Eternal traitor

Chapter 194 Building Roads = Burning Money

The intense work is advancing every day, and the autumn sun is not very hot even at noon.Directly below the sun, a group of shabby-dressed refugees were carrying things, pushing a small wooden cart, and pouring the adjusted cement into the mold.It is said to be a mold, but in fact it is nothing more than a simple fence surrounded by two rectangular logs of average size.

However, these two pieces of wood are very useful. With this thing, the flowing cement can be enclosed in it. The refugees also know how much to put in it and the height. Finally, a simple smoothing is carried out. A group of people have already started from the beginning From being confused to the present orderly.

Now we are starting to build a section from the quarry to Fenglan County. Because the road around the quarry is too difficult to walk, and there are many problems in cement transportation, Li Hua chose this land as a test site. In just three days, Li Hua has built a 1000-meter-long road section.The remaining distance is only more than 700 meters, and the quarry can be directly connected with Fenglan County.

Once this road is repaired, it would have taken nearly an hour to travel, but now it only takes 15 minutes by horse-drawn carriage, and there is no need to get off and walk halfway, which can be said to be very convenient, and the efficiency of transportation will also increase countless times.

"How much did it cost these days??"

Stepping on the solidified concrete road, Li Hua looked at the refugees working in the distance and coldly asked Niu Hui beside him.

"Returning to my lord, I bought 300 taels of grain in three days, and the consumption was half of it. The wages of all the people were about 430 taels, the consumption of wood was 200 taels, the cost of making tools, the blacksmith's salary, and miscellaneous items were 1000 taels of silver. It is 2283 taels of silver."

Niu Huihui is a rare talent. He has been an official, he can write, he has been a mine owner, he understands the price of purchased items, and he can unite the people who work. Li Hua has given such a character a heavy responsibility , not only procuring items, but also managing the work of thousands of people.

"It took more than 2000 taels of silver in three days, and it will take about 3000 taels of silver to repair this road. It is about 150 miles from Fenglan County to King Qin, so according to preliminary statistics, it will cost more than 300 million vehicles Silver??"

Li Hua's complexion suddenly became ugly. In his opinion, 300 million taels of silver can be considered cheap to repair this road. After all, the raw materials for road construction here are all local materials, which is very convenient. Waiting for the work to be transferred After that, more human, financial and material resources will be consumed.Especially for manpower, Li Hua has already controlled the cost of manpower very much. Every refugee who builds roads is only given [-] Wen a month. For a normal Qin people, I am afraid that they will have to pay more than [-] Wen.

"In the future, the wages of the refugees accepted will be [-] Wen per person per month, including food and housing."

In order to reduce expenditure, Li Hua cut the butcher knife of exploitation on these refugees again.

"My lord, everyone else has one hundred coins. If you give them fifty coins... I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."

Niu will not be with this group of mud legs for a long time. Of course, he knows that if you treat them unfairly, they will be lazy at work, and their efficiency will be greatly reduced. obstacles.

"Release the news that there is not enough money due to too many refugees for road construction, so some people need to be removed."

"But my lord, the current number of people is just right, and there are even some vacancies in the future transfer route, so you..."

Niu would not understand and asked Li Hua, the wages of this group of people were pitifully low.You still want to exploit? ?Now it is even more excessive to carry out "layoffs", so what about your plan? ?The speed of road construction will be much slower.

"It's just to create a little panic. After three days, you tell other people that no one will be driven away this time, and everyone will be paid [-] yuan, so that this group of people will be grateful."

Li Hua's method is actually a trick for later generations to play with. Since you are dissatisfied with other people's [-] Wen and your own [-] Wen, then I will reduce everyone's wages to [-] Wen, and you will have nothing to say. ? ?If this is done directly, I am afraid it will make people panic, but after using this small trick, all the refugees will be glad that they can stay, and they will no longer care about the fifty coins they lost.

"Yes."

Niu Huihui wiped the cold sweat off his brow, and wrote down Li Hua's words. He could even think of those refugees who were cheated of fifty cents, and the money was returned dancing happily.If the refugees get the news that the number of people will be reduced, they will definitely work harder to avoid being kicked out.Such a simple method has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the refugees, reduced the wages of the refugees, and left a good reputation among the crowd.

A simple little thing won Niu Buhui, or is it that he can serve as a county magistrate, but he is just a small role? ?

"Li San."

"Subordinates are here."

"Have all the children from the big households in the city been sent over??"

Li Hua had already told the big households in the city that he was leaving Fenglan County to go to King Qin's capital from now on, and asked the big households to send everyone here.

"My lord, the people have already assembled, and we are waiting for your order."

Li San had already received the news before a stick of incense, that the big families in Fenglan County had sent all the young masters and young ladies to Li Hua's mansion, and now nearly a hundred little guys are already waiting in the courtyard waiting here.

"Have the things I ordered been arranged??"

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Hua's mouth.

"Master Hui, the arrangements have been made."

Li San didn't know what the meaning of Li Hua's "order" was, but he still gave this group of people a "surprise" according to his request. What is the so-called surprise? ?In fact, it was very simple. Li Hua ordered people to gather the children in the yard and told them to stand where they were and wait for him to arrive.If you come and see something irregular, you will be sent home, along with 3 taels of silver from their family.

But now Li Hua is outside and has no intention of going back. These children are afraid that they will have to wait for a long time? ?
"Notify everyone to eat and rest for half an hour."

"Yes."

"Li San, take our carriage out and walk twice on the repaired concrete road."

"Yes."

"Boys, when I give you the first lesson, the name will be... Persistence."

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