vrcanaries Chapter 248: About the Development of the Fiefdom (6)
Chapter 248: About the Development of the Fiefdom (6)
The emperor treated these impeachment memorials coldly and did not give them any response.
This group of people knew that the emperor would not make a decision for them, so they sent people to the fiefdom to try to bring their daughter back. But the strange thing was that no matter how many people they sent, they all chose to stay in the fiefdom and not come back.
The people sent out are like throwing meat buns at a dog, they never come back.
This also made them begin to wonder what kind of magic the fiefdom had that made everyone who went there linger.
But no matter what, those who have not seen the fiefdom with their own eyes will never be able to imagine what the fiefdom looks like, and how long their prejudice against the fiefdom will last is still unknown.
Shi Lidie's school is slowly getting back on track.
Since Chen Shuting and her colleagues started working at the girls' school, many local women have been encouraged and inspired to gradually step out of their homes, from initially "considering it" to later participating.
The number of teachers in girls' schools gradually increased.
Shi Lidie looked at the growing school and saw more and more children entering the campus, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she thought that the people's livelihood and economy in the fiefdom were already developing in a healthy way, so a lot of infrastructure should also be started, so she asked the system to exchange the cement formula.
Cement is a good thing. It is used in building bridges, roads and houses.
However, in the early days, Shi Lidie would definitely not use cement to build houses. She adhered to the principle of "build roads first if you want to be rich" and planned to build a four-car wide cement road from her fiefdom directly to the capital.
As long as the road is repaired, it will be very convenient for her to travel to and from the capital, or for people from the capital to come to the fiefdom.
Shi Lidie told Chen Zhao about the idea of building a road and took out the formula of cement:
"what do you think?"
"The things are good, but building roads requires a lot of manpower and financial resources." Chen Zhao said, "The princess is rich and has no shortage of financial resources, but she lacks manpower. The fiefdom is developing very well now, and farmers, workers, and merchants each have their own duties. Building roads is hard work, and few people are willing to do it."
Shi Lidie looked at Chen Zhao and couldn't help but smile:
"If there aren't enough people in the fiefdom, you can go outside and find some!"
"Since I have a lot of money, I can hire people from nearby cities to come and build the road. There must be someone who will agree, right? According to the current price, they can work elsewhere for 20 cents a day, and you can offer 30 cents, including three meals and accommodation."
"With such conditions, are you still afraid that no one will participate? If there really aren't enough people, you can say that those who participate in the road construction can have priority in transferring their household registration if they want to move to the fiefdom in the future. Is this a big enough temptation?"
Chen Zhao suddenly had an epiphany when listening to Shi Lidie's words.
Yes, household registration can be used as a benefit to encourage people to participate in road construction!
The capital city was far away and didn't know what the fiefdom was like, but the nearby cities knew about it. After all, the fiefdom often had trade and marriage exchanges with the surrounding areas.
Therefore, the situation of the fiefdom had already spread all around.
Everyone in the surrounding areas knew that the people in the fiefdom lived a happy life. Farmers had new farm tools, new irrigation tools, and brand-new planting techniques. People without land could go to work in factories. Those with a skill could make more money, and those without a skill would not lack work.
If you want to do business, just do business. As long as you abide by the law, no one will look down on businessmen.
The children in the family can be sent to school with their tuition reduced by half. The teachers are all from the government, or they are the daughters of wealthy families or famous scholars invited by the princess from the capital.
In the fiefdom, no matter whether you are working, farming, or doing business, in short, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will have food to eat.
Even beggars and disabled people had fixed jobs in the fiefdom.
Such a good life has always been envied by people in the surrounding areas. Many people want to move to the fiefdom to live, but the household registration in the fiefdom is now difficult to handle and the control is strict.
If household registration is really considered a benefit, many people will want to come!
Shi Lidie looked at Chen Zhao's expression and knew that he understood, but she still reminded him:
"We are paying people to build roads, not collecting corvée labor for free, so we must ensure the physical and mental health and safety of the road workers. I suggest that when building roads, we set up a sentry booth every 300 meters, which provides tea and coarse grain cakes, so that the workers can quench their thirst and fill their stomachs at any time."
"In addition, three meals should be distributed on time and in the right amount. They should be nutritious, with one meat, one vegetable and one soup for each meal. In addition, doctors should be stationed in the posts, and more medicines should be prepared to prevent snake, insect, rat and ant bites, as well as some medicines for bruises, injuries and abrasions that cause bleeding."
"Population is the foundation of a city's development. We must cherish every worker."
Chen Zhao got a lot of inspiration from Shi Lidie's words, so he immediately went down to prepare.
The research on cement was given to the R&D department.
Speaking of the R&D department, it is also a very magical department. It is a department composed of many talented people.
Among them are not only carpenters and blacksmiths, but also many chemists and physicists. Every time Shi Lidie takes out a new drawing and wants to make it, this group of people work together.
Therefore, it is normal to hand over the cement to them.
The formula is ready, with the raw materials and proportions clearly written on it. All we need is for these people to find things to experiment with and make the best finished product, which is basically not a problem.
So, while the R&D department was preparing cement, Chen Zhao went to several nearby cities to recruit people.
He first contacted the local officials of the nearby cities, saying that his fiefdom needed to find people to build roads, but there were not enough people, so he needed to hire from nearby places. After obtaining the consent of the local officials, he began to advertise for recruitment.
Chen Zhao sent people to post recruitment notices everywhere, which clearly stated the job content, salary, additional benefits, working hours, recruitment requirements, etc.
He sent literate people to stand in front of the notice and read the contents of the notice to the people who gathered around.
This recruitment is not only for men, but also for women.
Men are responsible for carrying cement, sand and gravel, building roads and doing hard work, while women are responsible for boiling water, cooking, serving meals to them and doing other light work within their capabilities.
Of course, the wages are different between the two, but overall, they are much higher than what people earn working in other places.
More importantly, the fiefdom implemented a ten-hour work system, which included meal time, so the actual working time was only more than eight hours.
The work is not tiring and the salary is high, so many people are tempted.
At first, some people were afraid that this was a scam, but when they heard that this was Princess Yun'an's fiefdom recruiting people, everyone quickly signed up enthusiastically. After all, who doesn't know that the benefits of a fiefdom are good?
Soon, long lines formed in front of those who were responsible for posting and reading notices.
Everyone stated their name, age, home address, what they were good at, how many people in their family could work, etc. in order.
In just five days, the fiefdom attracted a large number of people who were willing to come and build the road.