"By the way, Hongyan, how is the situation in the nursing home? Is the decision on rewards, punishments, etc. going smoothly?" Li Yi turned around and asked.

Chen Hongyan's eyes were still a little dull. When she saw Li Yi asking about this matter, she seemed to have come back to her senses and said: "Recently, the population has increased, and there have been more incidents. The rural nursing home now has to handle some cases every day, but most of them are

Later, Mr. Xu suggested that these trivial matters be handed over to each township head and the village head to handle together, and only some important cases would be heard. This decision was voted and passed in the meeting hall of the township nursing home, and is now being implemented as soon as possible.

"

Chen Hongyan herself is an elder of the rural nursing home, and all decisions are made from the rural nursing home, so she is also very clear about Anxin and Baiyangdian matters.

There are now thirty people in Anxinxiang Old Home, in addition to the old patriarch, Mr.

Kui, Zhao Youlin, and then the township chiefs and village chiefs at all levels.

Originally, the hometown nursing home was divided into Anxin group and Baiyangdian group. Later, Li Yi sent the old patriarch and Xu Lao to Baiyangdian to manage the construction. After the enlightenment, the situation became less and less. In the future, the circulation of Anxin and Baiyangdian managers will be accelerated.

, the integration of the two parties will be a matter of course.

The situation of the Iron Brigade is also very stable. There is no war, and Li Yi, the brigade commander, is not around. In addition to daily training, they can only accompany the battalion commanders, listen to the teacher's lectures, and study and read seriously.

Under the leadership of Zhang San, the private battalion trained in the art of firecracker shooting. Ordnance combat was also indispensable. Although the combat power was not strong, it was the only hot weapon in Li Yi's hand. Especially the specially established artillery post, which allowed the rest of the battalion to

I am so jealous. They are now stationed in Anxin.

The strong camp was stationed in Baiyangdian. On the one hand, it trained, and on the other hand, it escorted prisoners to start construction. Construction projects and road construction projects in various villages gathered thousands of prisoners there, and it almost became a construction corps.

Zhang Mingde's brave camp is now stationed next to the Inspection Department. On the one hand, it monitors Wang Jin's movements, and on the other hand, it shows its strength to the merchants coming and going, letting them understand who is the real ruler around Baiyangdian.

With this series of actions, Anxin (including Baiyangdian) has entered a stable period of development. As long as there is enough money and food supply, it will be like an independent kingdom, stable, harmonious, and beautiful.

It was only at this time that the miserable refugees felt like they were living like human beings.

"So, the blast furnace in the industrial zone has started to operate? How is the ordnance production going?" After asking about civil affairs and military affairs, Li Yi focused all his attention on the industrial zone he specially built.

In fact, the purpose of building a new town is to provide a labor market, sales market and reserve warehouse for the industrial zone. With the increase of population, Anxin's land no longer needs such a large labor force. At this time, all these idle labor forces will be used.

Injecting it into industrial zones and turning them into industrial producers can create more economic value.

The industrial zone now has iron-making blast furnaces, coke kilns, arms factories, and soap factories. Next, Li Yi will build some textile factories, kilns, and the like in Zhulong River. The main rule is that military industry and important inventions must

It should be carried out in industrial areas. If it is not important, you can find a strong location for construction.

"Because we don't have many iron ingots, only 60% of the brave men can equip the ordnance, and only 40% of the country men can equip it. Many of them share a set of ordnance between two people, or use wood to make molds instead." Chen Hongyan

road.

"Such a low equipment rate?" Li Yi frowned. You must know that the Iron Brigade is An Xin's support, and he will lead them to fight a tough battle next year. He did not expect that even the weapons would not be fully equipped.

"Why don't you buy iron ore? The iron brigade is very important and must form combat effectiveness as soon as possible." Li Yi said seriously.

Chen Hongyan glanced at Li Yi hesitantly, but the corners of her mouth moved slightly without saying anything.

Of course Li Yi noticed this situation and asked: "What's wrong?"

As if she had made up her mind, Chen Hongyan said: "During this period, the refugees wandering in the countryside heard about our reputation and began to flock to Anxin. Excluding some treacherous and cunning people, the population of Anxin has begun to reach 40,000.

The growth rate of the number of people has put great pressure on Anxin's money and food. Food and money are being transported out like running water. If there is no inflow of money and food, Anxin may not be able to survive the autumn harvest.

"

"Can't survive the autumn harvest?" Li Yi was startled, and he did not expect this situation.

You must know that after defeating Sishanhu and regaining Baiyangdian, almost all the wealth of the big bandits was confiscated, and he extorted 3,000 taels of silver from Li Wensheng, adding up to a total of 60,000 taels, which is still three thousand taels when converted into currency for later generations.

Wan, is it going to bottom out so soon?

There is also money and grain collected from Sun Dahu, which was originally stored because he could not use so much. It is a huge wealth in total, and it is actually going to be used up?

