Chapter 92 The Great Plan of Governance

Zhang Kui smiled, "Lu Xiancheng, this seems to be your business, where is there a shortage of people in Fangcheng County, and where do you want people to do things, you know better than me, if these places are arranged, the rest of the manpower, I have other uses, how much to come!" ”

Lu Yixing wanted to find out if this Zhang County Commander had a high fever and was talking nonsense, but he still restrained his thoughts, "That'...... My lord, how do you pay these laborers? ”

"The people of Fangcheng County, how much money can they earn a day to support themselves, calculated by a family of five, how much can two people who can work earn to support their families, this is ...... Lu Xiancheng must know it! ”

“…… The price of rice is 150 Wen per bucket, an ordinary family of five, there are 3 catties of rice a day, enough to feed, if there are 5 catties of rice, then you can eat! That is, 45-75 Wen, if a family has two laborers, earn 30 Wen a day, you can get a family to eat and wear! ”

"The body lì live, it is calculated according to 30 Wen a day, and the reader is willing to do things in a down-to-earth manner, Lu County, you look at it!" Zhang Kui said with a smile, "Actually, Lu Xiancheng, you don't have to worry much at all, the salary given by the yamen is just a message to these merchants and landlords in this city, and if you want to hire people in the future, you will have to pay a higher salary than the yamen!" ”

Lu Yixing was stunned for a minute before he figured out the taste, he shook his head, with an incredible expression, and then stood in front of Zhang Kui very solemnly, bowed and said: "Master Zhang, I have been taught today, there is such a means in the world, I often think about the suffering of this farmer and the exploitation of the people, but I definitely can't think of such a big plan for the world!" ”

Zhang Kui smiled, "Lu Xiancheng, this kind of measurement, for my teacher, is just a small skill of carving insects, I don't know if you still doubt my plan to benefit one party?" ”

"Adult's teacher...... I don't know if it's the great sage? ”

"You'll know in the future, my teacher is a genius of heaven and earth!" Zhang Kui's greatest ability is to sell Guanzi, and Lu Yixing was confused when he heard it, but this curiosity could no longer be suppressed, and it had taken root in his heart.

"My lord, then go and plan the position of vacant manpower in this city, and come back to consult your lord when you have time!"

The chief bookkeeper Wang Yi and Lu Yixing passed by, hurriedly ran in and bowed his hand to Zhang Kui and said, "My lord, the businessman of this city you invited has arrived!" ”

"It's all here?" Zhang Kui was a little surprised that these businessmen were so efficient, and he had just arrived at the Yamen.

"It's indeed all here, I clicked, and the 21 largest merchants in Fangcheng have arrived!"

Everyone is visiting this Xinzhi County for the first time, naturally according to the usual practice have prepared a gift list, handed over to the main book Wang Yi, together with the gift, Zhang Kui in the yamen side hall met with the representatives of these merchants, he turned over the gift list one by one, to be honest, the weight of these gift lists is not light, the least one household has 800 taels, today these more than 20 gift lists, there are nearly 20,000 taels.

The shopkeepers of the merchants below all looked at the young magistrate above, who was slowly looking at the gift list, the expression on his face did not change, and he still looked cold and stern, and he didn't know if the gift list he gave this time was satisfactory.

After a while, Zhang Kui finally looked at the gift list, and suddenly smiled, and the merchants below saw that the county magistrate was laughing, and they all laughed together, and suddenly the yamen was also in a mess.

With a snap, Zhang Kui dropped a teacup on the table, and everyone was frightened, and they heard the cold voice of Xinzhi County and said: "You are all so bold, but you know the law of the Qing Dynasty, those who pay bribes will be punished by exile, those who have no Lu will be reduced by two degrees, and the rod will be punished for one hundred and five hundred miles, and those who have stolen goods will be punished severely!" ”

My mother, this county lord looks at this filial piety and is not satisfied, and there is no need to put people to death, this flow of 500 miles is also counted, and if it flows here, it will go to Vietnam, that is, this cane will be punished by a hundred, and if it is beaten, it will have no human shape. For a while, many businessmen knelt on the ground, and they didn't dare to speak out one by one.

