On the third day of March in the twenty-eighth year of Zhenyuan, Prince Xiao Yi did not need anyone else to call him. He opened his eyes slightly with the morning light, his face glowing red. Naturally, there was another big battle last night.
Naturally, anyone who can be chosen as a show girl is not bad, but he is no longer a lustful person.
Therefore, the beautiful ladies were first allowed to become ladies in the East Palace, so that he could get familiar with them first.
This time, there were no names that overlapped deeply in my memory.
So I didn't make a formal decision from the beginning. I just talked about the relationship first and confirmed my first impression.
to be honest.
When he is in this position, he really does whatever he wants.
No.
The culprits who destroyed the concrete road were caught.
Some prisoners of war were also put back.
The people in the three Protectorate's Mansion also clapped their hands and applauded, and they also hated those who destroyed the cement road.
How wonderful life is now!
In the past, that was the life of cows and horses.
We are great people.
I never want to go back to the past.
Xiao Yi was in a good mood, so she really wanted someone to talk to on her bed at night.
This flop.
Just ordered two people directly.
Well, who makes him so talented?
Today's infrastructure construction in Daqian is in full swing, building roads, building the Great Wall, building rivers, building cement factories, building steam engine factories, building breeding farms, building shoe factories, clothing factories, etc.
There are now more and more maritime merchants in Daqian, and the people in the mainland have also made money through work-for-relief.
The circulation of this large amount of money, along with the circulation of people, far exceeded that of the previous dynasties and even the first prosperous era of Zhenyuan.
After all, people are now much more relaxed about traveling, and people circulate more frequently.
Before steam locomotives became common, there were a lot of horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts, because the horses from the northern grasslands slowly circulated to the customs and were used in production or as a means of travel.
There are not many horses left on the grassland. This is also a normal trade. If there is demand, there will naturally be trade. It is not enforced, but it is also deliberately guided by the government.
We can't leave too many horses for those people on the grassland.
This is the most important equipment of the cavalry.
First of all, the main direction of Daqian this year is the continuation of last year's work, which is to build roads, build the Great Wall, manage the two rivers, build water conservancy projects, dig the last section of the canal, expand the wharf, expand the shipyard, develop fourth-generation steam engines, develop motors, and develop machine tools , research and development….
All kinds of research and development projects need to be carried out. This means spending some money, constantly conducting experiments, changing experimental procedures, step by step, until stable results appear.
Secondly, there is the reform of the small-scale peasant economy, and the national policy of providing relief for work has actually caused another phenomenon.
That is, all major projects are short of people, so the labor costs have been increased.
If we don’t improve, we won’t be able to recruit people!
But after the improvement, the people found that they worked hard in farming instead of working part-time to earn more money quickly and abundantly.
What if you can only endure hardship, or not work?
I can still take care of the food and save my wages.
That’s a lot in one year.
As a result, there are many migrant workers, but the fields are deserted.
Then there must be another reform.
That is the joint production contracting system.
In other words, you can find some big tenants, rent these fields to them, and then open up the land in tracts.
We also need to develop some agricultural tools to facilitate farmers to improve their farming efficiency, and find ways to let the Yi people learn to farm.
Grazing is left directly to those who specialize in grazing, and the past methods must be changed and breeding farms directly established.
The grass is cut manually and fed directly.
This year's spring plowing has begun. If effective plowing cannot be guaranteed, the autumn harvest at the end of the year may be less than last year's harvest.
After all, most farmers have chosen to go to the construction site and are reluctant to go home to farm.
What to do?
Naturally, we need to slow down the construction site and release a large number of migrant workers back so that they can participate in spring plowing.
"Sanbao, go and summon the ministers from the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, Yushitai, and Jinyiwei. I have something to discuss with them."
Eunuch Sanbao lowered his head and said, "Here."
Just a moment.
The ministers have all arrived.
Xiao Yi expressed his worries and the problems that Daqian might face.
The ministers were actually aware of this.
Especially from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, according to statistics, the number of migrant workers in the 27th year of Zhenyuan was twenty times that of the 26th year of the Zhenyuan Period.
With the popularity of steam engines, as well as fire pits and stoves for cooking, the demand for charcoal is also increasing year by year, which means more miners are needed.
