Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Chapter 626: Refugees Gather and Join the Army

Nothing happened that night. When Qin Ming woke up the next morning, he found that Wan Shu had left.

When walking out of the city, Qin Ming also discovered that there were a lot more refugees in their city that were visibly increasing in number.

"Your Majesty, shall we return to the capital now?"

Now that the court's tasks have been completed, there is nothing more for Qin Ming and his team to do.

Going back early can also reduce some of the military's expenses.

So at this time Chang Baishan also spoke up and took the initiative to ask Qin Ming.

After hearing what the other party said, Qin Ming nodded slowly.

Then he pointed at these refugees and said:

"Send them all to the factory and provide them with food and clothing."

"Your Majesty, this may increase the pressure on the court. Although we have recently obtained a lot of silver, we can't spend it like this."

Chang Baishan was a little hesitant.

Qin Ming has always wanted to take care of the people of the world, but how could it be so easy?

These people together need three meals a day.

Add to that their living quarters, and this is also a huge expense for the court.

So after talking about this kind of problem, no matter who it is, they all think it is better to leave it to the local authorities and let them handle it themselves.

"There's no room for negotiation on this matter. Since they were displaced due to problems at the imperial court, the imperial court should take over now."

"But Your Majesty, if we really do this, our factory will definitely not be able to accommodate it."

After a moment of silence, Chang Baishan sighed and told Qin Ming about the current situation.

After hearing what the other party said, Qin Ming nodded slowly. He had indeed expected this.

"Do you know why I want those big families in the northwest to withdraw from the construction of the canal?"

Qin Ming's words awakened Chang Baishan.

For example, by building a canal, they could quickly gather a lot of people.

When Chang Baishan thought of this, he understood everything.

"Your Majesty, do you wish to expand the number of construction corps?"

"Yeah, that might be needed a lot lately."

Like Qin Ming and his construction corps, although it is called this name.

But in reality they can do anything.

Especially at this stage, Qin Ming needs a lot of things.

They can all be arranged quickly.

It can be said that they cut through mountains and built bridges over rivers. It was precisely because of their help that Qin Ming was able to quickly arrange all kinds of construction.

But now the number of construction corps alone is actually not enough for Qin Ming to do various things.

The reason is very simple. These construction corps were first assembled by Qin Ming when he was in Lingnan.

At that time, only a small area was being built in Lingnan, and there was no need to do anything more.

But after arriving in the capital, the Construction Corps needed to arrange national affairs.

After this situation occurred, Qin Ming's legion participated in the construction.

Only some of the people can participate in it, and it can't play a very good role at all.

After Qin Ming really started the national construction, he also felt that it was impossible to improve the construction effect with the current number of people.

You still need to support some people yourself.

This will allow them to do things more efficiently.

"Tell them that if they perform well, they can join the Construction Corps. I'm sure many people know about the benefits of this Corps."

Qin Ming began to explain to Chang Baishan.

After hearing this, Chang Baishan immediately thought of another thing.

"Your Majesty, how about I tell Song Dingsheng to publish this news in the newspaper? Then I'm sure many people will be eager to participate."

"That's a good idea."

After the two made up their minds, they quickly passed the news to Song Dingsheng.

Song Dingsheng quickly made some arrangements.

Just like that, a piece of news began to spread throughout Daqian the next day.

People on the streets began to talk about it.

"Have you heard? I heard that the Construction Corps, which pays well, is recruiting."

"It's not really recruiting. They just need to arrange a group of people to dig the canal recently. When the time comes, some of these people with good performance will be selected to join the construction corps."

"I heard that this unit has been following Your Majesty since Lingnan. If we can get in, we will never have to worry about anything in our lives."

"Not only that, it's said that after every major project is completed, His Majesty will give them a large reward. In a year, each person can get dozens of carts of silver in rewards alone."

At this time, many people began to talk about Qin Ming's construction corps.

The hype they needed was quickly achieved.

These people basically have some understanding of Qin Ming's army.

After learning that they could expand their number of people, they all rushed to come.

Of course, Qin Ming's opportunity is mainly to face these refugees.

Just this noon, Qin Ming received news from Changbaishan.

"In just this morning, we've collected over a hundred thousand people, all of whom want to work at the canal."

"It's really strange. In the early years, those who went to the canal were coolies, but now everyone is trying their best to work there."

Chang Baishan marveled at Qin Ming.

For them, this situation is indeed very rare.

You should know that a few years ago the imperial court conscripted young men to perform labor service.

They are forced to work every day, but their efficiency is still very low.

But Qin Ming's side was different. After learning about these situations, they all rushed to work.

"Prepare some meat for them. I will go there myself."

After thinking about it, Qin Ming decided to continue the promotion.

Chang Baishan didn't react much after hearing this. He just responded and prepared to leave.

Soon, Qin Ming arrived at their canal construction area with several carts of meat and eggs.

It was already evening, and many people were sitting by the campfire, eating their rice porridge hungrily.

Qin Ming's orders were very strict.

Therefore, officials from all over the country dared not be careless after coming here.

The food provided was of normal standard.

Just like these white rice porridge, they can be served quickly.

But these ordinary people have never seen such good food.

You know, they usually eat simple meals.

So after eating these foods, everyone was very excited.

“I didn’t expect them to be treated so well.”

"Who says it's not? I heard that everyone there eats a lot. If I have the opportunity to join the Construction Corps in the future, I will eat well every day too."

"You look so ignorant, but let me tell you, in fact, they even have meat to eat in their construction corps."

"what?"

Hearing this, everyone around widened their eyes, their faces full of disbelief.

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