Under the call and order of a certain prince, hundreds of thousands of military minions in the capital and surrounding areas were like ants, moving many strategic materials including coal, wood, lime, grain, livestock and poultry into the city one after another.
It has now accumulated over 100,000 tons of coal, 42,000 pieces of wood with a diameter of more than one foot, 3.31 million shi of grain, more than 11,000 livestock, and more than 175,000 poultry.
The new city has now settled 300,000 people, and the middle city has settled 320,000 people. Together with the 1.09 million people in the old city, the total number is 1.71 million people.
On average, each person can get nearly two stones of grain, one stone weighs one hundred and eighty catties, and each person can get half a catty of grain per day. If you save two stones, you can feed yourself for two years.
Fortunately, there are still many people who are unwilling to take refuge in the capital, otherwise the food consumption will be faster. The people who move into the city are mainly military households, which makes it easier for the officials to manage and resettle them.
A certain prince asked the Ministry of Industry to dispatch some manpower while repairing the city wall, and began to build temporary houses in the middle city and the new city to accommodate the people who moved into the city.
Due to time constraints, each family, regardless of its size, can only be allocated two rooms, and men and women are temporarily living in separate rooms.
This arrangement is not convenient for living, but it is very convenient for the bricklayers to build houses. With the kitchen in the middle, only three rooms are needed.
Under the guidance of a certain prince, the bricklayers also realized streamlined work in building houses.
After the Ministry of Works crews finished measuring, the crew just had to dig the foundation, and when they were done, the masons could lay the bricks.
These people are responsible for building walls, and adding roofs is the responsibility of the last group. After implementing this process, the speed of building houses has been greatly accelerated.
The house has brick walls and an A-shaped wooden roof, with a layer of cement on top and an iron sheet to prevent water seepage from rain. You can't expect warmth, but it is definitely better than not having a house.
The fire pit can only be built later. The weather in the capital is not too cold now. It is the time when tigers are rampant in autumn, so there is no need to rush to light a fire to keep warm.
It seemed relatively simple, but in the eyes of the people who moved into the city, the prince was really a wise king who treated the people well, and they all kowtowed in the direction of the palace to express their gratitude.
Most of the houses they lived in before were made of adobe and mud. When you enter the house, it looks like dark sky if you don't light up the lights. The house is only one person high, which makes people feel very depressed.
Unexpectedly, I left my hometown and came to the capital to live in a brick house. Although the bricks were only four fingers thick and far inferior to the style of wealthy families, it was still much better than an adobe house.
These houses were financed by the prince, built by the Ministry of Industry, and lent to the people by the Ministry of Personnel. No fees were charged for the first six months.
After that, ordinary people can choose to renew their residence, which costs only one tael of silver per month, or they can directly buy the permanent use rights, which are converted according to large, medium and small sizes.
The buyout price of a small house is only fifty taels, but the land is still owned by the developer, namely the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs and a certain prince.
In this way, you can make money by relocating in the future...
The medium-sized house only costs 100 taels, and the large-sized house is worth 200 taels. They don't look expensive. As long as they are not tenants, basically many wealthy people in surrounding cities can afford temporary residences.
The only drawback is that the house is built very densely and is designed as a row of bungalows. The distance between the front house and the back house is very small, less than two feet, and there is almost no yard.
This price is not the price of a courtyard. Although the new city and the middle city are newly developed, they are the capital city after all. Compared with the land prices in the old city, they will definitely not be much cheaper.
If you are really rich, you can buy a luxury house in the old city. The starting price is five hundred taels, and even tens of thousands of taels can't afford it. However, the wealthy people in the surrounding area are reluctant to spend this money, and few of them are worth as much as the nobles and wealthy businessmen.
Due to the simple design and streamlined construction, the construction work was carried out very quickly. The first phase of the project was completed and delivered in less than half a month.
Ten thousand houses will be delivered to the people, capable of housing at least 100,000 people. When all eight phases are completed, all the 620,000 people who have moved into the city and those who will follow will be able to move in.
We could have built better houses, but now we have limited manpower and time constraints, so we can only keep everything simple. Besides, most of the people who moved in were poor and were short of money, so they could only afford such cheap houses.
There are at least 100,000 young people among these people, and many of them only know how to farm and work hard. Because they are illiterate and have no connections, it is difficult for them to find work in the city.
A certain prince had already thought of this. As long as he was of suitable age, he could be recruited into the army, join the reserve team, and be incorporated into various teams to be responsible for patrolling the city.
The salary is one or two and a half silver dollars a month, plus thirty kilograms of rice, which is converted into a basic salary.
If the two sides start a war, they can receive 500 yuan per day. Once they die in the battle, the pension will be the same as that of the soldier.
