To be honest, Li Tai knew that the foundation of the five surnames and Qi Wang was strong, but Li Tai really didn't know that the foundation of the five surnames and the seven surnames could be so strong. This was a great craftsman. Even in the hands of the imperial court, generally the great craftsmen were only five.
About a hundred people.
My own Mo Ke has been running for so long and has built so many projects, but it has gradually accumulated three to four hundred master craftsmen.
But these master craftsmen were not just given to Wang Zhenru to build bridges and roads.
There are master craftsmen in charge of Moke who researches steam engines, or forges in the Steel City, or even some relatively large mines.
To be honest, Li Tai was a little surprised by a master craftsman like the Wang family who casually gave him fifty people.
"Our Zheng family has no family, but when the late Sui Dynasty was chaotic, we did take in some skilled craftsmen!" Zheng Laosan said,
"In that era, people without any skills were considered worthless even if we wanted to save them, so we settled many of them here.
Relatively speaking, these people signed a death contract with us. Now that we are short of people to build the road, we can just transfer them to the King of Wei."
Soon Zheng Laosan respectfully took out a stack of contracts between master craftsmen and elite craftsmen and handed them to Li Tai's hands.
Li Tai took the contract from the Zheng family, which more or less showed his appreciation, but he did not continue to stay at the Zheng family. He sent someone to bring his ceremonial guards and personal guards over, and escorted these craftsmen to Wang Zhenru first.
's subordinates.
I believe Wang Zhenru would go crazy with joy seeing this group of people joining his project.
However, because these people are self-made masters, they do not know the standards of agricultural institutions.
So at the beginning, I just followed along. After I became familiar with the work process of the agricultural school and the weights and measures, the progress of the entire project will be improved to a higher level with their participation.
Li Tai estimated that this project road should be successfully constructed next year or the year after.
After Li Tai paid a visit to the Zheng family in Xingyang, he did not stay in Zhengzhou for long and set off towards Bianzhou along the way.
When traveling from prefecture to county, if they find some valuable local specialties, they will ask Bai He to record them. If there are wealthy nobles in the local area, they will be asked to hold festivals to attract investment.
But in exchange, he would also plunder the craftsmen from these wealthy noble families, and then package them up and give them to Wang Zhenru.
Because the families Li Tai chose were all families who had paid money and wanted to build highways.
Although everyone expressed their disdain for Li Tai's behavior of poaching people, but Li Tai really wanted it, they still decisively gave it to them. After all, they also hoped that the road would be built to their place as soon as possible.
When Li Tai accepted people, he must have patted his chest and said that he would soon start practicing Taoism here.
If someone takes it away, then you will leave as well. Don’t look for me about progress or anything like that, go to Wang Zhenru.
After all, the person has been obtained, and now he has changed from a grandson asking for help to a debtor.
I kid you not that the highways have been under construction. At most, I don’t know when they will be repaired.
When the time comes, whether you cry or make noise, just line up for yourself.
After all, debt repayment is a first-come, first-served basis. Didn’t you see that there are so many aristocratic families lining up in front of you?
Of course, in a few years when we actually reach the location of these aristocratic families, we may still need money and efforts from these aristocratic families.
However, Li Tai is still somewhat humane. When the expressway from Luoyang to Xingyang is built and the engineering team has experience in building expressways, the team can be split.
After all, with so many top craftsmen gathered together to build a building, how could it be better to split them up and start work in different areas at the same time after they became familiar with the work progress of the Weights and Measures and Agriculture Institute.
It's just that during this process, the consumption of materials will be several times higher than it is now, but the material problems are still bearable for Li Tai.
When the time comes, I will throw the talents into the corresponding areas, and then let each craftsman find his own mother. It depends on whether these aristocratic families are willing to spend their own money to build it.
If you spend your own money and use people's efforts, then build it faster. If you don't want to spend money and just want to reap the benefits of Datang, then build it slower.
After all, I definitely need to build it slowly according to the plan. If you want to speed up a certain section of the project, it is very reasonable to spend some resources on it. It depends on whether these aristocratic families have this awareness!
