Fu Song

Chapter 418
The four sides are nailed down with wooden stakes, and then tied with thorns, shrubs and branches from the mountains, and then a layer of mud is pasted on the outside to form a wall, and the roof is covered with thatch. Rows of such simple thatched houses are located in the lee. , standing upright one by one like this.

At this moment, the sky had already darkened, and Hu Yi and the others saw groups of folk husbands walking towards such a hut talking and laughing from a distance like birds returning to their nests.

In such cold weather, many of these people were barefoot.

In the distance, the shadow of Juzhou City can be vaguely seen again.

The new Guiyang New City is only a mile away from the city of Juzhou.

"In the twelfth lunar month of winter, mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people, constructing large-scale construction projects, this Xiao thief doesn't care about people's power at all, he only knows how to enjoy, my people are miserable!" Hu Yi's face was full of sadness.

Liu Fengkui and the whole team of escorts were a little embarrassed. No matter where it was, corvee generally started in winter.

Winter is also the time when the people have the most leisure time. People have time to plant in spring and harvest in autumn, and no one dares to engage in corvee labor during these two seasons.The hot weather in summer is not suitable for engineering. If there is any disease and epidemic, it is easy to disperse. Only winter is the most suitable.

The person in front of me, I don't know if he really doesn't know, or he has a prejudice, anyway, it was Xiao Cheng who did it, so whatever, let's talk about it if he objects.

"Scholar Hu, it's going to be dark soon, if the city gate is closed, it will be troublesome!" Liu Fengkui persuaded: "Let's talk about it after entering the city!"

Hu Yi snorted coldly: "I am the transshipment envoy of Guizhou Road, can Guancheng be closed on my head?"

Liu Fengkui closed his mouth, but felt a little disapproving in his heart.

Xindao, maybe it is because of you that they shut you out to kill you!
No one is stupid, don't they know that you, Xueshi Hu, are here to make trouble for Xiao's comforter?

To embarrass you, just to make a trick in front of Xiao's comforter, show your face, and make a small contribution!

However, thinking this way in his heart, Liu Fengkui would never say it, anyway, he really didn't care if he was really going to be locked up outside the city.As a walker on the former West Road and Shaanxi Road, eating and sleeping in the open is just a common thing.In the carry-on luggage, everything should be fully prepared.

But this scholar Hu, I'm afraid that when the time comes, he will lose face again and suffer another dark loss.Because these banzhis in the capital have no experience in this area at all, and they carry a lot of gold and silver with them, but there are few real things that need to be used.

Only people who are often outside know that sometimes, gold and silver are really nothing.

"You guys, come here!" Hu Yi beckoned when he saw a group of people coming over under the leadership of a person who seemed to be a supervisor.

When those people saw Hu Yi and his party, they had already held their breath and prepared to pass by quietly, because although the two leaders of this group were wearing casual clothes, the people carrying knives were serious. These people don't recognize Ban Zhi's clothes in the capital, but they can guess that this must be a nobleman, so naturally they don't want to offend them.

When the leader saw Hu Yi greet him, he didn't dare to be negligent, and asked the rest of the people to wait in place first, but he trotted over, crossed his hands as a salute, and bowed deeply: "Little man Huang Zheng, goodbye Senior official, what orders does the senior official have?"

Hu Yi asked with a straight face, "Is this the supervision of these people?"

Huang Zheng nodded: "The officials and villains are from Duxian County. They came to build Guiyang New City. One township is a team of fifty people. The villain is the supervisor of this team."

"How hard is the work? Is it possible to have enough to eat? Is there any medicine when I am sick? How can I live warm at night?" Hu Yi asked with a sullen face, "Is the Shangguan harsh and scolding?"

Huang Zheng glanced at Hu Yi in surprise, blinked his eyes as if he didn't realize it all at once, and a class straightened impatiently said: "This is the newly appointed Guizhou Road Transit Envoy Hu Xueshi, who is from Bianliang. Yes, if you have any grievances, just complain to Xueshi Hu, and Xueshi Hu will definitely redress your grievances."

Along the way, these class members have figured out what Hu Yi is thinking. These few words really spoke to Hu Yi's heart, touching his beard, Hu Yi nodded again and again.

The man finally came to his senses. He didn't know exactly what kind of official the transfer envoy was, but judging from his posture, he should be quite a big official.

