Chapter 868: Preventing Drought
Even if they take the risk, they don't want to miss such an opportunity.
After the news spread, the people in various state capitals were not calm, and the direct consequence was that many people from other places rushed to Youzhou without carrying anything.
The caravans that traveled from place to place also helped to transport people as they did to collect workers.
"The Grand Governor, the effect of recruiting people is obvious, and these people need to be properly settled before winter."
"The people of the Sixteen States of Youji have offered to let these people work as temporary workers first."
Regarding the shortage of workers in Youzhou, Li De knew that temporary workers could settle people first, and there was a great possibility that they would work in the workshop after they entered the workshop.
Businessmen will definitely recruit a lot of workers by taking advantage of this matter, and Li De has nothing to say about this matter.
Because after winter, it is impossible to carry out reclamation, which is just the opportunity for merchants.
Li De is not worried about this, winter is the time for the workshop to recruit temporary workers, and many people are in the winter at home.
If they go to the workshop, they can increase their income, which has become a habit in Youzhou.
The people of the city guard have a lot to do during this time of winter, and they have to pay attention to the resettlement of new arrivals at all times.
The newcomers are more stable than they thought, and they are not only disgusted but also very cooperative with the work of temporary workers.
After inquiry, I learned that after so many years of propaganda in Youzhou, they knew everything about Youzhou.
For example, when they work in the workshop, people basically talk about it every day, they are very excited, but they are not sure about the future, and considering the relationship between their families, many people do not make a decision.
But this time it was different, I heard that they could be allocated 100 acres of fertile land, and they could have housing, and a good life could be guaranteed.
So tempting how could they miss it.
They are very willing to work, because the pay for temporary workers is very good for them.
They know that the best way for newcomers to make money is to join the workshop, and they can make more money, so they don't want to.
In winter, the castle guard is warm, and the application of heating has long been popularized to every household, even if there is no heating, people use ondols.
In order to save costs, ondols and hearths are used in the workshop's housing.
No one is allowed to freeze to death in Youzhou, this is the rule that has been formulated, and there have been no displaced people for several years.
Because the displaced are equal to the labor force.
What the people of the city guard do in the winter is to summarize and count the work of the whole year, and many departments have completed all of them in the past few years.
Experienced staff members are reassigned tasks after a period of time in the castle guard's office, and the plan for new regional towns has begun to be inspected.
The main way is to let people sign up first, and those who meet the conditions can participate in the assessment.
Although the working environment will be much worse than that of Youzhou, it is also an opportunity for them to rise.
It is impossible for the officials of the castle guard to go through the airborne procedure, so if you want to take charge of the side, you need the staff to take the initiative.
Throughout the winter, the workload of the Youzhou City Guard was very large.
Li De has noticed that there is very little snow in today's winter, and without Ruixue, I am afraid that there will be a famine in a mega year.
It is rumored everywhere that the luck of the Sui country has been exhausted, and the world will be in chaos.
After getting the news of the red peony, Li De asked the city guard mansion to draw up a plan, and this matter has been extended to the city guard mansions in the sixteen states of Youji.
They also need to respond.
Compared with the state capitals, the situation in Youzhou is relatively better, and in order to prevent drought, the steam engine has been used to drill wells.
Li De knew that the Zhenguan period was a time of many disasters and difficulties, and he had to be prepared.
Not only did Li De find out, but for the people, they were all worried when they saw such a situation.
Especially for the people who have just arrived in Youzhou, they are counting on the distribution of land, and if there is a drought, they don't really know what their life will be like in the future.
It can be said that the greater the power, the more worries there are.
Li Yuan was also worried, because of the situation, most of the power land he was sitting on was divided.
Will he delay the food problem, maybe but it does not mean that they will be short of food, and whether the people are short of food is not so important to them.
As long as the aristocratic family is well managed, the power can be stabilized.
He was worried about Li De, and he was worried about Li Mi, and he wanted to know what they would do if the people ran out of food.
In his opinion, this is an opportunity, he is not sure about Youzhou, and he does not believe that Youzhou will be short of food.
Perhaps this natural disaster can make Youzhou deplete grain reserves, which is good for him in a strategic sense.
He was happy that Youzhou had business cooperation with several forces, and he had read the agreement, and when it came to business cooperation, it was all-round.
Among them, there is the matter of grain purchase, and once there is a drought, it will definitely be necessary to purchase grain from Youzhou.
How much hoarded food can meet their consumption.
Calculated from the number of soldiers and horses of various forces, it is necessary to meet the consumption of millions of soldiers and horses for two years, and as for the food needs of the people, one Youzhou is a great pressure.
Youzhou now has a population of one million, more than the population of Chang'an and Luoyang, and the number of grain merchants is several times larger.
The advantages of commercial development are obvious, but in the event of a natural disaster, their losses will be greater, unlike all their people, who value agriculture.
A large portion of all harvests will be hoarded.
When Emperor Wen of Sui was full of food, now Li Yuan has been developing since he occupied Luoyang, and food is the top priority.
With preparation, he didn't panic at all.
What Li Yuan didn't know was that just when he had an idea, Li De was worrying about food, because this year's harvest was too much, and the grain was once again piled up in the inner city of Youzhou.
Even the newly built granaries were full, and the castle guard had to plan to expand the number and size of the granaries again.
Not only that, but the grain merchants in Youzhou are also very troubled, and the grain they harvest is piled up in the warehouse.
They were aware of the possibility of a famine, and when they were a little cautious, they were all notified by the castle guard.
As a result, the famine prevention conference has been in place for several days, and in order to be able to weather the future crisis, the price of food purchased from the Chamber of Commerce will be lower, and the demand is that price gouging should not be allowed.
It is necessary to focus on the needs of the people, and a series of plans have been formulated.
Therefore, the price of the grain sold has been set a standard, and there will be no change within the power of Youzhou, and the price can be appropriately increased according to the situation when the external state capital sells.
Normally, it does not care about the commercial activities of foreign state capitals, after all, what business needs is a market economy.
However, for the sake of the overall consideration, the matter of cheering for the lives of the people must not occur, because the principle of the supremacy of the interests of the merchants of Youzhou is affected.
A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and all the grain merchants and merchants agreed to this decision by meeting and communicating.