It's late, but fortunately, I didn't forget to see that Yutou is so diligent and doesn't rest on Labor Day, so it's not too much to ask for a ticket Even Li Mu could not understand the peasants' feelings for the land.
The peasants of the Qing Empire were also divided into many kinds, those who owned land were called yeoman farmers, those who owned more land were called landlords, and those who did not have land were tenant farmers.
A child like Lao Yan is not even qualified to own land.
The Qing Empire was an agrarian country, and agriculture was a traditional idea, and agriculture had a high status within the Qing Empire, and the social status of peasants was even higher than that of workers and merchants, at least nominally.
This makes owning a piece of their own land a dream of many people in the Qing Empire, similar to the old Yan family, if the master is kind to let them out of slavery, give them one or two acres of land to let them become homesteaders, this is a great kindness to Lao Yan, almost to the extent of "Entong reconstruction".
So now you can understand the feelings of Lao Yan's family for Li Mu, and it may be too much to describe it as "Entong reconstruction", but as long as Li Mu doesn't experiment with Chu Xue, and uses a stick on Chu Xue's head to see if he can open the trick, Lao Yan's family will absolutely obey Li Mu's orders.
Although she was a little sad, Yan's mother still resolutely implemented Li Mu's decision, except for the half acre of land closest to the house, Yan's mother was ready to plant all the remaining wasteland that had been reclaimed with fruit trees.
That's right, Li Mu is very busy now, and he doesn't have time to waste on these trivial matters, after determining the location of the factory, before going to Pittsburgh, Li Mu went to find Zhang Leye to see if Zhang Leye's recent work has progressed.
The people of these years are indeed simple, and the idea of gratitude is the mainstream thought, and there are not many personal selfishness.
When Li Mu left, he left fifty dollars for Zhang Leye to use to improve his family's life, and contacted other Chinese working in the Springfield Arsenal to see if he could bring those Chinese to Li Mu's factory.
Zhang Leye did not use the money to improve the family life, except for the necessary expenses, Zhang Leye spent all the money on running contact, just ten days, Zhang Leye contacted more than 60 Chinese working in the Springfield Arsenal, these Chinese without exception said that when Li Mu's factory started, they would take the initiative to resign from their jobs in the Springfield Arsenal and go to Li Mu's factory to serve Li Mu.
Zhang Leye still worked hard, and the people he was looking for covered various types of work, such as turning, milling, grinding, boring, casting, forging, heat treatment, etc., as long as he pulled people over, the factory would be able to open immediately.
"Very good, continue to work hard, the current factory land has been approved, will start construction soon, willing to go to work in the new factory, each family will be allocated a house and an acre of land, if you work in the factory for more than ten years, the house and land will be donated to individuals free of charge, our factory is in the upper reaches of the Connecticut River, when the factory is mostly our Qing people, not to mention anything else, follow me Li Mugan, at least to ensure that our Qing people are not bullied by foreigners" Li Mu expressed satisfaction with Zhang Leye's work, and the strength of the promise is also great.
"It's great to have a house and land, don't worry, Brother Mu, I will go to Cheng Ye tomorrow, and I must pull Cheng Ye over."
Zhang Leye's eyes were a little straight when he heard the house and the ground, and his eyes were amazingly bright after coming back to his senses.
As long as you are Chinese, you can't resist the temptation of the land, and everyone wants a hot kang head for your wife and children.
"What's going on with Cheng Ye" Li Mu doesn't know who this "Cheng Ye" is, and it seems that Zhang Leye also has difficulties in his work.
"Cheng Ye is the oldest Qing man in the Springfield Arsenal, and he has entered the Springfield Arsenal twenty years ago, if we don't have Cheng Ye to lead the way, it is impossible for us to enter the Springfield Arsenal to work, Brother Mu, after you said about the factory, the first thing I went to find was Cheng Ye, but Cheng Ye never spit" Zhang Leye's expression was a little worried, and he was very self-blaming.
"Don't worry, take your time, sincerity is the golden stone, since Cheng Ye is Chinese, then as long as we make some achievements, we are not afraid that we can't be impressed, even if we can't be impressed, it doesn't matter, without Zhang Butcher, we don't eat hairy pigs, and everyone on the earth will turn the same way."
Li Mu is not worried, mainly to relieve pressure on Zhang Leye.
Listening to Zhang Leye's meaning, this "Cheng Ye" has a high status among the Chinese in the Springfield Arsenal, and he is a little bit arrogant about Li Mu's invitation.
This is normal, after all, Li Mu has not made any achievements now, and it is normal to distrust Li Mu, and since Li Mu's name appeared in the newspaper, Li Mu's name has been associated with murder and violence, which is not in line with the "golden mean" of traditional Chinese people, and there will definitely be some people who don't like Li Mu, which is also normal.
However, Li Mu is not worried about this kind of thing, strictly speaking, Li Mu is not superstitious about all the authorities of this era, even the ultimate boss like Carnegie has now become Li Mu's partner, and an old qualified worker is really not qualified to let Li Mu take it to heart.
Li Mu wants to build an arsenal, relying not only on the products in his head, but more importantly, on the grasp of the future weapon development trend, as well as more advanced management concepts, of which the latter two are Li Mu's biggest reliance.
Although Li Mu in the 21st century has not participated in business management, but Li Mu studied business in college, and must have dabbled in business administration, although the major is not right after work, but Li Mu does not understand the profound things, the foundation is still no problem, not to mention anything else, a simple assembly line, you can maximize work efficiency, really want to fight efficiency, Li Mu's factory can completely explode Springfield Arsenal, so no matter who it is, it doesn't matter if you don't look down on Li Mu now, one day, Li Muneng raised his eyebrows and said proudly: Yesterday you ignored my love, and today I will make you unclimbable.
"Don't focus on old workers, pay more attention to those who want to find a job but don't have the opportunity yet, we need to train our own skilled workers, this is the long-term strategy."
Li Mu thinks a lot, it's good to have ready-made, but it doesn't matter if you don't have it.
There are 150,000 Chinese in the United States, most of whom are engaged in low-tech "coolie" jobs, Li Mu believes that a large number of these people must be unwilling to accept the status quo, Li Mu does not require them to have good skills, as long as they trust Li Mu, Li Mu can provide them with a job opportunity.
Compared with the existing skilled workers, Li Mu is more willing to give opportunities to those who are willing to improve, at least those people are not lacking in enthusiasm for work, and will also be more loyal to Li Mu and have a greater sense of belonging to the new factory, which is more important than technical proficiency.
"Brother Mu, it's great if you think so, if you don't ask for technology, we can pull up three or five hundred people at any time, even if you want more, it doesn't matter, Springfield people are not enough, we can go to San Francisco, there are so many Chinese over there, you can have as many as you want" Li Mu's words opened a new window for Zhang Leye, and Zhang Leye was immediately enthusiastic.
It's right to have enthusiasm, no matter what kind of work you do, you have to have enthusiasm
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