"Master, they're all eating meat."

Outside the Tonghua Gate, on the bank of the Chan River, on the construction site of the magnificent Chang'an East Railway Station, Wu Shun was really shocked to see that there were slices of meat in the bowls of the people who were eating lunch.

"Only when you have enough to eat can you have the strength to work." Li Yunze, who was on the side, stepped forward to check the fragrant stove, "Especially this kind of heavy physical work, you can't do it without enough meat supplements." ”

After explaining two sentences, Li Yunze's attention was on the construction site.

At this time, the time was close to the autumn harvest of the fifth year of Zhenguan.

Even if Li Yunze can provide enough food and wages, the migrant workers who come to work still have to go home to busy the autumn harvest.

Even Li Er can't stop this kind of thing, if he doesn't let the people go home for the autumn harvest, he will shake his chair.

"Master."

Wu Hua, who is getting smarter and smarter, also knows this, "Don't worry so much, didn't Your Majesty say that prisoners will be mobilized to work?" ”

"He's got a problem with his brain, and I don't."

Hearing this, Li Yunze's face immediately sank, "I said that he has the posture of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and he really does things like Emperor Qin and Han Wu." Prisoner? Let's not talk about management issues, because they will definitely run when they have the opportunity, which will cause chaos and losses. ”

"Even if the prisoners are generally hungry and sick, I must first cure the sickness of the strong ones they have raised. When they can really work hard, the autumn harvest is over, and the people will definitely come back. In addition to wasting time

You can't do anything else. ”

Wu Hua was very puzzled by this, and she asked suspiciously, "Master, the book says that when Emperor Qin and Han Wu mobilized prisoners, they didn't say that they were fed and eaten meat to see a doctor, they were all directly used to death, and they were used until they died." ”

Li Yunze, who paused, turned his head to look at Wu Hua, his eyes were very deep, "Don't say this kind of thing again in the future." ”

Wu Hua lowered his little head, and responded angrily, "Got it." ”

In ancient times, when prisoners were mobilized to work or fight, they were essentially treated as consumables and used until they were pulled down to death.

Whether it is the Qin Emperor or the Han Wu, they are all experts in related fields.

Li Er, who has obviously floated, now also has a tendency to develop in this direction.

The atmosphere was a little unharmonious, and Li Yunze took the initiative to change the topic, "Do you know why the station was chosen here?" ”

Wu Hua adjusted faster, and when he raised his head again, he was already smiling, "Please also ask the master to solve your doubts." ”

"Mainly because of the terrain." Li Yunze stretched out his hand and pointed to the Chan River not far away, "The Chan River runs north-south, and the railroad tracks go north along the riverbank all the way to the shore of Weishui." Cross the river from the edge of Han Chang'an to Qin Chang'an on the other bank, and you can go straight to Yunyang. This stretch of the road

, only need to build a bridge on the Wei River. ”

Speaking of bridges, Wu Hua's eyes were full of admiration, "The master used millions of catties of iron to build a bridge on the river, which is really the ability of heaven and man." ”

"Millions?"

Li Yunze waved his hand, "This is almost the limit, no matter how much you can't give." ”

Wu Hua was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

"I'm going to leave someday. When the time comes, the level will not keep up, and the only result will be scrapping. Therefore, it is necessary to plan well in advance and control it within the scope of its productivity. ”

For these words, Wu Hua seems to understand whether he understands or not.

"Let's go to dinner together."

When they came to the construction site, a group of clerks from the Ministry of Engineering hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"What are you going to eat today?"

"Beef soup in the morning, boiled beef at noon, and eggplant fried with green onions in the evening. Enough rice tubes. The clerk in charge of the accounts thought that Li Yunze was here to check the accounts, and hurriedly read the account books.

Li Yunze waved his hand, "Is there a matter of deduction?" ”

The scribes immediately called out to the heavens, "Your Majesty is so concerned, all the officials come to see it every day, lend me a few other dares, and they don't dare to do this." ”

Nominally, the Changsheng Railway was provoked by Li Yunze, but such a large project used hundreds of thousands of people along the way, and Li Yunze was too busy to even divide the people of Lijiazhuang into ten.

Moreover, the tradition of Middle-earth, without the assistance of the yamen, let alone such a big project, even planting a tree will be in trouble.

Therefore, Li Yunze mainly supports technology and logistics, and other things are handed over to the Datang government to do.

Li Er and the important ministers are not stupid, no matter how effective this thing is, it can stay in the territory of the Tang Dynasty after it is built.

In this case, of course, we will spare no effort to help.

As for deducting and greedy ink, it is naturally indispensable.

After all, in the eyes of the officials, this is a conscription, but the people who are forced to serve can not only get a wage, but also eat so well every day, at least a meal of meat every day, which is really too eye-catching.

Therefore, there are many things that deduct wages and are greedy for food expenses.

In the eyes of many officials, these are Li Yunze, a wealthy businessman in the world, and they are not the money of the imperial court, and it is a big deal to take some to improve their lives.

For this kind of thing, Li Yunze didn't care, and directly transferred it to Li Er.

For Li Er, what they took was not any money and meat, but their own face.

There is nothing to be forgiven by crying and repenting here in Li Er, just lose your head.

At its peak, on the construction sites along the line from Chang'an City to Shengzhou, there were wooden poles hanging almost every other distance.

At this time, when these scribes heard Li Yunze ask about this, they were not frightened and afraid that they would also be hung on the wooden pole.

Li Yunze nodded, checked the food, filled two bowls, and took Wu Hua to sit down to eat.

