Great Tang princess

Chapter 668 Huge Change

Not only is Li Yuechen strong, but his physical stamina is also durable enough. Coupled with today's simple industrial equipment, the difficulty of making a knife is actually very low.

It took only three days to complete a seedling knife.

The total length is 1.6 meters. The only troublesome part of this kind of knife is that when drawing the knife, there is no way to draw the knife in a conventional way.

Instead, you have to hold the knife on your shoulders and pull your hands to both sides at the same time to pull out the knife.

After all, even if the handle of 1.4 centimeters is discarded, there is still a blade length of [-] meters.

The grinding process is not difficult. Now that there is a steam engine, the magic stone rotates rapidly, and the grinding speed is much faster.

At Li Yuechen's request, only the front [-] centimeters of the knife was opened, and the back was not opened.

In this way, it can be directly grasped on the back blade with bare hands and used as a spear.

Afterwards, Li Yuechen took this knife and went to find Wang Xiaojie. Although he was not young, he would definitely be able to offer many valuable suggestions on moves.

Li Yuechen came to the school on horseback, and after jumping off the horse, the soldiers standing guard at the gate looked at the overgrown knife in her hand with a dazed expression.

Regarding this, Li Yuechen just smiled, and then ran to Wang Xiaojie's office in a hurry.

"I've seen His Highness, dare to ask this is..."

Wang Xiaojie also felt a little dazed when he saw this thing, it was the first time he had seen this kind of strange weapon.

"Excuse me, excuse me!" Li Yuechen waved his hand, and then slapped the Miao knife in his hand on the table, "Thinking about it, can this knife be used as an actual combat weapon?"

"Eh..." Wang Xiaojie picked it up in a daze, pulled it out and looked at it, and then said, "Your Highness, give me some time to study it carefully."

"Can!"

Li Yuechen nodded: "This knife is mainly used by the saint's personal guards. Of course, if the army needs it, some equipment is fine."

Wang Xiaojie quickly agreed, although this weapon is very strange, but considering that it was invented by His Highness, there must be some reason.

So I didn't dare to delay in this aspect, and started researching it that day.

……

After Li Yuechen left, on the way back to the Princess Mansion, he saw a hang glider flying over the sky and landing behind the Xuanwu Gate.

So he speeded up and galloped all the way, reaching the Xuanwu Gate at the same time as the glider landed.

After the pilot got off, he took off his glasses and immediately saluted: "Your Highness."

"What's the matter?" Li Yuechen asked.

The other party took out an envelope from his arms and handed it over with both hands.

Guard captain Yi Xiaoru took it over and checked it, then handed it to Li Yuechen.

When I opened it, it was a letter from Li Shu, saying that the oil barrels were already in place, and now the Tianshu was ready to set off.

But considering any accidents that might happen along the way, Li Shu applied for the installation of artillery and a certain number of shells on board.

In this way, in case of an accident, these soldiers can also come back smoothly.

Li Yuechen said no problem, approved.

In fact, the soldiers don't want accidents even more, after all, they have to write a battle report after the battle.

Especially once the number of shells is low, everyone will be required to write down what happened, but if something is wrong, it will be considered a suspicion of corruption.

This is also a point that soldiers in the army often complain about. Come to be a soldier, go to battle and kill the enemy and it's over.

I didn't expect to learn to write combat reports after learning how to read and write.

But even so, they are not willing to let them return to the life of the former soldiers.

……

After October, the weather has completely cooled down, and there are many more people going to the streets every day.

At this time, the imperial court also directly ordered the abolition of the curfew system, and at the same time allowed the opening of shops in different cities.

In Chang'an and Dongdu, except for the curfew on the main roads, other cities and towns no longer have a curfew.

At the same time, it is allowed to demolish the square wall, but the existing building structure cannot be changed at will, let alone be expanded at will.

To put it simply, the street is still a street, and no one is allowed to occupy the street, but the walls of the square can be demolished, and what to do in the square is the business of the people themselves.

Such news made many people feel unprepared, but in fact it was not unexpected, the court had already been preparing for it.

But even so, the moment the newspapers and notices were sent out, many people's first reaction was disbelief.

