Although Fu Qian's hands-on ability is quite ordinary, but his level in miscellaneous studies has gradually become prominent, any craftsman, whether it is mud, tiles, including excavation of foundations, construction of drainage and water diversion, building arrangements, etc., are Fu Qian's hands-on hands, these masters are extremely hands-on, but follow Fu Qian to do things quickly and well, and everyone is also very convinced of him.

"Sit down, and I'll make a toast in a moment." Xu Zixian looked around and greeted everyone with a smile. He has no view of the door, the industry and commerce of the Great Wei Dynasty are developed, and the status of craftsmen is higher than that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but craftsmen are still craftsmen after all.

The banquet is placed in front of the lobby, inside the second door, here is only smaller than the outer courtyard, the yard that originally had some weeds has long been cleaned up, the broken bricks have all been replaced with new ones, and more than a dozen large round tables have been placed in the courtyard.

Last time, he defeated the Qishan thieves and killed Chen Yuyong, which should have been celebrated, but at that time, everything was not clear, and now everyone gathered and looked at each other, but it felt like a dream what had happened in the last two months.

"Change the soju for the people who do the work...... Xu Zi first saw that the fruit wine was on the table, and immediately called someone to change the wine.

After changing to shochu, many craftsmen are smiling, and of course they still like to drink this stronger shochu than sweet fruit wine.

"For Mr. Wu to come to the Hou Mansion, I will drink this cup first." Xu Zi looked around first, and he didn't feel proud in his heart. In any case, it can be regarded as setting up a preliminary team, and there is a stable source of finance, which has been stretched before, moving around in every square inch, and all kinds of difficulties, I really feel sad when I think about it, and it is really difficult to say.

Xu Zixian also drank soju, and he didn't feel any discomfort when the liquor entered his throat, after all, in later generations, all the liquor he drank was much higher than the soju, which was a serious spirit.

At the table in front of him are Li Yi, Wu Shizhong, as well as Kong He, Fu Qian, Chen Daojian, Chen Zuocai and others, all of whom are officials and scribes in the government, and it is very likely that they will be promoted as officials in the future group training, so they sit at a table with Wu Shizhong, and they also have topics to talk about.

Qin Dongyang and Zhang Huchen, Lin Cunxin, Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan and other dozen or so generals sat at two tables, and they also drank spirits, when Xu Zixian toasted, these martial artists also drank in one gulp, and they all looked red.

Then there are Gao Shilai, Jin Jian, Tian Heng and other teenagers, who are all sentry commanders and team leaders, with their respective subordinates, sitting at one table in a team, and crowding the round table to the brim.

The teenagers were still a little reserved about the occasion, and they drank fruit wine in small sips, looking left and right.

Then there are two tables of artisan seats, which are also crowded with people.

Originally, Xu Zi first planned to invite the well-known businessmen in the town to set up two tables, but this idea was dispelled by himself as soon as he got up. This is a banquet inside the Hou Mansion, even relatively independent craftsmen have to do work here for a long time, plus the tooth generals, their identities are quite different, and the people inside will not mind too much, but if you invite the outside proprietors and big treasurers to participate in such a banquet, it is likely to be regarded as a humiliation.

Xu Zi saluted first, then walked to the middle of the young tooth generals, found a table at random, and clinked glasses with the teenagers in turn.

Many teenagers were a little moved, they were the children of farmers or fishermen, and they had never had the opportunity to meet real officials, at most they dealt with the officials who went to the countryside to urge the department, and they had to be respectful to the officials, otherwise a small official would be enough to bankrupt their families.

At this time, they were sitting at the same table with the prince of the Hou Mansion, Xu Zixian usually treated them very kindly, the harshness of training and the kindness of the times made them awe and cordiality to Xu Zixian, this is a very complex emotion, even if there is still a trace of pain and resentment in the awe, these will disappear without a trace after a few years, leaving only pure admiration and gratitude.

Xu Zixian is quite clear about this, Yan Shi will be hated when the teenagers are young, but as long as the teenagers grow up and look back on the past, they will only be grateful to the former Yan Shi, so he toasts and talks with the teenagers, but there are also words in advance, and they will train as usual tomorrow, and everyone is not allowed to be greedy.

In a state of pain and gratitude from all the teenagers, Xu Zi toasted a few rounds of wine and returned to the main table.

There was a burst of excited discussion at the main table, Xu Zi sat down first and asked with a smile: "Why is there such a noise here, what is the joy?" ”

"It's Mr. Wei Xiu who wants to give a lecture here in the other courtyard......" Li Yi's face lit up excitedly, this news was of course quite impactful, which made Li Yi a little out of shape.

Xu Zixian thought about it for a while, remembering that Wu Shizhong did start lecturing in the ninth year of Chongde, and founded the Zhushan lineage, to the nineteenth year of Chongde, many officials of the Zhushan line were officials on Fujian Road, and when the Donghu people were killed, many officials of the Zhushan faction chose to surrender, Wu Shizhong was greatly humiliated, and those disciples who read and understood the reason flocked to recognize the new dynasty and the new monarch, and the stimulation of Wu Shizhong was still deep, and then this famous Confucian threw himself into the Minjiang River and died, and when Fuzhou fell, Wu Shizhong committed suicide for a long time.

"Sir has this kind of idea, of course the Hou Mansion fully supports it."

