Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 520
"Go outside and check the situation!"

Qin Shao nodded to Wang Yun and said.

"Yes!"

Wang Yun went out in response.

Among them, Wang Yin and Jiang Bin looked too fierce, while Wang Yun's expression softened and he was better at socializing.

Outside, Landlord Yang Yang Kun was chatting with officers and soldiers on the roster, obviously they were familiar with each other.

"Several officials, we are merchants who entered the city a few days ago. Since we had no place to live, we saw that Mr. Yang had a lot of rooms, so we asked to come in and live. We had already made a book and stamped it on the day we entered the city!"

Wang Yun walked over with a smile, and handed over their Luyin identities and the ID documents that the gatekeeper had made for them that day to the officer named Li Baihu.

Li Baihu is chubby, but he is not the same as the low-level officials in the past who hold chicken feathers as arrows and show off their might.

He carefully checked the various materials that Wang Yun handed over.

"Sun Baihu helped make the book!"

He murmured while watching.

When Wang Yun and the others entered the city that day, the gatekeepers repeatedly confirmed whether they wanted to enter the city, and waited until they confirmed.

Record their details in detail.

Everyone's name, place of origin, age, and even their general appearance are described. If there is a difference, a portrait is probably missing.

"You actually entered the city at this time?"

After reading it, Li Baihu seemed to be a little puzzled and repeated. He repeated this several times. He obviously felt that they were a little silly going to the city at this time, but he didn't check them too strictly. Let Yang Kun sign it, and it's over. There is no strict investigation as Wang Yun originally thought.

However, Wang Yun was still surprised by some things:

These officers and soldiers who came to enthronement population information, whether they were soldiers or officers, held a booklet and an ink pen in their hands. When they found out which households, they opened the booklet and wrote quickly and flexibly with those pens.

These...these people are all literate!
Looking at the identities of these officers and soldiers, it is obvious that they are not high-ranking officials, nor are they specialized documents, but they can read and write. This... this is too weird.

The capital city has been restructured by the emperor in the past two or three years. There are indeed many more Shutang colleges, and there are many people who can read and write. Even the Beijing army and city guards will have some literacy classes every week, but it is the capital city after all.

Now in this small Xuzhou Mansion, how many of these low-level soldiers can read and write?
"Don't worry, you will also be able to write in the future!"

After Li Baihu registered, he saw Wang Yun's surprised expression and said with a smile.

After the group of people left, Wang Yun followed Yang Kun into the house.

"Old man, are you familiar with Li Baihu?"

"It's acquaintance! To be honest, my old wife has a nephew who used to work as a hundred household in Xuzhou Wei. He was transferred to Suzhou earlier, and this time he was also transferred to Xuzhou. This Li Baihu and I That old wife's nephew is an old acquaintance."

Yang Kun explained.

No wonder he repeatedly said that he was going to leave Xuzhou City. On the last day they met their family and they were going out of the city. Although the gatekeepers were impatient with their family, they still had a sense of familiarity.

After all, no matter what age, some people are still easy to handle.

"Old man, you said that your nephew is now an official in charge, why doesn't he let you take care of you?"

Wang Yun asked in surprise.

"I said little boss, you can't talk nonsense, be careful if someone overhears you."

Landlord Yang looked around in panic, and asked in a low voice.

"You are from other places and don't understand the situation. Now the prefect of Tu, nicknamed Butcher, is merciless. You see, those disobedient people have been sent to the mine. Where is the mine? There is no sun to dig mines. What is the difference between death and death? He requires strict discipline from his subordinates, no favoritism, and must tell the truth in everything he does.

Regardless of whether it is in the army or among officials, whoever has any relatives or is involved in it must be reported. If they do not report, they will be punished even if something happens!As soon as my old wife and nephew came to this Xuzhou mansion, they saw us explain the situation directly and reported the situation.

Everyone understands, it's not easy, but my old wife and nephew also said that if there is anything to report, it should be reported through the regular channels, such as the delivery of the field, we are the first to submit it, even if the application to leave the city is also in accordance with the procedures, it's just me I have been hesitating and missed the time to go out..."

Landlord Yang explained.

"Old man, what exactly is this Xuzhou mansion going to do now? And you feel unsafe, you can go out, why did you hesitate again and again, and missed the time?"

