After the meeting, the engineering headquarters arranged carriages to transport the foremen to the Jiang'an construction site outside Nanjing, and began implementing the project plan without stopping.
When Qin Jian arrived at the construction site, he saw that construction had already started. Hundreds of people are building in full swing, but what they are building is not a river embankment, but a series of work sheds.
Since a large number of construction workers are about to move into the construction site, the government must prepare accommodation and accommodation for them in advance to ensure the smooth progress of the project.
Even if these work sheds are just extremely simple bamboo sheds, the conditions are still much better than those in the refugee camps in the south of the city. At least they can provide shelter from wind and rain, so that people no longer have to suffer from sleeping in the open.
Before he had time to take a look at the environment of the river embankment construction site, a group of refugees arrived here escorted by more than 20 Haihan cavalry. The officer leading the team shouted hello and asked the construction supervisor here to come forward to receive the refugees.
The other two people who were appointed as the construction supervisors of the eastern section of the construction site together with Qin Jian went to other construction sites. Naturally, Qin Jian had the final say here, so he could only bite the bullet and step forward to reveal his identity.
The officer pointed at the group of refugees and said: "There are seven hundred and eighty people in this group. You can count them one by one. If you find any sick or injured, you can pick them out. If there is no problem, just sign and accept them. I will rush back to recover!"
Qin Jian originally wanted to settle down after taking office. After confirming his location and work arrangements, he would then transfer some cronies from Yanziji Wharf to help.
But I didn't expect that the Haihan government arranged things so closely. After completing the registration, they immediately held a meeting to assign tasks, and then sent people to the construction site to officially start work.
If I had known this, I should have brought a few more apprentices and followers with me when I reported to the city. They could help in situations like this, and they would not have to do even small things like counting heads.
At this moment, Qin Jian heard someone greeting him. He turned around and saw that it was none other than his brother-in-law Qu Deren, who had a prosperous official career.
It turns out that the management committee attaches great importance to today's errand, so Qu Deren, as the second-in-command of the police station, also personally led the team to assist the army in escorting the refugees.
Qu Deren greeted the officer leading the team, then pulled Qin Jian aside to talk.
Qu Deren was not surprised to meet Qin Jian here: "I told my family a few days ago that with your brother's ability, if you don't stay in that small place in Yanziji, you will definitely become famous. Do you think this is fulfilled? ”
Qin Jian smiled bitterly and said: "It's just a change of place, and I'm still doing the same job as before. How can I get so prosperous!"
Qu Deren looked around and lowered his voice and said: "Old Qin, you are working under a noble man now. As long as you can perform well, your career will be just around the corner!"
"Noble? What noble?"
Qin Jian was confused at first, but then realized: "You mean...my current boss, Mr. Liu?"
Seeing his expression, Qu Deren knew that he probably didn't know the situation yet: "Don't you know who this Mr. Liu is?"
Qin Jian smiled bitterly and said: "I just met Mr. Liu today, how could I know who he was?"
Qu Deren said: "Master Liu's father was Liu Shanxia, the minister of the Ministry of Construction at that time. Do you know what kind of official the minister of the Ministry of Construction was? He was on the same level as the Minister of Works of the Ming Dynasty, a proper official of the court. To put it exaggeratedly, the world Civil engineering is within its jurisdiction. If you embrace this, how can you not develop? ”
Qin Jian was surprised and said, "So Mr. Liu comes from a civil engineering family. No wonder he is so knowledgeable at such a young age." During the previous meeting at the Yamen, Qin Jian secretly marveled at Liu Tianning's mastery of civil engineering and construction site management. His level of understanding, Gan Qingqing comes from a noble family, and he may have grown up on construction sites since he was a child. Naturally, he is as familiar with these things as eating and dressing. It is no wonder that he has the confidence to personally preside over so many projects.
Qu Deren continued to say softly: "The imperial court transferred Mr. Liu to Nanjing to supervise the work, which shows that it attaches great importance to the relief projects here. I heard that there are still many vacancies in the Ministry of Construction. Old Qin, you have to fight for it!" ”
Qin Jian sighed: "Where did you get so much information?"
Qu Deren smiled and said, "Have you forgotten who I am working for now?"
Qin Jian suddenly said: "It seems that Lord Xiaoshi trusts you very much!"
At this time, the officer leading the team was already a little impatient with waiting, so he urged Qu Deren.
Qu Deren did not dare to neglect, so he made an agreement with Qin Jian to continue chatting at home after work in the evening.
Qin Jian counted the approximate number of people. As for the injuries and injuries, he couldn't check them by himself, so he could only muddle through and sign the documents presented by the officers.
The officer then handed him a temporary roster of refugees, which he used to establish division of labor, calculate attendance rates, and settle wages and salaries.
After completing the handover procedures in a few seconds, the officer and Qu Deren left in a hurry with their troops.
Qin Jian looked through the contents of the roster. It was extremely simple. It only recorded name, gender, place of origin, and age. There was no more information that could be used.
From then on, this batch of refugees was under his command. According to the officer's introduction, at least one or two groups of refugees should be sent in the future to ensure that there is enough labor available on this construction site.
Qin Jian looked at this group of messy and dirty refugees carrying large and small bags, and couldn't help but shook her head slightly. The situation of the refugees assigned to him does not look very good.
These refugees are both male and female, old and young, but they are generally sallow and thin, obviously due to the hard life during this period.
Qin Jian knew without asking that the people in the south of the city probably didn't have time to select strong laborers. They could only simplify all the procedures. After registering the refugees who voluntarily signed up, they would package them up and send them over, leaving the foreman here to figure out their own solution. arrange.
Fortunately, he had predicted this situation and had already thought about how to proceed before coming.
Qin Jian first separated the old, weak, women and children in the team and gave them the errands of cooking and housekeeping every day. These tasks are relatively easy and can be put to good use if left to them.
However, after excluding these people who are unable to engage in heavy physical labor, less than half of the 780 refugees remain.
This made Qin Jian couldn't help but secretly complain. Three or four hundred young men seemed to be a lot, but in a large-scale engineering project such as building a dam, the labor required was often calculated in thousands, and this manpower was far from enough.
While he was still thinking about how to assign tasks, a convoy transporting labor tools and kitchen supplies also arrived, which coincided with the arrival of these refugees.