the enemy army attacks, they will definitely not be able to break through the woodworking workshop.

Xiao Rang was confident: "It takes at least more than a year for such a large workshop. First build the workshop, then build the house, and finally build the wall."

The reason why Xiao Rang designed this way was thoughtful. First of all, the environment was unstable and wars could be fought at any time.

The second is that there are sufficient manpower and there are so many refugees. Generally, unskilled refugees do not need to pay extra wages, and they only need to manage food to build houses.

Xiao Rang suggested that only those who participate in the construction are qualified to work here, and if they do not participate in the construction, they are not qualified.

Simply put, this kind of labor-consuming project is labor-for-relief.

Chao Gai took out a lot of old grain to help the people, but not all of them were free. If you want to eat, okay, you have to help me with work.

Under the arrangement of Chao Gai, seven or eight thousand refugees brought from Qinzhou were intensively invested in the construction. The first thing to build was a land nest. While winter had just begun, a good land nest was built.

Then go up the mountain to mine stones. The mountain here is covered with bluestone, and all kinds of stones are included. Once you hit it with an iron hammer, it will become small pieces. The bluestone is the best stone for building the foundation and building the walls.

In order to build a woodworking workshop, there are quite a few auxiliary workshops that need to be built.

A brick kiln should be built at the foot of the mountain, a quarry, lime kiln, and a cement kiln should be built on the mountain.

Although they are all small industries, they will use a lot of manpower.

Thousands of refugees, especially older and family-friendly refugees, were all excited.

Although I don’t have money to get it, I have food to eat and a garden. I go to work every day when I get up early. I have a few porridge and steamed buns for breakfast and steamed buns for lunch. I also give me a meal of porridge when it’s dark in the evening. I can’t do it alone, so I also serve pickles. There is no one else on this little day.

On that day, Chao Gai, Pang Wanchun, Xiao Rang and others were inspecting the construction site to see everyone work.

At this time, Qiongying came with a group of women, and was here to bring shoes to everyone.

Most men do heavy work and go to construction sites. Most women make shoes at home, but it costs a lot of shoes on construction sites.

Pang Wanchun couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Xiao Rang came over to Chao Gai and said, "Brother, brother Wanchun seems to be interested in Qiongying."

Pang Wanchun is quite old and has not yet gotten married for so many years. When he was in Dongping Prefecture, Chao Gai introduced a few, but none of them succeeded.

"Okay, go and help me introduce it. Wanchun can't speak for such things."

"Okay, I'll try it for the first time as a Yue Lao Lao. It's better for Mr. Gongsun to come here."

However, Gongsun Sheng had more important things. He coordinated along the way, and thousands of refugees were divided into dozens of teams to drive to Cangzhou.

These days, the government is afraid of refugees. If there is no individual coordination, these people may be stopped by the government halfway.

Xiao Rang sorted out his clothes and came over to say hello to Qiongying.

"Miss Qiong, are you still adapting these days?"

"Thank you, Military Advisor Xiao, for your concern and adaptation. I used to dance with swords and guns all day, but now I'm doing handicraft work in my spare time, which is quite good."

"Ahem, that Miss Qiong, I wonder if you're engaged?"

Qiongying's face turned red suddenly.

"No, not yet engaged."

"That's right. The young man next to me is called Pang Wanchun. He looks pretty decent, look."

Qiongying was moved, but women should be reserved.

"That's it." Qiongying hesitated a little. She was alone and had no parents, but her children in the world didn't have so many concerns.

"It's better to do this. You worship my righteous brother. In the future, that boy will bully you and I will deal with him."

Xiao Rang amused Qiongying with just one sentence.

Qiongying immediately said, "My little sister pays homage to brother."

"Sister, please come on, so I suggest to my brother that you can train a team of female soldiers and then train with Pang Wanchun. If it is suitable for you, you will make up the matter. If it is not suitable, then you will find another one."

Xiao Rang came over to tell Chao Gai about the matter, and Chao Gai nodded: "It's okay, just do it like that. Arrange Qiongying to train a female soldier, not too many, two hundred people, and are mainly responsible for battlefield rescue."

Qiongying's martial arts are beyond words, and she may be comparable to Hu Sanniang.
Chapter completed!