Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

Excavation of iron ore requires a large number of workers.

The source of workers does not mean that they are available.

To recruit workers, a lot of money needs to be spent.

After all, you can't let soldiers dig mines.

Originally, Cao Cao had some mining teams, but the number was too small.

Less than a hundred people dig the mines, which is far from enough for use.

Therefore, the first thing Bai Feng had to do was to summon the miners.

Of course, with Boss Cao's current financial resources, there is no way to summon a large number of soldiers.

However, this did not trouble Bai Feng.

If there is no one, use free labor.

For example, there were surrendered soldiers who were imprisoned during the previous battle, as well as prisoners held in prisons in various states and counties.

As long as these people are provided with three meals a day, they will work harder than anyone else.

Of course, these people alone are definitely not enough.

Bai Feng found some victims around Xuchang.

Most of these victims have fled from various disaster-stricken areas.

They are the same, as long as they are provided with three meals a day, they will work willingly.

Of course, there are also some old, weak, women and children among the victims. Such people have no way of working.

Bai Feng first recruited laborers among the victims, and then announced that as long as they came to participate, their families would have three meals a day included.

If so, the victims would be even more excited.

This kind of thing that kills two birds with one stone naturally requires more efforts.

And now Cao Wei, the most indispensable thing is food.

There is plenty of food.

After all, before potatoes, corn and other crops were planted, Bai Feng found another treasure land and planted a lot of rice.

The growth cycle of these rice is very fast and can mature in less than a month.

Now they are mature.

However, their yields are much lower than those of corn.

The yield of corn and other crops is about 20,000 jins per mu, while the maximum yield of rice is only 10,000 jins.

But even this is completely enough, and there is still no problem in supplying these miners.

After all, for them, some of them are very good to eat. As for the taste, they don't think about it at all.

And Bai Feng will definitely not be harsh, he will let them eat as much as they can, and after eating, rest for half an hour and then continue to work.

Only in this way can work and rest be balanced, so that these miners have the strength to continue working.

Before they entered the mine, Bai Feng specially gave everyone a dust mask.

This mask is very important.

If you don't wear a mask when mining in a mine, you will easily develop serious diseases such as pneumoconiosis.

Although white maple can eliminate these diseases very well.

But it is too troublesome to treat each one one by one. Where does Bai Feng get so much time?

What's more, after contracting the disease, a person's physical functions will decline rapidly, which will only affect the efficiency of the miners.

Therefore, masks are still a necessary expense.

And it doesn’t cost much to make a mask.

Under Bai Feng's single-handed operation, a large mining system was quickly formed.

All miners are grateful to Bai Feng.

For these criminals, except for those on death row, most of them can make meritorious deeds through mining.

If the crime is meritorious, the sentence will be reduced.

But death row prisoners are different. Death row prisoners themselves are guilty of unpardonable crimes. Unless they commit strange mistakes, Bai Feng will draw special exceptions.

After all, some ancient regulations were extremely harsh, and some inexplicable things could lead to the death penalty.

However, such examples are still relatively few.

Of course, if someone commits murder or commits other unforgivable crimes, then such people will just eat and get money honestly.

For the victims, although there is no financial source for doing this, they still have food to eat!

Moreover, one person can really work and the whole family will not be hungry!

Of course, there were also some people who did not have young adults at home, so Bai Feng also distributed food as appropriate.

After all, most of these people are young adults in their families who have joined the army.

The few remaining lonely old people can be ignored.

Bai Feng ordered to go down and secretly give them food to ensure that these victims can settle down smoothly.

In this case, mining only requires hiring some cooks and sending out some supervisory soldiers.

As for the overseers of these miners, and those who chiefly manage them.

Bai Feng chose Man Chong.

It is true that Man Chong is a cruel official, but he is also strict with those who make mistakes.

This is just right for supervisors.

Especially since most of these supervisors are criminals and surrendered soldiers, they need to be strictly guarded.

No one is more qualified for this job than Man Chong.

Soon, once the miner system came into being, there was no shortage of steel for steelmaking.

As long as there is a constant supply of steel, these craftsmen will be very efficient in steelmaking and manufacturing.

These miners worked hard because of such kindness.

And this mining doesn’t stop all day long until you die of exhaustion.

Bai Feng specializes in a three-shift system.

You only need to dig for eight hours a day, and you can rest the rest of the time.

And after only working for eight hours, you can have three meals a day, which is undoubtedly a great deal for these miners.

You know, it's not like they haven't been pulled out to work before.

But I have to work for six hours or more every day, and sometimes I have to work all day long except for sleeping time.

In this case, people will get tired very easily.

After implementing the eight-hour three-shift system, although the efficiency is lower than working all day, it is more stable.

Moreover, I have to say that Dawei has too many mineral resources.

Compared to modern times, there are simply more than a hundred times more.

This is still a mine that has been discovered.

There are countless undiscovered mines.

After all, during the Three Kingdoms period, the demand for iron was far from as high as it is in modern times.

At most, they are used to make armor, as well as some ordinary iron products.

How much do these cost?

You know, after the advent of the industrial age, the consumption of iron has doubled.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the source of iron ore.

What Bai Feng needs to follow up now is the research and development of fire guns.

The blueprint of the fire gun that Bai Feng took out first was an older bird gun.

This kind of gun can only fire one bullet, so it needs to be loaded, which is very slow.

Even if it is created, Bai Feng will definitely not let it go into battle.

There is only one function of making bird guns, which is to improve the level of craftsmen.

Moreover, it also allows them to practice their skills and get familiar with how to make fire guns.

If you can't even understand how to make a gun, then you don't have to think about what happens next.

Compared with the bird gun, the fire gun that appeared later has a very complicated structure and is extremely difficult to manufacture.

If you have no experience in making firecrackers, even if you have blueprints, you will only be blind.

However, once you become proficient in making bird blunderbuss, you can develop the fire blunderbuss you really need.

Three-eyed gun! Flintlock gun!