Faced with Zhao Ling'er's questioning, Duan Wenjun was clearly confident.
He looked at Zhao Yingguang, then at Zhao Ling'er, and then said slowly, "I just said, whether it is the spare labor in our Duanjiabao or those people stranded in our Duanjiabao, we must make full use of it. stand up."
"There are one or two hundred people, more or less. In addition, we have people from Duanjiabao. With the scale of our current workshop, it is not easy to arrange them." Duan Wenjun took it from his arms. Published a simple map of Duanjiapu that he drew by hand a few days ago. "So, I am thinking that there is a large open space between our Duanjiaji and Duanjiapu. I want to use this time to develop it." .”
"That open space is very dry, and it's harder to grow things than here on the south slope. And there are all kinds of stones, large and small, under the ground." Gu Hongfu showed a troubled expression. "Even if it is reclaimed, I'm afraid it won't be of much significance. .”
"If we can't grow anything, we can build a house." Duan Wenjun nodded.
Zhao Yingguang said, "It is definitely feasible to build a house. The land is just like the one under Duanjiabao. The foundation is very solid."
"In that case, it's easy to handle." Duan Wenjun nodded, looked at Zhao Yingguang, and changed the subject, "Grandpa Zhao, except for the manpower needed by other workshops, I want to hand over the rest to you. hands."
"Building a house there?" Zhao Yingguang looked a little excited.
"There are already a lot of houses in Duanjiabao now, why do we still need to build so many houses?" Gu Hongfu didn't understand and interrupted their conversation directly.
"That's right, we don't need to build houses for the time being!" Duan Wenjun smiled and nodded, "But we can build roads! Everyone is going to build roads. Those who are willing to go will still get the same salary of 30 cents per day as Nanpo. "
"Building roads?" Zhao Yingguang was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes! I need a road starting from Duanjiaji, passing through the open space, and then building a road in front of the city gate of our Duanjia Fort. Moreover, the city gate is not the end point. We will build the road into Qifeng Cliff later. Moreover, the road must be at least as wide as two carriages running side by side."
"Qifengya?" As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
The people here are all old people from Duanjiabao.
Everyone knows about Qifengya.
Qifeng Cliff inside Mount Laoshan was the mine where Duan Daxiong mined before.
At that time, the mine was closed directly after not operating for long.
Duan Daxiong also lost a lot of money.
It can be said to be the biggest loss-making transaction in his life.
Duan Wenjun actually wanted to build a road to Qifengya. His purpose was obvious. He must have wanted to continue mining.
"Young master, my master spent a lot of money on Qifengya back then, but all of it was wasted in the end." Gu Hongfu reminded kindly, "Are we..."
"Uncle Gu, I know what you are worried about." Duan Wenjun smiled, "My father has talked to me about that mining area. We are not in a hurry to make a decision on whether it can be mined. What I said is just a plan. After all, , if this road is built to Qifeng Cliff, it will definitely take a long time, we can plan slowly."
"Young master, this road construction is a costly matter." Zhao Yingguang also showed an embarrassed look. "Even if it is repaired from the Duanjiaji to the Duanjiapu, the width of two carriages parallel to each other, the labor cost alone is probably tens of thousands." Two pieces of silver."
"Isn't it just tens of thousands of taels of silver? It's okay." Duan Wenjun smiled. "Anyway, this money is also earned by us Duanjiabao people."
"Young master, I hope you will consider this matter carefully." Gu Hongfu also spoke again, "Although our southern slope reconstruction plan cost nearly seventeen thousand taels of silver, it at least solved the irrigation problem of these fields in the south. But this Building roads..."
"Uncle Gu, I understand what you mean." Duan Wenjun's smile became even brighter. "You are worried that you will not see any results after spending all the money on road construction, right?"
Li San's face was very solemn, and he seemed a little puzzled. "Young master, the distance from Duanjiaji to Duanjiapu is actually not very far. The current trail is basically enough, why bother to go to a lot of trouble?"
"If you want to get rich, build roads first." Duan Wenjun smiled.
Come to think of it, these people don't understand this.
"The dirt road back from Duanjiaji seems to be enough for the time being." Duan Wenjun stared at Li San, his expression became very solemn, "But Master Li, have you ever thought about it, if the output of the winery increases later?" There are dozens or hundreds of jars of wine to be delivered every day. Can this road be used? I heard that a few days ago, because the dirt road was muddy, the ox cart transporting wine bumped and broke several jars of wine. knife."
It’s just that Duan Wenjun didn’t say it out loud. According to his plan, the market town of Duanjiaji will be separated by then, and then the Duanjia’s workshops and the open space in the middle will be connected and planned to form a large-scale industrial park. , there will be more goods to be produced from here.
This road naturally becomes more important.
By then, not only the internal roads in Duanjiabao will be built, but also the roads going out will be built until they are connected to the official roads.
Of course, it is still too early to tell these people about these things now.
Li San's brows were furrowed.
What Duan Wenjun said is a problem.
The output is not high now. Three jars of Shao Knife were broken in the past few days, which made him feel very distressed.
However, he felt that it was not worthwhile to build a road just for the sake of those altars of burning knives.
Li San moved his lips a few times, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end he didn't say anything more.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Duan Wenjun looked at Zhao Yingguang again, "Grandpa Zhao, road construction is a very important matter for our Duanjiabao at present, and it is related to the future development plan of our Duanjiabao. So I leave it to you, sir. I feel relieved. But this matter is very hard. I hope you don't have to do everything yourself like Nanpo. Pick a few reliable young people from the fort to run errands for you. Just keep an eye on it for me! You must take care of yourself. , I still have many things to rely on you for!"
Zhao Yingguang suddenly burst into tears of gratitude.
He didn't expect that Shaodongjia would not only not marginalize him, but would instead leave such an important matter to him, saying that he would feel at ease only if it was left to him.
Moreover, the young master is so concerned about his body that he is afraid that he will be tired.
Thinking about what I had been thinking before, it seemed that I had really misunderstood the young master's family and judged a gentleman with a villain's heart.
Tears began to well up in his eyes.
"Ling'er, your matter is the most important." Duan Wenjun's eyes finally fell on the anxious Zhao Ling'er.
"Young Master, if anything happens, just ask me." Zhao Ling'er's cheeks were slightly red and she looked a little excited.
Just a moment ago, she was worried that Duan Wenjun would not work for their grandson, but in the blink of an eye, Duan Wenjun handed Zhao Yingguang such an important matter.
Moreover, he also made it clear that Zhao Yingguang would have to keep an eye on him before he would feel at ease.
She began to look forward to it, wondering what tasks Duan Wenjun would give her?
Duan Wenjun looked at her with a smile and said, "Ling'er, I may need to use various petals later, so I want to leave the flower picking to you."
"Picking flowers?" Zhao Ling'er was stunned when he heard this.
"Yes! I know that the peach blossoms, yellow gardenias, jasmine and so on near our Duanjiabao, many flowers have begun to bloom." Duan Wenjun stood up, "I want you to take the women of our Duanjiabao with you. Children, help me collect more flowers."
"What are you collecting flowers for?" Zhao Ling'er was even more surprised.
Duan Wenjun lowered his head and came to her with a smile on his face, "Collecting these flowers will naturally be of great use. After the meeting is over, you can stay alone and I will teach you how to do it."
The people next to him also looked at each other, wondering what new thing Duan Wenjun was up to.
