Chen Wenhui spent the whole day talking to the newly appointed officials. It's too busy, but it's also a big gain, and I know a lot about it. In general, the development of Qingchun City is still very fast, although now, all the people do not live in the house, but the craftsmen live in the house, as well as those slaves, prisoners of war, naturally the last group of housing, now the key is those people. Fortunately, the temporary houses built for the people are relatively simple, there are no small courtyards, rows and rows, and the progress of the project can be much faster. At this rate, I think that after the beginning of spring, when the rainy season comes, those ordinary people will definitely be able to live in houses. It's just that the slaves may not be able to live.

However, there is also the fact that most of the city's sewer works can probably be completed before the rainy season arrives, at least in the area where the people live now. This will keep the city safe.

As for those natives, Chen Wenhui didn't take it to heart at all, with the absolute force of Dachu, high-level weapons, and a strong martial army, he couldn't deal with those natives who were still living in the form of a tribe, so to speak, those natives didn't even have decent weapons in their hands, and there were very few iron weapons. Where can it be an opponent?

Despite this, Chen Wenhui still felt that when some people moved into the house, half of the manpower would have to be allocated to build the wharf and city wall. Without walls, it's still not safe.

Chen Wenhui thought about it while eating breakfast. Yujin said: "Girl, you were busy all day yesterday, and you still insist on boxing today, and you have to be busy with a lot of things in a while, what should you do if you eat so little for breakfast now?" ”

Chen Wenhui found out at this time. Just thinking about things, forgetting to eat, I couldn't help laughing, and I was busy eating the meal, and I provoked Yujin to say there again: "Slow down, slow down, eat so fast like this." It's not good. ”

Chen Wenhui didn't care. Just finished eating, and was taking the handkerchief handed by Yujin to wipe his mouth, Yudai came in and said, "Girl." The deputy city lord is here, in the front hall, let her wait for a while, or invite her in? ”

Chen Wenhui hurriedly said: "I still have to comb my hair." It's going to take a while, you ask her to come. We talk as I comb my hair. ”

Yudai hurriedly went out to bring Wan Shuhui over, and when she entered the door, Wan Shuhui saw Chen Wenhui sitting in front of a one-person high mirror. Yujin and Xia He were already waiting for Chen Wenhui to change her clothes and were going through. Get ready to comb your hair.

He smiled and said, "Oh, it's fortunate that I, the deputy city lord, am also a woman." How can I accompany you to comb your hair and ask for advice at the same time? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "Yes, so I, the female city lord, should be matched with you, the female deputy city lord." You have a new dress today, this dress is good-looking, bean green with a green top, it looks bright, it's really good to take advantage of your beauty. ”

Wan Shuhui smiled and said, "Where can I compare to you, you have delicate and slippery skin, I'm old." Now my face is not as good-looking as it was when I was a girl, but I am a rich man and I am not tired of my family, so I can only spend more money to make all kinds of beautiful clothes. You don't know, in my little yard, clothes alone take up most of the space. ”

Chen Wenhui laughed and said, "It seems that rich people also have the difficulties of rich people." ”

Wan Shuhui said to Chen Wenhui: "Don't say anything else, I have taken a fancy to your mirror." Although I also bought a few mirrors from your Treasure Mirror Workshop, both large and small, but this is the first time I have seen such a big one. Why isn't there anything for sale in the Treasure Mirror Workshop? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "You don't know, this mirror, the bigger it is, the more difficult it is to do." Moreover, it is also very troublesome to move, so unless the mirror of our treasure mirror workshop is customized, it will never make such a large mirror. If you like it, next time, the goods from Baojingfang are here, you can customize one, anyway, you are not short of money, just let me earn a little more. ”

Wan Shuhui smiled and said, "You still don't think you have enough money?" ”

Chen Wenhui pouted and said: "In this world, who would dislike money? By the way, you came here so early in the morning, but is there anything going on? ”

Wan Shuhui hurriedly said: "That's the case, I was busy yesterday, and I forgot to tell you something." Isn't it almost the Chinese New Year? I thought about it, our government office has also been established, this Chinese New Year is our first year on the island of Luzon in the South Seas, although the city wall has not been built, many people have not yet lived in houses, still live in tents, but because there are many artisan families who have bought houses and moved out of tents, so the tents are much empty, so they give more to those people. The family used to be crammed into one tent, but now they can also get two tents, at least the men and women can be separated. Life has gone by like that. Shall we organize it and have a lively New Year? ”

