Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 213 The first five-year plan

Although the generals in the hall did not understand what Zhao Wen said, they could understand the last one who earned three cents per silver coin.

"My lord, in this way, the more silver coins we mint, the more we will earn?" Zhao Daniu looked at Zhao Wen with a dull expression, he really couldn't imagine how Zhao Wen came up with such a method.

Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu with approval in his eyes, "You are right, the more silver coins we mint, the more we earn. If there are more users in our bank, then our silver coins can be quickly Circulation. So, the number of bank users is related to the development of our bank."

"My lord, this method is really clever. It is really clever to earn so much money without any effort."

Liu Wenzhong finally figured it out, his eyes lit up, and he said to Zhao Wen excitedly.

"The name of this bank is Daming Bank. Starting tomorrow, we will gather craftsmen to build the headquarters of the bank in Xuanzhen Town. I will leave this matter to you." Zhao Wen patted the table and pointed at Liu Wenzhong said loudly.

"By the way, before I asked you to pick out those skilled people from the people I brought back from Zunhua. How are you doing?"

Liu Wenzhong said: "My lord, it's almost done. Among them, there are about 12 who are good at farming, more than 5000 are carpenters, more than 2 are masons, and about [-] are blacksmiths." .”

The people Zhao Wen brought back from Zunhua were basically farmers, so most of the 15 people except children were able to farm.

"Except for those who can farm, you select the others. I am going to build a construction team, and you gather all the masons who can work for me. When the time comes, they will build the bank. If you can't use the manpower, you Arrange for them to repair the city wall.

In addition, the ground in Xuanzhen has to be re-paved, all of which are paved with cement.All the government offices in the city, including the General Army’s Yamen, will be refurbished, as well as the military barracks, all of which will be refurbished by me.

After being selected, the rest of the people will be moved outside the city for me to reclaim the wasteland outside the city.Tell them that as long as the reclaimed wasteland is cultivated for three years, it will be their own.

As for things like agricultural tools and grain seeds, we can provide them first, and it will not be too late to return them to us after they have a good harvest. "

Today's Zhao Wen is not short of money, and Zhao Wen is willing to spend money on these aspects.After all, this will be his own foundation in the future, and it's not justified if he doesn't manage it well.

"By the way, the matter of the bank has been settled. Now let's talk about the development of Xuan Town. This Xuan Town is not as big as Longmen Fort. It is a big place, and management and development will be difficult. Therefore, this Xuan Town I want to hear your opinions on how the town will develop in the future."

Zhao Wen picked up the tea on the table, moistened his throat, and said loudly.

Liu Wenzhong frowned, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, although Xuan Town is peaceful today, there are many things.

The number one issue is people's livelihood. When I first came to Xuanzhen, I took someone to visit Xuanzhen, and found that there are many military households and civilians in Xuanzhen who are poorly clothed and hungry. poor.

If these military households and civilians are not handled well, it will have a great impact on us in the future. "

"What you said is very reasonable. Several factories in Xuan Town are currently under construction, and there may be many vacancies in the future. I want to recruit these poor people to work in the factories.

I plan to build several steelworks, weapons factories, quilt factories, and glass factories.When these factories are built, it is estimated that most of the people in Xuan Town will be able to recruit them. "

Zhao Wen rubbed his temples, pondered for a while, and said slowly.

"But my lord, these military households basically prefer farming. When recruiting cement factory workers in Xuan Town, few were willing to work in the factory. Are they going back now?"

Qi Qingtian didn't really think that these people would obediently go to the factory to work.

Especially now that these military households and civilians have already obtained land, so not many are willing to work in factories.

"Hey, that's a problem. But we can't stop eating because of choking. This factory must be built. As for these people, I think we need to promote it. In a few days, make arrangements to find some people who can speak and sing, and go to the city Publicize it outside the city and let them know the benefits of working in a factory." Zhao Wen frowned and said slowly.

"My lord, I don't think there is such a need for such trouble. You are now the chief soldier of Xuan Town. All the military households in the territory of Xuan Town will be in charge of you. As long as you give an order, will they dare not obey? Anyone who refuses to obey, directly Wouldn’t it be enough to take back their land?”

Song Hu stood up and put forward a different opinion.

