News spread one by one to the tea room on the top floor of Jubao Building. Zhu Houzhao was already dancing with excitement. It was obvious that his plan was successful. Although Liu Chengfeng made the point of this plan and Liu Chengfeng filled in the omissions, in Zhu Houzhao's view, this
is a very remarkable achievement, his
His face was swollen red, his eyes looked at Liu Chengfeng as if he could speak, and he said excitedly: "Master Liu, has it been successful? More than 2,000 people have pre-rented it now. I don't think it will be used for a few days. These lands
They will all be rented out, ha... I have done a big thing today."
Liu Chengfeng was also very happy in his heart. Zhu Houzhao was at least half of his disciples. He was happy to see him today and had learned half of his skills. He was also very pleased. Of course, more importantly, he knew in his heart that
This time he took the opportunity to make a fortune. In fact, the land purchased by the prince and himself was not just this.
Liu Chengfeng had reserved a hand beforehand and did not push out all the land. After the treasure-accumulating workshop was successful, he would push out the remaining land one by one. In this way, this was the first industrial park of the Ming Dynasty.
Only then will the true shape be revealed. By then, it would not be unusual for him and the prince's income to exceed tens of millions, or even twenty million.
After all, this capital city was the political and economic center of the Ming Dynasty. With the rise of workshops, land became the lifeblood. But now Zhu Houzhao looked at him brightly. He nodded quickly and said: "Your Highness, you are not happy yet.
At that time, since everyone has paid the deposit, we still have a lot of things to do next. The road must be
It must be built before the end of the year, and the manpower that needs to be recruited must be recruited, and the warehouse must be built in advance, as well as docks and the like. In short, the construction must be started as early as possible and completed as soon as possible. I once asked people to calculate the number.
If you want to speed up the progress of the project, you need many people to work at the same time. I am afraid that the required craftsmen and laborers will need tens of thousands."
Zhu Houzhao said boldly: "Tens of thousands, tens of thousands, just recruit from everywhere. We don't have many people in Ming Dynasty, but we have many people. If we have money, are we afraid that no one will do the work?"
Liu Chengfeng smiled bitterly and said in his heart that what he was thinking was simple. It should be noted that at the same time as the construction here was started, the merchants who had rented the land were also recruiting manpower to build their workshops. Hundreds and thousands of workshops were being built at the same time.
The manpower required is tens of thousands. By then, raw materials such as sand, stone, and wood will probably skyrocket. Not only that, but the manpower will also skyrocket. If the price rises too high, it may not be a good thing.
Liu Chengfeng explained his reasoning to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao rubbed the thin mustache that grew under his lips and couldn't help but exclaimed: "That's it... If that's the case, wouldn't it cause a shortage of labor in the capital? Hey, I, my palace."
I didn’t think of this. It’s really not good if the manpower is too high, so how about finding some manpower from other places?”
Liu Chengfeng spread his hands: "Where can we look for them right now? There are quite a few in Henan and other places. But by the time they get to the capital, the day lilies are already cold."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help scratching his head: "What should we do? Now that everyone's money has been collected, if we don't build it as soon as possible, won't I be laughed at?"
Liu Chengfeng took a stroll, carefully picked up the tea, took a sip, and said slowly: "Your Highness, Wei Chen has thought of a way."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. He hurriedly said: "What can I do?"
Liu Chengfeng only said two words: "Junhu!"
Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes and murmured: "Junhu?"
Military households...
This is a unique phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty. This system was learned from the Yuan Dynasty, but it was really developed in the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizu implemented a military system, the so-called military household system, and he established it in the world
Hundreds and thousands of military households were established and stationed in each prefecture in units of a thousand households. The land was then allocated to these military households, so that they could farm and support themselves in peacetime, and then go out with the army in wartime to protect their homes and the country.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this system. He believed that raising soldiers was too difficult and cost too much money. This military household system obviously had a great advantage, that is, the country could raise soldiers without spending a single soldier.
A million-strong army has greatly reduced the burden on the country. However, he may not have thought that this system also has a fatal flaw, that is, his military settlement system has not raised a million-strong army, but it has raised a bunch of good tenants.
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To put it more bluntly, in the beginning, this system was actually very perfect. These people did farm work during the busy farming season, practiced during the slack farming season, and supported themselves. There seemed to be no problem. The biggest problem was that inside the military household office
, those thousands of households have gradually degenerated from military officers into landlords, think about it
Look, the world has been fine for so many years. Even if there is trouble, it is only a few thieves who occasionally cause trouble. They are also inherited from generation to generation. If I am a good man, most of my sons are bastards. Their lives come from the harvest in the military camp.
, if the harvest is high, they will be rich; if the harvest is not high, they will be disgraced.
