Chapter XXVII
In fact, the two Zhu Houzhao brothers are very curious about the identity of this man, because the public security in the mainland in the Hongzhi era is still okay, and if you can use a knife to fight, it is not an ordinary person, but the patient is still in a coma, and it is not too late to figure out his identity when he wakes up, not to mention that there are more important things to do now.
After a while, Liu Jin came over to report that the registration had ended and that it was time to start the plan. The two brothers said hello to Lao Li and walked out of the house with their sister.
There are a total of 243 strong men in Xiaoli Village, of which in addition to farming, there are 50 people who can make iron, carpentry, masonry and other crafts, and there are 850 strong men in Dali Village, and there are 220 craftsmen. The first thing to do in the village is to build a house, but this house is not for people, but for cows. Zhu Houwei began to buy cattle from the surrounding areas a few days ago, because the people of the Ming Dynasty attach great importance to cattle, so the number of cattle that can be purchased is not much, so he sent people to Duoyan Sanwei outside the Guan, as well as Nuergansi to buy cattle, the cattle have not yet arrived, the news has come back, a total of more than 1,000 heads.
The price of cattle inside and outside the customs is different, and the price of cattle in the customs is 4 to 5 taels a head, while outside the customs is only 1 to 2 taels of silver. This time, the silver used to buy cattle alone reached 3,000 taels. Brick kilns are to be opened in both Da Li Zhuang and Xiao Li Village, and craftsmen are selected from the village, but it is estimated that it will take a few days to come up with bricks. The monthly salary of each selected craftsman is 3 taels, and the others are 2 taels, and the monthly money of the first month will be distributed in 1 period after registration, which makes the original anxiety of the people in the village also let go. Originally, there were 50 cows in the two villages, so 50 men with the oxen began to plough the fields, and the rest of the people went to cut down trees and build fences.
There are 2 mountains between Xiaolizhuang and Dalizhuang, which are actually more than 100 meters high, and the two mountains cover an area that is not very wide, about 3 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide. The source of the trees is on this mountain, because in the future fruit trees will be planted on it, and it is good to cut some now. Since they were paid in advance, the people in the village were very happy and worked harder. There are not so many tools in the village, so many saws and axes are brought from the Ministry of Works, and after getting the tools, I started today's work under the command of the first student.
1,000 people work together, and the logistics must be done well, and 100 women who are particularly difficult to live in and who are willing to work are selected from the two villages to cook for these people. In the past, women in the village would also work in the fields, but that was to work for their own families, and now whether it is for others, or so many people together, the people in the village still have some scruples.
After a while, large and small pots were set up at the entrance of the two villages, and they began to make fires to cook rice, and all the food was provided by the Guanzhuang government, which also made the villagers see the hope of a better life.
This time, the two brothers also have the meaning of "training", and letting these first-term students command these villagers has a good training effect for them. I was afraid that these villagers would not accept these little dolls, but I didn't expect that the villagers were very convinced of these literate dolls, and they felt that people who could read and write could be trusted more, not to mention that they were all brought by the prince, so no one dared to be presumptuous.
After almost an hour, a steady stream of trees from the mountain will be sent to the foot of the mountain, but today the main thing is to cut down the trees, and tomorrow the construction of the fence will begin. Seeing that the time is not early, with so many guards and first-term students here to maintain order, nothing can happen, so the three brothers and sisters will take a carriage to the capital first, and as for the first-term students, they will have dinner with the villagers and then take the carriage back to Zhufu.
On the way back, Zhu Houwei was still thinking about today's results and seeing what the shortcomings were. There is basically no omission in the work, that is, the expenditure is a little large, more than 1,000 villagers this month's salary is more than 2,000 taels, and it costs 3,000 taels to buy cattle, fortunately, many materials do not need to be purchased, and the raw materials for burning bricks are also nearby, which is considered to save a sum of money, but this is just the beginning, and there are many larger projects to do in the future, and the money is estimated to cost more, but there are one million taels in Zhu's house, there should be no problem. However, the population of the two villages is so large, and now these tasks are okay, and when the big projects of water conservancy to be repaired begin, there will be not enough people, and it is still the busy season of farming, and there are not many people recruited from the vicinity, so it seems that the big projects can only be put into the agricultural slack time. The grain yield per mu in this era can't go up, one is the problem of seeds, the other is fertilizer, the yield of later generations is so high, chemical fertilizer is indispensable, but the Ming Dynasty did not have this, some are human and animal manure, or grass and wood ash, let Zhu Houwei find a way, he is also no way, as a later generation has been staying in the city, he really doesn't know much about farm work, he can be more advanced than this era is in management.
Early the next morning, the 100 first-term students were escorted to Huangzhuang by guards. It doesn't matter if they can't take their original Chinese classes now, Zhu Houwei doesn't need them to be proficient in the words of the sages, as long as they know all the words, as for mathematics, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are no longer a problem for them, as for the more advanced ones, they can't use them at present, of course, Zhu Houwei will never say that Lagrange's theorem, calculus or something has long been forgotten. Nowadays, what these first-term students have to learn is nature, but the only teacher has no time to pay it, so there will be no problem of delaying their studies.
This morning's work is still the same as yesterday, open the brick kiln, cut the tree, about 6:30 in the morning, there is the Guanzhuang Mansion to provide breakfast, and then go to work after eating. By the way, these people are just like refugees, and last night's dinner consisted mainly of white steamed buns and flatbreads, as well as some pickles, and Guan Zhuang made a promise - to be full. Okay, everyone is eating to death, and in the end, everyone eats an average of 3 catties of food, and they can't walk after eating one by one.
This morning's breakfast was supposed to be like this, but the first student confessed that he couldn't work if he was too full, and everyone thought about it, and they couldn't move at all in the state they were in after dinner last night, so everyone consciously set the original goal of eating 12 points full to 10 points full.
By the time the three Zhu Houwei brothers and sisters arrived, there was already a lot of wood at the foot of the mountain. After lunch, the men who cut the trees began to divide into groups, one group continued to cut trees, one group specialized in transporting trees, one group worked on wood, and one group began to build fences. In order to unify and accurately measure and measure the village, Zhu Houwei specially asked the craftsmen of Zhufu to build 100 wooden rulers of 1.5 meters, and the fence should be built to such a high level. These two mountains are not large, and there are no carnivores except for some small herbivores such as pheasants and rabbits.
With the wooden ruler brought, the carpenters also knew what kind of fence to make, and it didn't take long for batches of 1.5-meter-long fences to be delivered to the builders, and then began to build around the mountain, and at night 1 km has been built, it seems that this project can be completed in a few days, and the brick kiln also has good news, 3 days later, the first batch of bricks can be built.
Before returning to the capital in the afternoon, the three brothers and sisters also went to Lao Li's house, Zhu Houwei went to the wing room to see the man, the wound healed well, that is, the person has not woken up yet, but this is normal, the key is to look at the next two days. The little girl still didn't have any gratitude, but seeing the development of her father's injuries, she was still angry at Zhu Houwei yesterday and rose to today's expressionless, as if she didn't see Zhu Houwei, which caused Zhu Houwei to be very depressed, and said hello to Lao Li and Li Ziyu, and the group went back to the capital.