Li Tai naturally didn't know the conversation between Du Ruhui and Gao Jifu, nor did he know Du Ruhui's expectations for Gao Jifu.

But even if you know, Li Tai doesn't care, after all, they have never been their own support.

Li Tai put all his thoughts on this canal, and the resources that can be dispatched in the entire Tianjin town were dispatched by Li Tai.

Li Tai was willing to devote himself so much, but it was not because Du Ruhui was fooling him, but because Li Tai had his own goal - to develop Tianjin.

Yes, Li Tai doesn’t care what Du Ruhui wants to come, but for Li Tai, he has his own psychological standards, that is, what is helpful to Tianjin’s development, so he will do it himself, and he will not do things that are not conducive to Tianjin’s development.

As for how much Du Ruhui has and how many battles the court has, what does it have to do with himself?

So this matter has returned to the beginning, that is, how Tianjin will develop, and the only reliance is the canal!

To be honest, why did Li Tai give up on Beijing immediately after he came to Youzhou and saw Youzhou City, which is the location of Beijing in the future? Instead, Li Tai gave up on Beijing and chose Tianjin as his starting point.

With the manifestation of the "Cast Transport Plan", Tianjin's location advantages began to show, that is, Youzhou City is more inclined toward a war fortress, and Tianjin is the core of logistics.

If Li Tai pursues separatist rule by the vassal states and rebellion and king, then after the opening of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, those who choose Youzhou are far better than Tianjin.

But what I pursue is only to display my internal affairs talents and make myself strive to become an irreplaceable existence in the Tang Dynasty's political arena. Then, if you choose Tianjin, you can even show your internal affairs ability.

The first point of Tianjin's prosperity is on this Grand Canal. The degree of prosperity of this Grand Canal determines the lower limit of Tianjin's city. With this Grand Canal, Tianjin is an indispensable economic center in the north.

Therefore, Du Ruhui asked Li Tai to use the section of Youzhou that cleared the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, and Li Tai agreed without hesitation.

First of all, I can use this opportunity to dispatch the local forces of Youzhou.

The second point is that in this matter, helping Du Ruhui is helping himself.

As for the third and most important point, the factories I dispatched and the grassroots talents who have been dispatched to Youzhou from all walks of life can fully take advantage of this opportunity to make great progress.

This is the power that I can rely most in Youzhou in the future, and it is also the most important reason why I am willing to agree to Du Ruhui.

After all, after these factories have completely completed the repair of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, even if Du Ruhui no longer uses his own manpower, the materials for building the Grand Canal are even standard!

With the pearls and jade in Youzhou area in front, will the materials and standards required for repair in the later stage be exported?

As the entire canal has such a long road from north to south, what you need may not be to completely control the canal.

But as various standards are formulated by themselves and the basic personnel in the management are provided by the Agricultural University, then they are like the great powers controlling the inland of the Qing Dynasty through railroad tracks, and they can also influence the entire Grand Canal through the canal itself.

Li Tai took a deep breath and re-cast his eyes on the corvee living area built by the corvee workers in Tianjin.

Li Tai estimated that there were at least 5,000 people in each living area, because only if the number of people was large enough, and his own supporting facilities were built for these people, he could have enough consumption to complete his own economic cycle.

To be honest, Gao Jifu's efficiency is not bad. In just half a month, these corvee workers arrived at designated living areas one after another, and at least in this era, they could be considered capable officials.

Li Tai asked Wang Zhenru to arrange them in an orderly manner under the command of Tianjin corvee, and let them start to do their work.

Then, Li Tai began to ask each town to select corvee labor under the age of 20, and let the students of agricultural institutions teach them regularly for half an hour every day. In addition to simply reading and literacy, it is more important to talk about the significance of building this canal.

This canal has been built, and the production in your land can be sold farther away. The dried fish caught in Youzhou can be sold in the inland, and the cattle and sheep near Youzhou can also be sold farther away. From then on, the entire Youzhou, especially your life will become rich!

Li Tai must tell them the significance of building this canal. Only by knowing the meaning of this matter, these corvees will not simply be regarded as a hard labor force, but as a glorious mission.

No matter what, at least in Li Tai's opinion, this batch of corvee labor was quite hard and needed spiritual comfort and stimulation.

When I was in Chang'an, I not only could I eat three meals, but I could also enjoy duck meat and duck soup, supplementing them with sufficient protein and giving them enough energy to deal with corvee.

In Youzhou, although I bought enough food myself, I could definitely support these people to eat openly.

But every time the side dishes are except for salted fish and sauerkraut, they are sauerkraut and sauerkraut, and there is no chance to change them.

Such treatment made Li Tai feel a little guilty. After all, corvee labor is a heavy work, so how can he do not eat well?

To be honest, the people who were in Youzhou who were in charge of labor service, especially those who were old and survived the Grand Canal when the Great Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal, were all pregnant, and they might die on the Grand Canal this year.

But it’s not OK if you don’t come, because you still have a chance to go back alive, but if you escape, you might be gone.

As for what food and accommodation are written on it, are the people not familiar with these officials? Even if they can eat a few bites of food mixed with sand, they are grateful for giving themselves a house that can shelter from the wind and rain.

I dare not have too many extravagant expectations? I can live by it all the time. People can live by it every day.

After coming here, I found that although most of the houses I live in are made of wooden but very sturdy.

Sleeping in a bed is an extremely comfortable kang. When it gets hot at night, it is very safe to lie on it and sleep.

