Chapter 831 Recruitment

Donating again? And is it all the change of dress in the whole army?

Looking at Li Yuanchang, Li Shimin was speechless for a while, he could also think of such a bad idea? Didn't he think about what kind of consequences would happen if the imperial court really did what he said, forcing Liu Yiyi to donate cotton suits worth more than one million guan or even more for the allocation of military supplies in the army?

The donation of 2 million yuan and 300,000 quintals of rice grain has made Liu's reputation reach an unprecedented height, and Liu Yiyi has become an example and banner for most of the wealthy merchants in the Tang Dynasty.

With Liu Yiyi taking the lead, in just half a month's effort, in addition to those officials in the court, the household department has successively raised more than 3 million yuan of money and more than 500,000 quintals of grain from merchants or civilians in various places, which really made Li Shimin breathe a sigh of relief and have the confidence to attack Gaochang and the snow disaster relief this time.

It can be said unceremoniously that if Liu Yiyi was the first to put forward the concept of this kind of donation, and donated a huge amount of money of two million yuan at once, as well as the hype in the later stage, it would be impossible for the imperial court to get such a rich supply in just half a month.

If it weren't for these foreign aids, the imperial court would not say that it wanted to attack Gaochang, but the snow disaster in front of him would be enough to make Li Shimin worry for a while.

Therefore, for Liu Yiyi and Liu's Business Association, Li Shimin always has a little gratitude in his heart, and if possible, Li Shimin also hopes that Liu's can always maintain the status quo of this business leader and guide Datang's economy to further prosperity and strength.

There are many things, although Li Shimin has not seen it with his own eyes, but he has heard from the mouths of Su Bingren, the great farmer, and Di Zhixun, the head of the household, that in the past two years, because of the rise of Liu Yiyi and the development of the Liu Business Association, agriculture and commerce in Datang have undergone very obvious changes.

Not to mention the commercial exchange, the acceleration of trade and the huge taxes paid to the imperial court, but it was the changes in agriculture in the Tang Dynasty brought about by Liu Yiyi that made Li Shimin happy.

The invention and application of agricultural tools such as quyuan plows, wells, waterwheels, fertilizers, shovels, etc., as well as the special farming mode of the Mihara Yanagi clan, have accelerated the cultivation of agricultural materials to a large extent and improved the ability of farmers to resist natural disasters. After the test and application of natural disasters in the past two years, it is no longer a beautiful legend.

The reason why a good harvest was not achieved in the first two years was not only due to natural disasters, but more importantly, the tools made by Liu Yiyi did not have time to be popularized and applied throughout the territory, and only the crops of most farmers near Chang'an and Sanyuan were guaranteed.

If the farming mode and application tools of Liu's Manor can be popularized throughout the territory, Li Shimin has no doubt that in the next two years, Datang's agricultural production will reach an unprecedented peak.

Agriculture is the foundation of a country, and if agriculture is rich, the country will be strong, and for a super-level country with a population of more than 10,000, having enough food is equivalent to having everything.

What's more, in addition to grain, after the temptation and stimulation of 'Sanyuan Tea' and 'White Stacks' cotton clothes in the past two years, more and more farmers have begun to try to plant cash crops such as tea trees and White Stacks, which has greatly changed the extremely monotonous planting structure before Datang, and Datang's agriculture has also begun to diversify.

Therefore, in Li Shimin's eyes, in addition to being a miracle doctor and a rich man, Liu Yiyi is also a rare treasure, a treasure that is enough to change the status quo of the Tang Dynasty and benefit the people of the world.

But now, someone came to him and proposed, wanting to make himself, the emperor, a little more ruthless against Liu Yiyi and the Liu Family Business Association, and after the Liu family donated a huge sum of two million yuan, he also wanted people to donate another two million yuan.

Yes, it is easy to make Liu Yi submit, as long as there is a holy decree or a verbal message, Liu Yi is angry, and he will obediently donate things, but what about after that? In addition to these materials, what else can the imperial court get?

Liu Yiyi's resentment, the spurning of the world's wealthy businessmen, and the chilling heart of the people and ministers of the Tang Dynasty.

