It was a mess, and at first glance, there were low shacks everywhere, densely packed together.

The timid child hiding in the house with torn clothes, the dog with tails squeezing his head.

A garbage mountain taller than a house, sewage flowing everywhere, and a group of buzzing mung bean flies.

More than 20,000 people were crowded in a narrow area. Zhu Yunxiu quietly looked at the venue in front of him, with anger in his eyes. Everyone saw the emperor's expression, and no one dared to speak.

This place is even more chaotic and worse than the refugee camp.

"Jiao Da!" Zhu Yunsheng called out.

"Little...is there!" Jiao Da stepped forward humbly.

"You live here too?" Zhu Yunxi asked softly.

"The villain... lives here too!" Jiao Da pointed to a row of low thatched huts on the left, "Then is the villain's residence!" As he said, his voice tremblingly continued, "The craftsmen and servants live in different places according to their workshops, so that they can work together!"

Zhu Yunxiu said lightly, "Lead the way, go to your house to have a look!"

"Yes... the villain leads the way for the emperor!" Although Jiao Da was a craftsman, he could see that the atmosphere around him was a little wrong and he spoke more cautiously.

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Walking into this shack where craftsmen live, the pungent smell of mold, fishy smell, and indescribable smell are mixed together, making people unable to help but cover their mouths and noses.

The sun shines between heaven and earth, but the burning home cannot see any sunshine.

The ground in the house is mud. Because it is wet, when people step on their feet, the soles of their shoes are covered with yellow mud. There is only one bed in the shack, and there is no color bedding, stacked tools, etc.

"You are already the leader of the craftsman, why are you living here?" The low shack made people feel a little embarrassed. Zhu Yunyu glanced at it for a few times and walked outside the shack.

"When you come back to the emperor, the craftsmen are like this, it's just the old rules!" Jiao Da lowered his head and said crampedly.

Zhu Yunxiu looked at the distance again, in the low shacks, there were still a busy figure of a woman.

"Where is your family?" Zhu Yunxi asked again.

"The villain's family is in the countryside!" Jiao Dabun said, "The villain has a house in the countryside, which is more grand than this. When the villain takes a rest, he can go home to live!" As he said that, he pointed to the distance, "Those who bring their families with their families are all craftsmen transferred from other provinces..."

"How many days do you take a turn off in a month?"

"Little Man..." Jiao Da glanced back, hesitating.

"The emperor is asking you, please answer carefully!" Li Jinglong reminded.

"The villain...now the shipyard is rushing to build a period of construction..."

Zhu Yunyu already understood that rushing the construction period would mean no rotation. In the eyes of officials, the craftsmen of this era were just free labor. If they could be used to death, they would be used to death.

"The same is true on your side?" Zhu Yunhuang looked at Li Jinglong.

The latter hurriedly leaned over and said, "Reply to the emperor, I dare not do this in the firearm manufacturing process." As he said, he paused and said, "In order to prevent fire, the firearm manufacturing bureau has the place where the craftsmen live far away from the various workshops. Moreover, if there are too many people, they will inevitably cause epidemics!"

"The place where craftsmen live is specially marked by me. I dare not say it is very good, but it is better because it is spacious, warm in winter, cool in summer. I refer to the rules in the military camp. Every ten craftsmen share a well and a toilet. The toilets at craftsmen's houses are poured in designated places, giving enough water in summer and charcoal in winter, as well as pharmacies and bathhouses. The places where craftsmen live are like a small town, with everything."

As he said that, he smiled, "I am stupid and I know that Long Sui Ye is compassionate and shameless. Those craftsmen work for Long Sui Ye, so try to make them eat and live comfortably. After eating, staying well, the rewards and monthly money will follow, and they will naturally work hard!"

The smell in the shack area was really bad. Zhu Yunxiu slowly walked to the ventilated place outside while listening, looking at Lian Zining with displeasure.

"You heard it all?" Zhu Yunsheng said.

"I am ashamed!" Lian Zining leaned over, his face full of shame.

"In my heart, you are also a stable person, so I have handed over the Mint and the Treasure Shipyard to you, but see what errands you are doing?" Zhu Yunxi's voice was a little scolded, "The court spent a lot of money, and I have high hopes for nearly 10 million yuan in silver. But you gave me a donkey dung egg with a surface light?"

"Emperor!" Lian Zining lifted his official robe and knelt directly on the mud. "I am negligent and willing to be punished!" As he said, he looked up and said, "It is because I have not paid attention to these subtle details in my daily life. I am guilty of being indifferent!"

"Did you pick yourself clean?" Zhu Yunhuang sneered.

Lian Zining has talent, ability, and pragmatic enough. But there is also a common problem with civil servants in this era, that is, they do not regard these craftsmen and servants as human beings. In their perception, only farmers with land and houses at home are human beings, and even these people who work hard work are not human.

What made Zhu Yunyu even more angry was that Lian Zining was not interested in what was wrong with him?

Failure to observe? Isn’t that just to clear the relationship?

He, the supervisor of the office, was arrogant and believed that he had arranged everything properly, and then let the people below do it. As for what the people below do, he didn't care about what the people below did, as long as the general direction was right, as long as the construction period was not delayed, as long as the ship could be built, as long as the books were clear that no one was full of his personal pockets, he didn't care about anything else.

He only cares about things, not about people's lives or death. If there are not enough craftsmen, he will issue official documents to ask the provinces to recruit the government. If there are not enough errands, he will recruit the civil servants.

"I am guilty, please punish me!" At this time, Zhang Han, the chief officer of the Construction Department, and several leaders of the treasure shipyard, also knelt on the ground to apologize.

"Where are your sins?" Zhu Yunhuang looked at them and sneered.

"I will do it again immediately according to the method of the Firearm Manufacturing Bureau." Zhang Han, the deputy general, said in panic. "The craftsmen's food and monthly money will be considered again." As he said, he swallowed his saliva, "But the craftsmen in the treasure shipyard are more than twice the craftsmen who are as craftsmen as the Firearm Bureau..."

"Reconsider the monthly rations?" Zhu Yunxiu sneered again, "Is the money I give every month not enough for these craftsmen to eat and live well?"

In an instant, a group of officials bowed their heads and dared not speak out.

"It's not scary to make a mistake. What's scary is that you don't know where the mistake is?" Zhu Yunxiu said sternly, "I'm still considering it again? The money that craftsmen eat and use has been exploited by you and you have enough money to take it back. You still tell me to consider it again? Do you think that what you don't share is not the money for the imperial shipbuilding, so it's not considered greedy? He Guangyi!"

"I'm here!"

"I'll leave it to you!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand in disgust.

"Emperor..."

As soon as Zhang Han and others made a sound, they were covered with their mouths and dragged them away rudely.

Lian Zining was sweating profusely on his head and his whole body was trembling.

In fact, he also has his own difficulties. As the Minister of Works, he wanted to treat one person as two people. He really had no time to take care of these lower-level affairs in the treasure shipyard.

"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!" Zhu Yunxiu glared at him, "They have made such a mistake, and it is all condoned by you, the minister of the supervisor! No matter how well the writing of the Scriptures is, what's the point of execution?"

"It is destined to be a flash in the pan and cannot last long. It is destined to be a matter of face and become a way for some people to make money!"

As he said that, Zhu Yunxiu continued to shout, "Do you know, what is the most treasured thing in this shipyard? Are the wood that is comparable to gold, or are the iron, tung oil, and copper?"
Chapter completed!