Chapter 56: The Meaning of Life Is Work
Zhang Fangping didn't dig any of them, but Yun Zheng's harvest was very big, and Peng Jiu followed the capital supervision inspection point of the house to report the harvest when he came back to report.
The family property of one horse army is Yu Hou, and the family property of two infantry soldiers is enough for Yun Zheng to support his subordinates for two years, no wonder Zhang Fangping said that this is a rare gift.
The family property was sent to the barracks, Peng Jiu did this quietly, except for the food, the rest of the things were piled up in Yun Zheng's tent, this is the custom, Peng Jiu believes that his master does not drink the blood of soldiers, but these things are not soldiers' blood, they are exchanged for the master's foresight, so take the master away ninety percent, and leave a good achievement for the big guy, as long as there is food, those soldiers will be satisfied if they want to come.
Yun Zheng looked down at the belongings in front of him and smiled, a total of only a thousand assets, the box was mainly filled with copper coins, this thing was not of high value but took up a lot of space.
"Take out the three parts to reward the soldiers, as for how to divide it, you go and discuss it yourself, and send the rest to the main book to enter the account, tell the main book, I will cut off his head if there is one penny." After we fished the stone out of the river, we slowly used him to make a living for everyone, and the family could participate, but we didn't participate, and you can see that the defense envoy is a living Hades, and everyone will have a hard time in the future. If you want to do other errands to support your family, I'm afraid you won't be able to. ”
Peng Jiu didn't seem to hear what the general said, he squatted on the ground and didn't get up, Yun Zheng didn't have time to listen to him say gratitude, and his subordinates were still working in the river beach.
In the past, there was no good way to dig stones from muddy water, so it was done by manpower. Then the stones were lifted to the shore, which was time-consuming and laborious, and even if everyone was killed, a thousand people would not be able to clean up a few pieces in a day.
Liang Ji, who has long hands and long legs, is now covered in mud. Separated an iron claw, tightly fastened it to a 100-pound stone, waved his hand, and the two soldiers behind him pulled the rope hard, and it originally took four or five people to clean out the big stone, which was easily pulled out of the mud by the lever. Twist the direction of the boom, put the stone on the climbing plow, the van army on the shore twisted the turntable, the rope dragged the climbing plow slowly climbed up the gentle slope, after unloading the stone, Liang Ji and they dragged the climbing plow back, the speed of coming and going was amazing.
There is nothing to say about work, Xiangjun is used to work, but working like this, Liang Ji feels comfortable all over. The Lord is on the bank of the river, mixed with a bunch of carpenters to build a working guy, Liang Ji admires the wisdom of the Lord and throws himself to the ground, a few simple things, the most arduous work becomes extremely easy, it is indeed very easy. Compared to climbing up the shore with stones on your back and stepping on thin mud, the work of grabbing stones with iron claws is nothing at all.
After putting a big stone on the plow, he stood in the mud and admired the tripods and booms on the river beach, many people actually had fun doing their work, pulling out the big stones like turnips, and arranging the stones on the shore in different categories, I don't know why the master did this, Liang Ji didn't want to ask, the mind of the master is not something that a stupid person like himself can figure out, and it takes a certain amount of courage to admit that he is a stupid person. There is nothing wrong with Liang Ji here, as long as he remembers that he used to crawl in the mud with stones on his back like a donkey, it is easy to come to such a point of view.
I don't know when there was a group of people in the mud around him, and when the person headed by him turned his head, he found that it was Peng Jiu, and Liang Ji was very strange. Peng Jiu's most hated thing is to drill the mud, Wu Shengjun's previous job was to dig stones from the mud, basically once a year, he always cheated and refused to do it, what's wrong with today, he worked so hard.
"The sun is coming out of the west? Lao Peng, it's the first time I've seen you work hard! Taking advantage of the winch to pull the stone, Liang Ji touched Peng Jiu's shoulder with his head and said with a smile.
Peng Jiu smiled a little, seemed to be very happy, pointed to the camp tent on the shore and said: "It's not the first time that the sun hits the west and comes out, one thousand one hundred and thirty-six yuan, our brothers divide it into thirty percent, and the rest is all into the public account, and the lord said that the money is for the family to find a way to live, and the other generals say so, my old Peng is regarded as a fart, but let's say so from the lord, I Lao Peng believes it, not for anything else, just because the lord has stayed in front of a lot of silver money and can't fart, and he didn't look at the pile of money!" ”
Liang Ji looked back at Yun Zheng who was mixed in the carpenter's pile, and suddenly shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers! Kill it! Everyone knows that Liang Ji is righteous, since he shouted this sentence, he will definitely give everyone a reason to work hard, so the speed of work on the entire construction site immediately accelerated a lot, Yun Zheng also heard Liang Ji's roar, shook his head with a smile, and then told the carpenter what kind of thing the clay fan he needed.