At this time, Wang Yi, the chief bookkeeper sitting next to Zhang Kui, was also taken aback, this donor who was still talking about asking for the people's life yesterday, this method is very spicy today, and now this gift list will inevitably add fifty percent, obviously now it is time for him to appear.

"My lord, Fangcheng County is all small people who are foreigners, and they don't know the general situation, should they go back to reflect on this matter, and then come to ask the adults for their guilt!" Wang Yi said as he glanced at the businessmen below.

"The adults are gracious, and the small people will go back to reflect on ......",

"Little Knows Mistakes......"

Zhang Kui glared at Wang Yi, what kind of round did this guy come out to play, it turned out that he thought that he had less filial piety, snorted coldly, and said, "Then get up first!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" The merchant below was in a cold sweat, this county lord is a powerful horn, and his tone was still cold at this time, which was too different from the friendly appearance in the store that day.

"Today's matter, for the time being, this money ......" Zhang Kui turned his head sideways and asked: "Wang Yi, there are about 20,000 taels of silver here, you can see that it is available to run a righteous school in the county!" ”

Wang Yi was asked a black line in his head, this school is also in charge of him, to run a righteous school but to invite two children, Xiucai, teach more than ten or twenty students, only 10 taels of silver per month, 20,000 taels, that is not allowed to run hundreds of righteous schools, but since this county magistrate asked, he didn't figure out whether this person wanted to make money in the name of Yixue, or if he had another purpose, so he hurriedly promised: "My lord, enough is enough!" ”

"Then as your donation to Fangcheng Yixue, I won't care about it anymore!" Zhang Kui laughed, this can save a sum of money for the teacher, and he turned around to show his merits, his face changed really quickly, "I'm saying here, next time there is a bribe, it will be severely punished!" ”

The following group of businessmen all said that they couldn't find the north, and they all listened to it one by one, and even Wang Yi, the main bookkeeper on the side, was completely out of direction at this time.

Zhang Kui beckoned, and several soldiers walked in with a wad of paper, "Looking for you today, naturally there are important things to discuss, I have a giant businessman here to come to Fangcheng County to open a factory, and the content of the factory will be announced later, if you are interested, you can invest in joining, but this is naturally conditional, and after listening, I will talk to the shopkeeper in charge of the outside in detail!" ”

An officer picked up a piece of paper and read out the contents aloud, and everyone couldn't help but be surprised that this soldier was still literate, and it could be seen that he had read a lot.

However, they were soon attracted by the industry announced by Zhang Kui, the main ones announced this time are some labor-intensive industries, the first choice is of course the textile industry, as the main source of power and guiding industry of the first industrial revolution, which is naturally the first choice of Fangcheng, and the textile downstream garment industry, also began to pilot in Fangcheng, these two are the first batch of pilot industries, the merchants can unite to purchase machines, can also be invested in the government-run textile factory

In addition, there are also matches, machine parts processing and other derivative industries have also been put into operation, after seeing these industries, all the merchants were shocked, obviously, in front of the big industries listed by the county lord, the ones they run themselves are definitely small businesses...... A small business can't be a small business anymore, and it turned out to be cold for a while.

The shopkeeper of the Wang family, a big household in the east of the city, plucked up his courage, stood up and kowtowed respectfully, and then asked a little stammered: "Lord Zhang, this is a big industry, how can we, the merchants of small households, have the ability to do it!" I don't know how much money I need to invest to buy this machine? ”

Seeing that someone finally spoke, Zhang Kui smiled, "These industries, since I have brought them, they are naturally to benefit one party, and if you want to participate, you can do it, but you can't do it with your strength, there are a few shopkeepers waiting for you outside, how to participate, how to benefit, you can talk slowly!" ”

Hearing this, everyone rumbled out of the hall, at this time He Xing sent a few shopkeepers had already prepared the contract, the explanation, participation is naturally no two words, investment, it is also possible, but the description is clearly written, the textile, garment industry, machine price and future maintenance price are marked where, this thing is the same price, see these businessmen sweating one by one, and textile is required to join the textile association to get the machine.