As for those who are reluctant to spend money, just wait and it will definitely be your turn.
It's just that it's very possible that other sections of the road have been opened to traffic and you can collect money, but when you get to your section, you see those vehicles getting off the expressway and taking ordinary roads.
I just watched helplessly as the Kaiyuan Tongbao I could have earned flowed into other places.
These days, it must be more uncomfortable to watch others make money than to be owed one's own debt.
If the two are performed at the same time, the psychic damage received will be even more critical.
Just walking slowly along the way, Li Tai arrived at Laizhou unknowingly, but it was a vast area with sparsely populated areas. Apart from Jiaozhou Bay, where the Tang Navy was stationed, Li Tai didn't actually pay much attention to Laizhou.
Moreover, because it was an army garrison, no idlers were allowed to approach, and soldiers in the military camp were not allowed to leave the camp at will. In addition, Li Derjian was Li Jing's son after all, and he still attached great importance to military discipline.
Therefore, the army did not have much interaction with the local people.
Even if there is a shortage of supplies that need to be replenished, although it is troublesome to go around the Bohai Sea, Tianjin now integrates almost the entire Youzhou resources, so whatever the army lacks can be obtained directly from Tianjin.
Even if the navy doesn't have enough craftsmen, it can go to Tianjin to get a lot of craftsmen to repair the ships.
All in all, as long as the navy itself overcomes the distance problem, Tianjin is really not a difficult task for the Datang Navy in Laizhou Bay.
Even if the Youzhou Agricultural University encounters any problems, the navy in Laizhou Bay is willing to help.
Because they all also discovered that after staying in the navy for a few years, when they retire in the future, they can go to Tianjin, because there is a huge demand for sailors there.
After all, offshore salvage, gradually led by agricultural universities, has an almost unlimited demand for high-quality marine talents.
Especially these soldiers who retired from Youzhou Navy have rich navigation experience.
Compared with training new sailors from scratch, it is much more convenient to directly grab people from the Youzhou Navy.
And Li Tai looked at Jiaozhou Bay, wanting to see the shadow of the city Qingdao, but unfortunately, he didn't even see a shadow. Li Tai understood that in a world dominated by right of way, Qingdao would not be able to develop.
Got up.
However, with the rise of sea power and the importance of Jiaozhou Bay, it was necessary to build a supporting city for Jiaozhou Bay. Only then could the city of Qinghai be slowly born.
"And I don't have enough people on hand to support a top county!"
Li Tai thought about it for a while, but in the end he could only shake his head helplessly. If he wanted to develop the city, he still couldn't do it without population.
For example, if you build Gaoling yourself, you will first take advantage of Chang'an's geographical location, and then use the Wei River to absorb the surrounding population.
Or maybe the development of Tianjin also absorbed a lot of foreign populations and transferred part of the population from Henan.
But as time goes by, this model of city construction will become increasingly difficult.
The most important reason is none other than the overall development trend of society, which is becoming more and more stable.
If the people can successfully live in the local area, then few people will be willing to migrate.
Therefore, compared with the original population cost which was basically zero, it is probably not easy for people to migrate.
Of course, it would be easier to complete the urbanization reform, but Li Tai does not have such an urgent motivation to complete the urbanization reform in every city.
You force the people to go to the city to work. No matter what they do there, they will lose money. Even the last land is confiscated. You have not considered that once the city chews their youth like sugar cane, they will be chewed into pieces.
They didn't even have the capital to return to their original place.
In Li Tai's view, it is enough if he can complete the urbanization of several big cities and form a complete production system.
As for rural areas, Li Tai prefers to promote enterprises to go to the countryside. Each village can have one or two enterprises that can make the whole village work.
Let them produce basic materials as much as possible, so that the country can come forward to purchase them. Although in terms of profit, it can only barely be considered a loss, and may even require subsidies, but for the stability of the country, it is much better.
To put it simply, between a job that pays 10,000 yuan a month and does more work far away from home and a job that pays 6,000 yuan a month and does less work and is close to home, anyone should hesitate for a moment when choosing, and then choose the one with more money under the pressure of the environment.
