Chapter 195 Named Qingdao Village
Accompanied by Dong Chuan and Wang Qiwa, Qin Bai inspected the newly-developed village.
It should be said that from the perspective of people in this era, the site of this village is quite good. It is built on the sunny side of the mountain, separated from the sea, with a stream on the side, which can also be drilled wells, making it very convenient to get water. The only disadvantage is that it is relatively remote and has no roads at all. However, it is not far from the official road, not far from the Fushan District and other surrounding garrisons. It is not very troublesome to build that kind of simple dirt road.
However, Qin Bai's ideas are different. He has his own requirements: "It's not possible here, so we can only temporarily resettle the people who have moved. The village should be built there, just beside the estuary. When you go there to explore, there must be an inland river and a ship dock. The size... it is temporarily based on the standard of 10,000 households. You can build slowly, but you must first make a good plan."
"Ah?" Dong Chuan and Wang Qiwa were both shocked. Even Wu Lisong and Jimao who followed him were shocked and suspicious. Wu Lisong finally couldn't bear it, "Big cabinet, the smaller city is only tens of thousands of households, and there are only a few thousand households in the county? If you are building a city like this, what will the government think?"
"This is the land of the garrison, right? It's not the turn of the local government." Qin Bai smiled, "Besides, I never thought about rebelling. In the future, the court can send officials to collect labor service and collect taxes. It's okay? I can't build a city here so that my brothers can have a place to live. This will become a sin of beheading, right?"
"That's it. But how much money are you going to spend? Tens of thousands of taels or hundreds of thousands?" Wu Lisong questioned.
"I can't control it for a hundred years, but I can't control it for ten or eight years?" Qin Bai said, "In the future, this will be our home. Unlike Jingjiazhuang, where we fight endlessly. And this is our last retreat, at least we can maintain our own surplus. Spending hundreds of thousands of taels is no big deal. I think it's very cheap. This will be our roots in the future!"
In fact, Qin Bai didn't think about it for so long. What he asked was to get close to the dock and prepare some boats. If he could run out of the way, he could still escape from the sea.
Therefore, it is enough to spend tens of thousands of taels to have a prototype. As for the subsequent construction? If it goes well, then continue. You can even build a new match factory and ship it to the Jiangnan region and overseas for sale by sea. If it doesn’t go well, you can at least survive. There is no problem with relying on coastal fishing, planting grass, and carrying out centralized breeding, and relocating these people who are brave enough to win.
Anyway, let’s talk about everything after they go to the capital and Jiangnan again! They all need to leave for a year, and Yongsheng has completely lost his grasp. Who knows what will happen during this period?
However, others were still confused, and Dong Chuan asked: "Brother Bai, such a city wall is beyond the rules and is provoking trouble. Don't you neglect it?"
In the feudal period, cities could not be built casually, and the scope and height of the city walls were strictly stipulated by the court. If they were built beyond the specification, it would be a crime of beheading.
However, if you pay attention to the details, it is easy to avoid. Qin Bai directly replied: "The core area will build a town scale, and build a floor area outside the town, just like Jingjiazhuang. If it is really built, you can build an outer city wall in the future. Also, be more low-key when naming the name, there is no need to use "city", "city", "town", and "city" as well."
"Then I beg Brother Bai to give him a name."
"Haha, just Qingdao!" Qin Bai was too lazy to give a fancy name, so he simply used it as a philosophical name and used the name of the city in later generations!
"Well, a good name. That's Qingdao Village."
After discussing, a few people made a new plan. The village was originally changed to an outer sub-bastion, which played the role of reception and guarding. After all, the threats nowadays basically come from the land direction. If there is such a village on the outer side, it can at least play a warning role.
The newly designated location will build Qingdao Village, first of all, roads and city walls, and reclaim surrounding grass plantings, and start centralized breeding. In any case, we must first solve the livelihood problem here. It is impossible to use the long-term subsidy of the match factory's income. At least the breeding industry needs to balance income and expenditure, so that people's hearts will be stable. As for building materials and other daily consumer goods, we should continue to purchase them with silver.
However, suddenly there were so many people, especially the more than 200 people brought by Wang Fei, so the supplies were not enough, which involved a distribution issue.
To be honest, Yongsheng's finances are still relatively chaotic. Especially in terms of distribution, some are paid, some are eating big pots, and some are just sent to the public without caring, allowing them to distribute them themselves. This is mainly because there are too many refugees intake, and they have no other needs yet, just wanting to have food and clothing. But such things will never last long, and people always have desires.
In addition, Yongsheng also has a somewhat disaster relief mentality. He only guarantees food and clothing. When he is rich, he will give him a little, and when he is not rich, he will work in vain. Except for the match factory and guards, everyone else depends on luck. It is really not a matter of stability.
After thinking about it, Qin Bai ordered: "Each household distributes a certain amount of bills every month. Through the bills, we can purchase basic daily necessities at a fair price, such as grain, cloth, salt, seasonings, etc. In addition, we must pay wages for workmanship, and it doesn't matter how high or low it is, but we must pay. In addition to keeping the money for the purchase of bills at a fair price, we must give each household a spare money. The salary must also be leveled, so we can discuss it slowly in the future. In this way, we can have a clear mind and be able to store enough materials. Remember, this matter must be put together with the registration of household registration information! Don't make a long time, even we don't know how many possessions we have!"
Everyone nodded and said that they should have the meaning. Even a rich man in the countryside would also take a look at these contents clearly.
As for which bill? Others didn't think much about it. They also thought that this was a temporary move, and may be cancelled soon in order to temporarily overcome the difficulties in front of them.
Including Qin Bai at this time, he also believed that bills were temporary. It was nothing more than the memories left over from that period, the lack of daily necessities, and the issuance of bills such as food coupons, industrial coupons, etc. Since the materials are temporarily tight, we might as well learn from them.
Chapter completed!