Enter the male channel to engage in infrastructure

The operation of the eight state official roads is on the right track, and there is an endless stream of vehicles and horses on the official roads every day.

With the improvement of transportation efficiency, the economy of eight states has become more and more prosperous.

Especially Gyeongju.

Gyeongju is an industrial concentration area in eight states, and the industrial products produced are transported to all parts of the country by land and water.

Now the land route is more smooth, which has accelerated the foreign trade of industrial products, and the quantity of industrial products required is also increasing.

In this case, Lou Yu will need more factories and workers.

Factory buildings can be built, but what about workers?

Daesung is now entering a stable period, the living standards of various places are gradually recovering, and the needs of the people are increasing. The Gyeongju factory must increase production.

It is very convenient to recruit workers now, just print the recruitment notice in the newspaper.

Although ordinary people may not be able to read and write, it does not prevent them from hearing news from other people.

I heard that Gyeongju wants to recruit workers, even those from other states, and many people in the other seven states are ready to move.

Especially the people of Cangzhou.

Cangzhou is the largest exporter of labor services in the Gyeongju Industrial Zone. Many people work as workers in Gyeongju, and they regard Gyeongju as their second home.

Seeing that their life is getting more and more prosperous, the rest of the people are also envious.

After the official road is well established, it will not take much time to go to Gyeongju. It is better to rent a house in Gyeongju, earn some money, and then go home when you are free.

Some are hesitant to leave their homeland, while others are determined and fearless, embarking on the road to Gyeongju.

The whole eight states seem to come alive.

The flow of labor into Gyeongju has led to an increase in Gyeongju's industrial output, thereby increasing Gyeongju's trade revenue, which is widely used in other infrastructure constructions, and the cycle goes on and on.

And these migrant workers, after earning money in Gyeongju, can feed back their hometown.

Of course, it is impossible for Lou Yu to allow labor to enter the factory, after all, the fields still need to be cultivated.

Now the paper mill no longer has a dark room for privately making weapons.

Now that Lou Yu can build weapons in a fair and honest manner, he directly built a military weapons supervision department, which is dedicated to the research and improvement of weapons by professional and technical personnel.

Huo Xuan originally worked in a machinery factory, but now he is transferred to the Military Weapons Supervision, directing and participating in the improvement of weapons.

The original machine factory was handed over to highly skilled craftsmen to improve the equipment in the agricultural and industrial fields.

In this way, the division of labor is more detailed.

If it is possible to improve agricultural equipment and improve farming efficiency, then more people will be freed from the farmland; if the mechanical efficiency of factories can be improved, more labor will also be freed.

Problems are solved one by one.

Lou Yu was never afraid of problems.

Saying that you are not afraid, the problem really came.

He was discussing government affairs with the officials in the inner hall, when he suddenly heard faint cries from outside, mixed with the scolding of the military guards.

Then he glanced at Feng Erbi.

Feng Erbi understood, and immediately went out to find out what happened.

The crying sound came from the gate of the general office.

When Feng Erbi came to the door, he saw a large group of people surrounding the main yamen, crying heartbroken.

The martial guards all frowned, there was nothing they could do about it.

Feng Erbi patted Wu Wei on the shoulder.

"what happened?"

Wu Wei turned around, and when he saw him, he hurriedly saluted and said, "Master Feng, it's a group of tricksters...a group of common people who are here to make trouble, don't worry, the villain will drive them away as soon as possible!"

Feng Erbi looked serious: "Why are they making trouble?"

"It's just that they lost something, and they said that they would ask the prince to make decisions for them, but our prince is busy with everything, so how can we have time to take care of these trivial matters?"

Feng Erbi frowned: "How did you talk?"

Wu Wei: "..."

"Why are common people's affairs so trivial?" Feng Erbi said solemnly, "Which thing the prince does is not for the common people? Don't say this again in the future."

"Yes!"

Wu Wei knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Feng Erbi coldly pushed him away, stood on the steps, looked at the people blocked by the military guards, and said loudly:

"Don't get excited, folks. Let's talk about the pain in detail. Crying outside the yamen can't solve the problem, right?"

Someone said angrily: "My lord, we have found all the solutions we can, but we still can't get the money back. We have been working for nothing this year! The money is gone, what do we do for a living? I have parents in my family. How many children can I live in the future!"

