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Chapter 743: Terrifying Power (continued)

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    From Shaoguan through Guangzhou to Guilin and Nanning, this national highway, which is thousands of miles long, runs through the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the roads built on this national highway connect all the prefectures, towns, prefectures, and counties in the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi into a network.  , set up ferries and erected pontoons on various rivers.  Some people boast that in Guangdong and Guangxi, people can start from the more prosperous market towns and arrive at the equally prosperous market towns in Guangdong and Guangxi.  This is far from being an official unit above the county level.  This project, which is enough for Jiang Yihong to write a special note on his own chronology, family tree, and epitaph for his descendants, was completed in just a few years.  "Yes! When my lord issued the bill, I was so frightened that I even thought of committing suicide, not to mention abandoning my official position and returning to my hometown. At that time, Guangdong and Guangxi had just put down the anti-donation and grain resistance in various places.  The rebels had just defeated the British invaders. If someone else was in charge of Guangdong and Guangxi, they would have to stay quiet and rest with the people. However, our lord did the opposite and recruited dozens of people at once.  Thousands of migrant workers started this major project. "When he received the official document and road planning and design plan, as well as the numerical distribution plan for recruiting migrant workers, Jiang Yihong was so frightened that he thought of committing suicide.  He seemed to see Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty digging the canal, Emperor Qin Shihuang building the Great Wall, and before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty also built river construction on the Yellow River. As a result, the great construction caused great chaos in the world.  "I don't know if the stone man has one eye. The world will be turned upside down when this thing comes out." "Oh! Thinking about that day, it was really ridiculous. If it weren't for the colleagues around me who stopped me, I'm afraid that the grass on my grave would be gone.  It's already three feet tall." Jiang Yihong also joked about his own embarrassing incident.  That time, the official office sent him more than ten official documents at once, divided into categories. He only saw the first few documents and was frightened to the point of committing suicide.  If the subordinates around him hadn't reminded him that there were several official documents, which seemed to be talking about money and food for the construction of this project, rations for migrant workers, etc., this would have stopped him from committing suicide.  As a result, after reading all the documents, I discovered that this large-scale construction of roads and dredging of rivers was also a skill that allowed the local area to recover quickly.  However, the premise is that you must have money and food, a large number of tools made of fine iron, and a relatively reliable team of cadres.  When Jiang Yihong was at the Pearl River Pier, he saw baskets of spades, picks, hoes and other fine iron tools unloaded from ships, grains, rice, oil and salt worth thousands of stones carried from the cargo hold, and piles of  When he picked up a mountain of silver coins wrapped in red mulberry paper and larger butter-oiled Tongbao, he believed that the official document from the office said that the money, food and tools were ready. As long as he was responsible for organizing the construction manpower,  It turns out it's all true.  "It turns out that the master's plan was to use work for relief." With reliable money and food, Jiang Yihong became more courageous.  Immediately order people to post notices in all prefectures, states and counties, and at the same time issue official documents to inform officials everywhere that the Lord will build roads on a large scale throughout Guangdong and Guangxi, and order officials at all levels to cooperate!  The content of the announcement is also very simple, it is similar to a job recruitment notice.  It is stipulated that a young and middle-aged labor force can be paid three meals a day on the construction site every day, and wages are paid every month.  If you have to work overtime, you will be entitled to night meals and overtime pay.  It is specifically stated at the end of the list that the workers can choose whether they want silver coins or physical goods such as grain, rice, oil, salt, cloth, etc.  This time, all places in Guangdong and Guangxi became lively.  The original instability factors suddenly disappeared.  Originally!  As long as you are willing to work hard, you can have a stable meal and a bowl of food when you go to the official's house to build roads, as well as wages.  