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"Master, they are all eating meat."

Outside Tonghua Gate, on the bank of the Chan River, on the construction site of the majestic Chang'an East Station, Wu Shun was really shocked to see that there were meat slices in the bowls of the folks eating lunch.

"Only when you have enough to eat can you have the strength to work." Li Yunze next to him stepped forward to inspect the fragrant stove. "Especially this kind of heavy physical work, you can't do it without enough meat supplements."

After explaining a few sentences, Li Yunze focused on the construction site.

At this time, it was already close to the autumn harvest of the fifth year of Zhenguan.

Even if Li Yunze could provide enough food and wages, the migrant workers who came to work still had to go home and busy with the autumn harvest.

Even Li Er can't stop this kind of thing. If he doesn't let the people go home for the autumn harvest, he will shake his chair.

"master."

Wu Hua, who was getting smarter and smarter, also knew this, "Don't worry so much, didn't your majesty say that he would mobilize prisoners to work?"

"He's out of his mind, I'm not."

Hearing this, Li Yunze's expression darkened immediately, "I said he has the looks of Qin Huang and Han Wu, so he really does things like Qin Huang and Han Wu. Prisoners? Let's not talk about management issues, because they will definitely run away if they have the opportunity, which will cause chaos and losses. "

"It's just that the prisoners are generally hungry and sick. I have to raise them strong and heal their diseases before I can work. When they can really work hard, the autumn harvest is over. Folks will definitely be back. Other than wasting time
Can't do anything else. "

Wu Hua was very puzzled by what she said, and she asked doubtfully, "Master, when the book said that Emperor Qin and Han Wu mobilized the prisoners, they didn't say that they were given enough food and meat to see a doctor. They were all used directly to death. never mind."

Li Yunze who stopped in his tracks turned his head to look at Wu Hua with deep eyes, "Don't say such things again in the future."

Wu Hua lowered his little head, and replied in a stern voice, "Understood."

In ancient times, mobilizing prisoners to work or fight wars was essentially treating them as consumables, the kind that would be used to death.

Both Qinhuang and Hanwu are experts in related fields.

Li Er, who has obviously drifted away, has a tendency to develop in this direction now.

The atmosphere was not harmonious, Li Yunze took the initiative to change the subject, "Do you know why the station was chosen here?"

Wu Hua adjusted even faster, and when he raised his head again, he was already smiling, "Please ask Master to clarify."

"It's mainly because of the terrain." Li Yunze stretched out his finger and pointed to the Chan River not far away. "The Chan River runs from north to north, and the railroad tracks go north along the river to reach the bank of the Wei River. Cross the river from Han Chang'an to Qin Chang'an on the opposite bank. Go straight to Yunyang. This section of the road
On the other hand, it is only necessary to build a bridge over the Wei River. "

When it comes to the bridge, Wu Hua's eyes are full of admiration, "Master used millions of catties of iron to build a bridge on the big river, which is really the skill of heaven and man."

"A million catties?"

Li Yunze waved his hand, "This is almost the limit, no more can be given."

Wu Hua was puzzled, "Why?"

"I will leave one day. At that time, the level will not keep up, and the only result will be scrapping. Therefore, we must plan ahead and control it within the range of its productivity."

Wu Hua seems to understand these words.

"Let's go and have dinner together."

When they arrived at the construction site, a group of civil servants from the Ministry of Industry hurried forward to salute.

"What are we eating today?"

"Beef soup in the morning, boiled beef at noon, and fried eggplant with green onions in the evening. There is enough rice." The clerk in charge of the accounts thought that Li Yunze was here to check the accounts, and hurried to read the accounts.

Li Yunze waved his hand, "Is there any deduction?"

The civil servants immediately called out to Zhuang Tianqu, "Your Majesty is so concerned, and all the superiors come to see it every day. If you lend me some courage, you dare not do this."

Nominally, the Changsheng Railway was initiated by Li Yunze alone, but such a large project involved hundreds of thousands of civilian workers along the way, and Li Yunze couldn't handle even the people in Lijiazhuang.

Moreover, in the tradition of Zhongtu, without the assistance of the yamen, let alone such a large project, even planting a tree would be troublesome.

Therefore, Li Yunze mainly guarantees technology and logistics, and other matters are left to the Datang government.

Li Er and the important ministers were not stupid, no matter how useful this thing was, it was left in the Tang Dynasty after it was built.

In this case, of course, we will spare no effort to help.

As for the embezzlement and corruption of ink, it is naturally indispensable.

After all, in the eyes of the officials, this is corvee work, but the peasants who are out of corvée can not only earn enviable wages, but also eat so well every day, at least one meal a day. This is really too much. jealous.

Therefore, there are many things such as deducting wages and greedy for food expenses.

In the eyes of many officials, these are Li Yunze, a wealthy businessman, and they are not money from the imperial court. It is no big deal to use some money to improve their lives.

For this kind of matter, Li Yunze didn't care about it, and directly passed it on to Li Er.

As for Li Er, what they took was not money or meat, but their own face.

In Li Er's case, there is no such thing as crying and repenting to be forgiven, just losing his head.

During the peak period, on the construction sites along the line from Chang'an City to Shengzhou, there were wooden poles hanging at almost every distance.

At this time, when these civil servants heard Li Yunze's inquiry about this matter, none of them were frightened and afraid that they would also be hung on the wooden pole.

Li Yunze nodded, checked the food and filled two bowls, and sat down to eat with Wu Hua.

