Arriving at the main hall, after everyone took their seats, Sister-in-law Zhen took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for everyone.
Li Yizhi looked at Sister-in-law Zhen, who had a pretty face, smiled slightly and said, "Thank you very much."
Kou Zhong said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Zhen, why are you always the first to pour tea for Mr. Li?"
Sister-in-law Zhen's face turned red with embarrassment and she glanced at Li Yizhi carefully. Seeing that Li Yizhi's expression remained as usual, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
She glanced at Kou Zhong and said coquettishly: "Master Li is the leader of the Beggar Clan and has the highest status. Naturally, I will be the first to serve him tea."
After saying this, she slowly retreated.
Kou Zhong was still winking. Li Yizhi shook his head and ignored him, but said to Tian Wen: "Mr. Tian, now that the Beggar Gang has gone on a regular track, and I am taking care of it openly, some of our original industries
The plan can now be implemented."
"Well, what industries are Yizhi planning to engage in? To be honest, although our Beggar Gang has developed very quickly during this period, it has also consumed a lot of money."
Tian Wen nodded and said in a deep voice: "Now we have just consolidated the beggars in Yangzhou, and we have already spent tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although our current assets are quite abundant, we cannot withstand such consumption."
Recruiting beggars actually doesn't cost much, the main thing is training talents.
In order to cultivate a group of backbones as quickly as possible, each person can be said to be piled up with money, and a huge amount of materials are consumed.
Li Yizhi looked at Xu Ziling, who quickly handed the sandalwood box in his hand to Tian Wen.
Tian Wen opened it in confusion and saw a pile of drawings inside.
"Mr. Tian, these are the drawings I draw in my daily life, including the method of making steel, drawings of various lathes, and drawings of various living appliances, all of which have not yet appeared in this world."
Li Yizhi said: "There is no need to talk about the method of steel-making. In the future, when we compete for world hegemony, we will naturally not be short of weapons. The steel produced by my method of steel-making is not only of high quality, but also has a huge output."
"You may be unfamiliar with various lathe drawings. These are to speed up production efficiency. You will naturally understand after reading them later."
"As for the remaining household appliances, these are simple to produce but have novel styles. They should be popular among people and can make money quickly."
Tian Wen frowned slightly and said: "Yizhi, these daily utensils are not bad. Whether they are beggars or refugees, you can find a lot of carpenters. But this steelmaking and lathes probably require a lot of skilled craftsmen."
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Li Yizhi smiled and said: "I have been prepared for this for a long time. There is a craftsmanship camp under the Yangzhou Prefecture. There are a large number of skilled craftsmen in it, all of whom participated in the construction of the Jiangdu Palace. I will cancel the craftsmanship camp in the future.
, you can just accept it when the time comes."
Jiangdu Palace represents the pinnacle of contemporary craftsmanship, and the craftsmen who can participate in its construction are all top-notch craftsmen.
It's just a pity that such talents cannot get the respect they deserve in this era.
Now that Li Yizhi has become the prefect, these people will naturally take advantage of him.
At that time, based on these craftsmen, he can quickly improve the industrial level of the world. Not to mention inventing things like steam engines, he can at least reach the industrial level he built in Yitian World.
Because he has an engineering background, Li Yizhi learned all kinds of industrial technologies in Yitian World, but now he just copied them.
When Tian Wen heard this, he couldn't help but smile with joy, stroked his beard and said, "If that's the case, then I won't have any problems."
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One month passed in the blink of an eye.
It's not too long, it's not too short, it's enough for Li Yizhi to do a lot of things.
First of all, he used superb means to completely control Jiangdu County. The county magistrates below surrendered one after another and did not dare to disobey.
Secondly, the bandits in Jiangdu County have now completely disappeared due to Luo Tong's powerful crackdown.
It can be said that today's Jiangdu County can be said to have good government and good people.
Because of this, Li Yizhi gained a very high reputation among the people.
After clearing out the bandits in the territory, Li Yizhi visited each county one by one to observe the people's sentiments.
He found that large areas of wasteland were being reclaimed, and there were camps for refugees in many places. It seemed that Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi had not been lazy during this period, and all his decrees had been implemented.
As soon as he returned to Yangzhou, Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi came to greet him.
In just one month, the two people who were originally fair and fat are now thin and dark.
Li Yizhi praised: "Yes, I have noticed your efforts this month. The previous matters have been canceled. At the same time, your salary will be increased by 50% in the future."
Xue Zhen and Gao Shouyi breathed a sigh of relief and felt relaxed. They no longer had to worry about being settled afterwards.
Li Yizhi said: "However, although the previous matters have been wiped out, you must not slack off and increase efforts to resettle the refugees. Nowadays, war is raging in the world, and a large number of refugees are pouring into Jiangdu County. We must resettle them in time to avoid the emergence of
Civil unrest."
Gao Shouyi wondered: "Prefect, there is no problem in resettling the refugees, but there is not much money in the treasury now. If we don't talk about resettling the refugees, I am afraid that this month's official salary will not be paid out."
Li Yizhi frowned and said, "How come there is no money? I remember that when I counted the treasury, there was still more than 400,000 taels of silver."
Gao Shouyi was about to cry and said hurriedly: "Prefect, my subordinates are not greedy at all. Our stall is really too big. We have attracted nearly 100,000 refugees this month alone. Not to mention
The money spent on eradicating bandits is like running water!"
Xue Zhen also looked sad and said: "Prefect, now our reputation in Yangzhou for recruiting refugees has spread. It can be foreseen that more refugees will come in the future. If there is no money for resettlement by then, disaster is not far away."
Li Yizhi looked solemn. If the refugees use it well, the place will naturally prosper; but if it is used improperly, there will be various uprisings in minutes, and Jiangdu County cannot withstand the torment at all.
However, he was unable to prevent refugees from other places from coming, which was against his martial arts beliefs.
Therefore, Li Yizhi must persist, at least until after the autumn harvest.
Because the government does not resettle the refugees for free, it converts various inputs into money and lends them to the refugees. After the refugees have harvested, the government will return the money on schedule, thus forming a virtuous cycle.
Otherwise, no matter how rich the family fortune is, it will not be able to withstand the hardships.
Li Yizhi is not short of money. Let's not talk about the share of salt production from the cooperation with the Song family. Let's talk about the industry run by the Beggar Gang, which is now gradually developing.
Not to mention too much, my monthly income is still tens of thousands taels.
However, he could not directly subsidize the money to the prefect's mansion, otherwise Yu Wenhua would give a memorial to Yang Guangcan to win people's hearts and have evil intentions, and he might be imprisoned.
"It seems that the bank's plan can be put on the agenda, and this is also an opportunity."
Li Yizhi thought to himself.
Since he can't give it directly, he can set up a bank, lend his money to the Jiangdu County government, and use it as an opportunity to support the development of the bank in an open and honest manner.
With the money bank and finding a way to obtain the right to mint coins, he would no longer have to worry about money in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Yizhi said to the two of them: "I have my own plans regarding the money. You don't have to worry about this. Just try your best to resettle the refugees."
Gao Shouyi and Xue Zhen hurriedly agreed, bowed and said, "Yes, Grand Administrator."
Although in the beginning, they had to surrender because of Li Yizhi's ferocity.
But after working together for a month, they were truly moved by what Li Yizhi did and surrendered.
They once had dreams and passions, but they gradually fell into decline in this officialdom, and now Li Yizhi is awakening their former ambitions.