Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1342 - 1183: Each Fulfills Their Duty (Part 2)

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Lin Yi's decree nationalizing all land in Dayou Country was quickly implemented due to widespread fear of his power. While he now controls the army, some remote areas remain under the de facto control of local powers who are wary of the new Jinyiwei. Lin Yi decides to furnish newly built residential communities for commoners with basic necessities, planning to fund this by selling high-end housing to merchants.

They simply spread some weeds in a corner of the thatched house, then lay down on it to sleep.

Lin Yi certainly did not want to see such a situation. He did not want the great housing area to be filled with thatch; that would be too chaotic. After all, this neighborhood was synonymous with cleanliness and tidiness, representing reduced pollution. Otherwise, if it were like a pigsty they lived in, wouldn’t that greatly affect their health?

Lin Jianguo, upon hearing this, nodded:

"Alright, this matter is indeed like that. I had considered it before. Let’s do this, I’ll directly have the carpenters make some beds.

By then, every room will have two beds at least, sufficient for them to use in their daily life.

But as for blankets, it’s still somewhat difficult because currently, cotton has just been planted and has not yet produced a yield. Consequently, they still have to use straw mats on the beds."

In response, Lin Yi had no better solution. Though there was plenty of cotton available in later times, Lin Yi still needed to establish his own industrial system.

Like this ancient society, if solely relying on Lin Yi to manage things, it would not suffice. He could bring in seeds for them to plant, and only by achieving self-sufficiency could society progress faster.

For this reason, Lin Yi had already distributed the cotton seeds a while ago, and some people had started planting, but it’s still not harvest time, so they naturally have not yet used the cotton.

However, what Dad suggests makes sense; using straw mats is also doable, as long as weeds aren’t used. By weaving straw mats to lay down, they can also use them.

"Then let’s do this, clean and tidy, directly equip each bed with straw mats. Our mats need to be uniform in specification, thickness, and management, so it can be clean and tidy."

After discussing some specific details, Lin Yi nodded contentedly, left together with the crowd, and thus, the days passed quickly. About a week later, Lin Jianguo told his son that all the furnishings over there had been completed, albeit simple furnishings.

Moreover, although the construction of power generation equipment had begun, there was still no electricity in the rooms yet, because the power generation equipment was still in the installation process. So, electricity was not yet available for their use in the short term.

However, this does not affect subsequent renovations because the internal wiring of the community had already been arranged properly. It only needs electricity later on to connect directly.

Of course, there were naturally no appliances in each room.

After electricity is supplied, its main function is for lighting; there is a light bulb in each room.

Moreover, the quality of these bulbs is not comparable to ordinary bulbs; these were developed by the Imperial Group, high-quality bulbs.

According to the bulb’s specifications, it’s no exaggeration to say even if one bulb is lit for decades, it wouldn’t break; these aren’t like those ordinary bulbs that break after a few months of usage.

In fact, controlling this is very easy, there’s no extra technical complexity.

As for why later times’ bulbs frequently broke, it’s simply because those bulb manufacturers colluded together to create disruptions; if their bulbs never broke, who would repeatedly buy them? How would they make money?

For this reason, some tricks were applied.

But the bulbs Lin Yi had people custom-make were different; they were all forged from high-quality materials, ensuring these bulbs wouldn’t easily break.

Currently, these bulbs are only appearances and will not light up, but Lin Yi believes in due time, these bulbs will light up, given that the construction of the fan is already underway.

It’s just that the staff here weren’t very skilled, causing learning to be a bit slow.

If Lin Jianguo hadn’t personally led the installation, then it would certainly have been a difficult task to install them.

At this moment, Dad was also somewhat stretched thin since this community required his management, and the power station also needed him, causing Lao Lin to be quite busy.

Furthermore, he did not understand much of the specialized knowledge; he needed to learn it from scratch, resulting in Lao Lin being busy day and night.

Knowing this, Lin Yi was also quite powerless, seeing Lao Lin’s busy state, he sincerely wished he could fetch some engineers from later times to help Dad.

However, this was not a practical thing, so he increased efforts on the academy, speeding up its construction by several degrees.

Moreover, something else must be mentioned: Empress Dowager Ye was not idle every day in the Imperial Palace doing nothing; nowadays, Empress Dowager Ye has found her role.

Yes, Empress Dowager Ye has become the principal and lecturer of Dayou’s first educational institution.

He personally initiated a training module; for these ancient people, Empress Dowager Ye’s level is quite high.

She, after all, is from later times, making it very smooth for her to teach these ancient people who’ve never seen Arabic numerals.

Recently handling courses from elementary to middle school was completely manageable, making Empress Dowager Ye busy daily.

Not only Empress Dowager Ye but also including Luo Ning; at school age, he was also brought to Empress Dowager Ye’s classroom to study.

Moreover, both Xiao Zihan and Lin Yi would come to school whenever free, to give a lecture.

After all, for Dayou nowadays, the shortage of talent was indeed severe.

One must say most of the students selected for these classes were from poor families.

Though there were also children of noble families, quite the opposite, there were quite a few of them.

Why choose noble children and not worry about them having ulterior motives?

On this point, Lin Yi was quite helpless; for current children from common families, noble children were smarter, given their exposure to different things, like children from caring families, already beginning to recognize words at six or seven years old.

But in regular commoner families, at six or seven, more so, they think of picking up hoes to help parents with farming work, setting their levels and visions apart.

As for whether these people would betray after learning, Lin Yi had thought about it.

As long as teaching is done well, if brainwashing is clear, these people will only be loyal to the country, disregarding previous identities.

Certainly, among them, individuals could have unique ideas.

For them, Lin Yi only feels it’s beyond his control.

If such people emerge later, subdue them directly, consider it as if they weren’t cultivated.

[To be continued...]