Wang Yun continued to ask.

Before he wanted to ask this Landlord Yang, he was hesitant. These days, he got to know each other a lot, and today he stepped forward to help talk, and the distance between them has narrowed a lot.

"Little boss, to be honest, we don't know what to do. Anyway, what are the changes? It is said that Yingtian and Suzhou have changed. As for how to change, we ordinary people can't figure it out. , I heard that it was all arranged by Wang Shangshu, and several state capitals were unwilling, but they were not forced, and were besieged by troops!

The original prefect of Xuzhou also disagreed. He was transferred not long ago, and it is said that he is still devolved. Some people say that Wang Shangshu now has more power than the one in the capital...the one in the capital...

Anyway, I heard about it, but I don’t know exactly what’s going on!Anyway, my old wife and nephew only said that if they could leave this Xuzhou mansion, they would not leave. The places outside may not be better than ours!It's just that I've always been worried, and my daughter-in-law's natal family happens to be in a small county in your Ludi. She wants to take our family to seek refuge there. You guys, why did you come to our place?
But now that I have come, I can’t help it. My daughter-in-law wants to join her natal family. I thought it would be okay at first, but after thinking about it, it’s okay to take refuge with someone for a while. If I go, our Xuzhou household registration will be erased, Lu The land will not accept us, we have become unnamed households, and it is okay to live with our in-laws for ten days and a half months, and it will not be a problem for a long time!

What's more, our family is old and young, how do we live!This hesitation also missed the time!But I didn't go out in the end, so I felt relieved, at worst, I would die, at least I could die at home..."

Landlord Yang sighed.

"What exactly is Tu Zhifu going to do?"

Wang Yun went back and reported what he had told Landlord Yang today, and asked Qin Shao with some doubts.

If what Tu Dashan and Wang Shouren wanted to do, it should be to strictly investigate all dangers first!

When these outsiders entered the city, it seemed that the officials guarding the gate didn't pay much attention to it, and they didn't seem to care too much.

Aren't they afraid that the news will spread to the capital and the court will know what they did and send troops over?

"Let's wait and see!"

Qin Shao smiled lightly.

We can only wait and see.

……

In the next few days, the number of people on the street began to increase again.

In the final analysis, it is because many people who have no stock have no food, and those who do not have Daming coins at home also have no money and no capital to buy food.

When people's food and clothing are a problem, they don't think about the unpredictable dangers they will face outside. After all, if they don't go out, they may face the danger of starving to death.

In the past few days, Tu Zhifu has asked people to promulgate a new policy, that is: do things for the government, pay salaries or food.

"Old man, are you going out?"

When Wang Yun woke up early in the morning, he saw Landlord Yang walking in front, followed by his daughter-in-law Chunniang and a little girl.

"Little boss, it's like this. Isn't the government looking for workers? Our Chunniang and Sister Feng want to go and have a look, so I'll send them there."

Landlord Yang said with a smile.

Yes, the government has recruited workers in the past few days, not only male workers but also female workers. The male workers are basically farming and planting rice seedlings. Many farm men who used to farm have gone out to work. They still have to eat!

Landlord Yang seemed to have tried it before, but he was a bit old and not in good health. After working for a day, he was given some steamed buns for him to come back.

Landlord Yang is very worried, he is getting old, as for his son, he is dumbfounded, he is lucky to be alive after the serious illness!
Fortunately, the daughter-in-law is still very capable and filial, and gave birth to a pair of grandchildren for him, but it is still very worrying to eat with so many people.

And a few days ago, Landlord Yang, a cousin of the same family, was implicated in the family. All the adults in the family were driven to a remote mountainous area to farm for two years. The little girl in the family was young and unmarried. In this case, you can apply They stayed to be taken care of by relatives and friends, and they asked Landlord Yang to take care of them.

Landlord Yang is a little hesitant. Although the cousin's family is because of sitting together, it is not because of his fault, and taking in their children will not be implicated, but now they have problems eating, and taking care of another child is really...

"If you have a thick mouth, just give her a drink of dilute water so that she doesn't starve to death. If you also drink dilute water to survive, it will be her life to starve to death!"

