It was noisy and chaotic, and at first glance there were low shacks everywhere, densely packed together.
Ragged clothes hanging, dogs barking with their tails between their legs, and timid children hiding in the house.
There was a mountain of garbage higher than the house, sewage flowing everywhere, and a swarm of buzzing mung bean flies.
More than 20,000 people were crowded into a narrow area. Zhu Yunxi looked at the refugee camp-like place in front of him quietly, with anger in his eyes. Everyone saw the emperor's expression, and no one dared to speak.
Here, it is even more chaotic and worse than the refugee camp.
"Jiao Da!" Zhu Yunxi called out.
"Little...he's here!" Jiao Da humbly stepped forward.
"You live here too?" Zhu Yunxi asked softly.
"The villain... also lives here!" Jiao Da pointed to a row of low thatched shacks on the left, "That's where the villain lives!" He continued with a trembling voice, "The craftsmen are all here.
The workers live in different places according to the workshops they belong to, so that they can work together!"
Zhu Yunxi said calmly, "Lead the way to your home!"
"Yes... the villain is leading the way for the emperor!" Although Jiao Da was a craftsman, he could see that something was wrong with the atmosphere around him, and he became more and more cautious in his words.
~~
Walking into the shack where the craftsmen live, the pungent musty smell, fishy smell, and an indescribable smell are all mixed together, making people unable to help but cover their mouths and noses.
The sun shines brightly between the sky and the earth, but the scorched house cannot see any sunlight at all.
The floor in the house is mud. Because it is damp, when people step on it, the soles of their shoes are full of yellow mud. There is only one bed in the shack, colorless bedding, piles of tools, etc.
"You are already the chief of the craftsmen, why do you live here?" The low shack made people unable to straighten their backs. Zhu Yunxi looked at it for a few times and then walked outside the shack.
"I'll tell you, your Majesty, all craftsmen are like this, it's just an old rule!" Jiao Da lowered his head and said awkwardly.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the distance again. Among the low shacks, there were vague figures of busy women.
"Where is your family?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.
"The villain's family is in the country!" Jiao Da said hurriedly, "The villain has a house in the country. It's more grand than this. When the villain takes a break, he can go home and live there!" He then pointed to the distance, "Those dragsters
The family members are all craftsmen transferred from other provinces..."
"How many days a month do you take off?"
"Villain..." He glanced back with wide eyes, hesitating.
"The emperor is asking you something, please answer carefully!" Li Jinglong reminded from the side.
"Villain... Now the shipyard is rushing to meet the construction deadline..."
Zhu Yunxi had already understood that working in a tight deadline meant that there was no rest. In the eyes of officials, craftsmen in this era were nothing more than free labor, and they could use it to death.
"Is this the case with you too?" Zhu Yunxi looked at Li Jinglong.
The latter hurriedly leaned over and said, "Replying to the emperor, the firearms manufacturing company I am in charge of does not dare to do this." After saying that, he paused and said, "In order to prevent fire, the craftsmen of the Firearms Manufacturing Bureau live far away from each workshop.
.Moreover, if there are too many people crowded together, it will inevitably cause epidemics!"
"The place where the craftsmen live was specially designated by me. I can't say how nice it is, but it is spacious and warm in winter and cool in summer. I cited the rules in the military camp. Every ten craftsmen's households share a well and a toilet.
The toilets in the craftsmen's homes are all emptied in designated places, with plenty of water in the summer and plenty of charcoal in the winter. There are also pharmacies and bathhouses. The entire place where the craftsmen live is like a small town, with everything you need."
He said and smiled, "I am stupid, but I know that Long Live Lord is compassionate and does not want people to suffer. Those craftsmen all work for Long Live Lord, so I try my best to make them eat well and live comfortably. Eat
Once they have a good place to live and keep up with the monthly reward, they will naturally work hard!"
The smell in the slum area was really unpleasant. While listening, Zhu Yunxi slowly walked outside to a ventilated area and looked at Lian Zining with displeasure.
"Did you hear everything?" Zhu Yunxi said.
"I'm ashamed!" Lian Zining leaned over, his face full of shame.
"In my heart, you are also a safe person, so I handed over the mint and the treasure shipyard to you, but look what kind of job you are doing?" Zhu Yunxi's voice was a bit scolding, "The imperial court spent a lot of money.
, nearly tens of millions of dollars are invested every year, I have high hopes, but you gave me a donkey dung egg with a shiny surface?"
"Your Majesty!" Lian Zining lifted his official robe and knelt directly on the dirt. "I was negligent and I am willing to be punished!" He said, raising his head and saying, "I usually don't pay attention to these small details. I am guilty of negligence!"
"Did you pick it off yourself?" Zhu Yunxi sneered.
Lian Zining has talents, abilities, and is pragmatic enough. But he also has a common problem among civil servants in this era, that is, they do not regard these craftsmen and handymen as human beings. In their understanding, the only thing they know is that their families have land and houses.
Farmers are human beings, and those who work hard are not human beings.
What made Zhu Yunxi even more angry was that Lian Zining didn't even realize where he was wrong?
An oversight? Isn’t that just getting rid of the relationship?
As the supervising assistant, he was aloof, thinking that he had arranged everything properly, and then let the people below him do it. As for what the people below did, he didn't care, as long as the general direction was right, as long as the construction schedule was not delayed, as long as it could create
When leaving the ship, as long as it was clear on the account books that no one was enriching himself, he didn't care about the rest.
He only cares about things and does not care about people's life and death. If there are not enough craftsmen, he will send an official document to the provinces to recruit them. If there are not enough handymen, he will recruit civilian laborers.
"I am guilty, please punish me!" At this time, Zhang Han, the head of the Construction Department, and several leaders of the Bao Shipyard also knelt on the ground to plead guilty.
"What's your crime?" Zhu Yunxi looked at them and sneered.
"I will start over immediately according to the method of the Firearms Manufacturing Bureau." Yuanwailang Zhang Han said in fear, "The craftsmen's rations and monthly money will also be reconsidered." He said, swallowing, "But
, the number of craftsmen and handymen in the Treasure Shipyard is more than twice that of the Firearms Bureau..."
"Reconsider the monthly ration money?" Zhu Yunxi sneered again, "The money I give every month is not enough for these craftsmen to eat well and live well?"
In an instant, a group of officials bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.
"It's not terrible that you made a mistake. What's terrible is that you don't know where the mistake is?" Zhu Yunxi said sternly, "You still want to reconsider? The money that the craftsmen used to eat has been exploited by you at all levels to fill your own pockets, and you still told me to reconsider.
?You think it’s not greedy if you are sharing money other than the imperial shipbuilding money? He Guangyi!”
"I'm here!"
"Leave it to you!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hands in disgust.
"Emperor..."
As soon as Zhang Han and others made a sound, Jin Yiwei Fanzi covered their mouths and roughly dragged them away.
Lian Zining's head was dripping with cold sweat and his whole body was shaking.
In fact, he also had difficulties. As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he wished that one person could be used as two people. He really had no time to take care of these low-level things in the treasure shipyard.
"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!" Zhu Yunxi glared at him, "They made this mistake because you, the supervising minister, condoned it! No matter how well written the statement is, what's the point of executing it like this?"
"It is destined to be a flash in the pan and cannot last long. It is destined to be reduced to a matter of face and become a way for some people to make money!"
As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi continued loudly, "Do you know what is the most precious thing in this shipyard? Is it the wood that is comparable to gold, or the iron, the tung oil, and the copper?"
Having said this, Zhu Yunxi turned to Li Jinglong and said, "Tell him what is the most important thing!"
This chapter has been completed!