I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 275

Chapter 274

Listening to Han's report, Cheng Shijie asked in surprise: "How did the milk come here? As far as I know, the shelf life of milk is only two to three days!"

Even in later generations, the shelf life of boxed pure milk is not long. Generally speaking, pure milk in bags can be stored for 45 days, and pure milk in boxes can be stored for six months. Pure milk imported from abroad is sterilized by ultra-high temperature. way, can be stored for about a year.

But the problem is that the people of later generations blindly worship foreigners and take pride in drinking foreign milk. In fact, these ultra-high temperature sterilized milk has neither active ingredients nor probiotics. Drinking this so-called pure milk , The effect is similar to drinking milk powder.

And now Liaodong is adopting this method, using ultra-high temperature sterilization, in fact, the technical difficulty is not high, just like packaging canned food, after packaging the milk, it is steamed at high temperature, because the air and fungi are isolated, this kind of milk only needs to It can be stored for [-] to [-] months in a cool and dry environment without being exposed to the sun.

The sales volume of these canned milk is actually not good. The rich people disdain to drink it, and the poor can’t afford it. In Liaodong, the output of milk is extremely high, far exceeding the demand of Liaodong, and the sales of this kind of canned pure milk are not good. , Most of the milk shipped to Huangzhou is on time and belongs to special treatment.

Although most of the business value of this kind of high-temperature sterilized pure milk is lost, for ordinary refugees, it is better than nothing.

Just like later generations, everyone knows that beef and mutton have high nutritional value and good taste, and everyone also knows that pork has high hormones and high cholesterol, but the problem is that ordinary people cannot afford the burden of beef and mutton. For example, the monthly income can only buy about 600 catties of beef, but it can buy more than [-] catties of pork.

If you want to eat meat, the first choice is pork or chicken, because it is cheap, or you can choose artificial meat.

After Han's explanation, Cheng Shijie finally understood that the construction of Chibi City was actually digesting the surplus production capacity of Liaodong. The Liaodong Management Committee received milk and canned food from farmers or merchants at a low price. , old corn flour, potato flour, and a considerable portion of potatoes that are about to deteriorate, sweet potatoes, are transported to Chibi Mountain for common people to eat.

Although these foods are about to expire, they do not actually affect their consumption. If the public knowledge of later generations would stand on the moral high ground and condemn such irresponsible behavior, it is a pity that the public knowledge of the Ming Dynasty was not so powerful.

To be honest, if this standard is set in Daming, 90.00% of the people would be willing to work for Cheng Shijie for free. There are potatoes, noodles, sugar, milk, and meat. What else do you want?
There is no harm if there is no comparison. The gentry in Huangzhou Mansion have very bad standards for their tenants, especially those refugees who work part-time. It is a gift to be able to feed. Chibi City has attracted too many refugees and poor people around. This made the gentry around very unhappy.

But no matter how upset they were, they didn't dare to do anything to Cheng Shijie. After all, Cheng Shijie had soldiers in his hands and 10,000+ rogue prisoners. If Cheng Shijie "accidentally" let some rogues escape, it would be enough for them to drink a pot.

Cheng Shijie is basically satisfied with the construction site of Chibi City managed by the Han family, but the problem is that he is not so satisfied when he inspects the living environment of these workers. The shanty towns built by these workers are very dense and low. With Cheng Shijie's height, he had to bend over to pass.

Not only is it crowded, but it is also very dangerous. These shantytowns are all built of wood, and many people are shabby tents brought over from the camp of the rogues.

Seeing Cheng Shijie's displeasure, Mrs. Han stepped forward and explained: "There is no way for the workers to live in the living environment for the time being. The slave's opinion is to make do with it for the time being. When the barracks is built, let some craftsmen move there and live directly in the barracks." , let them move out after the city is built!"

"Be sure to pay attention to fire prevention!"

"Slave save!"

Han said: "All the workers eat in the cafeteria. They don't need to start a fire, and they stop working when the sun goes down and start working again at dawn. They don't need to light the lamps, so there will be no fire."

Facing Han's explanation, Cheng Shijie was really speechless, but he didn't need it.

