king of black mist.

Chapter 154 Solving the Workers' Problems

"Wharf worker, rickshaw puller, coachman, newsman, handyman, water man, dung man, prostitute, beggar."

Li Changzhou flipped through the documents in his hand to learn about the living standards of these low-level people.

Take the newspaper husband as an example, the average daily income is 9 cents, the average monthly income is 6 yuan, and the average working hours are [-] hours.

I can’t die of hunger, but life is meaningless and hopeless. If I don’t have a house in the local area, I will have to rent a house for the rest of my life. Renting a house can only be shared with a group of people, and I will never have my own home for the rest of my life.

The living environment is also very bad. Let alone a fire, the sanitary conditions may kill people at any time.

The current chaos, bandits burning, killing, and looting have caused a large number of people outside the city to leave the place where they lived for generations, and drag their families into the city, exacerbating the situation.

These people can only rent a house in the city, and they have to work, and the women in the family have to help with the work—even if they only earn one or two cents a month, because if they don’t work, they may be hungry tomorrow and go begging on the street.

Take the coachman family as an example.

The average monthly income is 28.38 yuan, including 27.66 yuan for driving wages, and 0.72 yuan for family members and other income. Once the driver has an accident, the whole family can only live on the streets.

If the driver's car is rented, he has to pay an additional 10.98 yuan (average) per month for car rental, and the rest can be used as family expenses.

Summary: A life like a cow and a horse.

"Second Lord, these are the data made in the past few years. Recently, due to wars and natural disasters, there have been changes. For example, dock porters, no one would have thought that there would be sea freeze this year." Finance Minister Wang Moren said.

"In the world, the only constant is change." Li Changzhou put down the document.

He picked up the teacup and took a sip, meditating while drinking.

Regarding how to unify Song Cheng who was torn apart and was forcibly held together by the giant bear of Li's warlord, he didn't intend to ask anyone for advice, and he figured out a way to toss by himself.

Brainstorming is good, but it's a waste of time, and he doesn't care about success or failure.

The Treasurer said nothing, waiting silently for him to speak.

Li Changzhou doesn't have any management experience, but after reading "Dream of Red Mansions", he knows a way to increase income and reduce expenditure, which is to increase jobs and reduce the risk of unemployment in the current situation.

By the way, there is another work-for-work program.

"you--"

As soon as Li Changzhou opened his mouth, the Chief Financial Officer immediately bent forward, as if listening.

"Call out those unemployed porters, not only porters, but all unemployed, to build houses."

"Building a house?" the Chief Financial Officer asked doubtfully.

Li Changzhou didn't say much, and asked the servant to bring a pen and paper, and drew the workers' dormitory on the spot.

Considering the age and cost, the dormitory is simple, with only one room and a small area. There is only one window and one door, and the bathroom and toilet are shared.

In the process of drawing, I got inspired and drew another canteen.

"Can you understand this?" he asked the Finance Minister.

"Second Master wants to hire these workers and build dormitories for them?" the Chief Financial Officer asked tentatively.

Li Changzhou nodded.

"Second Master," the Chief Financial Officer said in a tactful tone, "The Marshal gave you a lot of money, which is certainly enough to pay your salary and build a dormitory, but most of the money is used here, other places—"

He didn't go on.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's all used for it. Li Changzhou left as soon as the task was completed, but this kind of recklessness can't increase his "ability".

"Of course I won't pay alone." Li Changzhou said.

It is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

"The land is granted by the government for free, and it should be as close to the wharf as possible. The dormitories are rented out to workers. The rent is lower, 1 yuan per room per month, and [-] cents per month for those with a kitchen.

"Also, starting today, notify all newspapers and periodicals in Songcheng City, and other newspapers and periodicals that can be notified in other cities, publicize the hardships of the low-level citizens of Songcheng City, write about the worst, take more pictures, and then write my project up, and request all walks of life The donation channel must be clearly written, and the donation method must be convenient.”

The Chief Financial Officer nodded repeatedly, and then simply used a pen and paper on the desk to write down what Li Changzhou said.

After finishing writing, he asked: "Second Lord, I know about the dormitory. Is this cafeteria planned to be a workers' cafeteria to win by quantity and mainly to satisfy hunger?"

"Yeah." Li Changzhou nodded, "We will manage it ourselves, and the cafeteria can hire family members from the worker's dormitory to work."

"Okay!" The Chief Financial Officer wrote a few more strokes.

Li Changzhou pondered carefully, thinking about what else he hadn't thought of, and then thought of two things.

