Guo Song didn't wear a military uniform today, but just wore a cyan fine linen robe, a gauze hat on his head, and a leather belt around his waist, looking like an ordinary person.

Du Siye, who followed Guo Song, was about to introduce, but Guo Song waved his hand and said: "I am from the Ganzhou Prefecture, I came to inspect the situation here, and when I saw that your door was open, I came in to have a look." ”

The man is not stupid at all, with so many entourages, he must be a big man, he hurriedly said: "This envoy invites you to sit in the house!" ”

Guo Song walked into the main house and looked, the area is about twenty square meters, although the room is very simple, rough big wooden windows, bulky tables, but it is relatively clean, the walls are whitened with lime, the room does not look dim, it can be seen that the master is very hardworking and capable, the man took a small stool in, wiped it with his sleeve, and said enthusiastically: "Please sit down!" ”

He was about to ask his wife to boil water, but Guo Song hurriedly stopped him, "No need, let's sit for a while and leave!" ”

At this time, more than a dozen personal soldiers helped to build the shed, and Guo Song saw that his shed was made of broken wood, and the craftsmanship was not bad, so he asked with a smile: "Are you a carpenter?" ”

The man shook his head and smiled: "Actually, the villain is a blacksmith and knows how to work as a carpenter and a stonemason. ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "The blacksmith is good, Hexi needs a blacksmith very much, and the craftsman office seems to be recruiting blacksmiths some time ago." ”

"The villain has been recruited into the craftsman's office, three yuan a month, a very good income, these broken pieces of wood were bought by the villain for twenty yuan, a lot, just to build a shed for the donkey at home."

You can earn three times a month, which is indeed a high income in Hexi, even in Chang'an, you may not be able to earn it, and now Chang'an's economy is very sluggish, and your income has dropped a lot, and most ordinary people can only earn two times a month.

"What's your name? Where are the people? ”

"The villain's name is Jiang Wulang, a native of Shanxian County, a family of five, two children, a wife and an old father."

Guo Song saw that the items in his house were relatively complete, so he asked with a smile, "Have you ever been home?" ”

Jiang Wulang nodded, "Didn't the government allow you to go home last month?" My wife and I went back to Shanxian and brought all the things that we didn't have time to take from home. ”

"It looks like I'm ready to settle in Zhangye!" Guo Song said with a smile.

Jiang Wulang scratched his head embarrassedly, "After being caught once, I'm really scared, except for the Hexi Army, we can't believe any other army, what if the Tubo people come again, what if my child is captured?" Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about future generations. ”

His answer basically represents the mentality of the vast majority of Longyou people, after being caught once, that kind of despair really scared them, especially the brand on their shoulders, which simply burned into their hearts and made them unforgettable.

"I've got this month's food!" Guo Song asked again.

Hexi does not raise lazy people, each person only has a bucket of wheat per month basic rations, it is definitely not enough to eat, if you want to have more food, but also to buy salt and oil, etc., you have to work hard to earn, like the young man in front of him to go to the craftsman office to work as a blacksmith, earn three times a month, you can buy a hundred buckets of wheat in the market, not only can you easily feed a family, but also have spare money to buy some wood to build a shed and so on.

Of course, the blacksmith's salary is very high, ordinary people can't earn it, and they can also participate in the labor of road repair, house building and other labor organized by the government, and they can also earn about the same money a month, and they can also buy 30 buckets of noodles, 360 catties, which can basically feed the whole family.

Women can also earn money, washing clothes, making dry food, making military shoes and uniforms for the army, and they can also earn a consistent amount of money for a month.

The grain Guo Song refers to here refers to the basic rations, which will be distributed until the autumn harvest next year.

Jiang Wulang nodded, "I got it at the beginning of the month." ”

At this time, many neighbors poured into the courtyard, and when they heard that officials were coming to inspect it, they all came in to join in the fun.

"Tell me, what are the difficulties and expectations at the moment?" Guo Song said to everyone.

An old man raised his hand, "May I ask this envoy, can we buy and sell the house we have settled?" ”

Guo Song shook his head, "The land of this house is owned by the government, you can only live by yourself, if the house is vacant for more than half a year, then it will be taken back by the government, if you feel that the residence is narrow and you want to live more spacious, you can buy a private house elsewhere in Zhangye City."

