Chapter 423 North Korean laborers
After Zhou Chong and his other two inspected the military academy, they did not go back to Songjiang directly, but went to the northeast of Songjiang Prefecture, which is the direction of the later Shanghai city. There is still a piece of farmland and river beach, but now they are all under the governor of the Four Seas.
The government requisitioned, and the local people also received sufficient compensation. Zhou Chong planned to build a Songjiang new city here. After all, the original Songjiang old city seemed a bit too far from the Yangtze River or the sea, which was not conducive to future development.
Songjiang New City actually belongs to the jurisdiction of Shanghai County under Songjiang Prefecture. In addition, Zhou Chong also missed the prosperous demon city in later generations very much, so he directly named this new city Shanghai. This is the first time that Shanghai has been
When the city was officially established, Zhou Chong became the builder of Shanghai and was also written into history by later generations.
Zhou Chong also placed great hope for this new Shanghai city under construction. In order to drive the development of this city, the newly built Governor's Office, the Censor's Office and the Governor's Office are all here.
On the river beach at the mouth of the Yangtze River, Zhou Chong is also preparing to spend a lot of effort to build several large-scale wharfs. As long as the wharf is built, with Shanghai's geographical location, the sea trade will surely flourish, and then the sea trade will develop.
For cities, whether it is financial, material and manpower, it can be easily found, so now it only needs to get a few infrastructures in Shanghai New City.
But Shanghai New City is not as good as military academy. After all, this is a real city, and its scale is far from comparable to military academy. So when Zhou Chong arrived at Shanghai New City, he saw a busy construction site, and the labor recruited from nearby were among the craftsmen.
Under the command of the country, they worked hard to carry soil and stones. Even in the cold winter, they were all tired and sweating profusely. They were only wearing thin clothes, not afraid of the cold wind of winter.
Zhou Chong is naturally an amateur when it comes to building a city, but it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand. As long as the craftsmen understand, these craftsmen are all transferred from the Ministry of Works, and they are all well-known figures in this industry. Just tell them the matter to
They. Then Zhou Chong raised the requirements of Xincheng again, and they would naturally improve according to Zhou Chong's ideas.
So Zhou Chong came here not to watch the craftsmen work, but to encourage the craftsmen and then check whether the food on the construction site is clean. Although pork and mutton cannot be guaranteed every day, the fish is very cheap. At least it is guaranteed to be done.
Living people can eat a fish every day. After all, they are all coolies, and it is not easy to work in winter, so you must ensure that you eat.
Zhou Chong's approach to the people was learned from the news broadcasts of later generations. The officials there went to the countryside to express condolences. Although everyone knew that it was a show. However, whether it was a condolence or a condolence, it was a condolence.
The person who was deeply involved in the play was kind and kind. The person who was condolent was crying. Then both sides held their hands tightly, and their eyes were filled with emotion. Finally, those who wanted to be famous got their name, and those who wanted to be profitable were considered happy.
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In contrast, the people of the Ming Dynasty were obviously not as smart as those of later generations. It was the first time they met a senior official like Zhou Chong, so they were all grateful and even had a slight slap in their bodies. This was impossible, after all
Those who come to work are promoted and do small people. They are usually nervous when they see a village chief, let alone a high-ranking official like the governor.
In order not to disturb the craftsmen's work, Zhou Chong had to go back casually. Speaking of which, it came early this winter, and it was colder than before, and it even freezed at night. This is for Xincheng The construction has caused quite a lot of trouble. Now we can only choose some work that is not affected by the weather. The progress is very slow. When the spring is warm next year, all those working will go home to plant spring. In this way, The progress of the project will definitely be greatly affected. The officials of the Governor's Office want to move to the new yamen office as soon as possible. It seems that they have to find a way to solve this problem.
In fact, it is very simple to solve the above problem. Zhou Chong had already thought of it on the construction site, but some details were not very clear, so he needed to find someone who understands it and ask.
The old house of Zhou's family in Songjiang Prefecture, which is Zhou Chong's temporary Governor's Office, Zhou Chong asked the middle-aged man in front of him: "Anliang, North Korea has gradually calmed down now, and the people who have moved the Ming Dynasty have also gained a firm foothold there, but I heard that the original Koreans seemed a little dissatisfied with the migrated Han people. Koreans often gathered to cause trouble. I wonder if this matter is true?"
The middle-aged man in front of Zhou Chong was Li Anliang, the leader of the Ping'an Army. Zhou Chong secretly controlled the Ping'an Army to quell the civil strife in North Korea, and then proposed to the Ming Dynasty in the name of Li Anliang. As a result, North Korea has now become the Ming Dynasty. The territory was moved there by countless Han people. At the same time, Li Anliang was also named the Marquis of Goryeo by Zhengde, and was then assigned to Zhou Chong's Governor's Office to obey the orders.
