Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Looking at the large crowd of people, Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly felt a little stressed.

Then he jumped onto the table and waved his hand for everyone to be quiet.

"Hello everyone, I am your host, my name is Zhao Yuanzhen, my husband's surname is Zhang, first of all, welcome everyone, come all the way to Xiaoshan County, Yanshan Prefecture, to contribute to the construction of beautiful Xiaoshan. Everyone has been here for a while, I want to wait until everyone is here, and then tell you the details, this is the main purpose of today's meeting.

Then I will make it short and talk about a few things that happened in the meeting.

First, everyone here comes from all over the country. If you want to register your household registration in Xiaoshan, please come and register later. I will help you register with the county magistrate and get a welfare house.

Second, those who do not want to register their household registration in Xiaoshan can live in the dormitory. Single rooms are for 6 people, and married rooms are for couples. There are two rooms of more than 30 square meters.

Third, the salary will vary depending on the individual's skills and division of labor. The lowest is 1.5 taels of silver per month, but if you can read, you can get an extra 200 coins per month. If you are a carpenter, bricklayer, cook, embroiderer, etc., you can get a commission. The specific amount of extra money depends on the proficiency of your skills.

Fourth, all those who decide to work for me must unconditionally obey my arrangements, and everyone must sign a contract. The specific provisions of these contracts include, but are not limited to, completing work tasks on time, maintaining confidentiality, etc. The minimum term of the contract is 5 years, that is, once you sign the contract, you must work for me in Xiaoshan County for at least 5 years.

Fifth, I will provide everyone with three meals a day. The standard for three meals is three dishes and one soup. You can eat your fill, but you cannot waste food. Once waste is discovered, your salary will be deducted directly, and if the situation is serious, you will have to be dismissed.

Sixth, various skill classes will be opened in the later stage, and you can learn literacy, archery, swordsmanship, knitting, needlework, etc. These classes are free and you will not be charged any money. Anyone who wants to learn can learn. Your salary will be increased if you learn. However, they cannot occupy normal working hours. You have to find time to study in the evening or morning.

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Zhao Yuanzhen talked about all the issues that could be thought of and also mentioned the points that needed attention. After the meeting, they started to sign the contract.

The contract was printed out by Zhao Yuanzhen in advance. Those who couldn't sign signed on their behalf and put their fingerprints on it.

After signing the contract, you can go to register whether you want to settle in Xiaoshan.

Among them, about 1100 people agreed to settle in Xiaoshan County. Zhao Yuanzhen took the registration list and, after arranging all these people, went to the county government to register them for housing.

The captains of several farming teams were given the task of reclaiming wasteland and cultivating vegetable gardens. They had to prepare the vegetable gardens and plant vegetables first.

The vegetable garden was chosen at the junction of the north and south of the city and the east side of the city.

There are more than 3000 acres of land, which Zhao Yuanzhen plans to use to grow vegetables and fruit trees.

Zhao Yuanzhen selected 10 people from the people she brought with her to form a human resources team, which was responsible for paying employees' salaries and verifying their skill proficiency.

What if you register as a bricklayer, but actually can’t do it, or only know the basics?

The newly bought cook was handed over to the cooks from his own family for training.

Then 300 women from the family were selected to do the rough work, temporarily responsible for washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, washing and cleaning, etc.

There were also people who were good at knitting and sewing, who were taken away by Zhang Qingyan to make clothes, shoes, socks, etc. for these people.

Zhang Yu is the general manager, responsible for managing the progress, supervision, wages, etc. of all matters.

Zhao Yuanzhen led 2000 road builders to start paving several main roads in Xiaoshan County with cement. Since the roads were originally made of Qingshan slabs, they were fairly flat and only needed some gravel to level them.

Zhao Yuanzhen personally mixed the cement color ratio, and after selecting the sand and cement, he began large-scale construction.

The east-west main street in Xiaoshan County took more than five days to complete.

This is also due to the large number of people. After paving, Zhao Yuanzhen assigned people to guard the road surface carefully and maintain the slurry every day.

Maybe the county magistrate's notice worked, or maybe it's because there are so few people in Xiaoshan County, but no one really came to destroy the ground.

After paving the main streets of the east-west lanes, we continued to pave several main streets running north-south.

The three canteens were finally built after ten days of construction. However, because the floor, walls, etc. are all made of cement, it will take another two days before they can be put into use.

Zhao Yuanzhen then divided the construction team into two parts, with one part going to build cow sheds, sheep sheds, horse sheds, chicken coops, duck coops, etc.

Zhao Yuanzhen chose these places outside the city, in the east of the city, at the foot of the mountain, not far from the city.

It is mainly large-scale breeding. If it is built in the city, Zhao Yuanzhen feels that the smell will be a bit strong. Therefore, it is built at the foot of the mountain on the east side of the city. With the help of the mountains and forests, the air can be purified to the greatest extent.

