My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 103: Reorganizing the Refugees
After settling the others, Lu Yi had some free time and went to the Luwu construction site and found Zhang Jia.

It seems that Zhang Jia has suffered a lot in the past two months. Not only has he become darker, but he has also lost a lot of weight.

"Uncle Zhang Jia, there is always work to be done, so you should take care of your health!" Upon seeing this, Lu Yi immediately stepped forward to comfort him.

"It doesn't matter. I'm used to working hard all the time. I feel uncomfortable when I'm idle. Besides, building a fortress of this scale is a rare achievement. I'm happy about it!"

Zhang Jia was also very surprised when he saw Lu Yi. He handed the servant in his hand to others and came to Lu Yi.

"When Mayi came to deliver the oxen, he told us about this business trip. It seems that the manager has made a great harvest this time!"

"Haha, thanks to the gift from my father-in-law He Xutuo, I made a small profit." Lu Yi nodded with a smile and continued to ask.

"Now that funding is no longer a problem, I wonder if Luwu can be successfully completed before winter?"

"The foundation, the outer walls, the towers, the warehouses and other facilities should be fine. But if we want to build more houses in Lvwu, it will not be a matter of just 50 million yuan!"

"I've heard Uncle Zhang say this a long time ago, but I've also made some preparations for this." Upon hearing this, Lu Yi couldn't help but reveal a solemn look on his face.

After the construction of Luwu is completed, it will be a super medium-sized dock with a side length of 720 steps.

Converted into the units of Lu Yi's previous life, it would be a small town with a radius of one thousand meters on each side that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The area is as much as one million square meters.

Even if we calculate based on the large apartment of 100 square meters that Lu Yi was more familiar with in his previous life, it would be enough to build nearly 10,000 houses.

Of course, apart from necessary facilities such as main buildings, warehouses, towers, streets, public toilets, etc., the construction area is far less than that.

However, if we calculate based on a single-family house, a family would only need far less than 100 square meters of building area to build almost that many houses.

According to current prices, the cost of building a single house is between 10,000 and 20,000 coins.

If you want to make it better, the price will naturally increase.

Although the cost will be greatly reduced by Lu Yicheng's large-scale unified construction, 10,000 houses is still not a small number.

Even if we calculate based on the lowest price of 10,000 coins per building, it would still cost at least 100 million coins.

Even twice as much as building a dock.

No wonder Zhang Jia once said that a dock fortress is the accumulation and heritage of a clan over hundreds of years.

Without a family investing day and night, year after year, it is impossible to build a qualified dock.

However, there is no rush for this matter.

It will take about a month to complete the foundation, walls and infrastructure, so we should arrange other more urgent matters first.

The next day, noon.

After a comfortable night's rest, all the servants were summoned by Lu Yi to the gate of Lu's old house.

Lu Yi first took the trouble to distribute last month's salary to everyone in person.

This time, each person only had over a thousand yuan, less than half of the last time.

But everyone was still very satisfied.

The second business trip went very smoothly because Lu Yi had prepared for the future and painstakingly formed an alliance of four companies.

Not only did they not encounter any difficulties at the Han pass, but they were also not plundered by the Hu people from the grasslands.

The scattered bandits encountered on the road were not the opponents of a hundred carts and two hundred full-time guards, and they all wisely chose to turn a blind eye and did not set their sights on Lu Yi. Therefore, not only did the time only take half of the first business trip, but there were also few casualties.

Only a few novice drivers failed to control the horses and were kicked, but fortunately the injuries were not serious and they recovered before returning to Mayi.

Therefore, the guys who received the rewards for their hard work for a month are very satisfied with their current jobs.

More money, less risk.

It's just a little tiring and a little windy and dusty.

What is it worth?

Seeing that everyone was in a good mood, Lu Yi announced to everyone that as the caravan was growing in size, the number of associates would be increased by 250 again.

As long as you have the recommendation of the current clerk and pass the physical test, you can become a new clerk, join Lu Yi's team and have a stable income!

Everyone couldn't help but feel happy when they heard this.

They all expressed that they would definitely recommend reliable people and would never let Lu Yi down.

After announcing the expansion of enrollment, Lu Yi did not send all the guys back to rest this time.

Instead, they were divided into two groups, with 125 people in each group, half of whom were Renxia and Jiuyuanli locals, and sent back home in batches to rest and recruit people.

Now that the reputation of the Lu Yi caravan has spread, and a fort of this scale is under construction, not to mention Jiuyuan Pavilion, even in Jiuyuan County there are many people eager to join Lu Yi's army, so there is no shortage of soldiers.

Finished arranging the guys' affairs.

Lu Yi did not have time to rest, and went to the temporary house early the next morning to visit the refugees who had rested for two days.

These refugees have been employed by Lu Yi for more than ten days and their health has improved a lot. Although they are still a little weak, they can start to do some light work.

In the beginning, in order to avoid damaging their bodies, Lu Yi only provided them with thick porridge. Now that he saw that they had recovered well, he announced publicly that they would start working on the construction site from today, and began to provide two meals of dry rice for the strong laborers, while the elderly, the weak, women and children would have a meal of dry rice in the morning and a meal of porridge in the afternoon.

Lu Yi's decision was immediately supported by all the refugees, who bowed down before him to express their gratitude.

"What's your name?" Lu Yi saw the first honest middle-aged refugee he recruited that day kneeling in the front row, so he stepped forward to help him up and asked gently.

"Sir, my name is Huang Min." Huang Min replied immediately, his face full of gratitude towards Lu Yi.

If it weren't for Lu Yi's help, my family of five might have starved to death in Zhongshan County.

How could a half-dead refugee and four old and young people find a way to survive on their own?
If they could really find a way to survive, they wouldn't have to wander around.

"I remember you have an old mother and three young sons at home, right?" Lu Yi asked gently.

"Yes, yes, yes. I didn't expect that the master still remembered my family." Huang Min was so excited when he heard this that he almost couldn't speak.

"That day, there were some things I was not comfortable saying in Zhongshan County, but now that we are in the territory of the Jiuyuan Lu family, I can tell you the truth!" Lu Yi comforted him a few more words and turned to look at the other refugees.

"As long as you work hard and behave yourself, I, Lu Yi, will not only hire you to build a fortress, but I will also continue to hire those who perform well and recruit them as employees of my caravan."

"As long as you become a clerk, you will not only have food to eat every day, but also be paid every month."

"In the future, I will even distribute land and houses to everyone in Luwu, so that every family will have a house to live in!"

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(End of this chapter)