After this gathering announced to the masses the plan and specific procedures of the state government's bidding for weir repair, Li Taicai asked the families to disperse. As for the goods, of course they could not be left open in the open, so they were temporarily stored in empty warehouses in the city and kept strictly.
Add a guard.
Jingzhou state affairs are in dire straits and need to be renovated. In addition to the plan to open canals and build weirs, the basic personnel structure in the state capital also needs to be rebuilt.
Although Quan Zhongzun had previously conferred state positions to powerful officials, there were not many appointments for state officials. Firstly, these positions always had personal ability requirements. Secondly, these positions sounded far inferior to those of prefects, and county magistrates
The loud names such as garrison lord or city lord are not in line with the aesthetics of powerful people.
Li Tai brought a lot of subordinates from Guanzhong, who could just fill these positions. And there was an unexpected surprise, that is, among the nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians brought from Fancheng, there were also many who could read and write, and the number reached
There are as many as five to six hundred people.
This also shows that the culture and education of the Southern Dynasty was much stronger than that of the Northern Dynasty. Many generals in the Northern Dynasty were still illiterate, but many civilians in the Southern Dynasty could read and write. These people were already relatively high-end talents, and they only needed to follow some formatting rules.
Through their cultivation, they can be enriched and integrated into the Jingzhou administrative system.
Feeling this, Li Tai came up with the idea of setting up a state school. As the governor of a state, preaching and encouraging people to learn is one of his duties, and it is also one of the best ways to benefit the suppressed party and strengthen his influence.
There is another point, that is, the garden in the backyard of the state capital is not enough for his father to till and toss, and Mr. Li Tai cannot drive his father out to cultivate wasteland. It is better to find something meaningful to do to give his father a sense of accomplishment than to be idle.
It’s better to have nothing to do at home.
As for sending his father to Huazhou, Li Tai did not consider it for the time being. According to what he had seen since we got together, although he had gone through many hardships, he had not made much progress in the city. Not to mention being naive, he also had a somewhat innocent heart.
obliterate.
The current situation in the country is also surging with undercurrents, and even Li Tai is avoiding it. If he goes there, he will definitely become a focus, and he may not be able to handle it.
And when the state affairs come to an end, he will also strengthen contact and cooperation with Xiangyang. With his relationship and connections like me, communication with each other will be smoother.
The personnel reorganization of the state capital can be left to Cui Qian, while Li Tai took time off to conduct an on-the-spot investigation of the water situation in the territory under the guidance of Du Zhaohui and several other Jingzhou locals, and determine a basic restorative plan in an all-round way.
"Although there is no shortage of water flow in the rivers and canals among the prefectures and counties in Mianbei, they are all fed by the Qishui River and the Miashu River. As long as this second flow can be regulated smoothly, the problems of drought and floods throughout the territory can be greatly alleviated..."
Du Zhaohui, as one of the first Jingzhou powerful men to rely on Li Tai, respected and obeyed his orders. When he learned that Li Tai intended to regulate the water affairs in the territory, he also understood it attentively, and now he explains it like a treasure.
By the way, this Du Zhaohui is also one of the clansmen of the Du clan in Jingzhao, and he is of the same clan as the Du clan brothers in Xiangyang. However, the Du clan in Jingzhao has a large number of clans, and they moved south during the Hu Dynasty and the Di Rebellion. Although they have the same surname, they are completely different from each other.
There are many cases where they are strangers.
The Feishui River and the Xianshui River are the Baihe River and the Tang River in later generations. The two rivers run through the Nanyang Basin from north to south, merge into one in Xiangyang and flow into the Han River, so they are also called the Tangbai River. These two rivers and their respective
The tributaries basically form a water network covering the entire Nanyang Basin.
Various water conservancy fortifications since the Han Dynasty are basically distributed around these two rivers. However, as Li Tai traveled along the way, he saw that they were still in good condition, and there were not many water conservancy fortifications that exerted their regulating functions. Most of them were
It has been abandoned, leaving only some simple traces, and some even have no trace at all. Du Zhaohui and others had to rely on ancient records and word of mouth to find a rough location.
But this does not mean that there are no water conservancy facilities in the territory. In fact, there are not only them but also many. After all, water is the foundation of farming. If the water cannot be allowed to flow into more areas and have the function of drought and flood prevention, it will
With the narrow strips on both sides of the river, not much land can be reclaimed at all.
Therefore, there are many ponds, weirs and ditches on both sides of the Feishui River and the Xianshui River. Sometimes there are several weirs and ditches within one mile. It is obviously abnormal to be so densely distributed, and these weirs and ditches are often
Part of a farm, enclosed by a fence.
Without systematic regulation of fortifications and allowing the private sector to dig and divert water privately, such a situation will result. Water resources will also become a means of production that the powerful can control at will to promote their authority and monopolize their use.
Not to mention whether the distribution of resources is fair and reasonable, this situation will cause great damage to the water resources themselves. When the water is dry, it will be silted up, and when the water is rising, it will flood. Traces of various siltation and flooding are everywhere in the rivers.