"Reporting to the officials, the villain is doing well here. Of course, it must not be as comfortable as the house, but you can't expect too much from corvee, right?"

"You haven't answered what Xueshi Hu asked you!" Liu Fengkui became interested. Hu Yi was asking the leader, but he was observing the group of people waiting by the side. They all seemed to have no sense of sorrow. On the contrary, he looked a little impatient. Obviously, he was in a hurry to go back.

"Back to the officials, we have enough to eat. Two meals a day, corn rice, and steamed buns are enough! On the construction site, there are always ginger soup and other things. In the camp and on the construction site, medical staff are arranged. People are stationed for a long time." Huang Zheng took a look at Hu Yi and Liu Fengkui, and he understood that these people seemed to be here to find trouble. Although they have never read books or seen any big world, it does not mean that they are not smart or look good. .

"Of course the work is hard, but in this world, there is no hard work! The camp is also warm. Although it looks simple, the thatched hut covered with mud is really warm, and the top is covered with water every once in a while." Give out a basket of charcoal to keep everyone warm."

Hu Yi was quite unhappy.

Since he didn't get the results he wanted, it seemed the gang was pretty happy with the status quo.

Liu Fengkui smiled, and then asked: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, but you are still doing hard labor outside. It's really hard work. This comforter Xiao is too sympathetic to the people's feelings."

Hearing that the person in front of him was disrespectful to Xiao Cheng, Huang Zheng's expression changed, his bent waist straightened a little now, looking at Liu Fengkui, he said unhappily: "This official's words are really bad. Do you know why the first batch of corvees belonged to our Du County?"

Liu Fengkui's mind flashed: "Because after Xiao Anfu arrived in Qianzhou, Duxian was the first one to confide his sincerity to him!"

The man didn't understand the meaning of losing sincerity, but he heard the first three words clearly, but he said happily: "By the way, our Duxian County is different from other places. It is the direct descendant of Xiao Anshi. Do you know? Comforter Xiao said that construction and corvee service are hard work in the eyes of others, but under his command, this can become a good thing. I am afraid that people in other places will not believe it, so let us do it A role model. Every year during the Chinese New Year, it’s nothing if you don’t go home for a year, but we Duxian people who can set an example for the whole Guizhou Road, this is the special care of us by the comfort envoy Xiao, you know?”

The tone of this is already quite disrespectful. Hu Yi frowned and seemed to be about to explode, but Liu Fengkui still smiled and asked: "The corvee is always a hard job. Why did you come to Xiaofutai?" Here, it has become a good thing, I am ignorant, but I have to ask for advice. Is it possible to send money back to you?"

"There's no money. It's corvée. How can we pay for it?" Huang Zheng said with a smile: "However, there is a reward. We plan to save the time on the road. The construction period here is one month. During this month There is a certain amount of projects that need to be completed, and if they are completed on schedule, there will be rewards, and I heard that at that time, each person will have at least a hundred and ten coins."

"Hundreds of texts? Can you say that?" Hu Yi sneered.

"That's a lot of a hundred and ten wen!" Huang Zheng was a little surprised, "In our Du County, a liter of rice is only ten or so wen!"

"A lot, a lot!" Liu Fengkui said with a smile, "Is that it?"

"Of course not. If we finish more, then the rewards will increase rapidly. To tell you the truth, the leaders of us have the final say. With our current progress, after the one-month construction period is completed , each of us can still earn a consistent amount of money to go back!" Huang Zheng said happily: "Do you think this is a good thing?"

Hu Yi had a disbelieving look on his face, he only thought that Xiao Cheng had drawn a big cake and then deceived these peasants.

However, Liu Fengkui remembered the deeds that Xiao Cheng did in Hengshan back then. This person has always been inexhaustible in motivating civilians to do things with all their heart. The Shentangbao City and the settlements of the Guangrui Army back then were the place where everyone It was completed at an unbelievable speed.

A group of civilian husbands waiting on the side of the road were impatient at the moment, and someone shouted loudly: "Captain Huang, are you finished? Let's go quickly, you are late, and Zhou will be scolded, when the time comes Spit a few mouthfuls of saliva into the bone broth for us to drink, that would be a disaster."

"Yes, yes! I came back late, and the hot water supplied on time is cold. What if I can't burn my feet?"

