Chapter 157: Labor Shortage

Last time, Liu Hou changed his words and explained that he did not change the explosive # medicine bag into the shape of a bird, but simply printed a bird pattern, who knew that Huang Yueying didn't buy it at all, she snorted after listening to Liu Hou's explanation: "Hmph!" Bring sand to the beach. ”

Liu Hou smiled wryly, and didn't care about her, but said: "By the way, Mrs. Zhuge , I can put some iron nails, broken iron pieces, etc. in the explosive# medicine bag to enhance the lethality." ”

Huang Yueying said: "Whatever you want, I can't control these murderous things, you can just order the explosive # pill bag production workshop to do it." ”

Liu Hou said again: "Mrs. Zhuge , please study how to increase their range, in addition, there is also the problem of accuracy, Madam can improve their accuracy?" Can the winch be used to pull the basket, which can not only pull the stronger spring to achieve a longer range, but also make the drawn spring fixed, avoid shaking under the influence of human factors, and lay the foundation for solving the problem of accuracy. ”

Liu Hou taught Zuo Ci the simple mechanical principles, and Zuo Ci spread these physics knowledge in the academy, Huang Yueying, a master of organs, must have learned, and she can't do simple things like winches and pulley sets.

"The concubine doesn't know the benefits of winches and pulleys, but you have to be easy to carry, detachable and easy to disassemble, if you use those complicated mechanisms, how can you meet so many requirements? Or do you think that a concubine, a research institute, would have designed such a rudimentary device? Huang Yueying said angrily.

Liu Hou was embarrassed, he thought that the structure of this big slingshot was so simple, there were basically no mechanical parts in it, and no matter how he looked at it, it didn't fit the identity of a master of organs like Huang Yueying. It seems that I haven't considered it comprehensively, this kind of projectile device, the first requirement to be met is easy to carry, easy to disassemble and assemble, so there is really no good way to think of it.

I only heard Huang Yueying say again: "You want a powerful projectile device, wouldn't it be good to use a stone thrower, I heard that Ma Jun's continuous stone throwing machine has also been developed, but the volume is huge, and a few horses can't pull it, do you want it?" ”

"Uh......" Liu Hou was speechless. Ma Jun developed a chain stone throwing machine Liu Hou also knew, but that guy was too big and it was very inconvenient to move. Now Ma Jun is working on making it smaller, and how to make it easy to move.

"Forget it, forget it, let's just assume I didn't say it." Liu Hou felt that what Huang Yueying said was really reasonable, and he was speechless.

The work of adding broken iron sheets, iron nails, and iron balls to the explosive# medicine package is very simple, and Guan Gong arranged for people to quickly get a batch out. However, it is difficult to solve the problem of logistical and transportation pressure, because there have been wars for many years, and a large number of young and middle-aged people have been lost, and if too many young and strong people are transferred, it will greatly affect agricultural production, and then lead to a series of problems such as food shortages, which every ruler has to pay attention to.

There was no way, Liu Hou had to gather another group of civil servants and military generals to discuss countermeasures. However, before everyone could put forward a solution, Guo Youzhi first raised another question: "Your Majesty, because of the rockets and this kind of anger, the explosive # medicine package used by Angry Birds needs to consume a lot of fire# powder, and now the production capacity of fire# powder can no longer keep up." ”

"Oh? How so? Liu Hou asked.

"The main problem is the raw materials, the production of fire # medicine requires a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter, these ores are in the deep mountains, a large number of people are needed to mine, and after digging, they also need to be transported by hand.

Originally, His Majesty captured a large number of Eastern Wu soldiers and sent them to various mines to work as miners, but as the war progressed, the demand for gun#medicine increased greatly, and some of the prisoners who were good at the table were pardoned by His Majesty, regained their freedom, and were given fields for cultivation by His Majesty. There is now a shortage of miners everywhere in the mines. "Guo Youzhi.

Liu Hou understood that on the one hand, the expansion of production, on the other hand, the shortage of manpower, the contradiction of the too small population of Shu was finally highlighted. In fact, it is not only the shortage of manpower in the mines, but also the lack of manpower in almost all walks of life in Shu now. There was a shortage of officials in the imperial court, in the army, in agricultural production, in the factories of the "Ministry of Industry", and even in the hospitals.

Now all walks of life in the entire Shu country are booming, it is easy to find a job, people are being recruited everywhere, talents are being recruited everywhere, and the unemployment rate is almost zero. As long as you are willing to work, whether you are literate and hyphenation or have a skill, or even don't know anything, you only have a handful of strength, just stop on the edge of the "human market" in the city of Shu, there are several owners rushing to hire, which is better than catching up with the network.

The "human market" was originally a market for buying and selling slaves, but after Liu Hou took office, he planned to gradually ban the slave trade, and now the slaves that can still be bought and sold are limited to official slaves and foreign slaves, and other Han people are not allowed to buy and sell anymore.

Official slaves are those who have committed crimes or their family members who have been implicated, but Liu Hou plans to gradually abolish the system of Zhulian and Lian sitting in the future, and at that time, the number of official slaves will definitely be greatly reduced.

Liu Hou, an alien slave, does not plan to ban it for the time being, after all, the labor force of these slaves is still needed in the country, and he is now turning a blind eye to some people and groups to capture barbarians and return them as laborers. Of course, the premise is that these barbarians cannot be people under the rule of Shu Han.

For example, the southern barbarians in the southern and central regions, such as Wutugu and Ehuan, enjoyed the same treatment as the Han because they had been conquered by Liu Hou. As a result, the big families who captured barbarian slaves could only go to Tibet, Siam and other states to catch people. But the market isn't big yet. After all, most of the eyes of the Chinese people are now focused on the country, and there are still very few people who look at the world.

Now the slave trade in the "human market" is shrinking, but the employment industry is still in the ascendant. Because it was forbidden to buy and sell ordinary Han Chinese slaves, those who wanted to sell themselves into slavery had no way to sell themselves.

Coupled with the fact that it is now easy to find employment for sale, there is no need to sell yourself into slavery. Many people's attitudes have gradually changed, and the relationship between the owner and the man is no longer the relationship between the master and the slave, but the relationship between the owner and the servant.

Every day, on the periphery of the "human market", there are many people who want to sell their labor. And those owners who want to hire people to do things also know that most of the helpers are gathered on the periphery of the "human market", so if they want to hire people now, they will consciously run to the "human market" to find people.

The "people market" has now almost become a talent market. However, it is still relatively chaotic, and there are no rules, and there is still a long way to go for the "human market" to become a real talent market.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there any way to solve the problem of manpower shortage?" Liu Hou asked everyone for advice.

As a result, everyone began to talk about it, and from time to time someone spoke about their plan. Some people mention domestic affairs programs such as recuperation and encouraging childbearing, while others mention taking the initiative to start wars and plunder the population in neighboring countries.

ps。 Today I didn't have enough time, so I only wrote more than 2,000 words. Thank you for your understanding. Please continue to forgive me, tomorrow the day after tomorrow I will go to Dongguan, try what the five-star hotel in Xindu is like, so, may not be able to update normally, please forgive me.