"That's right, my lord, these military households are ignorant and don't understand the benefits of working. Sometimes, even if you say that you are breaking the sky, they may not believe it.

I think Huzi's method is good. First, let's send out a notice to let these military households send at least one male from each household to work in the factory. When they get benefits, they will naturally go. " Zhao Daniu also hastily chimed in.

"This method works, you can give it a try." Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu and Song Hu, and nodded, "By the way, I want to ask you, what do you hope Xuan Town will be like in five years' time?"

"What's it like? Hey, of course everyone has clothes to wear and everyone has food to eat."

Liu Wu, who had been silent for a long time, chuckled and said slowly.

"My lord, I really hope that the long-abandoned social studies in Xuan Town can be opened. After all, it is impossible to govern the place without scholars." Liu Wenzhong is a scholar, so he is quite concerned about reading.

"My lord, I think..."

"My lord, I think..."

All of a sudden, everyone in the hall chattered.

Zhao Wen looked at the people who were discussing in the hall, and said slowly: "Tell Mr. Liu your ideas, ask him to write them down, and give them to me when the time comes, and I will pick out the ones that can be realized within five years. , and then set it as our five-year development goal. I call this goal the first five-year plan, what do you think?"

"Okay, this is a good way."

"This method is really good."

When the night was approaching, Zhao Wen sat in the study of the General Military Mansion, flipping through the brochures sent by Liu Wenzhong.

"All the people must be able to eat, live in houses, and wear clothes. This plan can be realized within five years, so stay here."

"Develop the Longmen Army to 50. What kind of bullshit is this? It is impossible to develop 50 in five years, and it is almost the same to develop [-]. This plan will not work, delete it!"

……

Time passed bit by bit, and when Zhao Wen finished sorting out the booklets, it was already midnight.

Zhao Wen yawned, closed the booklet, rubbed his eyes and headed outside.

"Well, this place has grown bigger, and things have become more numerous. Things that used to be done in one or two hours, but now don't even think about it in five or six hours. It's too busy every day."

Zhao Wen walked on the bluestone road of the General Military Mansion, and said with a tired face.

The next day, Liu Wenzhong wandered around Xuan Town with a group of people, looking for a place to build a house.

After looking around, Liu Wenzhong took a fancy to a house not far from the General Military Mansion.

The owner of this house is a gentry's family, but the house was ransacked by Zhao Wen before, and the house was vacant.

When Liu Wenzhong reported the address he had chosen to Zhao Wen, Zhao Wen immediately agreed with Liu Wenzhong's decision.

After obtaining Zhao Wen's consent, Liu Wenzhong led people to directly strip the house and clean up the place thoroughly.

Liu Wenzhong originally wanted to build the bank in a traditional yamen style.But this plan was directly rejected by Zhao Wen. Now the cement storage in Zhao Wen's hands is very sufficient. In addition, when he was in the ironworks in Longmenbao, Zhao Wen asked everyone in the ironworks to process a lot of steel bars. .Of course, these steel bars are far inferior to later generations, but they are still very good in this era.

With cement and steel bars, Zhao Wen wanted to build a building for future generations.

It doesn't need to be too high, the four or five floors are about the same.

So, after a few days of hard work, Zhao Wen personally drew a design drawing for the bank.

When Zhao Wen handed the design drawings to Liu Wenzhong, Liu Wenzhong was still very puzzled.

Can such a tall building be built?So Liu Wenzhong, who was puzzled, took the blueprints to ask those old craftsmen who used to build houses in Longmen Castle.

After a heated debate among these old craftsmen, they came to a conclusion that such a tall house should be able to be built.

After getting an accurate answer, Liu Wenzhong took Zhao Wen's drawings and led the construction team to start working.

At the same time, the roads in Xuanzhen City also began to be refurbished.

Carloads of cement were transported non-stop from the cement factory to Xuanzhen City.

Zhao Wen, on the other hand, led a few personal guards around Xuanzhen City.After wandering around, Zhao Wen discovered many problems.

Zhao Wen, who had wandered around for a day, returned to the General Military Mansion, and went into the study after a hasty dinner.

"The current layout of Xuan Town is not good, very bad. The layout is too messy, it's not looking good. Moreover, the roads in the city have been in disrepair for a long time, and there are no drainage pipes. If it rains, the city will accumulate water .”

