Chapter 253: One Hundred Labors
"No." After Zhao Mu decided to go back, he gathered all the merchants under his command and began to popularize Zhao's weights and measures.
"Fourth, it snowed heavily for a day and night yesterday, and the roads were all covered with ice and snow, affecting pedestrian traffic and message transmission. It is necessary to organize the people to clear the roads to various places as soon as possible to prevent serious damage in some places, and the news is not reported in time. In addition, if the damage is severe, the government can directly use the food stored in the government treasury for disaster relief, and then report it later. Zhao Kuo said loudly.
Although the snow in Handan is heavy, it has not yet caused a snow disaster, early in the morning, Bin ran out to have a snowball fight with other children, and had a lot of fun, even Zhao Zheng, who saw the snow for the first time, was very excited, happy to roll in the snow.
But in this era, there are neither mobile phones nor televisions, and Zhao Kuo doesn't know if other places are like Handan.
If it is similar to Handan, it will have no effect, in case of a snow disaster, according to the current communication conditions, wait until the problem is found, and then pass the news to Handan, and several elders in Handan will discuss and discuss, and then send someone over, the damned ones are almost dead, just to help collect the corpses.
Zhao State is now most lacking is population, with Zhao State's territory, if it is fully developed, even more than 10 million people can be fed, but now it has just reached five million, there are not enough people to work, Zhao Kuo is reluctant to let everyone be frozen to death, can only choose to decentralize the power, let the localities deal with it according to the situation, and minimize casualties.
"The Great King is benevolent." The ministers arched their hands and said.
"King Yu, there are more and more people who have arrived in Handan recently, and Handan is about to be unable to settle down." Seeing that Zhao Kuo didn't mean to continue, Wei Wuji took a step forward and arched his hand.
Zhao Guo treats the people who come to Handan very well, as long as they pass the primary assessment and prove that they are not here to eat and drink, they will be allocated a place to live and a minimum salary, at least to ensure that you will not have a problem surviving in Handan.
But if he can make a little contribution, Zhao will assign him an independent house, arrange maids, promote him, and provide carriages for travel, which is equivalent to a taxi in the Spring and Autumn Period.
As for making more contributions, the benefits are even greater.
For example, there was a shipwright from the land of Wu Yue, who improved the warships of Zhao State, so that the sails could be raised and lowered freely, the direction was adjusted, and multiple masts were added, which not only made the navigation more stable, but also controlled the speed by adjusting the number of sails.
The rudder of Xinlingjun's gate passenger ship has been improved, which can better control the direction of the warship's sailing. The hammer boat stone was also replaced with a copper anchor, which solved the problem of large ships 'running boats'.
After the improvement of the two, the quality of Zhao's warships has been greatly improved, and it has surpassed the former Qi and Yue countries and become the top in the world.
The disadvantage is that in order to support the ideas of the two, Zhao Guo smashed all the timber bought from Yue Guo into it, and there is currently a finished warship built by himself!
However, after success, everything was worth it, Zhao Kuo directly worshiped the two as Yaqing, compiled the "Boat Codex" with Ou Yeshou, and announced the world, hyped it, and attracted people without hundreds of workers to come to Handan, and even reached the point where it could not be placed.
"What about the small towns near Handan?" Zhao Kuo asked.
Almost every capital city has some small towns nearby, and in the Spring and Autumn period, it was generally the fiefdom of the ministers of various countries.
The monarch built a city near the capital and gave it to his courtiers to show his favor and facilitate the emperor's visit to the capital.
At the same time, they also serve as a defense against foreign invasions, and if the capital is invaded by foreign enemies, these small towns can serve as the first line of defense to avoid direct attacks on the capital.
However, after the Warring States period, the countries gradually took back these small towns.
Although Handan was not the capital of Zhao at the beginning, after Zhao moved the capital to Handan, he still built four small cities nearby to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
"Your Majesty, these small towns have almost been settled." Wei Wuji said helplessly.
He really didn't expect that so many people would come, and the four small towns couldn't accommodate it.
It's really that the people of hundreds of workers have been suppressed too hard for so many years.
Although the division of labor in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was still different, it did not reach the level of high and low.
But the scholars were born into nobility, held power, and were born noble.
The merchants are rich, the wealth is rolling, and the servants are in groups.
What are the peasants and workers? If you want money, you don't have money, you don't have power, you want fame.
Now I finally have a chance, but anyone who is not willing to accept the status quo will fight, anyway, it will not be worse than now, right?
What if Feihua Tengda?
There are not a few people who have this idea, and Zhao Guo's propaganda is extremely in place, and everyone who has a skill flocks to it.
"Why don't you lower your salary?" Touch the dragon suggests.
Part of the reason why so many people can't be resettled is that the treatment given by Zhao Guo is too high, and if the standard can be lowered, many more people can still be resettled.
"No, if you lower the standards, the reputation you played before will be gone." Yu Xin stopped.
"If you don't resettle, wouldn't your reputation be even worse?" Kong Bin said.
Everyone immediately stopped talking.
"The minister has a way, but it requires the king to make some sacrifices." Lin Xiangru leaned over and said.
"Lin Qing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zhao Kuo said.
"Put these people in Congtai." Lin Xiangru said.
"What!" Baiguan looked at Lin Xiangru in shock.
Congtai is a place for King Zhao to play and hunt, there are not only strange flowers and plants, but also a lot of cherished beasts.
It is similar to Shanglin Yuan in Qin, Snow Palace in Qi, Liang Yu in Wei, and Zhanghuatai in Chu.
Every country has a build.
Although the Congtai of Zhao State is not as big as the Shanglin Garden of Qin State, it is also full of thirty or forty miles, all the way from Handan to Zhangshui, it is the first-class garden of Zhao State, palaces, platforms, views, pavilions, fish ponds, birds and animals, flowers and trees...... The same is not less.
In such a place, outsiders can't even enter it, so how can it be possible for people with hundreds of workers to live in it.
"It's the depths of winter, and the flowers and trees in the terrace have long since withered, leaving only a white expanse. The palaces have long been vacant, so why not let them be useful? In the spring, when the snow and ice melt, you can build houses near Handan, and then let them move out. Lin Xiangru said.
"This is the private residence of the king, how can these people live in it?" Zhao Bao said angrily.
"Even if it is the king's private place, it is a dead thing, how can it be important to have a living person?" In the face of Qin Wangji back then, Lin Xiangru didn't take a step back, let alone Zhao Bao.
"If these people are about to die, I will agree with Lin Gong's approach, but there is no need for this now." Zhao Bao shook his head.
"As long as one of these people can contribute to my Zhao Kingdom, it will be worth it to my Zhao Kingdom." Lin Xiangru said firmly.
"Okay, let's stop fighting. According to Lin Gong's words, the people of the hundred workers were placed in Congtai, and if they still could not be settled, the widow vacated the palace for them to live in. Zhao Kuo said loudly.
Of course, he couldn't vacate the palace, otherwise he and his family would live somewhere, but the gesture of corporal Lixian, buying horse bones with a daughter, and seeking talent must be made.
Even if it is a person who works for hundreds of people, I still attach importance to it!