The next day, Chen Chen quickly issued an order to recruit young and middle-aged laborers to assemble at the gate of the capital, with each person paid five taels of silver per day, and at the same time took care of food and housing.

This order was issued, and for a time all the unemployed people were shaken, and they hurriedly rushed to the capital in droves. Five taels of silver a day, then a month is one hundred and fifty taels. You must know that in Dongshui, one hundred and fifty taels a month is enough to buy a piece of land for yourself and then marry a daughter-in-law, and this price is also quite high in other countries, and some people who have jobs are also attracted by this price, and they are eager to quit their jobs immediately and join the army.

"Ah, well, everyone is coming to work today, and this king will naturally not treat everyone badly. Anyone who is admitted can get five taels of silver a month. Chen Chen looked at everyone, and his heart was happy, so many people came to do things, and naturally the efficiency would be high.

When everyone heard this, there were expressions of surprise on their faces, and they hurriedly shouted loudly, shouting all kinds of words of praise in their mouths.

Chen Chen stretched out his hand to suppress everyone's momentum and smiled slightly: "Let's talk about everyone's work today." This time the king is going to open a brick factory. The physical labor pays a lot, twenty taels of silver per person, fifteen taels of labor in general, and five taels in the average or easy work, I don't know how you want to choose? ”

When everyone heard twenty taels, their eyes were red, damn, twenty taels, that's six hundred taels in January.

"Wang Er, I'm going to do the work of twenty taels, what about you?"

"Of course twenty taels, six hundred taels a month, when the time comes, go home to buy land, farm land, build a house, marry a daughter-in-law......"

"Yes, yes, that's what I plan......"

Seeing that everyone had to do the work of twenty taels of silver, Chen Chen's face trembled three times. Seeing that a few people in the crowd who were shrunk were still clenching their fists to do twenty taels, they couldn't help but smile bitterly, this is simply asking for money and dying.

"Okay, my melon relatives, you can see clearly, twenty taels of pay is big, but the workload is also large, can your small body hold up? Although the king promised to pay for medical expenses, he suggested that everyone should do what they can, and don't eat a big fat man in one bite. Chen Chen pointed to a young man with yellow face and thin muscles and said bitterly, to solve the problem of opposing everyone's blind confidence, after all, if you do this, it doesn't matter if you can afford the medical expenses, the key is whether the doctor can be busy.

Chen Chen glanced left and right in the crowd, and then pulled out a big man with a slight smile: "Look, this big brother is strong, muscular, powerful upper arms, wide back and big hips are completely the material for heavy work, if any of you is the same size as him, then you can do the work of twenty taels of silver." ”

Without waiting for Chen Chen to speak, the big man lowered his head and smiled shyly, pointed his middle fingers together with both hands, and made a twisted shape: "Lord Wang, I, I can't do heavy work, I don't have the strength to ......"

Obviously a big man with a big shape but as shy as a girl, three black lines flashed on Chen Chen's forehead, and 10,000 grass and mud horses galloped past in his heart, isn't this a slap in the face of his brother.

Chen Chen kicked him down, and the big man was kicked down directly when he was unstable, and everyone burst into laughter.

In order to prove their strength, some small men lifted several stones at once, and they were really people. Some of the thin ones also lifted heavy objects one after another to tell Chen Chen silently that they couldn't just look at their appearance.

In the end, under the protests of everyone, Chen Chen had to agree to the request of a few people and let everyone choose their own work.

After that, Chen Chen took the trouble to explain the nature and safety of this work, and I hope you can think about it clearly. But everyone's face was full of excitement, as if they were completely addicted to twenty taels of silver and couldn't extricate themselves.

After sorting out the crowd and issuing the number plates, he led everyone to the mine.

Chen Chen has already chosen a good place in the mine, and what he needs now is a simple factory, and he can only vigorously build these two heavy factories when the bricks and cement are completely built.

In accordance with the order, many soldiers have already divided into two routes and began to dig holes for special soil and brick burning.

When everyone was digging the soil, because there were no bricks in ancient times, Chen Chen had to use hardwood to make it, and someone in the Ministry of Engineering grinded the hardwood into a plate shape and made it according to the size of 240mm×115mm×53mm. I have to admire the wisdom and ability of the ancients.

Since there were no iron nails or anything like that in ancient times, there was a little gap in the wooden planks cut by the ancients here, and then the wooden planks could be quickly inserted into each other, and a brick embryo was quickly formed

If there is a large number of people and a brick embryo model is formed, then there will naturally be thousands of brick embryos, and soon the brick embryos will be completed.

"Well, I said where did all this wood come from?" Don't look at the hardwood that makes the brick embryo and ask suspiciously, you must know that there are very few trees here in the mine.

An official from the Ministry of Industry hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiyu, the timber here is all pulled from the flat land in the south of Shengzhou. ”

These words seemed to have stepped on Chen Chen's tail and hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, you are not allowed to cut trees from Dongshui in the future, absolutely not." ”

What are you kidding, the Dongshui Peninsula is mostly mountainous, and it is also a tropical rainforest climate, with abundant precipitation, if this tree is cut down too much, the mountain is bare, and there must be no mudslide, and it will be difficult to end up at that time.

"The king has decreed that no local timber shall be used." Chen Chen hurriedly ordered the people from the Ministry of Engineering to issue an order.

"This, lord, where are you going to cut down trees?" The people from the Ministry of Industry looked at Chen Chen, and they were puzzled for a while.

Chen Chen looked around, and he was also in trouble in his heart, and he couldn't say that he would not be allowed to cut down trees. Although the construction of Shengzhou this time minimizes the use of wood and maximizes the use of cement and bricks, the production process of cement and bricks is also inseparable from wood.

If you go to Chen Guo to import wood, but the project also has to run quickly, Chen Chen is also a little difficult.

"Lord Wang, just now some people dug up some black things, it seems that they have hit ghosts and gods, and they don't dare to dig anymore all of a sudden." A soldier quickly ran over and reported to Chen Chen.

When Chen Chen heard this, the black thing hurriedly ran over. But no, there were a lot of black stones piled up on the ground, Chen Chen reached out and took a small hammer and knocked it lightly, reached out and touched it, and couldn't help laughing.

"Sure enough, it's great, there's no need to cut down trees, we have something that can replace wood, and that's coal mines."

Looking at this coal mine, the purity is very good, and there is no need for processing, just burn it directly.

"Lord Wang, can this stone burn?" Everyone looked at the black stone curiously and wondered how the stone could burn.

Chen Chen ordered someone to bring wood and burn it, and then knocked a piece from the coal mine and slowly put it into the fire: "Everyone look, this fire is relatively small, so when it burns for the first time, add a small amount of coal first, and then when the flame is strong, you can add large coal, and you must not throw it all at once." ”

Under Chen Chen's demonstration, the coal mine burned rapidly, and when they saw the golden flames, everyone's faces were full of one word: surprise.