"If you get back late, you need to burn more firewood to keep warm, Mr. Zhou must be looking for us, isn't he?"

"When he was sleepy with his mother-in-law by mistake, spitting is considered light, and we don't know if he urinates in bone soup!"

"There is an extra meal today. Each person has an extra catty of meat and half a catty of wine. The roundworms in my stomach have been screaming for a long time!"

A group of people laughed, looking very relaxed.

"Come on, come on!" Huang Zheng bowed deeply to the crowd again, "You two high officials, these are a bunch of impolite idiots, they only know how to eat and drink, don't be offended by the high officials, the villain has resigned .”

"Why is there an extra meal today? Do things like this happen often?" Liu Fengkui asked with a smile.

"That's not true. It's already very good. Today's extra meal is not given by the government, but rewarded by Mr. Zheng. Everyone has a share!" Huang Zheng laughed.

"Who is Mr. Zheng?"

"I don't know, he is quite rich anyway, his daughter married our General Han Kaihan, and today is the wedding day, the two high officials are going to the city at this moment, they must be able to drink wedding wine. "Huang Zhengdao: "In order to add some joy, Zheng Daguan specially rewarded us folk husbands who built a new city with a catty of meat and half a catty of wine."

Seeing Huang Zheng and other people laughing and making some unscrupulous jokes away, Hu Yi's face showed a deep sense of loss. Shouldn't the people who serve in corvee have bitter hatred?Shouldn't he have knelt down and cried for injustice when he saw the blue sky like him?Why is everyone happy, it seems that corvee service is a very happy thing!
This is completely beyond his previous cognition.

It seems that there is no such thing recorded in that book!
"Who is Mr. Zheng?" he asked.

All the classes shook their heads.

But Liu Fengkui knew it.After all, Zheng Zeshi from Quanzhou is also well-known in the files of the Imperial City Division.

"The official Zheng's name is Zheng Zeshi, from Quanzhou, and he is a big merchant!" Liu Fengkui said: "He specializes in maritime business, and has hundreds of ships under his command, and more than half of them are large ships that go to the ocean, and their strength is quite strong."

"How could a businessman from Quanzhou have a relationship with Xiao Cheng again? He even married his daughter to Han Yan?" Hu Yi was a little puzzled.Han Yan is Xiao Cheng's confidant, he knows this.

Liu Fengkui shook his head, but did not answer.In fact, not only Zheng Zeshi, but also Luo Weixian and other big southern businessmen are more or less related to Xiao Cheng. Just look at the past few years, and the caravans going to Qiannan can understand a general idea. up.

And there is one thing Liu Fengkui did not tell Hu Yi clearly, that is, besides being a big merchant, Zheng Zeshi was also a big pirate. Bloodthirsty and ferocious big pirate, killing people is useless!

Liu Fengkui didn't plan to say it because Hu Yi really can't be regarded as a co-conspirator for major events. Let him know these things, and it will add more troubles for no reason.

This one is a real scholarly spirit!

"Scholar Hu, it seems that we came here by coincidence, just in time to grab a glass of wedding wine!" Liu Fengkui laughed.

"A businessman, a warrior, how can He De let this old man drink their wedding wine?" Hu Yi snorted coldly, with a disapproving expression on his face.

"Bachelor, that Han Yan is Xiao Futai's confidant and favorite general. Today's wedding, it may be said that all the big names on Guizhou Road will be there. It is not for Zheng Zeshi and that Han Yan, but for Xiao Futai." Liu Fengkui smiled. Said: "Besides, this occasion is also a good time for everyone to get to know you, a bachelor!"

Liu Fengkui's tone flickered, half of what he said was hidden, but this time, it was rare for Hu Yi to understand the meaning hidden in Liu Fengkui's words.

Now that he has made a public appearance in the officialdom on Guizhou Road, and he can make it clear that the chariots and horses are at odds with Xiao Cheng, then those who secretly hate Xiao Cheng will naturally attach themselves to him, wouldn't it? Would it be better to save myself from going to find allies one by one?

"Go, go have a glass of wedding wine!" Hu Yi excitedly said.

It's a joy to be in the first class, after all, it's a celebration and a good omen to encounter such a thing as soon as you reach the ground.

(End of this chapter)