Now this giant businessman has obtained the qualification, you want to participate, as long as you sign the contract, of course, in terms of shares, you can not compare with the giant businessman, according to the proportion of capital contribution, everyone has a share, profit sharing, risk sharing! As for the match industry, garment industry, and machine parts industry, they can be opened independently.

However, there is only one operation of the chemical raw materials upstream of the match, which needs to be obtained from there, and a factory will soon be built in the industrial zone next to the county seat! Ready-to-wear industry, of course, you can also do it, this machine is expensive and scared to death, then cooperate to open a factory, and the giant merchants will provide the opportunity, and you will provide management and manpower, responsible for sales. ,

Immediately, a shopkeeper asked, "How about the production of this ready-to-wear garment?" ”

"It's not a problem for a skilled worker to do four or five pieces a day! It's okay for both men and women, this thing doesn't have to work hard! ”

Make four or five pieces a day, each piece costs only three or four dollars of silver, sell at least one or two taels, if you directly from the textile factory into the cloth is cheaper, this money is easy to earn...... It was so easy that the shopkeepers almost went crazy at the thought of the profit.

"How did this machine parts industry come about?" Soon the shopkeepers discovered this new business.

"According to our order, the corresponding parts are made, as long as the product is qualified, we will accept all the orders," the shopkeeper who sat and explained guided them with a smile, "but it is not easy to enter this industry, making iron into qualified parts, but technical work, but after making the industry, the profit is still amazingly high!" ”

The shopkeepers hurriedly recorded their favorite industries, and hurriedly went home to discuss after thanking the county lord, and Wang Yi, the master of this scene, was also stunned, this county magistrate is really generous, these industries are really done, not to mention the labor of the entire Fangcheng County, even the labor of the surrounding prefectures and counties is not enough!

And with the support of the "Fangcheng Recruitment Order", the people are willing to work, so they really don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they have extra money! Hurriedly approached Zhang Kui and complimented him.

Zhang Kui patted Wang Yi on the shoulder, "Master Wang, there is one more thing for you to do, this is the way to be an official is to be honest and fair, remember to make it clear to the guys below, this salary, official salary, in our defense city will definitely not be lower than other counties, what was the situation before, I am not to blame in the past, but from today onwards, these hands and feet must be refreshing, don't stain your hands, I will not be polite when the time comes!" ”

"What do you mean, do you want to give everyone a raise?" Wang Yi was a little unpredictable about the meaning of this new county master.

"Master Wang, you told them directly, I don't lack manpower here, if you don't do well, you can walk, and if you do a good job, you will be rewarded for your diligence and punish laziness......"

I have to say that there is a way to have interests, and this corruption is really difficult to prohibit, Zhang Kui's words have just been posted for a few days, and a shopkeeper of the He family, who is responsible for signing the documents, came to report, saying that a servant in the yamen transferred a letter of silver and note from the Chengxi Ding family, saying that he hoped to mention it in the share.

Zhang Kui immediately arrested everyone, and called the shopkeeper of those merchants to try the matter publicly, before the bāng child was raised, the boy of the Ding family and the official explained the whole thing, in addition to 300 taels of silver, the official took 20 taels of benefits.

Zhang Zhixian waved his pen, the Ding family's boy cane blamed 50, flowing three hundred miles, the Ding family was removed from the industrial merchants, and continued to do his family's mountain goods business, and in the future, the Mawei shipping company will not undertake the transportation of his family's goods, it should be pulled by donkeys and carriages, you still continue to play in the old way, the official will be removed from the list, and all the gold and silver bribes will be confiscated. The whole case was handled in just one day, and the people were immediately sued.