As a result, that night was still the same as usual, the common people stayed in their workshops and did not dare to go out at will.

But there are also some courageous ones. After wandering around the gate for a while, they walked out directly.

It wasn't too dark outside the square wall. Although there were no street lights, the visibility under the starlight was not bad, not too bad.

After taking two steps boldly, he saw a group of people in black clothes and holding wooden sticks coming out of the darkness.

This is a bad person... No, now the name has been changed, and it's called the policeman.

They are divided into day shifts and night shifts. The system Li Yuechen set for them is that each person has a day shift, a night shift, and then rests for two days, and runs a day and night shift for four days.

The main work content at night is to patrol, to prevent the occurrence of public security cases to the greatest extent.

But in fact, after the curfew is lifted, the crime rate will definitely increase somewhat, but it will not increase too much.

In this day and age, the neighbors in a workshop are as familiar as a family. If you really encounter a thief or something, you may be killed directly.

You must know that the law of this era has unlimited defense rights, and it pays attention to the fact that the people do not raise officials and do not investigate.

If someone dared to sneak into the workshop to steal things, and if he was discovered, he would be beaten to death, and then pulled out of the city to find a place to bury him, there would be no problems in the future.

In addition, there are police officers patrolling the night, so Li Yuechen dares to say that even if the crime rate rises, it will not rise too much.

Moreover, she asked the police to follow the night patrol route immediately, and it was different every day, depending on the captain's mood, so as to prevent anyone from observing their patrol route to formulate crime methods to the greatest extent.

In short, this order was officially implemented after the measures that could be done were done.

……

Only two days before the curfew was lifted, nothing happened. From the third day onwards, some security cases did occur.

However, it was solved directly by the police who had already prepared, and the matter did not make a big fuss.

Such a result made Li Yuechen quite satisfied. At least in this way, those who premeditated crimes should also weigh it carefully.

From October to November, after the curfew was lifted, nearly thirty people were caught for attempting to commit a crime.

Most of them wanted to steal or rob, and two of them tried to steal children to sell in other places.

Nowadays, in law, stealing a child is not punishable by death, it is just whipping.

But under Li Yuechen's deliberate instigation, none of the criminals who stole children can survive this whipping punishment alive.

……

In the Hall of Immortals, Wu Zetian looked at the private economic investigation report one month after the curfew was lifted, and she couldn't help but smile on her always serious face.

After looking back and forth twice, he nodded slightly and said: "It's the same as Chen'er's plan."

"Really?" Li Yuechen replied with a smile, "My child's plan rarely goes wrong."

Speaking of this, it was the only place that gave Li Yuechen a sense of accomplishment as a time traveler.

In the month after the curfew was lifted, Li Yuechen had seen the creativity of the ancients.

Many shops directly started to open day and night together, especially tea houses and restaurants, which often open until midnight.

In this way, more waiters are naturally needed, and wages are required to hire good people, which is equivalent to starting the economic development.

At the same time, it also made Li Yuechen feel that the labor law should almost be introduced.

Otherwise, these bosses treat people like animals, which will not benefit economic development at all.

I came here today to talk to my mother about it.

After hearing this, Wu Zetian expressed doubts: "Does the imperial court have to take care of private employment?"

"People don't raise officials and don't investigate, but as long as someone reports it, they must be investigated to the end!" Li Yuechen replied, "This is also to protect the interests of the majority of people."

The promulgation of the labor law is to let the country develop in the right direction as much as possible and ensure the prosperity of the country.

Wu Zetian picked up the teacup: "Forget it, I don't know much about this matter, you can make up your own mind."

Li Yuechen nodded in agreement, and then wrote the draft of the labor law in the princess mansion.

But before finishing writing, Wu Luolan came to the door first.

Xiaodong brought her to the main hall, made a cup of tea, and after a while, Li Yuechen came over.

Wu Luolan stood up and saluted, Li Yuechen waved his hands: "Excuse me, sit down and talk, come here today, what do you want to say?"

"Return to Your Highness, this subordinate wants to embezzle a sum of money to buy some donkeys."

"Donkey?" Li Yuechen looked puzzled, "What is it for?"

