Chapter 128: Recruiting Soldiers and Buying Horses

Si Mei was there, with a lively personality. She not only lay down beside Yang Lin, but also hugged his arm tightly, her face beaming with happiness."Your husband is a good man."To meet my husband is..."No!"

"No!"

"No!"

As soon as Yang Lin finished speaking, everyone unanimously shook their heads.

"Master, you're the pillar of our team. You can't go on a risky mission!"

"Yeah, that's war. Who knows what could happen I heard they make us civilians go first on the battlefield, just to use us up as targets for their arrows."

"Yeah, in that situation, it wouldn't even matter if they were all your own people. If you didn't charge forward, the rear-guard troops would just kill everyone!"

Everyone quickly urged Yang Lin.

Seeing everyone's anxious expressions, Yang Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry everyone, this is just one of my ideas. I just wanted to bring it up so we can brainstorm together."

He naturally knew that the situation on the battlefield changed in an instant, and once he went to the front line, he would be out of his control, life or death was only a matter of a moment!

but also an opportunity!

As the saying goes, wealth and nobility are sought amidst peril. Since the world is about to descend into chaos, for him to simply try to survive and remain inconspicuous will be difficult. Therefore, it's better to take the initiative, strike first, and accumulate his strength in advance!

gao da zhuang said: "Master, if you ask me, I would definitely disagree! It's too risky!"

"Yeah, Lin!" Du Jing said, "Let's think of other ways."

Wang Gui hurriedly nodded: "Master, the lives of my brother and Gu Ying were given to you by you. So if someone really has to go to the battlefield, I, Old Wang, will take your place!"

Everyone agreed.

Yang Lin looked, couldn't help but smile wryly, and also understood everyone's good intentions.

They just don't understand what they are supposed to do.

"Well, there's no rush. Let's all think about it for a few more days and see if we can come up with any other solutions."

He didn't expect to come up with a good solution today either.

But the most important thing now is still to wait for Ziyi to return and know the situation in the south before making a judgment.

Just by knowing how things are going on the battlefield, you can roughly judge whether conscripting civilians is just about transporting food and supplies, or being sent to the front lines as cannon fodder.

But no matter what, our village must be prepared for the arrival of the rebels!

Everyone nodded in agreement this time.

"Uncle Dazhuang, come to my house tomorrow. Give me another one thousand taels of silver, and have your construction team recruit two hundred... no, three hundred men!"

"Huh" the tall and strong man was taken aback, "Master, why so many people"

The construction team is already the largest, and they need to recruit another 300 people Is there that much work to do

Yang Lin said: “Since we are preparing in advance, construction is the most important. Recruiting 300 people is only temporary. I'm worried that too many people will cause chaos in management. After these 300 people are all stabilized, we need to recruit more!”

Seeing Gao Da Zhuang's shocked expression, Yang Lin continued, "Uncle Gao Da Zhuang, don't worry. These people will all be useful."

"First, expand the brick kilns to ten! That way, we can produce at least 50,000 bricks every day!"

tall and strong, he was speechless.

"And the cement kilns have also been expanded to ten, and more manpower has been sent to the quarry!"

"At that time, we will build a wall along the foothills of the back mountain and the east mountain, protecting our village."

Everyone was stunned into silence.

Repair the city walls

The county town doesn't have city walls, so why would their village want to build one

No one doubted Yang Lin's decision because anything Yang Lin set out to do, he always accomplished!

Thinking of the city wall protecting them outside the village, everyone's heart was filled with excitement. Their mountain village would become the only walled village in all of Great Yan! They wouldn't have to worry about bandits raiding the village anymore.

After being stunned, Gao Dazhuang pondered for a moment before nodding.

“Well, in that case, three hundred people isn't many.”

Even with Yang Lin's request and adding another 300 people, it might still not be enough.

"But, with so many people, where are we going to recruit them Our village doesn't have any free hands left!" Gao Dajun frowned and asked.

Yang Lin smiled and said, "Our village can't recruit people, so we'll recruit from other villages. Five cents a day, I believe it won't be difficult to recruit."

Gāo Dázhuang's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "No need for five copper coins, four... no, three will do!"

The rest of the people also nodded in agreement.

Earning eighty to ninety cents a month is the normal wage.

Like Ruzhishan Village, starting at two hundred wen is abnormal.

Yang Lin waved his hand and said, "Our village is only one word richer than outsiders. The world's wages are too low and it's time to raise them. Since no one takes the lead in raising wages, I'll take the lead!"

At the end of the day, the cost of labor is still ultimately too low!

Yang Lin also knows that wanting to push for a global raise in wages single-handedly is impossible, at least in the short term.

But a thousand-mile journey begins with a single step, whatever you do, just start doing it.

Just like printing paper money would be incredibly difficult, but once successful, the benefits to himself and the development of this era would be immeasurable!

Yang Lin had already made up his mind, and no one tried to persuade him anymore.

"Uncle Wang, will you come to my house tomorrow I'll give you one thousand two taels of silver, and your transport procurement team will also recruit another three hundred people!"

Wang Gui was dumbfounded: "Boss, what's the transport team hiring for"

Now the transport team has dozens of people. Whether it's purchasing food and supplies from the county town, transporting coal back from Old Black Mountain, or transporting saltpeter back from Black Wind Mountain, there are enough manpower.

He really couldn't think of where else three hundred people would be needed.

Of course, it's for delivering food!

"Once the outside world descends into chaos, food prices will inevitably soar, and we've just recruited so many new people here that we need to have enough supplies."

"Especially this time, with the demand for 10,000 stones of grain across the entire Jiang He County, taking away so much grain will inevitably result in starvation. Therefore, at the very least, we need to make up for this shortage of grain."

"When you recruit people tomorrow, immediately dispatch someone to other regions. First, purchase ten thousand stone of grain and then we'll discuss further."

Remember, grain is the most important thing. This must be done quickly and without fail! Ten thousand bushels is just the minimum. If the price is right, buy back twenty thousand or even thirty thousand bushels!

Besides, the expansion of brick kilns and cement kilns will require more manpower. More personnel also need to be deployed on the coal transportation line.

Wang Gui was shocked by Yang Lin's plan.

20,000 to 30,000 stone of grain

That was beyond his comprehension. He couldn't imagine it, but he realized the importance of this matter.

"Yes! I'll take care of this!" Wang Gui patted his chest, assuringly.

"Kong Liang, the security team here also needs to expand recruitment."

Yang Lin looked at Kong Liang again.

Kong Liang hurriedly swallowed, and asked in surprise: "Recruit another 300 people"

Yang Lin smiled and said, "Of course not. The guard team is different from other places. Although more people are better, the most important thing is quality! So it's not good to expand too much at once."

"Now there are only over 20 people left in the village, so let's recruit another 30. Prioritize recruiting people from other workshops who are originally from our village."

Just then, Xiao Jiu suddenly ran in.

"Brother, Ziyi is back! Sister called you back." villagers who didn't work at Yanglin, felt both envy and regret.I regret not taking the job at Yanglin. I envy those who are working for him, as they will be able to earn an extra thirty wen each mon...