As a result, thousands of households and hundreds of households were naturally not very happy. As for the drills, they had long forgotten all about it. All they thought about every day was the harvest in the fields. On the surface, this military camp belonged to the state and the imperial court. In fact,
But it is their private property. Naturally, they hope that the military households below them will do more farm work so that they can raise a few more pigs even during the slack season.
The final result is that the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers in these so-called military households is almost shockingly low. Japanese pirates were rampant in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of officers and soldiers were unable to defeat dozens of Japanese pirates. Thousands of officers and soldiers were defeated by several Japanese pirates.
Hundreds of people chased and killed them, and these officers and soldiers were actually military households. To put it bluntly, they were just a group of sharp guys with knives instead of hoes. They were just trying to wipe out the Japanese pirates.
Ting had to let his generals recruit their own troops, so Qi Jiajun and Yu Jiajun came into being. Think about it, the total number of the so-called Qi Jiajun and Yu Jiajun did not exceed ten thousand people. With such a small amount of armed force, it only took less than a few years.
In time, the problems that hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in Jiangnan provinces could not solve were solved at once. This shows how corrupt the so-called military household system has become.
The Ming Dynasty claims to have two million military households, but in Liu Chengfeng's view, once the new army expands in the future and reaches 50,000, it will be enough to destroy these military households. Having said so much, it is nothing more than a bloody fact.
The so-called military households are actually
Synonymous with waste, the lives of these people are miserable. They are called soldiers, but they have no military pay. They farm the land for a living every day. They are exploited by superior officials and are not even as good as tenants. More importantly, they can never change their nationality or be born.
A military household will always be a military household.
When Liu Chengfeng said this, Zhu Houzhao, no matter how stupid he was, understood what Liu Chengfeng meant. There were many military houses near the capital, dozens of them, with a total of 70,000 to 80,000 people. If so much manpower could be used
It can solve the current problem, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't help scratching his head and said: "Master Liu, this seems to be breaking the rules. This is the ancestral system established by Emperor Taizu Gao."
In Liu Chengfeng's view, there were many shortcomings in the Ming Dynasty, and the military household system was the most prominent one. When will it be completely destroyed? But at the moment, he is not interested in reforming the military household system. He just smiled and said
: "Your Highness, the military households can farm, why can't they work? Besides, it's not like we don't want to give them money."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned by Liu Chengfeng's rhetorical question. Emperor Taizu had also made an imperial edict at that time to support soldiers with soldiers. Since military households can support themselves by farming, why can't they support themselves by working? Anyway, it's just a living, working.
He earned more, so he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Master Liu is right, who said that military households can't work, why don't I go to the palace?"
But Liu Chengfeng shook his head: "When we went to the palace, it seemed that we had ignored him, but it seemed that we were guilty of committing crimes. We were doing things openly and above board. There is nothing to be afraid of. We directly sent some people to deal with the Qianhu Office in various places.
That is, tell them that as long as someone is willing to work, each person will be given two taels of silver per month and three meals a day will be provided. If they are willing, they can come, and if they are not willing, let them do it."
When Liu Chengfeng said this, Zhu Houzhao was happy and said: "These Qianhu officials know this, and they are the most greedy. They only pay two taels of silver for each worker. I am afraid that all the wages will be collected by them."
, they are naturally eager to call each other more, and I can see it. But having said that, I asked Liu Banban to fight, but if something happens, Master Liu will have to stand.
Come out and speak to me."
Liu Chengfeng naturally patted his chest and said: "The prince and the minister are in the same spirit, how dare you look on coldly."
After receiving Liu Chengfeng's assurance, Zhu Houzhao talked to Liu Chengfeng enthusiastically about the construction matters before he said with satisfaction: "It's getting late, I have to go back as soon as possible."
After saying that, he hurriedly went out from the back door of Jubao Building and took the car back to the East Palace with great interest. In fact, Zhu Houzhao did not bring Liu Jin and others with him this time. Liu Jin and others had already become anxious ants in the hot pot before the prince came back, calling people one by one.
Ask around,
The rest were waiting at the gate of the East Palace. When they saw Zhu Houzhao's car arriving, they swarmed up and rushed forward. This one said kindly: "Your Highness, I really want to kill you." The other one said: "What does your Highness have to do with you?"
, do the slaves still want to live?"
They expressed their greetings and hid a few words of complaint in their words. They all took Zhu Houzhao down. Zhu Houzhao was in a very good mood. He just smiled and said to Liu Jin who was supporting him: "What's the hurry? I'm not the one."
A three-year-old child, are you still afraid of getting lost? Besides, I am going to find Master Liu. Master Liu is here, so you don’t have to worry about who dares to hurt me... Chapter 3 is delivered. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!