Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

While preparations were being made in the capital for the Queen's enthronement ceremony.

The construction corps under Qin Ming has begun to connect many railway lines in the south to the north.

With the locomotive, laying tracks became a piece of cake for everyone.

The work continued as they cleared the land, drove in stakes, and laid the track.

The railways around the capital were the first to be extended.

As the most important imperial city in the entire Daqian, the population of the capital must be very large.

But such a large amount of labor has never been utilized.

Most people were placed in the most basic positions, such as farming and doing odd jobs.

This is a huge waste of labor.

After learning about the situation, Lan Yunhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Cao Xia, the Director of the Ministry of Works, found Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, the Construction Corps has dispatched over seventy teams to lay rails in multiple directions. We are now completely short of manpower."

Cao Xia continued:

"Not only that, once our factory outside the capital is completed, we will also have a shortage of manpower."

Qin Ming has not yet taken over the entire northern territory.

Not to mention arranging people to go outside the Great Wall to develop the land abandoned by the northern tribes.

"You two are interested in the people of the capital?"

Qin Ming has been in charge for many years and is very experienced. He understood what the two meant after a little thought.

Lan Yunhong did not hide it and took out the household registration document from the Ministry of Household Affairs from his arms.

"Your Majesty, this is the Ministry of Revenue's statistics of the people of northern Daqian after you led the royal army into the capital."

"This is a big job."

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows, his face showing surprise and approval.

Since this group of officials was replaced, they have been evaluated using the performance evaluation method.

Every official is very busy. Even after finishing the task at hand, they are unwilling to rest and will find things to do for themselves.

"This is simply to better manage the court's existing resources, Your Majesty."

Lan Yunhong was not at all complacent and continued very sincerely:

"According to our investigation, productivity in the capital...or even in the entire north, is very low. The productivity of ten ordinary farmers is not even as high as that of a worker working in a Lingnan factory."

"Do you two want to promote the court's advanced agricultural tools and facilities, liberate productivity, and allow them to participate in construction or work in factories?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this is a win-win situation for both the court and the people."

Qin Ming narrowed his eyes. As a good official who considered the court and the people, their proposal was very good.

The imperial court can promote agricultural tools throughout the country, liberate the productivity of the people, and improve their planting efficiency. The extra labor force can then be absorbed into the capital and used by Qin Ming.

But it's a little too early.

"Not yet."

Qin Ming waved his hand slowly, and the two of them immediately showed many doubts.

"Your Majesty, why is this?"

"You only think about bringing people here, but don't think about the impact this will have on people's livelihood."

Qin Ming sighed.

"The imperial court could easily provide them with agricultural tools, but why haven't I opened this loophole and increased their productivity?"

"With farm tools, wouldn't it be possible for tenant farmers, farmhands, and other landless people to do the work that once required several people?"

"Are the landlords and gentry everywhere fools? Now, all the work can be done by just one person, but they insist on hiring three as before, letting the tenants and farmhands eat and get paid for nothing?"

Hearing this, Lan Yunhong immediately defended himself:

"Your Majesty, they can come to the capital's factories and work in our Construction Corps! Even if they leave the landlords and gentry, they can survive and even earn more than them!"

Cao Xia nodded on the side. He felt that what Lan Yunhong said was right.

Qin Ming did not answer Lan Yunhong. He looked at Cao Xia and asked calmly:

"Cao Xia, do you think so too?"

"Your Majesty, farm tools can indeed improve their efficiency, which is definitely a good thing."

Cao Xia said seriously.

They have spent so much effort just to enable the people to have enough food with less effort. There is no reason not to promote it!

Qin Ming shook his head helplessly.

"So far, you two still haven't figured out the key."

"I am very disappointed."

"How can it be……"

Cao Xia and Lan Yunhong felt a sinking feeling in their hearts.

Qin Ming's words made their brains start to work rapidly, and they hurriedly thought about what the loopholes were.

But after thinking for a long time, they still didn't know where the problem was.

"Stupid."

Qin Ming snorted coldly, his tone turning cold.

"If they are abandoned by the landlords, they will have no choice but to leave their hometowns and come to the capital to work."

“Are there any other opportunities for them to do things locally?”

"You are not providing farm tools to facilitate their production, but are actually harming them!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they exploded like thunder in the ears of Lan Yunhong and Cao Xia!

They were shocked and immediately understood what Qin Ming meant.

The capital city is short of labor, but it cannot simply withdraw people from all over the country without any scruples.

They need to proceed step by step and ensure that everyone can live well before they can continue to recruit people into the construction team.

Otherwise it will lead to unrest in people’s livelihood.

They do not have the vision that only those who stand at the highest point can have.

That's why they came up with this method of killing the chicken to get the eggs.

"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"

Two plops.

Cao Xia and Lan Yunhong, the two smart guys, both knelt down in front of Qin Ming and sincerely admitted their mistakes!

"Governing a country is not that simple. Go down."

Qin Ming waved his hand, unwilling to waste words with them anymore.

Only then did the two finally leave.

Before leaving, Lan Yunhong suddenly stopped.

"Your Majesty, what you said today is more valuable than what I have learned in ten years."

Qin Ming just nodded slightly, his eyes always on the file in front of him.

After the two left, a figure walked out from behind the screen next to them. It was Liu Yueli.

"Your Majesty, these two are very self-righteous. Should we notify the Ministry of Personnel and lower their evaluation?"

"It's okay to make mistakes, as long as you can correct them."

Qin Ming waved his hand.

"Has there been any movement in Yan Dynasty recently?"

"It's strange. Our people have received intelligence from the Nanyang countries saying that although the Yan Dynasty lost 300,000 troops, it has no intention of revenge."

"They seem to have retreated back into themselves, and have even increased their trade with the Southeast Asian countries."

"Ok?"

Qin Ming frowned slightly, and a bad premonition arose in his mind.

There is a saying that goes, a dog that bites never barks.

After the Yan Dynasty was defeated in Daqian, it silently swallowed the bitter fruit.

Even after Qin Ming arranged for Cao Chuan and Ye Shoujiang to destroy their firearms factory, they did not suffer any retaliation.

This shows that they are very likely accumulating strength behind the scenes, preparing to launch a major attack on Qin Ming.

"Let General Ye go to the Nanyang countries to deliver silk, and by the way, talk to the people of Penglai and Citian."