Chapter 240： Brickyard

The Governor's Mansion, Wu Changqing, after receiving the report from Jiujiang, read it once and threw it aside.

The fundamental reason that determines the outcome of the war is the comprehensive national power behind it, so for him, as long as he develops his national power with peace of mind, victory will come naturally.

This is just a small matter for him, and there are still many development issues that he needs to deal with.

For example, the resettlement of migrants.

In a short period of time, Nanjing’s population soared, resulting in a very short supply of housing.

At this time, a large number of poor people are setting up thatched huts at will, which is very unsafe and comfortable. With the coming of summer, the rainfall in Nanjing area will also increase greatly.

At that time, those thatched huts will be difficult to shelter from the wind and rain.

Although, with the patience of the people of this era, a little bit of heavy rain will not make them desperate. However, as the highest official in this area, Wu Changqing still hopes that there will be fewer tragedies in his jurisdiction.

In order for these people to have a home, Wu Changqing had been preparing for the construction of the red brick factory.

The bricks of this era are all blue bricks, and the corrosion resistance and weathering resistance of blue bricks are better than red bricks. However, the blue brick has a fatal weakness, that is, the manufacturing technology is relatively difficult, the process is complicated, and the cost is very high.

Although the performance of the blue brick is far better than the red brick, it cannot be said that the product of the blue brick is better than the red brick. In everything, you have to consider the factor of money.

It is for this reason that Wu Changqing decided to vigorously promote the red bricks, and the blue bricks can only be used as a luxury product for the rich.

When Wu Changqing wants to decide what to do, then this thing will be done very quickly.

After all, Wu Changqing now holds all the power in the Jiangnan area, and he keeps his word. If you want to get promoted and get rich, you have to win Wu Changqing's favor and do things for Wu Changqing. No one dares not care.

At present, 15 large-scale red brick factories have been added to the outskirts of the city, employing a total of 3,000 workers to work at the same time.

In the initial plan, these red brick factories will produce 200,000 red bricks per day.

In fact, 200,000 yuan is very small, probably only enough for ten two-story houses. In other words, the red bricks they produce in one month are only enough to build more than 300 houses.

Based on the calculation that a house can accommodate ten people, only more than three thousand people can be accommodated in one month. For nearly 300,000 poor people who need a house, it can be said to be a drop in the bucket.

However, this is the limit of their ability.

It is not easy to mobilize three thousand people for work. The food, wages, organization and scheduling needed here all test the administrative team's ability.

Except for Nanjing and the Qing court, no other places currently have such a strong mobilization ability.

Even if they barely have such a strong mobilization ability, they do not have such a high production efficiency.

If the Qing court mobilized three thousand workers to make red bricks, it would be good to be able to burn 20,000 yuan a day.

In these red brick factories in Nanjing, machinery can be seen everywhere, saving a lot of manpower.

The firing of red bricks has almost no technical content, but it has not been promoted because of the lack of machinery to improve firing efficiency and the cost cannot be reduced.

Therefore, the common people are willing to build wooden houses, or backward houses such as adobe houses, do not build red brick houses, which is really not available.

The people can't afford it, so naturally there are no merchants to make it, and the industry can't develop.

A large number of red bricks were fired, cooled, and then transported to the resettlement sites of the victims.

A large amount of foundation has been dug here, and load-bearing columns have been poured with steel bars and cement. Next, just put the red bricks on and cover with tiles.

In order to reduce the difficulty and cost, the first floor of the building is not cement floor slabs, but some wooden beams, and then some wooden boards in the future.

This kind of seemingly simple house is actually quite advanced in this era, better than most people's houses.

Hundreds of houses are arranged neatly according to the plan, and the visual effect is very shocking.

"These houses were built for us to live in?"

An old man asked incredulously.

"Nonsense, isn't it for you who will live for? Don't kneel down to the governor to the east and thank the Lord Xia Guo. For your housing problem, the Lord Guo will build a house out of his own pocket and let you live for free."

Yuan Ji, the official in charge of supervising the work, scolded that traditional officials like him could not understand some of Wu Changqing's policies.

For example, in the current housing decree, in his opinion, it would be good for these untouchables to live in thatched houses, but Wu Changqing insisted on building red brick houses for these people.

You know, even a large part of the houses in Nanjing are wooden structures, and those who can afford masonry are rich businessmen.

When will even the untouchables be eligible to live in such a good house?

This two-story red brick house is not cheap. Not only does it require a lot of money, but its materials are more expensive. No cement or steel is cheap.

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Industry, the cost of a house like this is at least twenty taels. Moreover, this is still because steel and cement are supplied at a fair price.

According to the prices of steel and cement on the black market, the cost of such a house would be at least one hundred taels.

You know, the North is very greedy for cement and desperately wants to buy it secretly.

The Qing army had always wanted to buy some cement to build the wall fortifications. The wall made of cement was several times stronger than rammed earth and could withstand the bombardment of artillery.

Wu Changqing did not stop the Qing army's behavior. Instead, he signaled that Tong Youwei could sell them some cement to make some money to expand.

Anyway, for Wu Changqing, it doesn't make much sense for the walls of the Qing army to be a little stronger. At this stage, the most important thing for Wu Changqing is to desperately search for money, expand the scale of various factories, develop people's livelihood, and enhance national power.

What Yuan Ji said was awkward, but the old man being reprimanded didn't have any anger.

When he heard that he could move in for free, he really listened to Yuan Ji's words, knelt in the direction of the Governor's Mansion, and kowtowed Master Qingtian.

In the face of survival, dignity is very cheap.

Or in other words, in this era of strict hierarchy and prevalence of kneeling, it is actually not particularly dignified for ordinary people to kneel down.

"The house is so beautiful and too strong. Is this really for us?"

Even if Yuanji had already explained it, this voice of suspicion has never been cut off.

The people in the slums do not believe that there is such a good thing in the world. If Wu Changqing builds a hut for them, they might be able to understand and accept it.

However, for them to live in such a beautiful and seemingly majestic house, this benefit is so great that they can't accept it.

"It must be for us to live, but it should not be possible for us to live free of charge. At least we have to charge some rent. Otherwise, everyone is not rushing to ask for it, and these hundreds of buildings are not enough."

Another old man speculated.

"You know a ball, my eldest son works in a brick factory, and I heard that the grandfather of the country wants to build at least 10,000 such houses."

"Ten thousand, how much money would it cost."

"I don't have to say, Lord Guo is really the Great Master Qingtian."

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