Chapter 169: Cash-for-Work

Lin County.

Compared with the previous dilapidation, Lin County is now much more prosperous.

The once dilapidated town has now been renovated, with all kinds of newly built houses and shops neatly lined up in the city.

Gera and six other freed Huns followed the pavilion chief into the city.

Guerra walked down the street, looking at the tall, magnificent houses on either side, with a look of envy in his eyes.

"When will I be able to enter the city and live in such neat and spacious houses?"

The houses in Zhao Guo are much better than the tents that live outside the Sai.

In particular, these newly built houses in the city have opened Gra's eyes and even made some salivation.

The origin of these houses, Guerra also knows.

Even a few months earlier, Guerra had been personally involved in the construction of the house.

The dilapidated and messy houses were all demolished and rebuilt, and then built with lime mortar under the unified planning of the government.

According to archaeological discoveries in later generations, lime first appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Since Zhao Jia has done this aspect of the industry in his previous life, he also has a general understanding of the production method of lime.

The ancients were not stupid.

A lot of things, they just lack to discover, and they are constrained by the limitations of their thinking.

Zhao Jia personally handled it.

He mobilized the talented people among the doormen, and after many attempts and deployments, he finally made the lime appear hundreds of years earlier.

The appearance of lime, combined with the rammed earth building method of the ancients, made the house more and more tough.

The neat houses newly built in Lin County are all products of Zhao Jia's decree.

"Although this kind of house is sturdy, it is not very good-looking, but I heard that it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and I don't know if it is true or not."

Grahu thought wildly.

"In front of me is the county office, where you will meet the county magistrate."

"Remember, don't make a loud noise, and don't bump into the county magistrate!"

"Otherwise, when I return home later, don't blame me for asking you for trouble, do you know?"

The pavilion chief turned his head and glanced at Gra and the other seven people, with a faint warning in his eyes.

I don't blame the pavilion chief for this.

This time, he brought seven people from the jurisdiction into the city, everything went smoothly, and if someone collided with the county magistrate, even he, the pavilion chief, would not be able to get out of it.

Therefore, before the pavilion chief set off, it can be said that he gave thousands of instructions.

When I arrived in the city, I was even more warned.

"Promise!"

Everyone didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly nodded their heads to show their attitude, where is there still the fierceness outside the plug in the past.

Seeing this, the pavilion chief was a little relieved.

Approaching the official mansion, Gela also saw several waves of pavilion chiefs from the rest of the pavilions, leading the Huns who had gained freedom in their respective pavilions and walked towards the mansion.

The pavilion where Guerra is located is the Huayang Pavilion.

Huayang Pavilion Chief has a wide range of friends, and he actually knows all the pavilion chiefs in the vicinity, and he greets them warmly.

To Guerra's surprise.

He also saw two people of the same tribe in the rest of the pavilion chiefs.

It's just that, out of fear of the Huayang Pavilion Chief, Gera just nodded to the two of them, but he didn't dare to speak.

The newly built government office is very magnificent.

When the Huayang Pavilion Chief handed over the documents to the county and checked the number of people, he led the seven people into the back hall.

There, more than 400 people had gathered, standing together in dense numbers.

Outside the back hall, there were three hundred heavily armed soldiers, staring at everyone in the hall.

As long as someone dares to make a noise, they will be reprimanded in public, and the public will be dragged out and beaten severely, and then disqualified from entering the back hall this time.

Guerra can imagine.

When the two disqualified people saw their respective pavilion chiefs, they would definitely be taught a lesson.

The strongest of the Huns is respected.

Even though there were more than 400 people in the hall, they did not dare to make any rash moves in the face of 200 heavily armed soldiers.

Not to mention.

They have just been freed, there are wives and children waiting at home, and a good life is still beckoning to them, how can they be in chaos at this time?

Time passes slowly.

Gra waited in the hall for more than an hour, and all the pavilion chiefs in Lin County finally arrived here with all the Huns who had regained their freedom.

At this time, more than 600 Huns had gathered in the hall.

These 600 Huns were only the first to restore their freedom because their families were moved to the land of Shenqi.

It can be expected that when more and more Hun family members are moved to Lin County, those Huns who are still slaves will regain their freedom sooner or later.

At that time, there were at least more than 2,000 Huns who fell into the household registration of Lin County.

With so many Huns, their number may even exceed the original Zhao people in Lin County, becoming the largest immigrant group in Lin County.

Guerra was even a little worried about whether the government would be able to accommodate the livelihood of so many Huns.

Just as Grahu was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw several armor soldiers walking into the hall surrounded by an official.

When the Huayang Pavilion Chief saw the visitor, his face suddenly showed a solemn expression.

After the man stood still, all the pavilion chiefs stepped forward and saluted, "I've seen the county!" ”

It turned out that the person who was escorted into the hall by several armor soldiers was the second-in-command of Lin County.

