My father once said: You should be calm when you do learning, otherwise the articles you make are only worthy of feeding the dogs.

Whether the dog can eat the article, the dog doesn't care too much, but the first half of the sentence, today is really experienced, the dog who has been disturbed many times, and has no intention of teaching, shouted after school, then stood up and walked out with his hands.

Outside the fence wall, three fat men were greeting each other with a humble smile on their faces, and the first one, whose eyes were squeezed out by the flesh on his fat face, looked like a fat man Su.

"Guys, why are you looking for me?" The dog lazily gave a salute, and did not call them into the courtyard, but only asked the three at the door of the fence.

"Zhao Xiaoguan, you noble man forgets things! The villain is a steward of the Su family's firm, and he has had the privilege of having two glasses of wine with you. ”

"Su's firm?" The dog looked at the fat businessman headed by him suspiciously, and his face was really familiar.

Since they are acquaintances and people who represent Su Tong's judgment, the dog can't do too much, so he opened his mouth and beckoned the three of them to the house, sat down the guests, and called the dumb man next to him to pour tea for each of them, and said: "The rough tea in the burrow, you can't go on the table, please be considerate of the three members."

The fat businessman led by him hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's already satisfying to have a cup of hot tea to eat on this cold day, take the liberty of visiting, delay the study of the petty officials, and please atone for your sins." ”

The dog said nothing, so he took a sip of the tea bowl and put it down to look at the merchant at the head.

Seeing this, the fat merchant hurriedly put the teacup in his hand on the table, took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the dog, and said: "When I came, Su Tongju had an explanation, saying that Yuchuan came to see you first and then came to do the matter of coal, and this letter was sent to you by Tongju. ”

The dog took the letter, saying that several letters have been opened today, isn't it some homely gossip in it, this Su fat man should not be idle in a state of judgment!

Thinking in his hand, he opened the envelope and looked at it, heh, the beginning is to write how his family is naughty, and in the middle he writes how his family is naughty, and finally writes about the business at the end.

There were not many words, and the dog looked at the tea with a full face, and after reading it, he looked at the three people in front of him with excitement.

"Oh, brother, I didn't expect you to come, I don't know how Brother Ling stayed in Xihe Prefecture?"

This fat businessman is actually Su San's younger brother, when the dog went to the army to serve in the army, he got acquainted with Su San, and the two met and fell in love, and they had some friendship.

"My brother didn't celebrate the holiday at home this year, and he said in the correspondence that Xihe Prefecture was very busy with business, and there was nothing else to do."

The merchants of this era, like later generations, although they all longed to go home for reunions, but business matters were given priority, and often many festivals were running around, and some even did not go home for three or five years.

"It's better to be busy with business," the dog sighed, "the letter says that a thousand craftsmen will come next month, and you will be sent to prepare for this?" ”

"Yes, the craftsmen who are recruited are not as worry-free as the hired workers, and they have to arrange food, clothing, housing and transportation for them, and the slightest mistake will cause a big mess, so the general judgment asked the three of me to come over and arrange these things earlier."

The dog nodded.

The source of these people is mostly those who owe the court taxes, or those who have committed crimes and have been fined hard labor, and some are idlers who pick quarrels and provoke trouble on the streets, as well as beggars and homeless people who have nothing to do, they are brought together by the officials and sent to the mines, work to atone for their crimes, and they will be released by the government at the end of the sentence, just like the labor prisoners of later generations, but here is no more than the later generations, the criminals have no human rights, not only do they have no, but they don't even think about subsidies or wages, If you can eat a full stomach and survive a day peacefully, it is considered a harvest.

Counting the history of feudal dynasties, many riots are started in the mines, and it is better to fight to survive than to be whipped to death, tortured to death by freezing and starvation, and this is the inner idea of these "criminal craftsmen", so all dynasties and generations are using heavy soldiers and criminal laws to govern the mining area, so that the prisoners inside do not dare to give birth to the slightest idea of messing up.

"If you add these 1,000 people, the place of the original Tangjia Village can still live in these people, but there is no house for them to live in!" The dog said with a frown.

"It's okay, a bunch of damned sinners, there's a shack for them to be the wind on, where you need a house, the petty officials don't have to worry."

The person who said this was a businessman who came with Su San's younger brother, the country had a generous face, and there was a big mole at the corner of his mouth.

Just now, he also taught the teenagers to "be virtuous and kind", this guy came to this sentence, which made the dog dislike, and glanced at him coldly and said: "This member is really soft-hearted, these thousands of people can still have a shack to protect from the wind and cold, I really want to thank you, hehehe!" ”

Of course, the mole man heard it, and knew that his words would make the petty official opposite unhappy, so he simply raised his left palm and slapped him in the mouth.

