The labourer was not tall, but his muscles were very eye-catching. His naked upper body and face were dark. He carried a large bag of food, but he was obviously still as good as he walked. Li Ze noticed him because he had a lot of scars on his body. But this was obviously not under his command.

This person is not yet at the age of retirement. Judging from his body and strength, he does not retire because of injury.

"This person?" Li Ze pointed to the man and said.

Wang Mingyi glanced and said, "This should be the earliest Lu Long soldiers captured after we fought with Zhang Zhongwu. It should be that the hard labor period has expired and he has regained his freedom."

"Is that true?" Li Ze suddenly realized.

"After these people have finished their hard work, they can choose to stay or return home according to your order at that time." Wang Mingyi continued: "The ones who choose to stay account for 80% of them. After all, whether they dig Wuwei Canal, build Dezhou City, or build roads in Wuyi, they have seen the prosperity here, so they naturally don't want to go back, but want to stay here to fight."

"A lot of those who worked hard to repair these things have died, right?" Li Ze asked.

Wang Mingyi coughed twice, "I don't know much about this, but death is inevitable. It is said that one or two thousand people lost their lives for various reasons!"

Wang Mingyi said one or two thousand, but he was afraid that the number would double if it was put into practice.

"How are these people who stayed?"

"It's not good," Wang Mingyi knew that this could not be hidden from Li Ze, and said directly: "They have no skills and were once Lu Long's soldiers. In the local area, few people dare to hire them. They have no capital to do business, and they have no money to buy land and buy property. Even if they want to be a tenant farmer, it is very difficult. So more often, they can only do odd jobs in the city."

"Where do they usually live?"

"A place west of the outer city, where are most of these people gathering?" Wang Mingyi said.

As the two were talking, some disputes broke out below. Four or five men in uniform navy uniforms surrounded the man carrying the bag. The two sides seemed to have a quarrel for a few times, but they actually started to push and shove. Then, some shirtless men in the distance, holding sticks in their hands quickly gathered here.

The situation was sudden, but Wang Mingyi seemed not surprised. He just glanced at Li Ze secretly, but saw that Li Ze was also staring at the conflict below with interest.

After a while, more and more shirtless men gathered. Seeing that the situation was not good, the men in navy blue jackets left a few harsh words and turned around and ran away.

"Who are the local people wearing navy blue jackets?" Li Ze asked.

"Yes." Hearing Li Ze revealed the whereabouts of those people in one go, Wang Mingyi poured beans: "Originally, the loading and loading business of the Moon Bay Wharf was monopolized by the local government, but since these people appeared, the whole market has been in chaos. These people are willing to work as long as they make a little profit, but the local people will naturally refuse to do it. After a few moments, the business on the wharf was taken away by these people. The main business on the Moon Bay is the business on the wharf. The two sides have had many conflicts."

"Are you dead?"

"That's not. Both sides are still very restrained. They fought several times, and at most they only use sticks. The locals can't beat them." Wang Mingyi spread his hands and said.

"The locals basically have families and jobs, but those people have nothing and no scruples. If they fight, they will naturally suffer losses! They are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of being desperate!" Li Ze said with a smile.

"Looking back, I'll let someone solve this problem!" Wang Mingyi said a little embarrassedly.

"How do you solve it?" Li Ze looked at the other party with a smile: "Using the official name to suppress them can control them for a while, and still have a lifetime of control? The conflict is not fierce now. If you treat your head with headaches and treat your feet with feet, the conflict will only accumulate deeper and deeper, and eventually become terminally ill, which will become a big trouble. Mingyi, there will be more and more people like this in the future."

Wang Mingyi looked at Li Ze with some guilt: "Li Xiang, how can you completely cure this?"

Li Ze let out a long sigh and said, "You have heard of what happened in Texas a month ago, right?"

Wang Mingyi nodded.

"The case has been closed on the Censorate. This time, a total of twelve people are about to lose their heads." Li Ze said coldly.

Wang Mingyi was shocked and his face changed a little.

Li Ze was also a little emotional: "It's only been more than two years, but a bunch of borers have grown. We accept bribes, take kickbacks, and cut corners. Our supervision is already strict enough, but we can't stand these people's fancy changes! That's a military factory, and they dare to do anything! Mingyi, are there any problems in the supply and marketing cooperative you are responsible for?"

Wang Mingyi dared not answer. He dared not promise such a thing. If he said something, he had to be responsible.

