Li Ke's concern for the welfare of the refugees made the refugees kneel on the spot and called His Highness the King of Shu for mercy.
Regarding the refugees, Li Ke did not hesitate. Instead, after giving them a meal, he first took them to the tents assigned to them. After the tents were assigned, he let them start working according to the arrangements of the soldiers!
These refugees are adults. If they are not allowed to work, they will become uneasy, so just let them work.
The entire Welfare Industrial Zone has 10,000 acres of land, and a lot of work is waiting for them. They need to level the land, conduct preliminary planning, dig sewers, etc., all of which need to be sorted out.
Li Ke didn't know much about planning, but he was capable in this area in ancient times. Chang'an, a city with a population of one million, was not like Rome and other cities in the West where shit was everywhere.
The whole Chang'an is very clean.
And these are all planned at the beginning of construction, so there are many jobs for these refugees, and they are not afraid that they will have no work to do.
Li Ke didn't come here, but he still took a look at the grand scene of the industrial zone from a distance on the high ground. As the number of refugees continued to join, some work gradually began to be done.
The tools have already been prepared, enough for them to work.
"Have all the preparations been done?" Li Ke asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, we have purchased another 5,000 acres of land near the industrial zone to resettle these refugees. The building materials for the houses are already being prepared, but I don't know when the cement you mentioned will be made." Tian Meng hesitated.
In the future, this place will be used to centrally resettle refugees, and it will definitely form a fixed settlement in the future. These refugees are also common people. If they have the choice, they will not run around, as long as there is enough work to support them.
So the place for them to live has been chosen. Tian Meng's original plan was for them to build their own houses in their spare time and live in tents temporarily.
Later, His Highness said that he had new materials and asked him to wait and let these refugees live in tents first. Since the weather was about to get hot, he could just make them before winter.
"Have you found the limestone mine?" Li Ke looked at him and asked.
"We have found it according to the mineral map that Your Highness took out. We are exploring and it is estimated that we can start mining soon." Tian Meng said immediately, but he was still a little doubtful about the cement mentioned by His Highness. Is it really that powerful? ?
"Don't worry, I won't lie to you. It's definitely better than mud." Li Ke smiled. He prepared local cement, which means limestone and clay are crushed and then calcined. After calcining, they are polished with iron ore. The final pieces are mixed together to form the local cement.
It's not as strong as standard cement, but it's definitely much stronger than mud. In ancient times, this thing was enough.
Homemade cement uses slag, but there is not so much slag, so it is possible to add iron ore directly, and the impact will not be big.
As long as these craftsmen conduct tests, they will quickly find suitable ways to improve the entire furnace. As for the output issue, if one furnace is not enough, then ten will be used, and if ten is not enough, then a hundred will be produced.
If one person is not enough, there will be a thousand or ten thousand.
In ancient times, the most indispensable thing was workers. If you were afraid that you didn't have enough work, you didn't have to worry about having no one to work.
The actual population of Datang far exceeded the registered population, so Li Ke was not worried at all.
"How long will it take for the printing factory to be completed?" Li Ke asked, looking at the busy construction site over there.
"According to the current manpower, it will take up to ten days!"
"Not bad! After the completion, the Datang Weekly will be ready. I will give you guidance on the first batch of content. After the first batch of content is typed out, we will wait for the follow-up plan." Li Ke smiled slightly.
"Yes." Tian Meng didn't understand this. What His Highness said was too profound for him to understand.
As for why he did this, he didn't understand even more. He just needed to know that he was a perfect executor.
"Those beggars, during these ten days, we will first take good care of their bodies. After confirming that they are fine, we will then make clothes according to their figures and let them serve as newsboys for Datang Daily."
"These beggars have experienced too complex a situation, and they know how to watch their actions better than many adults. If you let them stay here and just eat and study every day, they won't feel at ease, so give them some work to do."
"Aren't there more than fifty courtyards that have been recycled in the city? These courtyards have been sorted out and used as strongholds for these newsboys in various places in Chang'an City. When the time comes, the scholars from the Imperial Academy will be allowed to come over and be their wives! Just in time to prepare for the second stage." Li Ke said calmly.
"Yes!" Tian Meng agreed, keeping all of this in his heart.
"That's it!" Li Ke waved his hand, and he just dodged.
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His Highness the King of Shu's actions caused shock in the court, but everyone knew about it. Li Shimin had already expressed his anger to the ministers in the court about this matter. Naturally, everyone was fine with Li Keqian's matter. boast! Is not this nonsensical? Someone has taken over this mess, so of course I have to praise it.
Who wouldn’t praise you for taking care of these homeless people and beggars?
However, everyone did not expect that Li Ke would move so quickly. In less than half a month, he started taking action directly.
Not to mention starting to take action, it’s such a big move at once! All the refugees and beggars were cleared out in just a few days.
At the latest court meeting, Li Ke gave a detailed report to the magistrate of Chang'an County on the wages, treatment and treatment of these refugees, including the treatment of beggars!
After the Chang'an County Magistrate finished his report, Changsun Wuji stood up and said loudly: "My congratulations to Your Majesty."
"Oh?" Li Shimin glanced at Changsun Wuji in surprise. Is the sun rising from the west today?
"Your Majesty, His Majesty the King of Shu has been a dandy for so many years. Now, under His Majesty's guidance, he has finally done something good for the country and the people. I am here to congratulate His Majesty for finally solving two major troubles. Secondly, I am here to congratulate you. Your Majesty's teachings finally bore fruit." Changsun Wuji spoke loudly, for fear that others would not hear him.
Xiao YuyU couldn't help but rolled his eyes. Damn it, this old yinless man with no balls, as for arranging my uncle's grandson like this? ! The words sounded nice, but they smelled so damn weird!
Of course he knew what Changsun Wuji meant. Didn't he just think that Li Ke was doing such a great job and that the treatment given to these refugees and beggars was so good that it was unheard of, so he said this on purpose?
In this case, although the reputation was gained, the cost was huge. Although Li Ke was responsible for the money himself, when Li Ke couldn't afford it, wouldn't the imperial court come forward?
At that time, no matter how hard you praised me, you would fall hard!
Changsun Wuji ignored the gazes of others and sneered in his heart. At first glance, he looked like a child with a yellow mouth. He only knew how to talk and did not understand the sufferings of the world. With your method of dealing with refugees and beggars, I think you can persist. How many days? Must go bankrupt! My eldest grandson Wuji said it!
