The people at the bottom are the easiest to deal with, especially for these poor craftsmen./After a while, Zhengliang became familiar with these craftsmen.

There are eight craftsmen living here. Three of them are fire craftsmen, three are archers, one is fire craftsmen, and the other is swordsmen. Among the eight craftsmen, Zhang Qian's family is a archers, but they are about to be cut off from inheritance. The craftsmen are required to inherit their father's business and are not allowed to leave their father's business, so if they have a son, they must inherit their household registration. If they are daughters, they do not necessarily need to inherit. However, ordinary civilians will not marry the daughters of craftsmen, so the daughters of these craftsmen are generally married to the sons of other craftsmen. There are very few cases of marrying scholars like Zhang Qian. I don’t know how the parents of the two families met and decided on such a marriage. The other seven craftsmen all had sons, and they were destined to be the fate of the craftsmen. What’s even more miserable is that these families were implicated because of the case of stealing and selling weapons in the warehouse. At worst, they lost their main labor force in their families, leaving behind young people like Tien Niu who were not yet 20 years old. At the least, they were like the middle-aged Uncle Zhang, not only were they injured, but they were also deducted wages by the workshop on various excuses. It can be said that they were forced to a dead end.

Let’s take a look at the identities of these people. In fact, they are not craftsmen who master weapons production. Those who truly master these production techniques are rich craftsmen. But even so, they have to go to Kyoto to serve every year. As mentioned above, the Ming Dynasty had very strict management of weapons production, especially the production management of firearms. Firearms are generally produced in a centralized manner.

Since weapons were produced in a centralized manner, the craftsmen from all over the country would of course go to these places to serve. Once they left, the families of these craftsmen would be miserable. The wages that were originally deducted under various names were deducted again, and the wages that arrived at the craftsmen's house could not even support their families./ Soon, these craftsmen would send people to Beijing to serve. So everyone was frowning.

After learning such information, Zhengliang knew that his opportunity had come.

What is the most lacking in the territory now? What is the most lacking is talents, especially those who manufacture and maintain weapons. The territory's sphere of influence is still small and has not attracted the attention of some powerful people. Once it is noticed in the future, the Luo family's weapons are heavily dependent on imports, so it is easy to be controlled by others. Therefore, Zhengliang has always wanted to establish his own weapons manufacturing workshop.

But this is not easy. First of all, there is a lack of talent. Speaking of talent, there are indeed many people in Kyushu Hakata, but those people are either a big force or a powerful man himself. They can't be invited at all. They forcefully plundered, and they would rather be killed than help you with things. Even if they are willing to do things, they will still deal with things. This is indeed not a long-term solution.

Although these craftsmen are mainly responsible for one of the links in the production of weapons, and even only responsible for repairing damaged weapons, this is enough. After recruiting them, first of all, the maintenance of the weapons in the territory is guaranteed. Secondly, they can also be allowed to study them slowly, and combine the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty and the characteristics of the Ri weapons to develop weapons that are unique to the Luo family. Everything is not enough. As long as you have the foundation of self-reliance, it is enough.

Everyone's mood suddenly became depressed because they suddenly talked about the upcoming visit to Kyoto.

"Ahem," Zhengliang knew that it was time for him to launch a verbal offensive. "Everyone, can you listen to me?"

"Brother Luo, it's okay," said the middle-aged Uncle Zhang.

"Have you ever thought that there was a piece of land that belonged to you suddenly?" Zhengliang said.

After hearing Zhengliang's question, everyone sitting around looked up at Zhengliang.

"Although this land does not belong to you, as long as everyone abides by the law, even the owner of this land cannot be taken back at will," Zhengliang continued.

"What's the difference between this and the farm outside? It's not that you have to be someone else's slaves and the crops you have worked hard to plant. In the end, almost all of them were handed over to the landlord," someone said immediately.

"No, the land mentioned below only needs to pay tax once a year, and then no other tax will be collected. Moreover, there are various labor-for-work-for-relief labor organized by the landlords, and there are wages to get," Zhengliang shook his head and said.

"Even if we collect taxes once, wouldn't it be the same if we collect all our food in one go?" Someone said. Zhengliang's words have completely attracted the attention of these people.

"No, the first year may charge a little more, ten to eight, but ten to seven in the second year, and ten to six in the third year. If you have other skills, you can even get the treatment of ten to seven or even ten to Liu in advance." Zhengliang said the tax policy of the Luo family territory.

"Is there such a place in the world?" This time, Uncle Zhang spoke. After all, what Zhengliang said was really what Phil thought. In the Ming Dynasty, even ordinary farmers had to deal with all kinds of harsh taxes. Although the taxes Zhengliang said were relatively harsh in the first year, they had only one kind of tax, and the tax was reduced every year, and even the labor service that could be obtained. This is simply a paradise.

"Yes, there is indeed," Zhengliang nodded affirmatively.

"Even if such a place really exists in the world, what does it have to do with us? We have long forgotten the farming skills left by our ancestors," someone sighed.

"Haha, there is also a skilled person there, and the salary is generous, with an annual salary of at least fifteen s. At the same time, the family can also receive land farming and enjoy the treatment of ten or six." Zhengliang immediately threw out a bombshell.

The annual salary is fifteen s. Now these craftsmen receive their salary in a year and are less than five s. The difference is too big. If they add these salary and cultivate some land, they can live a "well-off" life. Everyone thought about it secretly, and their eyes turned green.

In fact, they made a mistake. The stones used in the Ming Dynasty were different from those used in Riben. The Ming Dynasty had more than 100 kilograms of stone, while the Riben was about 50 kilograms of stone. But according to the calculation, Zhengliang gave a good treatment. If these people were willing to accept the recruitment, the Luo family would indeed make a lot of money.

"Brother Luo, who are you?" Uncle Zhang, who had seen the world, heard something from Zhengliang's words and said to Zhengliang meaningfully.

Zhengliang smiled slightly when he heard this. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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