Chapter 212: Trivia
In the end, Liu Xian didn't really do it himself, because he quickly found a lot of plasterers. None of them had ever done the work of firing bricks, but they knew how to make simple tiles and ceramics.
Like some coarse bowls or something.
In fact, the process of firing green bricks is a bit simpler.
In this way, Liu Xian directly asked these craftsmen to be responsible for detecting where the soil was suitable, and then how to formulate the specifications of the size of those green bricks, and then they tried to fire. As long as the fired bricks are strong and tough, then they can be used to build cities.
Of course, Liu Xian's desire to build a fortress that was not available in this Han Dynasty was not to be built immediately. Now it's just a matter of making preliminary preparations. To build such a castle, there are so many materials that are needed, and I don't know how much is needed for the green bricks alone.
Soon after, the plasterers found a clay that was more suitable for firing bricks.
That's all for later.
After Liu Xian asked people to start the preparations for the construction of the city, the next thing to deal with was to move those workshops to Yangshi County. There is also a plan to stop the soup kitchens in the soup kitchens and distribute rice directly to the people.
These things are actually the affairs of the government, but the food is Liu Xian's, so Liu Xian has to preside over some affairs.
In fact, Liu Xian's so-called soup kitchen is not completely free of charge. Because now in the name of the Liu Mansion caravan, collect materials from those people, or organize those people to join the workshop to help with manufacturing. These, Liu Xian does not need to pay extra labor to them, and now, those people are equivalent to doing things for Liu Xian for nothing, but they only have some food as compensation.
The winter clothes that were delivered to Huangfu Song last time were the products of the labor of the vast number of people, and then they were exchanged for such a huge wealth for Liu Xian.
Liu Xian knew from the beginning that the people were currently short of food and ran out of food. Therefore, give them a bite to eat, and they will be willing to do things for themselves. But what about later? This is certainly not possible.
Therefore, Liu Xian explained to the people from the beginning that it was one thing to supply them with food, but Liu Xian would also calculate the value of their labor according to a certain value.
These, Liu Xian has already asked those scholars who have been accepted to register those people.
For example, the people of a certain street in the north of Yangshi County, how many people they received relief, and then what they did for the Liu Mansion caravan. They collected a few catties of cotton, or a few catties of iron, or some other materials for the Liu Fu caravan, and even two or three people in their family helped the Liu Fu caravan do something.
In fact, these are very well registered.
Doing so can be cumbersome and seem a bit complicated. However, this can be applied to every people.
To be honest, to govern a country or a place, many things have to start from small things, people-oriented, so that every person under the rule can live a clear and clear life.
With these, Liu Xian will be easy to do. According to the relief received by each family, and how much contribution their family members made to the Liufu caravan, and then according to the normal situation, how much food they needed to relieve them, and then roughly calculate a value, and then according to their contribution, subtract the value of the food needed, so that we can roughly get how much value is left behind the contribution they made to the Liufu caravan.
And according to the surplus of this value, a certain amount of money and food were given to those people. Here, it is certainly impossible to make up too much, but it will also explain the situation to every household.
Like this time in business, how much grain Liu Xian obtained in total, and what was the total value.
The food cannot be moved because it is to ensure the living needs of the people of Yang County in the coming months. However, money can be moved.
Liu Xian grinded hard and asked Guo Dian to give him two million money, and this money was intended to be used by Liu Xian to distribute to the people.
Liu Xian wanted to use facts to prove that the labor of those people was valuable.
For example, if they collected ten catties of cotton for the Liufu caravan, how much should each catty of cotton be at the normal price, deduct a part of it, and then give a certain amount of money and goods to those people according to a certain proportion, so that it is the end of the value of their contribution to the Liufu caravan earlier. After that, it will be calculated separately.
In this way, the people of Yangshi County can basically have a monetary income from every household.
Only when the people have money can this economy be developed.
