Zhao Ning's eyes were soft, and he listened to his longing quietly, and it was not until a long time had passed that Zhao Ning said softly: "If you hire someone to work, how much are you going to pay?" ”

"How about fifteen wen?"

Gu Tianya almost blurted out, and said very excitedly: "Regardless of men and women, young and old, and whether they are adults or not, as long as they are hired to work for the post station, they will be paid fifteen yuan per day." Hey, fifteen yuan, you can buy five catties of food, enough for a family to eat and drink for a day, enough for a family to eat and drink for a day. ”

Zhao Ning's face was a little stiff for some reason.

After another long day passed, she spoke again, her tone was vaguely difficult, and she said softly: "I remember that the Miyun Sun clan hired people to work, and adult men only gave ten yuan a day, and if it was a woman and the old and weak, it only needed three yuan." ”

Gu Tianya was stunned, and his eyes subconsciously looked at Zhaoning.

He suddenly let go of the hand holding Zhao Ning, and said bitterly, "Shall I tell you a story?" ”

Zhao Ning was also stunned, not knowing what Gu Tianya's intentions were.

But seeing Gu Tianya take a deep breath, he suddenly spoke: "Last year, it was the same cold winter, there was a family in Liujia Village next door, there were four underage children in the family, but only the mother herself could work, and she couldn't support four children at all with her mother's work, so she decided to sell herself and get money to buy food for her children!" ”

Zhao Ning couldn't help but let out an 'ah', his eyes showed sympathy, and he subconsciously asked urgently, "How much did she sell herself?" Is it enough to feed her children? ”

Gu Tianya's eyes suddenly turned red, and then said: "There happened to be a rich businessman from Fan Yang who was going to Chang'an with a convoy, and when the convoy was passing through Miyun County, the convoy took a break, and the woman begged the caravan to buy her, and the two sides negotiated, the price was three hundred yuan, and the transaction was about to be successful, but I never thought that Sun's fourth steward suddenly appeared, and sneered and said, when this woman was working in my house, she only needed three pennies a day, and the implication was nothing more than to say that the poor were in a hurry to save their lives with money, and they could buy her ......at a low price."

Zhao Ning couldn't help but let out another 'ah', anger suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he scolded: "This Sun Si really deserves to die." ”

Gu Tianya sighed bitterly and continued: "Since ancient times, merchants have pursued profits, and after listening to Sun Si's words, the caravan began to suppress the price fiercely, and was only willing to pay fifty yuan to buy a woman, and after the woman begged bitterly, she could only sell herself in the end, and after more than ten days, the four children fell into hunger again and died ......."

This story, in fact, cannot be regarded as a story, because the entire Hebei Province has appeared many times, so this story is a real reality.

Zhao Ning is not the kind of stupid woman, she can understand why Gu Tianya told her this story.

In the story, Sun's fourth steward Sun sneered and said to the caravan: When this woman works in my house, she only needs three cents a day.

And just now, she once said to Gu Tianya: The Sun family hires the people to work, and women and the old and weak only need three pennies.

Gu Tianya used this story to tell her that the ending she would do would be the same as that of the Sun family.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the end result is the death of those who are poor.

……

After Gu Tianya finished telling the story, his eyes looked at Zhao Ning quietly, and after a long time passed, he suddenly said: "You should understand this story." ”

"I understand!"

Zhao Ning nodded without hesitation.

But she still looked bad.

She seemed to hesitate for a long time, and suddenly said softly: "Your story, I understand, you want to take the opportunity of building a post station to help the people, I also understand, but, but ......"

She hesitated again, and finally seemed to have made up her mind, and explained: "But there is one thing you may not know, the establishment of the post station is not as simple as you think, the court will not allocate money, and the women's army needs to pay for it themselves. ”

Pay for it yourself?

Isn't it the court to give money?

Gu Tianya froze.

Zhao Ning seemed to be very apologetic, looked at him cautiously, and said softly: "Although my best friend's women's army is on one side, there are not many resources in the army to spend, so, so ......"

"So what?" Gu Tianya was a little nervous.

Zhao Ning sighed, his eyes were a little evasive, and said: "The meaning of the court is to allow the women's army to use conscription. ”

Gu Tianya's face instantly turned pale.

Corvee!

This is the word that the poor are most afraid to hear.

What is Conscription?

Conscription is to let the common people work for free.

From ancient times to the present, in all dynasties, forced labor has always existed, and it is still mandatory.

When the Great Wall was being built, how many people died of exhaustion?

When digging the canal, how many people died of exhaustion?

It is difficult for ordinary people to earn food and drink, and they have to participate in all kinds of forced labor every year, year after year, struggling to survive, never seeing hope, and can only be cattle and horses from generation to generation.

It is not until you are tired that you are relieved.

……

Zhao Ning saw Gu Tianya's pale face, and suddenly felt very uncomfortable, she reached out and subconsciously grabbed Gu Tianya's hand, and explained very apologetically: "The troubled times have just been peaceful, the court is newly established, the treasury has always been empty, and I am not willing to bear this money at all, this matter is really difficult to do, even if my best friend argues with reason, it is useless!" ”

She hesitated slightly, and suddenly explained again: "Even if she goes to Chang'an City in person, even if she personally participates in the early court to quarrel with the ministers, the final outcome will not change, and the court will not allocate money to us......"

With these words, there is already a faint danger of revealing his identity.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya has the heart to pay attention to this, at this time, his mind is full of the word conscription.

His eyes seemed to have lost focus, staring up at the sky blankly, and he kept muttering: "If you don't give money, you use forced labor, and if you don't give money, you use forced labor, doesn't this mean that my good intentions have done bad things?" I originally wanted to take this opportunity so that everyone could earn a bite to eat and drink, but it turned out to make things worse for them, if they starved to death, if they starved to death......"

Seeing him like this, Zhao Ning only felt a pain in his heart, the first female god of war in the Tang Dynasty suddenly made up her mind, stretched out her hand and shook Gu Tianya's hand, and said loudly: "We don't need to be forced to work, let's hire people according to what you say, hire the poor, and give them all food and drink, so that they can earn food for the winter, so that they will not freeze to death and starve to death." ”

However, Gu Tianya's face was still pale, and his eyes were unfocused, and he muttered: "This is impossible, we don't have the ability to do this." ”

Zhao Ning said loudly: "How is it impossible? What I have is what I have! I can sell my private property and go to the family in exchange for a large amount of grain, my private property is very valuable, any family wants to buy it, Gu Tianya, you raise your head, you look at me, you remember, I, Zhaoning, for your wishes, for your dreams, even if I sell all my land, I will only feel extremely happy......"

This confiding in his heart, everyone who listened to it looked sideways, but Gu Tianya seemed to be thundered at the top, as if he had suddenly been woken up, and suddenly shouted: "I thought of it, Tian Chan, haha, Tian Chan, Zhao Ning, we have a way!" The family encroached on the former Chaotian property, and the women's army could ask them to fine money, but they had to have enough courage to do this, after all, this was to touch the interests of many families......"

Zhao Ning was stunned at first, then a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly said softly: "My best friend, the most important thing is courage. ”

She has the power to fight!