Chen Wenhui thought for a while and asked: "When will our third phase of the house be built?" When it comes to the Chinese New Year, how many people can live in the house? ”

Wan Shuhui said: "The day after tomorrow, the third phase of the house will probably be delivered, these are temporary houses, and 10,000 people can be resettled at once." When it comes to the Chinese New Year, it is estimated that the house in the fourth phase can also be built, which is also a temporary house, and it can also house more than 10,000 people. In this way, by the time of the Chinese New Year, the craftsmen have already lived in the house, and half of the people can live in the house. The rest of the people will be able to divide their families into three or even four tents. It's spacious. It's the more than 10,000 captives, and there is not much improvement. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "These prisoners were finally arranged, they are all prisoners of war who have been stained with the blood of our Great Chu soldiers, and it is good that we did not kill them, and the final placement can be regarded as okay." It's just that the idea is that we can't let their living conditions be too bad, these people, we still have to wait to use them, if they die of illness, we are not cost-effective. ”

Wan Shuhui hurriedly said: "Don't worry about this, this is all money, people who can make us a lot of money in the future, how can I be willing to let them die of illness?" I took care of it very carefully. So what do you think about this New Year? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "New year, new atmosphere, we are the first year in Luzon, we must treat it solemnly. Tell the merchants who come to us to trade that our city lord's mansion wants to order a batch of firecrackers, as well as fireworks and the like. We're going to have a lively life. Also, during the Lantern Festival, we prepare a lantern festival, and when it reaches the thirtieth day, the whole city will have a holiday, and also, we will distribute meat, rice, and noodles to every family. The money is procured from the lord's mansion from the merchants who come to trade with us. Come to think of it, those businessmen will be happy. ”

Wan Shuhui smiled and said: "You are what a rich man does, I just spend some money myself, you already have a lot of money, let everyone spend it for you." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "What is this little money? For one, our orders will make the maritime merchants happy, see the potential of our city, and trade more often. Second, our people have a house to live in, meat to eat, and fireworks to watch, so naturally there is less feeling of being uprooted from home, and the sense of belonging to our Qingchun City is stronger, which may not be possible with spending money. Why don't you spend this money? By the way, when it comes to the Chinese New Year, these are not enough, we have to encourage everyone in policy. ”

Wan Shuhui asked strangely: "What policy?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "I still thought of it when I gave them the deed of sale for redemption yesterday. Actually, in our city, in the end, I don't want slaves, slaves and so on. I just want to build a happy city. And, of course, to be able to make money. So, I thought, we can't just issue ransom documents to these officials of ours. I'm going to give the slaves a chance. You have discussed, I am going to post a notice during the Chinese New Year, all those who are slaves, as long as they belong to the city lord's mansion, including those craftsmen and prisoners of war, as long as they work hard, make more money, and when they have enough money, they can apply to the city lord's mansion for redemption, and once the redemption is completed, they will be free people. You can allocate temporary housing, you can make money to buy a house like ordinary people, open up wasteland, and you can apply for resident status. If they apply for resident status successfully, we will treat them the same as the people of Dachu, and they can go to school for free and get medical treatment for free. ”

Wan Shuhui froze suddenly. After thinking for a while, he said: "Your method is good, in fact, I was just about to tell you, these slaves are not very active in their work, and without the severe whipping of the builders, they have no way to contribute, otherwise, our project progress can be faster." Because there is no hope for their lives. Anyway, he was a slave for the rest of his life. The prisoners of war, in particular, were originally strong laborers, and if they had done their jobs well, they would have made the project progress faster. After giving them hope in this way, we will come up with some policies accordingly, such as how much to do every day, the extra part, and more wages, which will probably improve their enthusiasm more. Because they also want to make more money so that they can redeem themselves. It's just that how much money do you set for redemption? If it's too high, they won't be able to reach it for the rest of their lives, how can they still be motivated? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said: "I want them to achieve the method they only thought of, and I prepared the craftsman to set it at ten taels of silver." The craftsmen were wealthier. Originally, there were few craftsmen, probably just a few people. And most of them are prisoners of war, these people, I am going to set five taels of silver, what do you think? ”

Wan Shuhui lowered her head and calculated for a while and said, "If it is like this, in about a year, our prisoners of war will be able to redeem themselves." (To be continued)