"Yes, yes! If we don't get the money back, we won't be able to survive!"

"I went to the yamen, but the yamen said there was nothing I could do!"

"The people in the Escort Bureau don't admit it, and the people in the Gongmen don't care. What else can we ordinary people do!"

"My father is still waiting for money to buy medicine and cure diseases. Now that the money is lost, I might as well die!"

"Did you Qingzhou bully us as outsiders, deliberately not helping us get justice!"

"Please ask the king of Dong'an to be the master of the people!"

"Please ask the king of Dong'an to be the master of the people!"

"Please ask the king of Dong'an to be the master of the people!"

Everyone chattered, and then knelt outside the yamen one after another. The petitions kept ringing in Feng Erbi's ears.

He shouted: "Stop arguing! You will be punished for disturbing the public office again!"

The people were afraid of the authority of the government office, and they would not have dared to come to the general office to petition if they were not really desperate.

Hearing what Feng Erbi said, they had no choice but to silence their flags and drums, kneeling on the ground and weeping.

Seeing this tragic situation, Feng Erbi sighed secretly in his heart, and his tone became a little gentler.

"Who wants to come out and tell me the whole story?"

After a moment of hesitation, someone stood up and explained the matter clearly.

They come from a small town in Laizhou, and they are engaged in manual work on weekdays.

However, the town is small and there is no income. After the Gyeongju factory was booming, they heard that working in the Gyeongju factory could make money, so they decided to come to Gyeongju together to seek a living.

They have been in Gyeongju for more than a year, and they are old workers in Gyeongju.

They left their hometowns and made money in Gyeongju, so naturally they did not forget to subsidize their families.

How to subsidize?

Gyeongju and Laiju are far away. They work in factories and have no time to go home, so they can only ask someone to take them home.

But sending money is no small matter.

Especially the money of a group of people, if they are a little careless, they will be robbed by bandits.

After much deliberation, everyone gritted their teeth and pooled money to hire a bodyguard.

As a result, who would have expected that after more than half a month, the bodyguards did not come to them with the receipt.

It stands to reason that more than half a month is enough for the bodyguards to go back and forth many times.

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they rushed to the Escort Bureau to find out.

As a result, the person in the escort agency said: "Our escort agency did not accept this order, you have found the wrong person."

A group of people were stunned.

How could it be wrong?What they are holding is obviously the deposit receipt stamped by this bodyguard bureau!Why don't you admit it?

The two sides quarreled in court.

After the official appraisal, this deposit certificate is indeed not from the Escort Bureau, but a forgery.

They were scammed by scam gangs.

A group of people are all stupid.

cheated?What about the money?What to do with the money they lost!

After the scammer cheated the money, he had already got into the vast sea of ​​people. Shengguo is so big, there is no way to get it back.

The money is gone, how should their family live!

The yamen can't do anything, they can't catch people.

That's the only way the case can be closed.

Feng Erbi also found it tricky after hearing it.

Speaking of this matter, the workers are innocent, the escort agency is innocent, and the liar is the culprit.

But the crooks could not be found, and the workers could only admit that they were unlucky.

But such a large group of people can't be ignored.

He comforted him with a voice: "Everyone, don't be in a hurry, I'll go in and inform the adults first, how about it?"

"Thank you sir!"

"Thank you, my lord! My lord must be the master of Xiaomin!"

Feng Erbi went back to the inner hall, and Lou Yu and the others just finished the meeting.

He reported in detail what he had just heard, and waited for Lou Yu's orders after speaking.

Lou Yu thought for a while and asked everyone, "What do you think?"

Fan Yusheng said: "Even if the sea arrest document is issued, the possibility of catching the liar is very small."

Yang Guanghuai also nodded: "The world is impermanent."

The workers are indeed worthy of sympathy, but in any case, this case is indeed difficult.

Lou Yu asked again, "Do any ministers have any suggestions?"

As the Minister of Finance, Lou Quan is very concerned about money.

She said solemnly: "There is indeed no guarantee for workers from other places to bring money back to their hometown. They are easily deceived and robbed. If a mechanism can be established to ensure the safety of money, workers can truly feel at ease."

