The Rise of the European Emperor

? With such a handicraft guild that obeys the government, Marin can also easily control the craftsmen and workers in those related industries, saving the government's management costs. 35xs

You know, these craftsmen were the most unstable social factors in ancient times. From a long time ago, these craftsmen who are called citizens have been the main force of the riots in Europe.

European serfs are generally very honest. If it is not that they cannot survive, they will rarely rebel on their own initiative. But these craftsmen are different, they have some knowledge, many of them can read some words, they have vision and... arrogance that serfs don't have...

Therefore, sometimes the government increases a little bit of oppression, and the artisans are easy to fry. Especially the tax issue, the craftsman-dominated bourgeoisie are very sensitive.

For example, the peasant uprising in Württemberg was said to be a peasant uprising, but its leader Kaspar was a blacksmith who made knives. In southern Germany, rebellious group shoe associations like Tiandihui, which were widely spread in southern Germany, were actually initiated by a group of shoemakers.

Including the uprising in later generations of Huaxia, it was also initiated by the peasants led by the working class. Even the name is Workers and Peasants xx... Even though Huaxia's fate is actually made up of peasants, the leading position is still the working class.

Therefore, the citizen class is the biggest unstable factor in society. In general, almost all the revolutions in modern Europe were initiated by the working class. Especially on the French side, it is basically the workers in Paris who are making trouble...

Therefore, the society can be stable only if the citizen class, which is dominated by handicraftsmen, is well managed. Otherwise, be prepared to go to the guillotine...

But the working class, while scary, is actually not that demanding. As long as they can eat enough and wear warm clothes, they will not risk their lives casually.

It's just that in the unlucky Europe, agriculture has always been rubbish, and it wasn't until the 18th century that it started to learn from China and made some progress. Prior to this, European food production had been impressively low. Therefore, the workers couldn't even afford bread, and it was inevitable that they would feel resentment in their hearts.

But in Beihai country, it is impossible to afford food. Because the food production in the North Sea country is too high, and the food supply is extremely sufficient. Unlike bread in other countries, it is mixed with a bunch of unpalatable things such as wild vegetables, sawdust, soil and stones. In Beihai country, black bread is only mixed with a little grass chaff. Although it tastes a bit coarse grain, it is much better than mixed with dirt and stones.

And the textile industry that Marin plans to start now can also fully solve the problem of dressing, so that the people of Beihai can wear warm clothes. At the same time, Marin is also planning to build hospitals in various places to solve the problem of people seeing a doctor...

As for the housing problem, Marin didn't have much to do. He can't just give a house to the poor, can he? Then he can't afford it. This issue can only be handed over to local officials to send warm activities. For example, in the cold winter, local officials came to the shantytowns and ordered the masons to sew and mend their shantytowns. If it doesn't work, you can pile up a classic adobe house!

The adobe house is warm enough to build a kang. Among other things, at least it is much better than the kind of shacks in the city. Moreover, the cost is very low, only need soil and thatch, plus a little labor.

Although the construction of adobe houses in the city affects the appearance of the city, but in this era, it is not the time to pay attention to face, but to pay attention to cost. It is a matter of course for rich people to build stone or brick houses, and for those without money to build adobe houses. As long as the adobe houses are not built beside the avenue and in the downtown area, Marin will not care. Ma Lin was originally from ordinary people and understood the difficulties of the poor. It's not like some managers in later generations who have never seen the sufferings of the world, who actually used such nonsense as the appearance of the city as an excuse to prohibit people from doing this and that.

In fact, Marin has always felt that the shacks where the poor lived in European cities in this era are very luxurious. why? Because it's all wood!

Maybe Marin is used to it in later generations,

In the later generations of Huaxia, the degree of development is too high, and it is difficult to see the woods. Therefore, subconsciously feel that wood is expensive. You know, in later generations, in order to make furniture, China will import a large amount of wood from abroad every year.

And in this era, the poor in European cities are so extravagant that they use wood to make houses with all-wood structures, which often makes Marin think that this guy is pretending to be poor...

Of course, people are really poor. Because, in this era, Europeans really don't know how to build adobe houses with lower cost!

Moreover, the European population is not too dense these days, there are many forests, and the wood is not very expensive. The cost of building an all-wood structure house is not too high. Of course, compared with the adobe house, it is indeed much higher. After all, in Europe these days, even if you log yourself, you still have to pay taxes to the government.

But Marin didn't like this kind of wooden house very much, because once a fire broke out, the shantytowns dominated by wooden houses would easily burn a large area, which was very dangerous.

However, if you change to an adobe house with a thatched roof, it is also prone to fire. Therefore, Marin intends to transform the shantytowns in the cities of Beihai and replace those wooden houses with adobe houses. However, roof tiles reduce the risk of fire.

Moreover, if a layer of white lime mortar is painted on the outside of the adobe house, the adobe house covered with tiles will look no different from a brick and tile house, and it will be very beautiful.

