Early in the morning, at the south gate of Balizhuang, there was a long queue, there were hundreds of people, even the villagers of Qilitun also came here to work, and they talked about saying that they had reconciled with Balizhuang as before, and no one was allowed to wear small shoes for them, otherwise they would have to find Captain Li to reason, the farmers carried bamboo baskets, put bedding at one end, and put pots and pans in the other end, and some farmers also dragged their families with mouths, and there were children's heads exposed in the front and back of the bamboo baskets.

Farmland output can be solved by a few old farmers, farmland has not changed much, except for the busy farming season, a large number of people are needed, usually a farmer can take care of dozens of acres of land, men weed, fertilize, control pests and diseases, women spin and weave, embroidery skills from generation to generation, and then go home to cook, grow vegetables, feed pigs.

The wheat in the field is green, the ears of wheat are not yet ripe, and the harvest season will not arrive until June.

Li Guolou took two guards, swayed and walked on the street, and walked towards the south entrance of the village, full of shelves, carrying both hands, and a gold wire winding horsewhip in his hand, which seemed to be about to smoke people, and the villagers saw Li Guolou, all bowed their heads and bowed, and the people wearing hats took the lead in taking off their caps.

"Captain Li is early." All kinds of people greeted Li Guolou.

Li Guolou nodded with a smile, this is his high etiquette, it is a return gift to those elders, for young people, he raised his horsewhip, arrogant, as for the female compatriots holding a wooden basin to show him goodwill, Li Guolou turned his head to the sky, snorted in his nose, which was regarded as a return gift.

Even a few earth dogs, when they saw Li Guolou, they immediately clamped their tails, and their mouths whined, not daring to bark indiscriminately.

Cheng Kun sighed: "Captain Li, the dog's eyes look down on people, how can the dog here know that you are the boss!" ”

"Murderous." Li Guolou spit out two words in his mouth, then kept silent, still learning to walk with the chief's bag, pacing unhurriedly.

Cheng Kun vented his dissatisfaction and said: "Captain Li, we are fishing, it's good to get benefits, why stay in this place full of feces, you can't do construction!" ”

Li Guolou replied: "No, you can learn, I'll start now, set up the team, and roughly know how much money is needed, so that I know what's going on, and if people take over and want to deceive me and make fake accounts, they will be exposed by me. ”

"Captain Li, if there is any good way, let's hear it." Guarding Liu Yu asked excitedly, he liked to listen to Li Guolou's meetings, like lectures in the school.

"Reveal a little, there will be great archaeological discoveries here in the future, Darwinian evolution I told you, this will be the origin of human beings, even foreigners will come here in batches, and there will be an international discussion conference here, I want to let the foreigners lose the bottom." Li Guolou crossed his waist with one hand, and shook the horsewhip with the other hand, and there was a "snap" sound, scaring away several children behind his buttocks.

How can a person of a grade understand Li Guolou's words, and he can't tell what the chief thinks, the two guards scratched their heads and scratched their ears, and walked behind Li Guolou, anyway, they were waiting to receive the reward, this chief was good at deception, and his ability to fool people was unsurpassed.

The earthen wall next to the south gate has been repaired by artillery fire, but the gate has not been installed, and the corners of the wall are filled with heavy wood, arranged in a pile, and several craftsmen are doing carpentry in the thatched hut open, and the saws make "quack, quack, quack." "Strange screams, sawdust flying in the air.

Li Guolou covered his mouth, and didn't go in to see the carpenters, the thatched hut was too dirty, and people would make it unkempt, so he beckoned the overseer Wu Gongtun to the front.

Li Guolou's horsewhip pointed to the wood on the ground and asked, "Xiao Wu, there are still a few days to press the gate!" ”

Wu Gongtun was originally a member of the civilian team, a small role, a guard at the gate, only because of a small injury, his arm was abrased by a bullet, and a small hole was pierced, and the bullet was not left in the flesh.

"Report to Captain Li, there are still three days to ensure the completion of the task." Wu Gongtun's eyebrows were upturned, his spirit was flying, he wanted Balizhuang to show his skills and do one thing well, and Li Guolou would hand him over the burden.