At this moment, Cheng Shijie discovered that there was an artificial ditch in the camp: "What's going on?"

"There are tens of thousands of people, drinking water is also a big problem, so we have to bring the lake water from Jiwo Lake!"

Fortunately, no one bathes in this ditch, and no one washes clothes in it. If the workers want to wash clothes, they fetch water into the wooden basin. After washing, they pour it into another ditch, which flows directly into the Yangtze River.

However, when Cheng Shijie was about to leave, he found a wooden frame on the edge of the ditch, which was used as a small bridge. This corpse has been hanging there for a long time, and it has rotted to a considerable extent. There is a ditch under the corpse, which means...

"How is this going?"

Mrs. Han didn't know either, so she sent someone to inquire, and then reported to Cheng Shijie: "Marshal, this woman's name is Mrs. Jin. Half a month ago, Mrs. Jin had an affair with someone and was discovered, and her clansman buried her. Yong, later the people in charge thought it was better to hang it here as a warning to others.”

Mrs. Han didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this. In fact, even Qiao Siniang and some female soldiers thought that Mrs. Jin deserved it. Hanging her here was already doing her a favor, and she should be killed.

But the problem is, what Cheng Shijie is concerned about is that corpses are easy to cause diseases and plagues.Once the plague is caused, this huge camp may die in a day.

"Take away the corpse immediately, find a place to burn it, and bury it. From now on, the drinking water must be purified, and drinking unboiled water is not allowed."

"Purify... how to purify drinking water?" Han didn't understand Cheng Shijie's meaning.

"Boil the water. From now on, everyone is only allowed to drink boiled water, not raw water."

Cheng Shijie also didn't have water purification equipment, at least after the water was boiled, most of the bacteria in the water could be killed. This is also a solution when there is no special water purification equipment.Although it cannot completely solve the problem, it can solve most of the problems.

"Okay, handsome!"

Han Shi is dressed in men's clothes, showing a capable spirit from head to toe. People can change. More than a month ago, Han Shi was an ordinary rogue woman, and she was the cheapest cannon fodder. If it wasn't for He Jiuyi's secret Take care of her, she might be dead long ago.

But now, the Han family is becoming more and more confident, and more and more leadership style. She followed Cheng Shijie, followed by more than a dozen women, the oldest of whom was only 20 years old. These women were recruited by the Han family by taking advantage of their positions. Yes, they are also Han's assistants. Some are in charge of records, some are in charge of calculations, and some are in charge of planning. Most of these girls are from wealthy families. They have suffered a lot in the camp of rogues, and now they cherish the opportunity very much.

The Han family's authority in Chibi City is getting stronger and stronger, no one dares to question her orders, as long as it is Cheng Shijie's decision, it will be carried out to the letter.

Cheng Shijie didn't need to explain to Han why he had to maintain personal hygiene and sanitation. For those who violated discipline, Han only needed to starve them, and they would remember it firmly next time.

"Remember, when distributing food, you must strictly check their personal hygiene. There must be no black mud in the nails, no eye mucus in the corners of the eyes, and the clothes may be worn out, but they must be clean. Every ten people form a group. Mutual supervision within the group, if one person fails to meet the hygiene standards, all ten will be punished."

Han's management method is simple and rude, more and more like Cheng Shijie. Cheng Shijie also knows that it is useless to use emotion to understand reason at this time. Only by using this simple and rude method can the effect be seen in a short time.

Meng En looked at Han Shi who was admonishing him and said: "It's a pity, if Han Shi is not a woman, she will definitely become a capable official!"

"Gender alone is not enough to judge a person's ability. Who said that women are inferior to men? The queens of the Shang Dynasty had good women, Princess Pingyang of the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing's wife Hong Funu, and Qin Liangyu, the old general of Qin Dynasty. How are they better than men? Difference?"

Meng En said: "The commander in chief is absolutely right!"

Cheng Shijie has nothing to do now. He cultivated Han's not because of her beauty. Of course, Han's appearance is not bad, even though he is in his thirties, he is considered above average.

