Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Su Xia's letter asked Xiong Hui, Zhu Gui and others to recruit a large number of refugees from Qingzhou and Dengzhou.

The so-called refugees are farmers who are homeless and have no land to farm due to natural disasters such as drought and floods. Su Xia believes that these people without a house or a ridge of land will be one of the roots of his creation. .

Young laborers without any assets are what Su Xia needs!

This is Su Xia's idea in building Salmon Island. If Salmon Island wants to develop and grow, the first thing it needs is people.

It’s not just various professional and technical talents like Lu Zhishen, Li Gaosheng, Xiao Yiyi, Sun Sihe, Zhao Wenhui and so on.

It also requires a wider range of people to participate.

Building houses on the island, building spinning mills, developing the military, manufacturing glass beads and other basic tasks in the future will all require people.

Moreover, Su Xia also wanted to develop agriculture on the island, so Han Xin's natural request for people was to order troops - the more, the better.

Originally, the huge Salmon Island had only nearly 1000 people.

But since the last time Su Xia took Xiong Hui and others to rob the "Birthday Guide", the number of people has increased sharply.

After a large number of young and strong refugees came in, there are now more than 5000 people on the island, mostly homeless young and middle-aged laborers.

At the beginning, Xiong Hui was a little troubled by these people, but the addition of thousands of laborers and the 800 troops on the island soon began to play a role in helping others.

New buildings are rising almost every day on the island, and even the roads are being paved at a much faster pace. It can even be described as changing with each passing day.

Of course, daily food, wages and infrastructure costs are also huge.

Su Xia's main recruitment target this time is women, which makes Xiong Hui a little confused. After all, the island now requires heavy physical labor, and women must be suffering from physical strength.

In this regard, the reason Su Xia gave later in the letter was that if Salmon Island wants to develop in the long term, a balanced ratio of men to women is necessary.

No matter, with Xiong Hui's mind, he can't figure out why Su Xia did this for the time being. Since adults think gender balance is good, then just listen to adults.

Xiong Hui can resolutely carry out Su Xia's orders, which is why Su Xia likes him.

For subordinates, there are roughly several types:

The first is those who are capable and loyal to themselves. This is the top grade!

The second one is those who are very capable but not so obedient, or those who have average qualifications but are loyal and obedient, but these two should be used interchangeably, they are middle-grade!

The third one is those who have poor ability but are loyal. This kind of person is not worthy of the big task but can be used.

The fourth type is also the worst. Not only are they poor in ability, but they are also disobedient. They are waste products and should be thrown away when necessary.

.......

In Bianliang, Tokyo, Su Xia and Tao Zongcai, who were new to this place, finally entered the city before the city gate closed. Somehow, Su Xia felt like she was running to death.

Along the way, the two of them worked hard without resting. They originally thought they would arrive in Bianjing in three or four days.

Unexpectedly, five days have passed since we drove from Yanggu County.

When the lightly dressed two people walked into the most prosperous city in the Song Dynasty with their luggage, Tao Zongcai's eyes wandered around. He looked at the various people on the street with some curiosity. I have never seen the world.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Tao Zongcai. This big guy has grown up in the countryside since he was a child. When he went to Qingzhou Prefecture, he thought it was paradise. Now when he came to the capital, under the emperor's feet, everything seemed strange.

"Sir, this is the Tokyo Bianliang you are talking about. It's so late at night, why are there so many people on the street! Oh my God!"

Su Xia laughed, and the two of them walked forward and came directly to a luxurious inn, just like a five-star hotel. As soon as Su Xia and Tao Zongcai entered the inn, the waiter immediately took their horses and luggage.

Su Xia was arranged for the whole journey and the service was very attentive. Of course, the price of accommodation was not cheap.

Su Xia and Tao Zongcai were the first ones.

(Head room: In ancient times, deluxe rooms were called "head rooms", which can be understood as presidential suites, while ordinary or inferior rooms were called "little rooms" or "shabby rooms"; similar to today's standard rooms, rooms with multiple people are called "head rooms". "Tongpu" is similar to today's youth hostel)

After Su Xia settled in the waiter, she took a rest first. Not long after, someone came to serve her and asked if she needed a bath, etc.?

Of course, Su Xia didn't need the waiter's personal bathing service. After calling for hot water, the waiter closed the curtain and stood outside.

Su Xia wiped it by herself. Although Su Xia had such a deep memory of her previous life, when she wiped her body, looking at her unscathed body, Su Xia couldn't help but recall the injuries she suffered while serving in the special forces.

Gunshot wound! Knife wound! Gone were the scrapes from shell fragments and traces of training wounds.

Su Xia closed her eyes tightly. After taking a shower and changing clothes, the waiter immediately started cleaning.

Feeling the coolness in the house, Su Xia asked the waiter in the store: "Speaking of the store, I wanted to ask when I first entered the house. At this time, in terms of solar terms, it is during the summer, and it should be unbearably hot. Why are you like this?" The temperature in the first room is very cool. "

"Sir, look over there!"

Following the direction pointed by the waiter, Su Xia actually saw a copper vessel with a hint of cold air, and couldn't help but wonder: "What is this thing?"

The waiter said with a smile: "Come back, sir, this is a copper ice mirror that is only found in the first room. There are ice cubes inside the ice mirror, which can remove heat and avoid summer heat!"

Su Xia hurriedly walked over and took a look, only to see that there were holes on the outside of the ice mirror, and a bit of cool air was blowing from the inside. After opening the bronze vessel, sure enough, there was indeed a foot cube of ice.

"Where did this ice come from?"

The waiter replied: "Winter ice is used in the summer. It is stored in the icehouse from March ice. Now it can be used immediately to cool down."

"I see!"

Su Xia secretly marveled and couldn't help but be shocked: Isn't this the modern version of air conditioning?

After listening to the waiter introducing the room to her, Su Xia looked at her guest room alone, feeling very satisfied. As she approached the window, Su Xia smelled some flowers. After opening the window, she discovered that there was a garden behind the window.

Everything in the house is so well arranged. The scent of sandalwood fills the nose from time to time in the air. After taking a closer look, there is a large soft wooden bed under me, with exquisite carvings.

Of course, this "money (room fee)" is also indispensable. The two first rooms where he and Tao Zongcai lived cost five guan of money each night, which is about more than two taels of silver.

Thinking of this, Su Xia couldn't help but clicked her tongue. If it were converted into RMB in silver, it would be 2000 yuan that night. When he thought of this, his mind couldn't help but drift into the memories of his previous life. At that time, he lived in a house. This is what a five-star hotel should be like at night.

Lying on the bed, he thought about the bed he was lying on now and the big bed room he had in a luxury hotel in the past. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of any difference between the two.

The only difference may be that there is no wifi, no mobile phone, and no TV.

Thinking of this, Su Xia couldn't help but burst into laughter.