The money may not be too much, and a family may only have about hundreds or thousands of dollars. But for the people who have long been poor, this is a wealth that they can remember for a lifetime. In fact, it can also be said that it is the money given to them by Liu Xian's Liu Fubai. Because of this money, Liu Xian can not give it at all. Even if they didn't give it, no one dared to say anything, because it was Liu Xian who gave them porridge and food and saved their lives.
By doing so, Liu Xian can further enhance his prestige among the people and play a positive role in what he wants to do in the future.
Liu Xian is not Ge Laocai, and he can gain the hearts of the people by spending a little money, Liu Xian is really willing to do it.
Liu Xian doesn't need to do these himself, now that there are people below, it is easy and convenient to do anything.
After dealing with these affairs, Liu Xian returned to Liu's Mansion in Liulin Village.
In the next period of time, Liu seems to be concentrating on cultivation in Liu's Mansion, as well as making some new things by the way, and preparing for the next business matter.
In addition, Li Yuan, who was sent to Quyang to receive supplies, did not return in a few days.
This time, he brought back a large number of seemingly useless supplies.
A group of mules and horses, about forty or fifty, of course, were all somewhat disabled or old and weak. Really good things, Huangfu Song will not give Liu Xian, after all, these can be said to be military supplies.
There were about three hundred horses, and likewise they were either worn out or old and crippled. There were even two-legged and three-legged war horses, but Liu Xian didn't dislike them and accepted them. If Liu Xian didn't want these war horses, they would definitely be slaughtered.
There are also seriously damaged armor, weapons, etc., Liu Xian asked people to leave a part of them to Yang's County, mainly to melt these iron tools and create a new batch of agricultural tools. The other part was sent back to Liulin Village, where Liu Xian used to rebuild the soldiers' armor and weapons.
In fact, these iron tools, no matter how seriously damaged, were recovered by the imperial court. But Liu Xian used the excuse of building agricultural tools, and Guo Diancai agreed to take out a batch to pay off the debt to Liu Xian.
The mules and horses and the three hundred war horses, Liu Xian all sent them to Liulin Village. These will be Liu Xian's personal things, those mules and horses, among which twenty can be selected to be used as mules and horses for caravans to pull carts in the future. This is also a favor that Guo Dian sold to Liu Xian, and he deliberately gave Liu Xian twenty good mules and horses.
Among the war horses, there are also fifty war horses that are healthy.
To the south of Liulin Village, a few miles away, to the south of the windbreak forest, is a plain grassland. It is just right for Liu Xian to put horses.
Those horses with two or three legs left are actually mares, and they can be allowed to lay ponies in the coming year.
Those war horses that wore out the hooves, Liu Xian didn't know if those war horses would grow back. If they can grow back and Liu Xian puts a horseshoe on them, then they will still be good horses. In any case, the male is a stallion anyway, and the female is a tool for producing ponies for her own horse farm.
Liu Xian doesn't know horses, but there are still more than 30,000 people left in Yangshi County, and there will definitely be people among them who know how to raise horses. Liu Xian doesn't need any horse breeders, he doesn't need Bole, he just needs to know how to take care of those horses.
Soon, dozens of people who knew how to raise horses were found, and Liu Xian directly asked them to be in charge of horse breeding in the horse farm.
In normal times, there are people from the dark camp guarding the horse farm, as well as those caravan guards who are transferred to Liulin Village for training, and they will also take on the responsibility of guarding the horse farm.
In addition, Liu Xian did not forget about the manor built by Jean Yannan in Zhaozhou County.
He is still making preparations there, and he has not yet officially started construction so soon. It just so happens that isn't this studying firing of blue bricks? Liu Xian simply asked them to carry the green bricks later to build the manor.
But Liu Xian still asked people to transport a batch of grain and a sum of money to Yan Nan, so that Yan Nan could start to do some work that could be done now according to his own plan. For example, they could build a road and then build an inn at the intersection of the three branches.
Now the Qian Inn is stepping up the training of some people according to Liu Xian's intentions. Most of these people are middle-aged and elderly, and some are women.
