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Chapter 864 Kunshan Major Infrastructure Construction

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    The tea guests interjected: "Besides, I heard that Duke Hai was going to inspect Suzhou. The squires here made a comprehensive plan and returned all the fields that had been occupied for a long time."

    "Oh?" Hai Rui asked curiously: "And there are squires who take the initiative to quit their fields? This is really new."

    "We have so many new things in Kunshan, where are we now?" The tea guests laughed: "In short, after our great master comes, the people have more ways to live. Who is willing to give the landlords a good life?"  After working for a year, you won¡¯t even be able to eat in the end?¡±

    "The landlords think farming is boring" The tea boss refilled Hai Rui's cup and said, "The big families in our clan are discussing renting their fields to Kunkaisi for a long time, so that they can free up their energy to focus on business.  Woolen cloth."

    "Oh?" Hai Rui became more and more curious the more he listened, and asked Peng Qianhu to take out more than ten copper coins and treat the tea guests to tea.  Then he asked: "Isn't Suzhou in a recession recently? There was trouble some time ago because the weavers were unemployed. How come Kunshan has more opportunities to live?"

    Although Hai Gong is a god, he still has no idea about the magic power of large infrastructure.

    "Didn't I say that? Because of our great master!" Although the tea guests don't know much about major infrastructure, they can clearly feel the changes in the past six months.

    ¡°Since we started building the levee, there has been so much work in our county!¡±

    "Don't you get paid to build the embankment?" When Hai Rui was building the Xin'an River embankment in Chun'an County, he even asked the people to bring their own dry food.

    "That's all according to the old calendar. When the first phase of construction in our county is completed, we will have enough food to eat." The tea guests said: "When the second phase is completed, Kunkaisi will pay for the work."

    "Huh?" Hai Rui couldn't help but feel ashamed. It was really hard to compare people to each other and to throw away goods. What he did in Chun'an was such a shame to the villagers.  "How much does it cost to meet the moon?"

    "It's hard to say, there are subsidies and rewards. You can get rice, noodles, oil, salt and everything, which costs more than one tael of silver." The old men said with envy: "And you still manage the food as before, so it's all about cleansing."  Make money. When times are good, you can't find such a job."

    "In many families, three or five people work together," a tea customer pointed at the tea boss and said with a smile, "For example, his three sons, two daughters-in-law, and his wife are also cooking at the construction site. Don't be too happy with the money."

    "It's all hard-earned money." The tea boss said with a smile from ear to ear: "Work hard all winter, and I will marry my third son a wife next year."

    Hai Rui understood that this was the time when he and Zhao Hao were quarrelingcrossed it out and changed it to 'during a debate', what that kid called the 'Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility'.

    Zhao Hao said that when people are extremely thirsty, drinking the first glass of water is the most thirst-quenching and most useful thing.  But once you drink past the point where you're not thirsty at all, it's useless to continue drinking. Instead, you'll feel more and more uncomfortable.  This is the diminishing marginal utility of water.

    The same is true for the allocation of social wealth.  Money has many uses, and according to its importance, it can be roughly divided into four levels: survival use, daily life use, spiritual use, and squandering use.

    As the amount of money people obtain increases, they will gradually use it for unimportant purposes.  This is also a manifestation of diminishing marginal utility.

    ??Obviously, when social resources are relatively limited and the gap between rich and poor is too large, appropriately tilting resources towards the people at the bottom will have the greatest effect on the entire society.

    This is exactly what Laozi said, "The way of heaven is to make up for the excess of damage and make up for the deficiency"!

    Hai Rui once again clearly felt that Zhao Hao's statement that "the stability of a society depends on the efficiency of social resource allocation" is indeed very reasonable.

    Kunkaisi can obviously use the people of Kunshan for nothing and take all the benefits.  However, it is really impressive to be able to use part of the profits to distribute to the people, so that wealth can be allocated more efficiently throughout the county and exert higher marginal utility.

    "It's a pity that everyone understands the principle of letting go of water to raise fish, but everyone still wants to monopolize it. How many are willing to take the initiative to give up the profits?"

    I¡¯m afraid, if it weren¡¯t for Zhao Shouzheng¡¯s relationship, Kunkaisi or Jiangnan Company wouldn¡¯t be so generous, right?

    At this time, people were in Xishan. Mr. Zhao, who had not yet got off the ship, sneezed loudly.  In fact, I am a noble person, a pure person, a person who has escaped from vulgar taste

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    Seeing that no one was taking care of business, Hai Rui simply stopped acting and sat down next to a few tea guests so that he could talk.

    He asked again: "I heard that the third phase of the project will be completed as soon as this month. Will there be good things here next year? This won't last long."

    "Old man, don't worry about it. The eldest man has already said that next year the county will build roads and bridges, dig canals and clear out silt. When these tasks are completed, Kunkaisi will still have 200,000 to 300,000 acres of land, waiting for human inoculation.  Woolen cloth."

    Tea guests"We have planted mulberry trees and cotton on the ground. In the future, we will have to raise silkworms, pick cotton, reel and ginning cotton, right? Doesn't this all require manpower? Kunkaisi has promised that if you work for them, it will only be worse than  If you make more money now, you won¡¯t make less than you do now.¡±

    "Besides, Kunkaisi also took over the work from Chongming. If you want to make more money, go build the seawall. I heard that those who go there are paid as craftsmen, starting at 2 taels a month." The tea guests laughed.  He got up and said: "Kunkaisi is still worried about not being able to receive the project. If it does, our people will not be able to take it with us?"

    "It seems that the people of Kunshan will not only no longer have to beg for food, but will also live a better life than elsewhere." Hai Rui nodded and praised.

    "Of course." The tea guests were extremely proud.  "Look, who will have the nerve to call us beggars again?"

    "Okay, great." Hai Rui nodded with his beard and asked slowly: "But you all went to work for Kunkaisi, so who will farm the land for the big families? Can the squires agree?"

    "Hey, I don't have to worry about them." The tea guests all laughed and said, "They always have the most advantage. Don't make too much money with Kunkaisi. They have no time to care about that little land."

    "How do you say this?" Hai Rui became more and more curious and had completely forgotten the original intention of this trip.

    "Such a big project requires more than 100,000 workers, both large and small. Food, drinks, and toilets are all a business that brings in money!" The tea boss said, "There are also accessories for embankment repair, as well as wheelbarrows, poles, raincoats, etc.  Gloves, shovels dozens or hundreds of items, none of them are valuable, but once they are measured, they are all money."

    "Hmm." Hai Rui nodded and said, "Isn't that Jiangnan Company responsible for all of this?"

    "Hey, do you know that?" The tea guests suddenly became wary.  "Isn't it the Xu family sent here to inquire about information?"

    "Pfft" Hai Rui almost spit out the tea. He waved his hands with a wry smile and said, "How could it be? I have a friend who works at Jiangnan Company."

    ¡°You¡¯re not lying, little friend Zhao Hao.

    "Oh, it seems that the old gentleman is upright, and he doesn't look like the bad guys from the Xu family." The tea guests let him go, and besides, it was not a secret.  He told him that starting from the second phase of the project, Jiangnan Company gradually withdrew from these logistics supply tasks, and instead let Kunkaisi outsource its own bidding.

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