Coaxing "Xiaoqing" to do so, but also having women serve as labor force, is something that Li Jie is indeed planning.
The location of Huaizhong City can be considered excellent. However, due to the productivity of this era, transportation between the north and the south is not so convenient. In addition, shipping is also underdeveloped. The population in the south is far less than the population in the Central Plains. This makes life and travel in Wuyue difficult.
Model is destined to be a niche.
But Commissioner Li obviously has no intention of selling himself to the mainstream to save face.
There is a "super coal mine" near Huaizhong City. At the same time, the "Yingrui" alluvial plain will become an extremely fertile grain field as long as the river banks are strengthened. Towards the south, Chaoshu area is rich in iron ore.
Wu State now has the most developed shipbuilding industry in the world, coupled with rich experience in canal construction. The iron ore in the Chao and Shu areas can be transported to Huaizhong City or Jiangyin City through a developed water network, depending on the needs.
Since he chose to play against Gusu Wangji, Commissioner Li was too lazy to fight with the old family of Wu State, so he naturally held up the war-free card, farmed with peace of mind, and developed in a humble way.
And "Jiang Huai" is the cornerstone of Li's fortune.
How to gradually transform from a township enterprise affiliated to Dawu International into a brand new international giant depends on whether the high-quality assets of "Jiang Huai" are fully integrated.
Relying on traditional family ties, Commissioner Li estimates that there will be "infinite scarcity of descendants" and it will take two to three hundred years to successfully digest it.
Commissioner Li doesn't look like he's going to live forever, so naturally he can't wait.
ten thousand years is too long, fight for now!
"How many slave workers are there in the water village now?"
"There are more than 2,600 people."
"Journeyman?"
"Skilled worker. Very skilled in using tools."
"Um."
The water village in Huaizhong City is actually a shipyard. The Huainan mountainous area and the Huaibei woodland have suffered unprecedented damage. At this time, there is a quite vast forestland to the east of Yingshui, mixed in between swamps, and it is not organized logging.
, it is estimated that it will not turn into flat ground for hundreds of years.
And even if the forest land is turned into farmland after felling, it will still take one to two years of "land cultivation" to have any effect.
But this is a matter of killing multiple birds with one stone. Shipyards need to use a lot of wood. Except for some good materials that are stored in the shade for drying, most of the wood is directly dried and steamed before use.
It doesn't matter if you are under stress or not, it's just a transport ship in the inland river anyway.
These ships were an important guarantee for Li Jie's rule on both sides of the Huai River. Before the horse farms could steadily produce large pack animals, ships were the top priority.
"I heard that there are scholars in Chao, Liu and Qunshu who have come to seek refuge. This time, there are fewer people who came alone?"
"Looking back at Li, many of the scholars who came this time came from the same clan. Among them, Qunshu was the most important. There was a doctor's house with more than 10,000 slaves and guests."
"I brought ten thousand slaves here to seek refuge. I really want to seek refuge."
Li Jie was very satisfied. Taking refuge was not just a matter of words. He had to pay a certain amount of accommodation fees, food fees, property management fees, health management fees...
What should I do if I don’t have money to pay? Just use the population to make up for it.
Generally speaking, in a decent doctor's house, there are two or three thousand servants, servants, and savages from the fief, just like playing, at the level of drizzle.
This is true even for officials from small countries.
It's just that the population in the eyes of the nobles of various countries has never included savages and slaves. Can these things be considered human beings? They are all consumables.
But for Li Jie, as long as it is a descendant of the "Terrorous Ape erectus" and can be used, it is a good thing.
In the past, the nobles in Liuchao and other places also wanted to seek refuge with Li Jie, but they were afraid that they would not be able to use their property if they did not have enough money and would lose their status when they came to Wang Mingmao Man's place, so they were more reserved and shy.
Who would have thought that my old uncle would go home and say that this matter is not that troublesome? The requirements for becoming a general are very low, as long as you have animals.
When the scholar-officials thought about it, they may not have many pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep, but they still had a lot of slaves.
No matter what, we have to find a way, where can we make a living instead of making a living?
Then the scholar-bureaucrats discussed the current situation with their retainers and servants, and said that as you can see, the economy is in a slump. The Huaihe River had a violent storm before, and then there was a big flood. The grain production was seriously reduced, and everyone had to survive.
You also have to look at Mr. Li from Dawu International!
In short, the meaning is that as long as you go to Li Dashan's place, you will definitely not die of hunger.
The diners thought that this was not a fool, so they patted their butts and left.
Wherever you go, you are not a fool.
The servants and slaves thought about it and asked their master, Mr. Li from Dawu International, is he great?
That is required!
Let's go.
For many gentry, this moment is about passing on the economic crisis.
Natural disasters have led to a reduction in food production, and a reduction in food production has led to a food crisis. The food crisis has led to a financial crisis for the entire family. The financial crisis of each family has turned into an economic crisis for the entire country.
Everyone can see that things are going smoothly on both sides of the Huai River. Except for Mr. Li of Dawu International, there is no other company.
Not even the originally arrogant and domineering Chu State could do it!
Mr. Li, who was regarded as a great philanthropist by people, was overjoyed when he saw that these protection fees, property management fees, health management fees... were all good things.
The quality of the servants and slaves of noble families is much better than that of Jingman and Huaiyi.
Generally speaking, these servants have a much higher degree of performance, which means they are easier to manage. And even slaves with more than one year have quite good farming experience. If they are not engaged in farming, they often have grazing, felling, and civil construction work.
work experience.
This kind of people are much easier to train than Jingman and Huaiyi people who need to be cultivated from scratch.
Commissioner Li asked about the skilled slave workers in Shuizhai before. In fact, these skilled workers have no shipbuilding experience at all.
But I have come into contact with more or less the tools used in carpentry.
The rest who had never been exposed to carpentry were arranged by Li Jie to work in the Huaizhong Coal Mine. This "super coal mine" was enough for Commissioner Li to use for several generations.
In particular, the difficulty of mining is relatively low. Except for the Huaizhong Coal Mine, only the Hengshan Mountains east of Jiuzi have coal mines that are easier to mine.
But east of Jiuzi is the place where Gongzi Maojielu lives in seclusion. If Commissioner Li reaches over, Gongzi Mao will keep an eye on him, which would be boring.
In the entire Huaizhong Coal Mine, the number of miners invested in the early stage was about two thousand. The main source of miners was not prisoners of war, but the servants and slaves who came to seek refuge with the Li Jie clan.
After all, Qunshu Land is located in the section where the Dabie Mountains enter the Yangtze River. When Emperor Zhou was still so powerful, the quarrying industry in Qunshu Land was quite developed. The quarrying industry since ancient times has made the Qunshu scholar-bureaucrat family
Slaves often work in rocky mountains to survive.
Now asking them to dig coal is just returning to their old business.
From the time Huaizhong Coal Mine officially produced coal, Commissioner Li began to stockpile coal. Homemade coking was a must, and it was only a matter of time before it could be scaled up. However, in the short term, it was only used for ironmaking in small blast furnaces.
Casting iron tools is a more urgent matter, agriculture, shipbuilding, logging industry... are all in extremely short supply of tools. To rely on bronze, Commissioner Li has to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
Now, with the investment of a relatively considerable amount of iron products, the efficiency of production and manufacturing has obviously been greatly improved.
"It's time to further open up wasteland."
After Commissioner Li inspected the shipyard, wood processing plant, and ironworks one after another, he decided to officially organize immigration from Xincai.