Minister of Industry Fang Huan said: "In the past, apart from merchants, few ordinary people left their hometowns to seek a living in other places. Generally, merchants have a fixed escort agency. The ordinary people are inexperienced and are indeed easy to be deceived. I agree with Minister Lou's proposal."

The rest also agreed.

We can't control the current incident, but we can prevent similar incidents in the future.

Lou Yu asked lightly, "Then, what about the petitioners outside the Yamen?"

Everyone was in trouble for a while.

Forget it, you can't give them money directly, can you?Never mind, they are indeed poor.

The best way is of course to recover the liar and get your money back.

But the liar is gone, how to catch him?

Lou Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Since the protection mechanism is mentioned, everyone should go back and think about how to establish a suitable mechanism. Write a report and submit it in two days."

"Yes!"

Fan Yusheng asked: "What about the people outside the Yamen?"

Lou Yu instructed: "Tell the workers outside that the general office will properly handle the matter, and ask them to go back and wait for news. Also, tell them to go ahead and ask the managers of each factory to advise the workers not to send money back during this time. "

"Yes!"

After everyone retreated from the inner hall, Lou Yu summoned Feng Sanmo and ordered Anbu to use the news network to search for liars.

If it can be found, everything will be fine, if not, Lou Yu can only think of another way.

After several years of development, the Anbu led by Feng Sanmo has spread all over the state capitals of Dasheng.

The gang of scammers who forged the logo of the Escort to defraud money quickly revealed their whereabouts in Anbu's huge news network.

In particular, these people are also daring to commit crimes in Gyeongju.

Gyeongju is the core area of ​​Bazhou. In order to ensure the safety of Lou Yu, Feng Sanmo secretly arranged an extremely tight news network.

Under the high efficiency of Anbu, the fraud gang was arrested and brought to justice in less than two days.

The scammers hadn't had time to spend the silver, so the workers basically got their money back.

They knelt outside the general office and wept with joy, admiring the benevolence and wisdom of King Dong'an.

But the money was recovered, how should I send it back now?

The whole family is waiting for money to live!

Under such circumstances, workers are very difficult to feel at ease.

Lou Yu hasn't been idle for the past two days, he is thinking hard about solving this matter.

He already has some ideas, but the specific details still need to be perfected.

Yang Guanghuai and others also submitted reports.

But in Lou Yu's view, they still only focus on "guaranteeing the safety of workers sending money".

Establish a new mechanism, only if this mechanism can exert its maximum effect, it will not be considered a loss.

Otherwise, it would be overkill to establish a new system specifically for this matter.

He called a meeting of the people to discuss.

"I have read your reports and roughly concluded the following points. First, the government can set up a special organization to send money to workers; second, the factory can cooperate with regular bodyguards for a long time, and the factory can uniformly manage workers to send money One thing; third, crack down on counterfeiting and shoddy goods, and put an end to such scams; fourth, persuade workers to bring their own money and goods when they return to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year. Do you have anything to add?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Lou Yu first praised everyone: "Your ideas are worthy of recognition."

Everyone waits for the "but".

"However, I do have a few questions I want to ask."

Everyone was holding pens and papers in their hands, with focused expressions, waiting to listen to Lou Yu's instructions and take notes.

"Mr. Yang, if a special official organization is set up, where will the manpower come from? Where will the funds come from?"

Yang Guanghuai replied: "You can recruit people as small officials to specialize in this work, and at the same time charge a certain fee to the workers. You can collect the workers' packages first, and then distribute them uniformly according to the region. Although the accident happened this time. Laizhou workers, but The subordinates believe that not only Laizhou workers are in this predicament.”

Lou Yu couldn't help laughing: "Very good."

He then asked Fan Yusheng: "If the factory cooperates with the Escort Bureau and uniformly sends money to the workers on behalf of the workers, how will it work? How will the profit be distributed?"

Fan Yusheng said: "The factory can sign a contract with the Escort to send money to the workers on a regular basis, and charge commissions based on the number of packages and the distance."

"What if a few workers have an emergency and money has to be sent?"

"You can let him send it to the Escort by himself."

"What if I get scammed again, or the commission for private delivery is too high?"

You know, the workers in Laizhou were sent together to send the silver in order to share the commission.

That is, darts.

Escort commissions are generally charged according to the frequency and distance.