Of course, for this type of grass-reinforced adobe house, due to gravity, the walls cannot be piled too high, so we can only build a relatively small house with three rooms. However, this is also enough. Because, for poor families, they did not dare to expect a big house.

In order to confirm his conjecture, Marin personally went to the shanty town of Aurich City, commanded a large number of craftsmen, and hurriedly repaired a set of three small adobe houses in one day. Among them, the roof uses the wood removed from the wooden house as the beams, and then covers the beams with tiles. Finally, a layer of white lime mortar was painted on the outer walls of the adobe house...

Then, a very beautiful little house with oriental features was built. However, for this kind of houses in the city, Marin canceled the special clay stoves and chimneys in the adobe houses where serfs lived in the country. Because his plan is to let urban residents use briquette stoves. The briquette stove can be placed outside the door for cooking and boiling water. Therefore, a room can be saved for putting things or living people. If it rains, the briquette stove can also be placed in the main room's gate for cooking.

After trial living by residents in shanty towns, this small three-room adobe house has been highly praised by residents who originally lived in dilapidated wooden houses. Because, in this hot day, the residents feel that living in the adobe house is actually cool and comfortable...

Also, it is cheap to build. Its biggest cost is probably the roof tiles. As for the soil and thatch, there is no cost. The roof beams were also removed from the original wooden house, and most of the wood can still be left. Where the real money is spent is on the tiles and the lime mortar for the walls. But lime is cheaper and the cost is not high. Only the cost of tiles is slightly higher, but ordinary people can still afford it. Of course, there is also the wages of masons, but this one is not too high. Because the wages of a mason are only 3 pfennigs a day.

That is to say, this kind of adobe house with tiled roof and white walls can be repaired even by poor families. Moreover, it is also more beautiful from the appearance, a bit like a tile-roofed house. At least, in this day and age, no one thinks that a house with a tiled roof and white walls will affect the appearance of the city...

Therefore, in order to win over those shantytown workers who seem to be unstable factors, and want to reduce the risk of fire, Marin took the lead in carrying out large-scale shantytown renovation work in the capital Aurich.

While replacing those dilapidated wooden houses with adobe houses with tiled roofs and white walls, Marin also took the opportunity to re-plan the shantytowns with messy buildings. At least, neat streets and alleys are planned. At the same time, a public toilet was built in each small area to collect the excrement and transport it to the outside of the city for treatment. Of course, I didn't forget to promote the toilet with oriental characteristics.

After all, public toilets have limited squatting spaces. If they all go to the public toilets together, they may not be ranked. It will be troublesome if you pull your pants up. Therefore, Marin asked everyone to guide everyone to use the toilet at home and cover it after using it. Then, every morning, I concentrated on going to the public toilet to empty the toilet. In this way, everyone does not have to fight for public toilet seats every day.

After this kind of transformation, the problem of dirty and messy shantytowns in Aurich City has been greatly improved, reducing the possibility of disease breeding. Moreover, it has greatly gained the hearts of those citizens who have the potential to rebel. At the same time, it doesn't cost much...

Subsequently, the "shantytown renovation" of replacing the dilapidated wooden houses with tile-roofed and white-walled adobe houses was gradually promoted in various cities in Beihai State, which gave Marin a wave of reputation among the citizens of Beihai State.

Moreover, the shrewd Marin also took the opportunity to promote a wave of briquette stoves. After all, the transformed adobe houses with tiled roofs and white walls do not have earthen stoves, forcing citizens to use briquette stoves instead. In order to achieve this goal, Marin hypocritically presented a lot of briquette stoves to those citizens, and then instructed them where to buy briquettes...

Without earthen stoves, even those citizens who are conservative in thinking have no choice but to try to use briquettes now. Then, they will soon find that it is more cost-effective to use briquettes for cooking and boiling water. Moreover, there is no need to pile up firewood at home.

In the past, almost every urban family had a firewood shed, which took up a lot of space. Nowadays, with the briquette stove, every household only needs to pile up a little briquette in the corner, and it can be used for many days, which is very trouble-free.

The poor in shantytowns are the most cost-sensitive group and the best customers of honeycomb coal. Because those rich families don't care about the cost at all, and they don't worry about the problem of nowhere to store firewood.

However, many of those city dwellers were conservative and fearful of change. As a result, although Marin promoted honeycomb coal, it seemed very popular, but it could not be fully rolled out. Because, more people are waiting and watching, or refusing to change. However, Marin took advantage of the opportunity of shantytown renovation and took the opportunity to cancel the layout of earthen stoves, which was equivalent to forcing those conservative citizens to switch to briquettes. After all, Xiaosanjian's adobe house has neither an earthen stove nor a woodshed.

Through the opportunity to help build new houses in shanty towns, Marin not only took the opportunity to earn a wave of popularity, but also seized a large market for briquettes. After all, the briquettes are basically controlled by Marin, and he gets the most of the money he makes. Once the briquettes are fully rolled out, Marin will lie down and count money every day...