Half-demon Raising Immortals

Chapter 49 Hiring People
Two days later.

On the second floor of the tea tavern, Lu Tong and Blacksmith Liu drank together.

"Old Lu, can you really succeed in this business?"

Lu Tongdao: "Whether it can be done or not is my business, will you know how to refine secret stones and pulse-setting piles?"

Secret stones are stone slabs for paving the road, and pulse-setting piles are iron piles driven into the ground, all of which need to be refined by a craftsman.

"Of course, it's not like you don't know that my senior sister is Jin Ling!"

Lu Tong snorted and said, "Okay, if you are really good at it, you don't need to borrow Jin Ling's signboard! To be honest, don't ruin my big business."

Tiejiang Liu drank a lot of wine, his eyes were already red, and now they are even redder.

"I said, I can! But, but..."

Lu Tong frowned.

Tiejiang Liu hiccupped, and finally continued, "But this is all physical work, and at least ten people are needed to help, and you must have strength!"

"pass it to me."

When Lu Tong spoke, he kept his eyes on the door.

Seeing a handsome monk coming in, he immediately shouted downstairs: "Brother Song, here!"

Song Yanbai went upstairs quickly, sat down, picked up the jug and drank it in one gulp, and slammed it heavily on the table.

"It's done!"

Lu Tong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Which piece of meat?"

"what?"

"Oh, what business?"

Song Yanbai took out a pass token, slapped it on the table, and said in a loud voice, "We will provide dense stone slabs for the No. 70 third section leading to Hanshan City, and each piece is one tael of silver."

Lu Tong picked up the token.

The bronze token looks very ordinary, but it has an extremely attractive evil power.

He held the token tightly, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he smelled the smell of gold and silver.

"Brother Lu?"

Lu Tong opened his eyes.

Song Yanbai smiled and asked, "When will it start?"

"Now! Go, get out!"

……

Customs.

There are fewer caravans outside Hukou Pass, and there are more country people with their families on the road.

Lu Tong rode on the calf's back.

Song Yanbai and Liu Tiejiang each rode a borrowed black donkey.

"Brother Lu, what are you doing here?"

Lu Tong pointed to Liu Tiejiang who was half asleep and half awake, and said, "Liu Tiejiang can refine secret stones, but he needs ten helpers."

"Can people be hired here? How about we go to Baolong Street."

Lu Tong shook his head, pointed to the front and said, "The people on Baolong Street are too expensive, and these people are cheap."

In the tea tavern, there are all kinds of people from south to north.

Lu Tong heard a lot of news.

Last year when there was fog, Lu Tong and other semi-demons were conscripted up the mountain, and ordinary people were charged an extra moat tax.

For road construction this year, another toll tax will be charged.

Many rural people couldn't raise enough money, so they had to sell their land and take the risk to open up wasteland outside the customs.

It is difficult to make a living, there are wild monsters, bandit cultivators, evil cultivators and so on outside the pass.

These people are putting all their eggs in one basket, and they are basically gambling their lives.

If there is fog within three to five years, not only will all previous efforts be wasted, there will be no turning back.

People with nowhere to go, very cheap.

Lu Tong shook his head at the sleepy-eyed Blacksmith Liu, and said loudly, "Wake up! Hurry up and pick someone. I'll hire someone after I've picked one."

Tiejiang Liu shook his head, unable to wake up no matter what.

Lu Tong dragged him off the black donkey and said loudly, "Calf, hit him."

The little calf immediately lowered his head and knocked blacksmith Liu who was stuck on the ground a few somersaults.

Once a monk is injured, the qi and blood in his body fluctuate, and his mana also fluctuates accordingly.

Tiejiang Liu was shocked by the mana, sobered up a lot, and shouted: "Old Lu, you are crazy! Hey, where is this?"

Lutong repeated it.

Tiejiang Liu shook his head again and again, "How can these clumsy farmers help!"

Lu Tong said coldly: "Old Liu, if they know everything, they don't need you! I don't have time to waste time here, can you do it?"

Tiejiang Liu froze in place, feeling like Lu Tong had changed.

Lu Tong stared at him expressionlessly.