First, the qualifications for renting a house must be strictly controlled. Only those who work as helpers, coolies, street vendors, small businessmen and poor women in Songcheng are allowed to rent. If there is only one person, they must share the rent with others to maximize the use of space;

Second, set up a police station around the dormitory to handle disputes in the dormitory while ensuring their safety.

"For the time being, let's start with these." Li Changzhou said, "I don't care about education or the economy, I just focus on this. You can do it for me, and it must be done as soon as possible. How many people can I hire?"

"Second Master, don't worry!" The Chief Financial Officer cupped his fists, "How dare I neglect something that benefits the country and the people."

"Well, let's do it now."

The Chief Financial Officer saluted, and under the guidance of his servants, he walked out, and stopped suddenly when he reached the entrance of the living room.

"Second Lord," he raised his voice slightly, "I thank you on behalf of the workers in Songcheng!"

He made a deep bow, then got up and left quickly.

Li Changzhou smiled inwardly. After Wang Moren came in, he didn't say a word of flattery, and he did the same thing when he left.

Is it an upright official, or a staged upright official?
In a blink of an eye, he forgot about it.

"Liu De."

"Second Lord." Liu De took a step forward.

"You go to the accountant. I'll give you a note. I'll pay you to buy some peonies and bring them back. I'll hire the dock workers at the gate of the Marshal's Mansion to move them. On May [-]rd, I'll hold a peony charity ball in the Marshal's Mansion. I'll invite celebrities from Song City Get there and ask them to donate to building dorms."

"Yes!" Liu De took the approval slip and hurried down to find the accountant.

In the living room where only Li Changzhou was left alone, he tapped his fingers, thinking about how to deal with the leaders and gangs in the city.

With these people around, no matter how high the wages of the workers are, they will be sucked down to nothing.

Leaders, gangs, martial arts, and even some officials in the government, some officers in the army, these people form a chain of interests, I am your subordinate, you are my backer, if you want to solve it in a bloodless way, both Time consuming and hopeless.

After thinking about things for a while, he asked someone to write down his plan to build a dormitory on paper, and then walked out of the Marshal's Mansion.

It was already noon, and the porridge shop had already started serving porridge.

Many ragged people lined up with bowls to receive porridge.

Seeing an unusually handsome young man coming out of the Marshal's Mansion, Wu Yaya knelt down after saying "It's the second master!"

"Get up!" Li Changzhou scolded slightly, "Eating a full meal is more important than kowtowing to anyone!"

"Thank you, Second Master! Thank you, Second Master!"

"Ninny, hurry up and kowtow to the second master, thank him for giving us food!"

Li Changzhou walked into the porridge shop and checked the porridge bucket. It was very watery and thin, and there were no side dishes. He tasted it, and it was a little fragrant and sweet like rice soup.

A newspaper reporter frantically took pictures on one side, and the spotlight kept flashing.

Li Changzhou didn't intend to put on a show, he confirmed that there was no problem with the porridge, he didn't make it himself, and returned the spoon to the servants in the mansion.

Have people post the notice "Building a dormitory" on the place where the workers eat porridge.

"Written what?"

"I can't read."

"Hey, Lao Song, you have read books before, come and see what is written?"

"Let me take a look, um——, build workers' dormitories, hire workers, 6 cents per day, one piece of dormitory for one month, only workers, handymen, and women working in the city can live in it. The canteen recruits workers"

Every time Lao Song recited a sentence, some people doubted its authenticity.

Lao Song read again: "The wages are settled on the same day, if you get one point less, hit it!"

"It's Second Master Li!"

"Second Master Li said that last night!"

"It's true, it's absolutely true! There's real work to do! You don't have to pay for it!"

"It's more than that! It's working for Li Erye, let me see which gang dares to collect protection money!"

Everyone reacted and were amazed, with ecstasy on their faces.

"Old Song, where can I sign up?" Some people asked anxiously. Many people have no income and rely on porridge shops to survive.

"Let me see. It says that the Ministry of Finance will come to recruit people soon. Those who are strong will contribute, and those who are skilled will contribute skills. Women can also cook on the construction site for 2 cents."

"mother"

"Go, mother is fine by herself."

"A Nuan, I'll go to the construction site in a few days, you take care of the child."

"I'll go with you too, the kids are grown up, let them stay by themselves, 2 cents a day!"

As they talked, they looked expectantly at Li Changzhou in the distance, as if they wanted to confirm something. Every time Li Changzhou nodded, the fire in their eyes became brighter.

