Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 323

It feels so good to be rich, with 300 million taels of silver, Chai Lin recruited Zhou Hongtong, the owner of the original Hongtong Bank.Let him temporarily manage the 300 million taels of silver, because of the construction of roads, bridges, sales homes, and drug distribution bureaus.In addition, in order to create more employment opportunities for the local strong men, three small cement factories, three lime kilns, and a bluestone factory were started to be built. The construction cost of the factory was quite high, and there were many transactions and accounts, although many purchases were made by the Chai family Zhuang Commercial Bank, Hujiazhuang Commercial Bank, Lijiazhuang Commercial Bank and other trustworthy commercial firms handle it, but supervision is necessary, and the brothers have to settle accounts clearly.

The production technology of small factories is relatively backward, and the degree of mechanization is very low. Most of them rely on crowd tactics, and more people win.However, after the construction of these small factories, thousands of local workers will be recruited, which will play a strong role in promoting economic development.

After a few more days, the construction of roads was relatively fast, but the construction of bridges, sales homes, etc. slowed down, and they could not be completed in a few months.After settling accounts, only 300+ taels of 10,000 million taels were spent, mainly the cost of purchasing cement and steel bars for bridges and the cost of land acquisition for road construction.

Chai Lin called Zhu Wu and Chen Jia over and said, "How many people in the county are under the age of 16 and over 60?"

"There are more than 60 poor people over the age of 16. Each person has been given [-] catties of sorghum and [-] catties of millet. Most of them under the age of [-] were adopted or worked in some black brick factories and black quarries. Deng Fei has copied several coolies, and since the Salesian Bureau has not yet been built, they are temporarily settled in a large courtyard with special care, so it is no problem to eat well and clothe warmly, but housing is not enough.” Chen Jia said.

Chai Lin said: "If you have too much money to spend, then do something practical for the people. From the county town and seven town shops, open eight porridge sheds to give out porridge. Anyone under the age of 16 and over 60 years old can come and eat a bowl of porridge. Porridge. It is handled and supervised by the police. In order to prevent people who are not poor from eating it, old sorghum rice is used."

Chen frame said: "Okay, I will arrange it right away, and it will be opened at noon tomorrow."

In a small county with a population of 10,000+, Chailin has transferred [-] police officers, plus the clerks of the original yamen, the manpower is too sufficient.

Although he is a new official and is not proficient in business, he still has basic abilities.

A simple thatched shed was built outside the south gate of the county seat, and eight large iron pots were erected. Four strong women were hired to cook porridge for ten yuan a day.

Eight policemen stood in front of the thatched shed, and there were notices posted.

Congee, under the age of 16, over 60 years old, each a bowl, in addition to porridge and pickles.Next to the porridge shed is the water well for the hand press. After eating, wash the dishes and put them back.

When I saw the porridge, a large group of people were surrounded by hula, but many of them left in a huff.

After a while, an old beggar came and took four twelve or thirteen-year-old children to watch from a distance, not daring to pass by.

Chai Lin, who was dressed in casual clothes, happened to see this scene from the side, and Chai Lin said, "Old man, why don't you go and have some soup, why don't you feel full?"

"Hey, old man, I don't believe it. I haven't seen porridge donated by the government in the past five or six years. Those officials are digging the ground desperately. If not, how could I be homeless." The old man said.

At this time, two children in bright clothes passed by. They looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, but they were not afraid of people. They went over and said, "I want to eat porridge."

The woman served porridge in a large black porcelain bowl. The two children had sharp eyes and said, "There are worms, and pigs won't eat old sorghum rice."

After talking about these two children, they ran away. The old man was overjoyed and asked the four children to eat. He himself was not in a hurry and watched from behind.

Chai Lin said: "Old man, you didn't go just now, but you let the children go instead when you heard someone say you don't eat pigs? Why didn't you go by yourself?"

"If the porridge served is white rice porridge, it is fooling people. The porridge that is really given to the refugees is old rice with worms, and even a handful of sand has to be added. Because human nature is always greedy, this porridge must be eaten. It’s almost done so that the real poor can eat it. I haven’t showered for a long time, and my body smells bad, so I don’t want to be in the front, so as not to be disgusted.” The old man said.

The working woman had good eyesight, and brought a bowl to the old man. The old man thanked the old man for accepting the rice porridge. He ate the sorghum porridge with pickles, and then took away the empty bowls that the four children had finished eating. The side of the well next to it was carefully cleaned.

Chai Lin said, "Old man, whose family do your four children belong to?"

"My son's family, the parents are gone, let me be a lonely old man with wandering." The old man said.

"That's too hard. If you're in this situation, go to the police and get it registered. We'll arrange a place for you, and you'll get some food every month, so you can make ends meet."

"No, I went to the county government to file a complaint. It seems that Lord Qingtian has come to the county. There is hope that the tens of acres of land that was occupied by my family will come back." The old man said happily.

It turned out that the old man was a local farmer, and his family had ten acres of good land and thirty acres of mountainous land.Son, daughter-in-law, four children.Later, there was a bully in the local area who bullied others and framed his son. The son died in the prison, his daughter-in-law ran away, and the old man and his four children lived by begging.

There are a lot of miserable people in the world, and it is fate to meet them, so please help if you can.

Chai Lin waved his hand and called a policeman, saying, "Take this old man to Mr. Chen, he has a case to sue."

"Yes." The police went to deal with it quickly.

Gradually more people come to eat porridge, most of them are helpless old people and children, and of course there are some people from wealthy families who love to take advantage of it. On the condition of porridge, old rice with worms can be eaten as long as it can be eaten. Eat, don't eat if you can't eat.

There are a total of eight porridge sheds, and more than 6000 bowls of porridge are distributed every day. One bowl of porridge uses only two taels of grain and it is already quite thick. Adding labor, the cost of three bowls of porridge is only one penny.

Don't underestimate this little food, you can live if you have this mouthful, and you may die if you don't have this mouthful.

It was half a month later, and Chai Lin thought he was going back, and Wu Song's two hundred elite soldiers also retreated to the city to guard the city wall.Although Wu Song has not been here for a long time, his reputation is quite high during this time.

He led the township soldiers to get rid of six tigers and more than 300 wolves, all of which were close to the village, because as Chai Lin said, tigers and wolves are also useful. None of them moved.But among the wild beasts near the village, as long as they have eaten people, none of them can stay.

Zhu Wu, Chen Jia, Wu Song, Deng Fei, Zhou Hongtong and others are left here, [-] elite catchers and [-] elite soldiers. Of course, Chaijiazhuang Commercial Bank has opened more than a dozen free-range pig farms here, and there is still a lot of business , There are also hundreds of shopkeepers and technicians.

Chai Lin said: "Mr. Zhu, Chen Jia, I'm going back, and I'm going to rely on you for the rest."

Chen frame said: "Brother, you are gone, I feel that I have no idea."

"We are a team, and you don't rely on yourself alone. With so much money, you can play with your eyes closed. When you have nothing to do, you should stop staying in the county office and run down to the village. Restrain the powerful local households more. Repair the ones that need to be repaired, and if the repairs are not good, find a few evildoers and cut them down. Persuade the farmers, let them tidy up the land, and prepare for spring farming in the coming year. In addition to the land, in front of the house, behind the house, beside the river and stream, even if it is wild grass and wild vegetables We must make full use of it to develop the small peasant economy to the extreme." Chailin said.

(End of this chapter)