Part of it is used to build dormitories, and part of it is used to build various factories, workshops, warehouses, cellars, etc.

Finally, things started to become organized and no longer a mess of people.

Zhao Yuanzhen went to see the county magistrate and applied for housing for these more than 1100 people.

The county magistrate was a little melancholy because the complete houses in the county he had taken over were not enough to be distributed.

"Mrs. Zhang, how about I give you 120 mu of land in the west of the city, and then each person will give 2 taels of silver as construction costs, and you can directly plan and build houses for them, okay?"

He allocated land to each person at one mu, which is 66.6 square meters of building land. With two taels of silver per person, they could build two ordinary brick houses. The rest would be considered Zhao Yuanzhen's labor costs.

"Okay, I'll help build it then."

She had been worried that her group of contract workers would be divided up into different places, but now they can be centrally managed and still be so close to their own homesteads.

Each person who settled in Xiaoshan County could be allocated 2 mu of land and was exempt from taxes for three years.

The county magistrate also allocated the land of these people to Zhao Yuanzhen and asked her to help distribute it.

Zhao Yuanzhen took the divided land deed and went back.

Tell them the general situation.

“Because you registered together, but there are not so many intact houses in Xiaoshan County now.

So the county magistrate allocated a piece of land to you and gave each of you 2 taels of silver as construction costs.

Now you come and register, look at each household, how many rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, etc. You need to register, and I will build according to your registration.

As for the money, I will tell you after you buy the materials. The construction workers are paid at the rate of 25 cents a day, and the excess will be refunded or supplemented after the house is built.

The county magistrate also allocated 2 mu of land to each person who settled there. It is next to my land. If you don’t want to plant crops yourself, you can rent it to me. If you want to plant crops, you can plant them yourself.”

Zhao Yuanzhen gave them absolute freedom. As long as it did not delay the completion of their assigned tasks, they could farm.

After she finished speaking, everyone came over to register the size of the house to be built and whether the land was leased.

Some chose to rent, some chose to grow the crops themselves, but Zhao Yuanzhen didn’t care. Either way was fine.

Let Zhang Yu take them to divide the land, register the divided land, and send it to the county government to apply for the land deed.

After a few days of drying, the canteen was finally put into use.

The cooks, together with the new cook and the servants, began to wash and rinse, scrubbing the pots, bowls and dishes.

At noon, three canteens opened at the same time.

The firecrackers were set off, making a crackling sound, and it was very festive.

After eating minimalist meals for more than a month, I can finally eat in the cafeteria.

Zhao Yuanzhen customized 1.8 sets of tableware, with 6000 sets placed in each cafeteria, as well as large buckets of free soup, etc.

The window is not open yet. We will study what to do in the canteen after the subsequent operations are normal.

The needlework team led by Zhang Qingyan has already made the canteen's work clothes, including clothes, aprons, hats, masks, gloves and so on.

You must wear it when working, especially hats and masks.

In addition, Lan Ying was asked to select a few maids to form a hygiene inspection team to conduct hygiene inspections in the kitchen every day.

The canteen also adopts the division of labor and responsibilities.

Washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, cleaning, distributing food, washing dishes, etc.

Find the person in charge of the group that knows where something is not clean. Give him a warning the first time and directly deduct his salary the second time.

Zhao Yuanzhen doesn't want to eat in the dirty cafeteria every day.

It took another 10 days to complete the paving of the road in Xiaoshan County.

Zhao Yuanzhen began to pave the road section from Xiaoshan County to Fucheng. He copied the detailed map of the section and handed it to his people, asking them to start building the road according to the route they had planned.

This road needs to be built wider, at least wide enough for four horse-drawn carriages to pass side by side.

Zhao Yuanzhen followed for a few days and found that the repair was going well, so she came to check on it occasionally and no longer followed every day.

The dormitories are divided into male dormitories, female dormitories and family dormitories.

The houses are built in rows, with 11 rooms in a row, a corridor in the middle, and rooms on both sides. There are 22 dormitories and a large bathroom. Each dormitory can accommodate 1 people, so a row of houses can accommodate 6 people.

Zhao Yuanzhen's dormitory is very large, with bunk beds in a six-person room covering an area of ​​about 6 square meters.

Each room has a large table, six chairs, and six large cabinets. Considering that the cabinets need to hold two sets of quilts, one for winter and one for summer, they are all large, 1.5X65X2.0 meters. There is also a lockable drawer in the cabinet to store some valuable personal belongings.

There are still few people who come as a family unit, most of them are young men.

There are also very few older girls, most of whom come here with their parents. There are relatively more young wives, most of whom come here with their husbands.

Family housing was built in the middle, with male dormitories on the left and female dormitories on the right.

Zhao Yuanzhen divided an administrative area in the middle, and also the land where her house was built.

She planned to build only a courtyard house, mainly for herself and some servants to live in. There would be no point in building more.