Fang Xuanling's recital quickly got a huge response.

There is a lot of talk about building a city.

Although some people compare building a city to building a Grand Canal.

But I can feel my conscience and say that this is unfair, because the construction of the canal was completely the Sui Dynasty's levy of manpower, which is the labor of the people, and it is the obligation to fulfill.

But for this construction of the city, Chen Zhengtai gave money.

Therefore, ordinary people did not complain, but because of the money, it made many clans see the opportunity, if it was in the past, the tribes would not dare to flee, after all, the Tang Dynasty has strict regulations for the tribes and slaves!

If you flee easily and betray your own master, once you are captured, you will be severely punished.

Therefore, many parts will never dare to easily break away from their own masters.

Of course, there are also accidents, on the one hand, the land of the clan began to decrease, and the land that the tribe could cultivate naturally decreased.

On the other hand, if they flee, the Chen family often turns a blind eye, and they go to the desert, in that desert, there is no royal law for the time being, can the world still send people to the desert where there are thousands of miles of uninhabited people?

These slaves began to flee in twos and threes, and even worse, in droves.

After they fled to the desert, they were met by special merchants, who would provide them with food and drink, arrange for them to eat and lodging, and deliver them to Shuofang.

After arriving in Shuofang, they could quickly find a job as a coolie, and the reward for the merchant was to give themselves 20% of the monthly money for a year.

In fact, at the beginning, the merchants were very dark-hearted, and directly demanded their monthly remuneration of fifty percent, but the Chen family seemed to be aware of this problem, many people who fled with the help of the merchants, their lives were extremely miserable, and then, Shuo conveniently issued a decree to raise the remuneration to two percent of the monthly salary, more than this amount, you can find the Chen clansmen to administer justice.

The merchants finally relented a little.

But even if it's two percent, it's still profitable.

The Chen family is rich.

And the family has people.

Shuo Fang was recruiting manpower, labor was in short supply, at first, the merchants were to assist the tribe to escape, but later, some specialized merchants began to be dissatisfied with this, they began to hire people, around the pass to pass all kinds of news, depicting how comfortable Shuo Fang's life was, began to lure some tribes out of the customs.

Driven by profits, the businessmen have even reached the point of not hesitating to offend some big families, and they have taken risks, and batches of people have appeared at the pass.

And here, the officers and soldiers of the pass have long been bought.

Because a large number of people and horses need to go out of the customs, some are transporting goods, some are transporting people, in this place, a huge bazaar has been formed, the local guards, and now the daily good food and drink are surrounded by the merchants, at first he was not happy, because the clan pursued the fleeing tribe, but also gave himself a lot of pressure, but these merchants gave too much money, received one, and the people behind it were endless, and for a while, he found that he had counted the money to the softness.

As a result, the officers and soldiers at the pass hardly had any checks, and the people of the major caravans were directly released from the pass.

And as soon as I got out of the customs, someone had already answered here.

The subordinates who approached the major commercial houses immediately registered.

All registration is necessary, because there are rules on the Shuofang side, and everyone who leaves the customs must report their name and place of origin, as well as their skills. If anyone dares to hide and not report it, they will be sent back to the gate.

The merchants finally managed to get people out, and if they were to send them back, they would not be able to eat the blood of these tribes, and of course they would obediently abide by the rules.

Wei Er is one of them.

In fact, he didn't know what his surname was for a long time, he only knew that he had been herding cattle for the Wei family since he was a child, and for some reason, since he was a child, everyone called him Wei Er.

Wei Er actually didn't know why he was out of the customs.

I only knew that I was herding cattle well, and someone suddenly came up, inquired about the Wei family's trilogy, and blew each other with him to the outside of the customs, and there was meat to eat all day long, and there was money to earn every month.

Of course, these are not the most important, what matters is ...... They say there is a daughter-in-law.

So Wei Er came.

Wei Er's courage was not very big, he was scared at first, because the tribe fled, once they were caught by the head of the family, the head of the family had the power to execute them.

But to his surprise, everything went well, and he only came into contact with people, and was immediately hidden!

