Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 312 Changes in Jinmen (2)

"Everyone, work harder!"

"hurry up!"

In the area around Tianjin Acropolis and Dingnan Gate, there were endless shouts and shouts. Countless people were scattered everywhere, clearing, dredging, transporting earth, or moving rocks... In this vast area, people were busy. has become the main theme, and no one dares to be lazy. The dilapidated city walls in the past have now taken on a new look.

"Touer Zhang, do you think there is hope for us?"

In a thatched shed, Li Da, the steward who had just finished inspecting the construction of the city wall, picked up a black pottery bowl, poured some cool tea, turned and walked towards a middle-aged man, "I heard that these batches were transferred to the workshop There are still a lot of places. We are not involved in the first few batches, so there is nothing to say. Who said that our city wall renovation progress is the slowest, but now the city wall of Tianjin Acropolis is beginning to take shape, and this round should be It's our turn."

"Who knows."

Zhang Wu sighed softly and took the black pottery bowl handed by Li Da, "Who doesn't want to be transferred to a workshop? You work so hard here and there is no oil or water at all. You can eat well, but there is no future. , I have heard that the only one who entered our Tianjin government-run workshop is Qi San. Do you remember it?"

"remember."

Li Da nodded hurriedly.

"This kid is now rich."

Zhang Wu said with a sigh on his face.

"How to say?"

Li Da asked: "I remember this boy. He was building the city wall before. Later, when there was a shortage of people to build the dikes in the Triangle Lake, this boy was chosen. He had boasted to everyone he met earlier that he had eavesdropped on a private school for two years when he was stationed in the middle of Yingzhou, and he knew him well." Got a lot of big words.”

"Hey, it's just because I know a lot of Chinese characters."

Zhang Wu said: "When we were digging mud to build embankments in Triangle Lake, we worked hard. Guess what? We happened to meet Bing Xian on his inspection tour. Bing Xian happened to see this boy. Bing Xian asked him, right? Do you have any ideas about providing cash for work?"

"Ah."

Li Da nodded.

"What do you think this kid said?"

Zhang Wu said.

"What did you say?"

Li Da asked curiously.

"This kid said, it's better to use work instead of relief. You can fill your stomach with your own strength. This is a preferential policy."

Zhang Wu raised his lips slightly and said, "If I had put this in the past, I wouldn't have even dared to think about it. If you do well, you can be selected to work in the official workshops. If you don't work hard, you will be sorry to your ancestors."

Li Da felt sad.

Zhang Wu continued: "Now this kid Qi San has been selected to work in Tianjin No. 1 Smelting Factory with the work points he accumulated previously. I heard that he has also become an apprentice. He is given 3 tael of silver and [-] buckets of food stamps every month. , you are such a straight bitch, it makes you jealous when you hear it.”

As a group with no land in their name, people like Zhang Wu and Li Da were not natives of Tianjin, but refugees and runaways from various places. There were even many Liao residents who fled from Liao and entered the customs.Before the large-scale construction of Tianjin Sanwei, they lived a very miserable life. They often suffered from hunger and cold, and it was common for them not to have enough to eat.

However, as time went by, a series of major projects began to gradually form a stable order under the auspices of Tianjin Bingbeidao, and the situation of these people changed.

All beginnings are hard.

Chen Qiyu, the Tianjin Army Bei Dao Military Constitution, has been under great pressure and faced many challenges in the past. In order to stabilize the order under the rule, the Tianjin Three Guards took on a new look. Combining the charter and ideas proposed by the emperor, Chen Qiyu turned the Tianjin Three Guards into A big construction site.

Adopting a work-for-relief method, the bankrupt groups under the rule were gathered and placed in various places to work on large-scale work, renovating city walls, building water conservancy, reorganizing roads, building ports, and building houses. During this period, in addition to keeping their stomachs full, , and also adopted the method of work point assessment to stimulate the enthusiasm of this group of bankrupt groups.

Those with outstanding performance will be regularly screened out for those with the most work points, and they will be diverted into industries in various fields, and then become a group of unemployed people who can make money through hard work.

Although it sounds easy to talk about it, it is difficult to put it into practice, but it is very difficult to do it in reality. Many problems were encountered during the process, many of which were solved by Chen Qiyu personally.

After all, sorting out and clarifying order will inevitably be accompanied by collisions. If you want to gain absolute dominance, you must have corresponding deterrence!
"The construction of the city wall must be accelerated."

Coincidentally, it was also in the Dingnanmen area. After finishing his errands, Chen Qiyu led a group of people to inspect the area on a slope.

"According to the previous concept, the Tianjin Acropolis is only the core area. After the main body of the city wall is fully completed, the bridge will be rebuilt."

Looking at the busy crowd, Chen Qiyu said with a serious expression: "When the smelting, forging, ironware, firebrick, glazed, textile and other government-run workshops are completed, the population of Tianjin will increase by an unknown amount, let alone the Thirteenth Industry. To settle down in Tianjin, as far as I know, we will need to build workshops and even plan to build several shipyards. By then, Tianjin will have an increase in population.

Therefore, we have to think ahead. The land immediately outside Tianjin Acropolis must be measured as soon as possible. It will be used for expansion in the future. People from the Planning Department will prepare a draft as soon as possible. Remember, I will say These are secrets. If anyone dares to leak them, the entire Planning Department will be severely punished! ! "

"Here!"

The accompanying officials from the newly established Planning Department were all busy bowing and responding.

What will Tianjin look like in the future?

After talking about this, Chen Qiyu looked at the busy scene in front of him. For some reason, he felt sighs and sighs in his heart. This reminded him of the time when he first received the imperial edict. At that time, Tianjin had to help Liaoqian transport, and he saw the emperor planning for Tianjin. On the way, Chen Qiyu was nothing but shocked.

Focusing on opening up sea trade and actively developing industry and commerce, this seemed too novel to Chen Qiyu. After all, the national policy of the Ming Dynasty was to focus on agriculture and suppress commerce. If Tianjin really wanted to do this, there would be many troubles in the future.

However, the edict promulgated by Zhu Youxiao undoubtedly moved Chen Qiyu. In just one sentence, if bankrupt people can earn money to support their families through hard work, it will explore a new well-being for all people in the world.

It was this sentence that made Chen Qiyu determined to do it.

But this journey has not been easy, and the biggest headache for Chen Qiyu is that as the number of people who have retired from work increases, food has become the biggest challenge. After all, Tianjin's population is growing every day. Because of this, Chen Qiyu thought of many ways.

“Even if the journey is long, it will be accomplished; however difficult it may be, it will be accomplished!”

Recalling this, Chen Qiyu looked at the city wall in front of him and muttered to himself: "Your Majesty, I hope that the road you have chosen for Tianjin can really bring changes to Tianjin and bring benefits to all people in the world. It’s really not an easy road to walk down.”

No one knows how much pressure Chen Qiyu has been under after choosing this path, and no one knows how much burden Chen Qiyu has to shoulder because he chooses to do this...

(End of this chapter)