The next morning, when Jingnu was still combing Zhao Yu's hair, she saw Cao An breaking in in a hurry.

Jingnu, who was still smiling, suddenly sank her complexion, and glared at Cao An very unhappily.

It's a pity that Cao An didn't look at her, and walked to Zhao Yu's side in a few steps, and said with a flattering smile on his face: "Young master, when will you leave for the relief site?" ”

"When I'm done with breakfast, I'll talk to my mother too. You go and see Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng, see how the two are prepared, by the way, find a way to get a carriage. ”

"Okay." Cao An nodded.

After a while, Zhao Yu and Jingnu went to the north house to have breakfast with their mother Zhou, and then Zhao Yu mentioned to Zhou that he was going to go to a nearby work site today.

It can be seen that the Zhou family is still worried about this, but it is not good to stop his son, so he has to instruct Jing Nu: "Jing Nu, look at Yu'er for the concubine, and pass the word to Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng by the way, telling them to protect Yu'er, remember?" ”

"Remembered." Jingnu nodded obediently in agreement.

Saying goodbye to his mother, Zhao Yu took Jingnu back to his house, and at this time he saw Zhang Jibing standing in front of the house.

Cao An was still standing beside him, and the two of them seemed to be talking.

is different from the dress when he met Zhao Yu yesterday, today Zhang Ji not only put on leather armor, but also brought a sharp sword around his waist, and the momentum of the whole person looks a little more powerful.

"Second son."

After seeing Zhao Yu, Zhang Ji immediately stepped forward with Cao An to salute, and immediately said to Zhao Yu: "Second son, the carriage is ready, and now Ma Cheng is waiting outside the mansion." ”

Zhao Yu nodded, and then took Jingnu, Zhang Ji, and Ma Cheng towards the direction of the mansion.

When passing by the gate of the mansion, Zhao Yu saw Zhang Ying on duty, and greeted the latter with a smile: "Uncle Zhang." ”

At this time, Zhang Yingzheng was leaning against the wooden pillar with his arms crossed, and turned his head in shock when he heard the voice.

It seems that Zhang Ji and Zhang Ying have a good relationship, and joked with a smile: "Uncle Ying, are you lazy here early in the morning?" Be careful, I tell the Guard. ”

"Dead boy." Zhang Ying scolded in a low voice, stepped forward to greet Zhao Yu, and immediately asked curiously: "Second son, are you going to a nearby work site today?" ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Go and see the situation." ”

As he spoke, he asked curiously, "Uncle Zhang, what about Niu Ji, Zheng Luo, and Shi Jue?" ”

Zhang Ying explained: "Niu Ji and Zheng Luo were transferred to those work sites, where there was a shortage of manpower, leaving only me and Shi Jue to guard the gate of the mansion. ”

"Oh."

Zhao Yu was stunned and didn't ask in detail, and Zhang Ying didn't say anything more, just told Zhang Jidao: "Boy, you must protect the second son, you know?" Otherwise, you'll be skinned! ”

"I know, but Uncle Ying, you also have to guard the door of the mansion." Zhang Ji replied with a smile.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu asked Zhang Ji curiously after walking out of the mansion: "Zhang Ji, are you very familiar?" ”

"Who? Uncle Ying? ”

Zhang Ji was stunned, and then said with a smile: "Zhang Ying is my clan uncle, and Zhang Weichang is also my clan uncle." Most of the people in our village are now working as guards in the house. ”

"I said that there are many people surnamed Zhang in the house......

Zhao Yu muttered, and suddenly felt in his heart.

At this time, outside the gate of the mansion, Ma Cheng was also wearing leather armor and carrying weapons at his waist like Zhang Ji, standing next to a carriage and waiting, and when he saw Zhao Yu and his party walking towards him, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Second son." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, but his gaze at this time looked into the distance outside the mansion, looking at the place where those refugees had gathered.

But today, it seems that the refugees are gone, and all around are empty.

"Second son?" Ma Cheng asked puzzled.

Zhao Yu retracted his gaze at this time, turned back and asked Ma Chengdao, "Well, are you ready?" ”

"Ready."

"Okay, let's go."

Seeing that it was ready, Zhao Yu took Jingnu and Cao An to board the carriage, while Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng sat in the driver's position, raised their whips, and drove the carriage to start slowly.

At this time, Zhang Ji asked the inside of the car at the position of the coachman: "Second son, I don't know which site we are going to today?" ”

However, Zhao Yu was not very clear about this, and he asked: "The county seat, how many work sites have been set up in the past few days?" ”

Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng summed it up and replied, "There are probably four or five, and I don't know the specifics with Ma Cheng." ”

"And where were you before?" Zhao Yu asked.

Zhang Ji replied: "Ma Cheng and I were in Zhengxiang before. ”

"Far away?"

"It's not far, about twenty miles north of the county seat."

"Oh. …… Then go to Zhengxiang. ”

"Yes!"

After some exchanges, the group determined today's destination, a site called Zhengxiang.

Zheng Township, as the name suggests, is the township where people with the surname Zheng gather to live, of course, everything is not so absolute, but at least the naming of Zheng Township is true.

When the day was approaching, Zhao Yu and his party took a carriage to the area of Zhengxiang.

According to Zhao Yu's instructions, Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng parked the carriage on a dirt slope.

At this time, Zhao Yu looked out from the carriage window, and even saw countless men and women digging in the distance, according to Zhao Yu's rough estimate, I am afraid that there are no less than five or six hundred, or even more.

