Relying on the wealth plundered from overseas, the Ming Empire prospered.

Large-scale projects are constantly being started in various places, and the government does not include lakes here. The construction funds for each project are fully allocated.

In the past, civilians had to work for the government for a period of time every year for free, which was called corvee.

Now, there are no more corvees.

Those who work for the government are the elders who can get projects from the government.

Harsh treatment of workers is strictly prohibited!

In fact, farmers who are gradually getting rich are less willing to leave their hometowns to work on construction sites.

In order to have enough people to work, the contractor had to increase wages and add additional terms, including food and lodging!

It is not allowed to treat workers harshly. There are special people in the government office to inspect. The court will also send people to make secret visits.

If anyone dares to do this, they have to look at the heads being dried on the top of the city.

Not long ago, he was also a wealthy man. Because his subordinates treated workers harshly, he was sued to the government.

After an unannounced inspection from the imperial court appeared, his head hung at the city gate.

Human heads always have a good deterrent effect, whether in the East or the West.

The wages paid are sufficient and timely, which also promotes consumption.

After the workers have received their wages, they can spend money. For example, they can drink good wine that they would not normally drink, and drink two cups of it every day to relieve fatigue.

Or simply go to a restaurant and experience the chef's skills that you have never tasted in your life.

Or you can take your young lady to a clothing store in the city to pick out some good-looking clothes. Those from a more prosperous family will also visit jewelry stores.

When a girl gets older, she always needs some jewelry.

Buy a pig shank for your father and give your father-in-law some pastries that he likes to eat. The daughter-in-law will also have a special face when she returns to her parents' home.

This was the solution that Li Hao and Ai Husheng came up with after meeting with Sun Chengzong.

Find a way to make people work, and as long as those who work will be paid.

After all, the majority of Ming people are still farmers.

Of the 400 million people, 80% are farmers.

As long as the farmers become rich, the Ming Dynasty will also become rich.

Of course there will be corruption involved, and the foreman will take the opportunity to siphon off a lot of money from the court.

But Li Hao doesn't care, as long as most of the money falls into the hands of the workers. The country has built roads, dams, bridges and other projects, and the quality of the projects is pretty good, so there is nothing that can be done if a little money goes to the private sector.

Ming Dynasty is like a machine that keeps running. The power and lubricating oil that drives this machine are a steady stream of money.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty is not short of money now.

Overtly and covertly, the Ming Dynasty plundered an incredible amount of wealth from Europe. It was more than the Ming Dynasty’s national fiscal revenue in ten years!

Now, the goal is to disperse this money as quickly as possible. Let this money be turned into factories as soon as possible.

There are wide roads and bridges across rivers.

Of course, the construction of railways is the top priority here.

A kind of building has quietly begun to rise in the city!

This kind of building is usually three or four stories high, but it occupies a huge area. Generally speaking, it must have at least twenty acres of land!

These buildings are divided into various stalls, selling clothes, accessories, and even furniture and some machines for urban households in different areas.

Electric fans and washing machines are the most popular products, especially among housewives!

With an electric fan, the sultry summer seems not so sad. If the conditions at home are better, buy a basin of ice from the ice seller and put it in front of the electric fan, and you can have a peaceful sleep no matter how hot the night is.

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As for the washing machine, it became a friend of women in the early Ming Dynasty.

Originally, it was inconvenient to wash clothes in the city. The washboard not only wastes clothes, but also makes the hands rough.

It's much better to have a washing machine. All you need is water from the sky and white washing powder, and the washed clothes just need to be thrown into the water to be clean.

This greatly eases the labor intensity of women. As long as family conditions permit, every household must have one.

Of course, this has to be in a city with electricity. In the countryside, even if you have such good things, you won't be able to use them.

There is no way, there is no power.

Electricity is a big problem, but when the rights were originally distributed, Li Xiao exchanged water and electricity for the Zheng family's military power.

As a result, Ming Dynasty has been unable to provide water and electricity for many years.

There is no way, the Zheng family, who was born as a pirate, has the word robbery engraved in their genes.

Let them do anything else and they will all be blinded!

Over the years, except for a few hydropower stations built in some small rivers and ditches, no large-scale projects have been launched.

It's not that they are unwilling to start projects to make money, but that they really don't have the ability.

The place you choose is either too big or too small.

Zheng Sen's cousin actually set his sights on the Yangtze River. He said he would build a hydropower station on the Yangtze River. He calculated that the electricity after the repair would be able to support the entire southeast.

Li Hao also calculated that this project could make the Ming court pawn their pants.

Given the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty and the difficulty of construction, the construction of such a project is no different from Foolish Old Man moving mountains and Jingwei reclaiming the sea.

A small project is to build a hydropower station on the Haihe River.

People from the Ministry of Industry went over to investigate and found that it was not impossible to repair it. However, after the repairs were completed, there was a risk that the Haihe River would change its course.

Moreover, large areas of fertile farmland will be flooded and large numbers of farmers will be relocated.

The cost of using the hydropower station may not be recovered within a hundred years.

Those who have high vision but low power are talking about the Zheng family.

In addition, after Zheng Zhilong died of illness, the Zheng family was leaderless. No one could stand up and integrate the power of the Zheng family.

The Zheng family is even more ruined!

Over the years, the only person in the Zheng family who has stood out is Zheng Sen.

He has always been in charge of Honglu Temple, the highest diplomatic institution of the Ming Dynasty!

He also consciously placed his brothers in the Honglu Temple.

Since you are not good at technology, you might as well come to Honglu Temple to do diplomacy. Anyway, Honglu Temple now needs a large number of manpower!

Because Ming Dynasty sent ambassadors to various countries to protect Ming Dynasty's rights in those countries.

India alone is divided into dozens of small states. Each small state has an agency with dozens of people.

Pick out the available talents within the family and just start doing diplomacy from now on.

Ming Dynasty diplomats were respected wherever they went.

No one dares to disrespect me!

Diplomats who disrespect the Ming Dynasty are likely to attract sanctions from the Ming Dynasty. What is even more serious is that the fierce Ming Dynasty army will come directly to kill them.

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He robbed the country to the ground, then cut off the king's head and took it back to claim credit.
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