A group of people screamed and queued up, even if they were being basked in the sun, they didn't think it was a big deal.
They discovered that it was actually quite good to follow His Highness Prince You.
Li Zhao asked everyone to get the bamboo stick first. The bamboo stick has a number on it. From now on, this number will be the voucher. Then, take the numbered bamboo stick to the second place to sign in, and you can receive the money.
When Long Jia'an and other villagers actually received ten cents each, they couldn't help crying with joy.
Ten cents, this was their income for less than half a month in the past.
They feel that even ten cents is too hot to handle and eating two meals is a sin.
Only the most hard-working people will know how valuable this money is.
Li Zhao really gave too much.
"Hahaha...I have money, I have money..."
"Ten coins a day is three hundred coins a month. I have money to send back..."
"With ten cents, I can buy fabrics for my children to make new clothes."
After receiving the money, they went to receive food, which was given free of charge by Li Zhao.
One pound per person, but only once.
Li Zhong, who was lying on the hospital bed, almost sat up in anger after learning about Li Zhao's generosity.
"Your Majesty... we are not rich..." Li Zhong was about to cry, how could you be so wasteful?
Li Zhao held Li Zhong down and said, "Uncle Zhong, listen to my sophistry..."
"..." Li Zhong lay weakly on the bed.
He was really afraid that after he recovered from his injuries, Prince You's Mansion would be bankrupt.
"Uncle Zhong... do you think I gave you too much?" Li Zhao put away his smile and asked seriously.
"My lord...you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are as a family? Ordinary people's annual harvest is only a little more than the usual amount of money (1,000 wen)!"
Li Zhong began to calculate the accounts with great sadness: "You only gave me ten cents a day, three hundred cents a month, and 3,600 cents a year! This is almost four cents!"
"If there are 3,000 subsequent workers, do you know how much your daily expenses are? The wages alone are 30 guan, not counting other things. Where will you get so much money to pay?"
Li Zhao was not in a hurry when he heard Li Zhong settle accounts, and he didn't even interrupt.
Li Zhong thought about it and stopped talking, because he found that His Highness was not like this before.
Li Zhong stared with two lightbulb eyes and said: "Your Highness... you don't want to quibble?"
Li Zhao drank a glass of water and said slowly: "Uncle Zhong, can I make a bet with you?"
Li Zhong immediately became alert and shook his head repeatedly: "I don't bet!"
"..."
This is boring. Uncle Zhong, an honest man, doesn't act according to common sense.
"Uncle Zhong, if I pay the normal price, can I recruit enough workers here?" Li Zhao lost his temper and started talking about business.
Li Zhong thought seriously for a few seconds, shook his head and said, "No!"
"Right! You also know that aristocratic families have controlled the government and influenced the world for more than a year or two." Li Zhao spread his hands and said: "Let me ask, do I, a prince, have such great ability to shake them?"
"Even if I destroy one Du family, there are still thousands of Du families, not to mention that I only destroyed one branch... Do you really think that I can make everyone believe that I can fight them?"
Li Zhong was silent, he knew very well that Li Zhao could not do it.
"So...I need to take things by surprise."
Li Zhao explained: "Do you know how much profit a Du family brings from confiscating their homes? It's a full 350,000 taels, and that's not counting other things...
If their shops and fields were included, the total would exceed at least 500,000 taels!
You are an old man in the palace, do you know what this means?
Ordinary people account for 90% of the entire Wu Kingdom, but to collect 500,000 taels, it would take at least 500,000 households a full year's income to be able to afford a branch of the Du family..."
Li Zhong pursed his lips.
Li Zhao sighed: "They have lived under the power of the aristocratic family for too long, and they have become numb and will not resist.
This is my fiefdom, my territory. I, Li Zhao, am a petty person and do not allow multiple voices to appear on my territory.
The Du family is just the beginning, definitely not the end! If I want to break this situation, I must make a change, and this change cannot be stopped or rejected by others!
If I offer five cents a day, it is indeed beyond everyone's psychological expectations, because ordinary people do not have such a high income in a day... But if I offer seven cents, the people will definitely be tempted... But they dare to risk offending aristocratic families. Help me with my work?
But if it is eighty-nine cents, it is enough for them to take the risk to help me, because the money is too rich for them...
But why should I pay ten cents a day? Because I want to release the greed in their hearts, I want them to defeat the fear of the aristocratic family... They have no way out, they can no longer live... Offending the aristocratic family or not will lead to death. In this case, I will use ten Wen's high wages completely awakened them..."
Li Zhong was stunned, he had never thought about this.
Today, not many people came, not because they were not interested, but just waiting and watching.
Li Zhong can be sure that as long as the people from Longmen Village go back today, everything will change tomorrow.
Money attracts people's hearts, but Jiaozhou is completely ruined. The people have long lost their property and can no longer survive.
When there is no way to go, any way can be taken.
"Uncle Zhong, believe me... you can make money if you don't have it, but you only have one life." Li Zhao said with great confidence: "Just wait and see, the money will eventually come back to me."
Li Zhong was stunned.
"You may not understand, but I can tell you... I want to start an economic cycle within the war here. Only when money can truly circulate can it reflect its value. Only when villagers have money can they be motivated... There is a lot of waste here, It is the most suitable for transformation..."
Li Zhong's brain was so confused that he couldn't understand it at all.
But he knew that the prince already had a bold plan in his mind.
And it has already begun.
In this era, the status of craftsmen was not high and their remuneration was not high.
The wages Li Zhao paid were unmatched in the entire Wu Kingdom.
Li Zhao's target is this group of grassroots technicians, who are the key to changing the future.
…
Longmen Village.
At this time, countless people had gathered at the entrance of Longmen Village without knowing it.
"Why haven't you come back yet?"
"Isn't it possible that they were detained? I think back then... when we were helping the Du family and others, they deceived us like this!"
"Then King You almost killed everyone in the Du family. He doesn't look like a good person."
More and more people are gathering at the entrance of Longmen Village.
Long Daniu and others had lost their energy and were still hanging. If someone hadn't fed them water regularly, they would have died of dehydration.
Among the crowd, there were many carpenters, brickworkers, and bricklayers...
After seeing that the people from Longmen Village had not returned, the craftsmen all shook their heads in disappointment.
They knew that none of these powerful people were good, and they had previously advised the people in Longmen Village not to believe it or go there.
Now it's okay, people may not be able to come back.
A well-known craftsman shook his head and said: "They are all gone, they will probably never come back..."
