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Chapter 118 No Money

When they came to the main hall, after everyone was seated, Mrs. Zhen took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for everyone.

Li Yizhi looked at the pretty sister-in-law Zhen, smiled slightly and said, "Thank you."

Kou Zhong said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Zhen, why do you always pour tea for Boss Li first?"

Sister-in-law Zhen's face turned red, and she took a careful look at Li Yizhi. Seeing that Li Yizhi's expression was as usual, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

She glanced at Kou Zhong, and said coquettishly: "Young Master Li is the leader of the beggar gang, with the highest status, so I will serve him tea first."

After the words fell, she slowly backed away.

Kou Zhong was still winking, Li Yizhi shook his head, ignored him, and said to Tian Wen: "Mr. Tian, ​​now the Beggar Gang is on the right track, and I'm taking care of it on the bright side. Some of our original industries The plan can also be implemented.”

"Well, what industries does Yizhi plan to engage in? To be honest, although our beggar gang has developed rapidly during this period of time, it has also consumed a lot."

Tian Wen nodded, and said in a deep voice: "It's just the integration of beggars in Yangzhou, and it has already consumed tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although our current assets are quite rich, we can't afford such consumption."

Recruiting beggars does not actually cost much, the main thing is to cultivate talents.

In order to cultivate a group of backbones as soon as possible, everyone can be said to have piled up with money, and the consumption of all materials is huge.

Li Yizhi looked at Xu Ziling, and Xu Ziling quickly handed the sandalwood box in Tian Wen's hands.

Tian Wen opened it suspiciously, and there were a bunch of blueprints inside.

"Mr. Tian, ​​these are the drawings I draw in my daily life, including the method of steelmaking, drawings of various lathes, and drawings of various living utensils, all of which have not yet appeared in this world."

Li Yizhi said: "There is no need to say more about the method of steelmaking. In the future, if you strive for world supremacy, you will naturally not be able to lack weapons. The steel produced by my steelmaking method is not only of high quality, but also has a huge output."

"You may be unfamiliar with all kinds of lathe drawings. These things are for speeding up production efficiency. You will naturally understand after reading it later."

"As for the rest of the living utensils, these things are simple to produce, but they are novel in style, and should be popular with people and can make money quickly."

Tian Wen frowned slightly, and said, "Yizhi, these living utensils are okay. Whether it's beggars or refugees, you can find many carpenters. But steelmaking and lathes probably require a lot of skilled craftsmen. "

Li Yizhi smiled and said: "I have prepared for this a long time ago. It belongs to the Yangzhou Prefect's Mansion. There is a craftsman's camp. There are a large number of skilled craftsmen in it. They all participated in the construction of the Jiangdu Palace. I will cancel the craftsman's camp in the future." , then you can just accept it.”

The Jiangdu Palace represents the peak level of contemporary craftsmen, and the craftsmen who can participate in the construction are all first-class masters.

It's just a pity that such talents are hard to get the respect they deserve in this era.

Now that Li Yizhi has become the prefect, these people will naturally take advantage of him.

At that time, based on these craftsmen, he can improve the industrial level of the world very quickly, not to mention inventing things like steam engines, at least he can reach the industrial level he built in Yitian World.

Because he was born in engineering, Li Yizhi learned all kinds of industrial technologies in Yitian World, but now he just copied them.

Hearing this, Tian Wen couldn't help smiling happily, stroked his beard and said, "If that's the case, then I don't have any problems."

………………

A month passed in a blink of an eye.

It's not too long, it's not too short, it's enough for Li Yizhi to do many things.

First of all, he completely controlled Jiangdu County with superb means, and the magistrates of the counties and counties below surrendered one after another, not daring to violate it.

Secondly, the bandits in Jiangdu County have disappeared completely under Luo Tong's powerful suppression.

It can be said that today's Jiangdu County can be described as a well-organized government and a harmonious people.

Because of this, Li Yizhi has gathered a very high reputation among the people.

After clearing out the bandits in the territory, Li Yizhi inspected the counties one by one to observe the people's sentiments.

He found that a large area of ​​wasteland was being reclaimed, and there were camps for resettling refugees in many places. It seemed that Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi hadn't been lazy during this time, and all his decrees had been implemented.

As soon as he returned to Yangzhou, Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi came to greet him.

In just one month, the two people who were originally white and fat were now thin and dark.

Li Yizhi praised: "That's right, I've noticed your hard work this month. The previous things will be canceled. At the same time, the salary of the two of you will be increased by [-]% in the future."

Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved, and no longer had to worry about being settled after the event.

Li Yizhi said: "However, although the previous incidents have been written off, you must not slack off, and you must increase efforts to resettle the refugees. Nowadays, wars are raging in the world, and a large number of refugees are pouring into Jiangdu County. We must resettle them in time to avoid civil unrest."

Gao Shouyi wondered: "Prefect, there is no problem in resettling the refugees, but there is not much money in the current treasury. Let's not talk about resettling the refugees. I am afraid that this month's official salary will not be paid out."

Li Yizhi frowned and said: "How come there is no money? I remember that when I checked the treasury, there were still more than 40 taels of silver."

Gao Shouyi was about to cry, and hurriedly said: "Prefect, my subordinates and others are absolutely not greedy for ink. Our stall is really too big. Only refugees, we have recruited nearly 10 people this month. Not to mention Clearing up the bandits, the money is like running water!"

Xue Zhen also had a mournful face, and said: "Prefect, the reputation of our Yangzhou for accepting refugees has spread. It is foreseeable that more refugees will come here in the future. If there is no money to resettle them, disaster will not be far away."

Li Yizhi looked dignified. If the refugees use it well, the place will naturally prosper; but if it is not used well, there will be various uprisings every minute, and Jiangdu County can't stand the toss.

However, he was unable to prevent refugees from other places from coming, which violated his belief in martial arts.

Therefore, Li Yizhi must persevere, at least until after the autumn harvest.

Because the resettlement of refugees, the government does not do it free of charge, but converts various inputs into money and lends them to the refugees.After the refugees have a harvest, they will return them on schedule, thus forming a virtuous circle.

Otherwise, no matter how rich the family background is, it will not be able to withstand the toss.

As for silver, Li Yizhi didn't lack any money. Not to mention the sharing of salt from the cooperation with the Song family, but the industry run by the beggar gang has gradually developed.

Not to mention much, the monthly income of tens of thousands of taels is still there.

However, he couldn't directly subsidize the money to the prefect's mansion, otherwise, Yu Wenhua and a memorial would buy people's hearts from Yang Guangcan and conspire against him, and he might end up in prison.

"It seems that Qianzhuang's plan can be put on the agenda, and this is also an opportunity."

Li Yizhi thought to himself.

Since it is not possible to give it directly, then create a bank and lend his silver to the government of Jiangdu County, and use it as an opportunity to support the development of the bank openly and aboveboard.

With a bank, he will not have to worry about silver in the future if he finds a way to obtain the right to mint coins.

Thinking of this, Li Yizhi said to the two of them: "I have my own plans for the matter of money, you don't have to worry about it, just do your best to resettle the refugees."

Gao Shouyi and Xue Zhen hurriedly agreed, bowed and said, "Yes, prefect."

Although at the beginning, they had no choice but to surrender because of Li Yizhi's brutality.

But after working together for a month, they were really moved by Li Yizhi's actions, and they surrendered with joy.

They used to have dreams and passions, but they gradually degenerated in this officialdom, but now Li Yizhi is awakening their previous ambitions.

(End of this chapter)