Why do you want to rebel and cause chaos with your head in your hands?  However, it would be a lie to say that there were no minor disturbances here and there.  However, the situation in different places is different, and the natural expression methods are also different.  For example, in Meixian, Jiaoling and other places, Hakka women went to the recruitment office to register. After being rejected by the officials, a shrewd woman took an official document and accused the official in charge of recruitment: "The notice of the Duke of the country did not say no.  Woman, just say that you have a suitable young and middle-aged labor force. No, I will pick up a load and walk dozens of miles for you to see!" The officials present were speechless.  In desperation, he had no choice but to write a letter to the peak to ask for instructions.  The reply he got was, "Did my lord ever say he doesn't want women?!" As a result, a large number of Hakka women happily appeared on the road construction site.  In Guangxi, what is even more troublesome for officials is that ethnic minorities from various mountains and forests also go to the recruitment office to sign up with gongs and drums.  Not only did they want to participate in the work of building roads for the Lord, but they also said that we don¡¯t want money, only oil, salt and cloth. They were also very enthusiastic and wanted to start construction immediately, and they had to be given tools on the spot!  The local Han people are unhappy. It is obvious that they are here to grab jobs and business!  Moreover, these barbarians have lived in the mountains and forests since childhood, traveling across mountains and ridges.On the flat ground, if they arrive at the construction site, will they still be within our scope?  Ever since, the two groups started to quarrel.  Fortunately, the officials present to recruit migrant workers were brought to Guangxi by the second son, Li Huabao, and were relatively experienced and courageous in handling similar matters.  Immediately, he ordered his soldiers to separate the two groups of people who were about to break out into a fight: "Those who do not obey orders will be disqualified from recruitment! And they will even sit down! Any village that dares to cause trouble will not be allowed to recruit workers! And from now on, no more workers will be allowed in that village."  Trade!" This first lesson taught these recruits a solid discipline lesson.  You must obey orders, otherwise you will be in trouble.  This is the simplest and most vivid conceptual awareness instilled in their minds.  "The people are all under the rule of the Duke of the country. How can we distinguish between Han, Miao, and barbarians?! If we talk about barbarians, there are a lot of barbarians in our South Guangdong Army! My lord has long said that, whether you are Han or barbarian, just see if you are  "Abide by the laws and identify with China!" Or, you just abide by the laws and wait for the arrangements of the recruiting officials.  Or, if you object to the recruitment of officials, you will be disobeying orders.  This dilemma was placed in front of the Han people and so-called barbarians present. As long as there was no problem in their heads, they all chose the lesser of two evils.  These small disturbances are taking place in different places with different plots.  However, in the face of Li Shouhan's strong material foundation, the road construction project was carried out in full swing.  "At first I was shocked when I saw that the construction cost of each mile of national highway was about 150 silver dollars. This is not building a road! This is clearly paving the ground with money! Although there is  It includes the wages and wages of the civilians, but it is also a frightening amount. From east to west, from south to north, the number of national roads in our land is more than ten thousand miles!  There are also ferries to be set up on the rivers along the way, and floating bridges to be built in areas where the water is gentle. " "That day in Guangxi, the students had the same view as the adults when they first saw it. However, when they saw Qinzhou, Lianzhou and so on.  When seeing the grain, rice, and oil, salt, and cloth being transported day and night at the harbor, the student's heart returned to his stomach. In the land of Guangxi, the Miao and Yao people are not the same as the Han people.  They only care about gold and silver, and only care about rice, grain, salt, cloth and other things. With these things, students can ensure that there will be no chaos in this generation, and they can even go to the road construction site with great joy. In their opinion, even if it is for free.  The colorful silver coins and the yellow tongbao were not as valuable as those thick and beautiful calico cottons, or as valuable as a jar of refined salt as crystal clear as snow. They had to exchange the silver for these things with Han merchants, so they might as well go directly to the government.  