Gaoling's accommodation was so good that the corvee workers were a little unbelievable.

When I was having a meal, I ate more mixed grain steamed buns that were made by the landlords that were only eaten by the landlords, and the side dishes included pickled cabbage, salted fish, and some wild vegetable soups that I didn’t know.

The most important thing is that as long as you are not full, you can keep eating mixed grains and steamed buns until you are full.

For the people who have always lived in the bitter and cold places of Youzhou, this is not a place to serve labor service, it is clearly a paradise.

Of course, although the treatment here is very good, there are fierce and evil bad people patrolling the camps.

If the regulations in the corvee labor area are violated, the whip will be directly whipped, and the worst will be even killed.

Several local rascals in Youzhou ate steamed buns and stopped working. The bad guys caught them, broke their legs in front of everyone, and then threw them outside the camp and starved to death.

This made the corvee workers frightened and quickly ate steamed buns to suppress their shock.

Obviously, the manager of this camp is a villain. He came here to perform labor service, not to be an old man.

The rules in the camp are very detailed, even how each person stacks the quilts every day, how to clean the camp, how to place toiletries, and even all corvee labor under the age of 20 need to go to the designated location for class.

At the same time, their freedom is not completely restricted in the camp, and there will be a day off every five days.

This day, you can handle your own private affairs without being bound by the rules of the camp, and you can even leave the camp, just come back before dark.

Of course, during the two weeks of this system, some unbearable corvee chose to flee.

Li Tai did not send people to pursue him, but just handed over the list of escaped soldiers to Gao Jifu. He would deal with such people according to Tang Ru. Anyway, for Li Tai, they were not the ones they wanted.

Whether they accept the remaining corvee labor, or they are reluctant to leave the food and housing here, after two weeks of adapting to life, they are willing to stay, which means that they can adapt to the pace of work.

Especially as the weather began to winter, Li Tai began to send people to distribute winter clothes to them. After all, as the weather got lower and lower, they could not expect them to work in the winter when they were wearing their own thin clothes.

In ancient times, in winter, people had to hide at home. A very important reason was that there was no winter clothes.

"Mr. Huang... are these clothes for us?" An older corvee laborer was a little stunned when he saw the cotton coats distributed to him. Did the government even give him cotton clothes? When did the government treat these corve laborers so well?

"What do you think!" The Yellow Team, who was responsible for distributing cotton jackets,

"Li Shenxian calculated that there would be heavy snow soon, so he prepared cotton clothes for you.

But when you leave after you are fully qualified for labor service, these cotton clothes cannot be taken away by you, and you will all stay!"

"That's how it is!" The older corvee laborer couldn't help but show regret. He had touched these cotton clothes, and these were all good materials that he might not have the chance to wear in his life!

"However." Huang team continued, "those corvee labor who usually perform well will stay and join Tianjin corvee labor.

At that time, not only will there be two sets of changing clothes in summer and winter, but you can also get food coupons to truly live a good life!”

"Food coupons? Are the small papers that the team is carefully storing?" a young corvee asked.

"Well! You guys are sharp-eyed!" Team Huang did not deny it when he heard the young corvee service, and said,

"With food coupons, you can buy some food or use it, and it is not a problem to even find Huachuan Kilnjie.

Of course, if you have some ambitions in your heart, you can save these food coupons and buy this village house directly, which is more or less a place to settle down."

"But, there are still elderly people in my family..." The young corvee said helplessly.

"If you are a good family and have a few acres of fertile land at home, I won't persuade you to go back and farm well after serving.

But the family doesn’t even have land, so what kind of wealthy family does not work for? Have you ever met an official who is even brighter than the King of Yan?

If you don’t seize this opportunity, don’t say you’re successful, at least save some savings and get married in the future!” Team Huang said righteously.

"Brother Huang, can you really save money when doing corvee..." The young man was a little disbelief.

"Save money..." Team Huang was touching his pocket. I don't know why his food coupon income was growing, but it was really hard to save the money steadily.

However, facing this young man, Team Huang naturally couldn't say it directly, and he said with a straight look:

"Other corvee service is not necessarily the case, but for the King of Yan to do corvee service, it is the treatment of food and accommodation, and making money is certain.

But saving money depends on yourself. After all, if you spend money yourself, you can’t blame others if you can’t save money!"

"I can't blame you, I can't blame you!" Hearing Huang Captain Zheng's words, the young man hurriedly said,

"The King of Yan is a good official, and he also let people teach us to learn to write. Although we didn't learn quickly, the King of Yan did not dislike him."

As a lower-level people, they don’t talk about what kind of knowledge they do, but just simply understand a few words, and they are still very eager to do it.

But under normal circumstances, there is no channel for them to read.

Li Tai is still very happy to ask them to teach them to read and complete basic literacy for half an hour every day.

After all, if you can master one more skill these days, you may have more hope of survival in the disaster year.

"It would be great to know that the King of Yan is a good official. If it weren't for the King of Yan, he would pay us money to buy food and let someone build this residence.

This winter, there is a corvee service to repair this broken canal. Who knows how many people will be exhausted?” Huang Captain sighed.

"You young man, do your best. King Yan is willing to send someone to teach you how to read. I definitely hope you will stay."

This young man nodded repeatedly. After all, it is not easy to have such reliable work these days.

"Huang Guzheng, what do you think of me?" The old corvee service, which was like the bark of an old pine tree, was posted on it at this moment,

"I must do my best, why don't you keep me!"
To be continued...