Wei and Jin Cooks

   Chapter 224 Change II

   These trivial matters were handed over to Zhuangtou Zhao Tong, just to ask about them every day.

   Zhao Tong has to pay wages every ten days, and his heart is aching once. He doesn't really want to recruit people, but Mr. Ji specially warned that as long as people come, they will accept them all.

   After working hard, keep the hardworking and capable, and drive out the tricky and slippery.

   So when he saw Zhang Dayan and several others, although he was thinking about the extra food and copper money he would have to go out every day, he still accepted them.

  Zhang Dayan and the others stayed and worked for two days, ate a full meal for two days, and slept on the warm kang, so they were sure that the work was capable, and the Zhao family did not cheat.

   So after a few discussions, they decided to let Zhang Dayan and the village chief’s son go back and call someone, and call everyone who can work in the village, and the rest will stay here.

   Then Zhao Tong saw the two of them five days later, and they brought nearly a hundred people behind them.

   Zhao Tong:  …

   This incident also alarmed Ji Yuan.

  Ji Yuan came over in person, seeing that they were yellow and thin, and some of them were almost unable to stand, so they brought two buckets of porridge up.

The    porridge was quickly distributed as soon as it was delivered, but each person ate a bowl, and his face was barely better.

  Ji Yuan stood beside Zhang Dayan and asked, "Is your village already so sad?"

Zhang Dayan said while drinking the porridge: "It's not easy, it's too cold this year, and there is not much food left. After the winter, five people died in our village. A few days ago, we froze to death overnight within two days of the winter solstice. After three years, I don't know whether it was frozen to death or starved to death."

   Ji Yuan frowned.

   Zhang Dayan sighed: "I don't think next year will be very good. The old people in the village say that there is less snow this year, but the weather is cold and cold. By next year, I'm afraid there will be drought."

   Ji Yuan was thoughtful.

   At this time, Zhao Hanzhang was also squatting in the wilderness to meditate. There were many helpers squatting around her, all of them holding bowls.

   The vegetable soup in the bowl was still steaming, and they took a mouthful of soup and steamed buns, occasionally looking up at Zhao Hanzhang cautiously.

   This was the first time they saw Xianjun, and she was a kind and kind girl just like everyone said.

   But I don't know why, no one dared to be presumptuous in front of her.

   Zhao Hanzhang came back to his senses and asked the uneasy strong man next to him, "So you want to bring your cousin's family to Xiping?"

   The strong man Jiao Dalang buried his head almost to his knees, and said very uneasy: "If it doesn't work, then..."

"Okay," Zhao Hanzhang squinted his eyes and said, "You can bring it here, don't you have vacant houses in your village? Bring them here and settle them in the vacant house temporarily. They can work in Xiping County first, after the spring. If you still decide to stay, go to the yamen to report."

She said: "It's too late this year, but they come to the yamen to report that they can get some land. If they are worried about taxes and don't want to divide the land, they can also do long-term work for the county yamen. The monthly treatment is the same as that of the refugees who have defected. ."

   Jiao Dalang's eyes lit up and he was entangled. After seeing the treatment Zhao Hanzhang gave to the refugees, they all wanted to work as long-term workers.

   But as a farmer, land is their lifelong obsession, and he doesn't really want to give up the land to do long-term labor.

   But now it is really hard to be a good citizen. The tax is too heavy. They have fields and land, but the whole family has worked hard, and after the tax, there is not much food left.

   Zhao Hanzhang saw Jiao Dalang's entanglement, and smiled slightly: "This year, your autumn tax is exempted, and next year's tax will be collected according to the year, and I will reduce or exempt some as appropriate, so don't worry."

   Zhao Hanzhang still hopes that they will be good people. Although she is more comfortable with long-term work, she also hopes that they can recuperate in Xiping and improve their lives through their own efforts.

Jiao Dalang got a letter of approval from Zhao Hanzhang, so he went to ask their little butler for leave on the same day, and ran home to find his father, "Father, the county lord said that my cousin and the others can come over, so they will stay in our village temporarily, and I really decided to settle in our village. In Xiping, we can still get land next year.”

   Father Jiao got up immediately when he heard this, "Then why are you still standing there, go find your aunt and uncle."

  Shangcai's life has been very difficult this year. Since the winter solstice, the food at home has become less and less, and the villagers can't help but feel a little anxious.

   At this time, they heard that Xiping County next door was building a reservoir and aqueduct. At first, they sympathized with the people there, thinking that they were too hard to serve in such a cold day.

   But later I heard that it was not military service, but that the county government was giving money for work. Those who went to work not only had enough to eat, but also received wages every day.

  Everyone waited quietly for a while, and some people went to visit relatives next door and saw that those relatives cooked very thick wheat porridge, and some people ate steamed buns every meal.

   I heard that the steamed bun is made by mixing wheat bran, wheat flour and soy flour. It looks brownish yellow, but it tastes good.

   is so much better than a little bit of porridge they eat in one meal.

   I heard that the steamed buns are issued by the county government, because everyone’s ration is fixed, and some people take some leftovers home to eat for the elderly and weak at home.

   As a result, people in Shangcai County are very jealous and envious of people in Xiping County.

At that time, the chaotic army raged in Xiping County, and many people died. They still sympathized with them. They thought that they had been robbed of so many things. I don't know if they could survive this winter. Even better.

   "What are you running for?"

   "I heard that money has come to the house."

   "A relative came to borrow food?"

   "Then you need money to go into the house and have food you can borrow. It's his cousin in Xiping. I heard that he was here to bring him to work."

   "Really or not, can our people from Shang Cai also go to work?"

   "It may not be possible for others, but Qian Jin should do it. After all, he has his own relatives with him."

"If you say so, then I can do it too. Qian Jin and I are in the same family, aren't Qian Jin's relatives my relatives?" As soon as the man finished speaking, he pushed open the door and went out, shrinking his neck and trotting towards Qian Jin's house. go.

   Having said that, then the whole village is related to Jiao Dalang, so can the whole village go there?

Jiao Dalang, who was sitting at Qian's house, was stunned. He was surrounded by people, and it took a lot of effort to get out. He said in distress: "When I came, I only said that I would bring my cousin, but I didn't say that I would bring my cousin. So many people, all of you have to go, I can't guarantee that our county lord will accept it."

   But the focus of some villagers is not here, but on, "Can you really get enough food to work there and get paid?"

   "Okay, I dig the canal, and it costs ten pennies a day."

   "Does your county still accept refugees?"

   "It's a collection. All the refugees passing by, as long as they are willing to stay, our county magistrates will keep them, but they have to be diligent. If anyone cheats and cheats, our county magistrates will directly fine them without wages, or directly arrest them for grinding."

  Why does Zhao Hanzhang distribute food and wages, and everyone is still a little afraid of her?

It is because the laws she promulgates are also very strict. Anyone who is deliberately lazy, or provoking troubles, etc., once caught, will have their wages deducted, or they will be directly taken away to grind or pound rice. wage.

   Few people dared to provoke Zhao Hanzhang easily. If there were, most of them were already in the mill, or they didn't know where they were taken.

See you tomorrow

   (end of this chapter)