"Don't think that I don't know what you're thinking," Li Shimin was very entangled, so he didn't give Li Yuanchang any good looks, and after listening to Lao Qi's proposal, he directly looked coldly, and reprimanded: "I have already seen the little thing you and your eldest son did in the Ministry of Industry, shoddy, and public funds go into private pockets, do you think no one can see it?" ”

"Now, there are legitimate businessmen who have replaced them with cotton clothes that are 100 times more than the original linen, and you don't want to take the opportunity to quit and repent, but you dare to take revenge again?"

"Hurry up and get out of here" kicked Li Yuanchang in the ass, and Li Shimin warned angrily: "Don't let me see or hear your unfavorable actions with Liu Yiyi or the Liu family in the future, otherwise, the national law will not allow it."

In this way, Li Yuanchang was very embarrassed and frightened by Li Shimin and scolded out of the palace, although he was even more resentful in the face of Liu Yiyi, but he could no longer raise the courage to find trouble with the Liu family.

"Lone knew that this would be the result," At the same time, hearing Li Qing's report on this matter, Li Chengqian lay on the couch and sighed softly: "Liu Yiyi has used his money advantage to lay a defense line for himself and their Liu Business Association that is difficult for anyone to overcome, and if you want to find trouble with them, at least at the moment, it is no longer possible." ”

Speaking of which, Li Chengqian can be regarded as completely dead to find Liu Yiyi's bad intentions, at least before he came back from Gaochang, and even before he replaced his father and became the new generation of monarchs of the Tang Dynasty, he had no chance.

He can not care about his personal reputation, he can not care about the thoughts of the courtiers, and even the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty can not care, but before he successfully ascended the throne, Li Shimin's thoughts and opinions, Li Chengqian had to pay attention to and cater to them.

Therefore, until this goal is achieved, the grudge against Liu Ichichi should be put aside for the time being.

Li Chengqian comforted himself in his heart, as the queen mother said, since Liu Yiyi has no intention of taking refuge in the third child and several other royal brothers, and it is unlikely to pose any big threat to himself in a short period of time, it is better to put it down for the time being, as the crown prince, his vision should be farther, and he should not be blinded by the little grudge in front of him.

"Your Royal Highness," Hearing Li Chengqian's meaning, it seemed that he had decided to give up his mind about dealing with Liu Yiyi, Li Qing carefully reminded on the side: "That Liu Yiyi is very close to Li Zhen and Gongsun Helan, and these two people, one is Li Ji's eldest son, and the other is the most important general he values now, and the little worry is whether Li Ji has taken root in Liu Yiyi......"

"Are you worried that when you go on an expedition to Gaochang with Li Ji, you will be restricted or murdered by Li Ji?" Turning his head and glancing at Li Qing, Li Chengqian shook his head disapprovingly, and said, "Li Ji doesn't have that much courage, and besides, Lone doesn't think that Liu Yi will have such a great charm and can invite Li Ji to deal with Lone King." ”

"But there is a chance in everything, if it ......" Li Qing was a little worried about the safety of their crown prince, he was also worried about his own situation and future.

Li Chengqian sent troops to Gaochang with the army, as Li Chengqian's most trusted internal servant, Li Qing had to take care of him, if Li Ji had a little bad intentions in the army, then how could they still end up in the slightest?

"There is no case" Li Chengqian waved his hand to interrupt Li Qing's words, and said: "Lone is ordered by the emperor to supervise the battle with the army, as the marshal of the whole army, Li Ji will be the person who is most worried about the safety of King Lone." As long as Li Ji doesn't have any dissenting intentions, such as Li Zhen and Gongsun Helan, these clowns who jump off the beam, are not to be afraid. ”

As the prince of the East Palace and the accompanying supervising army, to put it bluntly, it is a position that collects credit for nothing, Li Ji, as the commander of the first army, may be dissatisfied, but he will only put himself in the safest position of the whole army.

Li Chengqian knew that Li Jihe could not afford to hurt himself as an overseer.

In Sanyuan County, because of an order sent by Li Zhen and Gongsun Helan, the Liu family launched a very lively and large-scale recruitment activity in Sanyuan County.

After all, the production of more than 200,000 yuan in half a month has far exceeded the output limit of the few hundred people in the cotton mill, and in order to be able to complete the set task within the specified time, the only thing Liu Yiyi can do is to expand the scale of production and recruit idle laborers.

Fortunately, it is now a harsh winter, and there is a heavy snowfall, whether it is in the county or in the village, all the villagers are in a state of idleness with nothing to do, and there are many laborers who want to come out to do some odd jobs and earn some silver to prepare for the New Year, so it is much easier to recruit workers than at other times in the past.