But in fact, no matter which one you choose, you will never be able to pass the exam with a normal job.
Where there is more money, there will be more money to spend, and where there is less money, there will also be less money.
In the final analysis, as long as you don't survive in the game of making money by making money, it's the same everywhere.
Li Tai looked at Jiaozhou Bay, but he didn't stay too long and chose to leave.
At least until the problem of Goguryeo is solved, there is no need for the city of Qingdao to appear.
However, after Goguryeo was solved, the navy could go to a wider world, and a city could be built in Jiaozhou Bay, which became an important outlet for Henan Province.
Relatively speaking, compared to the development of Jiaozhou Bay, Li Tai feels that at least Lianyungang in the East China Sea has more potential for development.
While Li Tai was observing Henan Road step by step, the news in Chang'an became tense.
Because Li Tai's departure does not mean the end of the assassination. On the contrary, for Li Shimin, this incident is just the beginning.
At least until now, the suspicion on Li Chengqian has not been cleared.
Because the assassin who assassinated Li Tai was killed by Li Tai, and the chamberlain who contacted the assassin was also dead, so the clues were completely cut off.
At this moment, all the clues pointed to the Turks, which forced Li Shimin to focus on these Turks.
In fact, if the Turks themselves were clean, then forget it, just go through a formality without any clues, then Li Shimin might ask someone to investigate in another direction.
But these Turks cannot withstand investigation, at least the association rate of Turli Khan’s younger brother cannot withstand investigation!
Heshui did a lot of rogue things at home, and he blamed Tuli for scolding him. Li Shimin didn't like him either. The most important thing was that no one would come to him if they wanted to make money.
The tribesmen who betrayed themselves were the most diligent, but most of the money they got was spent in those fancy worlds.
All in all, apart from hanging out with some desperadoes who also hated dogs and hated dogs, there weren't many people hanging around with them.
And when the association discovered that someone seemed to be following him, he felt angry. He decisively summoned his men and deceived Jieli Khan's son, He Luo'u, and said,
"We killed Li Shimin and took his head to give orders to the Turkic headquarters. If we advance, we can rebuild the Turks, and if we retreat, we can escape the border."
"Uncle Jieshesu, are you crazy?" He Luojiu looked like a fool when he heard Jieshesu's words.
But the association rate is very clear. He Luo'u is really indispensable in killing Li Shimin.
Because even if he is caught then, he can run a little longer by leaving He Luo Falcon behind.
Therefore, the leader of the association came up and hugged He Luo'u and said: "My nephew, do you want to continue to be a dog beside the Han emperor instead of continuing to be a wolf running on the grassland?!"
"This..." He Luo'u was somewhat moved when he heard what Jiu Shesui said.
After all, after the Turks destroyed the country, He Luohu still had some dreams of his homeland.
But there was no way. The Tang Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and their people continued to integrate into the Tang Dynasty, especially the slaves who passed through the hands of King Wei. At first, they were only worthy of crawling on the ground and licking their own shoes.
But now they are looking at themselves arrogantly one after another, holding the Han household registration in their hands to show that they are Han, and they have the courage to try it themselves!
Naturally, He Luo'u wanted to whip these people's faces so that they could clearly understand what it means to be a master.
But he didn't dare, because behind them was the King of Wei, the guy who silently gained the loyalty of these traitors.
Even if the King of Wei is not in Chang'an, as long as he expresses the corresponding intention, his way of selling his people to do corvee work for him will be cut off, and if his people don't sell it, other nobles will sell it.
When he thought of this, He Luoji gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will act with you! Where is your method!"
"Tomorrow we will bring our manpower and rush directly into the palace. The tense atmosphere caused by King Wei's assassination has become much better. Datang would never have imagined that we would rush into his palace tomorrow!"
The association rate at this moment was very confident and he said, "This plan is very good, it will definitely surprise Tang Jun!"
He Luohu really wanted to get off the boat at this time. This was a surprise, not a shock!
He Luo'ou said, "I'm going to take a rest so that I can take action tomorrow!"
Jiushesu hugged He Luohu and said, "You are right, let's sleep together and recuperate together first!"