In the whole of Lin County, the county magistrate is the supreme administrator.

In addition to the county order, there are also two county officials and county lieutenants who help the county officials throughout the county.

county officials, civil and educational officials; The county lieutenant, the military governor also.

Compared with the county lieutenants, who were only useful in wartime, or after rebellion and bandits appeared in the territory, the county lieutenants obviously had greater powers and more things to manage.

Even, even the examination of the performance of the pavilion chiefs, as well as promotions and debasements, the county has a great right to speak.

"No need to be polite!"

The county boy waved his hand, obviously not liking these false courtesies, but instead began to do things in a hurry.

He first looked around at the people present, and then said in a deep voice: "Since you joined the household registration in various places and got the house deed and land deed, you have become a real Zhao person, and your identity is no different from ours. ”

"Although you and the others have been allocated fields in their homes, but when you first arrived in Zhao Land, they still don't know how to farm, and it is not yet known how much grain they can harvest in the autumn."

"Of course, I will instruct the officials of each township, each pavilion, and each li, and let them organize the local residents and teach them how to farm the land."

"My Zhao land, although I mainly focus on farming, animal husbandry is also a major feature, these are all things that you are good at, so I won't talk about it much."

"What this official is talking about today is related to how you will survive until the autumn harvest, or even when the lamb grows up."

When Guerra heard this, he immediately pricked up his ears.

He was also a little worried about how to support a family of five with two ewes and several lambs given by the government without money and food without the government's relief.

Obviously.

For the sake of long-term development, the two ewes and the lamb should not be killed for meat or sold under any circumstances.

These sheep are the foundation of the future survival of the Gera family.

"Pingqi Jun has an order: All outsiders who moved to the land of Shenqi will be exempted from taxes and forced labor for the first two years after regaining their freedom."

"However, the government is not a good hall, and it does not raise useless people."

"If you want to support your family and support you until the autumn harvest, you must pay the corresponding labor to earn wages."

"Dare to ask the county, how can I earn wages!"

Some people who were more anxious and bold, regardless of the fact that two people were kicked out, immediately asked out loud.

"Silence!"

When the pavilion chief he was in heard this, his face turned blue with anger, and he turned his head and glared at the man viciously, and shouted softly.

The county man also glanced at the man, and said in a deep voice: "Before the official's speech is over, no one is allowed to interject, otherwise it will be directly bombarded outside." ”

"The official did not declare it before, and your first offense will not be investigated, if there is a repeat offender, don't blame the official for being ruthless!"

The county Cheng's words were very light, but when he heard it in the ears of the person just now, he felt his heart tremble, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

"Although that person was rude, he must have asked what you were thinking."

"And this is also what the official will talk about later."

The county looked around at everyone, and after seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he talked eloquently.

"In the past, all the people in the territory were obliged to serve in forced labor."

"However, Pingqi Jun took pity on the land that had just belonged to Shenqi, and there was neither food nor money left at home, so the system of paid service was implemented."

"What is paid servitude?"

"That is: from now on, until the day when your two-year tax holiday has passed, as long as the government conscripts you to serve in the service, you will not only have enough to eat, but also receive wages."

"In addition to supporting the minimum consumption of a family of five, the wages you get from daily servitude can also have a small surplus."

"Of course, forced labor is not mandatory."

"If you and others have money to spare in their families, and they do not look down on those who are paid for their servitude, they may not be paid for two years."

"But you need to remember that after the two-year period, everyone must serve unconditionally!"

"There are three kinds of forced labor."

"One is to dig ditches and lakes, which is related to whether you can have a good harvest in the future, and I hope everyone will actively participate."

"The second is to build roads, build bridges, and fortify walls."

"Third, help the government cut down trees, reclaim wasteland, and increase the cultivated area in the county."

"These three types of conscription are paid the same daily wage."

Speaking of this, the county seat paused for a long time and spoke again: "In addition, there is another kind of person who is called a construction worker by Pingqijun. ”

"Construction workers are not considered to be forced labor, but are hired to help the government and local real estate developers in the construction and decoration of houses in the city."

When the county said the words 'real estate developer', there was a strange look on his face.

"The wages of such construction workers may be higher than those of conscripts, and even more when they become skilled."

"Since this is an employment relationship, if someone cheats or is stupid and difficult to complete the work task, they will be deducted from the money, or they will be dismissed directly, and the opportunity to make money will be lost."

"Of course, whether he can be selected by the real estate developer to become a so-called construction worker, the official cannot guarantee it!"

"That's the general situation, how to choose, please go to the book to sign up."

"In addition to becoming a construction worker, those who choose to be paid for conscription will be assigned what tasks will be assigned to the nearest government by themselves, and they cannot choose by themselves!"