Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

Chapter 202 New Public Housing Plan

Seeing his father asking, Tian Yuheng quickly replied,

"Dad, we just came here to see if there's anything we can do to help. Today, my sister and I checked Baixing Street, and it seems that the housing supply is becoming increasingly tight.

Winter has not arrived yet. Given this situation, if winter really comes, more people will die. So my sister and I plan to build a few more public housing units. I just don’t know how many people in the city need to be arranged to live in public housing units every day.

"Yes, Dad. My second brother and I went to the public housing today and saw that more and more people were coming. We also heard that many of the people we brought here died. We also wanted to take some of the elderly and weak among them back to the public housing, hoping to help them get through the winter."

After hearing what the two siblings said, Governor Tian also thought it was a good idea.

"Let the chief clerk take you to check it out. Come back and tell me if you need anything. Dad still has a lot of official business to deal with right now, so you guys go ahead and do your work."

Prefect Tian is really having a headache. He would rather be just the magistrate of a small county and just manage his own little piece of land. But now, he has to govern so many counties.

Seeing that their father was indeed very busy, Tian Xing'er and the others quietly walked away.

I searched the county government office for it.

"Second Master, Eldest Miss, these are the recent statistics on the number of people entering the city every day. The numbers from the counties under our jurisdiction are also here, but the numbers from the counties will be a little later, after all, they are only reported once every ten days.

People from other counties are fine, the main reason is that there are too many people coming to our capital. People from the counties in Bei'an Prefecture that are close to our capital are all running towards us. I heard that fighting has already started there.

I’m afraid there will be many people coming later.”

Listening to the registrar in the county government talking about recent events, Tian Xing'er began to feel a little worried. Once the war broke out, she had no idea what would happen to the several cloth shops they had just opened.

As for Jiangnan, I don't know how Sister Fang is doing. Most of Tian Xinger's current funds come from Jiangnan and Beijing. Of course, there is some in the North as well, but it is definitely not as much as the other two places.

After all, how can the consumption in the north compare to those places in the south of the Yangtze River?

"It's really like when the roof leaks it pours!"

"Why are you sighing suddenly?" Tian Yuheng asked when he heard his sister's voice.

"Brother, I'm worried that we will have problems with our funds for this war. Although I heard from mother that the North is self-sufficient, this little income is still not enough. A disaster alone is enough to give us a headache."

"Yes, in the current situation, we can't count on the imperial court. We can only save ourselves."

After the two of them completed the registration, they began to recruit people in the city. There were many people in the city now, so recruiting workers was not difficult.

The entire city is busy trying to make preparations before the weather gets worse.

"Second Young Master, Eldest Young Lady." Today, Tian Xing'er and others came to the public housing again to check on the progress of the project, and the public housing manager hurried over.

"What's wrong, Manager Zhao? Is there something wrong?" Tian Yuheng saw that Manager Zhao seemed to have something to say, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"Yes, I have something to ask about the public housing. I would like to ask the Second Young Master and the First Young Master to listen and see what I think of my suggestion."

"If you have anything to say, just say it. There's no need to be so hesitant."

Seeing that Manager Zhao seemed to be hesitant to speak, Tian Xing'er urged him.

"Yes, Miss, that's what happened.

Although our public housing could allow people to stay for a full month before, most people would move out after half a month. If we allow everyone to live here now, I'm afraid that even if we have more public housing, there won't be enough.

Even if, even if you ladies build enough public housing, when people leave, after this period of time, there will be even fewer people living in public housing, so it would be a waste to build so many.

So I thought, it would be better to build a public housing for several villages, so that the public housing can be reserved for the villagers to live in in the future, and it can also allow these newcomers to report to their own villages as soon as possible.

The villages are managed in a decentralized manner so that those who really need them can live there, instead of like now, where a bunch of young and middle-aged people live here while the old and weak are still suffering in the cold outside.

These are just some small thoughts, I hope the eldest lady and the second young master will not be angry."

"Oh, that's a good idea. This is good. It's annoying to manage people, and it's easy for things to go wrong. We still have to provide a lot of supplies. If we implement it in each village and let the villagers provide firewood and food, they are all our family members. Most people will definitely be willing to do so. They are all from the same village, and they will definitely supervise each other."

When Tian Xing'er heard what Manager Zhao meant, she cheered with joy.

"Yes, that's a good idea, Manager Zhao. Your idea is good."

"Manager Zhao, go to the accounting office to collect your reward money. Follow my father's previous rules. Your idea is very good. It's what we both suggested."

"Thank you, Miss, and thank you, Second Young Master." Manager Zhao was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He had been here for too long and almost forgot the rules set by the prefect when he was the county magistrate. Anyone who could provide good suggestions could be rewarded, but the specific amount of the reward depended on the evaluation of the accountant. However, generally at least one or two taels would be given, and his idea must be worth at least two taels.

"Brother, I'm afraid we'll have to ask Dad about this matter. I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to handle it."

"Well, we'll go over and talk to Dad later."

The two siblings stayed in the public housing for a whole afternoon and saw many people helping out. This time they built a public housing that was exactly the same as the existing one, but opposite to the existing one to create a symmetrical structure.

When the new public housing is completed, the main road will be between the two rows of public housing, so this street will really look like a street.

This was just a wasteland before. Because it was only used for transitional purposes and there were not many people who could settle in Yingzhou Prefecture at that time, they did not plan to build too big. However, in order to save trouble, Tian Xing'er ordered to turn this area into public housing and build a street. All the houses were built in rows, but only half of them were built.

Prefect Tian thought it was a waste of money and there was no need to build so much. Tian Xing'er later left, so the tower was only built halfway according to Prefect Tian's wishes.

If there hadn't been so many people coming this time, Prefect Tian would not have wanted to build so many. After all, it would be a waste if they were left empty in the future. There is no reason to leave such good houses empty and abandoned.

Even if I rent it to someone, I won't be able to collect much rent.

After finishing the work with the public housing, the two siblings went to Magistrate Tian again and told him about Manager Zhao’s idea.

"Dad, what do you think of Manager Zhao's idea? Didn't you complain that I was wasting money building those public houses? But if they are built in each village, then there will be no waste. They can also be used as village meeting halls, and people in need can live in them."

Prefect Tian also seriously considered the feasibility of this method.