Chapter 402: Grab the Job

On the soil platform, Ma Xiaoliu held a mallet in one hand and a simple trumpet rolled up with iron sheets in the other.

He looked at the dark crowd below, feeling a little nervous.

This is his first appearance on stage.

Deng Cunli needs people, and he is still someone who can write and calculate, and who can be trusted.

The lack of talent not only gave Gu Jiu a headache, but also the people below him.

The speed of Er Zhuang's training of talents is completely unable to keep up with the needs.

There was no other way, Gu Jiu had no choice but to send out a few Xiao Huangmen around him.

Ask them to study hard by Deng Cunli's side, and hope that one day they can be on their own.

Ma Xiaoliu looked back at Deng Cunli, Eunuch Deng, who was standing behind him.

Deng Cunli stared, and Ma Xiaoliu shivered, as if he was in the palace, so he quickly suppressed his nervousness and regained his energy.

dong dong dong!

Ma Xiaoliu beat the gongs and drums heavily with a mallet.

"Everyone is here, isn't it. There are three main things to call everyone here today."

The refugees pricked up their ears and listened carefully, for fear of missing a word.

Several children were hungry and a little restless. Wang Lian raised his hand and hit, "Don't make a sound, first listen to what the owner has to say."

Li Sheng stood in the crowd, his face was yellow and his muscles were thin. But he was tall and stood out from the crowd.

He rubbed the yellow mud on his body and killed another flea.

He was originally from Caizhou, and his family was slightly poor.

In my hometown, there has been a severe drought for three years, and everything that can be sold at home has been sold. The family has no surplus food, and can only eat wild vegetables and bark.

When there was no bark of wild vegetables to eat, he had no choice but to follow the whole village to escape.

As a result, there was a rare rainstorm on the way, the river rose, the embankment was washed away, and the family was also scattered.

When the flood receded, he survived, but his family disappeared.

He did not believe that all ten members of the family were dead.

He remembered that the family had made an appointment,

to go to Beijing.

Perhaps his family was waiting for him in the capital.

He tightened his belt, went on the road alone, and became a refugee in the capital.

Relying on the government's daily meal of gruel to survive.

Since arriving in the capital last year, until this year, he has been wandering around, trying to find his family.

Again and again hope is ignited, and again and again disappointment.

Two months ago, the lifeless refugee shack welcomed its first job recruitment.

That time, he missed it because his heart was ashes.

For two months, he watched with his own eyes that the people around him had gradually become stronger because they had earned a job on the construction site. Not only did he support his family, but he also had extra money to pull a foot of cloth for his mother-in-law.

He also saw the half-eldest man working on the construction site and getting back a few copper coins every day, as well as the white flour steamed buns that he was reluctant to eat.

It's real white bread.

The steamed buns with white flowers make Li Sheng drool every day in his dreams.

He also wants to eat steamed bread with white flour, he also wants to work, and he wants to save money.

When he finds his family one day, he will also have the money to pull two feet of cloth for his mother-in-law to make new clothes, and buy two taels of brown sugar for the children.

He craned his neck and looked at the beardless young man on the dirt platform.

He heard people say that the owner is a member of the royal family. So the stewards here are the father-in-laws in the palace.

The word father-in-law is very deterrent.

Anyway, no one dared to be presumptuous in front of several father-in-laws.

Ma Xiaoliu coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said loudly with a tin horn: "Everyone, listen carefully, the first thing is to recruit 500 women and children to pick up manure and clean it every day. Roadway garbage, and follow-up to clean up the trees and weeds on the nearby hills.

Well, the treatment, four wowotou a day, plus three copper plates. People who want this job will line up here to sign up, and whoever dares to fight and make trouble, don't. "

There was a commotion in the crowd.

Women and children swarmed to the left of the big locust tree.

Wang Lian, with three children, also ran to the left.

While running, she lost a straw sandal, and she had to go back to pick up the straw sandal.

By the time she got in line, there were already hundreds of people in front of her.

Wang Lian was lost for a while, and his face was pale.

If it weren't for the straw sandals, she should have been ranked in the top 300.

She took a few children and said to the children, "Cheer up, our mother three, someone has to be selected."

Wang Ergen nodded heavily.

He was twelve years old, and was short due to lack of food and clothing.

He was not wanted on the construction site because he was too young.

He envied his eldest brother Wang Jiangen for going to the construction site every day, eating white rice and drinking bone soup every day.

Moreover, on the construction site, there is meat every two days. Although there are only three pieces of pork, Wang Ergen sucks, really envious.

I heard people say that those craftsmen can eat meat for two meals a day.

He looked forward eagerly, he must choose.