This opportunity is not easy to come by, and it is difficult to meet again after losing it, so he must seize it!
But Blacksmith Liu obviously didn't realize this.

Lu Tong took a deep breath and said, "Old Liu, everyone in Yunying City knows about Jinling and Yinkun, but how many have heard of Tongliu? This is my chance, and it's yours too!"

"Bullshit, the name of a craftsman cannot be piled up with money."

Blacksmith Liu muttered.

However, he turned around obediently, looked at a cup of tea and said: "Three bullock carts in front, the whole family will be there! There are also three fathers and sons who just left the customs."

"it is good!"

……

Three ox carts go hand in hand.

Several people were sitting on top of the car full of luggage.

An old man and an old woman were in the lead car.

On the second car is a family of four. The husband is tall and strong, the son is strong, and the wife and daughter wrap their heads with thin cloth.

On the last one, sat a young couple and two and a half children.

Lu Tong leaned over on a calf and asked, "Old man, are you going to open up wasteland?"

The old man's bronzed face was covered with wrinkles, and he nodded dully, "Well, go to the old river valley."

Lu Tong smiled and handed over the copper box of dry cigarettes, and asked, "How far is the old river valley from here?"

He doesn't smoke dry tobacco, but some regular customers in the teahouse like to smoke, so he always has some on him.

The old man shook his head in embarrassment, and patted the yellow cloth bag on his waist.

"It's still two or three hundred miles away, the land is fertile and there is water..."

"father!"

The strong man on the second bullock cart suddenly said: "Little brother, we have to hurry, sorry!"

Lu Tong looked at the expressions of the two, and immediately judged that the strong man was in charge here.

Move to the second bullock cart.

"Lu Tong, the Liangyao Tea Tavern in Yunying City, what's the name, bro?"

"Qi Yun."

Qi Yun was very defensive.

Lu Tong stopped probing, and directly explained the purpose of coming: "I want to hire some helpers. Food, shelter, and wages are higher than Yunying City. It starts at three taels of silver, and the more you do, the more you get. Are you interested?"

Qi Yun glanced at his wife, and carefully asked, "What job?"

"It's not easy to work for a craftsman, but it's better than opening up wasteland."

Qi Yun has not agreed yet.

The young man in the third car stood up and shouted, "Count me in, I'll go!"

Lu Tong glanced at him, then looked at Qi Yun and said, "Are you a family? You, your father, and that boy are full-time workers. Two and a half boys are part-time workers. If a woman can cook, she's full-time workers. "

Qi Yun was moved and asked, "How often do you get paid?"

Lu Tong smiled, took out five taels of silver and threw it out, saying: "Follow me."

On the way back, I met three father and son.

Lu Tong asked: "The three of you are going out to open up wasteland?"

The three of them giggled at the same time, and the oldest one touched his head and said, "No, go out and find your wife!"

Lu Tong choked on all the words he had prepared.

Why is it different from what I thought...

He laughed dryly: "Looking for a wife, running so far?"

This time the youngest one said: "We need a man to open up wasteland outside the customs, so we can find a wife, and we don't need a bride price!"

The three of them laughed at the same time, looking very wretched.

Lu Tong didn't know what to say.

These three are rushing to get out of customs with women, so they should have no intention of making money.

"Do you work? It starts at three taels of silver a month, which is higher than Yunying City."

The oldest one shook his head directly and said: "No, no. Find a wife first, find a wife to farm and have a baby together."

Really useless...

Lu Tong shook his head, threw out a handful of copper coins, and said, "I'll bring you the gifts first, and I hope you find your wives soon."

"Brother Xie, where are you going? I'll treat you to a wedding wine then!"

Lu Tong waved his hand, and led Old Man Qi's family back to Tiejiang Liu.

Tiejiang Liu asked, "Why didn't those three come?"

"Those three are on important matters, please don't come. There are not enough people for Brother Song to take over first, and he can take up three by himself."

Song Yanbai's face changed slightly.

He has delicate skin and tender flesh, and has never done heavy work.

Want to say no but don't know how to say it.

Lu Tong smiled, drove the calf to lead the way, and shouted loudly:
"Go, find a stone mountain and start working!"

(End of this chapter)