Zhang Er, with 50 people, began to tidy up a section of the road he was responsible for, and first smoothed the potholes and uneven pavement before laying cement slurry on it.

Today's workload is very small, it is the meaning of starting construction, because the cement supply is insufficient, a few days ago a lot of cement was produced, but due to the production capacity problem, the cement produced every day is not much, and then divided into fifty points, then there is not much, so Zhang Er took everyone, want to smooth the road surface, and wait for the cement to be fully supplied, it can be quickly paved.

Zhangsha Highway is only the tip of the iceberg of Zijian's road construction plan, the whole section of the road is 50 to 60 miles long, that is, between 25 kilometers and 30 kilometers, and national highways and provincial roads will be built in the future, those are the real super projects, Zijian wants to advance hundreds of years, so that Huaxia will become an infrastructure madman.

Zhangsha Highway is just a preheating project.

But the construction of this pre-heated road, in Zhang Er's eyes, is already an unimaginable project, to build such a cement road, how much money is spent! Fortunately, he is just a worker, and all the cost of building roads does not cost him, but he can get benefits from building roads.

At this time, the people outside were lively and happy, but Zijian was entangled by the depressed Wu brick, who let Zijian mess around!

With the efficiency of this era, it is simply crazy to meet the cement for the construction of the Zhangsha Highway.

The two major raw materials for firing cement, lime and clay, are fired in small batches without problems, but when the quantity is huge, trouble arises, limestone is used, it needs to be mined, and after mining, it must be transported to the factory for firing, and it needs to be transported. It is important to know that it takes a lot of manpower to mine limestone.

Blasting the limestone with ** first, it is much easier to mine, but unfortunately Zijian does not have it, if you want to make black powder, then you need to stop the manpower again, so that the manpower is gone, this industrialization process, one ring after another, can simply drive Zijian crazy.

Zhangjia Village's current human resources, plus the displaced people who come again, can use up the manpower has almost been used up to him, relying on the natural growth rate to increase manpower, that I don't know how long it will take, only want to pull people out, pull people outside to Zhangjia Village to do things, in this way, for food, residence, there will be new problems, Zijian one of the Tao, the first big.

Zijian cried to Wu Brick, there was no way to work without manpower, but he gave Wu Brick such a heavy production task and did not give him manpower.

"Don't worry, you can follow this scale of production for the time being, and you can tidy up the road first."

After Zijian's consideration, after a few days, the 50 Zhongjian teams were reduced to the remaining 20, and the other 30 teams were reorganized into a new company to be responsible for transportation.

Zijian found a problem, that is, the transportation task, in fact, is not worse than the task of producing other things, and it is very important, for example, Wu Brick cried that there is no problem of raw materials, isn't it a transportation problem, the raw materials are placed on the limestone mine, and nothing can be done if it is not transported back.

Leaving behind the lively crowd, Zijian slipped away, so many things for him to deal with, it was really difficult for him.

Zijian originally had a plan to expand the army, but because of manpower problems, it was also stranded, so he could only think of other ways.

asked Li Shi to come in, Li Shi's expression was still a little excited, looking at the lively scene outside.

Li Shi: "Chief, are you looking for me?" ”

"Well, now I have a task entrusted to you, let me check the villages within fifty miles for me, and when will I "invite" all the people from those villages to Zhangjia Village. ”

Now the volunteers are all out, the remaining ten or eight volunteers in Zhangjia Village, if they want them to arrest people, they will definitely not be able to arrest people, and then they will arrest people when they bring people back in Gaozhou County, and now they are short of manpower, so they can only do this, and they will be forced to arrest people first, whether they are willing to give up their broken family, this son does not care.

They were targeted by Zijian, there are only two possibilities, the first is to be obediently captured by the volunteers, and then help Zijian to do things, the second is to resist, how the consequences of resistance will be borne by themselves, don't blame the dead for the viciousness of the volunteers, whoever resists will die, of course, they have another choice, that is, to wipe their necks with a knife, in this case, the volunteers don't care.

Although Zijian arrested people, in fact, he would not embarrass them, just look at the people of Zhangjia Village, Zijian just forced them to come, if they didn't use coercive means, those people would drag their feet and waste time.

