Sui and Tang Dynasties: Killing Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to sacrifice to heaven at the beginni

Chapter 579 Reaching Huating County

If you don't come to Huating County, you don't know. After you come to Huating County, you can know how poor Huating County is.

The entire Huating County is composed of small fishing villages dotted around. Although there is a county seat, it is ridiculously small.

Even the county seat of Huating County is not as lively as a market town in a prosperous place like Daxing and Luoyang.

Most importantly, Huating County is almost all saline-alkali land, which is very unsuitable for farming.Food production is very low, and the local people are so poor that they can only eat abalone and hairy crabs to satisfy their hunger.

These days, the news that General Li Mu is coming to Huating County to build a shipyard has spread in Huating County.

This Huating County has changed from the dull atmosphere in the past, and has become unusually active.

The general wants to build a shipyard in Huating County, which is very happy for the poor local people who rely on abalone and hairy crabs to satisfy their hunger.

You know, since a shipyard is going to be built, workers must be used.what carpenters, blacksmiths, masons
But those who have skills, they must be able to find work.Even if you don't have a skill, don't be afraid!
Even if there is no technology, it is completely possible to work hard.Logging and moving stones all require manpower.

In terms of people, Li Mu's character is well-known among the common people in the Sui Dynasty. Everyone knows that the general loves the people like a son, and he will definitely not treat the people badly.

Even, even these merchants in the city were all smiling.

They also heard that the general came this time, but he did not come alone.There are tens of thousands of craftsmen and soldiers guarding him.

After tens of thousands of people came to Huating County, they had to eat and drink.These people are all from the capital, and all of them are rich.

Once these people come to Huating County, let's put it this way, the GDP of Huating County will go up immediately.

The merchants along the street in Huating County all wiped their facades clean, waiting for the general to bring people over.

Qin Qiong led [-] elite cavalry to open the way ahead, and behind them were Li Mu leading the officials and craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, as well as the soldiers responsible for the left and right guards.

There are quite a lot of people in this team. Let's just say that, even if he doesn't have ten thousand, he must have at least eight thousand people.The whole team was mighty and mighty, stretching for several miles.

"The general is here!"

"Welcome, General!"

"General, don't leave when you come!"

There are still about three or five miles away from Huating County, and there are many people standing on the side of the road to welcome Li Mu.

Looking at Li Mu's team, these people were elated and shouted happily.

"The general is deeply loved by the people, and these people are all here to welcome the general!" Li Chun said beside him.

This Li Chun is the one who built the Zhaozhou Bridge in history. Now that Yu Wenkai is old, Li Chun has gradually taken over Yu Wenkai's work, in charge of the entire Ministry of Industry, and is in charge of the fortifications of the Sui Dynasty.

Building a shipyard and building seagoing ships is a very important task. For this reason, Li Mu mobilized a large number of manpower from the Ministry of Industry.

"Thanks to the love of the people, we must make them rich, so that we can be worthy of the local people!" Li Mu said to Li Chun.

At this time, he was already very close to Huating County, and he could already see the low city wall from a distance.

Arriving in Huating County, it means that the sea is not far away.

Even here, when the sea breeze hits, one can feel a salty sea smell in the air.

Huating County, city gate.

At this time, the county magistrate of Huating County had already brought a group of officials from the county government to wait outside the city gate.

"Your Majesty, I have met the General!" The county magistrate of Huating County bowed to him from a long distance away.

The county magistrate of Huating County is a good official, and he manages the security of Huating County very well.The county magistrate also wants to make Huating County rich, and he also wants the people of Huating County to have enough food.

However, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.In this Huating County, there is nothing to do, and there is not much grain growing in this field, so what can I do?

Now, with Li Mu's arrival, the magistrate of Huating County immediately saw hope.Whether Huating County can become prosperous and the people can live a good life depends entirely on Li Mu.

As the parent officer of Huating County, the magistrate of Huating County can be said to have broken his heart for Huating County.

"County magistrate, please get up!" Li Mu said to the county magistrate of Huating County.

Li Mu invited the county magistrate of Huating County to his side to walk with him, which flattered the magistrate of Huating County.

What kind of identity is Li Mu?In terms of status, Li Mu's status is worse than Emperor Yang Guang's.

He is just a seventh-rank sesame official, a small county magistrate.What an honor it is for him to be able to walk side by side with Li Mu.

At this time, Li Mu asked the magistrate of Huating County: "How many families are there in Huating County, and how many young and strong laborers are there?"

Hearing the general's question, the county magistrate of Huating County quickly replied: "Our Huating County is a small county. The whole county is up and down. Even counting the fishing villages below, there are only about [-] households. The population is only [-]. Five thousand people, as for the young and strong laborers, it looks like five thousand!"

Hearing this, Li Mu frowned tightly.

Adding up the entire county, there are only [-] people, and less than [-] laborers who can contribute.

From this point of view, this Huating County is not ordinary small!

Although Li Mu knew little about the construction of shipyards, he also knew that 5000 people were definitely not enough.

"Master Li, how much labor will be needed to build the shipyard in the early stage!" Li Mu asked Li Chun.

On the way here, Li Chun was making plans for the construction of the shipyard every night.It can be said that Li Chun is familiar with how many people, how much wood, how many bricks and tiles are needed to build the shipyard.

According to Li Mu's request, the shipyard must be able to build large ships with more than [-] materials at the most, and the smallest ship with [-] materials.

What is the concept of three thousand materials? During the Ming Dynasty, the main battleship of Zheng He's voyages to the West, the Treasure Ship, was more than fifty feet long and a dozen feet wide, but it was only six thousand materials.

The big ship that Li Mu wants to build with more than [-] materials is almost the same as the treasure ship that Zheng He sailed to the West.

According to Li Chun's design drawings, the scale of this shipyard is very large. There are six shipyards of all levels alone.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Chun replied solemnly: "General, according to preliminary estimates, not counting craftsmen, there will be about [-] laborers just for logging, quarrying, and transporting stones!"

"If craftsmen are included, it will be at least close to 3 people!"

(End of this chapter)