Phi-Fic Chapter 183 The Consequences of Severe Shortage of Staff
Chapter 183 The Consequences of Severe Shortage of Staff
The acquisition of salt wells and salt mines went smoothly.
Some smart people used their connections to ask the government why they were paying compensation to buy the mines. The answers they got were very realistic: first, it was to help them alleviate their immediate needs, and second, it might be useful ten years later.
There is only one thing that is clear: it is impossible to get rich by selling salt.
Ten years is too long a time, and few people can make it to that time. Moreover, even if they can make it to that time, they cannot become rich.
So why waste time?
The salt used to melt snow does not need to be processed as much as table salt, as long as it does not harm the health of pedestrians.
After a week of heavy snow, county governments began to use a mixture of salt and mud to melt the snow, first ensuring the smooth flow of official roads, and then considering the way for people to enter the city.
Everyone is confused and heartbroken. Salt was very expensive a year ago, but now people are mixing it with mud to pave roads?
But when he turned around and looked at the carts of salt behind him, he fell silent again.
Oh, who can finish eating it if the road is not paved?
Besides, harmless good salt is not expensive nowadays, who would want to eat this inferior salt that has been hoarded by wealthy families for a long time?
Female village.
Li Yin handed over several newly sorted sets of test papers to Mr. Yu and others.
"Master, is this... really okay?" Mr. Yu and others were terrified. Would this be considered cheating?
"What's wrong with that?" Li Yin said as a matter of course: "I didn't give you the test questions."
“There is some truth to that.”
Master Yu was a little confused. Why did he read so many books?
Just look at the questions and memorize the answers. After memorizing them many times, won’t you be able to apply them to other situations?
There are only a few major directions in all those policy projects. They just use a universal template and hey, it comes out!
After taking the stack of test papers, Master Yu walked away staggeringly.
During this period of practicing exercises, a group of poor students began to doubt their lives.
The world isn't worth living like this, I guess.
The military factory was built in Mount Li, and the area previously used to be a royal hunting garden.
Some time ago, Li Yin asked Li Shimin for a factory site, which had to be a place that was well concealed and close to the capital.
The other party thought about it for a long time, and finally gave up the forest garden in Mount Li with great reluctance.
"Brother, if you hadn't given us a good location, the construction of this military factory would have been delayed!"
Li Shimin smiled with a sad heart: "As long as my sister thinks it's appropriate, that's fine."
The group walked together towards Mount Li.
All those who built the military factory this time were our own people, either the craftsmen who were going to live here or the tenants on the village.
The houses are not very high, each building has three floors, with two households on each floor.
"It's a pity that if we want to mass produce military equipment, these people will definitely not be enough."
There are nearly a hundred craftsmen, and together with their immediate family members, the total population is only about five or six hundred. Excluding children and elderly people who cannot work, there are only about two hundred people left who can work.
"But one third of the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works have already arrived." Li Shimin sighed, "There is an urgent shortage of craftsmen everywhere now, and I really can't find any more people."
"You don't have to be a craftsman," Li Yin said. "As long as you are a trustworthy person who is willing to live here, it's not difficult to learn."
Upon hearing this, Li Shimin's brain started working frantically.
People you trust don’t have to go out… Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He had a ready-made person in his palace!
If all the flowers and plants in the palace were planted with onions, garlic and leeks, there would be no need for special people to trim and care for them!
Wouldn't this save manpower?
The new glass greenhouse on the farm can be used to grow vegetables in winter. He pulled out the flowers and plants in the back garden to build the greenhouse, so that the palace can be self-sufficient in food and there is no need for people to buy them.
And the three-dimensional economy in the village...
The palace is so big and there is a lake, why do you have to keep ornamental pets?
Wouldn’t it be better to change to chicken, duck, fish and goose?
Not only is it edible, but it also saves shopping manpower.
"Sister, can anyone be accepted?" Eunuchs were a very special group, so Li Shimin had to ask clearly.
"Of course." Li Yin nodded: "As long as the secrets are not leaked."
After hearing this, Li Shimin's worries were relieved by a third.
Who said that cloth is the only thing that the palace can be self-sufficient in?
Vegetables, meat and eggs are also fine!
Thinking of this, Li Shimin's eyes became brighter and brighter. He patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sister. I have a lot of people under my command."
There is a lot of waste in the palace on clothing, food, and entertainment; these can be saved.
Besides, the concubines would only wear the same clothes a few times and then stop wearing them. Making new clothes is time-consuming and laborious. If all the labor was wasted on this, it would be such a waste!
The clothes that my step-sister wore from the beginning of the year to the end of the year were not as good as those of some palace maids, but the way she made money was unmatched by any palace maid.
Thinking about it this way, Li Shimin became more and more aware of the serious waste of labor in the palace.
It’s not that slaves do less work, but that they do less work that is beneficial to development.
Hearing this, Li Yin couldn't help showing a smile: "Then I'll leave this matter to my brother to solve."
Examples of people doing work in the palace have existed since ancient times, but those situations occurred when the war was tense or the country was in turmoil.
But in such a prosperous period as the early Tang Dynasty, there was a situation where everyone in the palace was working.
Labor is a challenge for even the most heroic men.
It's really... the three great white things!
According to a rough calculation, the palace should be able to save 500 laborers, which would solve the urgent problem.
When Li Yin and others walked towards Mount Li, the yamen runners in the city had already used raw salt to melt the snow on the road.
The ditch construction has been half started and will be completed in the next two days. After the pipes are laid, the cement road surface can be built.
Some migrant workers saw this and felt sorry for the salt. They couldn't help but ask, "These are all salt, how can you waste them like this?"
The yamen runner glanced at the other man and said, "Sir, this salt is low-quality raw salt. If you want it, we will sell it to you for five cents a pound."
"If you buy ten kilograms, you can ask the female farmer to help purify it into refined salt. The purification fee is about two hundred coins."
“……”The man was speechless.
How much can these ten kilograms of salt be after purification? There is also a purification fee of about 200 wen!
It’s better to go directly to Liuweizhai and buy the best refined salt.
The laying of pipelines and ditches was really fast. In just half a month, cement roads were built throughout Chang'an City.
Curious people always like to stop and watch. One energetic dog didn't know what was going on and stepped on a series of plum blossom prints on the road. In the end, his owner chased him across three blocks with a broom.
There were also naughty kids who deliberately pressed handprints, and if they were discovered, they would have to eat a meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots.
The road paving masters are busy repairing the road piece by piece all day long, and they also have to send people to guard it day and night. It's so hard work.
He didn't have to worry about paving cement roads in the city, but building large ships was a huge headache for Duan Lun.
The structure of the ship was extremely complicated. He had disassembled and reassembled it several times in the past few days, but still didn't know where to start.
"Hey……"
Duan Lun sat alone in the study, sighing repeatedly.
He raised his middle finger and pushed the glasses that Master Li had just given him, then looked up to the sky and wailed, "Your Majesty, I am ashamed of your trust!"