The Ferocious Tigers' comeback became a hot topic in Chang 'an and the surrounding counties. This directly led to the tickets for the next day's game being sold out. The two football stadiums were full again. Many people who came late couldn't even buy tickets, so they could only listen to the cheers from outside the football stadiums!
As for Li Zexuan, he didn't care about the league anymore, because the dam that had been prepared for a long time had officially started construction!
On the ninth day of the third month of the second year of Zhenguan, Li Zexuan, Mo Zhong, Yan Shaoning, Faubert, and County Magistrate He led the newly recruited more than 20,000 craftsmen to the bank of the Murky River and officially started construction.
The management style of the entire construction team was exactly the same as the management style of the "army" during the construction of Yanhuang College. The construction team was divided into five regiments. There were teams in the regiments, and groups in the regiments. The specific tasks were given by the HQ, and in the end, it was assigned to everyone!
Of course, the most important thing was that there was a complete set of rewards and punishments. This was the best way to motivate the craftsmen and workers to work!
This time, many of the people in the construction team had participated in the construction of Yanhuang College last year. The news spread like wildfire. Those who participated in Li Zexuan's construction for the first time knew that as long as they worked hard, they could become rich and completely turn their lives around. Gu Xiaomao, who opened a "supermarket" in Yanhuang College, was the most typical example of someone who became rich by participating in Li Zexuan's construction team!
It was said that the Gu Family now had a "supermarket" branch in Chang 'an City, and their business was booming!
Based on that, Li Zexuan did not need to say any inspiring words at all during the groundbreaking ceremony. More than twenty thousand craftsmen and workers were already rubbing their fists and rubbing their hands impatiently. They were all full of motivation. Why would Li Zexuan need to motivate them?
With a command, more than 20,000 people started to dig the canal, quarry the stone, pull the soil, and transport the cement. The Murky River outside Plum Village became lively all of a sudden.
"As far as I know, Lantian County hasn't been this lively for many years!"
County Magistrate He, as the parent official of Lantian County, naturally had to personally come and take a look at such a big project like the dam. Seeing the bustling scene on both sides of the Ba River, he couldn't help but pinch the small tuft of beard on his chin and smile.
This sentence could be said to have a double meaning. The current Lantian County was not only bustling because of the construction of the dam, but also because of the Great Tang FIFA Ranking League being held in Lantian County. The most direct feeling was that the number of merchants coming and going at the county gate every day was dozens of times more than before!
Where there were people, there were business opportunities. Many merchants from other counties saw this and wanted to open a shop in Lantian County. This caused the prices of shops in Lantian County to soar!
Today's Lantian County's prosperity had already leaped to the top among the counties around Chang 'an City. There was no doubt that it was the top! Recently, County Magistrate He was so happy that he could wake up from his dreams. These were all political achievements!
Li Zexuan smiled slightly. He looked at the workers and craftsmen who were digging the canal and said with a yearning look, "This is just the beginning.
In the future, Lantian County will be the place where Great Tang's industry flourishes. When that time comes, merchants and students from all over will gather. That will be lively! "
Dams, hydropower stations, electric appliances, three acids and two alkali, chemical, machine tools, heavy machinery industry. These were all projects that Li Zexuan was about to start or was about to start. If he could really complete all of them, then Lantian County's status would definitely rise to another level. It was even possible that it would surpass Chang 'an City!
County Magistrate He wasn't a pedantic scholar. Ever since Lantian County became Li Zexuan's fief, he had spent some time to understand engineering. After listening to Li Zexuan's description, his eyes lit up. Finally, he sighed and said,
"This lowly official looks forward to that day!"
Industry can lead the people to become rich. This was County Magistrate He's most direct understanding of industry. Previously, for example, Qiqu Pavilion and Qiqu Pavilion Workshop, they could be said to be making a lot of money every day. Now, Li Zexuan was building a dam. Although he didn't know how the dam would make money, because of the construction of the dam, tens of thousands of people in Lantian County could come over to help and earn a generous salary. That was enough!
More than 80% of the workers in the construction team were from Lantian County. Initially, under County Magistrate He's suggestion, they were all recruited from Lantian County. If they weren't able to get enough workers, they would go to other counties.
Therefore, all the adults in Lantian County were recruited. Li Zexuan's dam directly led to the employment of the entire county's people!
"Oh! That's right! Marquis, is your Marquis' Residence in Lantian County also going to start work? "
County Magistrate He suddenly remembered that the Marquis' Residence project was suspended and quickly asked Li Zexuan.
"En! Under the condition that the dam's construction progress is not affected, we can start work ~! If you need money, you can directly ask Butler Wang for it! "
Li Zexuan nodded and replied.
As the "King" of Lantian County, if he didn't even have his own residence, how ridiculous would that be? The Marquis' Residence in Lantian County was more symbolic than practical!
"Marquis, don't worry. It definitely won't affect the construction of the dam!"
County Magistrate He smiled and cupped his hands respectfully.
Li Zexuan smiled and then walked to Mo Huai's side and said, "Mr. Mo, I'll have to trouble you and Shaoning with the dam. If you encounter any problems, get someone to inform me at any time!"
Building a dam was a huge and arduous project. It definitely couldn't be done overnight in a short period of time. According to their original plan, they would first dig a drainage channel from the middle to divert the Murky River's water from the middle and lower the river bed's water level. Only then could they build the dam and build it!
Just digging this drainage channel would probably take at least a month!
In the following period of time, he definitely couldn't come here every day to supervise the work. He still had a lot of things to do, but the construction of the dam was indeed his most important project this year. Of course, he hoped that it would be completed as soon as possible!
Yan Shaoning, who was beside him, couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he heard this. He thought to himself that this bad friend of his was probably going to be a lazy shopkeeper!
However, although he thought so, he didn't say anything to undermine Li Zexuan. After all, he still treated Li Zexuan as a brother in his heart!
"Yamachō, don't worry. I'll do my best to build the dam as soon as possible!"
Mo Zhong cupped his hands and said solemnly.
Back when the Mo Family was at its peak, building a dam was a piece of cake. However, now that the Mo Family was in decline and their talents had withered, this dam was still a big challenge for Mo Huai and the others. There were many technical difficulties that needed to be overcome!
"Good! I'll celebrate with all of you when the time comes! "
Li Zexuan laughed heartily.
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