Some prisoners of war actually returned within less than a month after being released, because they had a serious status and could work as miners in the mines, receive wages, and take care of other colleagues.
Xiao Yi naturally agreed.
After all, they already have serious status, they are big cadres, they want to engage in production in the mines, and they want to make money.
How could the court stop it?
"You should also write a report based on this issue."
"Food is the most important thing for the people."
"We can't give up farming just to make money."
"If food production is reduced, people will definitely be hungry again."
"Let everyone pay attention to farming and mulberry farming, which is the foundation of the stability of the country."
"However, Daqian cannot just stop doing it just because there are fewer people engaged in mulberry farming or because big projects have affected farming."
"You can take a proper vacation."
"For example, February and March are the time for spring plowing. The construction site can slow down the work and give them a holiday."
"Just say that there is not enough material and we need to wait for the materials, or just say directly that spring plowing is coming and everyone should go back to spring plowing first."
"When the autumn harvest comes, we will take a holiday and let the people go back to participate in the autumn harvest."
This was naturally agreed by the ministers.
After all, according to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the problem can indeed be seen.
We cannot wait until the problem is very serious before we try to solve it.
By then, it was too late.
In fact, Daqian's steps this time are still a bit big.
Because the land is now vast and rich in resources, even the expansion of the official road has built bridges and shortened the distance.
But for a large number of migrant workers, it takes more than half a month to go back and forth.
Walking one to twenty miles a day, just walking back and forth, can consume more than half of a person's energy.
Not to mention the time wasted, it was also a bit tiring.
Many people actually don’t want to go back.
I am also thinking about finding other construction sites and continuing to work and make money.
This is the convenience and benefits brought by developed transportation.
But in today's Daqian, horse-drawn carriages are still the means of transportation for the rich, but the speed of ox-carts is relatively slow. After working hard, taking an ox-cart back home along the way, isn't it a great man's enjoyment of life?
Who wants to spend money?
Therefore, it is okay to take holidays during spring plowing and autumn harvest, but it is not possible without convenient and affordable transportation.
Those who are closer must have gone back, and those who are too far away are not willing to rush.
to this end.
Naturally, the imperial court wanted to mobilize transportation to facilitate the return of these migrant workers to their hometowns.
This way.
The title "Returning Home Team" appeared in the Di newspaper.
During the autumn harvest, on the official roads in Daqian, the mighty returning homecoming teams are even more spectacular than the caravans.
At this time, an extended version of the carriage was born.
A carriage with four horses can seat ten people.
After all, the road is easy.
Empty the car directly uphill.
The descent was too steep, so I had to hold someone behind me to balance myself.
On the flat road.
That speed is so fast.
There are more and more such means of transportation.
After all, steam locomotives had not yet been mass-produced, and were only produced in small quantities, directly becoming a toy for the rich.
As for the train, it will take ten years or even decades.
After all, the industrial level involved in trains is already very high. Machine tools must be needed to grind and polish them!
Otherwise, how can we ensure the accuracy and precision of parts and components?
There are more and more extended carriages, and they have become the main means of transportation in Daqian.
This can be regarded as a product of the development of the times and an iconic means of transportation.
It is also much more convenient for people to travel.
It was early April in the twenty-eighth year of Zhenyuan.
The first cement road in Daqian was successfully laid.
It is a main road from the capital to Suzhou, passing through several states, making it much faster and faster to get from the capital to Suzhou and to the southeast.
It's just that the current technology is not that advanced yet, and it is not possible to build bridges on several large rivers.
Otherwise, it would be more convenient.
But, now Daqian can be said to be developing rapidly.
In almost five years, it has grown to such an extent that ordinary people can save money and have money in their pockets.
No one expected this.
This is called material life being comprehensively improved.
This stimulated the people's material needs to increase, and they could no longer completely return to the previous life of men farming and women weaving. However, some people have been studying hard for ten years.
Because studying is no longer the only career that honors one's ancestors. If you study hard for ten years, you might as well go out and have a try.
The son from the same village and from the family next door just went to a private school, learned how to calculate accounts, and then went out.
Now the family has bought a large house in the county town!