"Li Xiang, how did Texas solve the next thing?"

"Military factories have their own characteristics. In addition to stricter supervision, Guo Fengxiao has already prepared to use public bidding for many raw materials. Such as steel and iron, there is no way, but some other auxiliary materials are ready to be publicly tendered to the public. Anyone can supply the goods, it depends on who has the good price and cheap price." Li Ze said.

"In addition to this, Guo Fengxiao is also planning to separate some of the original large factories and strictly evaluate them based on performance. For example, one large factory that builds armor is split into two factories. Whoever has the lowest cost and whose products are the most popular in the army, then whoever eats meat and drinks soup, and the other, hehe, just wait to eat shit!"

Wang Mingyifu felt at heart and suddenly realized: "Li Xiang, is it that I want me to use this method in the supply and marketing cooperative?"

"The supply and marketing cooperatives now almost control our entire business, and there are also many bulk products related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Seeing the situation of Texas Armed Forces, if there is no problem in it, I really don't believe it." Li Ze said: "But punish the past and prevent the future, cure the disease and save the people. You are in charge of this business. You might as well take the Dezhou Armed Forces as an example, and first purify the internal affairs, and then take the opportunity to introduce this series of reform policies. With the twelve bloody heads, the resistance will be much smaller. Mingyi, Xia He is very busy now, and you can't point your mind at her for everything. You are the Left Minister, and you have to make a decision when you should make a decision."

"Yes, Li Xiang!" Wang Mingyi felt a little ashamed.

"Just like the management on this dock," Li Ze said: "I still know a little more or less, but I just don't bother to pay attention to it. There are so many tricks in it. Local action has been monopolized in the operation. When other people's goods arrive, if they want to deposit goods, they must first give them a hard-earned money, and then the money is hard-working. Some merchants have to bribe the boss who practices first, otherwise no one will store you when they enter the port. And the price is high. If not, how could they be easily squeezed out?"

"We should also make some rectifications."

"Just talk about these prisoners of war from the past. I guess it won't take long to find out the smell and grow into another such force that will start to dominate the dock."

"So, they have to compete, of course, in an orderly manner. In this way, both sides have something to do, and the merchants will also benefit from it." Wang Mingyi said.

"That's the reason!" Li Ze said: "Corruption is inevitable wherever we go. What we can do is to minimize the space for these people to do. Create an environment so that they cannot be greedy, and use bloody heads to warn them not to be greedy. Of course, they have to give them enough salary and benefits to prevent them from wanting to be greedy."

"You can't be greedy, you dare not be greedy, and you don't want to be greedy. Li Xiang's words are always thought-provoking!" Wang Mingyi said with a smile.

"Also, these prisoners of war also need to find ways to solve practical problems for them." Li Ze pointed: "Since I met you today, you will take the lead and work with the Ministry of Works and Wuyi County to solve some problems."

"I wonder what problem Li Xiang wants to solve them?"

"These people were all soldiers in the past and were already unruly. They were willing to stay in Wuyi to live a good life, but now, are their lives easy?" Li Zeheng glanced at Wang Mingyi. "These people gathered together and lived in those thatched huts. They were like ice cellars in winter, and like stoves in summer and had to be thorned by mosquitoes, snakes and ants. I can think about what kind of environment they live in. If this continues for a long time, they will see that the gap between their lives and locals is getting bigger and bigger. What will happen?"

"Rebel!" Wang Mingyi blurted out.

"It's impossible to rebel. This is Wuyi!" Li Ze smiled and said, "But it is a foregone conclusion that they become unstable elements in society."

"Then Li Xiang, what are we going to do?"

"We have to separate them first!" Li Ze said: "Look some places in Wuyi and build some houses. The houses do not need to be big or too comfortable. These houses are not sold, they are only rented, and only rented to specific people. For example, how long they have lived in Wuyi and how much income is below the chunk of the poor. Such people are not only these people, but also locals, probably there are also some."

"Scattered to prevent them from gathering and making trouble. Letting them have a house and have something to do is to show them hope." Li Ze said: "As long as they can do this, they will naturally settle down. This is also a role model for the same people who came later. For us, as long as we work hard, we can live a good life."

"This is indeed a great good policy." Wang Mingyi said: "Li Xiang, what's the name of this project? Next, we will promote it first to let everyone know that Li Xiang is thinking of these people."
Chapter completed!