"Let me guess, the 300,000 yuan that His Majesty promised us is probably gone, right?" Li Xiao shook his head and sighed, he didn't know about the sudden repair of the Daming Palace, but although his secretary and young eunuch were of a very high grade, he was not high enough to be able to discuss politics in the political hall.

The major affairs of the imperial court are not something that an official of his level can participate in the decision-making.

But the sudden construction of Daming Palace did affect Li Xiao's plan.

After all, Daming Palace is very famous in history. Taiji Palace was built by Yang Jian, after the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty and the three emperors of the Tang Dynasty. Li Zhi moved to Daming Palace after repairing Daming Palace, there were 17 Tang Dynasty emperors in history to govern here, its scale is larger than Taiji Palace, and even larger than the Xingqing Palace built by Emperor Xuanzong later.

Historically, Daming Palace is called Dongnei, Taiji Palace is called Xinei, Xingqing Palace is Nannei, and the three major interiors are called together.

Such a palace is not a separate palace, this is a whole palace complex, the imperial palace. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people and craftsmen have to be mobilized, and the Daming Palace was repaired very quickly in history, and at that time, taxes were levied all over the world, and the Beijing officials even reduced all the money in January to support, and ordered all the states in the world to supply materials, gather the power of the world, and it took ten months to complete the construction.

It costs a lot of money to repair a palace, and it costs even more money to build a Dongda inside.

Li Zhi originally promised Li Xiao to draw 300,000 internal funds to print books for him, but now it seems that there is no fun. The emperor wants to provide disaster relief and build a palace, so he must come over there first.

Sure enough, Li Yuanfang nodded.

"The inner chamberlain of the Inner Chamberlain Province said that His Majesty has taken the money away, and now the Inner Mansion is empty, and there is no money to pull out. The waiter can't help it, so let's figure it out for ourselves. ”

It's so easy to figure it out on your own.

The craftsmen and supervisors will not pull out the craftsmen, the young government supervisors will not give people, and even the internal servants will not give money.

This made Li Xiao how to set up a workshop, how to pull up the printing bureau, and how to print books?

"San Lang, what now?"

"I can only figure out my own way, things have to be done, and I can't stop. If there is no money, we will find money by ourselves, and if there is no one, we will find people by ourselves. Li Xiao said very firmly, the success or failure of the printing bureau is now related to Li Xiao's personal safety, and he can't help but be anxious.

"If you want money everywhere, where can you get it?" Li Yuanfang asked.

Li Xiao smiled, "Don't we still have a sum of money in hand for the corn supervisor, first use that as the start-up capital, it can be regarded as the corn supervisor borrowed by our printing bureau, and it will be borrowed according to the interest of the public money." ”

The corn supervisor has a small treasury, planting peppers and watermelons, and selling corn seeds privately, and the money in the small treasury has shared a lot of bonuses with everyone, but there are still some leftovers. Anyway, the current officials of the printing bureau are all seconded from the corn prison.

"There isn't much money in the prison, and I'm afraid it's not enough to print 20,000 sets of books."

An official immediately said that printing 20,000 sets of books would cost at least 300,000 yuan, and it would not be worth so much to sell the corn prison.

"The start-up capital doesn't need much, so let's get a few workshops up first, and then find a way to do it later. I can't do it, I can borrow my own money first. ”

There is no way to advance private money to public affairs.

"Yuan Fang, you go to Di Facao immediately, ask him to ask Yan Changshi for personal favors for us, let Master Yan pull some people for us, at least give us some craftsmen, and we can find our own way, craftsmen and tools can only be borrowed from them."

Yan Liben's brother Yan Lide is also a master builder, and now serves as a general's eunuch, Li Xiao is not familiar with him, but Yan Liben still has some friendship, Di Renjie is Li Yuanfang's cousin, let Di Renjie find his boss Yan Liben to intercede, through him to find Yan Liben to ask for a few people It is not difficult.

Li Xiao called another subordinate and asked him to immediately go back to the corn prison to make an IOU, and borrow the money from the corn prison's small treasury to use it first.

"You immediately go to Chang'an to recruit people, and those who are willing to come to us to repair the workshop will be paid for food and lodging." Li Xiao called another corn supervisor from the old department.

"What kind of recruit?"

"It doesn't matter what kind of person he is, whether he is a resident of Chang'an, or an outflow from Beijing, as long as he is strong and willing to do things, even if it is a stronger woman, he can come to one and count one, and he will have food to eat and get paid, if he has the best skills, I will pay more."

If you don't pull people, then hire them yourself.

After some explanation, Li Xiao sat under a big tree, the scorching sun was scorching, and he could see that there were many victims from Guanlongheshuo Prefecture on the side of the Wei River, coming here one after another.

There were several thousand taels of money in the corn prison, and they were quickly all fetched.

Li Xiao asked people to take money to buy grain, Chang'an's current grain is very expensive, fortunately, Li Xiao is considered to be a public buyer of grain, there is still a bit of a way, plus he is not limited to what kind of food, whether he is sorghum, soybeans, or even taro, at this time, the victims are satisfied if they have a stutter, and where will they pick so much.

The imperial court engaged in cash-for-work, and he Li Xiao also engaged in it.

However, for thousands of dollars, there is really not much to do, and it is a bit difficult to build a workshop.

If you want 20,000 sets of books, where is it possible, you still have to find a way.

Because the address of Li Xiao's workshop is chosen on the edge of Zhongwei Bridge, it is the only way for many people to enter Beijing. Li Xiao asked people to set up a row of cauldrons and put all kinds of grains they bought together to cook porridge.

Although the multigrain porridge is mixed, the aroma is still far away.

Li Xiao asked people to erect a flagpole next to him, and wrote two big characters on it.

picked a few loud voices, stood under the flagpole and shouted to the passing homeless people to recruit workers, and there was food to eat if they worked.

I have to say that this method is still good, and soon someone heard about it.

Many people have been hungry all the way, and they can't help drooling when they see the fragrant multigrain porridge, Li Xiao asked them to line up to eat porridge, regardless of the old or weak, let them get a bowl of porridge to drink first.

After drinking the porridge, those who are willing to work will sign up for the next banner, and those who are qualified can go to work.

It's a simple and crude solution, but it works.

If it is in normal times, where can the people of Chang'an look at a bowl of multigrain porridge, let alone hire people. But now, for many people, a bowl of multigrain porridge is life-saving food.

After a brief inquiry about the recruitment of workers, and learning that there was no need to go to the mountains to mine, and there was no need to be a slave for the powerful manor, everyone happily agreed to stay and work.

Li Xiao promised them that during the construction of the workshop, he would take care of the food every day, and there would be a tent to live in, and he would not give money, even if the workshop was completed, he could stay and work in the workshop at that time. And once they want to return to their hometown, Li Xiao will immediately settle their wages, and will never stop them, let alone withhold them.

The hungry people did not ask for much else, but only to have something to eat in times of famine, and only to have a place for their wives and children to have a place to live for a while.

Even if Li Xiao's salary is very low, everyone doesn't care about it.

There were unexpectedly many people who signed up, and most of the hungry people who passed by, except for a few who went to join their relatives, chose to stay after eating a bowl of free multigrain porridge.

In half a day, Li Xiao has recruited more than 1,000 workers, not only strong men, but even half of the middle-aged men, as well as the young woman Li Xiao is also counted as one, their old parents, young children, Li Xiao also promised, as long as they are willing to work, they will also provide free porridge, but there is no salary, but this still makes the victims grateful.

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