"The kid understands ......"

Kou Ji said to Li Di.

Li Di nodded, and left the north gate with a long sigh.

After Li Di left, two more groups of displaced people were sent to the north city gate, and Kou Ji followed the previous method to select some prestigious village elders and clan elders from among them and restrain them.

With the help of Kou Ji, Liu Heng, and Cao Tong, the three of them brought the officials from the yamen, and managed the resettlement of the displaced people in an orderly manner.

In the evening.

Kou Ji personally took charge of the spoon and distributed porridge and food to the homeless.

After eating, the homeless people went back to their tents and went to sleep.

Since there were no bedding, beds, etc., the tents were covered with hay cut by the women during the day.

The homeless people lay their whole bodies in the hay, and although it was not very warm, it was not cold, and they did not freeze to death because of it.

For them, having a tent and hay is already good.

After all, on the way to Bianjing, their greatest hope is to have a full bite to eat.

I didn't dare to think that the imperial court would give them a place to live.

The homeless people fell asleep after a tiring day, but Kou Ji did not sleep, but took the craftsmen of the house, the clerical officer of the Ministry of Works, and the village elders elected by the homeless people, to check the fruits of the day's labor and prepare for the welcome of the homeless people tomorrow.

The women harvested a day's hay, picked up a day's dead branches and waterlogged firewood, and piled up more than a dozen piles at the gate of Ruisheng Garden.

These women from the labor background are really diligent.

Kou Ji is also worried that they are lazy and passive.

They used the fruits of their labor to dispel the worries in Kou Ji's heart.

The fruits of the labor of young and strong men are not small.

Under the leadership of the craftsmen, they cleared the mud, dug deep foundations, and rammed earth into a wall in the place planned by Koji, which already had some rudimentary forms.

It is believed that in a few days, the earthen walls will be solidified, and then the houses will be completed as long as the roof is covered.

After taking the group on a tour, Koji returned to the place where the women were drying their clothes.

Liu Heng lit a bonfire in the clearing, and the group sat on the thick dead wood, talking while roasting around the bonfire.

Liu Heng held a dry firewood in his hand, stirred the bonfire, and said: "In just one day, the victims who poured into Bianjing City faintly exceeded 10,000 people. In the next few days, I am afraid that more and more people will be affected.

According to the spies I spilled out, a large number of victims are still to come.

The largest number came from the south, with more than 50,000 people. ”

Kou Ji stretched out his hands and put them next to the bonfire, frowning while baking: "More than 50,000 people? Such a large number? ”

Liu Heng nodded, "Compared to the victims of Xiaowang Township and Li Wang Township, those victims really have nothing. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, his brow furrowed even deeper.

Liu Heng said: "And the number of victims has far exceeded the estimated number of the imperial court. ”

Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "More than 160,000? ”

Liu Heng nodded heavily and reminded in a low voice: "When all the victims arrive, those tents will not be able to live at all, and even if the newly built houses are completed, they will be very damp, and there will be no way for the victims to live."

You'll have to find a way to get another batch of tents. ”

When Chen Jing and Wang Tiansheng heard this, they hurriedly said: "Kou Gongbu and Liu Fengzhuan, the people of our two townships have already lived in tents, don't drive them out when the time comes." ”

Kou Ji glanced at the two of them, shook his head and said, "Don't worry." I won't let you make room. ”

Kou Ji said to Liu Heng: "You send someone back to the city to tell Mu Chong and the others, and let them prepare more things." ”

Liu Heng glanced at the others, approached Kou Ji, and asked Kou Ji in a low voice, "Fourth brother, do you want to add one percent of the things temporarily, and they are willing to give it?" ”

Kou Ji said as a matter of course: "Why not? ”

Liu Henghu said suspiciously: "What benefits did you promise to give them?" Are they willing to spend so much money? ”

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng with a smile, "You want to know?" ”

Liu Heng nodded heavily.

Cao Tong was very close to Kou Ji, so after hearing the conversation between the two, he also approached Kou Ji and said with a smile: "I'm also curious...... It is a well-known thing that businessmen seek profits, and if they do not have a great profit, they cannot invest so much. ”

Kou Ji's gaze wandered over the two of them, and he asked with a smile, "Do you want to know?" ”

The two nodded in unison.

Kou Ji stretched out his hand and said, "Take the money!" I'll tell you the money. ”

Liu Heng and Cao Tong were stunned.

Liu Heng's eyes rolled around, and he said happily: "I will give 500,000 ......"

Cao Yan looked at Liu Heng in a daze.

He didn't understand why Liu Heng happily gave out 500,000 yuan when Kou Ji obviously didn't say anything.

Liu Heng glanced at Cao Yan, and there was a kind of hatred for iron and steel.

