The old Dezhou City had been burned by Li Ze that year, but the new Dezhou City was re-located by the Weixin River. Since Li Ze was still in Chang'an, the most basic construction of Dezhou New City began, mainly the reconstruction of the Weixin River embankment and the wharf. By June, a large number of craftsmen moved here, the construction of the new city was quickly accelerated.

Now half a year has passed, and the walls of the new city are still on the plan, but the workshop area, residential area and commercial area have all taken shape. The construction of the new city is still in accordance with the most common lifang construction in this era. Each house has an independent existence, but it is built together by roads.

Under the unified allocation of the Du Branch of Wuweijie Town, the construction of Dezhou New City is really a matter of something, and all parties support it. It is Wuyi and Xindu, which are now extremely developed, have been mobilized by all places, and a large number of people have been mobilized to enter Dezhou to support the construction of Dezhou.

It is the middle of winter, and there is nothing to do, and everyone is calling for the construction of Texas. Of course, Wuwei Jie Town does not recruit these people in vain, but pays salaries for these recruited young people every day.

It is absolutely not too much to pay 50 cents a day, but when you eat in the collective canteen here, you can't spend ten cents a day. The big black steamed buns are full, but only one cent. If you are willing to spend money, there is also meat. However, a bowl of braised pork costs ten cents, and most people will definitely not be able to bear it. After eating one meal in ten days and half a month, you will feel happy. Most people have prepared a lot of pickled buns when they set off, and pickled buns are the perfect match. If you spend another penny and buy a bowl of bone soup, it will be even more beautiful. If you have a good relationship with the bosses, you may be scooped a large bone for you. The Kaba Kaba chewed it and sucked all the bone marrow inside. The nutrition is still great.

When I was free, I went to dig the rat hole in groups in three or five, dig a hole in the river to dig a hole in the ice, and put a fishing line down. I could get a few fish without much effort, create a fire, and cook it, which was also a very happy thing.

Of course, it is quite hard to work at this season, but for them, hard work is worth it? When will ordinary people not work hard to eat in order to have a bite of food? I really can’t imagine a day like this!

In the past, I had to perform labor service, but it was voluntary labor. Not only did I have to bring my own food, but I didn’t have a penny to receive it. In the past, I was levied to perform labor service. For ordinary people, they would have a skin even if they didn’t die. But now, everyone is rushing to come.

The first batch of people who came here, a little more agile, have now become a big hit. Thinking about the scene when everyone shouted to say goodbye to their families when they were recruited, it is funny now.

When I arrived, I realized that it was completely different from the past.

The first batch of people who came were basically the poorest and least uninformed people in the local area. Now these people are shaking because they came early and Texas lacks staff everywhere. Most of them directly became apprentices of craftsmen. Even if they could not become apprentices, they learned a lot of things because they were close to each other. When people were recruited on a large scale, some of these people learned skills and turned into craftsmen. Even if they were not good, they could become foremans.

Don’t underestimate this change in identity. It’s completely different for them. At least, the daily salary has increased significantly.

The craftsman receives a monthly salary of no less than five stakes per month, and the young foreman also receives a hundred stakes per day, which is twice as much as ordinary workers who work in coolies.

Whenever it is time to start, you can roughly see who came early and who came later. Because they came early, they eat much better than what they came later. At least ten cents a bowl of braised pork, those who came early can still afford it.

The supply and marketing cooperative in Wuwei also opened many stores here, and the items sold were all-inclusive, and the prices were cheaper than the local prices in Cangzhou and Dizhou. This made people from these two places very excited. After saving some money, they came here excitedly to buy things to store them. They could have paid some money and brought them back to the convoy that transported materials here, but these people were reluctant to leave the money. Anyway, when they came, they explained the return date on the day. During the Chinese New Year, carrying them back in large and small bags can give their families some surprises.

When they thought of putting the things they bought on the kang in the house and taking out a few strings of jingling yellow copper coins from their arms, the men were all full of energy from their wives and children's admiration.

