Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 121, manpower problem

"Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were shining brightly, and when he looked at Liu Jin, he was full of admiration. It was incredible that such a young man had such a deep understanding of balance and system.

I have been the emperor for many years, and I have already played the game of power fluently, but I have never been able to form a systematic understanding. Now, when I listen to it, I see the light of the cloud, and suddenly I have an epiphany.

"Don't dare, dare not, I'm just picking up people's teeth."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, this is the truth, his knowledge will be rotten in later generations, and he can brag with you for three days and three nights if he pulls anyone out, if Liu Jin is really asked to sum up some things, Liu Jin's eyes must have been darkened too.

"Mr. Liu is humble. I knew that he was knowledgeable and talented back then in Wangyue Tower. Only after I came to Xishan today did I know that you have the talents of the world. Take this small briquette as an example. It not only solves the problem of heating and using fire for ordinary people in the capital Not only that, but it also allows tens of thousands of refugees to have a job to survive this difficult winter, and even earns real money by relying on this briquette, which is really admirable."

Du Mingen on the side pointed to the extremely busy Xishan and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhu are really too. It's a pity that they don't call me because they have such a way to make money. I missed the golden mountain and the silver mountain!"

"Mr. Du has won the award, it has won the award~"

Liu Jin replied modestly again, then thought for a while and said: "Let's sit down and have a cup of tea and chat slowly. You must be here today for the fleet to go to the Golden Island."

"Well, this Golden Continent is thousands of miles away from our Ming Dynasty, and the sea is rough with strong winds and waves. Naturally, we need to discuss the matter of the fleet."

Du Mingen nodded and said.

Soon, under the leadership of Liu Jin, everyone came to the courtyard where Liu Jin lived, and sat down around a round table in the middle of the courtyard. Soon someone brought good tea, and chatted again while drinking tea stand up.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhu and I have been preparing for the fleet to the Golden Continent. Mr. Zhu has great powers, and he has already obtained ten large ships in a few months. The ship is currently berthed at the port of Tianjin."

"My side has already prepared the relevant materials and so on, but in terms of manpower, I am really ashamed, because it is too dangerous to go to the Golden Continent. Only less than 100 experienced sailors were recruited."

When Du Mingen came, he had already communicated with Emperor Hongzhi to understand the situation of their respective preparations. Now it can be said that everything is ready and only owes Dongfeng. The ship and supplies are also available, but it is necessary to send people.

Originally, having money is definitely easy to do things. As long as the money is spread, there must be a lot of people willing to sacrifice their lives, but Du Mingen remembered what Liu Jin told him. Going to the Golden Isle requires not only willingness to sacrifice, but also experience sailors, so you can't recruit people indiscriminately.

Although he, Du Mingen, was rich, it was very, very difficult to recruit qualified sailors and make the other party willing to travel thousands of miles to the Golden Isle.

"This is a problem. If you are an ordinary person, you can recruit tens of thousands of people casually, but it is not so easy to recruit qualified sailors."

"What's more, the journey to the Golden Continent this time is extremely dangerous. There may be no return, and no one wants to go."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded after hearing this. According to the original agreement, he was in charge of the ship, and Du Mingen was in charge of the materials and manpower, so he didn't take care of it. Now that I think about it, it seems that he is really sincere. It is difficult to recruit qualified personnel.

"I will solve the manpower problem. There are too many people on the Xishan side, and I am worried that there is no place to deal with it."

Liu Jin said hastily upon hearing this.

"This... Mr. Liu, you have said that the people who go to the Golden Continent must be carefully selected. Although the people here on the West Mountain are very good at digging coal, but with all due respect, are they as good as what you said, Mr. Liu?" There seems to be a long way to go to pick and choose.”

Du Mingen said in doubt when he heard it.

"Of course I know this. Going to the Golden Continent requires not only courage, but also professional skills and abilities. You may not know it. Here in Xishan, they work during the day and have night classes at night. It is up to me and Three of my students and others give lectures to them."

"So among the thousands of people who worked here in Xishan last year, each of them could recognize hundreds of characters and calculate some slightly more complicated numbers. I even taught some simple knowledge of geography and astronomy, and more importantly, It was I who told them about the prosperity and richness of the world outside of Ming Dynasty, and many of them were very eager to have the opportunity to go to the world outside of Ming Dynasty."

"In terms of aspects, they are definitely very qualified candidates, with strong will and a certain amount of knowledge. Of course, many of these people have no experience with sailing, so they need to be pulled to Tianjin for special targeted training. I believe that it won’t take long to become a qualified sailor.”

Liu Jin nodded solemnly, and then explained his thoughts and opinions in detail.

"I see. If these people can read and write, and also know some knowledge of astronomy and geography, with a little training, they can indeed become suitable sailors."

After Du Mingen listened, he thought for a while and nodded in agreement. Although the 100 sailors he recruited were familiar with the affairs of the ship, all of them were illiterate. To be honest, they were not the right number of people, they just knew how to operate. Ships, if there is no knowledge reserve, still won't work.

"Young Master Liu is thorough in everything he does. He actually teaches these refugees how to read and write. It's really admirable."

Liu Jian couldn't help but pay tribute to Liu Jin. In this era, any knowledge is not easily passed on to others. Reading requires a lot of money. Only by paying a lot of money can the master teach you how to read and write. It is necessary to work hard for one's own master for many years for free to gain some knowledge and experience.

Now Liu Jin here has taken the initiative to teach people literacy and hyphenation for free, and pass on knowledge, which is really admirable.

"It's nothing, it's just that when I was managing Xishan Coal Industry, I discovered a lot of problems. People who have no knowledge and can't read and write can only do some simple physical work, and I need them to do some useful work. Difficulty, technical work, it is difficult for them to do well.”

"So I want to teach them how to read and write, and impart some simple knowledge to them, so that it will be easier to use."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head. If he wants to engage in industrialized production in this era, the employees under him must know some characters and have a certain amount of knowledge.

"So that's how it is. I said that people here in Xishan always give people a different feeling. You actually use people who can read and write."

Du Mingen suddenly realized something, and suddenly seemed to understand something.

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(End of this chapter)