Chapter 423 is all the property of the emperor

After Xiang Yu and Fan Zeng returned to the house, Xiang Yu planned to go directly to Xianyang City, and as for the sugar cane, he could just cut some in the field when he passed by.

For South Vietnam, sugarcane fields are everywhere because the water and sugar content are very high, and the mountain people of Baiyue are very fond of eating sugarcane.

In addition, sugarcane peels and the like are good materials for fire, so the people like them very much.

Fan Zeng agreed to Xiang Yu's request, asked him to go back quickly, and told Xiang Yu that Panyu City would have earth-shaking changes.

Xiang Yu agreed, so he picked up his sword, rode his beloved horse Wu Qi, and ran towards Wu Yue.

After Xiang Yu left, Fan Zeng immediately sent people to the sugarcane field, harvested more than 1,000 catties of sugarcane, and then sent another hundred soldiers to escort the more than 1,000 catties of sugarcane to Xianyang City.

The purpose of this is to find out whether the sugarcane can be eaten after it is sent to Xianyang City.

can be eaten, then this credit belongs to Xiang Yu, and being inedible is to tell everyone that this sugarcane cane can't be sent to Xianyang City, and they can't help it.

The next few days are recruitment.

The government dispatched everyone, even if the officials of the yamen went out to recruit workers, and the people of the army came to maintain order.

After the people of South Vietnam found out, they had three meals, a place to live, and 100 wen per month, which was simply an ideal paradise.

Therefore, the whole South Vietnamese people came to apply.

There are men, women and children.

All the ports needed were laborers, and the elderly, women, and children were all eliminated by the government.

But they refused to leave Panyu, and all of a sudden, the population of the entire Panyu increased suddenly, and now there are more than 200,000 people.

Among them, there are more than 50,000 young and middle-aged people, and the rest are old and weak women and children.

Fan Zeng stood on the city wall, looked at so many people, and smiled in his heart: So many old and weak women and children, see how you solved them?

"My lord, another common people have come to ask, how did the government arrange for them?" An official messenger came to Xiao He.

Xiao He was also very surprised, so many people came at once, he thought it was already very good to be able to recruit more than 10,000 people, but he didn't expect that there would be more than 50,000 people coming.

This made Xiao He a little happy.

Yes, it is happy, the more people, the more market, the more labor.

Xiao He is not like others, when he saw so many people, they were all stupid, and at the first time, they thought that this time was over, what should the people do if they made a fuss?

Xiao He already had a way to deal with it, and immediately said to his subordinates: "Notify them, let them be restless, the government is already thinking of a way, and within three days, there will be work for them to do."

"No."

Not long after the men left, another man came in: "My lord, because the number of people has increased suddenly, the progress of the port is much faster, and the stone is not enough, please find a way?"

"Huh? Do you have to ask the official about such a trivial matter? What about the officials in charge of the stones?"

"Lord Fan, he doesn't know, so let the villain ask the adult." The subordinate said.

"Fan Zeng?" Xiao He frowned slightly.

"Yes, my lord, it was Fan who came to ask the villain to ask." The subordinate replied.

"Then you tell him that the stone is produced every day, and it is enough." Xiao He replied.

"No."

After Fan Zeng got the reply, he also frowned, stone is produced every day, why don't you know, it seems that there are many things here that you don't know.

Immediately, Fan Zeng went to the warehouse where the stone was stored.

When the official in charge of the warehouse saw Fan Zeng coming, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "See Lord Fan."

Fan Zeng nodded and said, "No need to be polite, let me ask you, why don't you tell me about the lack of stone?"

The officer in charge said with a confused expression, "My lord, who said that the stone is not enough."

"You still dare to deceive the official, the warehouse only has these stones, at most

It can last for three days, and after three days, there is no new stone, do you think it is enough?" Fan Zeng said in a deep voice.

"My lord, you have said that there are still three days, and in three days, the stone factory will come over with stones. So don't worry about it at all." said the officer in charge.

"How do you know that the stone yard will have stone in three days, and if it doesn't? Can you afford this responsibility?" Fan Zeng asked.

The official in charge looked at Fan Zeng in shock and said, "My lord, you don't even know that this stone factory is the property of the emperor, there is a special person in charge, and the daily output is very high, and now it has begun to expand again."

"The Emperor's industry has spread all over the entire Great Qin, and it is all here." Fan Zeng was surprised.

"What's so strange about that." The official in charge said, "The emperor's property is all available to the people.

Not only stone factories, but also wood mills, paper mills, salt mills, and all kinds of workshops are here."

"Why don't I know about these workshops, I should have come before you." Fan Zeng said.

"It is a workshop opened by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Third Prince Jianglu, and it has just opened, except for the salt factory and the stone factory, the other workshops are not big at present." The person in charge of the stone said.

Fan Zeng was shocked in his heart, he had been here for so long, and he didn't know about it, did this mean that his ability had deteriorated, or did the prince and them become more powerful?

"I see, I finally get it." Fan Zeng suddenly realized, "No wonder there is no fear. It turns out that the industry has not developed.

Once it is developed, these 200,000 people may not be enough, and there are still so many fruits here, the emperor knows. I will definitely find a way to use these fruits to expand the industry."

"Your Excellency is wise." The official in charge said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already repaired the book and sent it to Xianyang City, and it is estimated that someone will come soon."

"If the emperor still has a way to preserve fruits, it is not only a blessing for the people of Baiyue, but also a blessing for the people of the world."

"My lord, do you have any questions?" The officer in charge asked.

"It's gone." Fan Zeng said, "This official is under the order of Lord Xiao He, and he is very nervous about the matter of stones, so please don't be surprised."

"Your Excellency's words are serious."

"Alright, I'll go first."

After Fan Zeng left, he went back to his house directly, and then sent people to inquire about the situation in Panyu City.

A few days later, Fan Zeng learned that a large number of laborers had entered the workshop to work, and they only included one lunch at noon, and the salary was one hundred wen a month.

For a time, almost everyone had a job.

Most of the women were enrolled in the textile mill and the salt mill, and more than 30,000 women were recruited in these two workshops alone.

There are also furniture factories, lumber factories, steel factories, glass factories, etc., most of them are men, relatively old, but still a lot of strength.

In the last 200,000 laborers, less than 10,000 remained, and the government did not let them be idle, but let them farm and manage the fields.