Zhao Wen was sitting in the study, with a huge piece of rice paper spread out on the table, holding a charcoal pencil, muttering a few words, and began to draw on it.

What Zhao Wen drew was the planning map of Xuan Town. Although Xuan Town is very large today, because of the unreasonable layout, there are not many people living there.

Moreover, there is no place for commercial activities in Xuanzhen City.

In fact, when Xuan Town was first built, it was built as a military castle.

The focus is only on defensive capabilities, so that other aspects will inevitably be ignored.

Now that Zhao Wen regards Xuanzhen as his base, the layout needs to be changed.

As for defense, with the powerful weapon in his hand, Zhao Wen didn't think Xuan Town could be attacked by the enemy.

"The southern city wall has been demolished, and it has been extended for another four miles to the south. This city of Xuanzhen is still a bit small."

Zhao Wen quickly drew the appearance of a city on the rice paper. Holding a charcoal pencil, he made a cross on the horizontal line representing the city wall on the south side, and wrote words extending two miles south along the side.

"The slums in the east of the city are going to be demolished. The location here is good, so it should be turned into a commercial area. In the future, all businessmen will be concentrated in this place."

Zhao Wen drew a circle on the east side, which said change to a commercial area.

"The residential area in the west is not bad, but most of the gentry live there, and it is empty now, and it is useless to keep it. It is better to demolish it and build it into a small courtyard, which can be used as a reward in the future. Those who have made great achievements."

Zhao Wen quickly made a mark to the west.

"The north is the defense point of Xuan Town. The city walls here are higher and thicker than those in other directions. Let's make it a barracks here, and the school grounds of Xuan Town are also here, so it's just right to make it a barracks."

"After the expansion in the south, it will be turned into an ordinary residential area, so that the people in the city can gather here. If anyone wants to buy a house in Xuanzhen City in the future, he can also buy it here.

Moreover, flush toilets have to be brought out. If there is a flush toilet, the excrement of the residents can be discharged directly from the sewer.

When the time comes to gather these things together, they can be composted.In this way, the fertilizer for farming comes out.

Forget it, tell Liu Wenzhong tomorrow, don't rush to build the road, let's put the road construction aside.Let's repair it after the reconstruction of Xuan Town is completed. "

In Zhao Wen's design, the traffic in Xuanzhen is mainly three vertical and two horizontal, three vertical main roads, and bright horizontal main roads.

In the middle of this main road is his Zongbingyamen and Zongbingfu.

As for those factories, Zhao Wen chose to build them outside the city.

Zhao Wen originally wanted to get tap water, but in this era there are no such things as water pumps, so he gave up this idea.

When Zhao Wen finished everything, it was time to be ugly.

Folded the rice paper, put it away, yawned and walked out.

"It's time to open the mansion, otherwise, I might really be exhausted."

Zhao Wen pinched his shoulders and looked at the moon in the sky, his face was full of exhaustion.

In the Ming Dynasty, when the military officer was in the position of chief soldier, he could be the shogunate.

The so-called shogunate is a private organization used to assist oneself and handle things for oneself, which is somewhat similar to the cabinet.

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Hu Zongxian, the anti-Japanese minister of the three provinces, opened the shogunate, and Xu Wei also served as an aide under him.

When the news that Zhao Wen was about to open the mansion spread, all the down-and-out scholars in Xuanzhen became agitated.

Although Daming gave preferential treatment to scholars, the real preferential treatment was only those scholars who had made a name for themselves.

As for those scholars, although they also have preferential treatment, they are simply not comparable to those who are promoted to Jinshi.

Most of the scholars' families are very poor, and the living conditions of many scholars are not even as good as those of the wealthy landowners in the countryside.

These poor scholars basically rely on writing letters, writing couplets, or being teachers for children from rich families.

The pay for these things is not very high. Although the pay for being a teacher is not low, this kind of work is really too rare.

So many poor scholars are still struggling on the line of food and clothing.

Now that Zhao Wen is going to open the palace, how can these poor scholars not be excited?
This is the general soldier of a town. If he can be the shogunate under the general of a town, can the monthly salary be low?Not to mention Zhao Wen, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, who just copied the Shanxi merchants.

Besides, being able to work under the command of the general soldier is better than going out and writing letters to Lianqiang, at least it is stable.

(End of this chapter)