Wu Luolan replied: "Your Highness doesn't know something. Nowadays, in the Lelou, there are often guests who are drunk. It doesn't matter if they are rich or noble, but ordinary guests have no one to meet them, so I plan to buy a few donkeys." When we come back, we can carry these people home..."

Li Yuechen couldn't help but give her a thumbs up at this kind of thinking, good guy, as expected of you, you actually came up with the concept of the pick-up car.

In fact, Le Lou cannot be regarded as a high-end place. The location in the hall is affordable by the average middle class.

And most of these middle-class families can't afford a carriage, so they walk most of the time.

But when they went back, they drank too much and their limbs were unstable, so they came up with such a way to send them back.

Li Yuechen nodded slightly: "This method is not bad. But it's really crude, why don't I add it to you..."

In her opinion, just using a donkey to carry guests home is not comfortable, and it is a waste of cost. After all, do you want the money?

So it's better to try to be a taxi company and see if it can be done in one step.

Of course, this so-called taxi is not a horse-drawn cart or a donkey cart, but a rickshaw.

In the TV series of the Republic of China, this kind of rickshaw existed, and it should have happened in real history.

Moreover, the maintenance cost of this thing is much lower than that of horse carts and donkey carts, and it should be more convenient to use.

In addition, there are now simple industrial systems that can achieve half-volume production, and the cost can be further reduced.

Li Yuechen's idea is to start a car dealership by himself, and then hire someone to do it.

Of course, there can be many modes. After getting familiar with the business, you can charter a car personally.

Everyone pays a sum of money to the car dealership every month, and then they can go out to solicit customers alone.

As long as you pay enough money to the car dealership, the extra will be your own income.

Of course, it will definitely not work at the beginning, it is better to adopt the employment system.

After she said this, Wu Luolan immediately opened her eyes wide: "Your Highness, this method is really powerful!"

Li Yuechen smiled: "The essence of the economy is consumption. Now that the curfew has been lifted, Lelou's business has improved a lot. There should be quite a few people who can afford this kind of car."

In fact, these days, anyone who can live in a city like Dongdu or Chang'an, even if they don't have a middle class, won't be too far behind.

Most of the real low-level people are still in the surrounding villages. As long as the price is right, many people don't mind sitting down and trying it out.

Once the plan is finalized, the rest is easy. Li Yuechen notified the Engineering Institute to make a batch of rickshaws.

Then Wu Luolan's car dealership paid for the purchase, and the rest depends on how it will be operated in the future.

……

At the end of November, after repeated scrutiny by Li Yuechen and Wu Zetian, the mother and daughter, the labor law was initially finalized, and the imperial court announced its official implementation in notices and newspapers.

This law doesn't really matter much to big families. Most of the people they use are their own slaves, not beloved ones, so it doesn't have much influence.

But for the bosses of those small and medium-sized enterprises, it feels a little troublesome. It doesn't matter if you pay wages every month, it's a normal business practice.

But you can only work four hours a day?Once the overtime is exceeded, not only overtime pay must be paid, but also the employee's consent must be required.

Otherwise, employees can go to Dali Temple to report, and then the legal procedure will naturally intervene.

Such news made many small bosses feel uncomfortable, but the law is like this, so you have to abide by it.

Li Yuechen also knew that there was a lot of grievances below, but there was no way, it was all for the country, I believe they should understand in the future.

And the advantage of the feudal empire is that what the emperor says is the law, and the people below will do what the emperor says.

If you dare to do something, your head will be cut off, there is no discussion at all.

So although there is a lot of grievances, at least in Dongdu and Chang'an, the order has been fully implemented.

As for other states and counties... it is definitely not enough at present, at least until the children who come out of the new school education step into the officialdom, then they can gradually strengthen the local administrative control.

Li Yuechen established the school not only for the sake of equal emphasis on arts and sciences, but more importantly, to allow these children to receive a brand-new education that is different from Confucianism.

In many cases, it is the collision of different ideas that can bring about development, so this group of children still has a big stage in the future.

After entering December, Dongdu has completely changed.

The foreign envoys who came to pay tribute at this time felt in a daze. It was obviously not like this last year. How could there be such a big change all of a sudden?
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