In mid-July, when Prince Xin, Li Xin, returned to Dongning City, the city had already received more than 70,000 refugees in ten batches.
Under the arrangement of Liu Jingxuan, Wei Jun and others, these more than 70,000 migrants underwent job selection.
As soon as Li Xin returned to the Prince's Mansion, he was pleasantly surprised upon hearing the reports from Liu Jingxuan and the others.
"So many?"
Li Xin's eyes widened in surprise as he asked, "Are all the different jobs available?"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Liu Jingxuan took out a document and handed it to Li Xin, saying, "Among the more than 70,000 refugees, more than 2,300 are literate."
Nine hundred and thirty-six people were selected from among them. After a short training, they have been assigned to positions in Dongning Prefecture, responsible for registering household information, screening refugees, and other related matters.
Other literate people also began training; these individuals would serve as reserve teachers for schools.
"Not bad, not bad!"
Li Xin nodded in satisfaction.
With a smile, Liu Jingxuan continued, "Besides that, there are 647 blacksmiths, 1,200 carpenters, 3,100 charcoal burners, and over 1,000 potters..."
In addition, the Prince's Guard recruited another 5,000 new soldiers.
"Yeah?"
Li Xin's eyes widened, his face beaming with joy. "Five thousand people already?"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Wei Jun nodded and replied, "The monthly salary standard set by our Prince's Guard has attracted a large number of people to join the army."
These 5,000 people were selected after going through multiple rounds of screening.
It is expected that the number of people will continue to increase.
"The quality of soldiers is more important than their quantity."
Li Xin thought for a moment and then said, "Now, we should appropriately raise the requirements and try to select honest, reliable, and hardworking people to join the Prince's Guard."
Newly recruited soldiers should also accelerate their training.
Wei Jun assigned the Divine Might Battalion, Divine Martial Battalion, and Divine Valor Battalion to be in charge of training.
We must develop combat capability as soon as possible!
"clear!"
Wei Jun nodded quickly.
He knew that after this expansion of the Prince's Guard, the total strength would exceed ten thousand.
At that time, it will be time to march north and recover the lost territory.
Therefore, Wei Jun also took it quite seriously.
After arranging matters concerning the Prince's Guard, Li Xin then made arrangements for the other skilled workers.
The newly recruited blacksmiths, carpenters, miners, and others should also make good use of their skills.
After all, with more people, production needs to be expanded.
Coal mines, iron mines, charcoal kilns, cement kilns, lime kilns, brick and tile kilns, pottery kilns, ironworks, steelworks, manufacturing bureaus, etc., all require skilled technical workers.
These individuals will also be assigned to various branches of the Dongning Manufacturing Bureau.
Li Xin believed that with this ample labor force, the production capacity of the Dongning Manufacturing Bureau would be further enhanced.
However, with more people, problems also arise.
Mr. Liu,
Li Xin frowned and asked, "How are the grain reserves in our Dongning City?"
"I'm afraid it won't be enough for so many people?"
"Yes, Your Highness, the gap is quite large."
Liu Jingxuan sighed and said, "Fortunately, our Dongning City has the experience of getting through last winter."
During this period, after the new migrants were resettled, some elderly people were also sent to various villages to guide them in hunting in the mountains and catching fish in the lakes.
Beat the roe deer with a stick, scoop up fish with a ladle, and pheasants fly into the rice cooker!
Although we in Dongning don't have much grain, we do have plenty of fish in our rivers and ponds!
There are also some wild game, pheasants and the like, which should be enough to sustain us for a while.
The hunting team is also recruiting.
It can hold out for a while.
In addition, in another month or two, the sorghum we planted in the spring will be ready for harvest.
At that time, we can still hold on for a while.
In addition, shipping routes opened by Qingyu Trading Company, Sunji Trading Company, and other companies to Champa, Annam, Siam, and other places have already transported back a large amount of grain.
Recently, they have been purchasing rice in large quantities.
According to the plan, enough grain should be stored up until next spring.
Your Highness can rest assured on this point.
"Uh-huh!"
Li Xin nodded; he knew Liu Jingxuan had done a very good job.
The biggest problem is the procurement of grain.
"Tell Qingyu Trading Company and Sunji Trading Company,"
Li Xin thought for a moment and then instructed, "You can appropriately increase the price when purchasing grain."
Don't be stingy with your money now.
Right now, food is the most important thing!
The more the better!
"We need to spend the money. As long as Dongning develops, why worry about not having money?"
"yes!"
Liu Jingxuan nodded in agreement.
After listening to the reports from Liu Jingxuan, Wei Jun, and others, Li Xin also began to rest.
Heading to Beijing, then back to Dongning.
It's been almost two months since I last visited Dongning.
During this period, Dongning City has also undergone great changes.
After the grassland bandits were driven away, the entire city of Dongning became much calmer.
Without external interference, the construction team's construction speed also increased significantly.
In a short period of time, all six watchtowers in Dongning New City have been completed, and the northern city wall has also been finished.
The city walls on the west and east sides were also six or seven feet high.
The foundation for the city wall on the south side, which faces the sea, has also been laid.
The project is seeing a glimmer of hope.
What pleased Li Xin the most was that the Dongning Manufacturing Bureau's ironworks had also built twelve blast furnaces for ironmaking and four traditional reverberatory furnaces for steelmaking.
It can produce 64,000 jin of wrought iron and 12,000 jin of steel every day.
Although its output was far less than that of steel mills in later generations.
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