Chapter 41 The cakes drawn by the princess are big and delicious

Author: Soy Sauce Xuanzhu

Chapter 41 The cakes drawn by the princess are big and delicious

While everyone was impressed by the princess's character and wasted no time in building the camp, Li Yewu also summoned forty masters for the first time and went to a meeting.

Speaking of which, there are a total of 47 villages in the four counties of Taihe Prefecture. These 40 masters are the village chiefs of these villages. The remaining "official positions" are also the more prestigious, capable or popular people in each village.

All in all, those who were recommended as generals could be said to be all the "elites" of the village.

However, no matter how elite they are, to put it bluntly, they are still ordinary mud-legged people. They have suddenly become "masters" and have to command a team of 5,000 people. It would be strange not to be nervous.

After all, in terms of military rank, "master" is actually "general".

Who would have thought that after working as a village chief all his life, he would one day become a general? Who would have dared to think!

Seeing everyone sitting on pins and needles, feeling uncomfortable all over, Li Yewu couldn't help but laugh.

"You don't need to be so nervous, just treat it as a foreman's job."

"Uh...that's what the princess said." Everyone nodded.

But it could be seen from their expressions that they were not comforted at all.

There is no way, even though they want to use this reason to convince themselves, but which foreman has 5,000 people under his command?!

Normally, the total number of corvees in the county and even in Taihe City is less than 5,000. And even if the number exceeds 5,000, they are definitely not in charge...

"There's really no need to be nervous. Although there are many people under your command, they are all acquaintances. Besides, you don't need to use your brains. I will issue all strategic deployments. You only need to be responsible for handing over the tasks layer by layer and supervising them.

As long as they finish it."

It was the first time for everyone to meet a noble person from the Tian family, so naturally the princess did whatever she said.

Everyone nodded vigorously, and no one dared to say no.

Seeing everyone's cooperation, Li Yewu slowly launched her new rural planning blueprint.

"Now that everyone has reached a consensus, let's officially start."

The masters took one look at the scroll and were stunned.

Not to mention how good the painter is, they are just poor people and they can't appreciate it at a high level, but what is painted on it is clear at a glance.

"This courtyard building is really interesting."

"Huh? Although these courtyards are exquisite, they are quite small. They don't look like a palace..."

"It's more like a village than a separate courtyard..."

"You are indeed an outstanding village representative!" Li Yewu nodded happily: "Yes, I am indeed not building a courtyard, but a village. Your task is to build these courtyards."

Everyone was a little surprised: "I wonder what purpose the princess built these villages for..."

"Of course it is used as a talent apartment to introduce talents." Li Yewu answered frankly.

"?" Everyone was confused.

"Well, as you all know, our Taihe City has accommodated too many deserters, but sitting there and living in vain is not the answer after all. I hope to lead them back to the fields."

Everyone was shocked: "The princess wants to... build all the houses for them to attract them back?"

"Oh my god, this is really outrageous. It's a good idea, but the cost is too high..."

"But if I tell you something, this house also makes me excited."

Everyone couldn't help drooling and thought, "I wonder if it's too late to go to the refugee camp now." If it's too late, they will be the first to rush over and sign up when the house is built.

Anyway, it's not about farming, so it doesn't matter if you don't want the shabby thatched house at home. The land in this place is fertile and it's close to the main city. It also has a built yard. It's much better than their remote place in the countryside.

Just when everyone couldn't help muttering, Li Yewu laughed again.

"Don't envy them. As my first batch of employees, I will not treat you badly. There will be many, many places to be built in Taihe Prefecture in the future. You can follow me and work hard. When you make enough money, you can directly buy land and houses and work as a foreign minister.

No need to be a jerk anymore."

"!!!"

This pie is not a big deal, it allows them to rise from mud-legged people to landowners. If one day comes, one person will truly achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven.

After all, in Dachu, only those who were heirlooms of farming and studying could study and take the imperial examination, and these people who were studying and heirlooms were those from scholarly families, dignitaries and landowners, not farmers.

Like them, although they can go to school to read some big characters, they cannot take the imperial examination.

Only by getting rid of their peasant status can their children study. If they can study, they can take the imperial examination and everything will be possible in the future.

At this time, the eyes of the forty masters were all ignited with blazing fire of hope.

It is self-evident which is more important, the courtyard in front of you, and the career of your descendants.

After thinking about it, everyone no longer indulged in this new countryside and listened carefully to Li Yewu's explanation.

When it comes to building a house, the first step is to find materials. Logging and quarrying are necessary.

Li Yewu allocated 20 divisions, or 100,000 people, to be responsible for logging and quarrying in the early stage.

The remaining 20 divisions are divided into different positions: foundation digging, material processing, tool support, cooking team, mobile team, etc., working together to complete the first phase of the 20,000-acre construction in the shortest possible time.

Li Yewu's meeting didn't last long. After determining the corresponding positions and tasks of each master, the meeting ended.

After coming out of the princess's main tent, everyone sighed with emotion for the princess.

Although the princess is a woman, she is very discerning, approachable, generous in conversation, and has clear instructions, just like a general scolding Fang Qiu.

All in all, everyone has truly seen what an excellent leader is.

No wonder people can be regarded as masters. Look at this wisdom and insight. Even if they have been village chiefs all their lives, they will never be able to match it.

Soon, everyone conveyed Li Yewu's mission.

The efficiency of 200,000 people working together to build a container is naturally different from that of 100 people building it.

In just two days, all temporary prefabricated houses to accommodate 200,000 people were built, but people did not take a break and went straight to the next step of the work.

The people digging the foundation, Li Yewu, were not worried, but the teams digging the rocks and logging were more worrying.

After all, she has seen the white iron here. It's okay when she encounters ordinary utensils. If she encounters something hard, it will only be the white iron that breaks.

Sure enough, on the first day on the mountain, people started sending broken tools back to the tool maintenance department for repair.

Li Yewu frowned as she watched the pile of scrap copper and iron getting higher and higher.

As mentioned before, private salt and iron business cannot be conducted in fiefdoms, so only yamen have iron and steel smelting bureaus.

However, the Yamen Iron Smelting Bureau's technology and iron smelting concepts were very backward. Even if it was taken back for repair, the blacksmith would just resmelt the broken iron and forge it into shape.

There is no change in performance, but it is just a waste of effort, and it will still break when it should be broken.

If you want to benefit, sharpen your tools first!

Finally, Li Yewu gritted his teeth and decided to build his own iron smelting plant!
Chapter completed!