I am engaged in construction in Datang

There is no need for a separate bathroom or cooking, just build an apartment canteen.

In this way, as long as there is a large public toilet and a large washbasin on each floor, it will be completely sufficient.

It can only be rented and not sold. This is an emergency measure at the current stage. After a few decades, when the Tang Dynasty is fully developed, it can be demolished.

"The owner of the manor can consider the slums." Feng Sanxi said.

The slum is located in the suburbs of Beijing, about 15 miles away from the city. The land is barren and desolate, with many small hills. The geographical location is average. Even if a residential community is planned in the future, it will not be chosen there.

Nowadays, it takes half an hour for everyone to walk to work. Once a railway leading to the city is built, it will be more convenient for everyone to go to work.

She wanted to make a bicycle, but her chain technology was not up to standard and the roads were not good.

Now that simple printers are available, making a bicycle should not be difficult, right?

A side hall of Xuanzheng Hall.

"Your Majesty, there is a labor shortage everywhere in the city. My shop offers a wage of fifty cents a day, but we cannot recruit anyone to look after the shop." Changsun Wuji felt aggrieved and helpless. In the past, thirty cents would have been enough to pay for just looking after a shop.

According to common sense, he should still be in mourning now.

But things are changing too fast now, with each passing day. If he doesn't come back, there will be no place for him in this palace.

"Your Majesty, my family can't recruit anyone anymore!" Cheng Yaojin cheered from the side.

"But that's not why I came here. I want to go to war!"

"Your Majesty, my shop can only be managed by the servants in my house now. There is no one to wash clothes in the mansion." Xiao Yu was also helpless.

"Your Majesty, we want to go to war." Yuchi Jingde added, "Master Li is right in his poem. He will not return until he has conquered Loulan. There are so many foreign tribes around our Tang Dynasty. Sooner or later, I will kill them all!"

Wei Zheng began to advise again: "Your Majesty, the wages in Chang'an are rising, and prices are also on the rise. This is not a good thing!"

"His Majesty……"

Li Shimin: "..."

It’s his mother’s fault!

"Okay! Stop arguing and talk one thing at a time."

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaojin looked at each other.

"Xuancheng, you speak first." Li Shimin rubbed his temples. He saw his sister often rubbed her temples to relax when she was busy. Now he tried it and it felt good.

"Your Majesty, the price of goods in Chang'an City is increasing rapidly! If this continues, copper coins will no longer be valuable!" Wei Zheng said. Now only the price of goods in the women's shop has not changed. The prices of other shops have increased a bit. If we don't control it...

Li Shimin knew about this; his sister-in-law had told him about it before.

A serious shortage of manpower will lead to inflated wages, which will then lead to a rapid increase in prices.

My sister said that in economics this is called inflation. The amount of money in the market suddenly increases significantly, far exceeding the productivity demand at the time. He doesn’t quite understand what it means if it increases any more.

"My sister and I have discussed this matter. I intend to relax the conditions for issuing travel permits to encourage everyone to go out to work during the slack season."

The reason why travel permits were not issued before was because everyone was running around everywhere, which caused chaos and made management difficult. In addition, the large influx of refugees into the capital would make it impossible for the capital to support so many people.

It’s different now!

Nuzhuang has many workshops of its own.

There are paper mills, printing factories, alcohol factories, soap factories, cement factories... as well as bean curd factories, sugar factories, tea factories, breweries in cooperation with other families... not to mention the workers needed to build houses.

I heard that Zhuangzi is still building a glass factory and a steel factory...

There is also Zhuangzi’s breeding farm, which is always breeding new varieties, and there is always someone to watch over and keep records every day.

Li Shimin found it scary when he heard it.

Fang Xuanling heard this and said, "Your Majesty, during the slack season, everyone does have time to work, but during the busy season, what will happen to the factories? Some businessmen are already complaining about the instability of their workers. It is even more difficult for migrant workers, as they need to go back home early to plant and harvest crops at home."

"No one dares not to grow crops. The money earned from working is indeed high, but it is unstable. Who knows when you will be driven away. So if you don't grow crops, everyone is afraid of having nothing to eat. And if you don't grow crops, everyone is also worried about what to do when they get old."

Li Shimin suddenly understood what Li Yin meant by insufficient productivity.

My sister once said that if there was a machine that could be powered by fuel, one person could plow 20 acres of land every day, and the efficiency of a seed drill would be the same.

If we have those things, why would we need so many people to farm? By then, the land cultivated by one person can feed fifty people!

Then everyone can go to work and earn money.

"Don't worry, my sister said that these things can be solved slowly."

"For example, if the employer doesn't want people to continue working, my sister said that they have to sign a labor contract for a few years. As long as they work diligently during these years, you can't use any reason to stop them from working."

"If you really don't want him to do it, then you should pay the money."

"Your contract with them expires in one year, so you have to compensate them for one year's wages. If you deliberately don't renew the contract after it expires, you still have to compensate them, at least three months."

Fang Xuanling frowned: "Then are there any merchants willing to hire people? What if the merchants don't sign the contract?"

Li Shimin said: "My sister said that merchants are all profit-seeking. Without the supervision of the state court, they will treat workers like cattle. So the court must be in charge. If you don't sign the contract, you will be breaking the law. Your factory will be confiscated, your home will be raided, and in serious cases, you will be imprisoned and beheaded!"

Several people looked at each other. Yes, isn’t this the role of the court?

"What if someone does it secretly?" Xiao Yu asked. He wanted his workshop to do it secretly without signing a contract so that no one would know!

“So we also need a market supervision bureau to conduct surprise inspections from time to time, and give rewards if they find any!”

Li Shimin thought to himself, my sister also said that county-level officials and their three generations of direct descendants cannot engage in business, otherwise they will be punished. Only a village head can engage in business, and anyone appointed by the court is not allowed to do business.

But I’m not going to tell you now.

"My dear ministers, don't worry. The most important thing now is to open the way. The rest can be solved slowly."

Li Shimin drank a sip of tea and sat down to wait for the others to digest it.

Cheng Yaojin over there couldn't wait any longer.

"Your Majesty, I want to go to war."

"Your Majesty, we want to go too!"

"No hurry." Li Shimin held up the teacup and said, "There will always be battles for you to fight in the future. You should go to see your sister more often and wait until she recovers. Especially Shubao and Sichang, you should visit them more often."

My sister-in-law said that revealing the secret would shorten one’s lifespan, and then she added that Shubao and Sichang looked good now, but they needed to be more careful.

Then Li Shimin understood.

According to his sister-in-law, Shubao is only in his sixties and can still make contributions for many years. Even if he cannot go to the battlefield, he can still teach the soldiers military skills. Once the school is built, she will set up a separate Tang Dynasty Military Academy and send people to give lectures there.

That’s why the Tang Dynasty needs them and cannot let people die so early.

Not to mention Sichang, who is not even fifty years old!

Li Shimin thought it made sense. Lian Po was over eighty years old and could still be a commander!