Now the whole Fangcheng County was shaken, after the recruitment order, the people were talking about the truth of this matter, there were already a lot of laborers who had nothing to do to go to the yamen to register, and assigned the city patrol, public security, repair water conservancy, repair of the wharf work, although it is some heavy work, but a day of twenty or thirty yuan plus a full meal, that can also feed a family!

After the people had tea and dinner, they all sighed, Fangcheng County finally came to a big man, today I saw that this little bully of the Ding family was actually exiled by the rod because of sending money to the official, and the official who collected the money was also accepted and never hired, and the people's hearts were greatly boosted. For a while, there were rumors inside and outside the city that this defense city was a well-known poor place, and now it was finally bitter.

Soon there was a new big move in Fangcheng County, in the wasteland outside the west city, all the merchants began to recruit handymen, ready to build a large number of buildings, just build roads, transport stones, that is a big project, the rural labor in the neighboring towns have been attracted, it is still the lowest salary of dozens of yuan a day, three or five days can earn a bucket of rice, it is completely impossible to have this income in the field.

The operation on the construction site here has been presided over by the shopkeeper sent by He Xing, and all households in the city have sent competent people to participate, and they have advanced step by step according to the plan formulated by Zhang Kui, but it is also very fast. At this time, Zhang Kui was taking Lu Yixing and Wang Yi to inspect the Fangcheng deep-water port next to Dongpi Town, which was in full swing.

In just over a month and a half, the appearance of Dongpi Town has been completely changed, a gravel road that can carry six carriages in parallel has been built, leading directly to the port cargo area under construction, and on the deep-water port, several wooden-hulled steam engine cargo ships are entering the port, and on the trestle, unloading workers are busy transporting all kinds of goods. ,

What surprised the two even more was that on the hill near the left side of the port, several fortresses were being built, and Lu Yixing pointed there, "Master Zhang, what is that for?" Do you want to garrison the army! This is not something that we can decide in Fangcheng County! It's going to leave a handle on people! ”

Zhang Kui smiled slightly, "Lu Xiancheng, the soldiers and horses of the Nanyang Naval Division are stationed there, we can't control it!" However, after the fort was built, this Fangchenggang would be a big port in the south of the Qing Dynasty in the future! This is the most important point! In the future, the products of Qinzhou and Guangxi can go to sea with us! ”

Seeing the surprised eyes of the two subordinates, Zhang Kui smiled, such a huge plan, even if he heard it at the beginning, he was surprised, the teacher really knows everything, in addition to the dangerous terrain, this Fangcheng Port is really a natural military port, and it is also a rare deep-water port! Once the industrial base here is built, it will be connected with Hehui and Xian'an, which are adjacent to a river, backed by mountains, and separated by big rivers on the left and right, which is not a natural dangerous land!

Zhang Kui pointed to a large piece of wasteland that was being leveled in the distance, "There will be a shipyard over there, and on the left will be the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, and the road will continue until the county town is an industrial zone. ”

At this time, when Zhang Kui was pointing out the country, Qin Kai was anxious to deal with the documents sent from all over the place, to be honest, with his habit of using his brain in later generations, looking at the documents sent by the officials in Vietnam, Fangcheng and various factories, he was really unaccustomed to it, and each copy had to be read carefully and give his opinions.

Specifically who to deal with, he usually throws it to Xu Guoren to do, poor old Xu has to engage in technology, and has to manage the factory, he is very busy, and it involves the affairs of the army, Qin Kai can only hand it over by himself, now Zhou Ruidong is lying on his stomach in the mountain nest to take care of the important resources of Mawei's future, and Zhang Kui is in that corner to be the county master, but the task is even more arduous, and even Qin Kai doubts whether this guy can bear it.

The most troublesome is Xue Chao in Hue City, this guy is now in a vigorous peasant movement, the news from Lu Guogong Song Xing, the thousands of troops trained by Xue Chao, and thousands of farmers have made the king of Vietnam more and more uneasy.