When the rumors passed, there were always various people along the way who were trying to transform him into various identities, and these businessmen seemed to be familiar with this, and even the forged identities were ready for him.

When he came here, Wei Er was at a loss, and the registration was cramped and uneasy, the so-called registration was nothing more than an inquiry.

Such as name, age, gender, etc.

When asked about his skills, Wei Er was bored for a long time before scratching his head and said embarrassedly: "I can only herd cattle." ”

As soon as he heard the word herding cattle, the registered scribe and several people on the side couldn't help but look sideways.

The pen in the scribe's hand trembled, so much so that he left a puddle of ink on the piece of paper, and then he looked at Wei Er fixedly, and said with a surprised expression: "You can herd cattle?" ”

"yes." Wei Er said very seriously: "I have been herding cattle for the former head of the family, oh, and helping to raise horses by the way." ”

The scrivener's face was even more shocked, and after a long time, he spit out a sentence: "Talent is rare." ”

The person on the side whispered: "In the past two days, I haven't met anyone who can herd cattle and feed horses, and today I can count it as hitting another one." ”

"I don't know if it's a liar, I'll know when I try it."

"Now the Chen family is recruiting people everywhere who can herd cattle and horses, and hire them to work in the pasture...... The future is promising. ”

"Such talents...... It's hard to find right now. ”

The scribe squeezed his eyebrows, pulled Wei Er aside, glanced at Wei Er appreciatively, and said, "Who was your former family master?" ”

Originally, this question was very taboo, because everyone knew that this was a fugitive slave, but here in Shuofang, he couldn't admit that the other party was a trilogy when he was killed, and he should only be treated as an ordinary outcast, anyway, you know and I know, but in fact, on the surface, you need to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

But now the scribe couldn't help but ask.

Wei Er thought about it and said honestly: "It's Chang'an Wei." ”

The scribe suddenly let out an exclamatory voice: "No wonder, how many cows and horses have you released?" ”

Wei Er thought about it again before saying, "It's not much, more than thirty cows, and a few good horses from Lang Jun." ”

"Good horse?"

"Yes, the little Langjun of the third room loves the fierce horse, and I will take care of it."

The scribe's eyes lit up, pinched his beard, nodded again and again, and then said with a pleased smile: "Yes, very good, really young and promising, I really don't hide it, my surname is Zhao, there is a daughter in the family, I have just divorced from my husband, and now I am going to get married at home, and I may as well go and meet him in some days." ”

Wei Er's eyes widened, daring to love those businessmen who didn't deceive people, they really made daughters-in-law.

How did he know that people with skills like him were in short supply in the entire desert.

The Turks prefer nomadism, but the Han prefer a stable life.

Of course, it is essential to raise cattle and horses in this grassland, so everyone prefers to establish a more stable pasture!

Therefore, among the Han people who went out of the customs, those who were good at herding cattle and raising horses became fragrant and sweet.

After all, the Turkic people's set of nomadic methods, although they can be learned, are not very useful, and people like Wei Er are now in desperate need, several ranches of the Chen family are now spending a lot of money to recruit such people, as long as Wei Er goes, if he really has the ability, he will definitely not worry about food and clothing in the future, and there will be a foothold in this Shuofang.

In fact, in his opinion, although the environment outside the customs is bad, the living conditions are not bad, there are too many people in the customs, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have a foothold, but here, if there is a skill, they are not worried that they will starve to death.

Although his daughter is married for the second time and divorced her husband, what about this? Outside this pass, any woman, let alone a second marriage, is a third, fourth, or fifth marriage, which is also fragrant, I don't know how many men are worried about it.

He felt that Wei Er looked honest and looked like a person with real skills, so he was naturally willing to match.

Wei Er happily agreed, and the scribe gave him an address and asked him to write it down, and when he settled down, he would come back to look for the scribe.

Then, Wei Er immediately followed another caravan and set off with the paper issued by the scribe on his body.

This way...... Walking along the road, the so-called world has no road, there are more people walking, this road will come out, not to mention that the desert is flat, the road is straight!

He walked all the way to the north for seven or eight days, and along the way there were caravans and men who served him food and drink, and soon he arrived at the place!

