The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 206 Serving the People

Thanks to the big killer of cement, the foundation part of the fortress is a concrete structure, and its strength is unparalleled in this era.

In order not to look too obtrusive, Huang Han adopted the brick-clad structure of the Ming Dynasty in appearance.

In the eyes of outsiders, this small city is not tall, and it is also a brick structure, but there are many more concave and convex surfaces.

Huang Han gave this new city a well-known name "Tiger's Den", and at the same time, many skilled craftsmen would go to "Tiger's Den" to make their homes.

There are a number of newly built houses there, all of which use cement instead of lime, and they are estimated to be able to withstand a magnitude [-] earthquake.

Every household has a kang that burns coal for heating, and not only that, every household will have a briquette stove.

Newly built houses are designed with flues. As long as they are used properly, check the flues frequently for air leaks, and the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning is very small.

The honeycomb coal furnace is not complicated, and it is relatively simple to manufacture. Now this product is relatively mature. The shell is made of iron or ceramic, and the flue is the same. The installation of the ceramic flue is more difficult, but it is more corrosion-resistant than the iron flue. benefit.

Honeycomb manufacturing is easier. Coal is mixed with a certain proportion of clay and then packed into an iron mold for compaction. Then a briquette ball is taken out. The briquette used indoors must use anthracite, and the briquettes used to burn kang can use bituminous coal. .

Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, there are no shelters in the north and no coal for heating. I don't know how many refugees can't survive the severe winter.

Huang Han rejoiced that it was summer when the homeless wave broke out in Yongping Prefecture. As long as they were given food, sanitation control was strengthened, and no one was allowed to drink unboiled water, basically no one died easily.

In less than half a year, nearly 30 refugees and local people participated in the labor force. A large number of bricks and tiles were produced, a lot of cement was sent to the construction site, and the steel produced by the steel factory became farm tools, construction tools, and even Rebar, briquette furnace.

Therefore, Huang Han calmed down before the severe winter, because the "Red Banner Army" system had already been prepared, not only the "Red Banner Army" soldiers and their families would spend the winter in warm houses, but the local people and all refugees would not appear A man froze and starved to death.

Most of the production in the ancient north would stop in winter, how could the Huang Han from modern times make everyone hibernate?The coal in hand can be said to be inexhaustible, and it is completely possible to keep this winter from being cold.

First of all, steel plants and coal mines will be operating at full capacity, requiring no less labor. Cement plants, brick kilns, wine workshops, and vermicelli workshops will not stop working.

The quilt factories dominated by women will continue to work, and two or three thousand women will go out to sell baked sweet potatoes and fried potato chips. Basically, there will be no idlers in the "Red Banner Army" system.

This is another win-win masterpiece. People get jobs and wages during the slack season, which will improve economic conditions, and Huang Han will get profits to consolidate the economic foundation and form a virtuous circle. Next year's strength will rise to a higher level.

Skilled artisans migrated to work in "Tiger's Cave". Of course, the treatment was very different from that of the refugees. A few households of the refugees squeezed into a small yard with two rooms and six rooms with kitchens and toilets. Ordinary craftsmen were exclusive, and master craftsmen Housing conditions are even better.

The work of relocating the refugees was in order, because Huang Han took precautions when resettling the refugees. Not only did he not arrange for these people to rent and farm land, but he also did not arrange for them to live as a family.

Without exception, these refugees were temporarily arranged to live in local people's homes. It is conceivable how uncomfortable they were and even ridiculed.

I learned that although they still share the yard with other refugees in the "Tiger Cave" city, it is much bigger. They can not only get jobs and spring, but also rent acres of land, so the refugees are happy to leave the already overcrowded Kaiping Town.

The "Tiger Cave" city will break ground again to build more houses in the spring, because when the city was built, the first consideration was to solve the imminent problem of refugees living in winter, and even the headquarters building of the "Red Banner Army" was not built.

It is estimated that there will be another year of construction, and those who first come to work in this city will have a single-family house, and there will be row upon row of shops on the second and third floors on both sides of the planned street.

Huang Han will not give away housing to anyone for free, everything will follow the market economy model, but he will not earn money from real estate development within the system, and ordinary people in the system can purchase housing by installment payment, or rent it.

The sale price of a house is enough to calculate the cost plus [-]% profit, but if foreign merchants want to buy or rent houses and shops to do business, the price must be doubled at least.

There is no need to worry that ordinary people cannot afford a house and are reluctant to buy a house, because every household in the system can get job opportunities and receive reasonable remuneration. It is a deep-rooted thinking of the Han people to have a fixed place. With money, their first choice is to own Belong to your own home.

Huge profits are not allowed in the real estate in "Tiger's Cave". On the contrary, due to centralized procurement and large-scale construction, the construction cost is saved.

Selling commercial houses at a cost price plus [-]% is close to serving the people for free. Although it is not profitable, it will produce good social benefits and facilitate the overall planning of the city.

After Huang Han arranged the work, he took his four relatives and hurried to the capital.

Although it was a whole day late to set off, it is estimated that the women pushing the baked sweet potato carts would not be able to speed up. Huang Han can be sure that he will arrive in the capital three days earlier.

He is going to use these three days to arrange the advertising work of roasted sweet potatoes and fried potato chips, and try to make a big hit when the salesmen arrive with the goods.

Huang Sifang had been waiting at the gate of the city for a long time when he got the news that the Patriarch was about to enter the capital. He was surrounded by Li Ruolian, Fang Zhenghua, several Jinyiwei and Yumajian eunuchs.

During this period of time, Huang Han's outstanding achievements were unmatched by anyone, but he also caused a lot of disasters.

Li Ruolian and Fang Zhenghua couldn't help feeling sorry for him, if this friend had restrained himself, he might have become a general and commander in chief, but now he is a fourth-rank defenseman who is too weak.

Fang and Li were going to take advantage of Huang Han's coming to the capital again to persuade this impulsive young man not to miss his bright future because of trivial matters.

The meeting of old friends was naturally lively, Huang Sifang invited everyone to the general number of "Sifang Express" not far from Guangqumen.

The house and facade here are ready-made, and the area is not small. The former owner used to be in the carriage business.

Due to his bad luck, when he was delivering goods to his employer last winter, he met the Hou Jin army who suddenly entered the customs. In the end, more than 100 donkeys, horses, carts and dozens of men did not come back.

(End of this chapter)