Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 172

"Here, there's a little trouble here."

Qin Chang was startled when he saw Li Xiuyuan, stood up immediately, and said in frustration.

"Since you can't do this, how about you just listen to me?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Qin Chang was a little unwilling and said: "I can listen to you, but at least you have to show your skills and see how you can recruit people from these refugees to rescue people in disasters and rescue people? If you can do it, I will do it myself." Be careful to convince me, if you can't do it, you are no more than this capable, how can you convince me."

"Okay, just keep your eyes open."

Li Xiuyuan did not delay, and shouted to the refugees sitting on the city wall along the road: "My Li family recruits people to rescue the disaster, ten taels of silver a month, is there anyone willing to come?"

Twelve?

Hearing this, some victims immediately raised their heads and looked at Li Xiuyuan together.

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

Immediately, two voices came from the crowd, but it was Wang Ping and Zhu Yu who took off their long gowns and answered loudly pretending to be refugees.

"My house has been washed away, and I need money for emergency, ten taels of silver a month, but is it true?" Wang Ping shouted.

"Of course it is true." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Okay, then count me in."

Ning Caichen, who was hiding in the corner, also ran over in a hurry, his face turned red, obviously his acting skills were not good enough.

"There are three people, and the manpower is almost there. Is there no one else? If there is no one, I will go to another place to call. When the time comes to recruit enough people, I will not come here." Li Xiuyuan shouted.

As soon as these words came out, the people who were a little bit excited before said in a hurry: "I, this young master, recruit me."

"Okay, count yourself in, come here." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"My lord, recruit me, recruit me." Someone shouted again.

Li Xiuyuan took a glance; "You are a little older, can you do things?"

"My lord, although I am a bit older, I am the best at doing things, and I can do all kinds of tiring and difficult things." The man in his forties said hurriedly.

Li Xiuyuan thought for a while; "Okay, then you will be one."

"Thank you, Master." The man was overjoyed.

"Recruit me, recruit me one."

All of a sudden, all the nearby people who had enough strength jumped into action.

Seeing this scene, that Qin Chang was immediately dumbfounded. He was so talkative in the morning that he couldn't recruit anyone, but it took only a moment for Li Xiuyuan to come forward, and there was a surge of refugees, who took the initiative to accept employment.

"Twelve and one month, this Li Xiuyuan really dares to open his mouth. How did he get so much money?" A scholar next to him was also stunned.

Although he had thought about recruiting with a lot of money, he didn't dare, because he didn't have a penny in his pocket, so how could he dare to make such a big promise.

Qin Chang immediately understood when he heard the words, and he said: "This Li Xiuyuan is playing with fire and setting himself on fire. He doesn't have that much money at all. A month's salary of ten taels of silver will definitely not be paid immediately. It will be paid after a month. It's settled, no, it won't take a month, within ten days there will be ministers from the imperial court to come forward to help the disaster, and when the imperial court takes over, the real gold and silver will naturally not need to be cashed in."

"This, this is okay?" The few scholars next to me were dumbfounded.

"Hey, this Li Xiuyuan is really cunning. No wonder some people say that he is the son of a merchant. It is true. This business method is really powerful." Qin Chang sighed and felt that he was wronged for losing.

"What? The boss won't pay the wages?"

At this time, a commoner passing by who was going to hire a worker heard Qin Chang's words, and immediately cried out.

After saying this, the hired people around Li Xiuyuan were stunned for a moment.

"Yeah, ten taels of silver a month, how can you afford it, you don't have any money with you now, how can you hire us?"

"That's right, that's right, we must have been cheated. These people are poor scholars, who have no money, and they pay ten taels of silver. I don't think there is even a tael of silver."

"Hey, let us be happy for nothing, and hope to make a fortune and repair the house later."

For a while, those hired people were disappointed, and they started making noises.

Li Xiuyuan frowned, and gave Qin Chang a cold look not far away.

Qin Chang's eyes flickered suddenly, and he didn't dare to look directly. He also knew that he had thwarted Li Xiuyuan's scheme and ruined the matter.

This scholar is really not good enough for success, but more than bad for bad things, he only relies on his own little cleverness to do bad things, but he can't do anything by himself, Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.

He didn't go to this scholar to argue at this time, but immediately shouted angrily: "Who of you said that I, Li Xiuyuan, can't afford the wages, who said that?"

All the people look at me, and I ask you to look at you, but no one stands up.

"Go and inquire. I am the Li family in Guobei County. I am the young master of the Li family. Not to mention the wages of your few people, even if there are ten times more people, my Li family can afford it."

After Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he took out an ingot of gold from his pocket and said, "This gold is worth 200 taels of silver, which can pay the wages of 50 people. The sum here is not too much. [-] people are enough to pay half of the wages."

He showed the gold to the people.

Under that gaze, the golden light flickered, it was not fake.

