Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 210

When Pei Yuanqing heard that Chen Fan had a solution, he immediately looked at Chen Fan expectantly.

Pei Yuanqing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, as expected, the national teacher had a solution.

The National Teacher had solved the resettlement problem of those victims before, and it was indeed right to come to the National Teacher this time.

"Most of these prisoners in the prison are young and middle-aged laborers. They should not be wasted. They have to undergo reform through labor."

"labour reform?"

"En, that's right, reform through labor."

Pei Yuanqing was a little confused. He didn't fully understand what the national teacher meant. He knew that labor meant making the prisoners work.

But what is this labor reform, Pei Yuanqing doesn't quite understand.

Seeing Pei Yuanqing's confused look, Chen Fan knew that he didn't understand, so he pointed to the direction of Chang'an Avenue in front of the gate of the National Teacher's Mansion and said:

"Master Pei, do you see the difference between the road in front of the gate of the National Teacher's Mansion and other places?"

Without thinking too much, Pei Yuanqing blurted out, "The roads of Chang'an Street are all asphalt roads, while the other streets in the city are all loess roads."

Speaking of which, this Chang'an Avenue was just repaired by Pei Yuanqing and his men.

The materials used for the pavement were brought over from the modern world by Chen Fan.

Now hearing Chen Fan talking about this, Pei Yuanqing was even more puzzled, what does this asphalt road have to do with prisoners.

Pei Yuanqing didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Guoshi's gourd.

Before Pei Yuanqing could think more, Chen Fan explained.

"Every time I go out, the roads in the city are very difficult to walk. Some places are full of potholes. When passing by in a carriage, the bumps are uncomfortable. Especially when it rains, the roads become even more muddy. It’s difficult. So I plan to repair all the main roads in the capital, so that it will be convenient for everyone to travel. And those prisoners are good free labor, and letting them reform through labor is their punishment.”

"Build the road?"

Pei Yuanqing was surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect the national teacher to have such an idea.

The roads in the capital city have not been repaired for decades, so until now, some of the ground is full of potholes.

When it rains and snows, it is completely impossible for pedestrians, let alone vehicles and horses to pass by, and it is common to get stuck in the mud.

Pei Yuanqing had the idea of ​​​​renovating the road, but the court had no money.

No one was willing to ask big families in the capital to donate money, so in the end it was nothing.

Pei Yuanqing also often sighs with emotion that the court can't do anything without money.

As far as road construction is concerned, Pei Yuanqing only intends to fill it with loess to level the road surface, not to mention laying blue bricks and slabs, which will cost even more.

You must know that the repair of the roads in the whole city will not be a small amount of money.

Pei Yuanqing guessed in his heart, could it be that the money for the road construction came from the National Teacher's Office? If so, the people in the city would cheer.

Pei Yuanqing asked the doubts in his heart, "Master Guoshi, road construction is a major event that benefits the country and the people, and the lower officials also support it. It is just to build all the roads in the capital. I am afraid that a lot of money will be used, but The yamen doesn’t have much money anymore, and it’s even more difficult to maintain the expenses of those prisoners.”

Pei Yuanqing vaccinated Chen Fan. It is good to build roads, but if the yamen pays for it, it will not work.

As soon as Chen Fan saw Pei Yuanqing's worried expression, he knew what he was worried about.

Chen Fan shook his head, smiled and said confidently: "The construction of roads is a major issue in the capital, and it concerns the people of every capital city. I will take care of the money for road construction."

When Pei Yuanqing heard this, he was obviously relieved.

"So, that would be great."

Chen Fan plans to return to the modern world in two days.

By the way, the oil that has been stored in Daming for several months is also transported back together.

In this way, won’t there be money for road construction?
If not enough, you can ask Erlong to advance some.

Although there are too many places where Ming Dynasty needs to use money, if some are misappropriated, others will probably not say anything!

He did this for the convenience of the common people in the whole capital.

Even if it is Chongzhen, it is hard to say anything.

Speaking of which, Chen Fan plans to return to the modern world this time, and there are still many things to deal with.

In addition to transporting the oil back for these months.

It's time to speed up the development of Daming's mineral resources.

When we go back, we will get a batch of oil extraction equipment and increase the daily output of Daming from 10 barrels of oil to 1000 million barrels a day.

This daily output is exactly the daily import volume of Huaguo.

After another six months, these miners will have more experience, and Chen Fan will be able to purchase another batch of equipment from the modern world.

Implement his comprehensive development strategy of mineral resources in Ming Dynasty.

All gold, silver, copper, iron, and various metal mineral resources were dug out and exchanged with the modern world for other resources to build the Ming Dynasty.

and also.

Chen Fan also didn't know if Erlong had prepared the armament that Chongzhen wanted.

Since Chongzhen wanted to reorganize the army last time, he ordered 100 million military supplies from him.

Chen Fan immediately passed the news back.

It's been half a month, Chen Fan guessed that Erlong should have all the equipment ready!
Seeing that the prisoners had all been dealt with, Pei Yuanqing prepared to leave and go back.

but.

Chen Fan stopped Pei Yuanqing in time and asked:
"Master Pei, when will the military camp on Dongshan Mountain outside the city be completed? It's been half a month, and my guards are waiting for the military camp to be completed, so they can start training!"

Pei Yuanqing nodded and responded:

"Please rest assured, Master National Teacher, the barracks will be completed in less than ten days, and now we have reached the final finishing touches."

After the opening ceremony of Daming Royal Primary School, Pei Yuanqing took people to Dongshan to build a modern military camp.

At that time, the time limit he promised Chen Fan was one month.

Within a month, Chen Fan was replaced with a beautiful modern military camp.

After hearing Pei Yuanqing's explanation, Chen Fan felt relieved.

"By the way, Mr. Pei, let's take the prisoners in the prison to Dongshan for reform first! In this way, the progress of the construction of the barracks will be faster."

"Didn't you complain last time that the wages paid to those migrant workers were too much? Now, I'll give you thousands of free coolies."

Sure enough, Pei Yuanqing raised his eyebrows when he heard this. This is really good.

Speaking of which, Pei Yuanqing was a little bit reluctant about the salaries of those workers.

I don't understand why the national teacher gave them a monthly salary of one tael of silver.

According to the current labor situation in Ming Dynasty, other dignitaries hired craftsmen to repair their houses, and it only cost five renminbi a month.

Moreover, there are a total of 5 migrant workers recruited by Pei Yuanqing.

At this moment, I don't know how much money was wasted.

If so, so be it.

When Pei Yuanqing took thousands of migrant workers to Dongshan to build a military camp, the National Teacher raised the wages of these migrant workers to two taels of silver a month.

Although it wasn't Pei Yuanqing's money, he also felt distressed!
He can only sigh in his heart that the national teacher is rich and self-willed.

(End of this chapter)