Chapter 58: Datang’s First Engineering Team(1/3)
There is no doubt about the role of cement. In the future, it will be involved in infrastructure construction in almost all walks of life.
In this era, this thing is almost a king-level existence.
Although it cannot completely replace the Sanhe soil of this era, cement is undoubtedly more suitable for some basic construction.
After all, there is no material that is cheaper and more practical than cement.
So after the firing is successful.
Li Ming started firing on a large scale.
Blast furnaces are being built in Shaofu.
Large quantities of materials were immediately purchased.
And while Li Ming was busy in cement construction.
On the other side, the Shaofu Superintendent also followed Li Ming's order and began to post notices written by him on the major gates of Chang'an.
That's right, it's a notice.
To be more precise, this should be a job recruitment notice.
The content is in vernacular.
There is no wording.
The moment the notice was posted, it undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people.
People couldn't help but gather around.
And when more people gather together.
The manpower specially prepared by the Young Mansion also spoke immediately.
"The Shaofu is recruiting workers. Anyone over the age of fourteen but under twenty-five can participate. Each person is thirty cents per day. The Shaofu is responsible for food and accommodation. Those who have worked for 100 days can be hired as permanent servants of the Shaofu."
Words speak.
And when the content came out, the eyes of everyone present could not help but light up instantly.
"Sir, is this serious?"
Some people couldn't help but speak, and their eyes couldn't help but light up.
"Yes, sir, is there really thirty pieces of paper per day?"
As one person asked, someone soon started asking again.
Don't look at the fact that Li Ming directly obtained 8 million coins at an auction, but he dared to charge 100 coins for a first-tier ticket.
But in fact, these people are not ordinary people.
For ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, they actually couldn't even get a hundred coins.
The disposable income in a year is definitely not more than five dollars, and this has to include food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Thirty cents a day, including food and accommodation, is undoubtedly attractive enough.
Let alone 300,000 yuan, even if it is 20 yuan, there will definitely be people rushing to do it.
Thirty Wen a day is almost ten dollars a year. For ordinary people, it is almost equivalent to doubling their income. It goes without saying how to choose.
And this is the real gap between rich and poor in ancient times.
The rich have endless fields, while the poor have no place to stand. This is not just talk, but the most realistic portrayal.
In fact, when the notice was posted.
Not only this city gate, but also the four city gates in the east, west, north and south, many people gathered in an instant.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but light up.
Someone spoke with disbelief.
Some people also began to ask about work details.
The personnel assigned by the Shaofu Supervisor explained loudly.
But with this explanation, more and more people came.
Even the news spread like the wind.
"Have you heard that the young master is recruiting workers at the city gate, and they cost thirty cash a day?"
"True or false."
"Of course it's true, and it also includes food and accommodation!"
"This!"
"Stop it, there's no busy farming period yet, there are still a few months left. If we can finish the work in these two months, how much will it cost? Your second child doesn't have new clothes yet."
"Yes, yes, hurry up and take me to see you."
......
The news spread like crazy, and more and more people gathered at the city gate, even attracting the city defense.
But after hearing that it was a member of the Shaofu and His Royal Highness King Wei, the city defense did not dare to take care of it and could only guide the people.
But this did not reduce the enthusiasm, but instead increased it.
The number of people is also increasing.
Soon there were long queues at all the major city gates.
Even some people who were just about to enter or leave the city began to queue up after hearing about it.
"Come one by one!"
"Everyone registered."
The young official of the Shaofu Office spoke loudly, and then one figure after another was registered.
When the sun was setting and the city gate was about to close, the number of people registered this time actually reached 3,000.
And this is just the beginning.
Because when the next day came, the place where the city gate was located was filled with even more people, and it was almost a bustling place. It was obvious that the surrounding neighbors had heard the news and rushed over.
On this day, the number of people reached 5,000, and if you add the number of people yesterday, the number would be 8,000.
It’s only two thousand short of Li Ming’s ten thousand.
When the third day comes.
In just one hour, the place was filled with two thousand people.
"Okay, the number of people is full, let's go back!"
The young man's official spoke.
"My lord, my lord, can you recruit more!"
"Sir, I am very strong."
"My lord!"
......
I heard that it stopped, and the people were a little commotion at this moment.
But it was obvious that the city defenses that had been prepared quickly dispersed these people.
In the end, only the four city gates each recruited 500 people today.
"You go back and prepare, and report to Shaofu Dongyuan in three days. If you are late, the enrollment will be cancelled."
Speak to everyone.
The young official of the Shaofu then left.
The two thousand people returned to their homes happily.
They are undoubtedly lucky and excited to be recruited.
They have even thought about making money in the next two months.
As for whether the Shaofu will pay them, they are not worried at all. That is the imperial court. How can the imperial court still owe them money?
Well, if they had been before, they would still have been worried, but because of the previous problems with Dilong and Baimao, they still had enough trust in the Shaofu.
The useless Dilong and Baimao Shaofu will both give money, let alone work with the Shaofu.
These people left.
The junior official of the Shaofu returned to the Shaofu and reported to the Shaofu Supervisor.
Knowing that all the people were recruited, the young supervisor also breathed a sigh of relief, and then headed towards where Li Ming was.
Soon he found Li Ming, who was directing the masons to bake cement.
"Your Highness, the staff are all here. I asked them to follow His Highness's arrangements and come back in three days."
To be continued...