After finishing speaking, he threw the gold into the city, and with the sound of falling into the water, the gold fell into somewhere in the city.

"I don't pay attention to a mere ingot of gold. I will throw this gold in the city. When the flood recedes tomorrow, when you follow me to dredge the silt, whoever finds this gold will belong to him."

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the crowd and shouted majesticly: "Who still doubts that I can't afford a mere ten taels of silver to stand up? My Li family doesn't hire such people, so let me leave now. After a month, don't bother me." Seeing other people getting wages makes me jealous."

The people who were restless before suddenly fell silent, and their eyes looked in the direction where the gold fell from time to time.

They are all thinking in their hearts, when will they find a chance to pick up the gold.

That's worth 200 taels of silver.

If you find it, you will get rich.

"Everyone who is willing to accept employment from my Li family will come, and those who are not willing to leave." Li Xiuyuan said.

As soon as he moved his footsteps, most of the people around him followed him, and none of them dared to say anything, for fear of losing the job.

A person who dared to throw a bar of gold casually would look like he had no money.

Moreover, Li Xiuyuan's salary of ten taels of silver a month is enough to impress these poor people.

Don't think that in those novels, some chivalrous men throw out ten or twenty taels of silver for a meal, and they don't need change, that's a lie.

After coming to this world, Li Xiuyuan realized that the daily busyness of an ordinary person is only a few pennies. Take ordinary hawkers and sell candied haws for calculation. After excluding the cost, he earns [-] Wen, which is only more than one or two taels of silver a month. This is still a good time for business.

A rough calculation of twelve taels is enough for a hawker to make a profit for a year.

Therefore, Li Xiuyuan's salary of twelve months is enough to make most of the people feel excited, no matter how high it is, it will easily make the people suspicious.

As for those who are not tempted, they are rich people, and Li Xiuyuan does not plan to recruit such people, and rich people can't endure hardships and can't do dirty work.

After Li Xiuyuan walked around the city wall, he recruited at least 600 people.

And they are all strong men, old and weak, women and children, he did not recruit them.

Although there are some healthy women who also want to earn this salary, Li Xiuyuan has another consideration besides disaster relief this time, that is, he does not want these strong men to cause trouble in the city.

Li Xiuyuan saw that the number of recruits was almost reached, so he began to arrange their division of labor in advance.

"200 people are responsible for dredging, cleaning the main streets first."

"300 people are responsible for moving the corpses in the city. No matter who or which family the corpses belong to, they should be buried outside the city. There is no time for family members to claim them. Now that the weather is hot, I don't want an epidemic to happen." Li Xiuyuan said.

"The remaining people are responsible for the security of the city and the management of the well water."

"Wang Ping, go and look at the wells in the city. Remember, the water source is the most important thing, and the people should not be allowed to drink sewage. Once the disease occurs, there will be no one in the city to treat it, and only one death will happen."

"Zhu Yu, you are in charge of directing their dredging."

Ning Caichen said, "Then what about me?"

"I'll trouble you to gather some healthy women to cook. There are several rice shops in the city. Although the rice is soaked in water, it is still edible. Take all of them." Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen said: "If you don't ask, you can take it yourself. What if the shopkeeper pursues it?"

"Then let the shopkeeper come to me." Li Xiuyuan said.

Ning Caichen nodded immediately upon hearing the words.

It seems that this is an extraordinary time, and extraordinary means are needed.

After discussing for a while, everything was confirmed, and it didn't end until midnight.

But in the middle of the night, there were bursts of crying and wailing on the city wall and inside the city.

Some people pay homage to their dead relatives and children.

Crying heartbroken and moving.

But no matter how sad the people are, they still have to live this day.

By the third day of the flood, the stagnant water in the city had almost disappeared. Although there was still water, people could already walk in the city.

Li Xiuyuan's previous orders and arrangements worked. He first brought 600 people into the city. First of all, he found a place with high terrain and the flood receded.

"Boss, the Town God's Temple in the city is not flooded, you can go there to light a fire and cook." A commoner ran over and said.

"Okay, let's go there."

Li Xiuyuan was taken aback when he heard City God's Temple, and then immediately led the victims there.

After entering the Town God's Temple, I found that except for the waterlogging marks on the outer wall of the Town God's Temple, the inside was actually dry, as if it hadn't been flooded.

"The city god has appeared, and there is no disaster here." Zhu Yu exclaimed.

"Brother Li, there is a well here, and the water in it is clean and not polluted."

Ning Caichen said happily, but saw that the water in a well in the Town God's Temple was extremely clear, without any turbidity. Such a well in the city was worth ten thousand dollars of gold.

"You are responsible for lighting the fire and cooking, and let the old and weak in the city rest in the Temple of the City God." Li Xiuyuan said.

Several nodded, indicating that there is no problem.

(End of this chapter)