Taking a dart from Gyeongju to Laizhou may have been cheaper in the past, but now that the official road charges, the commission will naturally rise accordingly, and it costs three taels of silver for a trip.

Three liang of silver is a huge sum of money for ordinary people.

Escort agencies have always charged more expensive fees. If people in Dasheng want to send things, they usually find acquaintances to forward them on their behalf.

Fan Yusheng couldn't answer.

Lou Yu didn't make things difficult for him, and continued: "As for the last two points, I will briefly talk about it. Cracking down on counterfeit and shoddy goods is fine, but it is not enough to solve the problem of the people's difficulty in sending their belongings. It is also a good idea to persuade the people to go back to their hometown and bring their money. Okay, but still the same sentence, if there is an emergency, it must be sent?"

"What's more, the wages of our factory are paid out every month. If the workers are asked to save the money for a year and take it back home, what will their families rely on?"

Everyone was questioned.

Lou Yu said gently: "So, there are four problems to be solved now. First, how to operate the new mechanism and how to arrange personnel; second, whether the cost and profit of establishing the new mechanism can be balanced; third, whether it can help the common people Send everything including money, including letters, small software, etc.; finally, if a new mechanism is established, which department will supervise this mechanism. If you have anything to add, you can speak freely."

Everyone: "..."

The prince has considered it so meticulously and thoughtfully, how can they have anything to add?

Lou Yu handed the plan he wrote to everyone, and said solemnly and firmly:

"I want to establish a complete logistics system in eight states."

Fan Yusheng is very interested in new terms: "Logistics system?"

"That's right." Lou Yu explained, "This system is not only related to people's livelihood, but also closely related to military logistics in wartime and natural disaster material delivery."

With a flat and smooth official road, it will indeed facilitate the transportation of materials.

But is that enough?

not enough.

time is life.

They also need a logistics system that works efficiently.

During the war, Gyeongju’s armaments had to be shipped to Yizhou, Cangzhou’s grain had to be shipped to Yizhou, Jizhou’s milk powder meat floss had to be shipped to Yizhou, and supplies from other states had to be shipped to Yizhou.

All of these require specialized personnel to organize and mobilize.

But if there is a natural disaster, the allocation of materials will be different.

for example.

At the time when Huzhou was flooded, Lou Yu had to urgently dispatch people from the army to transport supplies there. All the personnel and supplies were temporarily coordinated, and the deployment was extremely chaotic, which delayed a lot of time.

Moreover, Qingzhou and Huzhou are far apart, which delays time again.

If Cangzhou had a professional and mature logistics system, it would be able to provide support nearby.

The reason why they were dispatched from Gyeongju was because Lou Yu could not remotely control them, so he could only participate in the deployment in Gyeongju.

All in all, within the eight states, a complete logistics system must be established to ensure the smooth flow of materials between states.

Serve the common people in leisure time, and serve the front line in wartime.

When there is a natural disaster, one party is in trouble, and many parties support.

Fan Yusheng praised sincerely: "The prince is still thoughtful."

The rest are convinced.

Lou Quan said: "If we want to establish such a mechanism in Bazhou, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money. The previous road construction has almost emptied the treasury."

Although Lou Yu earns a lot, he also spends a lot!

"What if the existing mechanism is rectified?" Lou Yu asked.

Lou Quan was puzzled: "Your Highness?"

"Most sections of our newly built official roads are based on the original official roads, and only a few have been changed. If I remember correctly, most of the official roads have post stations?"

The post stations in Dasheng are generally used to transmit official documents and military information, and the post houses of the post station can also provide food and lodging for officials who come and go, and replace horses.

In the past, the post stations in eight states were all controlled by the imperial court.

Now Lou Yu is the highest authority in the eight states, and all post stations have to listen to his orders.

Now that the official roads are being repaired, the eight states extend in all directions, and the communication is convenient, so the role of post stations has become weak.

Each post station has post houses, post men, post horses, post donkeys and so on.

There is a postmaster and a number of postmen in the posthouse.

Whether it is scorching sun or cold winter months, the postmen have to deliver tokens rain or shine.

What they do is not much different from modern postmen and couriers.

These postmen are used to the work of storing and passing tokens. If they can be included in the logistics system, it will definitely be a great help.

Yang Guanghuai said: "The prince wants to establish a logistics system on the basis of the station?"