The rich and powerful households closed the mountains and settled in the countryside, and their industries spread all over the countryside, while the common people wandered in the countryside without a place to stand. This basically covers the current situation of people's livelihood in Jingzhou. There are also villages with registered households, mainly distributed around the prefectures, counties and cities, away from the city.
If the city is more than ten miles away, it is difficult to see villages where ordinary villagers live together with small households.
After inspecting the water affairs within the territory, Li Taiyue felt that there was a long way to go.
If today's Mianbei area is like Northern Shaanxi in the past, it would be a waste. However, various local forces are intertwined and it is in the border area. If a drastic move touches the interests of powerful people, it will undoubtedly expose itself to the enemy, so it is instigated.
It is necessary for them to voluntarily compete and eliminate themselves.
That batch of goods was very attractive to people, and soon someone prepared a bid and submitted it to the state capital. Li Tai drew up the format of the bid, which was basically divided into the manpower that each company could mobilize and the construction period required for the project.
And the budget that needs to be allocated by the state government, etc.
The initial bids submitted basically wanted to use a small and broad approach, employ hundreds of people, and have a construction period of several months. However, they asked the state government to pay a huge amount of money.
Huang Fuhu and other three wealthy families had learned from the past experience that their families were ruined due to greed, but they had not learned a lesson at all. They probably just thought that these three families were simply unlucky, and they would not be like this if they were in their place.
Naturally, Li Tai vetoed all such insincere bids, and even announced it directly outside the state capital. Although this was not a punishment in itself, it also exposed their greedy faces to the public, and they would be exposed next.
All bidders should take this as a lesson and correct their attitudes.
The Liumenyan project is not a small one. It can collect enough river water to irrigate thousands of hectares of farmland in three counties. It can be seen that the pond weir must be very large. Today, the pond weir barely still has an outline, and it needs to be dredged, excavated and rammed again.
Building weirs and embankments is quite difficult even for the state capital, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to afford it.
Before the deadline for bidding, the state government finally received more than 30 bids. Excluding those who were just joining in for fun, only six companies could barely meet the state's requirements.
Each of these six companies can provide more than a thousand workers, and the required construction period ranges from three to five months. As for the funds needed, they must come from as many sources as possible.
Li Tai is not a stingy person. He doesn't care much about the amount of funds required. As long as it is not too outrageous, he will not directly deny it. Compared with these, he is of course more interested in the labor services that these families can provide.
Is it an exaggeration of the facts, or is it still concealing something?
In order to clarify this point, he summoned representatives of these six companies respectively, and gradually tested the maximum service they could invest in order to shorten the construction period. The results also surprised him. The maximum service force these six companies alone could provide
The total number reaches nearly 20,000 people!
In other words, these six tycoons alone cover a population of at least 20,000 people. Considering that most of the people who use them are strong men, the population behind them is probably going to increase several times!
Li Tai originally thought that Beizhen Juntou and Kansai's tycoons were quite strong, but compared with Mianbei, a place of constant turmoil in the Fourth War, they still pale in comparison! He thought it was quite difficult to expand the population before, but now it seems
If we manage these six companies, we will basically be able to exceed the small goals we set before.
However, it is very difficult to eat it in one bite. Even if only half of the nearly 20,000 soldiers can be organized into an armed force, that is still 10,000 soldiers. Even if his subordinates are all brave and elite, they will be defeated by these tens of thousands of soldiers.
, total annihilation is possible, but complete integration is difficult.
In order to prevent these six companies from exaggerating the facts and defrauding the government, Li Tai proposed to verify that their details were accurate, and asked them to send blood relatives to serve in the state capital, of course, as hostages, and to pay the project funds in batches. Finally, after some comparison and negotiation,
Next, a barbarian chieftain of the Huan family was selected as the person in charge of building the weir.
The name of this barbarian chieftain was Huan Shuzu, and he was now the governor of Hanguang County under Jingzhou. He could mobilize more than 6,000 servants to build the weir, and he repeatedly promised that the fortifications could be completed before the spring flood next year.
However, when Li Tai inspected the area, he saw that the number of soldiers was only over 3,000. When he asked, he found out that Huan Shuzu planned to recruit 3,000 mountain barbarians for his own use in the next period of time and put them to work.
When Li Tai heard about Huan Shuzu's plan, he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. This was the first time he saw someone who was more slippery than him. He was bragging and not drafting. Do you think those students were smarter than him?
They are all your relatives, so why should they recruit three thousand people?
But when he heard Huan Shuzu's self-reported life experience, he had to admit that he was indeed short-sighted. He was not bragging randomly, but he was really that awesome.
Although Huan Shuzu was a barbarian chieftain, he himself came from the Huan family of Qiao State, a famous family in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and was a descendant of Huan Wen, a powerful official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If the Huan Chu state usurped by his ancestor Huan Xuan is also considered a serious political power,
That person is also a serious descendant of the royal family!