Six men hesitated for a while, then came over.

"Second Master, thank you for saving your life!" The six people knelt on the ground and kowtowed as they came over.

Li Changzhou recognized them as the leaders of the workers in front of the gate of the Liyuan last night.

"No thanks, you guys can do something for me." Li Changzhou didn't let them get up.

"Second Master, please give me instructions!" The person who cried the most last night immediately raised his head to answer.

"For the construction of the dormitory, the salary is fixed. That is to say, there is a small amount of money for more or less work. I will give each of you a salary of 3 yuan a day, and you will supervise those people for me."

The six people were stunned for a moment, this is not doing business, this is here to receive a reward!
"Second Master, we don't need money, we just take care of the food, and we will do it for you for free!"

"That's right, although we are inferior people, as long as you have a word from the second master, we will do anything!"

"The money is not given to you for free." Li Changzhou interrupted them, "You can supervise me well and finish the project one day earlier, which can save me thousands of dollars."

The six people didn't know what to say when they heard what he said.

"Second Master," said the person in charge, "you let us do it, and we will do it, but three yuan a day is too much!"

"Yes, Second Master, if you must give money, we can pay 6 cents a day."

Li Changzhou smiled: "Do you think the three yuan is easy to get? If you work an extra day, the workers can get an extra day's money. If you urge them to work faster, you won't be hated? That's it, get up."

The six people looked at each other, and finally there was no objection. From the bottom of their hearts, they really needed money urgently.

"Don't worry too much," Li Changzhou said, "The dormitory will be built one day earlier, and everyone will have their own room one day earlier. And as I said, I will ensure that you all have jobs. At worst, I will build roads and docks. , or hire you to work."

The six people were completely relieved and vowed to supervise the workers for the second master.

Li Changzhou chatted with them for a while to get a real understanding of their lives.

In addition to not doing work, being deducted from their heads, and being regularly charged protection fees by gangs, their biggest worry is how to hide money.

Although the money is small, the living environment is poor, and the public security is also poor. There are always thieves and thieves.

"Don't worry," Li Changzhou said of his plan, "A police station will be set up in the worker's dormitory. By the way, do the six of you want to be the police? From now on, I will let you take care of the disputes in the dormitory?"

"We...be the police?"

"Can we be cops?"

"No, no, second master, we can't do it!"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible. Li Changzhou ignored them, turned around and said to Liu De on the spot: "Call the police station, take them to buy police uniforms today, and then train the basics of being a policeman."

"Okay." Liu De nodded.

"Police." The six murmured to themselves, unable to believe it.

But overnight, they changed from starving to policemen eating public meals.

In their eyes, the police are superior people who will not be bullied by any gangs, and the little hooligans are afraid of turning around when they see them, and their wages are paid on time and according to the amount.

"I asked you to be policemen because you have had hard times and know what the workers worry about, where they need to be on guard, and what is the best way to deal with the workers." Li Changzhou explained.

The six people knelt down again, this time not only to do things for Li Changzhou...

"Second Master, if you say a word, we will block the muzzle of a gun! No matter how big the waves are in the sea, we will jump down to pull goods!"

"I let you live a good life. What good will it do me if you die? Get up."

Hearing that they talked about Hai, Li Changzhou asked about Hai Dong again, but this time he heard some different information.

"Second Lord, I don't think the sea freeze is caused by the weather, it's because there are monsters!"

"Ah Hai, don't talk nonsense! Where did the monster come from!"

"No, tell me." Li Changzhou signaled the man named Ah Hai to continue.

"This is what I saw with my own eyes. At that time, the sea freeze had just started, and there were still some goods entering the port every day. In order to get jobs quickly the next morning, the six of us slept directly on the pier. That night, I was frozen. I couldn't sleep, so I wandered around the pier, and saw a huge monster!"

"See what it looks like?" Li Changzhou asked.

A Hai touched the back of his neck in embarrassment: "It looks like a squid, and it looks like a fishing net. I can't see it clearly in the dark."

"It's a fishing net." A Zhao among the six said.

"Second Lord, sometimes there are people drying fishing nets on the pier." A man named A Xiong said, this man was the one who cried the most last night and was also the leader of the six.

"No!" Ah Hai was relatively young, and when he was refuted, his face immediately turned red, "I was unloading at the pier when I was 12 years old. I don't know if it's a fishing net? It's a monster!"

Li Changzhou was thoughtful.

(End of this chapter)