Although Cao Tong couldn't figure out Kou Ji's purpose, when he saw Liu Heng's eyes, he happily agreed to pay.

He has only just gotten a share of Vientiane Building, so he hasn't received much dividends yet, and he doesn't have much money in his hands.

So he can only call for the dividends of the dividends of Vientiane Building at the end of the year.

After Kou Ji waited for the two of them to happily agree to take the money, he said with a smile: "Does Cotton know?" I told you about it when I was in Baozhou. ”

Cao Tong and Liu Heng looked puzzled.

But they still nodded in unison.

Kou Ji smiled: "This thing can weave cloth, and the cost is higher than hemp, but it is lower than silk." But making clothes and keeping out the cold are not lost to hemp and silk. ”

Although Cao Tong and Liu Heng were born as the children of official eunuchs, they also had some contact with business matters.

So by the time Koji got to this point, they had already understood where the benefits of cotton weaving were.

But they still had doubts in their minds.

Cao Tong asked: "You have told us about cotton, and we also know something." But this thing is in a clump of things, can it really weave? The cloth it weaves, can the people recognize?

Also, I don't seem to have seen cotton in our Da Song. ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "I don't have it in the Great Song Dynasty, but I do in the Western Regions." Cotton is not only suitable for planting in the Western Regions, but also suitable for planting in the land of my Great Song Dynasty. Someone has already sent people to the Western Regions to get cotton seeds. ”

Cao Tong and Liu Heng nodded thoughtfully.

Kou Ji said: "As for the weaving problem you mentioned, don't worry about it at all. The craftsmen of my house have made a spinning wheel. It can weave not only hemp and silk, but also cotton and wool. ”

Cao Tong looked at Kou Ji in amazement and said, "Fourth brother, is the craftsman in your mansion the reincarnation of an immortal?" You can make anything. ”

Liu Heng glanced at Kou Ji and lowered his head thoughtfully.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Whether it's the reincarnation of an immortal, I don't know." But I know that the spinning wheels made by the craftsmen of my house are extraordinary. ”

Cao Tong immediately asked, "What is an extraordinary law?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Most people now use the hand-cranked single-spindle spinning wheel handed down from the Qin and Han dynasties, but the craftsmen in my house have created a three-spindle pedal spinning wheel.

Not only can cotton and wool be used to weave cloth, but also can greatly increase the output of cloth.

It is also useful for hemp spinning and silk spinning. ”

In terms of spinning wheel technology, Kou Ji did not learn from the spinning wheels and textile machines of later generations.

Instead, it adopted the skills of my Chinese ancestor Huang Daopo.

Kou Ji mentioned the three-spindle pedal spinning wheel, which was made by the cotton spinning expert Huang Daopo in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty.

It is far earlier than the famous Jenny machine in ancient and modern times.

When the three-spindle pedal spinning wheel evolved into a multi-spindle spinning wheel, the work efficiency and output were comparable to those of Jenny machines.

It can be said to be the pinnacle of human textile.

But Koji didn't take out the multi-spindle spinning cart all at once.

Instead, I'm going to test the water with a three-spindle pedal spinning wheel first.

Cao Tong stretched out his arm and muttered: "The description of the hand-spinning wheel is appropriate, but what do you say about single spindles and three spindles?" ”

On this issue, Kou Ji had no way to explain it to Cao Tong in detail.

Kou Ji glanced at him and said, "Go back and wait for the craftsmen in my house to make it, you will know it at a glance." ”

Cao Tong nodded and asked, "You are the one who used the three-spindle pedal spinning wheel to lure those merchants to help you?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and didn't speak.

He didn't tell Mu Chong about the three of them pedaling spinning wheels.

If he told Mu Chong about the three people and the three spindles of the spinning wheel, it is estimated that Mu Chong and the three of them would not have the heart to help him settle the displaced people.

After all, whether it is cotton spinning or steelmaking, it is the big cake that Kou Ji painted for Mu Chong and the three of them.

Mu Chong and the three of them didn't see these things, so what they were thinking in their hearts must be to help Kou Ji settle the homeless people first, and then wait for Kou Ji to get the things out.

It's a long-term process, and there's no rush to it.

But after telling Mu Chong about the three of them and three spindles of the pedal spinning wheel, it was different.

The three-spindle pedal spinning wheel had a direct interest in their silk trade.

Once the three of them know about the three-spindle pedal spinning wheel, they will definitely urge Kou Ji to make a three-spindle pedal spinning wheel to help them upgrade those workshops in Sichuan and Shu.

At that time, their eyes will be attracted by the three-spindle pedal spinning wheel, and they will not do their best to help Kou Ji resettle the homeless.

Similarly, Kou Ji did not tell Liu Heng and Cao Tong about the steelmaking.