And looking further away, there is a village in the distance, which is probably Zhengxiang.

In order to take a closer look, Zhao Yu stepped out of the carriage and looked at the construction site about a mile away.

He asked Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng: "Here, is where you two worked a few days ago?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Ji nodded, and then pointed to the distance and said: "Second son, look, that is Zheng Luo, and he is also the guard of our house, thanks to the second son, he recalled me and Ma Cheng to his side, and now Zheng Luo and another guard named He Lu have taken over the duties of me and Ma Cheng and take care of these ......refugees."

"Zheng Luo? I know that he used to guard the gate of the mansion with Uncle Zhang Ying, right? Zhao Yu said with a smile, and immediately, he seemed to see something wrong and asked, "...... that group of people I mean the refugees, how do they look listless? ”

"Maybe it's because I haven't eaten yet."

"Huh?" Zhao Yu asked with some surprise: "Haven't eaten at this time?" ”

"To prevent someone from being lazy." Zhang Ji explained: "I heard that in the beginning, several work sites put food in the morning, hoping that these refugees would be able to work after they were full, but I didn't expect that some of them were cheating and slippery after eating, and they didn't know where to be lazy, and overseers like me and Ma Cheng were also unable to do everything because of the lack of manpower. In order to put an end to this kind of thing, the work site changed to two hours of food at the first hour and the second hour, so that these people can eat after finishing their work......"

Zhao Yu shook his head slightly when he heard this, and asked casually, "So is it eradicated?" ”

"Not really."

Zhang Ji shook his head and said: "Although most people are much more honest after changing the hour, they still can't completely eliminate the laziness of some of them. …… Ma Cheng caught a few a few days ago, these guys were lazy in the crowd, and when it was almost time to eat, they randomly put some mud on their faces and bodies, pretending to be very hard. ”

From the side, Ma Cheng also said angrily: "Ah, if it weren't for the fear of causing trouble, I really wanted to kick it at that time." ”

"Well, lazy......

Zhao Yu nodded, keeping in mind the problem of individual refugees being lazy and fishing in troubled waters, and prepared to find a way to solve the matter later.

After all, there has been a saying of black sheep since ancient times, and if we tolerate those who cheat and turn a blind eye to this problem, then the rest of the refugees will inevitably follow suit.

"Let's go, take a closer look." He said suddenly.

Hearing this, Jing Nu's face was shocked, and she immediately grabbed Zhao Yu's sleeve, and whispered with a worried look: "Young master, I'm afraid it's not safe......"

On the side, Cao An also rarely dissuaded slightly: "Young master, just take a look here, right?" ...... closer."

"What can be seen here?"

patted the back of Jingnu's hand, Zhao Yu pointed at Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng and said, "Didn't Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng just say, the order here is okay, and there is no way that anyone will harm me for no reason, right?" ”

"Uh......"

Seeing that Jing Nu looked at the two of them with complaining eyes, Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly, after all, they had really said that.

Ignoring the dissuasion of several people, Zhao Yu walked towards the construction site in the distance.

Seeing this, Zhang Ji, Cao An, and Jingnu hurriedly followed, only Ma Cheng stayed, preparing to park the carriage in Zhengxiang, not far away, lest some daring refugees take the carriage away, or simply pull the two horses away, kill the horses and eat meat.

Ma Cheng has no doubt that individual refugees can do this.

As Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng said, the security situation in the Zhengxiang site is not bad, at least the refugees here did not rush forward to pick up his clothes as Zhou intimidated him after seeing Zhao Yu, a child who was suspected of being a child of a rich family.

Those refugees just stopped their homework and looked at Zhao Yu from afar with confused eyes, watching Zhao Yu pass by them.

During this period, these refugees will inevitably have whispers.

"Who's that kid?"

"The son of a rich local family?"

"What are you doing here?"

And Zhao Yu didn't pay too much attention to these refugees, but just carefully observed the operations of these refugees.

After observing for a while, he realized that the management model of the site was simply a mess, or that there was no one to manage the refugees.

The refugees simply dig up the soil on their own and carry it away in bamboo baskets, with little to no division of labor.

Well, it can't be said that there is none, at least Zhao Yu saw a scene of division of labor and cooperation.

It was supposed to be a family, the old father was digging in the ditch pit, one son carried a bamboo basket full of dirt out of the ditch pit, and finally the older son carried it away, while the old mother and a young woman who did not know whether it was a daughter-in-law or a daughter helped in the side.

It is precisely because of the division of labor and cooperation of the family that the efficiency of this family is almost the highest.

However, the family worked so hard, but someone on the side made fun of them and said cool words: "Lao Tian, what are you doing so hard?" No matter how hard you work, those overseers won't give you an extra bowl of rice porridge......"

As soon as the words fell, I heard the younger son of the family say angrily: "My father said, you must have a clear conscience, and you can't be like you to be treacherous and lazy, and deceive the Lord's food......"

"Stinky boy."

may have been said to be a sore spot, and several people scolded with ugly faces.

Fortunately, the village guards who were in charge of monitoring this group of refugees from a distance noticed this side and shouted from afar: "What are you doing?" Don't be lazy! ”

"Stinky boy, count yourself lucky."

The group of people scattered scoldingly, and under the gaze of the countryman guard in the distance, they temporarily and honestly carried the bamboo basket.

『…… That's a big problem.'"

Seeing this scene, Zhao Yu frowned and thought.