Li Yi has been busy with the school and the refugees recently, and has been a little distracted. Now that he thinks about it carefully, he feels that it is very possible.

Build new towns, build villages, renovate roads, and expand industrial areas. Each of these projects requires a large amount of materials, and many of the materials can only be bought with money. When they are shipped, an even larger ship will be needed.

The transportation costs are huge and can be imagined as ordinary.

As for manpower, although what Anxin circulates is merit, food and clothing will eventually be exchanged for money and grain. The increase in the amount of work also requires a huge amount of labor. Although Anxin's labor is very cheap, after such a long period of

Projects, coupled with high labor intensity and food consumption, it is no wonder that Anxin's money and food are somewhat unsustainable.

"It can still be sustained now, but it is already very dangerous. Once something happens, Anxin may be in danger of collapse. Li Yi, why don't we stop some projects and wait until after the autumn harvest to make plans." Xiaoyu on the side

He put down the hand covering his face and suggested.

Li Yi was deep in thought, looked at Chen Hongyan next to him, and asked: "Hongyan, how do you feel?"

Chen Hongyan thought for a while and said: "I don't think it is necessary to stop the project for the time being. You must know that the farming period has passed and the farm work is no longer busy. Stopping the project at this time will only make everyone lose their jobs, and problems will be more likely to occur.

"

Li Yi's idea is similar to that of Chen Hongyan. The project must not be stopped. The construction of facilities will be more conducive to the connection of the entire Anxin and can form a stable cornerstone. Only in this way, when foreign enemies invade, the folks of Anxin

Only then will he fight to the death to protect his homeland. Through this project, he will be able to strengthen Anxin's defense and increase the absorption and integration of refugees.

Since the project cannot be stopped, that is, the expenditure cannot be reduced, we can only find ways to increase revenue. Nowadays, the only bandits in Baoding are the ruthless bandits from the Taihang Mountains. With a large number of people, it is impossible to suppress the bandits. And the big households and the government are worried about An Xin.

Being on guard, it is impossible to cooperate with them. All we can do now is to take advantage of the opening of trade routes and do business.

Li Yi knew that the only way he could obtain money and food now was to make good use of this business route.

In fact, he had plans long ago, from designing an efficient iron-making method to developing soap, all in order to earn enough money by selling goods.

Thinking of this, Li Yi and the three of them returned to their residence.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw He Pingmei walking out of the kitchen. She was wearing an apron and her black hair was tied up, revealing a charming face.

"Master, Sister Xiaoyu, are you back?" He Pingmei saw the three people coming in and saluted quickly.

Li Yi took a step forward and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite, just treat it as your own home."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Chen Hongyan snort, glanced at He Pingmei sharply, walked to Li Yi casually, and teased: "Li Yi, you are really good at enjoying yourself. It's not enough for Sister Xiaoyu to take care of you."

, here’s another one.”

This sarcastic tone gave Li Yi a sour taste, so he walked straight into the living room without explaining.

Seeing that Li Yi ignored her, the teasing on Chen Hongyan's face immediately disappeared, and she stamped her feet angrily, looking really annoyed.

Xiaoyu, who was standing next to her, walked over with a smile, grabbed her who was looking for trouble, and told He Pingmei's origins in detail.

Chen Hongyan still had a murderous look on her face, but her eyes were full of smiles. She walked into the living room, looked at Li Yi, and wanted to take the opportunity to warn him not to imitate those stinky scholars who flirt with women.

"Sit down and let me rest for a while." Li Yi's voice was a little tired.

This sentence made Chen Hongyan's heart soften instantly. She sat down slowly and looked at Li Yi lying softly in the chair. His deep eyes were slightly closed, and his breathing was even and long, as if he was about to fall asleep.

Same thing.

Only then did Chen Hongyan remember that the person in front of her was just a boy two years younger than herself.

It must be very tiring after carrying so much.

"Hongyan, how is my mother?" Li Yi asked. At this moment, he seemed extremely fragile.

As long as Chen Hongyan goes to Anxin, she will visit the Wang family and bring some delicious food. She has a purpose of saving the country in a roundabout way, but no one has revealed it.

Now she told Li Yi about Wang's situation.

Wang is still as before, very awake most of the time, managing the affairs of Xinxue. But whenever she gets sick, she will murmur the names of her husband and son, and will hide some food and say that she will leave it for her son.

with...

When she finished speaking and raised her head, she saw that Li Yi had fallen into a deep sleep. His handsome face was very calm, as if he had heard about Wang's hiding of food, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Xiaoyu walked in, smiled and put a blanket on Li Yi, and whispered: "I didn't sleep all night last night, and so many things happened. I am tired after all."

Chen Hongyan nodded and said, "Yes, he is too tired."

After saying that, he smiled at Xiaoyu and whispered sadly: "You have to take good care of him."
Chapter completed!