In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 475 It doesn’t matter if you don’t make money

Shi Yuzhi felt that there were several people from the same province, and their quotes were all very close, ranging from 300,000 to 350,000.

A total of sixteen people made bids at the scene, with the highest bid being thirty-eight yuan and the lowest bid being Shopkeeper Li's bid of two hundred and sixty thousand yuan.

The second lowest was 270,000 yuan, and he was a businessman from Henan.

The difference between the two was 10,000 to 10,000, and shopkeeper Li from Zhejiang won the bid.

"Hahahaha, give in, give in, give in." The man surnamed Li seemed to be young, about forty years old, and he would excitedly throw punches around.

Some people around laughed and scolded: "Boss Li, you are going to lose money like this, I'm afraid you won't make much."

"It's just that it's hard to find workers nearby. It costs more to find workers from farther away."

Some people pointed out that it is difficult to find workers now.

Because the imperial court was also working in Tianjin and recruited a large number of nearby people, if they came to work again now, they might have to spend more money to find workers.

Nowadays, the city of Tianjin is newly developed and people are being employed everywhere.

If we go by what the craftsman said, if a fort requires fifty people, it will take about half a year.

There were no computers in this era, so someone nearby actually brought an abacus.

Many dynasties other than the Song Dynasty enforced corvee without giving money, and the people even had to bring food themselves. However, in the two Song Dynasties, money was given to do this. This was not decided by Zhao and Rui. The two Song Dynasties did this. All big jobs are paid, so don’t say that you are always a coward (Da Song Dynasty), at least you are paid when you ask people to do work.

Zhao Yurui's court had carried out land reform in all aspects, and divided the land among local tyrants. The grain fields in the Song Dynasty were not concentrated in the hands of landlords everywhere, but were owned by the common people across the country.

The artificial food supplement is basically one month for young people. If it is used for women and middle-aged people, it will be lower for the elderly. Of course, the project may be slower.

"Oh, why?" Shi Yuzhi looked at the big picture that had just been hung up and felt that the fort was not very big or difficult.

But shopkeeper Li smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't make money. In the future, you can earn back the 20% of the real estate."

"There are not many young and strong laborers in the local area. In the future, most of the laborers will be women, middle-aged, or even teenagers. The construction period will be extended, and more people will have to be sent, or they will have to spend more money to hire from farther away."

The result of this is that people in the Song Dynasty now have fields at home and have their own jobs. Although they are busy with farming or not, and there are many people in the family, if you don’t have enough money, private bosses and businessmen who want to find more people will have to spend money. High price.

Shi Yuzhi had studied mathematics in Jeju Island and could calculate silently, but he couldn't do it well even after a long time.

The imperial court also built water conservancy projects and dredged rivers, which required labor, and the prices were relatively high.

According to the size of the posted drawings, some businessmen even brought craftsmen with them, and the approximate number of people needed would be assessed on site.

Of course, in various projects, the court has rewards and penalties. For example, if the project is completed ahead of schedule, there will be another reward. For example, for the previous bid of 260,000 guan, the court required 400 days. For each day advanced, the reward would be 100 guan. If you delay for one day, you will be fined 200 guan. The maximum delay cannot exceed two months.

It's not difficult to finish the project ahead of schedule. As long as we hire more workers, work overtime, and the boss pays more, it will be no problem.

This is also the reason why a laborer’s monthly income has reached a consistent level.

Shi Yuzhi was chatting with Shi Tianbao at this time. Shi Tianbao was Shi Songzhi's servant for generations, and this guy was also a craftsman.

In fact, businessmen like Shi Yuzhi are now able to estimate the approximate cost based on local market conditions.

Only then did Shi Yuzhi realize that Li actually had the same idea as him.

This meant that every time the imperial court went to war, it did not need much labor.

"The craftsman said that a hundred forts can be built in two or three months. I'm not sure." Shi Tianbao said in a low voice.

What would happen if every household had a field?
This means that each family's strong labor force has its own farmland.

After the man finished speaking, he seemed to hear someone eavesdropping nearby. He turned his head and saw Shi Yuzhi looking at them. The two quickly moved to the side, away from Shi Yuzhi.

But if there are a lot of people using a place, I'm afraid it won't be able to withstand it.

Some imperial courts raised 200,000 troops, and civilians had to bring 100,000 troops.

Calculated on a regular basis, it takes about 12 labors a year for one person.

Shi Yuzhi happened to hear a craftsman nearby discussing with his boss: "In my opinion, this fort can be completed in two or three months at most with a hundred people."

Shi Tianbao told the reason.

Because officials have said that this is a military project, and the quality of this project is acceptable. In the future, many military projects of the imperial court will be given priority.

With one thousand workers at the same time, it can be built in one year.

Everyone's minds were spinning quickly.

One thousand workers spend about 12,000 guan on labor and food a year. Including materials and other costs, it is estimated to be about 30,000 guan.

