Chapter 14 Transforming Farm Tools
"Your Majesty, more and more homeless people have poured into the imperial capital, and after a long time, I'm afraid something will happen. ”
Just when Cao Meng personally led people to dig coal, Lu Zhi and others came to see Liu Hao again.
In the past few days, they have also gone to see it in person, and in the west of the city, the number of displaced people has exceeded 10,000, and different displaced people are pouring in every day, so they have to come to discuss with Liu Hao.
"Can you settle them?" Liu Hao frowned, more than 10,000 homeless, this is not a small number, if this is not settled well, sooner or later something will happen.
If someone with a heart makes use of them, it will definitely be able to disturb the stability of the imperial capital.
"The court has no money or food at this time, so it's very difficult to do. Lu Zhi said.
Liu Hao nodded, these homeless people can only fundamentally solve their survival problems, and opening a warehouse and releasing grain is not a long-term solution.
The most important thing is that there is not even food.
What can I do?
Liu Hao's brows furrowed slightly, this is a problem.
The Coal Division can accept a group of displaced people, but it will definitely not need so many workers for a while, and if you want to solve this matter, you have to arrange jobs for them.
But in the imperial capital at this time, even if Liu Hao ordered it to be forcibly arranged, it would definitely not be possible to have so many posts to arrange so many displaced people.
The copper money in the treasury is only one million, which is even poorer than countless wealthy families, this is a country's treasury!
This is also the reason why Liu Hao wanted to prosper in business from the beginning.
Too poor to help.
At this time, he can't go too far, otherwise it will definitely cause a backlash from all the wealthy families.
And at least more than half of the officials in the entire court were born in big families, and although he was the emperor, many policies could not be implemented.
Army, people's hearts.
Liu Hao waited a little longer, gave him some more time, he would definitely have a better way to solve these things.
"Let the Shuntian Mansion pay attention to maintaining order first, and don't give others a chance to take advantage of it, and in a few days I will have my own way to settle them. Liu Hao said.
He already had an idea in his heart, and after a few days the coal was sold in large quantities, the treasury began to gradually have money, and then tomorrow morning, he was mobilizing all the officials to donate a sum of money, first using the money to build houses in the west of the city, and then set up a money bank, let them buy houses with their pockets, and then let them reclaim the wasteland, give them seeds, and let them feed themselves.
Although he advocated the development of commerce, due to the limitations of this era, it was still necessary to ensure agricultural production first, and only when there was enough food would the people feel safe and have spare money to do business.
Thinking of this, Liu Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he picked up the brush and drew on the paper.
He was a mechanical designer before, and it was very easy to draw a few sketches of agricultural tools.
Lu Zhi and the others suddenly saw the emperor writing and painting, and they all raised their eyebrows, curious about what new policies the emperor was going to launch.
After more than ten minutes, Liu Hao beckoned and asked Lu Zhi and the others to come forward.
Several people stepped forward, looked at the pictures on the paper, and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what did you draw?"
"This is an iron plow, composed of a plowshare, a plough frame and a plowshare, this is a plowshare, this is a plow, this is a plow, generally use an ox to make traction, a person and an ox can plow more than 3 acres of land a day, as long as it is promoted, it will greatly improve the efficiency of farming. This is a hoe, this is a shovel, and it is a simplified version of a farming implement. Liu Hao pointed to the drawings and explained them to several people one by one.
At this time, there was no iron plow, and the people's farming efficiency was still very low, although there were iron hoes and shovels, which were very rough and inconvenient to use.
Liu Hao's things, in this era, are completely epoch-making innovations, and they are also artifacts that greatly improve the work efficiency of farmers.
When Lu Zhi and the others understood, they all showed shock.
They are extremely intelligent people, and they reacted immediately.
This is an artifact for the benefit of the world!
Several people looked at Liu Hao, and their eyes all showed expressions of shock to the extreme.
These days, the emperor has brought them too many surprises!
"Your Majesty is wise, this is the blessing of the world!"
After being shocked, several ministers knelt down one after another.
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At this time in Xishan, although it was only a few hours, thousands of catties of coal had already been dug up.
The coal here is of high quality, and it is basically large coal.
In the makeshift tent, Cao Meng asked the Yulin Langs to light a fire, make a cauldron, and boil the fire for the coal miners to drink.
And he had his men recruit a dozen women in the city to cook for the workers.
The coal fire burned and felt the warmth in the tent, everyone was shocked, and their eyes looked at Cao Meng with a little respect.
"My lord, this is really a treasure, a peerless treasure!" said several Yu Lin Lang who were in charge of lighting the fire.
Cao Meng had already told them that the coal could not only heat the house, but also cook rice.
They didn't believe it before, but now they felt the temperature in the tent, and they admired it in their hearts.
The few women who were invited to cook were also shocked, and there was a bit of respect in their eyes when they looked at Cao Meng.
This black stone is also amazing.
"This is the treasure that Your Majesty has discovered, and what does it have to do with me. Cao Meng said.
"Ah, this treasure was discovered by His Majesty?" everyone was a little incredulous, apparently they didn't come here together yesterday.
Cao Meng smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, how can I be compared to mortals like me." ”
All Yu Linlang were stunned, and then called the emperor wise, and worshiped Liu Hao to the extreme in their hearts.
Cao Meng suddenly sighed: "In the future, the people of the entire Xia Kingdom will be able to use coal for heating, and there is no need to worry about someone freezing to death in winter." ”
"My lord, can we really have this treasure too?" a Yu Lin Lang looked at Cao Meng in shock.
"Of course, everyone can afford it. Cao Meng nodded, and then walked out of the tent.
At this time, 500 meters away from the tent, thousands of people were standing curiously outside the boundary rope, watching the displaced people come out with large pieces of charcoal on their backs.
At this time, the mined charcoal has four or five thousand catties, and it has been piled up into a hill.
They were all curious about what these black whirring rocks were.
"My lord, the head of the Yang family and the head of the Yuan family have asked to see you. ”
At this moment, a Yu Linlang came to Cao Meng's side and said respectfully.
"Huh, Yang Biao and Yuan Kui?"
Cao Meng was slightly stunned, there is only one Yang family and one Yuan family in the imperial capital, and their heads are Yang Biao and Yuan Kui, the heads of the previous hundred officials, what are they coming to me for?
"Did they want to get coal?"
Cao Meng groaned and said, "Bring them over." ”