As a result, there are four wowotou, plus three copper plates per day.

When he saves a hundred coins, he will buy a pair of straw sandals and eat meat.

The team progressed very quickly, some people were selected, some people were eliminated.

The chosen person wept with joy.

Even if the eliminated people are dissatisfied, they don't dare to force it blindly. Because next to him stood a bodyguard with a large sword on his waist and a club in his hand.

These guards are not vegetarian.

In the past, someone jumped in line, the sticks fell like raindrops, and they were directly beaten to half death.

There are also refugees who do a tyrannical act, but two days later, the people disappeared from the shack area.

Some say they were thrown into a pond and drowned.

Someone was buried alive on the mountain.

Some people say that if they were caught by the government, they were directly beaten to death.

No matter what you say, it's all a death.

These guards, with sticks in their hands, taught the refugees what it means to be obedient and have food, and what it means to queue up.

On the soil platform, Ma Xiaoliu was announcing the second thing.

"For the second thing, it takes a thousand labors to dig ditches. The salary is two meals a day of brown rice, four wowotou, plus broth, and eight copper plates a day. Those who want to work will line up on the right to sign up. Anyone who dares to fight and cause trouble will be thrown out."

boom!

The refugee team exploded like firecrackers had been set on fire.

The men ran desperately to the right, for fear that they would not be able to report their names if they were late.

Taking advantage of his height and long legs, Li Sheng ran ahead.

He hasn't eaten a grain of rice all day and night since he ate a watery porridge at noon yesterday.

He was very hungry.

He took out the fastest speed in his life and got in front of the team, but he was a little dizzy and flustered.

He tightened his belt, must be too hungry.

He has a lot of strength and can definitely be selected.

dong dong dong!

Three more gongs and drums sounded.

Ma Xiaoliu held the tin horn and said loudly: "There is one last thing. On the construction site, the first batch of large courtyards is about to be completed. Those who need to buy a house can come here for consultation. There are people here from morning to night. By the way. , it doesn’t matter if you don’t have money, you can work to pay for the house. In addition to the large courtyard, there is also a two-story building with a single family.”

There was no movement.

If I can't get enough to eat, where can I buy a house?

The so-called third thing, few people listened to.

But Li Sheng listened.

A large courtyard?

Two-story building?

Can I work to pay for the house?

He was a little itchy.

If you can be selected, you should be able to hope for eight copper coins per day.

When you find your family, you don't need to live in a shack, you can live in a new house directly.

It's just that you don't go back to your hometown?

Li Sheng was very confused.

But it didn't take long, because it was his turn soon.

Ma Xiaoliu is a little embarrassed, the house is a man who struggles all his life, but there are tiles in the picture to cover his body. Why didn't these people respond.

He looked back at Deng Cunli.

Deng Cunli didn't care.

The main target of the first phase of the project is not these refugees who can't get enough to eat.

The people who really have the purchasing power and are willing to buy a house are the craftsmen who are working on the construction site and the refugees with income.

This is also the first group of people to be relocated in the plan.

The second group of people to be relocated in the plan will use violence when necessary.

But not yet.

If you want to carry out the second batch of large-scale relocation, you must first ensure that most families have people working and earning money.

Since last year, we have been doing the registration of these refugees.

Tens of thousands of refugees, their place of origin, where they came from, whether they have committed crimes, their family demographics, and how many laborers in the family have been registered long ago.

Recruitment does not only depend on the availability of labor and whether it can endure hardship.

It is also necessary to see how many workers this company has and how many people have already worked.

If a family has three laborers, two laborers have already obtained jobs. Then there is only one labor force left, sorry, we must give the opportunity to another family.

To resettle this group of refugees, it must be distributed equally to a certain extent.

If food cannot be distributed equally, a portion of the work must be distributed equally.

Finally, it was the turn of the Wang Lian family.

"Where are you from?" The guy glanced at their family and asked with a serious face.

Wang Lian was very nervous, rubbed the corner of his clothes, and whispered, "Caizhou people."

Dude got it.

Caizhou suffered from severe drought for several years, and many people fled the famine.

Some went to the south, and some came to the capital.

Many others died on the way.

The guy picked up the Caizhou population register, "What's your husband's last name?"

"The surname is Wang."

Zhao Qian Sun Li...

Population registration, sorted by surname.

"King what?"

"Wang Lian's."

"What's your son's name?"

Wang Ergen took the initiative to take a step forward, "My name is Wang Ergen, and my brother's name is Wang Jiangen, working as a coolie in the construction."

The guy nodded and quickly found Wang Ergen's family.

"Only Wang Jiangen is working in your family now?"

