An hour later, the guards guarding the windows of Wen Tian Lan Xiang Pavilion left. The rest of the people left and closed the shop.
Those who were rescued and those who were arrested followed behind. When they arrived at the Li Family Zhuangzi, those who were arrested were terrified.
Those who were rescued did not know what was going on. How would they know what the Li Family Zhuangzi was like?
On the other hand, the county magistrates of Wannian County and Chang 'an County had already rushed out with their men.
They ran to the place where outsiders were staying and interrogated them. Everyone looked like bad guys.
The problem was serious. With Li Yi personally intervening, would this year's assessment be affected?
They really caught a lot of people. Those people relied on their strong bodies to flaunt their strength to others.
When they wanted to assign temporary residences, these people would order others to work for them. They looked like they would beat them up if they did not do it.
Those who were bullied did not dare to say anything. If they did not want to fight, they would fight normally. If they could not win, they would sneak attack. What if the yamen sentenced them?
Now, the yamen came to ask directly. After confirming their identity, they arrested them.
That night, Li Longji came to look for his wife and children.
"Brother Yi, Chang 'an County and Wannian County arrested a lot of people. Their crimes are not serious, but some of them can be exiled. Some of them will be beaten on the back."
Li Longji knew the cause of the incident. The yamen was also venting.
"Do you think that they came here to live a good life, but in the end, they were exiled to a faraway place?" Li Yi wanted to laugh.
Some people would not dare to come here in the future.
More importantly, those people had families. They had parents, wives, and children.
Would their families be exiled three thousand miles? It was not easy to come here, but they were going to be naturalized.
Li Longji nodded helplessly, "Yes."
"It's easy. They did not cause too much harm to society. There is a punishment that I came up with. It's called community service."
Li Yi thought of a solution. Didn't those people scare others and make them work for them?
Now, they had to work for others. It was an eye for an eye.
He explained. Li Longji understood, "They have to change into special clothes. Otherwise, others will think that they are doing good deeds."
He began to think over the details, and agreed to release the prisoners and get back to work.
"In addition, we can make some clothes for those who are willing to work so that others will know that they are volunteers."
When Li Yi heard the community service uniform, he thought of the volunteers' uniforms. What if someone felt that they were being punished for not wearing special clothes?
"Alright." Li Longji agreed. "Those who can't do heavy work should be rewarded for helping to clean up."
Now that Li Longji had money, he wanted to help more people.
Apart from the Grief Field Square, the local government offices and clans were also responsible for those who could not earn enough food through normal labor.
Right now, he wanted to give more benefits in the capital office, but he was powerless to do anything further.
Li Yi pondered for a moment. "If it is true that some people are temporarily unable to work due to accidents or illnesses, we can provide them with a minimum wage."
"What is the minimum wage?" Li Longji couldn't analyze the specific content from these two words.
"The minimum wage. For example, a man who has lost a leg and has three children. If his wife is unable to support the children, he will be given a certain amount of money every month.
There is also a man who has lost a leg. If he sets up a stall, because he is a minimum wage worker, he will not be charged any fees.
If his wife sets up a stall, she will try her best to help. This includes families with sick people. "
Li Yi suggested the method he used at that time. As for unemployment benefits, there was no such thing as unemployment benefits.
There was no unemployment in the capital office. If there was a job for you, you could do it but not do it. Even if you starved to death, no one would care.
"The money earned is not enough to support a family? Without free soup and black bread? "Li Longji had never heard of anyone who couldn't eat.
Black bread was one coin per piece. It was enough to satisfy hunger. There was some oil in the free soup, as well as salt and vegetables.
"Hunger includes the situation where I don't give them a job." Li Yi removed himself from the situation.
If there was a day where he couldn't arrange a job to make money, he believed that more people would have a hard time.
"Let's investigate first. See which families in the capital office have a hard time. How much money should we give them per month?"
Li Longji said that he was going to investigate, but in reality, he agreed.
"200 coins is enough. The price of grain is low, and the price of salt is not high. If you need to take medicine, you can come to Li Family Zhuangzi to get it if you can't afford ordinary cheap medicine."
Li Yi estimated that by the end of this year, indica rice would cost around 10 coins per bushel.
One bushel was 10 liters. If one liter was converted to the current weight of rice, it should be more than 1.15 kilograms.
If it was used to buy indica rice, there would be less oil and more consumption. If it was used to buy black bread, it would be enough to eat.
Black bread wasn't nutritious. If it was made alone, the cost would be more than 1 coin.
This was a benefit that belonged to Li Family Zhuangzi. Oh, there was also Zhangsun Xin. Zhangsun Xin was a good person. He learned from Li Family Zhuangzi.
He processed flour and conveniently sold black bread. In Lantian County, Inspector Zhangsun was praised, even though he couldn't patrol much now.
An inspector who didn't do his job went to Lantian County to start a business and even developed it.
Li Longji frowned: "200 coins. There are many people at home. We can only eat rice and pickled vegetables. We can't eat meat."
"Under normal circumstances, not everyone is allowed to eat meat every day in the capital office."
Li Yi had checked the information before. Some officials' families couldn't eat meat all the time.
When inviting others to a banquet, there were even many vegetarian dishes. There was no meat to be eaten.
"Third brother, we can ask His Majesty to distribute meat. Every 10 days, he will give half a catty of pork or a catty of chicken." Li Yi suggested.
"Yes, send meat. His Majesty will personally send people to send it. The people will remember His Majesty's kindness." Li Longji said. This was also approved.
"At the end of this year, the supply of pork will increase. Next year, it will be even more. The main thing is some straw that was thrown away before. Now, after processing, it can be fed to pigs.
Currently, there are many chickens, ducks, and geese. The cost of raising maggots is low. Everyone knows how to feed them bone powder. The rate of egg production has increased.
With the emergence of a water network, the cost of raising ducks and geese has also decreased. Especially geese, they just need to feed grass and some bran. The geese will slowly lay eggs. "
Li Yi talked about the problem of raising poultry and livestock to solve the needs of the people.
"Brother Yi, the artificial incubation method you gave us is the solution to the problem of raising poultry." Li Longji brought up the old matter again.
The artificial incubation technology was definitely the most powerful.
The most troublesome thing was the chickens hugging the nests. The newspaper wrote about how to deal with it and then carried out artificial incubation.
The number of chickens, ducks, and geese that came out was obviously several times more than the normal nests.
With the chickens and ducks, even if it was free-range, the chickens, ducks, and geese would not starve to death.
Otherwise, the people would be waiting for the nests. It would take a long time for a batch of seedlings to come out.
When the hens hugged the nests, there would be dead eggs. Artificial incubation. If they encountered dead eggs, they would know in advance and eat them. The ones hatched by the hens could only be thrown away.
"It's good to raise them free-range. When they look for food outside, their immune system is high. Intensive breeding, they have to be specially fed medicine. The key is to choose the next breed."
Li Yi advocated free-range breeding. Free-range chickens were not easy to get sick.
Now, Zhuangzi had been choosing which chicken laid the most eggs. The eggs laid by the chicken that laid the most eggs were hatched separately.
Then, they would find out which chicken laid the most eggs. Generation after generation, the number of eggs laid finally increased.
There were also chickens that grew quickly and were hatched separately.
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