After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Chapter 388: City Defense

In just six years, the total population of the three states has tripled from what it was six years ago, and housing prices in the three states have also grown in tandem with the population.

Not long after the emperor got the cement recipe given by Lin Chuyi, he asked the Ministry of Works to produce the first hard cement road surface according to the recipe.

Afterwards, the imperial court established a Construction Supervision Office in the Ministry of Works, which was specifically responsible for the production of cement and the construction of cement roads, to ensure that all official roads in Da Chu were paved with cement within ten years.

After the court took this action, Lin Chuyi began to arrange for his subordinates to conduct an open bidding and sold the cooperative management rights of the cement plant at a high price through competitive bidding.

Considering that they will leave this era in the near future, and they already have enough industries in their hands, there is no need to get involved in the new field of cement and attract more covetousness.

Therefore, under Lin Chuyi's instructions, the clones in the business alliance headed by Qian Laiye were just going through the motions when bidding. In the end, the cooperative management rights of the first cement plant fell into the hands of a merchant named Liu.

With the establishment of cooperative management rights, the first cement plant in the Princess's area was quickly built and put into production.

Just like the imperial court, Lin Chuyi initially used all the cement produced for road construction. However, she soon became dissatisfied with the current cement production efficiency.

But there is nothing we can do about it. After all, without electricity as a support, all production can only rely on manpower, and the production capacity of manpower is ultimately limited.

Lin Chuyi had considered introducing knowledge of physics, chemistry and other subjects from later generations into the teaching of the college, so as to push this era into the electric age ahead of time. However, she quickly gave up this idea.

The reason why this approach is denied is actually very simple. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. No matter what task or goal you want to accomplish, you need to follow the principle of following the steps and proceeding step by step. If you are too impatient and reckless, not only will you fail to achieve your goal, but you are likely to suffer setbacks and losses.

Judging from the current situation, the most urgent problem that people need to solve is the problem of food and clothing. If even the basic survival needs cannot be met, how can they calm down and delve into in-depth research and make inventions?

Only when people have enough to eat and live a stable and comfortable life will they have a yearning and pursuit for a higher quality of life. Otherwise, those valuable knowledge achievements will only be controlled by a few powerful people and become a tool for them to demonstrate their noble status and enslave and oppress the people.

Although Lin Chuyi did not intend for electricity to appear too early in this era, it did not mean that she was helpless about the production progress.

Since there are certain limits on labor capacity, he can simply increase production by adding more people. If one cement plant cannot meet demand, he can open a second or third plant.

After all, what society lacks the least is human resources. Doing so can not only effectively alleviate the employment pressure of the labor force, but also help promote the development of the production process.

In this way, Lin Chuyi quickly started the auction of the cooperative management rights of several other cement plants. With the official production of several other cement plants, the amount of cement produced daily increased sharply.

Ever since the official road between the state capital and the county town was paved with cement, Lin Chuyi began to use the cement produced subsequently in the field of house construction.

As time goes by, cement houses have gradually become a new trend in the tri-state area. Now, many families spend a lot of money to buy cement and demolish their old and dilapidated houses to build the most fashionable and novel cement houses.

The original one-story house has been transformed into a two-story, three-story, or even four- or five-story building. The increase in the number of floors also means that the number of rooms has increased accordingly. When the family moves in, there will still be many vacant rooms left.

As a result, many families have renovated these vacant rooms and rented them out. Most of the tenants are students from other places who come here to study, or migrants who meet the rental requirements.

Nowadays, the small vendors who set up stalls in the city market are almost all born and raised in the city. Although they are not rich, at least they have enough food and clothing and live a rich life.

If you ask one or two stall owners at random, you will find that they may still be paying rent for several households. They set up stalls just to find something to do, and they themselves are not short of money.

Not only the people in the cities of the three states were seeing their lives gradually improve, but also the farmers in the villages.

Under the influence of a series of policies implemented by Lin Chuyi, the living patterns of four generations of people in rural areas, namely the old, middle-aged, young and children, have undergone significant changes.

The elderly can stay at home and enjoy their grandchildren and their old age, or they can take on some simple manual work and earn income by making handicrafts at home.

The main task of middle-aged people is to take care of the family's farmland, use the high-quality seeds distributed by the government to grow high-yield crops, and sell them for money to support the whole family.

Young people have more choices. They can inherit their parents' farming career and make a living with farming skills, or go to junior college to receive education, and after graduation, enroll in the vocational college closest to their hometown to learn a professional skill and earn a living based on what they have learned.

Young children can enter junior colleges to receive enlightenment education and choose the most appropriate growth path based on their specific circumstances.

Regardless of gender and age, everyone can have a bright future full of hope.

After several years of accumulation and the concerted efforts of several generations, many families in rural areas have moved into brand new houses as they wished.

Compared with bustling cities, every household in the countryside can apply for more living space, and the actual living experience is more spacious and comfortable than in the city.

The military establishment of the three states also changed synchronously with the urban and rural landscape. Although these three states were slightly behind other states in the country of Dachu, they also had troops stationed there.

The total number of garrison troops in the three states is 12,000. If we include the 3,000 additional guards deployed by the princess, the total force can reach 15,000.

These garrison soldiers all came from the local area. Since the fiefdom was assigned to Lin Chuyi, the court was no longer responsible for supplying the food and military pay needed for these troops. All expenses had to be borne by the princess herself.

Since these soldiers have never experienced the baptism of real war, they basically just follow the instructions of their superiors and carry out training on weekdays.

However, many of their senior officers happened to be the targets of punishment in the "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" operation carried out by Lin Chuyi before.

A general who disregards the rules will never lead soldiers with strict discipline and good work style.

In the military camp, many people were disdainful of the fact that a delicate woman like the eldest princess was in charge of all the major and minor affairs of the military camp.

Although they did not dare to express their dissatisfaction openly or say some unpleasant words because of the eldest princess's royal status, Lin Chuyi possessed the special ability of mind reading, and she could clearly know the true thoughts of her soldiers.

Facing these soldiers, Lin Chuyi had a unique strategy. She first eliminated a group of soldiers with poor performance, and then promoted some truly talented people to serve as new generals. As for those guys who were still restless, she would personally teach them a lesson.

The troublemakers in the army are often arrogant and self-righteous. But as long as you show enough strength to defeat them, they will be convinced by you. Once this group of the most difficult to discipline people are subdued, the other ordinary soldiers will not cause much trouble, and it will naturally be much easier to manage.

Lin Chuyi knew her own martial arts ability best and did not need a guard to protect her all the time. So after finishing her political affairs and starting to reorganize the military of the three states, Lin Chuyi took the 3,000 soldiers assigned to her by the court to the military camp.