Chapter 688 Financial Crisis
In a few days, Li Mi replaced Zhai Rang and truly managed Wagang into a whole. They had no city to occupy, but they launched an attack on a granary in the world.
Li Mi had already made plans and used royal spies to master the information. After the integration, the 15,000 soldiers and horses took down the granary without much trouble and occupied Xingluo City, and decided to use it as the stronghold of the Wagang soldiers.
With the granary, the warehouse was opened and grain was released directly, and a small amount of grain was used to increase the number of troops in Wagang to 50,000 or 60,000 in a short period of time.
It would have been very easy to assemble more than 100,000 troops because of the short time.
The Wagang soldiers emerged from a sudden force, and all forces were envious of them, thinking that many forces would also start to seize food.
Everything happened within half a month.
Three hundred thousand northwest soldiers evacuated and directly caught up with Emperor Yang of Sui and were attacked several times on the way back to Luoyang.
Li De returned to Youzhou with his troops to continue to operate Youzhou and maintain peace. The merchants gathered in Youzhou. They didn't want to be involved in the war.
A large number of people integrated into the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji, causing the real estate prices in Youzhou to rise a lot. In the future, people from the City Shoufu verify their identities and start to settle down.
"Grandmaster, the population of Youzhou has tripled. Now people are moving to other prefectures, but the resettlement houses in each prefecture may not be enough. It takes a lot of money to build a large number of houses."
Li Ye found Li De and told him about his current financial situation. He also didn't quite understand why he had to allocate houses to those who settled.
The only prefectures in the Sui State, Youzhou, had this treatment, and it was really useless to spend a lot of money.
"Brother, the population is increasing now. If we make every effort to build a house, why do we have to pay too much? Can't they solve it themselves?"
Li Jing really doesn’t have to worry about the living of the people. They can build some shacks to live in. This situation is so common.
The finance will spend a large part of the money to build houses for these people, and he is really reluctant to let go of this regarding Youzhou's future development.
"The house must be built. Now that we have manpower, we will start to plan the house construction from now on. The newly settled population is obliged to take on service. We provide food, let them start working, and do it according to the rules."
Li Yan already knew Li De's attitude. Although he felt sorry for money, he could only do what he told him.
All states and prefectures provide construction materials and engineering drawings, and newly settled people work to build their own homes.
They have no wages but are responsible for food. After living there, they will be charged money at the lowest rent every month.
Why collect rent? It is because the house was not given for free. They are no longer the first people to come to Youzhou.
Later, the population was no longer divided into land, and if you want to make money, you need to find a job. This is what new people settled in now.
Newcomers may not know the situation in Youzhou. Although there is no land allocation, it is still very easy to find a job.
All the sixteen prefectures of Youji have public recruitment announcements. Just go outside the gate of the city guard office to see what appropriate jobs are available.
If these were normal things before, the newly influx of people still needed to adapt to the life in Youzhou.
It was very uncomfortable to get used to many things when I came here for the first time, and they were mainly trying to escape the war.
When someone asked them to work, many people didn't understand at first, thinking that they were arrested directly and several troubles occurred.
As a result, hundreds of people were all driven out of Youzhou.
When they understand the situation, they realize how much their ignorance has made them miss the hopeful life.
Those who stayed feel glad that they were not the ones who caused trouble.
Soon, the residential areas of Youzhou City expanded a large area, but this time the real estate construction was relatively simple, with much less foundations of brick and stone structures, and most of them were wooden house structures.
Even so, it is much better than the houses that new people have lived in before.
Li Rong presided over the construction investment, and the construction of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youji was the same day. Many people were recruited into the barracks before they could consider the house issue.
After strict screening, 100,000 new recruits joined, all new soldiers were infantry, and weapons and armor once again cost a lot of money.
"Brother, after recruiting 100,000 new recruits, we don't have much money."
Li Yan was really uneasy this time. He had never seen such a person who could spend money like this. Now his financial situation is tight, so he had to discuss it with Li De.
"The money left now cannot be moved at all, and now I need to rest."
Li De looked at the accounts and sighed.
When Li Ying saw his elder brother, he realized his attitude and felt much more relaxed. As long as the governor was not spending money, the financial resources of Youzhou City would definitely be better than now after three years of slowing down.
"It seems that the profit is not enough. Now that the population is increasing, it seems that several workshops, kilns, and fleets need people."
Li Yan's face turned dark in an instant. Didn't he say he would not spend money randomly? Why did he have to expand the workshop now? How much does it cost?
"Brother, there is really not much money left in the account now. If you spend it, you may not even be able to pay the official's salary." Li Yan solemnly reminded.
"There are many people who need to spend money. If you don't invest, how can you create value? I'm right. If you want to make money, you need to know how to pay first. The more you spend money, the more you spend it." Li Dedao.
Li Yan's eyelids twitched, and he turned around and went out. He was sure that he would be angry to death when he talked to his elder brother about money. It would be more reliable to go to his sister-in-law.
Of course Li De knew that real estate construction put the finances in crisis, but this matter must be done. Now he is going to think of ways to make money again.
"Husband, do you have a way to fill your financial accounts?" Princess Yu then came in and asked.
Li Ying just went out and found Princess Yu. The finances of Pioneer Bing were in charge of her. Now the money for building houses is all expensed from the financial expenses of the City Shoufu, and it has no impact on the finances of Pioneer Bing.
But Princess Yu also had some objections to Li De spending so much money. After all, the Grand Governor was responsible for the entire Liaobei.
She didn't want to see any problems with the forces under Li De.
"Aren't all money earned? I've figured out a way to expand workshops to provide more jobs and increase commodity production capacity. Now most of the merchants in the Sui Dynasty are gathered in Youzhou, and now we have advantages in this regard."
"Okay, my husband, I will support you no matter what you do."
Li Jing at the door was so disappointed when he heard this. Why couldn't his sister-in-law persuade him? It was all the money from the city guard's mansion.
The arm could not twist the thigh, and Li Yu had no choice but to take out all the reserve funds from the Finance Department to build a workshop.
All departments in Youzhou feel very stressed. When the world is in chaos, Youzhou is still engaged in economic development.
Chapter completed!