The second project was the construction of 20 forts along the coast of Dagukou. This time the officials only said that the project would take one year, and then detailed the size and location of the forts. Finally, the court estimated the construction cost at 50,000 guan.

The first project allowed everyone to see the degree of involution of the merchants of the Song Dynasty, and it became even more out of control later on.

Shi Tianbao believes that since everyone is looking for people, labor will inevitably increase, and women and middle-aged and elderly people will have to be hired later, so the profit and construction period are hard to predict.

When the imperial court recruited local craftsmen, this guy didn't go and stayed in the Shi family. So although he was not an official, his salary was not low, and Shi Songzhi treated him very well.

This project is not very profitable, but it can establish a good relationship with the military. There are fifty or sixty people on site, and there are more than twenty bidders, which is more than the port project just now.

Zhao Yurui's Song Dynasty raised 200,000 troops, and the civilians brought 20,000, which was too much. The main thing was to ensure the production of the people's homes.

Shi Yuzhi didn't bid for this project, but quietly watched other people's bids.

The biggest benefit of this project may be that 20% of the real estate and shops will be built next to the port in the future.

The more workers there are, the faster it can be built.

Shi Yuzhi felt that it made sense. He thought about it and suddenly said: "What if we organize a team ourselves to take over the work?"

"Long-term maintenance? What if there is no project?" Shi Tianbao hesitated.

At this time, Shi Yuzhi already had the idea of ​​forming an engineering team for future generations.

In his opinion, it is obviously more difficult to find people temporarily now. If we can find a group of people, both men and women, from remote areas, rural and poor areas, and set up a construction team, we can receive projects everywhere. There will definitely be a lot of money.

Of course, the Song Dynasty also had another source of manpower, which was prisoners of war from various places and the gains from attacking cities and destroying countries.

The imperial court will give priority to a group of people to do heavy work, such as mining and dredging rivers, and a group will be sold to the people as slaves.

Shi Yuzhi believes that these people can be bought and used as engineering teams.

However, the imperial court would supervise and review those who bought slaves in large numbers.

This is because when Zhao Yurui started his business, he bought many slaves and trained them to be used as guards.

Shi Yuzhi seemed to have discovered the key point.

"I think whether to accept projects now is the second priority. If we can build an engineering team, we will definitely make money."

Shi Tianbao nodded: "Before I came here, I told you that we are all a family and we will obey Mr. Shi's orders in everything."

Shi Tianbao stated that the cooperation between the two parties was all at Shi Yuzhi's discretion. After all, Shi Yuzhi has the identity of Shi Miyuan's son. Zhao Yurui has the final say in the Song Dynasty now, but when Shi Miyuan took power in the world, there were still many former confidants in office.

For example, Zheng Qingzhi, Yu Tianci and others in the cabinet.

"Let's pick up and pull at the same time?"

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling a little amused.

Many projects were photographed on site that day, and the most eye-catching project was the construction of the Navy and Cavalry Camp near Tianjin Prefecture.

The naval camp requires 1,500 houses, and the cavalry camp requires 3,000 houses. Each has its own area requirements, and there are many supporting building facilities, especially some major warehouses.

Shi Yuzhi estimated that the naval garrison was around 3,000 and the infantry and cavalry were around 6,000.

Of course, the barracks are not just for two people per room, but also include many other supplies, utility rooms, warehouses, etc.

This is the first batch of military buildings to be opened to the public, and the requirements are relatively high.

The two camps were divided into two parts, and they were built by the two lowest bidders. Whoever built the best would be given priority in the next court project in the future.

Because the construction of Tianjin Fucheng is still early, the construction period is relaxed, and the total construction period is two years.

The bidding on the spot was very impressive.

The last two bids were 160,000 guan and 175,000 guan respectively.

Shi Yuzhi and Shi Tianbao looked at each other with expressions of disbelief.

This is really too volume and the profit is not very high.

Shi Tianbao believed that at least a thousand people should be found to work.

Based on a thousand people, the normal salary for one year is calculated as 12,000 yuan. Now it is calculated as high as 15,000 yuan, or 30,000 yuan for two years.

The labor cost is still a fraction, but the material cost is the bulk.

The raw materials alone for thousands of basic houses are worth more than 100,000 yuan.

Including other supporting facilities of the military camp, warehouses, roads, environmental renovation, as well as transportation costs and other expenses for purchased materials, it will cost at least 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.

This calculates the cost price to be close to 200,000 yuan.

Aren't these two people afraid of losing money when bidding?

This is not something Shi Yuzhi and Shi Tianbao consider.

The other party can reduce manpower, speed up the construction period, obtain rewards and other ways to gain profits.

But according to Shi Tianbao and Shi Yuzhi, these two projects will not make much money.