The real reason is that people in this era have been deeply influenced by Confucian literature, and imperial power is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although there are so many talents in the Liaodong Management Committee, the problem is that many people actually have a heart for Ming Dynasty.As long as the Emperor Chongzhen is willing to buy and is willing to buy, many people will be bought away.

However, Yang Yunniang would not, because Cheng Shijie used her. She is the deputy director of the Liaodong Management Committee and the president of the Liaodong Bank, who manages important powers in Liaodong commerce.Emperor Chongzhen gave her a name at most, which was flashy.

The same is true for the Han family. Only by following Cheng Shijie can she become a superior person.

……

In Liaodong, Jinzhou, after half a month of hard work by the young master Long Cheng of the Cheng family, he finally settled his plan, and he decided to summon Gao Jie.

When he learned that Cheng Jialong wanted to see him, Gao Jie arrived in Jinzhou overnight from Xinghai City, arrived in Jinzhou in the middle of the night, slept in the carriage for the middle of the night, and at dawn, he showed up at the General Mansion of the Ning Navy on time.

At this time, Gao Jie seemed to have made a lot of money. Not only did he use a four-wheeled carriage and a caravan, but his followers also changed into blue-colored clothes and equipped with a good Tang Hengdao. The most important thing is that everyone Each has a horse.

Even in Liaodong now, the price of a horse is already very cheap, but the problem is that a horse costs more than ten taels of silver, which is half as expensive as a cow.

"Meet the young master!"

"Gao Jie, you came just in time, come out with me for a walk!"

"Yes!"

Cheng Jialong was followed by Shi Lang, Zheng Sen, Li Zaiyang, Zhao Yingkui, and more than 100 servants. Gao Jie rode a horse and followed Cheng Jialong at half-shoulder position.

Cheng Jialong left the General Army Mansion, walked all the way to the north of the city along the main street, and left Jinzhou City. This is a residential area. The earliest homeless textile workers were resettled here, and most of them were diners. The income of female textile workers is also increasing. Although these female workers are older, some people are willing to marry. After all, some of them have good skills and can earn several taels of silver a month, and an income of dozens of taels of silver a year. That said, the temptation is not small.

The female textile workers who got married naturally lived with their husband's family. After all, Diwozi was a temporary place to live, and it was not as comfortable as red bricks and tiles, so it gradually became vacant.

Cheng Jialong pointed here and said, "Gao Jie, how many people who can build houses do you have?"

"I dare not say too many, there are still thousands of people!"

"very good!"

"Destroy all these existing houses, plan according to my master's plan, widen the roads, build sewers, and reserve space for squares, parks and green spaces!"

"Okay, I will try my best to buy the most land at the lowest price!"

"What are you going to do? Threats and temptations?"

"No no no, I'm being honest Gao, I would never do that."

As Cheng Jialong asked more and more, Gao Jie's head was sweating more and more. Cheng Jialong didn't simply want to build a house, he wanted to rebuild the textile town.

However, as the actual owner of the textile town, Jin Qiaoer did not set up obstacles for Cheng Jialong because of this matter, and the reconstruction plan went very smoothly. In fact, many people watched Cheng Jialong's every move, and they wanted to see Cheng Shijie's The eldest son is a waste material, but still a capable person.

As Gao Jie led more than [-] craftsmen to start construction, the dilapidated textile town looked like one day at a time. First, there were thousands of nests. These nests were not completely filled. It was converted into a cellar.

In the era when there was no refrigerator to keep fresh, the cellar played a huge role. It could keep food fresh and preserve fine wine. When cleaning up the entire textile town, the first thing to clean up was the unowned land nests. Cheng Jialong was surprised. I found that this textile town is almost a ghost town.

There are less than one hundred households in such a big town, and Cheng Jialong bought the diwozi of these one hundred households at a high price of more than ten taels of silver, which is considered a happy event.

Once the land of Textile Town is fully controlled, construction will start here. First, a road will be built with a total width of 40 meters. Two green belt areas of 30 meters each are also expected.