Because the two of them knew that Kou Ji could forge iron that was better than iron, and that the output was high and the price was low, he was afraid that he would be even crazier than Mu Chong and the others.

After all, Cao Fu is a senior general, and Liu Fu can be regarded as a general, and the two of them clearly know what it means to have iron that is better than iron.

Cao Tong saw that Kou Ji didn't speak, and he didn't chase after him to get to the bottom of it.

He finally understood Kou Ji's intention when he first left the city, saying that it would be profitable to resettle the homeless.

It is clear that Koji intends to use the power of the displaced people to build one huge textile workshop after another.

"Then I'll wait to enjoy the wealth with the fourth brother......"

Cao Tong said with a bright smile.

Liu Heng didn't say a word from beginning to end.

After Cao Tong sat back, Liu Hengshen mysteriously approached Kou Ji and said in a voice smaller than a mosquito: "Fourth brother, did you make all those things, and then release them in the name of the craftsmen in the house?" ”

Liu Heng had really seen Kou Ji's earth-shattering craftsmanship, so he expected that so many good things could be produced in Kou's mansion, which must have something to do with Kou Ji.

Kou Ji glanced at him with a smile and didn't say much.

Liu Hengxi smiled and said, "I understand, I understand......"

Kou Ji scolded with a smile: "You know a fart...... He didn't send someone to Bianjing City to deliver a message to Mu Chong and the others. ”

Liu Heng got up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and happily went to find someone to pass the word.

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng's back as he ran away, and shook his head with a smile.

Although this guy has matured a lot after becoming an official, he still has some children's hearts in his bones.

After Liu Heng left.

Kou Ji looked at Chen Jing and Wang Tiansheng, and said, "In the future, the victims will continue to use it." The sheer number is beyond the imagination of the two.

The two of them also saw the process of disaster relief.

Therefore, I hope that in the coming days, the two of you can lead the clan elders and village elders selected from the displaced people to settle the displaced people together. ”

Chen Jing and Wang Tiansheng were all overjoyed when they heard this.

Kou Ji was obviously trying to give them power, and there was no reason why they couldn't agree.

The two of them gave up their hands together, "It's all up to the Kou Gong Department to be the master......"

With the power that Kou Ji promised, the two of them had more to say.

Chen Jing was the first to speak: "Kou Gong Department, Xiao Lao'er made a tour today and found some problems. We don't have a lot of people at the moment, so there's no problem with you arranging for the young men to build houses and for the women to collect firewood.

But when the people in our hands gather more and more, there will not be so much work to do. ”

Hearing this, Kou Ji nodded, he heard the meaning of Chen Jing's words.

Without waiting for him to speak, Wang Tiansheng opened his mouth and expressed what Chen Jing was going to say clearly, "Once there are too many people and there is nothing to do, it is easy to tell each other and think wildly, and it is easy to gather people to make trouble."

Therefore, the Ministry of Kou Gong should help them find something to do, and they should not be allowed to be idle, nor should they be allowed to eat the food of the imperial court in vain.

Let them not be allowed to receive your favor in vain. ”

The changes of Chen Jing and Wang Tiansheng were expected by Kou Ji.

When a person goes from the bottom to the management, his attitude and ideas inevitably need to change.

Those who can complete the transformation will be firmly rooted in the management.

Those who fail to make the transition will be quickly eliminated from management.

Chen Jing and Wang Tiansheng have been in the position of clan elders and township elders for many years, and they have been in the management for many years.

They naturally know how to get into management and how to quickly change their identity.

For the transformation of the two, Kou Ji is very satisfied.

At least, after the two people's attitudes and ideas change, they will act in his favor, which will make it easier for Kou Ji to settle and manage the homeless.

Kou Ji smiled at the two of them: "This official will find enough things for them to do, don't worry." ”

Chen Jing couldn't help but say: "The number of people affected by this disaster is not small. There seems to be nothing to be done other than roads, bridges, dams, and walls.

But there is something wrong with breaking ground in winter.

I don't know what the Ministry of Workers intends to let the people do? ”

Kou Ji was stunned, Chen Jing thought that Kou Ji had doubts, so he hurriedly said: "The roads, bridges, embankments, and city walls built in winter are easy to crack in spring and summer.

Therefore, it is not appropriate to break ground in winter. ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "It's really not appropriate to break ground in winter. But for the hundreds of thousands of victims, there is always a place to live. You two have made a round around the place today, and you have seen that I have carved out a large number of places to build houses.

Whether the house will crack in spring and summer.

We all have to build it for them and give them a place to live.

It is only by giving them a place to settle down that we can think about the next step. ”

Wang Tiansheng asked: "How long does the imperial court plan to raise us, and when it comes to spring next year, will it let us go back again, give us good land, and let us farm?" ”

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