Li Er is a great achievement, and he attaches great importance to the railway station in Chang'an City, and requires that it must be beautiful and atmospheric, and there must be a sense of majesty, so that foreigners who come here must be in awe.

So the project here at the train station is very huge, like building a palace.

Because of this, there are thousands of people working here.

During the meal, everyone squatted on the ground with a bowl, and the black pressure was very vigorous.

"Master." Wu Hua gave the beef in his bowl to Li Yunze, not because she didn't like to eat it, but because she ate it every day in Lijiazhuang, and she was tired of eating it for a long time, "The first batch of wool spun fabrics has come out, soft and elastic, and it must be big when you make clothes."

Popular. When will it be sent to Baibao Zhai for sale? ”

"The first batch of woolen clothes is not for sale." Li Yunze, who was eating, responded: "The quality of this batch of wool is not high, and it is directly used to open up the market, and all of it has been sent." ”

"Delivered?" Wu Hua was surprised, "It costs a lot of money to buy wool, and there are so many people who spin and so many people who make clothes." Given away for nothing? ”

"Yes, for free."

Li Yunze explained with a smile: "You have to understand that after the breakthrough in productivity, only the market is the most important. The purpose of giving away is to quickly expand the market, and when the market is big, you can earn back ten times and a hundred times how much you send out. ”

In terms of doing business, Wu Hua admires Li Yunze very much, since the master said so, then it should be.

The current Wu Hua is in charge of many businesses in Lijiazhuang as a disciple of Li Yunze, and even the account books are managed by her.

The reason why I am interested in the wool business is because she has a sense of accomplishment from beginning to end.

After eating, he continued to inspect the construction site, and made sure that he dared to build it before the autumn harvest, and it would not affect the first passage from Chang'an City to Yunyang, so Li Yunze returned to Lijiazhuang with Wuhua with satisfaction.

"Not going home today?" Li Yunze, who was on horseback, looked down at Wu Hua riding on the little pony specially purchased for him, "Your father sent someone to look for you in the village last time." ”

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"Hmph."

Hearing this, Wu Hua frowned slightly and turned his head, "Where are they looking for me to go home, but they just want money again." ”

Wu Hua is in charge of the economic power of Li Jiazhuang, and the Wu family naturally wants to get benefits from her.

It is shameless to ask for money directly, but it is inevitable to ask for some ways to make money.

Li Yunze laughed when he heard this: "The money for spices has been spent?" ”

The spices brought back from the last voyage, the nobles of each family got their share according to their share.

But before they could cheer and want to sell, they were stunned to see that the market was full of low-priced and emaciated spices.

Watching the price plummet from comparable to gold to comparable to copper coins, the value of spices in his hands naturally shrank rapidly.

After inquiring, I found out that it was actually the emperor and Li Yunze who were dumping at a low price.

The share of the two of them occupies eighty percent, which really has absolute pricing power.

The low-priced spices not only defeated the foreign spice merchants who came through the Silk Road, but also put the nobles who had their share in a dilemma.

If you continue to hoard and wait for the price to rise, you will probably have to smash it in your hands, because the spices have not been sold out this time, and Li Er is already preparing for the second voyage to the Spice Islands.

If you don't vote, the price is so low and you are unwilling, it's really a dilemma.

Then, as every household bought a lot of cheap spices, the market gradually became saturated, and they couldn't sell it if they wanted to.

Seeing that the manpower for the second voyage had been arranged, the nobles were afraid that they would have to beg Li Yunze to find a way.

Li Yunze's method was very simple, he used these spices to pay for the purchase of the ship and the money he borrowed from him.

After the compensation is completed, the rest will be purchased at the market price, and each family can be regarded as earning thousands of yuan.

It's not a small amount of money, but it's just a small amount compared to what the spices used to be worth.

"They want to do the next piece of work." Wu Hua snorted and said, "If you open your mouth, you have to pack two hundred miles, but you are only willing to take out five thousand yuan." I'm laughing to death, I can't even repair twenty miles for five thousand runs. ”

The railway project was very large, and it was impossible for Li Yunze to soak in the construction site all day to do things, so he engaged in the matter of issuing contracts in sections.

Each family pays a deposit to take materials and materials from me to build, and after the completion and acceptance, you can get the project money according to the length.

The most active is the eldest grandson's family, and it is also their family who takes the lead in doing things, and the section from Chang'an City to Yunyang is repaired by the eldest grandson's family.

Li Yunze is not stingy, and the settlement of the project money can basically make their family earn more than 100 yuan in one mile.

On the distance from Chang'an City to Yunyang, which is less than 100 miles, the eldest grandson's family has earned as much as 10,000 yuan, which is more than selling spices.

When the nobles heard the news, they all wanted to contract the project, but Li Yunze was very picky, especially the deposit card was very strict.

The Wu family didn't have much money, and they wanted to make a lot of money for a long time, so they asked Wu Hua to go here.

"What a big deal I must have."

Li Yunze said with a smile: "How can you say that it is also your family, isn't your face worth a project?" In this way, 5,000 is 5,000, and the package from Yunyang to Fangzhou is for them to do. ”

Hearing this, Wu Hua immediately blushed.

Two hundred miles to say less twenty or thirty thousand inputs, just because of his own face...

Wu Hua lowered his eyelids, "Thank you, master." ”

"That's right." Li Yunze seemed to remember something, "What's your nickname?" ”

Wu Hua's pretty face turned even redder, "Aya called me second." ”

Li Yunze grinned, "This is too ordinary, it's better to call it Mei Niang." ”

Wu Hua was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "Well, I will be called Wu Meiniang in the future." ”