"Young master," at the recruitment site, Liu Cheng followed Liu Yiyi's side, looked at the many laborers who came to apply for the job, and said softly: "Is the salary of five cents per piece on this contract a little more?" ”

"Young master, do the math," Liu Cheng folded his fingers and calculated little by little: "An ordinary peasant woman can make at least twenty or even thirty pieces of shares every day, and in terms of five yuan per piece, twenty pieces are one hundred Wen, thirty pieces are one hundred Wen, one hundred and fifty Wen, Young Master, they are almost enough to catch up with the previous month's regular money." ”

One hundred and fifteen a day, wouldn't everyone get at least two pieces of silver in half a month? This is also a good way to make a little money, Liu Cheng's heart is extremely unbalanced, and at the same time, he is very distressed, two per person, one hundred people is two hundred, five hundred people is one thousand, one thousand people is two thousand, two thousand, how many cotton clothes do you have to sell to earn back?

And like this kind of piecework payment method, it seems that no one has ever heard of it before, Liu Cheng really can't see that it seems to be this kind of unjust billing method, why does it make their young master so favored?

Feeling that Liu Cheng's problem of cherishing wealth began to rise again, Liu Yiyi glanced back with some amusement, and asked, "Then according to your meaning, what should I do?" ”

"Back to the young master," he had obviously been thinking about this question for a long time, so when he heard their young master ask, Liu Cheng replied directly: "Fifty per person per day, no, no, forty wen per day, and then twenty pieces per day as the bottom line, well, twenty pieces, forty wen, it's already a lot, and there will definitely be many people rushing over." ”

"Forty wen a day? Twenty pieces? Without refuting Liu Cheng's opinion, Liu Yiyi asked downward: "If this is the case, in half a month, I am afraid that a thousand people will not be able to make 270,000 sets of clothes, right?" ”

One set is divided into four pieces, 270,000 sets, that is, 1.08 million small pieces, 1,000 people, plus the original 500 people in the cotton mill, if it is calculated as 20 pieces per person, half a month, I'm afraid it will not be enough to be able to make it, right?

"One thousand people is not enough, then recruit more," Liu Cheng then snapped his fingers and began to calculate: "Anyway, there is only forty Wen's salary, even if it is calculated as two thousand people, one person has forty Wen a day, and two thousand people are eighty yuan, half a month, half a month, that's that, huh?" ”

What's going on? The final result made Liu Cheng feel a little unacceptable, why didn't it seem to be much less? If we add up to the total amount of food and drink for 2,000 people, wouldn't it be much higher than when we paid by piece?

"Does it feel like it's a lot more expensive than it would be when you count the piece?" Seeing that Liu Cheng stopped his words and his brows tightened, Liu Yiyi chuckled unsurprisingly and asked him out loud.

"It's forty times a little more," Finally remembering that something seemed to be missing, Liu Cheng looked up at their host: "What two thousand people may not be able to do, can the thousand people recruited by the young master be able to complete it on time?" ”

If it is calculated at 20 pieces per person, 2,500 people are still a little reluctant, can the 1,000 people recruited by the young master be used? Yoo Sung was skeptical.

"You have already said this question just now," looking at the bustling crowd outside, Liu Yiyi said with a light smile: "Ordinary peasant women, under normal circumstances, can produce twenty or even thirty pieces a day. ”

"Think about it," Speaking of this, Liu Yiyi turned his head and glanced at Liu Cheng, and said: "If you are also one of them, as long as you think in your heart that if you make one more piece, you can get five more Wen, and if you do ten more pieces, you can get an extra fifty Wen, if this is the case, will you do your best every day, strive to make more, and get some more money?" ”

"Mm-hmm" Liu Cheng nodded his head fiercely, and by now, he finally understood why their young master would implement this billing method.

In order to get more money, those laborers had to work hard to catch up? Originally, I could only do twenty a day, but it is very likely that I will be able to do thirty or even more at once. Liu Cheng didn't doubt this possibility at all, because if it was him, he would definitely be so desperate.

It seems to be the most expensive and unjust way to pay, but after careful calculation, it really saves more, well, it's amazing, I really don't know how their young master came up with it? ——

There was something going on during the day, and it was a little late, so forgive me