The scene at the road construction site is just like what Jiang Yihong and Huang Xigong lamented: sufficient material support, full wages paid at the end of the month, and enough food.  Food makes road construction workers a rather enviable profession.  Moreover, based on the Nanyue Army¡¯s experience in organizing similar projects in various places for many years, workers are often given the following choice when paying wages: ¡°You are a big worker and have six overtime working days. According to regulations, you can work this month.  The salary is three and a half silver dollars. Including the night shift allowance, you can get a total of four silver dollars. Do you want silver dollars or shopping vouchers? You can go to the shopping point attached to the construction site to exchange them for six dollars.  Goods with silver dollars, fine agricultural tools, flower cloth, cotton cloth, oil and salt, grain, rice, needles, thread, rouge and pollen, all kinds of things, there are so many of them!" "Most people are faced with the real good things in front of them!  They all chose to exchange their wages for this real product, after all!  Isn¡¯t it that everyone works hard just to have money to buy these things?  Now not only do I no longer have to negotiate with those small vendors, I don¡¯t have to endure their evil exploitation.  The Duke of Guo also rewarded us with many things!  Those people who came from the villages of Miao and Zhuang people saw that in the past, a chicken could be exchanged for a needle, but now they were placed there casually like grains of rice in a rice vat.  Big bundles of whole calico cotton cloth exuded a warm and pleasant atmosphere.  "If you want a set of large and small needles, I will give you a thimble and a ball of five-color thread. I only need twenty tongbao." "A piece of fine thick cotton cloth and half a silver dollar is enough!" "A hoe, a pickaxe, a plow stick,  An axe, a set of tools commonly used at home, only costs one silver dollar! "Every road construction camp scattered in the wilderness has become a hot land that radiates outward.  Not only were the migrant workers working on the road enthusiastically working with high morale, but the nearby villagers also benefited from it.  The vegetables they grew, the fish they raised, the chickens and ducks they fed, and the various fruits in the orchard all became things needed on the construction site.  Of course, they have no other requirements, "No need to give us silver dollars and Tongbao, just give us shopping coupons!"We also want to buy something to take home!  ¡± During this period of time, Li Shouhan apparently spent at least 150 silver dollars per mile of road. However, a large number of Nanzhong industrial products were turned into commodities to offset the cost. A large amount of rice  It was transported out of the warehouse and processed into rice grains, which became the rations of the people. I am afraid only the figures listed in the account books in the office can tell clearly what the costs, profits, impacts, and benefits are.  As officials trained by traditional education, Jiang Yihong and Huang Xigun were also outstanding people. They only saw that wherever this big project went, not only did it not disturb the people, but the local area quickly became stable, and the economy and people's livelihood improved rapidly.  (Just kidding, a large amount of daily necessities and funds have flowed in, and there is a huge demand for supplies. It¡¯s crazy if the local economy doesn¡¯t recover!) ¡°Sir, the student also followed the second young master to various construction camps that day.  It¡¯s a little bit of insight.  "    "oh?  Zong Lin, I would like to hear your wise words and hear the details!  " "Every road construction camp, no matter what tasks it is responsible for or who is composed of it, is controlled by the Military Art Department.  Every day when they go in and out to work, they all line up.  Daily diet and daily life are also based on the military system.  As soon as the horns of Diao Dou sounded, the camp became silent.  Within a few days, the original villagers and people in Xidong became one and became a powerful team.  With students observing from the sidelines, as long as they train a little and are equipped with armor and equipment, they can become a powerful force of hundreds of thousands.  No less than the hundreds of thousands of Lishan prisoners led by Shaofu Zhang Han. Needless to say, it is not difficult to defeat the Six Kingdoms of Kwantung led by Xiang Liang and pacify the world!  ¡± Huang Xigun is absolutely right. Civilians everywhere are organized according to the Southern Guangdong Army, starting from the most basic A-level to a certain battalion named after a road construction camp (similar to the modern certain section)  Three meals a day, starting and finishing work, taking breaks, working overtime, and patrolling and maintaining construction sites and camps all adopted the system of the South Guangdong Army. This allowed these hundreds of thousands of civilians to quickly transform from lazy and unorganized farmers.  