In the center of the town is the People's Square. This People's Square is actually a standard football field and a standard running track. The Cheng family Long Cheng feels that Liaodong has everything, but there are no cultural and entertainment facilities. This is his father. The only space left for him to play.

When Cheng Jialong designed this area, he actually modeled it on the Olympic Village in Beijing. Of course, his goal was far more than that. He also wanted to hold the Liaodong National Games after the town was built. A big deal.

Around the football field are four commercial streets, namely a food street, a bar street, an entertainment street, and a grocery street.

In order to make this town famous, Cheng Jialong used himself as the first owner of the town, and the second owner was Cheng Shijie's teacher and his master, Sun Chengzong, all of whom entered five ten-acre new-style courtyard houses.

If the house is built, it will become Jinzhou and the first community in Liaodong.

Like Chibi Mountain City, this place has also become a huge construction site.

In the capital, Emperor Chongzhen was in a hurry to get angry now, because the matter of rewarding Cheng Shijie had been going on for more than half a month, and there was no feasible way to argue.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was in trouble,
"Your Majesty, Mr. Fu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, please see me..."

Emperor Chongzhen was slightly taken aback by the report of the capital of the Huangmen. He put down the memorial he was reviewing and waved his hand: "Master Fu, please come in!"

Fu Zonglong lifted his robe and knelt down, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to Emperor Chongzhen in accordance with the etiquette system.

Emperor Chongzhen was about to give him his seat, but he looked around and asked very seriously, "Your Majesty, where is the historian?"

Emperor Chongzhen felt more and more unusual, and instinctively realized that something big was about to happen. He said kindly: "Fu Qing, if you have something to say, just say it clearly. What else do you have to say?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister is here today for Duke Hai!"

"Can Fu Qing reward Cheng Qing?"

"There is a way that is not a way!"

"any solution?"

Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed. During this period of time, he was so worried about Cheng Shijie's reward.

Fu Zonglong said solemnly: "General Cheng has a great power in the country, so he must reward him. As in the past, the official cannot be promoted, but he might as well reward some gold and silver goods to show his achievements. However, the treasury is empty, just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that General Cheng has made such great achievements, and this kind of reward can't show his achievements. I'm afraid that others will gossip."

Emperor Chongzhen said distressedly: "I also want to reward him, but there is nothing I can do!"

"I heard that Empress Zhang wants to accept the daughter of General Cheng as a righteous daughter and make her Princess Changping?"

"Exactly!"

"It's better to let Queen Zhang and Phoenix drive to Liaodong!"

"This……"

Emperor Chongzhen hesitated: "Empress Zhang..."

Fu Zonglong said: "The old minister thought that Empress Zhang could take the prince to Liaodong. In name, it was Empress Zhang who went to Liaodong to see Princess Changping, and the prince went to visit this imperial sister. It is rumored that Liaodong is flourishing under the rule of General Cheng. They do not close their doors at night and do not pick up things on the road. Liaodong is not a rich place. If the rumors are true, it has changed in just four years. It can only show that General Cheng is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs. It is a blessing for the country to have one!"

"It's all thanks to the blessings of the ancestors!"

Emperor Chongzhen also lamented that if it weren't for Cheng Shijie, state affairs would be even more difficult.With Cheng Shijie's 300 million shi of grain in Liaodong and an annual income of several million taels of silver, it is much better now.

"Your Majesty, why don't you let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go to Liaodong to learn how to govern the region and handle political affairs with General Cheng?"

Having said that, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Fu Zonglong with deep meaning: "Fu Qing is really old and spicy!"

Although this is a fact, letting the prince worship Cheng Shijie as his teacher is different from the name. Sending the prince to Cheng Shijie is actually a temptation.

It is reluctant that the child cannot catch the wolf.

Sending the crown prince to Cheng Shijie's side is equivalent to giving Cheng Shijie a chance. If he is really a hero, then the crown prince is in Cheng Shijie's hands, and Cheng Shijie can set up another center at any time to take the crown prince to order the princes.

With Empress Zhang and the crown prince, Cheng Shijie can go forward to attack, retreat and defend, maybe he can't wait to show his fox's tail.

(End of this chapter)