Chapter 1334: Private Construction Teams

Time dragged on, and soon it was spring; the water gradually thawed, and the soil thawed as well. Although the weather was still a bit cold, it was already possible to begin construction.

The things Baifeng proposed at the year-end meeting had now basically had their frameworks organized and completed; the Gold Bank had been established, and now a site had been selected in preparation for breaking ground to build the warehouse.

The Orphanage was ultimately won by Shisigui. His plan was the best, though two other proposals were similar. After all, caring for orphans and a simple operation were all there was to it; there wasn't much that could be done, and no matter how one thought or acted, there couldn't be any major differences.

However, people are different, and Baifeng was still more willing to leave such a good opportunity to more suitable people. The Veterans Service Center, unsurprisingly, was also won by Yaoli. In all of Huaxia, he was indeed the most suitable; no one felt there was any problem with this point, so it was very appropriate for him to win it.

As for the final Nursing Home, Baifeng did not give it to Shisigui. Giving it all to these old people, for one, would indeed seem less fair, and for another, Shisigui simply did not have a proposal for a nursing home; he had only made two: one for the orphanage and the other for the school.

There were many competing for the orphanage and few for the nursing home, but fortunately, the proposal regarding the nursing home was also well-made, so Baifeng handed it over with peace of mind.

In fact, to whom it was handed or how the proposal was written did not matter to Baifeng, because what Baifeng needed was an attitude, a sense of drive. You only needed to let me know that you wanted to do this; as for how to operate it, Baifeng thought about it more carefully than they did; he just didn't want to bear the reputation of forcibly demanding grain.

Shisigui obtained the construction rights for the school and the hospital in his town—there were two, not just the school alone. Since you are going to build a school, why not build the hospital together with it?

Shisigui had absolutely no objections and happily prepared the grain and the land. The school required a lot of grain and an even larger area of land, but it was just an expansion based on the original school; all this grain was provided by Shisigui.

Before construction even began, Shisigui took the initiative to raise the teachers' salaries according to the proposal he had submitted. The base salary was issued by Huaxia because it belonged to the Establishment System; the salary for a Public Institution Establishment must be issued by the Ministry of Revenue.

However, Baifeng and the Ministry of Revenue would not interfere with the various subsidies and performance bonuses outside of the salary. With two children who were teachers, Shisigui could be said to be adept at handling these matters.

After obtaining approval, he first gained the position of Honorary Vice Principal and could attend various school meetings. Shisigui also displayed his skills, and in this empty position, he truly turned his Honorary Vice Principal role into a real Vice Principal role.

In just over a month, he proposed many plans for the school. Of course, the most important ones were regarding salaries. According to the School Grading System proposed at last year's meeting, Shisigui believed that teachers should be rewarded, comprehensively judged by exam results, enrollment rates, and so on; the better a teacher taught, the higher the salary they were given.

The additional portion was entirely borne by Shisigui. This was not a big problem in itself because there were not many teachers; the Primary School in their town had over a thousand students, but only a dozen or so teachers. The salary for these few teachers was absolutely no problem for Shisigui.

Besides bonuses, he also directly increased the teachers' base salaries, including the Principal's. Since the Vice Principal was giving more to the teachers' salaries, the Principal naturally had to be given more face.

After that, there were various subsidies for students, building dormitories and canteens, rewarding students who studied well, and so on; Shisigui made arrangements for all of these. When Baifeng heard such news, he was also very satisfied.

As long as Shisigui could continue to persist like this, he could give him a little bit of help. Before he reached the point where he couldn't work anymore, promoting him to a Public Institution Establishment with real power would be absolutely no problem.

Currently, it appeared that Shisigui was a Vice Principal, but because he had never participated in the examinations, he belonged to a Contract Worker, not a Public Institution Establishment. Shisigui naturally did not understand the difference, and since there was no one to explain it specifically, his sons did not understand either.

Baifeng did not intend to explain it too clearly to them right now. If it were explained too clearly, it might dampen their enthusiasm. Anyway, as long as you can get the same treatment, why think so much about it?

The relocation work for the Second and Third Ring was also gradually beginning. During the Winter, those who had the intention to live outside the city had already been counted. Among them, those who had houses outside the city could now, as soon as spring arrived, sign contracts, collect their things, and move out.

Moving outside the city made farming more convenient, and there was no need to run back and forth. For those who did not have a courtyard outside the city, land was allocated to them, along with grain and materials; as soon as they signed the contract, it was done.

They were limited to moving out within two years, but as soon as your courtyard outside the city was built, you had to move out immediately. The two-year time limit was also set considering that there might be a shortage of manpower now and they might not be able to hire people to build their houses.

However, because of the liberalization of professions, coupled with Baifeng's secret promotion, those casual laborers who originally had no rules and no organization gradually had some leaders with stronger abilities, and they had already formed teams during the Winter.

A team of a few people, with the main master craftsmen and technical workers present, formed a Construction Team. During the Winter, they had already started taking on jobs. They put out the word themselves, and people who needed to build houses would naturally come to them, ask about the size of the house, construction requirements, materials, deadlines, and so on, and then take on the job.

For a large courtyard, how much grain it would cost and the price were decided early. Those master craftsmen and foremen, along with a few laborers, would start working for people as soon as the weather was suitable.

Everyone was a skilled worker; putting up walls and roofing were not difficult tasks. They weren't building those tall, beautiful houses, so they didn't need anyone with the ability of a Level 5 Craftsman or higher. Just a sturdy, aesthetically pleasing house was enough; as long as one learned on the construction site for a few years, it was basically no problem.

Laborers could be women; they brought their own wives or children, and whatever they earned went to their own families. They could also teach their own skills to their children. Looking at the current market in Huaxia, there would only be a shortage of workers in the future, not a shortage of work to do.

In the future, there would be no need to go too far from home to work in places where there was no one, and one could even go home every day. How good such a job was.