Li Er is a very successful person. He attaches great importance to the railway station in Chang'an City. He requires it to be beautiful, majestic, and majestic, so that foreigners who come here will feel awe.

So the project here at the railway station is huge, like building a palace.

Because of this, there are thousands of people working here.

When eating, everyone squatted on the ground with bowls in their hands, and it was very dark and full of momentum.

"Master." Wu Hua gave Li Yunze the beef in his bowl. It's not that she doesn't like it, but she eats it in different ways every day in Lijiazhuang, and she has long since gotten tired of eating it. "The first batch of woolen fabrics have come out. Soft and elastic, it will definitely be bigger if you make clothes
popular.When will it be sent to Baibaozhai for sale? "

"The first batch of woolen clothes is not for sale." Li Yunze replied while eating, "The quality of this batch of wool is not high, and they are all given away directly to open up the market."

"Give it away?" Wu Hua was surprised. "It cost a lot of money to buy wool, and there are so many people weaving and making clothes. Did you give it away for nothing?"

"Yes, free."

Li Yunze explained with a smile, "You have to understand that after the breakthrough in productivity, only the market is the most important thing. The free gift is to quickly expand the market. When the market is big, you can earn back ten times and a hundred times as much as you give away."

In terms of doing business, Wu Hua admired Li Yunze very much. Since the master said so, he should follow suit.

The current Wu Hua, as Li Yunze's disciple, is in charge of many businesses in the Li Family Village, and she even manages the accounts.

The reason why she is interested in the wool business is that she has a sense of accomplishment in handling it from the beginning to the end.

After dinner, he continued to inspect the construction site. After confirming that it could be completed before the autumn harvest, and would not affect the first passage from Chang'an City to Yunyang, Li Yunze returned to Lijiazhuang with Wu Hua in satisfaction.

"Aren't you going home again today?" Li Yunze, who was on the horse, looked down at Wu Hua who was riding on the pony specially bought for him. "Your father sent someone to look for you in the village last time."

"Humph."

Hearing this, Wu Hua frowned slightly and turned his head away, "They didn't ask me to go home, they just wanted money again."

Wu Hua is in charge of the economic power of the Li family village, so the Wu family naturally wants to benefit from her.

It is shameless to ask for money directly, but it is inevitable to ask for some ways to make money.

Li Yunze laughed when he heard the words, "Have you spent all the money for spices?"

For the spices brought back from the sea last time, the nobles of each family got their share according to their share.

But before they cheered and wanted to sell it, they were shocked to see that the market was full of low-priced and skinny spices.

Seeing the price plummet from being comparable to gold to being comparable to copper coins, the value of the spices in hand naturally shrank rapidly.

Only after inquiring did they find out that the emperor and Li Yunze were selling at a low price together.

The two of them accounted for [-]% of the shares, so they really had absolute pricing power.

The low-priced spices not only crushed the foreign spice merchants who came through the Silk Road, but also put the nobles who got their share into a dilemma.

If you continue to hoard and wait for the price to rise, you may have to throw it in your hands, because the spices have not been sold out this time, and Li Er is already preparing for the second voyage to the Spice Islands.

But if you don't vote, the price is so low and you are not reconciled. It's really a dilemma.

Then, as every family bought a lot of cheap spices, the market was gradually saturated, and they couldn't sell them even if they wanted to.

Seeing that the manpower for the second voyage had been arranged properly, the nobles were afraid that they would lose their hands and could only beg Li Yunze to find a way.

Li Yunze's solution is very simple, use these spices to pay for the money to buy the boat and the money borrowed from him.

After the compensation is completed, the rest will be purchased at the market price, and each family will earn several thousand coins no matter what.

This is not a small amount of money, but compared to the previous value of those spices, it is not worth mentioning.

"They want to contract the next section of the project." Wu Hua hummed and said, "It's about two hundred miles when they open their mouths, but they are only willing to take out five thousand guan. I laughed so hard, five thousand guan and even twenty miles are worth it." Can't fix it."

The railway project was huge, and it was impossible for Li Yunze to spend all day working on the construction site by himself, so he engaged in subcontracting by sections.

Each family pays a deposit and takes materials and materials from me for construction. After the completion and acceptance are passed, you can get the project payment according to the length.

The most active one is Changsun's family, and their family took the lead in doing things. The section from Chang'an City to Yunyang was repaired by Changsun's family.

Li Yunze wasn't stingy either, the project money he settled could basically make his family earn more than a hundred yuan for a mile.

From Chang'an City to Yunyang, which is less than a hundred miles away, the Changsun's family has earned as much as [-] guan, which is more than selling spices.

The honorable men were very moved upon hearing the news, and all wanted to contract the project, but Li Yunze was very picky, especially when it came to the security deposit.

The Wu family didn't have much money, and wanted to make a lot of money with a long-term contract, so they asked Wu Hua for help.

"What a big deal I am."

Li Yunze smiled and said kindly, "It's your family after all. Isn't your face worth a project? Let's say, five thousand guan is [-] guan. Let them do it from Yunyang to Fangzhou. "

Hearing this, Wu Hua blushed immediately.

Two hundred miles to say less than twenty to thirty thousand entries, just because of my own face I got it.
Wu Hua lowered his eyelids, "Thank you, Master."

"By the way." Li Yunze seemed to have remembered something, "What's your nickname?"

Wu Hua's pretty face turned even redder, "Aye called me Ernan."

Li Yunze grinned, "This is too common, why not call me Mei Niang."

Wu Hua was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled, "Well, from now on I will be called Wu Meiniang."