Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 226 Work for Relief, Do You Like Me?

"Gong Yonggu, quickly send someone to Nanjing City and tell Cao Huachun to bring a group of craftsmen and Huizhou merchants to Yuyao to see me." Li Cunming ordered.

Half a month later, Cao Huachun and others arrived at the Yuyao military camp without stopping.And Li Cunming has already calculated everything, and he has a plan in mind.

He first briefly talked about the problems caused by the relocation of the forbidden sea, and said: "The imperial court can't afford so much money at this time, and it is difficult to resettle the relocated people. So far, the resettlement allowance has not been paid. I ordered you to go south because I thought We found a way to use work as relief."

"Relief with work, I don't know how His Majesty will arrange it. What do we need to do?" Liu Zhiyuan asked.

Li Cunming said: "It's very simple. I plan to open several large-scale textile factories in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces. I will give priority to recruiting coastal people who have been displaced by the policy of border relocation and banning the sea to work in the factories. Let them weave cloth and then pay wages. Set them up with this."

"This plan is very clever!" Cao Huachun said, "In this way, the people will have a place to settle down and support their families, so there will be no troubles."

Liu Zhiyuan said: "Also, using work in lieu of relief has solved the problem of the imperial court's lack of money, killing two birds with one stone. I just don't know what your Majesty's so-called large textile factory looks like?"

Li Cunming said: "At least one factory can arrange hundreds of people..."

Before the emperor finished speaking, Liu Zhiyuan and other Huizhou merchants looked at each other in blank dismay. These merchants had a good idea. How could there be a factory in this world that required hundreds of workers?

The largest textile factory in Songjiang Prefecture is generally a family workshop, and it is enough to employ dozens of workers, and such a textile factory is already huge in scale!
"Don't rush to say that it can't be done. I never do things that I'm not sure of. I can do what I say! Xia Wanchun, take them to visit the Changping spinning machine."

Xia Wanchun took everyone to the warehouse tent, and after a while, when they returned to the tent of the Chinese army, everyone seemed extremely excited.

"How?" Li Cunming smiled.

Liu Zhiyuan said: "With the Changping spinning machine and sufficient yarn supply, a large weaving factory can be built! No problem, no problem at all, I fully support it!"

Other Anhui merchants also expressed their opinions one after another. Li Cunming said with a smile: "I have come to you big merchants to solve the problem of funding for the construction of textile factories. You must not be stingy. I heard that Boss Cao Huachun has a private saying, which is to follow Boss Cao does business, no one will suffer, is there such a saying?"

Everyone laughed, Cao Huachun said: "This old servant is just joking, your Majesty, don't take it seriously!"

"No, I want to take it seriously, and I think this sentence is very reasonable! I am here to change it for you, and if you do business with the court, you will do business with me, and no one will suffer!"

Li Cunming laughed loudly, and said again: "What I mean is that the imperial court issued a policy to support you and others to build factories. Our government-business partnership runs the textile factory, and we will share [-] to [-] percent. I will issue policies and Changping spinning machines, and you will contribute money and effort." , fifty-fifty is not too much, right?"

After all, Liu Zhiyuan is a businessman, and the factory has not yet been established, so he has considered the issue of sales.

He said: "With the Changping spinning machine, the output of cloth will definitely be greatly increased. As a result, the price of cloth will inevitably fall. The price is low, and the common people have a strong willingness to buy. It is not a problem to sell it, and they can also make money."

"That's the truth, but you're still short-sighted!" Li Cunming stood up, pointing to the map and said, "After the Southern Conquest has suppressed the pirates, the sea ban will be reopened and Chinese merchants will be allowed to trade at sea. Think about it. How much money can you earn?"

For the merchants, if the imperial court really wants to abolish the sea ban policy and allow them to go to sea to do business, that would be a dream come true!

"My emperor is wise, long live my emperor!" Liu Zhiyuan and other Huizhou merchants knelt down, rejoicing.

Li Cunming raised his hand and said: "Get up, don't get too excited, everything will have to wait until I have put down the pirates. But I always speak well, and I won't break my promise, just relax."

"Cao Huachun, you set off immediately to select a site for the construction of a textile factory, and the local government will cooperate with you. Remember, priority is given to recruiting people who have left their homes along the coast to enter the factory, and wages must be paid on time. When they make money, they have to be reissued. Fei, do you hear me clearly? If the common people are dissatisfied, I will hold you accountable!"

Cao Huachun hurriedly said: "The old servant is leading the decree, if there is a slight mistake, or the people have complaints, the old servant will cut off his head!"

Li Cunming nodded, clapped his hands and said, "Zheng Youcai, come in. Cao Huachun, this man's name is Zheng Youcai. He is proficient in textile technology. Take him with you and ask him for advice."

Cao Huachun and others immediately acted according to the will, divided into three groups, conducted field inspections in Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces, selected the location of the factory, and began to implement the policy of providing relief with work.

At the same time, Li Cunming ordered the craftsmen who went south from the Military Academy to work overtime to imitate the Changping spinning machine, and strictly kept the production technology secret.The artisans were gathered together, under the strict protection of thousands of soldiers.

The measure of using work for relief eased the conflict between the coastal people and the government. Yao Qisheng specially wrote a memorial, praising the emperor's benevolent government and expressing his admiration and gratitude to the emperor.

Li Cunming held Yao Qisheng's memorial, smiled and said to Xia Wanchun: "Yao Qisheng has started to flatter me, which means that his arrogance has subsided a lot!"

"Your Majesty's ability to know and employ people, I will never be able to learn that in a lifetime!" Xia Wanchun said with emotion from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Yuanyuan laughed and said, "Master Xiaoxia, your majesty's ability to recognize and employ people, you really should learn more. But there are some other skills, you are not allowed to learn, be careful to learn badly!"

"Well, what did you say?" Li Cunming looked at Chen Yuanyuan and said coldly, "You're slandering me again, I'm spanking your ass! Come here, stick your ass up..."

"Look, it's so bad, you say such vulgar words in front of your courtiers!" Chen Yuanyuan's face was flushed, and she ran to the door of the tent, afraid of being spanked by the emperor.

She turned around and said, "Your Majesty, do you miss Princess Changping?"

"You understand again!" Li Cunming said.

"Otherwise, why would you name the spinning machine after Princess Changping?"

Li Cunming smiled and said: "I will make you king, so I will call you the king of understanding, okay?"

Then he sighed and said: "Chen Yuanyuan, you are right, I miss Princess Changping and the others. Since I marched south, I haven't heard from Changping and them again, I miss them!"

"The father misses his daughter, and the emperor misses his ministers. It is a reasonable thing. What is your Majesty so embarrassed about? If you can admit it frankly, I think you are actually quite good..." Chen Yuanyuan said, for some reason, her face turned redder.

Li Cunming saw Chen Yuanyuan's shy expression in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's rare that you would praise me and say, do you like me?"

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense, it's not like this!" Chen Yuanyuan came up with three consecutive denials, turned around and ran away in a hurry.

Li Cunming grinned, stood up and looked outside the camp, muttering to himself: "What is the situation of Changping and the others? Why has there been no news for a long time?"

(End of this chapter)