Generally speaking, as long as you are willing to live, the government will never evict people, and you can even demolish and rebuild and live in a brick house, but one thing to keep in mind is that this house cannot be inherited directly, and if your children want to continue to live, they must apply to the government and pay a little rent to the government, and there will be no problem, just like the government houses in other places. ”

The old man was silent, it was estimated that his family was good, and he didn't dare to go home, so he wanted to live comfortably.

At this time, a young man said: "I heard that the government is going to run a school, and all children can go to school without money?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "That's true, children will enter school after they are six years old, read and write, learn the principles of being a human being, and after they are ten years old, they can go to martial arts, or learn carpenters, blacksmiths, stonemasons and other skills, which are all considered a skill." ”

When it comes to a skill, everyone is talking about it, and some people shout: "Is there a job to earn more money?" ”

Guo Song waved his hand, the yard was still noisy, and Du Siye couldn't help shouting: "Please be quiet!" ”

The courtyard finally quieted down, Guo Song said: "On the one hand, everyone wants to make more money, on the other hand, the profession that makes more money can't recruit people, like the archer of the ordnance supervisor can earn five times a month, even if the ordinary blacksmith of the craftsman department, he can earn three times a month, there is only one way to make more money, to learn the skills, soon the county government will open a skills club, everyone can learn, as long as they are willing to work hard and study hard, I believe that after a year, they can earn three times a month, in addition, if the body is strong, you can also go to mining and smelting." , you can earn three or four times a month......."

Guo Song's words won a round of applause.

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Back to the official office, Guo Song immediately convened officials at the state and county levels to discuss the matter, more than 30 officials filled the hall, Guo Song smiled at everyone: "Some time ago, everyone worked hard, and more than 500,000 people were able to settle in an orderly manner, and less than 100 people died of illness. ”

Guo Song tried his best to use a relaxed tone to relax everyone's spirits, and he continued: "It is snowing heavily, according to convention, it should be the beginning of Wodong, but I have been inspecting the refugees for three consecutive days, and I found that we still have something to do, and some things are still more urgent, let me ask first, what is the situation of the Ordnance Department and the Craftsman Department?" ”

The Hexi Ordnance Department and the Craftsman Department are under the jurisdiction of the Hexi Jiedu Prefecture Armor Cao Division, and the Armor Cao Counselor Military Lu Jin got up and said: "According to the envoy's instructions, the Armory Cao Division has set up the Ordnance Department and the Craftsman Department, with a total of 1,200 craftsmen, who have begun to build weapons and make bows and crossbows. ”

"What is the progress of the preparation for the skills club I said earlier?"

"Back to the envoy, it's ready, I'm ready to start recruiting members to learn skills tomorrow, according to the preliminary investigation, the most people are required to learn blacksmithing, but I only have 400,000 catties of pig iron in stock, I'm afraid it will be difficult to meet so many people to learn to make iron."

"I remember that there was a batch of discarded weapons in the warehouse, Zhang joined the army, right!"

Cangcao participated in the military Zhang Chen hurriedly got up and said: "The envoy is right, there are hundreds of thousands of pieces, piled up like a mountain!" ”

Some of these waste weapons were captured on the battlefield, some were collected from the people, and many of them were rusty and waiting to be re-smelted.

Guo Song smiled again: "I'm not saying that everyone needs to learn to strike iron, manufacturing weapons requires skilled craftsmen, ordinary people can't, but they can learn smelting, it just so happens that this batch of waste weapons is going to be recycled, isn't it the best teaching material?" ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Guo Song said: "This winter is mainly training, all kinds of skills training, find that outstanding talents can be deepened training, and children's schools should be opened as soon as possible, and then there is to investigate refugees, how many people are willing to settle in Hexi, it is necessary to consider the corresponding land allocation, many things that were done in Fengzhou at the beginning, in Hexi are about to start again, Cao Beijia, you are the most experienced, this matter is fully responsible for you." ”

Cao Wannian got up and saluted: "The humble post will start to arrange it today!" ”

Guo Song nodded, and said to everyone: "Today's gathering of everyone is actually for these three things, the refugees have settled down, so many people don't treat them as a burden, they are valuable labor resources, make full use of everyone, including our iron mine, it has long been discovered, but there are not enough miners to mine and smelt, and now God has sent more than 500,000 people to us, we can do a lot of things, do you understand what I mean?" From now on, everyone should get busy as soon as possible and stop thinking about the things of Wodong. ”

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