After the fight, he hugged his fists and said to the dog: "The little official atonements, the villain's broken mouth annoyed you, please don't care about the villain, forgive me." ”

Not only did he say, but the leading businessman also apologized: "Zhao Xiaoguan forgives, his goods are often robbed by thieves, and he is the most ruthless criminal in his heart, so this group of prisoners is a little hateful, you can rest assured, this cold day will not let the craftsmen sleep in the grass shed, in case many people freeze to death, Su Tong will not be able to get through anywhere, right?" ”

The dog looked at the three people in front of him who made amends, and his heart was full of emotion, no wonder these people were vicious, this era is the general environment for prisoners, thinking back to last year, when he was a person who was in service, fortunately there was an official who was on top, otherwise he might have to suffer a lot of crime.

"Alright! Alright! It's a lot older, and it's a big thing to do for the general judge, you can't talk brainily, and it caused a mess, I see how the general judge will clean you up! ”

"Yes, yes, the villain will speak carefully in the future, and he will not give a general sentence to cause trouble!"

Gou'er nodded, let him go, and continued to say to Su San's younger brother: "According to the date written in the letter, the construction will start in these two days, and there is no need to build a good house, just follow the style of the big car shop outside." ”

"Yes, the villain thinks so too, in this way, ten people can sleep on a kang, and we only need to cover a hundred or so rooms."

The dog snorted, looked at him and continued: "These people are not happy to come to the mine, and now that it is still the first month of the year, they are going to dig coal in the hole, I think, when they come to eat in the next few days, they will finally be more tolerant, at least they can fill their stomachs." ”

"Full-fed?" Another short businessman couldn't help but interject: "These people are the most likely to make trouble when they have strength, and the villain has arranged many such errands, according to the convention, they only give fifty percent of the food, and only three percent when they are not alive, to prevent them from fighting and making trouble!" ”

"This ......" The dog didn't know what to say, his head shook for a while, and the third brother of Su saw it and hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay for them to come on the first day of the New Year, and it's okay to have a full stomach, it's a big deal to arrange more guards and guards in these two days, and then resume the routine after a while." ”

The two businessmen in the back thought about it and nodded, what can a dog do? Naturally, he nodded.

The third brother of Su smiled when he saw it: "When I came, I heard that Master Su said that you have formed a militia group in your hands?" ”

The Su Ye in his mouth naturally referred to Su Da, so the dog nodded and said, "Yes, I just gathered enough people, and some orders are not enough, so I can only do some things to steal and guard the village." ”

"Then Zhao Xiaoguan, can you let these brothers come to our mine? You can rest assured that this is the same as the soldier's gift, there will be no shortage of winter and summer clothes, as well as three meals and rituals, and they will be guaranteed to have one dry meal every day and one meat every two weeks, how about it? ”

The dog pondered in his heart, this treatment is really good, not to mention anything else, this month's salary is two taels, which is naturally good for a group of villagers who only rely on farming for a living.

"This is naturally feasible, I think the number coat on their bodies also got it from Su Ye! Naturally, I have to help take care of the things in the mine, my brother can rest assured, when the craftsmen come, I will let them go to the mine to guard. ”

"Good, good! Thank you so much to Zhao Xiaoguan! The three of them thanked the dog with gratitude on their faces.

"This matter is decided, the rest is some rice, grain, vegetable and oil these trivial things, we came to visit you, we have walked around the city of Youchuan, and found that there are not many goods in this city, only to deal with this thousand people can be feasible, if it is the second batch, the third batch, you also know, this year, this carboniferous mine, the general judgment said that at least 5,000 craftsmen will be mined."

"Five thousand?" The dog pondered, this Yuchuan city is full of only two or three thousand people, and then five thousand craftsmen, plus the caravan that came to buy charcoal, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people will pour into this city at that time, and the turn of spring and summer is the time when the green and yellow are not available, and the goods are naturally insufficient.

"I think I'll have to buy it from a nearby county when the time comes!"

"Yes! The villain also planned to do so, but fortunately, only the rations and supplies for these thousand people were solved in front of him! It shouldn't be a problem. ”

The dog nodded, yes.

After taking a sip of tea and chatting casually with the three of them, the dog saw that it was already noon outside, and then said: "The three of them have worked tirelessly to come to my Youchuan, today I am the east, please try my Youchuan dishes." ”

The three of them hurriedly clasped their fists and replied: "I don't dare to shirk, but the three of us still have a document handed to the yamen, while the time is still early, I want to send it first!" ”

The dog thought for a while and replied: "Naturally, it is mainly official business, the three of you will go on an errand first, and then come to look for me in the evening. ”

The youngest of these three people is twice as old as the dog, but the identity of the dog's life officer is higher than that of the three of them.

The three of them hurriedly thanked: "Then I'll bother Zhao Xiaoguan later, you are busy first, and we will go to the yamen first." ”

The dog arched his hand and sent the three out of the fence gate, and when they got into the carriage and left, they turned over and went back to the house.

Quietly sat down and thought about what he had just said to the three of them, and pondered for a long time, feeling that Su Fatzi asked the three of him to come here first, just for the sake of his newly formed Yidu militia group.

"Damn, it's really fine!"