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

Chapter 580 Maritime Department

The shipyard in Huating County required at least 3 people, inside and out, to be completed.

However, Huating County is a small county, and the labor force of the entire county is only about [-] people, and there is a huge shortage of manpower.

Shipbuilding is the first step in conquering the sea, and if there are difficulties, conquer difficulties.If there are conditions, this shipyard will be built. If there are no conditions, if conditions are created, this shipyard will still be built.

Since Huating County can't gather [-] laborers in one county, they have to recruit people from nearby counties!

Although it is best to hire workers nearby to build a shipyard, but there is not enough labor nearby, so you can only recruit from afar.

Li Mu thought for a moment, then asked the county magistrate of Huating County, "I don't know if the county magistrate is close enough to get [-] workers."

The county magistrate hurriedly replied: "If you want to go back to the general, if you want to gather [-] laborers, at least the young and strong laborers from five or six nearby counties must come together."

"The five or six counties around here are not far away, but they are not close. Basically, they are all within a radius of about a hundred miles."

There were no such things as trains, cars, and scooters in ancient times.Although there are horses for transportation, only the rich can afford horses.

Let alone ordinary people, let alone horses, he can't even afford a donkey.Therefore, the common people on their way rely entirely on Route 11.

The distance of about a hundred miles is not close to the people who are on the 11th road!

"Master Li, lead people to survey the terrain first. After the survey of the terrain is completed, call the people of Huating County to build the living quarters of the shipyard!"

"After the living quarters are built, we'll start recruiting labor from counties a little farther away!" Li Mu instructed Li Chun.

If you want to recruit workers from a little further away, you must first provide food and housing.

In the blink of an eye, Li Mu has been in Huating County for more than half a month.

In the past half a month, the entire Huating County has been very lively.

After Li Chun led the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry to explore, the location of the shipyard was determined to be a place called Qinglong Town in Huating County.

Half a month passed quickly, but Li Chun didn't dare to be idle for a day. After recruiting the labor of craftsmen from Huating County, he was busy for half a month, and finally finished the living area of ​​the shipyard.

These laborers in Huating County are very happy these days!They can be said to be grateful to the general in their hearts!
It can be said that in Huating County, there is no one who does not praise the general.When mentioning General Li Mu, everyone gave him a thumbs up.

Since Huating County is a small county, it is very difficult to find this job. The wages in Huating County are very low.

However, Li Mu is a fastidious person. When he recruits laborers in Huating County, the wages are not calculated according to the wages of Huating County, but according to the average wages of the Sui Dynasty.

The wages offered by Li Mu are about [-]% higher than the previous wages in Huating County.In this way, how can these people who make money by doing coolies not love Li Mu.

After the living area of ​​the shipyard is built, the formal construction of the shipyard will begin.However, building a shipyard is a big deal.

The shipyard has designed six large docks, each of which requires a large amount of labor.

Loggers, stone quarryers, iron smelters, etc. After all this, how can five thousand people be employed.

Seeing that the construction site was not much faster than the tortoise, Li Chun gave orders and got on his horse and rushed to the city.

Now, in Huating County, the biggest yamen is no longer the county yamen!

It was a yamen called the Sui Maritime Affairs Department, and this yamen was in charge of General Li Mu himself.

This so-called yamen that manages maritime affairs is actually an empty shell yamen, and Li Mu is just a polished commander.

Even the yamen of the Maritime Affairs Department is the house of a wealthy family that Li Mu just bought a few days ago.Even the plaque on the door is still brand new and spotless.

The Department of Maritime Affairs is in charge of high seas trade, including commerce, military, people's livelihood, and everything related to the sea.

However, the current Maritime Department is just an empty shell, everything has to be gradually perfected by Li Mu himself.

After all, people in this era know very little about the sea, and Li Mu is the person in this world who knows the most and the deepest about the sea.

Therefore, Li Mu had to do the preparations for the Maritime Affairs Department himself, sorting out everything one by one.

Today, for the Maritime Department, the top priority is shipbuilding.If the Department of Maritime Affairs, a government office that manages the sea, has no boats, it means that soldiers go to the battlefield without guns.

First shipbuilding, after shipbuilding, is to find ways to encourage merchants to conduct high-sea trade.

Li Mu leaned over the desk, writing his entire plan, which was about how to develop maritime affairs.

Li Mu was thinking about it, when an attendant outside came to report.

"General, please see Mr. Li from the Ministry of Industry!"

After the attendant finished reporting, Li Mu responded lightly: "Please come in, Mr. Li!"

"Da da da."

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps, Li Chunmai stepped into the main hall, and said to Li Muyigong: "My minister Li Chun, I have seen the king."

Li Mu nodded, and responded lightly: "Ai Qing has worked hard, I wonder if the living area of ​​the shipyard has ever been completed?"

Li Chun quickly responded: "If you go back to the general, the living quarters have been built, but now we have a serious shortage of labor."

Li Mu knew about the labor shortage, and he had already sent people to the prefectural capitals and counties where he was ambushing to recruit people.

However, this recruitment does not happen overnight, it is not how many people can be recruited in one day.

After Li Chun finished speaking, Li Mu ordered lightly: "People have already sent people to recruit, and it should be a few days before a large number of people can be added here???"

Except for a few docks that need to be built, the rest of the shipyard does not have much technical content.

However, the construction of this shipyard requires a lot of materials.

On Li Chun's side, after receiving Li Mu's approval letter, he felt much more at ease.

Li Chun is a workaholic. After reporting everything to Li Mu, he immediately returned to the shipyard to work overtime!

In the blink of an eye, two or three days later, all the teams that Li Mu sent to recruit young and strong men came back.

Some took hundreds, others thousands.

However, in a mess, some people brought back hundreds of people, and some people brought back thousands of people.Without much effort, nearly [-] laborers were gathered.

(End of this chapter)