Just waiting for this group of people to run the inn to be almost trained, Liu Xian didn't just open an inn at the intersection of Zhaozhou County. Liu Xian asked Qian Kuan to train people, enough for Liu Xian to open multiple inns at the same time.
When the time comes, several nearby counties will definitely have to open semicolons.
inns and shops, these are all things that Liu Xian needs to get up.
However, when the time comes, Liu Xian will definitely have to go through the counties to inspect the situation. The main thing is that we still have to deal with the government of each county first.
In this day and age, it's not so easy to do something. Outsiders want to open shops and inns in other places, but if they don't get along with the government, it is impossible to continue to operate. Even after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there will definitely be landlords and tyrants like Yang Jie in the locals, and there will definitely be businessmen like Qian Kuan.
Running to their place to open shops and inns is tantamount to robbing their business and their money. Even if they don't run these businesses, as long as they make money, it will cause them to blush, and then they will find ways to wreak havoc. Without a certain backstage and official power, it is difficult to gain a foothold in a place where people are not familiar with life.
This is the case even in the Hereafter.
Liu Xian returned to Liulin Village to wait quietly and wait, one was to wait for Huangfu Song to send someone to send food, and the other was to wait for his own actions in Yangshi County to ferment and let his reputation spread.
If Liu Xian went to those county towns to ask for the county order, people might not know who Liu Xian of Liulin Village Liu Mansion was, but after this reputation spread, it would be different.
Liu Xian was in Liufu in Liulin Village, regularly treated Huang Xu, and then found time to practice and ask Huang Zhong for some martial arts.
At night, Liu Xian tinkered with something that was not available in this era.
First and foremost, it is necessary to make a higher level of wine. Brewing requires a lot of grain, which is a bit wasteful, but Liu Xian doesn't care about this. Because Liu Xian would not get a batch of grain from Huangfu Song's hands, even if he did, Liu Xian would do business, and the money he obtained was mainly to buy grain and accumulate grain. So, don't worry about wasting food. Don't worry about running out of food.
Liu Xian plans to use rice to make rice wine first, and when he is more familiar with the wine-making process, he can make wine with a higher grain level, and then use sorghum rice to make wine.
Liulin Village has its own blacksmith, and it is still possible to make some brewing tools. It's a pity that these blacksmiths are just pure blacksmiths, not blacksmith masters, they don't know how to study, and they can't understand what Liu Xian told them about quenching or something. There was no way, Liu Xian could only pretend to be and let them make some wine-making utensils according to their own requirements.
While doing this, Liu Xian also made it himself, using some animal furs that he had collected and purchased from the people earlier, mainly some wolf fur and horsetail hair. Liu Xian made the world's first toothbrush.
With a toothbrush, Liu Xian thought about toothpaste and the like, but unfortunately, Liu Xian's chemistry knowledge was given back to the teacher. I really can't remember it for a while, when he recognizes the silence at night, he thinks hard to remember, or thinks of some way to trigger the memory in his mind, but there is no reaction for the time being. For the time being, I have to give up.
However, soap can be obtained.
In fact, as a traverser, there are really many ways to make money. However, not everyone will remember how to make some daily necessities that usually look inconspicuous, and even things that are used every day in daily life, and not everyone will study how they are produced. It can be said that most people don't know.
Liu Xian actually didn't know, there were many things, he couldn't get them even if he wanted to. But before, he did search for and see and understand the production methods of some things on the Internet. It's just that he can't remember it now, and he didn't have the ability to remember it before.
Fortunately, I don't know if it's through the relationship of welfare, as long as something is triggered, Liu Xian can appear in his mind some things he has seen before like a movie.
This situation made Liu Xian remember that when he had just crossed over, the original memory of this body also appeared in his mind like a movie.
Liu Xian thought that a person who is completely different from himself, his memories can appear in his mind like a movie, so it is not surprising that the memories that originally belonged to him also appeared in his mind like a movie.