Lingxiao Palace in the sky, Shangyang Palace in the world.
Shangyang Palace is not only the Dongqing Palace, but also a place where the world gathers wealth and honor.
"Think back to how prosperous Shangjing City and Shangyang Palace were in those days... Now there are only ruins and wrecks... It seems that there are people in the distance?"
Wei Ci lifted the curtain of the car, wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, and looked at the ruins where the weeds and vines were growing wildly with emotion.
Now it's midsummer, and the scorching sun hangs high above the head, making people's skin hot.
"In any case, it is also a treasured place for wealthy people to gather in Beijing. When the earthquake happened suddenly, many houses collapsed, and all the ruins were buried. The refugees gathered here, digging through the money under the ruins to make a living... Therefore, scattered villages gradually condensed in the surrounding area. …”
Zhang Ping was dressed in sackcloth and brown, and his long hair was tied up with a cloth towel. If it weren't for his temperament with a bookish aura that couldn't be ignored, he might have thought he was an ordinary peasant. He took a bamboo hat from the carriage to shade Wei Ci, "Let's check it out first, and then make a decision."
In the past, the floating population of Shangjing City was often 200,000 to 300,000, but now it has become a ruin that has not been seen for a long time.
But for more than two years, crazy vines have covered the ruins, and occasionally a few mice can be seen passing through here.
Wei Ci and Zhang Ping brought more than 10,000 laborers, and the rest are planned to be recruited locally, taking this opportunity to absorb refugees and reduce hidden dangers.
The two spent several days walking all over Shangjing and the nearby mountains, figuring out the surrounding terrain, and re-planning the city's layout.
Wei Ci has an excellent memory, almost unforgettable. In a few days, he memorized the surrounding terrain in his heart, and then drew them on paper. After some discussions, the two compared the original layout of the capital, and on this basis made improvements and adjustments to the layout of the state capital.
"I really doubt that there is anything in this world that you can't..."
Zhang Ping came back from the outside, his exposed cheeks and neck were tanned by the scorching sun, and his clothes were soaked with sweat, dry and wet, wet and dry. After a busy day of running up and down outside, Zhang Ping was so thirsty that his throat was smoking, and when he came back, he drank it.
He saw a huge bamboo paper spread on Wei Ci's table, on which a plan of a city was drawn with thin charcoal blocks.
As for why Wei Ci used the trimmed charcoal blocks to paint, the other party answered so quickly, so Zhang Ping didn't ask any more questions.
"Sometimes manpower is exhausted, and God's will is hard to do. Ci is just an ordinary person, and there are many things that can't be done."
Wei Ci smiled and carefully rolled up the finished product that stayed up all night and put it away, took out another roll of paper from the side, and slowly opened it.
Compared to the floor plan just now, which seemed to be drawn with a clothes ruler, this design was much more random.
"This is the village, mountains, and woods near the former site of Shangjing City... The soil in these spots is quite viscous, which is suitable for firing blue bricks. There are also villages gathered nearby, which add up to a thousand people. We recruit the people nearby. , let them build a direct road to Shangjing. The wood, stone and sand needed to build the city cost a lot, and it is impossible to use only one place…”
The materials for building the city are not expensive, but the transportation cost is expensive.
Wei Ci calculated carefully, and planned to spend manpower to build the road first, and then start building the city when everything was ready. With such a huge capital, the ruins of a city have to be carefully cleaned out. The waste that can be used can be used to save costs, and the waste that cannot be used can be dealt with.
Zhang Ping waved his hand casually and said, "You can make up your mind about this."
Wei Ci's expression froze, and she looked at Zhang Ping with a bit of resentment in her eyes.
Teammate Pig, it is someone like Zhang Ping.
Under the scorching sun, Zhang Ping and others were sweating like rain, while their immediate boss Jiang Pengji held a watermelon and chatted with Cheng Cheng.
The production of watermelon is limited, most of which are supplied to subordinates who are active, and the remaining part is thrown into Zhikezhai and sold to diners.
With the support of Jiang Pengji, the official restaurant, Zhikezhai, has opened all over the entire Maruzhou, and every county in the territory has it. With its innovative cuisine and way of doing business, it quickly established itself locally. According to Jiang Pengji's instructions, Zhikezhai took the middle-to-high-end route, and the recipes of ordinary home-cooked dishes were released to the people for free, so as not to know that Kezhai had conflicts with the restaurants opened by the people and robbed them of their jobs.
The more Zhikezhai is opened, the more jobs can be provided, and more disabled soldiers or relatives of fallen soldiers can be accommodated.
When have people ever seen a novel fruit like watermelon
For a time, the business of Zhikezhai in various places has improved a lot, and the daily net profit is also rising.
While eating watermelon, Jiang Pengji checked the accounts sent by Zhikezhai from all over the world.
"Zhikezhai's business is good, but the profit is not objective."
Mrs. Cheng Cheng is in charge of the internal affairs of ZhongFeed. He doesn't know much about business, but he also knows that restaurants can't make a lot of money.
Jiang Pengji looked at the accounts and was slightly satisfied.
The shopkeepers of Zhikezhai everywhere were quite smart and didn't cheat on the accounts, so it didn't take her long to read them.
"How can it be possible to rely on Zhikezhai's business to maintain expenses? How much profit is made?" Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "Zhikezhai was established back then, just to give disabled soldiers a place to go and die in battle. Soldiers' orphans and their old parents can have someone to rely on... It's not important to make money, but to be able to calm people's hearts. When soldiers see that their families are properly placed, they can rest assured on the battlefield. If they are not properly placed, the soldiers will be cold. Second, it will also force this part of the people from good people to refugees... Mr. Cheng has more knowledge than the younger generation, so he should know what the scene will be when there are more refugees... "
How many outlawed bandits are refugees
What is the difference between refugees and refugees in ancient troubled times
Where there are many refugees, social security will be poor, and crimes will occur every three to five.
Stealing and fighting are relatively light, but fear of breaking into a house to rob and kill or annihilate women and children is not uncommon.
Why did Maruzhou stabilize
It is not that the number of refugees has decreased, but more and more refugees have been recruited and returned to their homes and fields.
After hearing Jiang Pengji's words, Cheng Cheng thought about it for a while, and a flash of light flashed in his mind.
He said, "Could it be that this is what the state shepherd built the state capital for?"
Cheng Cheng originally thought that Jiang Pengji spent money to build the prefecture for his own enjoyment, but later thought it was unlikely.
Now hearing her say this, Cheng Cheng immediately understood.
The second is to spend a lot of money to build the state capital. The real purpose is to provide a large number of jobs and attract refugees to work.
In the inherent impression of many people, corvée is unpaid free physical labor, and it is easy to die, and no one is willing to do it.
Jiang Pengji set a precedent here, using paid work and rest to attract people to work.
Even if the state capital is smaller than the former Shangjing, it can still provide tens of thousands of jobs. How many refugees can be reduced.