In the distance, countless boulders were piled up, countless stonemasons were processing all kinds of boulders, the newly built brick kilns were rising from the ground, emitting thick black smoke, and the newly baked stone bricks, after cold cutting, were immediately transported to the construction site, and the huge construction site, people tamped the foundation soil and piled up the city wall.

The walls of the city looked majestic, and not far from a river was flooded with boats carrying countless materials such as coal and rock to the improvised docks.

He followed the flow of people to the place where the workers were recruited and sent the paper he registered first.

Soon, someone measured his height and weight, and after confirming that he was a strong man, someone immediately pulled him away.

Along the way, he was dizzy, but Wei Er was not apprehensive, because no matter how far he traveled and who he followed, although the other party had a stern expression, he often met, first threw a food bag and a water bag, and when he opened it, the food bag was full of flatbread, hard and jerky!

This is already very satisfying for Wei Er, because he is in the Wei family, and the food may not be so good.

In Wei Er's opinion, people who are willing to give him something to eat have never been too bad.

Soon, Wei Er was sent to a pasture, and then a principal came, looked at Wei Er, and asked him some questions about cattle and horses.

The person who brought him here, seeing Wei Er's stunned face, hurriedly urged: "This is the main business of this ranch, it is the Chen family, what are you still doing in a daze, looking for death?" Say a salute. ”

It seems that for people with the surname Chen, the people of this Shuofang often have a little respect.

On the one hand, the children surnamed Chen are all Chen Zhengtai's clansmen.

On the other hand, everyone found that these Chen children, although they are in charge of various places, are often not idle meals, such as the head of the ranch in front of him, this guy is obviously the backbone of herding horses and cattle, and he is very proficient in this matter, and there is nothing to hide from him in this ranch.

This person's name is Chen Zhengning, he has a dark and rough complexion, looks like a groom, wears a sheepskin jacket, and holds his hands behind his back, and looks at Wei Er in the same way.

He looked at Wei Er's legs with straight eyes, and nodded to him in his heart, this person had some looped legs, and at first glance he was used to riding.

Wei Er was very uncomfortable, so he hurriedly saluted Chen Zhengning.

Chen Zhengning already had a bottom in his heart, so he said: "Here, there are not so many rules, can you ride a horse?" ”

Wei Er said honestly, "Yes, yes." ”

"Do you know anything about raising horses?"

Wei Er nodded, a little unconfident: "I understand some." ”

"If I give you a few horses to take care of first, can you keep the horses in good condition?"

"Yes."

"We are not nomadic, so we need to fetch water and grass, of course, we are a little nervous now, in the future, we can grow grain in the field, and we can also give some coarse grain to cattle and horses to eat."

Speaking of this, Chen Zhengning paused, and then said: "I don't have to ask more, you know that you are a good hand in this at a glance, you can follow me for a few days for the time being, if it is suitable, there will be many things for you to do, there are more than 600 cattle and horses in this pasture, but the manpower is a little less, only twenty-one people, plus one of you, it is twenty-two!" ”

"If I am satisfied with these few days, it will be regarded as an official ministry in the ranch, and I will provide you with food and drink here, that is, the salary will be less, and I will give you another eight catties of meat every month, plus eight hundred dollars, how about it, are you satisfied?"

Wei Er trembled in his heart when he heard this, this is actually excited!

Not only did he eat grain for nothing, but he also had eight catties of meat and eight hundred dollars......

You know, in the Wei family, it's very good to be able to give food to eat.

He was so excited that his face turned red, and he couldn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he stumbled and said, "Oh." ”

Chen Zhengning seemed very satisfied: "Now there is a shortage of manpower, so I have to work." In the future, the cattle and horses in this pasture will increase, and at that time, there will be a shortage of manpower, so you will have to bring a few apprentices, you can rest assured, they will not treat you badly, and they will give you meat and money at that time. ”

Wei Er was dizzy, he only felt that his heart was beating faster, this is the taste of happiness!

In an instant, he had a thought, the Wei family, who is not a dog, said that the Guanzhong clan is full of branches and leaves, and they don't have enough to eat, look at the people?