"Well, very good, Xiao Wu, the brick and road repair matters are handed over to you, the three-mile gravel road, all changed to a brick and stone road, the masonry should also be rammed earth, paved with sand and gravel, the drainage facilities should be carefully considered, rework, and the board should be played." Li Guolou pointed to the avenue outside the village.

"Captain Li, you can't do this, the Jiansheng Ancestral Hall, the courtyard, and the hotel will damage the road, as long as the road is improvised, you must first transport large stones and wood, and then you can repair the road." Wu Gongtun replied softly, afraid of hurting Li Guolou's face.

"Oh." Li Guolou touched his chin and said with a smile: "I can't see it, Xiao Wu has the talent of a general, so first build the ancestral hall and need stones and wood to transport it, and first do two kinds of façade work, the ancestral hall and the bricks, decorate Balizhuang beautifully, and the bottom inside can be taken slowly!" ”

"Then you're in the house." Wu Gongtun still asked softly.

Li Guolou coughed in his throat and replied: "After putting the Yunmeng watchtower, decorate the watchtower more beautifully, the cement on the exterior wall is too ugly, and all of them are wrapped with a fake layer of green bricks, which is both beautiful and cheap, and the inside is converted into a hotel!" ”

"Ah, Yunmeng Tower, change it into a hotel." Wu Gongtun couldn't believe it, such a good manor should be a place for the chief to enjoy.

"What do you know, there is no trouble in this way, this is a tourist attraction in the future, let the guests live in it, if it becomes a private house, it is not to make people gossip, you can also make money, why not." Li Guolou's speech was carefully considered, and he did not give others a handle, and took it from the people for the people.

Wu Gongtun nodded frequently, anyway, what the chief said, he will do it, make a fortune, only a few days Wu Gongtun made a small fortune, and when the construction of Balizhuang is fully launched, he will be the first batch of people to get rich first.

Wu Gongtun couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Captain Li, then do you want to demolish that house!" ”

Li Guolou squinted and said, "What do you say?" After speaking, Li Guolou strode out of the gate, and even asked him about this kind of thing, where to put him.

Li Guolou did things together for the bag, and he always cut it first and then played it, "Ancestral Hall", "Yunmeng Tower", "1,500 acres of fertile land", the chief didn't even ask, he did it all, so that the chief would leave him in Balizhuang and let him make a fortune with the chief.

Wu Gongtun understood it, and if he didn't understand, he could ask Ai Hai, the deputy of the team, and tiptoe behind Li Guolou, and also check the flow of people outside the village.

Bali Village is now short of people, and it needs to hire farmers and road builders and repair houses.

Holly and Sun Yue took a few people to interview the villagers, qualified people, a group of twelve people were brought into the village, unqualified people, they were eliminated on the spot, some people were happy and some were worried, and the old acquaintances screamed, and they were admitted.

Li Guolou was not surprised, he did not blame his subordinates for being unfair, his first choice was to cheapen his own family, and he saw a thin man in his thirties carrying a burden, and there were two little hairy children in the burden, and an ugly woman beside him was brushed off by the "employer" Holly, and the family of four was listless and picked up the burden and prepared to leave, the adults scolded the mother, and the little hairy child cried.

"Donkey ball, crying bird, there is only King Chuang in the world to us people!"

"Xiao Wu, go and talk to Holly, the family will accept it." Li Guolou pointed in the direction with the horsewhip in his hand, looking at Yu Xin unbearable.

"Hey." Wu Gongtun was not easy to refute, thinking in his heart that he would flash his waist by carrying the wood, hire an adult, drag a large family, and whispered: "Captain Li, you still don't look at it, otherwise, crooked melons and cracked dates will have to settle down in Balizhuang, which will affect the varieties of Balizhuang!" ”

"Oh, I don't say it, I don't say it, that's just one example." Li Guolou didn't look at the long queue, he had to do what he could to help people, and the principle of survival of the fittest was also suitable in the countryside.

