New Ming Empire mixed in America

In the next few days, Li Mingqi spent all his time writing a series of works such as "Declaration of Loyalty to the King", "His Majesty's Struggle", "I Take an Oath" and so on.

After completing it, he first gave it to Liu Erhe and asked him to start spreading it among Jinyiwei.

Joyce's disappearance caused a commotion on the construction site, but under the vigorous propaganda of the "white-skinned public intellectuals", the workers quickly accepted the reality.

Although Joyce was replaced by a young man, after learning that this young man undertook the construction of the entire weapons company factory.

Soon, the workers' attitude towards Ian changed from distrust to awe.

During this period, several mysterious disappearances occurred on the construction site, and more than a dozen company executives who had previously participated in the planning of the factory disappeared one after another, which frightened some people.

Because the missing person was not a low-level worker, the discussion on the missing case was limited to a small area.

But the next topic that they could discuss intensely soon came up.

"Everyone, please be quiet first and listen carefully to every word I am going to say next, because it may very well be related to your future lives!"

A foreman held up a tin trumpet and stood on a pile of construction materials, loudly reading the recruitment information from Dongfang Li to the surrounding workers.

"The first thing is about the adjustment of work. During this period, everyone has seen that the construction of the No. 1 factory has been completed, so Dongfang Li needs some stable factory employees."

"Those who don't want to work temporary jobs anymore must listen carefully to what I'm saying next! Okay, I'm going to start reading."

"Xinming Royal Arms Company is recruiting: families with children under the age of thirteen are given priority!"

"Families with children under the age of thirteen who want to work in a weapons company can sign up directly. Families with children over the age of thirteen but under the age of sixteen can also join after selection."

"Listen clearly, this is not because Dongfang Li wants to use child labor. It's because he wants to give these poor children a way to live!"

"Next is the welfare benefits. In addition to a 10% salary increase for all employees who join the weapons company, each person will be given two sets of work clothes for free, and the food and accommodation will also be upgraded to a higher level."

"Don't argue yet. The next one is the most important. Please listen carefully."

"All employees who join a weapons company, their children can go to school for free to study and become literate. The most important thing is that the school takes care of their meals!"

After the foreman read the recruitment information, the workers below seemed to be in a dream. They were stunned by this news that could be said to change their fate.

However, the quiet state only lasted for more than ten seconds. The next moment, countless workers with children at home went crazy.

In families of this period, the problem of feeding children is not a trivial matter. What's more, children from relatives and friends can be adopted in name and sent to schools to learn knowledge.

The most important thing is that there is no need to let these children enter the factory for the sake of feeding them.

Therefore, in terms of taking advantage of the public, it is a virtue all over the world.

"I want to sign up, Mr. Chris, I want to sign up!"

"My child is exactly thirteen years old. Haha, he is exactly thirteen years old. Please add my name."

"Sir, I have three children at home, all under the age of thirteen. Can you please fill in my name?"

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The chaotic scene made the foreman who had just called out sweat. The swaying building materials that were being squeezed gave him no chance to jump down and escape.

So he could only raise the tin trumpet and shout loudly:

"Don't be anxious, there is always a chance. Now everyone line up and make room for me so I can start registration!"

The expectation for a better life gave these workers an explosion of boundless motivation. Someone brought a table over on the spot so that the foreman could have a place to register.

In just one day, the number of people who signed up exceeded a thousand households. See clearly, it’s not a thousand people, it’s a thousand households!

And the number of people signing up is still increasing, which makes Liu Youcai, who is calculating the costs, clutching his heart and trembling with distress.

"Long live Lord, isn't this too extravagant? Our Xinming people are not all literate yet, how can we let these barbarians take advantage of us?"

Li Mingqi had already anticipated Liu Youcai's question, so he looked at Liu Youcai and asked, "Have you ever heard of a missionary school?"

Seeing Liu Youcai's thoughtful look, Li Mingqi continued: "These workers' children go to this kind of school, but we are responsible for educating them...it is not the church but us who educate them!"

"I want to test a new teaching method on these people. If it succeeds, we will have a foreign legion."

There is another thing that Li Mingqi did not say, that is, this experimental teaching method will have a famous name in later generations, called Wave!

Along with the start of the No. 1 factory, construction of a fully enclosed school also began.

The first thing to be completed was the archway outside the main entrance of the school, which was a wooden oriental-style building that the workers had never seen before.

After passing this building, there is a huge stone wall.

The stone wall is carved with exquisite patterns, and a giant red and white umbrella logo is carved in the middle.

Below this sign is a line of English: ‘’

There is also a line of oriental characters engraved below this string of English words: 'The great His Majesty Li Mingqi is your last barrier!'

Although there are various explanations, the workers still habitually call this place the Umbrella Academy!

This school will be responsible for the study and life of the workers' children, so the workers worked particularly hard when building this school.

The construction speed is close to that of the dock area, and the quality of the project does not require anyone to supervise it. They will implement the highest standards themselves.

The most important thing is that Li Mingqi's behavior has made his status in the hearts of these workers infinitely higher, and some people have begun to call him the Holy Son from the East in private.

Since the opening of Factory No. 1, weapons of the Imperial Defense Force have been successively distributed to the hands of soldiers.

Because he was very satisfied with the assembly speed of the factory, Li Mingqi planned to name Factory No. 1 himself.

After thinking for a long time, Li Mingqi finally decided on the name Foxconn, which is full of humanistic care.

May all European workers who work fourteen hours a day be able to bathe in the care of His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven here.

Foxconn's main job now is to produce reusable metal bullets and produce triangular bayonets specially installed on Xinming Type 60 rifles.

Such a small amount of work obviously cannot satisfy the workers, because Foxconn now implements piece-rate wages.

Therefore, the workers' enthusiasm for work was very high, and the working hours spontaneously increased from fourteen hours to sixteen hours.

Li Mingqi was moved by these workers and immediately allocated a batch of high-power electric lights to install in the factory.

He also delivered an important speech: "We must not let workers have no light while working overtime!"

His kind deeds can be called "God said, Let there be light..." in the Bible.

Now Foxconn has no shortage of workers, but some technical talents are very scarce.

Take chemists, for example. Because of Joyce's death, the recruitment of chemists came to nothing.

Therefore, the current Foxconn weapons factory only has production capabilities but does not have its own R&D capabilities.

However, this is exactly what Li Mingqi wants, and troublesome matters such as scientific research should be left to the Royal Research Institute of the Xinming Empire.

However, the workers' enthusiasm for production could not be let down, so Li Mingqi kindly approved the factory's plan to start stockpiling bullets on a large scale.

Now the factory director of Foxconn is Lao Li, who previously developed the unicyclist-operated multi-barreled machine gun, and the heads of each workshop are young researchers from the Royal Academy.

These people will practice here for a period of time, and then when the Royal Academy built together with the Umbrella School is completed, they will become the first batch of Royal Academy students.

The principals of these two schools are none other than Li Mingqi and Li Dashanren, who are called the Holy Son of the East by the workers, Timely Rain-Li by the Yin people tribe, and His Majesty the Emperor by the people of the empire!