Villager of Daming

Chapter 374
In the afternoon, 140 students returned to the library in a daze, and many of them sat down in their own places and giggled.

The students who didn't go out yesterday looked puzzled and went over to ask.

"Brother Zhang, are you... tired?" One person asked a classmate surnamed Zhang.

The two people next to them also looked concerned. They had heard that yesterday the embankment was reinforced and raised, and millions of sacks were used alone.

The workers were too tired to come back at night, and I didn't see the classmates who went out this morning and noon, they...

"Tired?" Classmate Zhang, who had been looking at a cat lying outside in the sun, slowly turned his head and looked at the person who asked the question: "Hey! Hey, hey!"

"Brother Zhang, just wait, I'll call the imperial doctor for you right away." The person next to him was anxious.

"What do you call the imperial doctor? Let's take care of it! Hehehe! Do you know where we ate lunch today and who we ate it with?"

Classmate Zhang's smile at this moment is similar to that of Zhu Wentian when he saw someone.

"Where to eat? Where else can you eat? It won't be His Royal Highness who invites you to dinner!" The person who asked first had a look of disdain.

"Brother Song, tell me that 1 taels of silver fell from the sky, tell me quickly." Classmate Zhang looked at each other in surprise.

"Come on! You only think about 1 taels of silver, and you asked me to say it before."

The student who said he wanted to go to Xiaqiu Village and meet the crown prince spoke up.

He said to the classmates who surrounded him: "Let's go to Xiaqiu Village first, take a shower, change clothes, just what I'm wearing now, and then spray perfume.

Afterwards, we entered through the Chaoyang Gate and came outside the Donghua Gate. His Royal Highness was waiting there, saying that we had worked hard, and gave us a banquet.

The barbecue they eat includes fresh scallops, clams, oysters, and prawns, and each person drinks a bowl of iced rice wine.

That's the prince!Finally met, who are we working for?oops! "

The people who gathered around showed surprise and yearning expressions for a moment, wishing that it was me who went out last night and got tired.

Just ran out to do some work, how can I still see the prince and have dinner with him?
"How far is His Royal Highness from you? Can you see clearly?" Someone asked.

"More than ten steps, I can see it! His Royal Highness looks good!" The person who went replied.

"I don't believe it, His Royal Highness is so honorable, there are more than ten steps away, and there are guards in the middle, what do you think?"

"Where are there guards? Only the children of Xiaqiu Village. Be polite when you see people from Xiaqiu Village in the future! They can see the prince every day."

"I've always been polite. Our board and lodging are all provided by others."

"I have to go back, the kids are about to wake up."

"I want to read a book."

"I slept, I was sore, I was exhausted yesterday."

"That's right, go to bed, and I will take care of the baby again tomorrow."

The encouraged students immediately ran back to do their own work, fearing that they would fall behind and be eliminated.

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The students resumed their original rhythm of life, but the embankment reinforcement of the Qinhuai River did not end.

The construction of the Rouge River has facilitated travel, but it also made the Qinhuai River have to bear more water.

More people went to load sand and gravel along the Qinhuai River, ready to deal with possible dangers at any time.

The large number of people placed there will make Yingtianfu's labor market short of manpower, and labor prices will rise.

On the morning of May [-]th, Zhu Yuanzhang held a court meeting, and a group of ministers entered the palace under the leadership of Zuo Cheng.

After the simple etiquette, Zhu Yuanzhang began to ask: "Nowadays, the Qinhuai River is soaring due to rain. Yingtianfu is busy with business and there is not enough labor. What should we do?"

The ministers looked at each other, and Yang Xunwen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, came out and said, "Your Majesty, it will be easy for those who have not served hard labor this year to come to build the embankment."

The others nodded slightly, that's right, called laborers, it seems that they haven't been used much this year.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a look at Yang Xunwen: "At present, labor costs are expensive, but labor deductions are cheap. Anyone who recruits labor will have to pay for it."

When you hear it, it makes sense, it is true!

In the past, the common people could not afford any money, so they were calculated according to the number of acres of land owned by one person. If one acre of land did not want to work for nothing for 30 days, they would get two liters of five-fold grain.

Ten mu of land is two buckets and five liters, how much is two buckets and five liters of grain?How much does it cost to go out and do 30 days of work?
The result is that everyone pays all the food, and then works to make money. The price of food cannot rise so fast, otherwise the court will not agree.

For example, Taiping Mansion and Ningguo Mansion are currently farming twice a year, so they don't come out to make troubles!

Isn't it just food!Give!Doubling it is fine.

For 30 days, I raised chickens at home, grew vegetables, looked for herbs to sell, and earned back my service money.

Then it can only be the tenant. If the tenant has not completed the lease, he must work for the master's family, and the landlord will get a stone of grain.

However, many tenants quit this year, and they also came out to look for jobs.

Landowners have no choice but to pay extra money to hire people to plant the land. Like Xiaqiu Village, they cannot grow it themselves.

Minister of the Ministry of Industry An Ran took a step forward: "Your Majesty, the only way to do this is to hire someone with money from the imperial court, and then..."

He couldn't go on talking, and then it became what it is now. The merchants couldn't find manpower and had to pay more.

As for those hired by the court, they found that other people had a lot of money, so they didn't want to do it.

Others are outside, earning [-] Wen a day, and they listen to the court's orders, earning [-] Wen a day, why?
"Wang Qing?" Zhu Yuanzhang called his name.

Wang Guangyang looked helpless: "Your Majesty, didn't Xiaqiu Village come up with an idea to issue labor guides outside and build a migrant settlement on the south bank of the Qinhuai River!
Seeing that the repairs are almost done there, I might as well ask the local governments to organize people to come here to make money.

As long as there are more people, the price of migrant workers will naturally decrease. Shandong soybeans have already been planted, and it is expected that many people will be recruited. "

He was helpless because Xiaqiu Village had already given a solution, but he had been waiting for the house where the migrant workers lived to be repaired.

This is something that the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty are unwilling to mention, and it seems that they are incompetent.

The experts in Xiaqiu Village always arrange things one step in advance, or even a few steps.

At that time, you will find that people's calculations are too accurate.

"Since that's the case, you should make arrangements as soon as possible, from near to far, those who can come first, don't mess up."

Zhu Yuanzhang is waiting for this word!He has been staring at the construction of the house there, spending a lot of money in the palace.

He has to find a way to recover the cost, let others owe the rent first, and then pay back when others find a job.

Then increase the number of yamen servants and go there to maintain law and order.

Then lease the shops to merchants, so that they can provide daily necessities for others, and there will also be department stores inside, and everyone will compete together.

People who come from other places have more ways to survive, and they will not go to other places because of the problem of guidance. The key is that Tianfu has high wages.

For poor places, even ten cents a day is considered a lot, and others envy them.

In Nanjing, thirty renminbi a day is a normal income, the kind that is reluctant to eat meat.

The world is so unfair, but it is difficult to change. I don't know if an expert can come up with a way.

　Thank you brothers and sisters for your monthly tickets, rewards, and recommended tickets, the farmer bows!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)