Later, Shi Yuzhi and Shi Tianbao specially sent people to find out more. It turned out that the food the two men provided to the laborers was relatively poor, they saved money in all aspects, and aroused the resentment of the laborers. They caused trouble in the factory and were finally arrested by the court. A good punishment.

Zhao Yurui seemed to have opened Pandora's box. The first project bidding in the Song Dynasty was relatively successful, and it also brought new business opportunities to the wealthy businessmen of the Song Dynasty.

Some projects won't be very profitable, but you can get more opportunities by building relationships with officials.

Shi Yuzhi and Shi Tianbao finally won a project together. This project was difficult to work on, there were few people competing, and the profit was hard to say.

That is, the second middle section of the east outer city wall of New Tianjin City and the Lu River section were renovated.

Some of the walls of Tianjin City were built by people arranged by the imperial court, and some were subcontracted. The main reason was to see whether it was better done by the imperial court or by subcontractors.

This section of the east outer city wall is close to the Wei River, and the project also includes transforming the connection between Wei River and Tongzhou, that is, the Lu River in the Ming Dynasty Lane.

In the future, it will be the main waterway connecting Yanjing.

River channel reconstruction has always been difficult, takes a long time, and costs a lot.

But Shi Yuzhi still took the photo.

Building the city and improving the river took the longest time, and the court required about three years. The investment was high and the payback period was long, so most businessmen were unwilling to do it.

Shi Yuzhi believes that there are few people willing to do it, so the bid can be higher and there is no need to pay so much.

Sure enough, he won the renovation of the city wall and canal for 900,000 yuan.

He and Shi Tianbao thought about it and conservatively estimated that they would earn about 200,000 guan in three years, and the two families could split 100,000 guan.

Earning 100,000 yuan in three years is not a small amount, but it is certainly not a lot.

The problem is that the initial investment is a bit large. Without Shi Songzhi, Shi Yuzhi himself would not have been able to come up with so much money.

Fortunately, the court was also humane and asked them to divide it into several sections. Each section would be given money for each section.

Shi Yuzhi divided the city wall and the river into five sections. After finishing the middle section, he could collect the money for each section, so as to ensure that the investment would not be too much.

After winning the project, Shi Yuzhi and Shi Tianbaobing split up.

Shi Tianbao prepared materials and tools locally and nearby, was responsible for transportation and logistics, and recruited nearby labor.

Shi Yuzhi is responsible for finding people to form his future core engineering team.

At this time, in addition to local businessmen, most businessmen from other places hired people temporarily. However, there were too many projects in Tianjin this time and too many people were needed. People were hired everywhere. It was hard to find anyone nearby. Some people went to Shandong and Tongzhou, even Baozhou and other places to find labor.

Shi Yuzhi did not hesitate and went straight to Baozhou with three followers.

Baozhou is an important Mongolian territory in Hebei. The Song army had previously besieged it but refused to attack it. After Wokuotai decided to withdraw his troops, the defender of Baozhou first asked the Song army to surrender conditionally.

The guard general of Baozhou at that time was Zhang Rou, the marshal of the Han army marching ten thousand households in Baozhou.

Zhang Rou is one of the largest Han forces in Hebei and a big landowner in Baozhou. Zhang Xin, this guy's crony, had contact with Xiao Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty. Seeing that the Mongolian army was weak and wanted to withdraw from Hebei, Zhang Rou sent someone to ask To surrender to the Song Dynasty, he was required to retain his family property, status and army.

Zhang Rou surrendered to Mongolia in 1218 and followed the Mongols for more than years. She always had a heavy army and played a trick. The Mongols used Han people to control the Han people and they were quite indulgent to him.

This made Zhang Rou reluctant to hand over military power easily.

At that time, Zhang Xin came to negotiate. Zhang Rou was willing to hand over some of his land, but he still wanted to retain the army and cut Juju to protect the state.

At that time, Zhang Rou was the largest Han army in Hebei, with tens of thousands of troops at his disposal. He thought he had the capital to negotiate, but Zhao Yurui did not give any face to him and directly ordered a storm.

Baozhou has a wide moat and is not easy to fight. However, after the Mongolian army retreated, the morale in the field was completely lost. It was breached in less than six days, and Zhang Rou was killed in the battle formation.

After this battle, the Song army occupied Baozhou and obtained tens of thousands of prisoners. The imperial court selected tens of thousands of elite soldiers to serve as the new army, and took another 10,000 to work as coolies.

The remaining prisoners and the raided wealthy households in Baozhou became spoils of war, and the court still used them to make money.

Shi Yuzhi went to Baozhou on the fifth day of December.

I walked slowly along the way, mainly watching the itinerary, and found that people were working everywhere.

The imperial court was preparing to move the capital. The canals from Tianjin to Yanjing and even Baozhou were being renovated. Along the road, many people could be seen doing things with their feet tied. At first glance, they were prisoners or criminals.

(End of this chapter)