Chapter 169: The Humble Craftsman
He Shou arranged it very well, and the county order is such a down-to-earth official position, so he naturally knows the people's livelihood very well. The wages he arranged for the victims not only did no one object, but many people wept bitterly.
Originally, there was a locust plague of this magnitude, and they thought that there was no way to live. Who would have thought that just wandering to Chang'an, there would be a job to do immediately. When the big pot rice on the construction site is not adulterated, it is all good rice, and the most outrageous thing is that occasionally you can get meat to eat. Starting.. ..
Rice can be eaten and meat can be eaten, this is already the grace of His Royal Highness the Prince, who would have thought that after a day's work, he could also get copper coins according to the degree of labor.
Nowadays, the price of grain in the Guannai, under the vigorous intervention of the imperial court, has not risen too much. They work without worrying about food and drink, and the money they earn can also be mailed to their homes, so that their families can buy food to eat. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is careful! They were even assigned fast horses, and they rode a state capital, and after accumulating copper coins for a few days, they would be sent to their hometowns without delaying work.
As for the work on the construction site, although it is tiring, isn't it that our crops are born to suffer from this? What's more, the steward on the construction site never urges people to work, but only notes who is diligent and does more. If you encounter someone who doesn't want to die, you will go up and reprimand.
The prince is the prince, compared to the landlord or something, I don't know how much the atmosphere is!
Humans are social animals, and emotions are contagious to each other. The contrast between a construction site full of sighs and worries and a construction site full of laughter and vitality is like the difference between hell and heaven.
Yan Liben finally figured out the formula of cement.
Seeing that a large piece of solidified stone-like sandstone cement mixture would not break easily under the sledgehammer, Li Chengqian slapped Yan Liben on the shoulder!
"Yan Qing, cow! Just this thing, I don't know how many times stronger than the earth, glutinous rice, water or something. With this recipe, it is difficult for your Yan family to become rich! ”
The frenzy in Yan Liben's eyes only lasted for a moment before dissipating, and after arching his hand, Yan Liben took out a small box from his arms.
"Your Highness, the recipe for cement is recorded here. Wechen didn't dare to steal for himself. If it weren't for His Highness's name of the direction, how could Weichen have made such magical clay. ”
Unlike Zhao Yongsheng's bastard, Yan Liben can distinguish his status very well.
After the locust plague broke out, Zhao Yongsheng, who was originally going to bulk grain for free, didn't know who was bewitched, and actually raised the price with the grain merchant.
As soon as the imperial court's decree came out, many grain merchants hanged themselves, but this guy relied on his own prince's support, and the price of grain still did not drop.
After obtaining Li Chengqian's consent, Yu Qiusheng directly sent Zhao Yongsheng to the Criminal Department. In the year of disaster, the imperial court is lacking a head to establish authority. If there is one sent to the door, it will not be cut in vain.
And Yongsheng Wine Workshop was taken over by Lao Cheng and renamed Cheng Ji Wine Workshop. On the first day after the name change, Donggong received forty percent of the share documents sent by the Cheng family.
In the power field of Chang'an, businessmen have no place to stand.
"You also know that it is inconvenient to set up a workshop or something, so let the general superintendent set up a kiln and a cement workshop. It's the same as before, you just need to send forty percent of the net profit to the East Palace on a regular basis. ”
Yan Liben smiled and insisted: "It's still fifty percent, this cement is different from beds, wheelchairs and other things, it is something that makes a lot of money, and it will never be sold." If His Royal Highness only takes forty percent, Wei Chen will be a prisoner when he returns, and he will be poked in the back. ”
Seeing that Yan Liben insisted, Li Chengqian didn't say anything more.
Li Chengqian only demonstrated to them the master builder who would be the supervisor, and they understood how to build a cement house. Although Datang has not yet been able to make steel bars, the iron plates forged by the steel clamping method can still replace the status of steel bars. What's more, we are not making tofu slag projects, so we don't need to worry about the house collapsing or something.
For the first time, the master craftsmen who would be the superintendent saw the miraculous building material of cement, and although they had learned how to draw or something, they did not dare to build tall buildings without building anything with their own hands. So, on the land leveled by the victims, they dug a pit and buried the foundation, but in just five days, they built a small house for living in people.
After the cement is completely dry, take people up and step on it. The result was satisfying, with wooden stakes and iron rods across the load-bearing roof, and even if it was full of people, the cement showed no signs of cracking.
After seeing the magic of cement with their own eyes, the craftsmen used their imagination to build a 100-story high-rise building.
Although the Ministry of Rites has received orders from the emperor and does not take care of the problem of overstepping the system compared to the academy building, it is not good to be so arrogant. So Li Chengqian gave an order, just three layers! A three-story cement building, even if it is a house that has just been built with cement, should not have a big problem.
The people who were able to level the land were able to level the land quickly, and there were a lot of people who could be called to do the work, so construction began while the land was still being leveled.
"It's planned as a dormitory, which is where students stay. This place is planned as a playground, that is, a martial arts field, you can't use cement, just find some durable soft grass to plant here. ”
"It's planned to be an office building."
"It was built here first, and it was used as a branch of history in the future."
"The building here is more spacious, and Gu is going to gather some craftsmen to study here."
The previous conversation was okay, when he heard that he was going to send craftsmen here to study, Yan Li's own hand trembled, and the teacup fell to the ground.
"Your Highness, you want to let the craftsmen in? How can this be! ”
There were some words that Yan Li couldn't bear to say. Although the reputation of craftsmen in Datang is a little better than that of merchants, they are also uneasy about the cheap industry of the land. The word craftsman is almost as important as the lowly, and if the prince gets the craftsman into the academy, ten out of ten will be impeached by the officials.
Li Chengqian glanced at Yan Liben, frowned, and said: "Don't think that Gu doesn't know the status of craftsmen, in Gu's opinion, craftsmen are the same as farmers, they all exchange labor for food, and they can't distinguish between high and low. Moreover, if we Datang want to progress, many places need craftsmen to participate. Not to mention anything else, isn't the cement you made a few days ago the best proof? Lone Cai doesn't care about the impeachment of the official, you wait, if there is really a speaker who speaks, Lone will definitely stuff his mouth of cement in the court! ”
Seeing that the prince said impassionedly, the craftsmen who heard it around all knelt on their knees and hung their heads.
For them, the prince's move is to treat them as human beings!
It's not a language disease, it's a fact, a poignant fact.
Their status is so humble.