Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 33 No brother is too many

"Captain Yang, how do you plan to arrange the people Mr. Hua has brought?"

Yang Zheng was stunned for a moment, then understood that these words were a delegation of authority, "Sir, I will let them rest where they are. When the tools arrive, I will give them a place to live in first."

Meng Changqing nodded, "All the people who followed you before, as long as they are not on duty, will be found."

"Yes."

Soon, Yang Zheng's group of soldiers, except for those who were guarding, all entered the kitchen, a total of 23 people.

After Meng Changqing asked them to sit down cross-legged, he said: "Everyone, I came to you today because I have something to tell you.

You know that the most important thing now is to build the city wall. You saw the soldiers borrowed from Hongjia County, and you also know that Bafang is around me. I took Zhang Yuan and his gang out just to get tools.

These things are what you have seen and guessed for yourselves.

I never told you officially.

Today, I want to explain to you clearly what Beishan County is facing.

But before we talk about it, there is a relationship, let’s discuss it clearly. "

The 23 people sitting all looked at Meng Changqing. Even in the dim light, you could see the confusion in their eyes. What's the matter?

Meng Changqing continued: "Your Majesty gave me 100 personal soldiers, but why are you the ones coming in now?

Because you, including the seven people on duty outside, are different from others.

The situation in Beishan County was unclear that day. I went to the barracks to select people. There were hundreds of people standing on the training ground, but only 30 of you were willing to follow me.

You all have an old relationship with the Meng Family Army. For the sake of my father, you are willing to give up your bright future to come to me. Such true feelings will never be forgotten by Changqing! "

"Young Master Meng, you don't have to be like this." The soldier sitting in the middle choked with sobs. "We follow you voluntarily."

"Exactly! You treat me so sincerely, and Changqing can only repay it sincerely." Meng Changqing said, "I dare not say that I will succeed in the future, and I will promise you high officials and generous salaries. That is too far away, and I can't see you at this moment. Let's not talk about it.

I just want to say one thing, I remember the names of each of the thirty of you, and I, Meng Changqing, regard you as my brothers.

I share honor and disgrace with you, advance and retreat together. "

Zuo Datou was excited, as if he had listened to the commander-in-chief's words before going to the battlefield. At this moment, he stood up without even having time to brush the dust off his butt. He raised his hands and shouted: "Let's advance and retreat together! Let's advance and retreat together!"

As soon as he shouted, others also shouted, "Let's advance and retreat together!"

Meng Changqing quickly stretched out his hand to hold them down, "Don't shout, don't shout, there is still business to talk about."

Those who stood up immediately sat down.

“The most important thing in Beishan County now is to build a city wall, but brothers, you don’t know how important it is.

I promised the court that the city wall would be built within two months. "

"Two months?" One of Meng Changqing's brothers couldn't help but repeat, "How is it possible?"

"Listen to what I have to say. It is possible that this matter can be accomplished. If it is absolutely impossible, the court will not agree. Who would allow me to treat a major national matter as a trivial matter?
First of all, although the city wall we want to build is long, it is not complicated. Just compact the soil from bottom to top.

And all the people and materials needed to build the city wall have been prepared.We need 25 dan of food and 4 slaves. I won’t mention the other items one by one. In short, the material and manpower are enough to build the city wall within two months.

We just need to ensure that nothing goes wrong during this period.What does it mean to make no mistakes?Let’s talk about it in two aspects: people and walls.

Conflicts between groups of people must not cause casualties or delay work time.How to do this is to adjust conflicts in time when they are seen, and to prevent the emergence of conflicts even earlier, that is, to distribute labor evenly and make rewards and punishments clear.

How to ensure that the wall is error-free is to ensure that there is no problem with its quality.

Every one to two hours, we have to come forward to inspect it. Once we find that there is a problem with the built city wall, we immediately ask the team members to push forward the reconstruction, and do not continue to accumulate useless things.At the end of each shift, you have to cross-check the quality with other guards, because it is inevitable that a single person will make a mistake. "

Meng Changqing said, and the brothers who were sitting nodded.

"The laborers are coming in the afternoon. To facilitate management, we people in Beishan County have to form groups." Meng Changqing said, "The five groups were merged into one large group, with about 50 people in each group.

Since their original place of residence does not move, I suggested that the nearby groups merge.

The reason for this change is that the laborers are also divided into groups of 50 people. Everyone has about the same number of people, and you can tell at a glance which group is lazy and which group is diligent. "

"Mr. Meng, don't worry. After this class finishes work, the next class will be formed immediately."

"No, we will start from tomorrow's morning shift. Today, these servants are here, and we have to ask them to dig out their living quarters first." Meng Changqing said, "I would also like to trouble all brothers to help them dig out the holes according to the previous arrangement rules. Mark out the location of the hole.”

"You can trust us."

"Brothers." Meng Changqing clasped his fists, "We share honor and disgrace, advance and retreat together."

All 23 people stood up, clasped their fists and replied: "We share the honor and disgrace! Let's advance and retreat together!"

After they went out, Meng Changqing gulped down a bowl of water and spoke like a fool.

"Master!" Laicai ran in, "Bafang is back with eight loads of things."

Meng Changqing put down his tea bowl and followed immediately.

Bafang rode on his horse and walked around the eight carts. Only when he saw Meng Changqing approaching did he get off his horse.

He held the item account in both hands and handed it to Meng Changqing. He even knelt down on one knee in a pretentious manner and said, "Young Master, I have honored my duty and brought the things back to you. Please check them."

Meng Changqing helped him up with both hands, "Okay, okay, I don't have much time to watch the show." Meng Changqing took the account and looked at it, and said smoothly: "But now there is no chance to watch it."

Meng Changqing looked at the items and amounts listed in the account book, and there was no discrepancy with the note he wrote, so he said: "Unload the things. If you come to Cai, go to the Hongjia County soldiers and call out. If anyone is strong enough, come." Help unload some cargo."

Laicai cleared his throat, went to the Hongjia County soldiers and shouted loudly: "For those strong men, please come out and help unload the goods."

Among the crowd, dozens of people immediately stood up and followed Laicai to the car to unload the goods.

Later, there were still people who wanted to follow, but they stopped when they heard Laicai said that there were enough people.

Although the eight cars were fully loaded, there were so many people that the things were quickly unloaded and piled next to the kitchen.

Meng Changqing walked up to the soldiers in Hongjia County and said, "Soldiers, I am the magistrate of Beishan County. Thank you for coming all the way from Hongjia County to help. Our conditions here are difficult and I have to trouble you to hold on for two months."

"It's hard to defend the country." Someone among the soldiers started to shout, and soon others followed.

It was obvious that Mr. Hua had done ideological work for them before bringing them here.

Meng Changqing once again thanked Hua Rujin in his heart.

(End of this chapter)