The construction of Dezhou New City is in full swing, which naturally comes from the large infusion of funds from Jin Mantang, a big salt merchant in Yangzhou. Otherwise, Li Ze would never have invested so much money here. Even if he doesn't fight, he wouldn't be able to afford so much money for the moment, let alone fighting with Lu Long in full swing!

Li Ze directly abandoned the proposal of levying labor for free in the past, but instead adopted the practice of paying labor wages. This proposal was opposed by most people in the shogunate of Wuweijie Town, and even people like Zhang Hui did not agree. In their opinion, it is natural for the people to serve labor.

But Li Ze did not think so. Forced labor recruitment seems to save money, but the work enthusiasm and attitude of laborers are destined to be far higher. If force is used to deal with the people, wouldn’t the things he did to please the people before be wasted?

Giving money seems to have paid a lot, but it is absolutely cost-effective to get the people's enthusiasm, high efficiency and greater support for themselves.

What's more, he is not short of money now!

Later facts proved Li Ze's correctness. Zhang Hui was convinced this time. The speed of construction of the Dezhou New City far exceeded that of the Wuwei Shogunate. More importantly, the first batch of people who had originally issued a round of corvee service in March were unwilling to go back after the expiration. This was almost unimaginable when they had experienced it.

The construction of Texas New City has more personnel, and more importantly, these people have become experienced people.

Wuwei Jie Town seems to have paid a lot of money, but in fact, the money paid has flowed back to the treasury of Wuwei in another form. One-third of the salary earned by each worker every day has been returned because of food and accommodation. When the supply and marketing cooperatives sell various materials here at a price higher than the wholesale price but slightly lower than the market retail price, these people who earned wages have a strong desire to buy.

After a while, about two-thirds of the money earned by these people came back in various forms, and only one-third of the money they could take home.

However, Zhang Hui found from the monthly branch report that the flow of money actually made Wuwei Jiezhen make money. This made Zhang Hui a little unable to do it, and if he didn't understand, he would learn it. This was the great scholar's principle of being a human being. So when he had free time, the Wuwei secretary began to run to the branch office again. Xia He was naturally the best candidate to answer these questions for him.

When Li Ze defeated Zhang Zhongwu in one fell swoop on the banks of the Yishui River and returned to Wuyi, Zhang Hui excitedly reported his major discovery to Li Ze. It turned out that large-scale infrastructure construction, which seemed to cost a lot of money, could actually drive the prosperity and prosperity of the local economy.

Li Ze laughed loudly.

This is something that ordinary people know in later generations. Whenever the economy is in a downturn, the country will start the construction of infrastructure on a large scale to stimulate domestic demand and stimulate consumption. But at this time, it is indeed a brand new knowledge.

Only when money flows can it play its greatest role. The money hidden in the cellar will always be just a pile of heavy scattered copper and iron.

Zhang Hui is the most desirable civil servant Li Ze is the most respected. He has knowledge that the world admires. Moreover, this person is not a fool who reads stupidly, but a kind of real master who has a profound study of Confucianism. If such a person understands economics again, it will naturally be of great help to his future development.

Doing something yourself may be regarded as a life-threatening person, but if you have endorsements from the chapter, you are afraid that there will be a huge reduction in the number of people who resist. In this regard, a hardcore like Cao Xin will definitely not be able to do it.

Cao Xin is a famous figure in the north, but the influence of Zhang Hui is the whole world.

Walking on some of the completed streets of Texas New Town, Li Ze looked at his new work with satisfaction. There was no mud at the ground, and the ground did not use stone slabs for extravagance. Instead, they all used waste bricks, filled with burned coal ash, and then pulled heavy stones with livestock and rolled them repeatedly, flattening them one layer after another. After repeated attempts, the ground was as hard as iron, and the hardness of mud was no longer the pain of mud. And doing so was considered a waste utilization. Texas New Town produces a lot of these things every day, and in Texas Old Town, there are countless of these things, as many as you need.

On both sides of the road, the big trees transplanted earlier were cut down to only some of the main branches, and the lower half was even coated with lime. By the spring of the following year, I think I will see new sprouts.
Chapter completed!