Chapter 128: Lack of people, I will be bald when I come back
Overall! One word is good, two words are good.
It exceeded Jiang Yang's expectations.
We arrived all the way to New Village, but we didn't expect that this chubby guy Li You was eating in the county government office.
Seeing Jiang Yang come back, Li You asked: "Sir, do you want to eat something together?"
"Don't tell me, you're really a little hungry." Jiang Yang rubbed his stomach and turned back to the guards behind him and said, "You go to the accounting office to get the money, and then go and rest for two days before reporting to Xishan."
"Hoho! Your Majesty is mighty!"
"Hehehe, I can stay with my aunt."
The escort was disbanded, but the pulley crossbows in their hands were not handed back. The thieves hid in the back, went to the accounting room, took the money, and ran away.
Jiang Yang laughed loudly when he saw it.
What's so precious about this? The ironclad problem has been solved. It won't be long before everyone has it, so why bother?
He ordered his servants to make some food and bring it to him. Jiang Yang looked at Li You and said with a smile, "You are really free."
"Sir, please don't accuse me of being a lower-ranking official unjustly." Li You rolled his eyes and said, "It's been a few days and I just took a break and you still caught me."
"Hahaha, during the days I left, how was Xiami County?" Although Jiang Yang didn't leave for many days, he was still very concerned about the development of Xiami County.
Even if I am away from Sanwu Day, I still want to know how the three and five days are going.
"There is a shortage of people." Li You rolled his eyes and said, "There is nothing missing."
Short of someone? Jiang Yang asked him to explain in detail.
It turns out that they have divided the population of Xiami County in the past few days, and now there are about 170,000 people in Xiami County including various villages.
About 100,000 people gathered in the new rural area.
And among these 100,000 people, 7,000 were captured horse bandits.
After some discussion, they decided to let the horse bandits and others do transportation and some hard and tiring physical work.
However, a large number of positions have been retained. For example, the craftsmen and workers needed to build village-to-village connections are all recruited from the new rural areas, as well as craftsmen with experience in building river embankments and new rural areas last time.
Approximately 5,000 prisoners and 15,000 people were used, a total of 20,000 people, and eight major roads leading to every village near the new rural area. The drawings have been designed and construction started yesterday.
The villages in the distance are still under further exploration and design drawings.
As for the bridge issue, Ma Feng had a different view and said he wanted to discuss it with Jiang Yang.
This point is Jiang Yang's omission. This bridge is not a simple highway. It can be opened as soon as it is said.
Jiang Yang took a small notebook and wrote it down. He worked overtime tonight to make a bridge encyclopedia and wrote down the simple bridge design structure and principles for them to learn.
After talking about Ma Feng, it’s time to talk about Liu Shun. The liquor factory has been built, and this guy is just like robbing people, recruiting workers from all over Xiami County to work.
The daily output is estimated to stabilize at a certain level in a few days. As for the sugar factory, it is still under construction.
But this guy recruited more than a thousand people, which shocked Li You. Are you going to train an army?
However, when Li You went to the liquor factory and took a look, he felt that a thousand people was still a bit small.
Give me enough firepower to make good money.
As for the rest, the Publicity Department is grabbing people to help with publicity, and Wang Chen, who has just arrived and is the boss of the Organization Department, has no one under his command. He has been out early and back late these days while planning the competition at the end of this month and recruiting talented people.
This wave of robbing people is not only here, but also with Chen Zhiyong.
Jiang Yang gave him a quota of 30,000 rural warriors.
So far, we have only recruited more than 10,000 people, and we cannot recruit the rest.
No one left!
Calculating that there are not many people left in the entire Xiami County, they still have to stay to work in agriculture, and there are also a large number of women. They have now stabilized.
It was not like the previous refugees who were beaten by the wind and rain on the river embankment.
Jiang Yang felt that his head was a little bald. He had known that he would be resting in Hongzhao Tower for the night.
I couldn't stop having a headache when I came back. When I saw Li You wanted to say something, Jiang Yang quickly told him to stop.
Needless to say, the project has begun. You need a cart! You need tools! Is the blacksmith shop about to start work?
The farm tools in the blacksmith shop haven't been finished yet, and they even have to prepare a pulley crossbow and develop a firecracker and a musket.
Where is the time?
You don't need to think about it to know that there is a shortage of people.
Moreover, a shortage of people will soon lead to a shortage of money. Of course, it will not happen now. Jiangyang's purpose is very simple. A large number of jobs will allow people to have money in their hands.
After people consume and improve their quality of life, it stimulates domestic demand and promotes economic development. This is a positive cycle.
If you people don't have money, who will buy the things in the shop? Who will buy the young ladies in the brothels? Right?
Now that the quality of life has improved, and everyone has food and drink, we should consider making them rich and able to spend money. Therefore, we still need to improve the work for this large population.
Those prisoners will be used first. After the population of Xiami County increases, they will not be allowed to compete with the people of Xiami County for positions. Those who are willing to surrender and submit are welcome, and those who are not willing can be used as nourishment.
"I'll go back to Ma Feng to resolve the bridge issue. As for your recruitment in other places, it doesn't matter to me. If you can't recruit people, it's because you don't have the skills."
Jiang Yang said with a smile: "But we have to continue to deal with the population issue."
A word quickly came to Jiang Yang's mind.
Population siphon.
Now there is no population in Mi County, but there are some in surrounding counties, some in Beihai County, and some in Datang.
Except that Yaxing continues to traffic in and transport people... bah bah bah, and transport people, we can implement our own policies.
When you settle down, you will be given a household registration, and when you settle down, you will be assigned a house!
No problem. Anyway, my own industry has started budding. This field is no longer an important source of income, so what if I give it to them?
"Has the household registration system in Xiami County not been updated yet?" Jiang Yang asked.
"Yes, after the influx of a large number of refugees in Xiami County and the people attracted from various villages, our household registration has become very complicated." Li You nodded and said seriously: "Sir, this
It is a hidden danger. If it is not solved, our people in Jiangyang will not be able to travel far."
Nowadays, wherever you go, you have to ask for paperwork. The household registration system of the Tang Dynasty is very good.
"The first nationwide census!" Jiang Yang once again threw out a novel vocabulary and said, "You are responsible for reorganizing the people of Xiami County and establishing a correct household registration system."
"And we need to formulate corresponding policies and publicize them so that the surrounding people can move here, so that our population will increase." Jiang Yang said with a smile.
But the next moment his face darkened.
Without him, Li You said speechlessly: "Sir, I really don't have the manpower to do the census work."