The mountain people have become reserve soldiers who have a sense of discipline and organization in their minds, have mastered queue movements, and have basic awareness of military qualities. However, these civilians themselves may not be aware of this.  Huang Xigun understood. "The student has just arrived in the provincial capital to take over the post of governor. It is necessary to understand the government affairs of the province with the chief envoy and other colleagues.  You wouldn¡¯t know it if you didn¡¯t see it, but it really shocked the students!  In the past few years, Guangdong has experienced neither military disasters, banditry, floods or droughts, so it can be considered a good year.  However, this way, there will be more rice reserves in the official warehouses and people's houses everywhere.  It's time for new rice to be harvested, but the old grain stored in warehouses has nowhere to digest for the time being.  In previous years, old grain could be shipped to the north, to the Central Plains, and to the south of the Yangtze River.  But now, the Lord has issued an order prohibiting the shipment of grain and rice to the north.  Anyone who exports grain and rice must have an official passport. Violators will be punished as smuggling.  Sir, think about it, this is true for our province of Guangdong. The various places in Nanzhong under the jurisdiction of my lord have more than ten times more grain and rice than Guangdong.  " "If you say so, my lord's large-scale military expansion this time will not only not shake the country's foundation, but also be of great benefit to the country, just like building roads?  "Jiang Yihong used an ivory beard comb to comb his beard, which had become sparse and gray, and thought deeply about Huang Xigun's words. Jiang Yihong still has a good idea of ??the amount of rice stored in the government warehouses in Guangdong Province. These days  In 2008, Guangdong Province, especially the Pearl River Delta region, was really in a good year. The government warehouses were worth at least tens of millions of stones.  If the amount of rice in the private grain reserve is at least two more, rice has the advantage of being easier to store and has a longer storage time than processed rice. Therefore, Li Shouhan stipulated that all rice should be stored.  Warehouses that require long-term storage, whether they are official or private, are all in the form of rice.) "The grain and rice stored in our province of Guangdong can supply the needs of millions of soldiers and horses for at least one year.  !  It just so happens that money and industrial products are used to purchase rice from the villagers and process it into grain and rice. Not only to ensure military supplies, the private sector will also be able to benefit from this major conquest!  " Huang Xigun stood up, straightened his robe, and bowed deeply to his senior. "The student has also walked to the hinterland of Nanzhong.  I saw that the soldiers and civilians in Nanzhong were just like the people of Qin in Guanzhong, and they were happy when they heard about the war.  I didn't understand it at first, but later I gradually understood the secret.  It's just that soldiers, civilians, factory owners and businessmen can all benefit from the great conquest, so they are eager to fight when they hear the sound of drums and drums.  Since the old gentleman is now an official under the command of Liang Guogong, why not follow the example of the forefathers and implement this system in Guangdong and Guangdong.  At that time, students were willing to lead Guangdong¡¯sProvincial officials follow the old gentleman Jiwei, thinking that he is attached to Qingyun!  " Jiang Yihong heard Huang Xigun's words clearly and understood the meaning behind his words. As a veteran bureaucrat, Jiang Yihong jumped from the Chief Envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi to the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he has been doing so peacefully for the past few years.  He is an official, has eight seats in his house, and is very prestigious. He also has a lot of money in his pocket every month. He naturally knows where this benefit comes from.  Did you achieve today¡¯s results? Huang Xigun made it very clear just now. As long as you take the lead and take another step forward, our officials from Guangdong and Guangxi will follow you. Let¡¯s take another step forward together.  In other words, he is the minister of Conglong! "Although I am a few years old, my heart for the country and the people does not dare to be inferior to the princes.  As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, I am willing to do it personally.  What's more, my lord's move is an act to rejuvenate the world, and we are naturally shouldering the responsibility!  "
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