After they do things and get the benefits, Zijian doesn't believe that those people will still resent him, and those who help him do things will not be able to eat a full meal, and they will not be able to think of wages before, and when the time comes, they will not want to leave if they don't resent Zijian, even if they are driven away.

People are yearning for a happy life, and when the people are caught live in red brick houses, wear new clothes, don't worry about stomach problems every day, and be decent, children can become scholars, in this case, Zijian doesn't believe that they live such a good life, and want to go back to live in their broken grass houses, and beggar-like lives, there really are such people, how cheap does it have to be to think about that kind of day.

"Yes, chief, there are still five horses, and I asked them to go out and inquire about the situation." ”

Xiao Tao came in, "My lord, Mr. Zhang is looking for you." ”

Zijian is strange, isn't Zhang Youde presiding over things outside, what are you looking for him!

Zhang Youde came in and gave Zijian a salute first, "Chief." ”

Zijian waved his hand to let Li Xian get out of here, let him go out to do things, he was going to arrest people, so he didn't need to tell Zhang Youde, it didn't affect his image, Li Xian was his cronies, and it had nothing to do with him.

"Teacher Zhang sits, what!"

Zhang Youde: "Chief, I have checked, the grain is used in 30%, according to this use, the grain will be used up quickly." ”

The original number of people in Zhangjia Village was only more than 1,000 people, Zijian was good, and directly pulled more than 6,000 displaced people back, and the supply of food immediately expanded sixfold.

Belch! Zijian saw that there was a lot of food before, so he didn't pay attention to it, but this is indeed a problem, he has asked Li Hu to go outside and bring people back, the number of people is not known, but there are still five or six thousand, so many people are pouring in again, and the demand for food is even more.

While large quantities of fish can reduce the need for food, the human base is there.

Zijian: "How many people are there now?" ”

Zijian only knows that there are about 8,000 people, but among them, men, women, and children, it is not clear.

Zhang Youde obviously made preparations, and after Zijian asked, he replied, "Chief, some people came to work nearby, I didn't count, the total number of people brought back last time was 6,372, including 3,150 men in the prime of life, 2,443 women, and the rest of the old people and children. ”

There are so many sturdy men among the homeless, and Mrs., Zijian is not strange, he has become a homeless, he has a meal for a day, his physical strength is weak, and most of the old people can't hold it, and then there is no then, and he can go to the homeless people who were brought to Zhangjia Village by the volunteers, and his physique is undoubtedly very good, there is a word that is very cruel, and he is slightly better.

The displaced people who stayed behind looked very thin because of long-term nutritional deficiencies, but these days they eat and drink well in Zhangjia Village, and with the requirements of the volunteers for cleanliness and hygiene, they now look like individuals.

Zijian: "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhang Youde: "Chief, autumn ploughing is about to start, but everyone in Zhangjia Village is busy making money, you see!" ”

Zijian sighed, the population of Maoming County at this time is not the kind of later generations, nor is it the current densely populated area in the Central Plains, the current population of Maoming County, Zijian guessed that it will not exceed 400,000, and the population of 400,000 spread out in Maoming County, to what extent is the population sparse.

As the county seat of Maoming County, the number of people is about 50,000 or 60,000, don't expect the current population of Maoming County to reach more than 8 million people in later generations.

With such a small population, Zijian has no choice but to concentrate manpower and develop Zhangjia Village first, which is his starting point, develop here first, and then expand outward.

As for how to give priority to discovery, it is not simple, most of the population of Maoming County will be captured in Zhangjia Village to help do things, and if there is no population in other places, it will definitely not be able to develop, and it can only regress to the original state.

Zijian: "I'll figure out a way these days, and soon another homeless person will come, you can prepare." Autumn ploughing is a few days slower! ”

Now Zijian's affairs are a mess, to give priority to autumn ploughing or construction, he must have a degree.

Let some people plough in autumn, let some people continue to build, there are still many places around Zhangjia Village that have not been developed, and if you want to develop new rice fields in those places, you need a lot of human resources.

Zijian is now very short of people, and he has to transfer people to autumn ploughing, what can he do, such an important thing as autumn ploughing must not be left behind!