Most of the soil in Shu is red soil, such soil is the best material for burning bricks, since Zhang Fangping has allocated a piece of land for himself as a place for the army, of course he has to consider building a military camp, the silt at the bottom of the river is the best material, even if the bricks are not used up, you can also take it to fertilize the land, these silt and stones are treasures, it is not easy to find so many stones and good silt near Chengdu Mansion.
Seeing that the sun was rising overhead, Yun Zheng saw the monkey waving to him, and knew that lunch was ready, so he asked Hanniu to ring the bell and inform everyone to rest and prepare to eat.
There is only one official in the Jiazi camp now, Yun Zheng doesn't want any other officials, Zhang Fangping agreed, got all the other officials away, and sent one of his own personal guards to supervise their work, since Yun Zheng said that it would take a month to clear the bottom of the river, Zhang Fangping didn't say anything other than saying a word about no jokes in the army.
During the meal, the elected stewards naturally gathered around Yun Zheng, who was scooping rice from the cauldron with the same rice bowl as them, and wanted to hear if what Peng Jiu said was true.
Yun Zheng scolded with a smile and said: "The ears are really smart, if you finish speaking, you will know, we have about a thousand yuan, the specific amount Peng Jiu knows, I don't know yet, my opinion is like this, what about you, you are all fucking poor ghosts, and the family is estimated to have eaten the last meal but not the next, so ah, the army took out three hundred yuan and one hundred quintals of rice to send people to Zhijiang, first solve the urgent need, and then say, only the wife and children have food to eat, and the big guy can work with peace of mind, right?" ”
Speaking of which, seeing that these people had put down their rice bowls and were about to make a big salute, Yun Zheng waved his hand irritably: "Listen, don't always put your knees on the ground, they are all men, do you like dwarves very much?"
See the rocks by the river, right? Am I going to sell him, to whom? Sold to Dujiangyan Dushui Division, these stones are dug out by us, of course our things, so it is reasonable to sell them, the heart of the Dushui Division of the dog day is very dark, the imperial court will allocate two thousand three hundred yuan of stone money to them every year, but these bastards will give us a thousand yuan, but this is also a helpless thing, we don't have thick arms, but we can't do it, this time it's as they wanted, next time Lao Tzu will definitely ask them to obediently spit out the things that ate Lao Tzu to me.
We're going to speed up the progress, I'm worried that it's raining every day, and we also have a lot of use for those silts, that is, burning bricks, and when the work here is done, the family will have to move from Zhijiang to Dujiangyan, and it will be a big trouble to have no house at that time.
So our work is very heavy, the brothers not only have to dig stones to sell for money, but also need to clear the mud out to burn bricks, there is no shortage of firewood here, what is lacking is manpower, the brick kiln also has to find a craftsman to build, I asked a friend in Chengdu, it is estimated that the craftsman will be able to come tomorrow, the rainy season is coming, we don't have time to be lazy, Peng Jiu, you won't dig stones, you don't want to go down the silt, give you thirty weak brothers, these two days is to chop wood, cut firewood to death, once you want to burn bricks, the amount of firewood will be amazing.
Liang Ji, now the manpower is up to you, only give you 500 people, your job is to dig stones, I don't care how you dig, you must dig out all the stones within the time limit specified by the defense envoy, whether the brothers will be beheaded depends on you, the extra people will not be given to you, they have to pick up mud, make bricks, we have strong bones, boil it and pass, if the women and children are drenched, there will be no way to live, so tired to death must also build the house before the rainy season, the roof is not easy to get, just get the thatched roof first, there is a nest is better than anything else. ”
Yun Zheng assigned his future plans and tasks as if he was chattering, Peng Jiu, who was covered in muddy water, nodded, finished the meal in a few bites, stood up and went to find someone, he didn't plan to wait.
Liang Ji is different from Peng Jiu, while eating, tears fall into the rice bowl, the first time some officials think that those women and children are their own people, eat more today, the work is very heavy, and they can't eat enough and have no strength to work.
Not only did Liang Ji forget to ask about money and food, but he didn't ask anything else, thinking more about the Lord than himself, as long as he sold his strength to work, he would finish the work of the court as soon as possible, and he could also help other brothers to help build a house.
People need a little spirit, Liang Ji their spirit is the wife and children, at this time to say that other big truths are idle, only to arrange the family, is the most important truth, now the work is actually done for themselves, the stone in the mud is money, mud also has a lot of use, so, Liang Ji does not think that there is anything wrong with suffering to make some money.
After eating, Liang Ji was the first to jump off the mud pool, feeling that the mud pool was cooler than the shore, looking up at the white sun, the poisonous sun of the dog day roasted the scalp of the man, picked up some water from the puddle, wet his hair, grabbed the iron claws, buckled them to a stone, and shouted loudly: "Pull out!" ”