Holly comprehended the intention and flicked the horsewhip, "Smack." With a bang, the crisp voice was deaf, and the use of the action was exactly the same as Li Guolou, and he raised his voice: "Hey, that bearer, don't go, the uncle sees that your family is pitiful, and he hired you, *** hillbilly, don't think that I can't understand scolding people in northern Shaanxi dialect, and if you scold people again, Lao Tzu will beat you to death!" ”

The man who carried the burden reacted a little slowly, stunned on the spot, and wondered what was going on, but the ugly woman reacted very much, pushed the man on the side, squeezed out a few wrinkles on her little black face, cracked her buckteeth, and said: "The child is his father, the owner wants you, and he doesn't thank the owner!" ”

"Bang." With a bang, the thin man threw the burden, and the two little hairy children didn't care, ran to Holly and knelt down, crying: "Thank you Uncle Dong, I must work hard, I am very hardworking, I can work all day long!" ”

"Go, go, line up, Uncle Ben doesn't have time to watch you perform, next." Holly was impatient to send the poor stick, to listen to the good words and immediately put a basket, the chief Li Guolou looked behind him, Holly looked grim, meticulous about the work, picking people as if choosing a thousand miles of horses, in the long queue, the tall horse, was pulled out first, and there was no need to even queue up, and he was directly elected by the employer "Holly".

Li Guolou looked at this scene, and suddenly felt like a scientific examination, the Qing Empire was admitted to the Jinshi, and there was a special case, called "Big Pick", that is, he was not admitted to the Jinshi Gongsheng, and there was a road to be an official, which was selected by the officials according to their appearance, and the first-class people were used as officials, and the second-class people were used as teachers, which was a pioneering move in the Qing Dynasty, and there were very few people to be selected, three people were selected for the first class, eight people were selected for the second class, and the first class was selected for the burly appearance, and the second class was picked for the second class, commonly known as the "Eight Immortals", which was generally selected once in six years, which was equal to the second or third scientific examination, and there were about eleven students who fell off the list, Be one of the lucky ones.

For example, if Li Guolou is a "big pick", his height is enough, almost 1.8 meters tall, he is tall, and his appearance is not bad, only a little bit of prestige, but he does not have three strands of beard, the first class is not on the wheel, and the second class has great hope, this road is also very difficult, thousands of students who have fallen off the list, they must have confidence in their appearance, and this will go to the ministry to participate in the "big challenge".

Li Guolou ignored those "crooked melons and cracked dates", his sympathy was overflowing, and he would be looked down upon by his subordinates, his eyes swept to those tall and sturdy farmers, there was a big tall one, which aroused Li Guolou's interest, there were scars on his face, a thin and wide face, thin and tall, clearly a Mongolian tribal fugitive slave.

This man who is more than 1.9 meters tall and about 30 years old, has a face that has been weathered and frosted, and there are deep ravines, Li Guolou walked in front of him, and said with a smile: "Hey, stupid big man, what is your name, which tribesman!" ”

"Hey, hey, hey." The tall man opened his mouth and smirked: "Official, my name is Battle, a Khalkha Mongolian, I didn't commit a crime, Official, our well water doesn't violate river water!" ”

"Battle, don't be an official, you can escape here from Mobei, you don't even dare to stay in the Mongolian steppe, you won't commit a crime, you are quite capable, will you wrestle." Li Guolou has a heart disease, he can't wrestle but Yao Cuo's subordinate team deputy Zhang Zidong, which makes him very faceless and always wants to get back on the field.

"Yes, the Dakar Grassland Narana Damu Conference, I have won the ranking." Battle lowered his head and looked at Li Guolou, not knowing what the chief had in mind.

"Oh, it's good, wrestle with me, and after you win, follow the official, be the official's entourage, and go farming if you lose." Li Guolou waved his horsewhip and asked Battle to follow him to the bud grain field, wanting to see if Battle had real materials.

"Sir, talk to you, can you eat enough?" Battle was embarrassed to speak, looked at Li Guolou's figure, looked up and down, and knew that Li Guolou was a practitioner.

"Battle, how much do you eat in one meal?" Li Guolou glanced at Battle's tall and thin figure, afraid that if he was hungry like this, if he ate more beef and mutton, Battle would develop horizontally.

"Well, half-full, two catties, full-eaten, a table of countertops." Battle scratched his head, not daring to say how much trouble he had caused him.

"If you win, you'll have four full meals a month." Li Guolou was secretly annoyed, and the chief Chrysostom said that he couldn't go back, and when he met a rice bucket, he was helpless.

"Alright, sir, then I'll wrestle with you." Battle picked up a flat pole, carried his belongings, and followed behind Li Guolou, there were wind chimes hanging on the pole, jingling bells, accompanied by him,