Fortunately, they are all the best of the time, so there is no problem with their execution. As long as they do not exceed the scope, they are definitely the elite among the elites.
When Qiao Sanniang heard his words, she immediately responded, "Your Majesty, since your Majesty's order, I have been recruiting skilled craftsmen from the people.
At present, I have recruited over a hundred skilled artisans in various trades, including two who are at the level of master craftsman."
"oh."
Zhao Xin's eyes lit up when he heard this. He had just given a casual order before, but he didn't expect that Qiao Sanniang had already collected so many.
And there were actually two master craftsmen among them.
I couldn't help but praise: "Good, very good!"
Then he asked, "They are good at civil engineering and tool making."
"Yes, both of them are quite proficient in civil engineering and tool making. Among the hundred skilled craftsmen, there should be more than ten who are proficient in each.
Moreover, several of them are disciples of the two great masters, and some are proficient in both."
Zhao Xin was even happier when he heard this. "They're all really versatile talents! Great, very good."
He nodded again and praised, "Sanniang did a good job."
"I dare not. I am only following orders. Moreover, more than half of them originally belonged to the Cui family. When I took over the Cui family's trade route, I also took it over."
Qiao Sanniang was delighted to receive praise from Zhao Xin repeatedly, but she quickly and modestly stated that she had no credit and that it was all thanks to the leadership of His Majesty.
Liu Muzhi and others standing by couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Several people felt as if they were becoming increasingly useless to His Majesty.
When dealing with the Cui family before, in that kind of political struggle, they felt that they were in control of the situation and had great confidence.
Now it comes to the field of governing the country.
They were all full of confidence at first.
Whether it is Liu Muzhi, Yu Qian or Kou Zhunren, they are all experts in this area.
But when the time came, they found that they seemed to be increasingly unable to keep up with the emperor's pace.
For example, the current management of refugees.
They also knew that the emperor intended to adopt the method of work-for-relief.
However, they were completely unable to follow the ideas behind the things Zhao Xin brought out.
But they didn't have time to think about it.
Then he heard Zhao Xin's order: "Liu Qing, Yu Qing."
Liu Muzhi and Yu Qian quickly stood up, bowed and saluted, "Your Highness is here."
"You two are responsible for gathering and managing the refugees. If you don't have enough manpower, ask Liang Xiping to transfer people from the Beijing camp to work with you.
Then, there is no need to provide porridge for them. They can be assigned to work and given rations while working, but only basic rations.
In addition, based on their working ability, workers can be considered to receive some wages in addition to their rations, and the more they work and the better they do, the more they will be paid.
Also, Sanniang, have people build some shops around the refugees' residential areas that provide basic necessities, and tell them that if they want to eat more and better, they can buy it themselves."
"As for what to do, first let them build their own houses, not sheds. Build more houses, and use the surplus to let Sanniang open a workshop or shop.
We must also build more toilets, pay attention to hygiene, and urge them to drink hot water.
With so many people gathered together, if an epidemic breaks out, we'll be doomed.
After the houses are built, we will build roads or renovate the water conservancy projects around Gyeonggi Province.
Once the workshop opens, we can recruit some people."
At this time, Liu Muzhi and others finally understood Zhao Xin's intention of taking out those pages.
But everyone couldn't help but frown slightly, "This... Your Majesty, please forgive me for being so presumptuous, but can this workshop consume so much manpower?
Furthermore, if so many new workshops are built at once, will it have an impact on other businesses in the capital?"
“There will definitely be some impact, but there’s no need to worry about public resentment, because the workshops I asked Sanniang to build are basically not available in the current market, and they are definitely not aimed at ordinary people.
And those businessmen who do business with wealthy families are not ordinary people themselves.
As for how many people can be used, it may not consume much manpower at the beginning, but it doesn’t matter. Even if it does not consume much manpower, the profits from these workshops will allow us to afford more refugees.
As for the remaining manpower that could not be consumed, they continued to be organized to build roads and water conservancy projects as before.
Once the road is repaired, the goods from the workshop will be able to be sold to more distant states and counties.
By then, the merchants in the capital will only get richer, not poorer."
Zhao Xin must have considered these questions raised by everyone a long time ago.
However, as a time traveler, his understanding of this aspect is naturally clearer and more confident than that of others.
After all, what he said was not made up out of thin air, but the result of verification by hundreds of years in later generations.
As for the sales of goods, he is also not worried.
Because what he wants to produce are commodities that transcend the current ones.
For example, porcelain.
In this era when the Qin Dynasty is still basically using pottery and lacquerware is about to be phased out due to raw material problems, when exquisite white porcelain utensils are displayed one by one.
Can those wealthy and extravagant families resist buying it?
No matter how united the aristocratic families are, it is impossible to unite everyone.
When Kou Zhunren and others heard what he said, they were still a little hesitant for a moment, but Qiao Sanniang kept nodding. After all, as a businessman, she could understand Zhao Xin's thinking more easily than anyone else.
Seeing that Kou Zhunren and the others were still hesitant, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Mr. Kou, don't worry, everyone. If we can't sell all the goods in the capital, I can also organize a caravan to go to other counties, or even to the four regions.
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