"The station has a lot of experience, so we don't have to start everything from scratch."

Fan Yusheng said: "But what the post station is doing is delivering official documents and important letters. If it increases the burden, won't it affect the efficiency of the government offices of various states in the future?"

"Nowadays, eight prefectures are connected, and there are not so many postmen needed to deliver official documents. Moreover, centralized processing is a good way. People in the same area can deliver regularly and quantitatively. In case of emergency, the common people can pay an expedited fee, and there are not too many postmen. Take a trip, as long as you arrange it reasonably, the burden will not be too heavy."

Generally speaking, ordinary bandits would not dare to provoke the postmen of the imperial court at all, for fear of being wanted and killed by the government, so it is relatively safe to send letters or materials by the postmen.

Lou Quan asked, "How to set the time and measure?"

Lou Yu said: "Every state capital has a storage point. If the people need it, they can store the items to be sent in the storage point on the agreed date. Special personnel will sort them into categories, and then send them to various post stations for delivery by postmen."

"This is a fixed time," Fan Yusheng asked, "What about the fixed amount?"

"In the beginning, there may not be many people who are willing to choose our official logistics, so we use timed centralized processing to reduce the waiting time. If in the future, people send more items, and the storage point receives a certain number of items, it will be transshipped Delivery."

"But in this way, it will still increase the burden on the station."

"At the beginning, the people sent less, and there were fewer postmen. Later, the people sent more, and we trained more postmen."

Everyone understood.

You can let the station train and train more postmen when there are not many tasks ahead.

Everything has to be taken slowly.

"However, even our own station cannot fully guarantee that the money will not be lost during the transportation."

Lou Yu had to remind them.

Money is different from ordinary goods and letters.

The robbers did not dare to provoke the postmen, but the benefits were not enough for them to take risks.

If many people want to send money back, it is impossible for postmen to carry so much money on the road without being targeted by envious bandits.

It is useless for them to rob letters and official documents, and they need to work hard with a group of people to rob important supplies of the court, because it is impossible to send only one or two postmen to transport important bulk goods.

So, what about the postmen who carry money?

Even if it is only robbed once or twice, it will hurt innocent postmen and cause people to lose money.

Everyone thinks so.

"Does the prince have a good plan?" Fan Yusheng asked.

Lou Yu nodded: "Those who deposit money can deposit the money into the storage point and exchange for the corresponding certificate. The certificate is in triplicate, one is kept by oneself, one is kept by the depository point, and one is sent to the sending place by the courier. The foreign relatives and friends who get the voucher can use the voucher and their identity certificate to go to the local storage point to exchange for the corresponding money. Of course, this method is only limited to the eight states.”

For example, if A wants to send money from Gyeongju to Laiju, he can first exchange the certificate at the Gyeongju storage point, and the postman will send one of the certificates to Laizhou. Points are exchanged for an equal amount of silver.

If the bank in the Laizhou storage point is insufficient, the local government can allocate funds.

By the end of the year, the Ministry of Finance will conduct unified accounting.

In this way, the risk of money circulating on the road will be avoided.

Moreover, there are storage points in every state, and postmen can carry objects back and forth, and there will be no empty trips.

"This is a great move!" Fan Yusheng's eyes showed respect.

Lou Yu smiled and said to Lou Quan: "However, this is another heavy burden for the Ministry of Finance. Thanks to Minister Lou."

Lou Quan said sincerely: "It's nothing if we do more work, as long as we can avoid damage to the people, everything is worth it."

After discussion, the new system was tentatively decided.

After the news of Laizhou workers being cheated spread, the workers from other places were afraid to send money or things home.

But what if the family needs money urgently?

Just when everyone was sighing, a notice was posted in the city.

The notice said: Dong'an King sympathized with everyone's difficulties in sending goods, and deliberately established a logistics system in the eight states, named Shuntong Logistics.Shuntong logistics is fully controlled by the government, and the delivery is affordable, safe and reliable.The storage location in Gyeongju is located across the street from Fenya in Namsi. Those who are interested can go to the storage location for detailed consultation.

The common people couldn't help but whisper in their hearts.

Is it really opened by the government?Really affordable?really safe?

However, it was created by King Dong'an, so it should be credible, right?

Most people are skeptical.