Chapter 109: Drastic Means
Early the next morning, after eating, Tang Jian was going back with Sun and Tang Guan. Before leaving, Tang Guan begged Li Mu to write down the two poems he wrote last night and give them to him, Li Mu knew that his words were ugly and didn't want to write, but he couldn't refuse, so he still wrote them for him. Tang Jian and Tang Guan watched from the side, Li Mu's brush words were crooked, and there were typos (simplified), knowing that he was indeed not lying, this kind of childlike writing level was definitely the appearance of literacy.
Li Mu went out with Tang Jian and others, and he was going to Chongrenfang to supervise the work, so he happened to be on the way, so he set off together. Li Chongyi followed with four people on horseback, and their task was to protect Li Mu's safety. The remaining six guards are staying at home, and if Bai Qiaoqiao wants to go out, they are responsible for guarding.
In fact, in Chang'an City, there is no need to be so excited. But Li Mu likes this kind of pomp, which is related to what happened to him when he was a child. Li Mu is an orphan, when he was a child, he had to hide from other children, and when people beat him, he didn't dare to fight back, and he always had the impression of being bullied in his mind. In this life, he is determined not to be humiliated like this, so whether it is him or his family, he must bring a few more retinues when he goes out, and form an advantage in numbers, at least he will not suffer.
Bidding farewell at the intersection, Li Mu continued to walk forward with his entourage. It didn't take long to arrive at Chongrenfang, although it was just now, but the craftsmen had already arrived. Last night they got the news that Li Mu went to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to ask for salary, and Zhao Guogong really gave it, and today he was going to Zhao Guogong's Mansion to get money, and then arranged for Wang and Qian to go to Dingxiang with seventy-three craftsmen. Everyone didn't expect this to be the result, and their awe of Li Mu deepened, for fear that they would offend him somewhere and be sent to the border to build a city. People who have lived in the Central Plains for a long time have a sense of fear from the border that comes from the bone marrow, as if they can't live the same when they get there. Seeing what happened to Wang, Qian and others, they felt like they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they worked harder and harder.
Li Mu came to the construction site and was very satisfied when he saw the hot scene in front of him. This is the effect he wants, to make an example of chickens and monkeys. Gongsun Kang, who was presiding over the assessment, saw Li Mu coming and hurriedly greeted him. If a few days ago, Gongsun Kang's awe of Li Mu was still on the surface, at this time he was really afraid of the young man in front of him. It's okay to provoke Zhao Guogong's tiger beard, what kind of honor should this young man's identity be? surnamed Li, he came from the border and built a building for the rich in Longxi...... Could it be that he is one of the thirteen wangs of the Li family in Longxi? Relatives of today's royal family? He is not the only one who has such an idea in the Ministry of Industry, and he can talk for an hour when he talks about it during a break in work!
Li Mu also heard a few gossips, but he pretended not to hear them and didn't explain. This kind of conjecture is a good thing for him, and his subordinates are in awe, so that they can not be lazy in their work, and it is also convenient for him to schedule and manage in the future.
"Tell you, according to your standards, a total of 70 people were assessed yesterday, including 3 technicians, 15 technicians, 40 laborers, and the rest...... Unqualified. "Unqualified?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "What kind of unqualified method?" Is it really weak, or is it lazy? ”
"Uh......" Gongsun Kang grinned and said, "This official doesn't know." ”
"Okay, call them over to me, and you can continue to go to the assessment." Li Mu commanded, and Gongsun Kang called the twelve people who were unqualified yesterday over and continued to assess the others. Li Mu looked at the twelve people standing in front of him, tall, short, fat and thin, all of them. But looking at the look on their faces, they don't look like sick people.
Li Mu's standard of labor is to carry a 100-kilogram sandbag. This weight is not a high requirement for an adult, as long as you have hands and feet, you can move it. The twelve people in front of them can't move, so it can only mean one thing, they don't want to move.
Li Mu has seen this passer-by, and he has seen a lot of them in his previous life. There are thousands of people in this world, and not everyone follows the rule of more work and more reward, and no hard work. There is such a kind of person, all they think about is getting something for nothing, and if you ask him to do some work, it will be worse than killing him. There are such people in every unit, especially those with iron rice bowls. If you work, you will grind foreign workers, and if you can be lazy, you will be lazy, anyway, you will be mixed up, and you will still be paid, and you can't open less, and he won't do it if you open less......
For this kind of person, Li Mu in his previous life had no choice, but in this life, he had a way.
"You can't move sandbags?"
"My lord, it's too heavy, and the small body is too weak to move......" A guy who was as thick as a tank said with a bitter face, and the others echoed, and some didn't speak, but coughed, as if they were infected with a cold.
Li Mu laughed and said, "Okay, this official is not a person who is difficult for a strong man, you can't move a hundred catties of sandbags in Chang'an City, I can find fifty catties for you." ”
Hearing this, the earth tank hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for your size!" ”
"Go to Dingxiang City to move." Li Mu added slowly.
"Huh?!"
"Someone! Send these twelve people to Yuwen Gui, and then ask him to write a letter, saying that these twelve people are weak and can't move a hundred catties of sandbags, so let Dingxiang City prepare fifty catties for them when they use it, and send them away! ”
"My lord, I can move!"
"My lord, I can move ...... too."
"No! Chang'an City doesn't need so many craftsmen, the official is worried that there is no excuse to send you, Dingxiang needs manpower, although you don't do much work, but do a little bit is a little, exercise more, and when you can be qualified for Chang'an City's 100 pounds of sandbags, come back, the Ministry of Industry still welcomes you. ”
After speaking, Li Mu no longer listened to the wails of these people, and with a wave of his hand, Li Chongyi rushed forward, carried one in one hand, brought hemp rope to tie his hands, connected them into a string, and dragged them to the Ministry of Industry.
When the craftsman who was being assessed saw such a scene, he who had planned to be lazy also cut off his mind. The speed of the assessment was much faster in vain, and Li Mu sneered in his heart when he saw everyone's reaction. The reason why he set the salary of craftsmen a little higher was to provide a reason for the strict requirements in the future. You work hard, I won't treat you badly, but if you cheat and play tricks, I'm embarrassed, then you have to follow the rules, you are here to serve as a servant, not to be an uncle, as a Ministry of Labor, I want to transfer you to where to go, but I have the final say!
Just when Li Mu was conditioning these craftsmen, a riot broke out in the Hongwen Pavilion. Tang Guan, who has always been criticized for his schoolwork, actually handed in a shocking poem today.