Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 223 Change One

   Zhao Kuan transcribed the picture he had already drawn on the canvas, and after confirming that there were no mistakes, he closed the pen and retired. His task for today was completed.

Zhao Rong saw it, and immediately looked around, seeing that there were only a few of them in the room, and no elders were there, he immediately put down his brush and asked, "Brother Kuan, Uncle Ming asked us to join the WTO to help the third sister, but we were not already helping her before. What? How else to join the WTO?"

   When the other disciples in the room heard this, they immediately looked at Zhao Kuan, "Yeah, how do you want to join the WTO?"

Zhao Kuan sat on the ground for a long time, and now his knees and neck hurt, he stood up and twisted his neck and said, "It was a bet before, this time, my uncle asked us to try to help the third sister, or in other words, Try to get her approval."

   "What does this mean?"

   Zhao Kuan glanced out and said in a low voice, "It means that in the future our Zhao family will be dispatched by the third sister in Xiping, or in Yuzhou."

   The teenagers were startled and exclaimed, "Impossible? Isn't there Uncle Ming?"

   Zhao Kuan: "So it's the future."

   The teenager has a headache, "Then how do we win the approval of the third sister?"

   Zhao Kuan spread his hands, "I don't know."

   Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he said seriously: "I really don't know, but don't we need us to draw pictures and sort out Mr. Xiahou's manuscript? Let's sort out the manuscript first."

   "Yes," Zhao Rong said: "If the third sister needs to use us, she will naturally come to us. Let's draw the picture first."

   They consciously said these words without outsiders present. It should be impossible for Zhao Hanzhang to know in the short term. Who knew that Zhao Zheng would reveal this to Zhao Erlang as soon as he left the courtyard.

   Zhao Erlang went back to the county government to learn to listen to his sister.

When Zhao Hanzhang heard that there were so many people in the clan waiting to be driven by her, he was even more happy, "Let them wait first, the pictures on their hands are good, they are not needed for some trivial matters now, I will invite them later when there is a major event. them."

  Fu Tinghan saw that she was fooling people again. County affairs are complicated and detailed things. How far is the current affairs from the future affairs?

   Obviously, she intends to reuse the Zhao family after she has complete control of Xiping County, but judging from the current situation, it is not far off.

   "This is the new grain account, take a look."

   Zhao Hanzhang took it and said, "Selection of a batch to send to Shangcai. Shangcai has also posted a lot of work, which also requires a lot of food."

  Fu Tinghan should go.

  Cai Zhangjia Village, Zhang Dayan, carrying a bow and arrow, walked into the village with a deer.

  The village is quiet. Because of the cold winter, most people stay at home to keep warm and eat less food.

   Zhang Dayan took Zhangzi home first, then turned to go to the village chief's house not far from his house.

   Across the fence, he rushed inside and shouted, "Third uncle, third uncle, are you at home?"

   After a while, the village chief opened the door and said with his neck shrunk, "What are you shouting, where can I go when I'm not at home?"

   Seeing that he only wears two layers of clothes in such a cold day, it is not freezing, but instead looks strong and strong, the village chief is envious, "Dayan, did you hit your prey again?"

Zhang Dayan responded vaguely and said, "Uncle Third, I met Bao Sanzhu from Dajiao Village on the mountain. He said that Zhao's Manor was recruiting workers and asked people to dig canals and reservoirs, and two meals a day were included. , I have enough to eat, and I still have ten cents to receive, do we want to go to someone in our village to ask?"

   The village chief was so hungry that he leaned against the door, and said drowsily: "Then we won't be here. They took in a lot of refugees before the winter. They don't need money, so why use us?"

   "Who said they don't need money, Bao Sanzhu said that those refugees are only ten cents a day for their work, and they still have clothes to collect, but we went outside and didn't have clothes."

  The village chief became more energetic, "So Zhao's family is so good? Even the refugees who take in have wages?"

   "Yes, I've already inquired about it, it's absolutely true," Zhang Dayan said: "They don't even cheat the refugees from outside, and they can't cheat us. We are from Shangcai."

  The village chief hesitated.

   "Third Uncle, if you don't earn some food, the big guy will be able to survive the winter, but not the spring. There's still half a year left until next year's wheat harvest."

   The village chief gritted his teeth and said: "You go and call a few more people. Let's go to Zhao's manor and ask it clearly. If you really want someone, we'll come back and bring someone."

   Zhang Dayan responded immediately, turned around and left.

This year is not easy. Although the rebel army has not arrived in Shangcai, Shangcai has to pay military taxes. There are also three taxes that were just added to the autumn tax this year. In order to complete the tax set by the county magistrate, almost Empty home.

  Since the winter wheat was planted and the weather started to get cold, every household began to "hibernate", eating a little soup with rice a day to maintain the state of immortality.

  More food should be kept until spring, when the strong laborers have to work in the fields, and then they have to eat twice a day, so that they can have a little strength.

  The situation is better like the village chief's family. Although it won't "hibernate", it won't be full, and try to save food.

  Zhang Dayan also knows how to hunt, knows some herbs, and can go into the mountains, so life is a little easier.

   But in the whole village, only his family had a better life, and he felt uneasy, for fear that one day when he was not at home, someone in the village could not help but be hungry and rob his family.

   So as soon as he got the news, he came back immediately, thinking that if all the young people in the village could go to work in the Zhao family manor, then everyone would have a much better life.

  Zhang Dayan called someone, and the village chief’s son and a few young men brought dry food and went to Zhao’s manor. They were far away and only took two days to arrive.

  It was different from the depression outside. Before they got to Zhao's manor, they saw people working in the fields.

   Zhang Dayan was full of strength, and ran over to look directly, and saw more than 20 people digging soil, "Brothers, what are you doing?"

   The worker looked up at him and said, "Digging a canal."

   "Is it the aqueduct of Zhao's Manor?"

   The other party responded, and Zhang Dayan immediately asked, "Do you still need people in the manor now?"

  The other party looked up and looked at Zhang Dayan seriously, seeing that they were all young and strong, and then nodded, "Yes, we need people to dig canals, dig reservoirs, log trees, quarry and transport stones."

   Zhang Dayan asked: "How much wages can you get in a day?"

   "Eight to fifteen cents are available, depending on what you do, the heavy work pays a lot," the other party said: "Two meals a day."

  The person behind Zhang Dayan hurriedly asked, "Where do the people from outside live?"

   "There is a house for helpers in Zhuangzi, don't worry, it's warmer than at home."

When the people from Zhangjia Village heard this, they immediately urged Zhang Dayan to go to the manor to find a steward.

   (end of this chapter)