My cousin is also about the same age, begging myself while wiping away tears, and my cousin's son is also considered a nephew, kneeling down and begging himself.

Landlord Yang was not too hard-hearted, so he agreed.

The little girl is called Sister Feng. She is 12 years old. She is very smart. Since she came here, she has been helping her daughter-in-law with housework and taking care of her two younger brothers. Also a poor child!
It's just that there is one more person in the family, and the food storage is limited. Fortunately, there are still those people who did business in front of them living at home. The Daming coins given earlier can still be used, but I don't know how many days they can last.

Landlord Yang was worried that one day Tu Zhifu would have a policy saying that foreign businessmen could leave if they wanted to. At that time, the only source of rent was gone. Now Landlord Yang hopes that Qin Shao and the others will live here forever.

But he is also a person who plans ahead. Now that the government wants to recruit female workers, he told his daughter-in-law Chunniang, and she plans to go.

Chun Niang is a capable person, and she has some guts. She dared to come forward to ask the gatekeeper and Yang Di to star in the double spring.

There are really not many women going to work these days.

Although there have long been women in the south doing weaving and the like, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!
But those so-called female workers who weave are all weavers, and women even weave at home, and then hand it in to their families. There are no women who go out to do female work.

Therefore, when the government first promulgated the decree, except for the participation of men, basically no one did the work for women.

The first to come out to work as a female worker is Da Ya, a girl from the suburban Wang Laowu!
Wang Daya took two younger sisters to clean the Confucian Temple, which is not surprising to people in Xuzhou Prefecture.

Wang Laowu knows many people in Xuzhou City, because he pours Yexiang in the city, and basically goes to every household, so naturally many people know him.

The job is dirty, tiring and undignified, but poor people don’t have many choices. Wang Laowu has no land, and there are many children in the family, three sons and five daughters, and there are many people who eat.

Since Tu Zhifu implemented the reform policy, Wang Laowu has been laid off!
Because pouring Yexiang is paid for, and now everyone is tightening their belts to live and save as much as they can, who will use him?

There are many Wang family members and it is difficult to eat. Wang Lao Wu has long put aside his face and looked for work in the government. For him, anyone who is an official can do whatever he wants. As long as he has food, he will take refuge in whomever!

As soon as the government said to recruit female workers, Wang Laowu let his daughter go.

If it wasn't for the fact that the other two young daughters were too young, he would have let one go directly.

Wang Daya and her two younger sisters mainly help with cleaning, which is very easy for poor girls like them who are used to rough work.

The work they did on the first day was to sweep the Confucian Temple, clean up the inside, and some abandoned old schools. They not only cleaned but also tidied up. There were special personnel to check the progress of their work, and they would be urged if they were slow. If you continue or deliberately work, you will not be allowed to come the next day.

Wang Daya and his two younger sisters worked for three days, and the government clerk directly gave them 3 yuan in Daming coins.

Don't underestimate these few yuan, the purchasing power of today's Daming coins is very good, a pancake is only sold for 5 cents of Daming coins, and this money can buy many pancakes.

Wang Daya and her younger sister were so excited that they nearly cried with the money. After all, they were young and girls. To earn so much money, it was considered a huge sum of money for them.

And when they were working there, they also had lunch, which was not bad, with pancakes, lean meat porridge, and pickles.

These things are very good food nowadays. I am afraid that the rich people in the past would not dare to eat these things like this now, because they have meat.

Seeing that the girls of Wang Laowu's family can earn so much in movies, many families who were hesitant before slowly released their daughters to work.

Chunniang and Sister Feng made the decision after Sister Wang Daya returned with her wages.

Landlord Yang had done business in the early years, and he was not the kind of person with a rigid personality, so he agreed directly.

But tell Chunniang and Sister Feng that if the work is really difficult, they will come back, anyway... Anyway, the family still has some savings.

Although it is just a polite word, Landlord Yang certainly hopes that his daughter-in-law and granddaughter can earn some money back, but relatives often need some warm comfort, and the power of this comfort is often a huge. power.

"Auntie, you said that if we don't do well, will those people beat people?"

When I arrived at the work place, I saw many soldiers in front of me, so the little girl Fengjie asked worriedly.

(End of this chapter)