Wang Lian nodded again and again and said cautiously: "Only my eldest son is working. There are many people in the family, and the food earned by working is not enough."

The man was silent.

He glanced at the steward next to him. The steward nodded slightly.

The man said blankly: "Wang Ergen, you have been hired. Take this note and go to the next door to go through the formalities. Next!"

Wang Ergen was overjoyed and held the note tightly, for fear of losing it.

Wang Lian was anxious, "Then, what about me?"

The guy said rudely: "If you recruit your son, you won't have a chance. Don't stand in your way, the next one."

Wang Lian was a little flustered, and wanted to ask again, but was pushed away by the people behind.

The people behind were very dissatisfied and muttered: "My son has been hired, what else do you want? Could it be that you want your whole family to be hired?"

Wang Lianshi blushed, and quickly left with a few children.

Wang Ergen took the note and went to the next door.

The guy took the note, glanced at it, took out a wooden stick, dipped a brush with a little red paint, and wrote Wang Ergen's name, age, place of origin, and date.

Dry the paint and give it to him, "Get it. With this, you can go to work and receive wages and food. If it is lost, it must be replaced in time."

Wang Ergen squeezed the wooden stick tightly, as if he was not holding an identity plate, but a peerless treasure.

Similar wooden sticks, he had seen on his eldest brother Wang Jiangen.

The big brother regards the wooden stick as a treasure, and no one is allowed to touch it.

He heard from his elder brother that without wooden slats, he could not get paid for working.

Someone on the construction site once dropped the wooden slats. Before the replacement, they didn't eat a bite and received a penny.

Wang Ergen looked all over his body, and it was inconvenient to place the wooden stick anywhere.

Fortunately, there was a hole in the wooden strip, so he found a thread to string it up and hang it around his neck, so he wouldn't be afraid of falling.

On the big locust tree, in the crowd, there are already many people with a piece of wood around their necks.

Anyone with wooden slats gets the envy of others.

They puff out their chests subconsciously, to distinguish themselves from those who are not working.

Even though they were still hungry, they didn't receive a penny. But those who have wooden sticks feel that they are higher than others.

Wang Lian was very happy and envious.

She did not expect Ergen to be selected.

"Mother, the steward said just now that I have to go to work today. I can go home tonight with Wowotou and wages."

Wang Lian burst into tears with joy, "It's okay. You and your elder brother have a job, and our family's good days are coming soon."

Wang Ergen grinned.

Li Sheng also hung a wooden stick around his neck, and gathered with a group of young adults.

Recruitment was fast, and by the time the sun came out, 500 women and children had already been recruited.

The man picked ten captains from among them, and each captain had fifty men under him.

"Remember, each team has its own task area. For teams that do not complete the task, all labor costs will be halved."

Gu Jiu's rules only deduct wages, not rations.

The women and children were buzzing and talking. The ten people who were selected as captains immediately felt a lot of pressure.

The man continued: "Fighting is not allowed, cheating and slipping are not allowed. Anyone who is disobedient will be confiscated and driven out. Choose someone else."

Everyone's heart was condensed, and they were a little nervous.

I heard that on the construction site, dozens of people have been replaced because of laziness.

"One tool per person, whoever dares to hide the tool and take it home secretly, the team's labor wages will be halved."

The person who originally had the idea of ​​using a tool panicked and quickly dismissed the idea.

The guy assigned the task, and the five hundred people started to work under the leadership of their respective captains.

If the task of the day cannot be completed, the wages will be deducted.

No one wants to have their wages deducted.

The leader of Wang Ergen's team was a woman in her thirties who was very stocky. I heard that I used to work in the landlord's house and manage affairs.

Under the leadership of the captain, everyone received the tools and came to the scribing place.

Wang Ergen distributed the dung balls.

He has high fighting spirit, and even picking up dung balls picks up a sense of superiority.

...

A thousand strong laborers were gathered together, like a team of fifty.

Li Sheng was appointed captain because he could read.

He led the team, took hoes, shovels, poles, and baskets, and set off for the mission area.

As required, they were to dig a trench out.

In the design drawing, the ditch Li Sheng dug is an underground sewage channel.

After the channel is dug, a stone road will be built on it.

After several days of strong sun, the ground was hard and hard.

As soon as the hoe went down, his hands were shaking.

Li Sheng spat on his hands and rubbed them together.

I haven't been working in the fields for a year, and my hoe can hardly move.

Today's task is heavier, he is the captain, he can't be lazy, and he has to take the lead.

Even if you are hungry, you have to use all your strength.

If the task is not completed, the salary is halved. He will be killed by his teammates.

The sun is getting higher.