After the autumn harvest, as long as one man in the family goes to work, the women can take care of the elderly and children at home.
It costs nothing to live in a house, and you can still earn money and rice. Once the problem of food and housing is solved, the rest is just trivial matters.
Even though many people lived in villages not far from the capital, except for those who came to the capital to find work, most of them came to the capital for the first time in their lives.
There are many people, soldiers, and houses here, and people shouting and neighing everywhere. It is very lively, but you must abide by the rules, otherwise you will be reprimanded or even whipped.
The most unbearable thing is that you can't relieve yourself anywhere. You have to relieve yourself either in a place where officials can't see it, or in your own home or in a public toilet. Otherwise, men will be beaten and women will be scolded.
Later, everyone knew that this was an order issued by the Crown Prince himself, and everyone must abide by it, otherwise hundreds of thousands of people would relieve themselves anywhere, what a spectacle it would be...
According to the planning map of the Central City and the New City issued by the Ministry of Industry, the cesspools have already arranged for people to build all the public toilets in these two places. It is still the same as before, completely free of charge. They are just waiting to collect the inventory inside and make money.
However, since the Dog Tartars will soon attack the city, the inventory cannot be transported out, and farmers cannot fertilize, it will be difficult for them to make money.
But fortunately, you can "leave the city to sell domestically" and sell gold juice to the defenders. This can also be regarded as a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure!
The capital was no different than anywhere else, the Xiang industry was very developed, and the golden juice did not need to be boiled by the defenders. It was enough for the dung boss to order his dung men to complete the task.
To be precise, whether the capital is besieged or not will not affect the income of the dung men at all. This industry not only enjoys full tax exemption, but also guarantees income during droughts and floods, as long as you can endure it.
The reason why strict regulations were implemented was because a certain prince was worried that with hundreds of thousands of people living densely together, an epidemic would break out if management was lax.
When the time comes, there will be an army of pigtails outside the city, and the disease is rampant in the city. If you don't surrender, you will be dead. It will be hell on earth.
"All cattle will be moved to the grounds of the outer city to be raised. All existing livestock in the outer city, except for necessary war horses and pack horses, will be moved to the middle city and the new city."
"yes!"
Jin Yiwei is in charge of Chang Chao Elephant and a group of happy friends including tigers and leopards. Now Jin Yiwei has a new task.
No matter what kind of animal is being raised, Commander Wang Shide must act with caution, because this is an oracle. If something happens to the cow he raises, what will the prince do if he wants to eat beef ramen?
In order to feed the more than 2,000 cattle raised, the people had cut away all the weeds around the capital. Without beans to supplement nutrition, they would have to eat a feast of "salt and pepper locusts" like war horses.
Emperor Tianqi likes to do carpentry, and the prince likes to raise cattle. Is this a special hobby inherited from another generation? ? ?
However, raising cattle will make people think of beef ramen. The mellow taste is really addictive.
Considering this aspect, it is not surprising that the prince raises cattle.
Although the ramen shop has launched a new type of pork bone ramen, many diners feel that the beef ramen still tastes better.
Since the cheapest ramen sells for only 20 copper coins, it is a price acceptable to the majority of people.
Since the advent of beef ramen, it has become the most respected delicacy among the people in the city.
Not only ordinary people, but also senior officials and wealthy businessmen are all loyal customers of the ramen shop.
Beef ramen was created by the prince, and this can be regarded as a disguised means to please the prince.
Rich people always order the meat-added version, and it would not be satisfying without pain.
And no matter what, you have to eat it three or four times a week.
Nowadays, cold braised noodles are popular, but when the weather gets colder, soup noodles will dominate the world.
In the early winter when the mouth is full of smoke, it is definitely a pleasure to eat a steaming bowl of beef ramen.
You have to queue up at ramen restaurants now, and when the weather gets colder, you will have to queue up even more to eat.
Although other ramen shops also offer beef ramen, the taste of Taizi's shop is more authentic.
Because the beef ramen uses a royal secret recipe, which comes from the fairy world, only the chefs of the Shangshan Supervisor know that if it is revealed to outsiders, their heads will be lost.
Under the extremely strict confidentiality measures, it is very difficult to imitate, and other peers can only make sixty-seven points of the original taste.
"Specialized personnel must be arranged to raise and care for the cows. Once any cow develops symptoms, it must be reported to the Army Hospital immediately, and a veterinarian will be sent there for diagnosis and treatment!"
"yes!"
Cows are a symbol of wealth in this time and space. People who own more than 2,000 cows are definitely pure rich people without adulteration. This is the origin of "cow people"!
Although the ownership did not belong to a certain prince, and he was only temporarily supporting others, even if a cow was priced at two hundred taels of silver, a certain prince could still afford it.