"Sir, most of the Korean people wanted to be possessed by the Ming Dynasty. After all, they would get the food from the Ming Dynasty. However, after the Koreans were full, they were dissatisfied with the migration of the Han people occupied them. The land, so there was a conflict. Now the court has sent troops to suppress the enemy several times. At the same time, the court is also preparing to move the original Korean people to the Ming Dynasty and live in scattered places. At that time, these Koreans cannot cause any storm!" Li Anliang had a free position on the surface of the Governor's Office, but in fact he was always paying attention to the situation in North Korea and Liaodong, which was also a task assigned to him by Zhou Chong.
"Well, just sending troops to suppress the enemy will definitely lead to problems. Moving inward is a good way, but there are enough people in our Ming Dynasty. If we move in again, these North Koreans will probably only increase the pressure in the country." Zhou Chong said After pausing here, he said, "But I have a good idea. The new Shanghai New Town built by our Governor's Office is slow to go, and after the beginning of spring, it is facing a labor shortage, so you think if you recruit some people from North Korea to work How about it?"
Hearing Zhou Chong's desire to recruit workers from North Korea, Li Anliang immediately lit up his eyes and said, "Sir, this method is good. Although there are many people in the Ming Dynasty, most people only look at the harvest in the fields. Every time it is busy with farming, If you want to go home to work, you can only be a little more leisurely in winter, but it is not suitable for building a city. If you can recruit some people to work in North Korea, it will ease the tension in North Korea, and the other hand, those North Koreans have no land, so they can only Work hard to earn food to support the family, the project progress will definitely grow rapidly, which is a good way to kill two birds with one stone!”
Zhou Chong proposed that North Koreans work, which is indeed a good way to speed up the progress, but for those North Koreans, it is the opposite. After all, they are farming well in North Korea, but because of the needs of the Ming Dynasty, The order was moved to Shanghai to work, working hard every day, but they could only barely make a living, so naturally they did not have the freedom they had before.
Speaking of which, Lee Anliang has lived in North Korea for ten years and married a North Korean woman. He is half a North Korean, but he did not hesitate at all about Zhou Chong's proposal and even praised him very much. This is not
Because Lee Anliang is indifferent and righteous, he needs to get Zhou Chong's strong support in order to avenge his family. Even if Zhou Jin's life is exchanged, he will not hesitate at all, let alone mere North Korea.
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Seeing that Lee Anliang agreed with his thoughts without hesitation, Zhou Chong smiled with satisfaction and said, "Very good, since you also agree to recruit North Koreans to work, and you are the most familiar with the situation in North Korea.
Then I will leave this matter to you. I will have someone allocate the fees required to you. By the time of spring, I will need at least 20,000 North Korean workers!"
"Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely satisfy you!" Li Anliang immediately bowed. Although he has been responsible for paying attention to the trends of North Korea and Liaodong for a while, he has no actual right to handle affairs. Now Zhou Chong is willing to give him
He was also very excited to send a practical matter.
Zhou Chong used people to be kind and powerful. After assigning the next task to Li Anliang, he gave him a sweet date. He smiled and said, "Anliang, I allow you to use the Jinyiwei during this period.
The power of this should have found a lot of situations about the Liaodong Jurchens. Let me tell you, do you have any ideas about these Jurchens?"
When Zhou Chong asked about his revenge, Li Anliang was shocked, but then he said with some frustration: "Sir, after the investigation of his subordinates during this period, it was found that the total number of Liaodong Jurchens was at least one million.
As for the murderer who killed my whole family, it was a certain group of the Jianzhou Jurchens, but as for which Jurchens were, because the time has passed too long, and the Liaodong Jurchens have done a lot of such things.
, so I can't find out now."
When he said this, Li Anliang took a long breath, then smiled with a self-deprecating smile: "I originally wanted to kill all the Jurchens to avenge the family, but so many Jurchens can't kill them just by killing them.
Even if it is only the Jianzhou Jurchens, the number is more than 100,000, not to mention the number of Haixi Jurchens and Savage Jurchens.”
Seeing that Li Anliang was a little discouraged, Zhou Chong smiled and said, "Li Anliang, the number of Jurchens is drunk, but our Ming Dynasty has more troops. Although I cannot mobilize the Ming Dynasty's troops to help you revenge,
But there are no other ways. For example, now, I have a way to help you get revenge. I wonder if you are willing to do it?"
Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Li Anliang was shocked again and said excitedly: "Sir, please tell me that as long as you can avenge your family, even if you are crushed to pieces, you will go to the eighteenth level of hell after death, An Liang is willing to do it!" (
Chapter completed!