The aunt of the logistics team brought a few buckets of buckwheat tea.

Everyone drink tea in batches to add water.

What's more, buckwheat tea can shock the tired and hungry body, and work hard until noon in one breath, with brown rice and broth to drink.

After drinking tea, go back to work.

At noon, in the shade of a tree near the construction site.

Li Sheng took the ceramic bowl, the pickles, and the brown rice quickly.

Eat at the construction site, take care of yourself.

He ate three bowls in one go and drank two bowls of broth.

Touching his round belly, he was very satisfied.

How long has it been since he was full?

a year?

two years?

Or three years, five years?

Anyway, since the disaster, he hasn't had a full meal. Not to mention the broth.

Satisfaction after eating, washes away the tiredness and tiredness of the body.

I really want to eat brown rice every day and drink broth every day for the rest of my life.

Others, like Li Sheng, felt full for the first time in many years, and it was an unreal feeling.

"The owner is kind!"

"I'm too full to move."

"Lie down quickly and get some sleep. I have to go to work in the afternoon."

"Uuuu...I want to bring the broth back to my family to eat."

Snapped!

The crying boy was slapped on the head.

"Why do you cry. There is Wowotou at night, take Wowotou back."

If you work on the construction site, you can only bring Wowotou back.

This is the rule.

The reason for this rule is that people who go to work are worried that they will be reluctant to eat in order to bring food to their families, and go to work every day hungry. Not to mention the delay in the construction period, maybe even your life will be involved.

The second is to worry that some people will be full of their own pockets, eating and taking.

Food also costs money, not pie from the sky.

If the construction site wants to control the cost, it must put an end to any behavior that harms the public and private.

There was once someone who smuggled the rice balls secretly. After being discovered, they were beaten and fined ten days' wages. As a typical propaganda in refugee shack areas.

The second time, just drive out.

Since then, many hands that were about to move have all shrunk back.

Ten days' wages, how many rice balls can I buy?

Too bad.

Of course, some people do not believe in evil, and they have to challenge the rules of the construction site.

As a result, he was kicked out, with no way out.

Li Sheng was full by himself, but the whole family was not hungry.

He doesn't have to bring rice balls to anyone, and he doesn't have to worry about whether to bring rice balls.

After eating and drinking, go to the ground and sleep.

I have to go to work in the afternoon, so take the time to take a good rest.

After Wang Jiangen finished eating, he touched the oil.

There is meat to eat today.

The aunt in charge of logistics gave him the three fattest slices of meat, which made him very happy.

It feels so good to eat meat.

Eat meat, as if full of energy.

After dinner, the captain called them to speak.

"The house on the construction site was built by us, brick by brick. You don't need to tell me how the house is, you all know it."

Everyone nodded, not knowing what medicine the captain sold in the gourd.

The captain asked, "Would you like to live in a new house?"

A man grinned, "Captain is really good at joking, how can we be qualified to live in such a nice house."

"Who said I was joking?" The captain was serious and serious.

The man was stunned, "Can you really live?"

The captain smiled in a blink of an eye, "The owner is considerate of us and gave us a chance to live in a new house. A courtyard house, with a well, and eight taels of silver per house.

It doesn't matter if you don't have money to pay, you can pay in three-year installments. However, paying it off in three years will cost you one tael and nine taels of silver. It can also be paid in five-year installments, and a house is 10 taels of silver. This is the main house price.

The smaller rooms on the left and right sides cost 6 taels of silver per room, 7 taels in three years and 8 taels in five years. There are also two-story buildings, which can be purchased upstairs and downstairs. But that is too expensive, the specific price will not say. "

Silent.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

If you can eat enough, feed your family, and buy decent clothes, everyone will be very satisfied.

I never thought I could buy a house.

The impact is a bit big.

The key is that the house is really strong, and it is still in the capital. A house of six or seven is quite expensive in the hometown, but it is really not expensive in the capital.

Although everyone escaped to live in shacks and eat relief, they also knew that the price of goods in the capital was high.

"This, this, is this true?"

"Of course it's true, how can I lie to you. Have you seen the craftsmen over there? Some of those craftsmen have already planned to buy a courtyard house independently, and some want to buy a two-story building."

"How much will that cost?"

"Artisans have high wages, so I'm not afraid of running out of money."

"I bought a house, can I still go back to my hometown?"

"If you buy a house, you can settle down in the capital."

"Can't I go back to my hometown?"

"If you want to go back to your hometown, don't buy a house. If you want to buy a house, you don't have to go back to your hometown."

"The house is too expensive to buy."

"Captain, do you want to buy a house?"

"I'm going to buy two houses. One for myself and one for rent"

"Captain is amazing."