"Yes, sir." The Green Battalion soldier turned and replied

"What's your name? Tell me, why do you volunteer to work here? Li Kaifu said the question in his heart.

"Back to the adult, the little Chen Side." Chen Side replied respectfully, and then said

"We all want to come and work because we are paid here."

"Just a hundred wen?" Li Kaifu felt a little contempt in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that his soldiers were so unbearable

Hearing Li Kaifu's words, Chen Side had mixed feelings in his heart: "What is the name of 'just that hundred texts', is there very little one hundred texts?" You can buy a lot of rice. I don't have more than one tael of silver and three buckets of rice a month (1). But that's right, you're a general, so you naturally look down on this money..."

Although Chen Side had all kinds of feelings, he still had to say respectfully that he knew, because he couldn't afford to provoke him.

"My lord, now they don't pay them every day."

"New tricks?" Li Kaifu thought secretly in his heart.

At this moment, a dark cloud drifted through the sky.

A cool mountain breeze blew, revealing a hint of autumn coolness.

While Li Kaifu was thinking, Chen Side did not pause and continued

"Now for every 'one house' (a house) built, they pay two taels of silver. At the same time, for the sake of contrast. They asked us all to find enough five people to work as a team. Generally, it can be built in two to three days. That is, the daily salary is almost 200 Wen. ”

Chen Side's simple explanation of the situation naturally said the key words - as long as you work hard, your salary will increase.

"That's not right, how can you build a house so quickly? You know, it takes a lot of work. Li Kaifu sounded that it was all a fantasy, so he said a question.

"My lord, it's normal for you to be suspicious. If someone had told me that before, maybe I'd give him a mouthful. But, here, we've done it all. Chen Side hurriedly argued

Not only that, but there are also people who work without a day off. I don't know if it's like they said, after eating the sixth brother's meal, I will be particularly strong. ”

"Nonsense, where is the rice not cooked with rice, can he Zhang Liu's rice still be 'changed''? It's not rice bought somewhere else. Don't spread those nonsense in the future. Li Kaifu scolded

"Yes, the little one is wrong." Chen Side hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake

"Well, that's right. What do you mean by contrast, and what is it about not resting? Li Kaifu noticed these two words in Chen Side's previous words, and asked him.

"That's right, sir." Chen Side replied

"The sixth brother took the five of us as a group and set up a gang leader; Ten groups are grouped together, and there is a team leader. Comparisons between groups are made every five days. Guys who build more houses can get extra money. ”

"The guy who won the first place will get 1,000 Wen, the second place will be 600 Wen, and the third place will be 300 Wen. The gang leader will also be rewarded with 200 Wen, 100 Wen and 60 Wen respectively. The last three gangs will each be fined 60 yuan, 30 yuan and 20 yuan respectively, and the gang leader will also be fined the same amount of money. I saw Chen Side say slowly, afraid that something would be missing

As soon as Li Kaifu heard this, he couldn't wait to immediately applaud. However, he still resisted the excitement in his heart and continued to ask: "So, there are also comparisons between groups?" ”

"Your Excellency is wise, it is true."

"We have four groups here, and we compare them with each other for 10 days. For the group that wins the first place, everyone in the group will receive a reward of 100 Wen, and the team leader who is last will be fined 50 Wen. Chen Side said one by one

"It's amazing, it's really amazing..."After listening to Chen Side's explanation, Li Kaifu couldn't hold back the thoughts in his heart anymore.

"In this way, I understand what you said about some people who do it without resting. However, do you still have a day off? Kai-Fu Lee asked again

"Yes, the sixth brother has set for us that we can take two days off if we work for five days in a row. If you don't take a break, you can get an extra 50 wen per day for those two days. Therefore, many people choose not to take a break. Chen Side said with some emotion

"This kind of work, where are you here to work, it is clear that you are here to collect money. Even the landlord didn't say that he could rest for two days after five days. Li Kaifu said with some emotion

"Now I understand why I said, Sixth Brother doesn't exploit us poor people like you!" Li Aiming heard Li Kaifu's emotion and couldn't help but say to him

"Admittedly, this kind of work is really attractive, and it is no wonder that my brothers are willing to work so hard for him. But how long can he last with this kind of money? I don't believe he really has mountains of gold and silver for him to squander. Li Kaifu replied indignantly

"Sixth Brother naturally has Sixth Brother's method, it's just that you can't understand him." Li Aiming went back

"Then tell me, what will he do?" Li Kaifu asked angrily

"You're such an interesting person, you ask me? Don't say I don't know, why should I tell you when I know? Li Aiming replied with a little angry and happy smile

"Gotta... If you can't say it, you're good. "Kai-Fu Lee felt like he had all his strength into the cotton

So, Li Kaifu didn't pay attention to Li Aiming.

"My lord, are we really leaving tomorrow?" Chen Side asked cautiously

"Yes, I'll leave tomorrow, you don't want to go?" As soon as Li Kaifu heard Chen Side's words, he asked a little angrily

"Don't dare, why wouldn't I want to go?" Chen Side hurriedly apologized and explained

"If you want to go, go and get your business!" Li Kaifu waved his hand to let Chen Side leave.

"Yes, sir." After Chen Side knelt in front of Li Kaifu, he turned around and left. I saw a very slight voice coming from behind Chen Side.

"It seems that there is no chance to surpass Li Dahe and his gang in the future, it's really annoying, if we can surpass them in two more days."

……

Li Kaifu continued to visit the building area, only to find out that the reason why Chen Side and they were able to build a house so quickly was because other green battalion soldiers kept sending them bricks and wood materials.

Looking at the busy crowd, they are all working in one ring. While Li Kaifu admired Zhang Rui, he couldn't help but worry.

"This Zhang Rui is so thoughtful and can grasp people's hearts. Who wouldn't work hard? From small to large, the elite of his 'army' can be imagined. If this person can be used by 'my Great Qing', he will be a rare and capable official. But, how did he become a thief? Thinking of this, Li Kaifu regretted it very much in his heart

"It seems that it is a bloody storm to encircle and suppress Zhang Ruide, and the blood is flowing like a river."