usatvline Chapter 218: Completion in just over a month
Chapter 218: Completion in just over a month
The sixteenth day of the first lunar month was the first court meeting of the new year in the Qi Dynasty, and it was a rare opportunity for Ye Wuwei to attend court.
Although the court was on holiday, each department left people on duty. After the court returned, each department reported what happened during the holiday.
Ye Wuwei divided half of his attention on listening and the other half on thinking about the affairs of the Qi'an tribe.
Suddenly, Ye Wuwei heard someone mention him. He listened attentively and found out it was Qi Guangren.
Qi Guangren is reporting on last night's Lantern Festival.
"Thanks to Commander Ye's reminder yesterday, the Ministry of Revenue replenished the food supply in time. Otherwise, the celebration between the court and the people would have ended in a farce."
The reason why Ye Wuwei was so sure was because he had witnessed the madness of modern people in grabbing goods.
Before the epidemic lockdown, people crowded into supermarkets and bought out all the rice, oil, water, vegetables, paper, disinfectants, etc. in the supermarkets. Some families even bought refrigerators and freezers specifically to stock up on supplies.
It wasn't free, but had to be purchased with money. Such an impact was caused just because of the worry about out-of-stock, not to mention that in the Qi Dynasty, it was difficult for ordinary people to fill their stomachs.
The snacks displayed yesterday were nothing to wealthy families, but they were like luxuries to ordinary people. Since it was a rare opportunity to eat for free, everyone naturally wouldn't let it go.
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After the court was dismissed, Xiao Chen found Ye Wuwei.
When Ye Wuwei resigned as the Minister of Works, he directly recommended Xiao Chen to take over his position as the Minister of Works.
Ye Wuwei was not attracted by Xiao Chen entirely because he was Chen Shusheng's brother-in-law, but because Xiao Chen was not only familiar with engineering construction and had a group of craftsmen under him, but he was also a practical man.
Next, military farming and new city construction are important matters for the Ministry of Industry. Ye Wuwei feels that Xiao Chen is fully capable of taking charge of these two businesses.
Xiao Chen went to see Ye Wuwei to tell him about the progress of the suburban community and the west city residential area.
Although Ye Wuwei no longer works in the Ministry of Industry, both projects were developed under Ye Wuwei's leadership, and Ye Wuwei also devoted a lot of effort and energy to them. Xiao Chen felt it necessary to tell him.
Ye Wuwei was indeed very concerned about these two projects. After hearing Xiao Chen say that they would be completed in more than a month, he was surprised:
"So fast?"
“It is indeed faster than expected, and I didn’t expect that everyone’s concerted efforts would be so efficient.
Especially that Dou Dadan, he's no worse than the veteran craftsmen under my command."
Thinking about Dou Dadan's past actions, Ye Wuwei thought: "Do you think Dou Dadan can form a construction team?"
"I think it's okay."
"The next big plan is to build a new city southeast of Chamdo, forming a triangle with Chamdo and Lindu to attract the population of Ledu and Fengdu.
In order to attract population, in addition to resettlement houses, there must be fields, so it is imperative to reclaim wasteland around these three cities.
If these two things were given to you, would you be confident that you could do them well?"
Xiao Chen said:
“This requires a lot of manpower, and my current staff is definitely not enough.
But I can start training and reserving personnel now, and Dou Dadan is one of them."
"I don't mean to use Dou Dadan."
"I know, but it's a time to hire someone. Since Dou Dabing is suitable, of course he should be hired."
"Then you should go ahead and investigate and make plans early, so that you can have an advantage over others when the court proposes it."
Xiao Chen agreed, then paused and asked:
"The imperial court is reclaiming wasteland on such a large scale. Is there any policy that needs to be adopted?"
"The imperial court is preparing to reform the land system and adopt an equal-field system. However, the specific details have not yet been discussed."
Ye Wuwei naturally had some ideas in his mind and was ready to refer to the equal-field system of a certain dynasty, but it was not convenient to tell Xiao Chen about things that had not been decided.
Xiao Chen had been in the Ministry of Industry for many years. Although Ye Wuwei didn't tell him the specific details, he understood it as soon as he heard it:
The equal-field system was not only for the common people, but also aimed at addressing the problem of aristocratic families occupying large amounts of land.