Besides, where would beef ramen come from without cows?
You can still be perfunctory with outsiders, but you can't deceive yourself and others, right?
Tonkotsu ramen and beef ramen are two completely different flavors!
In the world, the only thing that can compete with beef ramen is seafood ramen.
The prerequisite is that there must be seafood. If the pigtails cannot be repulsed when it is time to freeze, the seafood sent by Zheng Laofi will not be eaten.
Without seafood, where would seafood ramen come from?
Let’s just eat the beef ramen in front of us!
Fortunately, we collected the food in time, otherwise we would hardly be able to eat any noodles...
No seafood!
No beef!
No face!
Perfect!
"By the way, cow dung must be cleaned up in time to prevent it from causing disease. Cow dung can be used as firewood after drying!"
"yes!"
After hearing the prince's careful instructions, Wang Shide thought that in the eyes of the prince, these cows were more precious than the defending soldiers.
"If it hadn't been for Donglu's plunder at Kengguan years ago, there would have been a lot of cattle around Jifu. What a pity!"
"Your Highness, please rest assured. I will deploy capable personnel to ensure that nothing goes wrong!"
Since the prince paid so much attention to it, Wang Shide did not dare to neglect it. I was afraid that once they lost a cow, the prince would kill a Jin Yiwei.
Cows are more important than people!
Definitely!
No need to question!
No quibbles or refutations will be accepted!
It costs a lot of money to feed these cattle, but the prince is not short of money, so there is nothing wrong with spending his own money to raise cattle.
As long as the beef ramen is served to the dignitaries, the mouths of the courtiers will be blocked.
Officials below the third rank are not even qualified to go to the palace, so they have to try their luck if they want to get one.
Thinking of this, Wang Shide couldn't help but think of the elephants of Chang Chao that were raised by his men.
These elephants eat better than humans. If they don't have fruit, they will get angry and refuse to work.
In summer, you need to bathe frequently. If you don't bathe them, the elephants will get angry again.
It seems that Jinyiwei is not raising a group of elephants, but a group of uncles...
To this end, a certain prince deliberately planted many plants that could produce fruits in the open space in Ouchi.
In addition to serving the aunts in the back house to enjoy, it is also serving meals to the naive elephants.
No matter how hard you suffer, you cannot suffer the elephant. This is the fine virtue of our Ming Dynasty, and it must be continued!
Tigers can eat grass when they are hungry, but elephants are definitely treated better than tigers!
"By the way, the sick cows must be centralized and supervised. Without my order, they must not be slaughtered easily, otherwise they will be severely punished!"
"yes!"
Among those sick cows were pox cows, which were treasures that could not be exchanged for a lot of money. Millions of people in the capital relied on this thing to fight against the smallpox virus.
It is not yet possible to explain the mystery to Wang Shide. There are many people talking about it, and the news is getting wider and wider. For now, it is enough that only Wu Youxing knows about it.
This is called "having acne so that you are not afraid of braids"!
In the "smallpox tactics", the value of the pox cow is above all else.
I told you that you can't even catch a cow. Even if you know the secret formula, you still don't have a cow to use.
A certain prince had previously ordered that people could keep horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, pigs and other livestock, but not cattle.
Anyone who disobeys the order and forcibly keeps the cattle will be taken to the capital prison.
A certain prince would not let his men do anything to these people. They would just come in and eat in prison for half a year.
They will not charge them money for prison meals. Whenever the Donglu retreat, they will be released.
If there are special circumstances, such as if there is no one to take care of the children at home, they may be released early as appropriate.
If you eat ten pounds of beef after one meal, you will eat one beef ramen a day.
Three hundred pounds of lean meat from a cow can be eaten for almost a month.
According to this calculation, raising twelve cows is enough for food.
If there are close ministers who want to eat, the supply will probably be doubled.
If others don't tell me, if my father-in-law-to-be insists on taking advantage of him, a certain prince will not be able to stop him.
Xue Guoguan's home was confiscated, and even his daughter was confiscated and moved to the rear residence. It was reasonable for her to come and have a meal.
Although my father-in-law has three meals a day, a certain prince can still afford this money.
Since this guy is quite obedient, I can enjoy the preferential treatment of eating ramen and meat!
The price of ramen outside is only 20 fen, but when you add meat, the price goes up so much that you can't even buy it for 100 fen.
Now that all the cattle in the city are under centralized management by a certain prince, the price of beef ramen is expected to rise.
This has nothing to do with a certain prince. If you want to blame him, just blame Huang Taiji!
You have to reason with Huang Taiji in a way that he can understand.
Fight if you can!
If you can't fight, run away!
Kneel down if you can't run!