Although Xu Zixian despised the character of Wu Shizhong's disciples, Confucianism could not be generalized, there were surrenders, grease and powder for the new master, and there were suicides and martyrdoms, the most tragic is the Guangnan East Road, the seaside of Guangzhou is where the Great Wei Xingchao is located, at the last moment, more than 100,000 scholars sank into the sea with the Xingchao ship, whenever Xu Zixian thought of that kind of scene, Xu Zixian was trembling all over.

What a tragedy and despair that was!

More than 100,000 people sank in the sea with the remnants of the Great Wei and the remnants of the Great Wei in the cry, the tsunami, the enemy's laughter, and the galloping of war horses.

When the news reached Fuzhou, King Zhao served filial piety, raised the city, mourning, when the Xianxia Pass was broken, Pu Shou and other heavenly people were in civil strife, Fuzhou changed hands instantly, and the clan was killed, and after that, Xu Zixian did not know.

Looking back on the past, Xu Zixian's face was also extremely solemn, and Wu Shizhong said when he saw this: "The prince wants to practice in a big way, and I also heard that the Hou Mansion was not rich before, so this matter can be discussed later......

"No, no, sir, I misunderstood." Xu Zixian hurriedly smiled: "I'm thinking, there is a bamboo forest more than three miles away in the east, if the Ming Hall is built there, and Mr. chooses a disciple to teach it, it may be twice the result with half the effort, and the benefit will not be expensed." ”

Fu Qian said: "Call Liu Jiusi to plan." ”

He explained: "He is the leader of the big work, these planning things, sketches are ready-made, as soon as he says it, he understands, but unfortunately he can't read a few words, and there is no examination for craftsmen in this dynasty, and he is also a person with a big hill and a valley in his heart." ”

The craftsmen drank some soju, no longer shrunken, Liu Jiusi came over boldly, Fu Qian pushed the cups on the table away, Fu Qian said what the Ming Hall was, Liu Jiusi began to plan how to build the Ming Hall along the bamboo forest, the elegant house, the pavilion, as well as the wings, the sedan hall, the stables, the thatched house, etc., after a while, the staggered Ming Hall was planned, and the hands stained with vegetable juice drew the appearance on the table.

"This is the reason why the master does not talk to the old peasants about the crops." Wu Shizhong said with emotion: "In fact, it is easy to say that it is applied to the world, but it is difficult to do." ”

"It's not difficult to learn and do at the same time." Xu Zi first looked at the two craftsmen who had finished drawing the sketches, and looked clumsy and restrained, and said: "You do it well, when you build the Mingtang well, don't waste your skills, I want to publish a book for you that specializes in building a French style, and I will go to the court in the future, there are outstanding people among the craftsmen, and they should also have the opportunity to become officials......

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Liu Jiusi didn't dare to believe it, lowered his head and hurriedly retreated.

……

"I'm a soldier, I'm going to eat food."

Lin Da leaned in front of the dilapidated courtyard wall of his house, looked at a group of young people walking into the town, spat angrily, strode into his house, and slammed the broken big bowl on the table.

The Lin family has a family of three, and the grandfather Lao Lin Tou is over seventy years old, and he is considered to be a high lifespan among the people, and he is no longer very useful, sometimes sober, sometimes confused, and when he saw his eldest grandson come in, he grinned and showed his bare teeth.

Lin Lao Er is a lean offspring, wearing a single shirt when it is cold, shivering from the cold, lying on the table and drinking gruel that can show the figure of a person.

"Four acres of land, the autumn tax is over, and our brothers have to serve in forced labor." Lin Da, who was only wearing a single shirt and a straw rope tied around his waist, glared and said, "This time we go to Tingzhou, we are going to go, and we will die in the middle of the road." ”

Lin Lao Er put down the empty sea bowl and said blankly: "Labor is a bird, and there are dry bone money, river crossing money, board account money, folding money, transfer money, fire consumption money, fire shop money, damn it, when will it be finished?" ”

The two taxes on rent and yong are the household tax and the civil service, whether there is land or not, how much land there is, according to the household registration to collect money and according to the military service, and the Great Wei in addition to the two taxes, and additional forced labor, which is equivalent to rent and yong, and the levy again, which is quite unreasonable.

This is not all, the Lin family died of a cow in the spring, and a dry bone tax was levied, as long as the dead cows, horses and mules can be skinned and sold for meat, the government will collect the dry bone tax.

There is also river crossing money, as long as the river is close to the place where there is a port ferry, whether it is used or not, you have to pay this money.

The board account money was collected during the Chongde period, because the expenditure of the military increased sharply after the military revival, and the imperial court was embarrassed to the extreme, so the state was increased in various board account money.

Transshipment money is a miscellaneous tax levied by the government under the pretext of transshipment grain consumption after the tax in kind was converted into copper money.

Depreciation money is the consumption of converting physical goods into copper coins.

Fire costs money, and it is the consumption of transporting grain, which is passed on to the people.

The money of the fire shop is the husband, and the food expenses of the fire shop are also miscellaneous taxes collected by the local government.

After the autumn, they calculated the income of a few acres of land, and collected more than three stones of grain per acre, leaving some rations, and six stones to sell, and only sold for more than 400 yuan for one stone of grain.

And the tax they have to pay is calculated to be more than 4,000 yuan, which means that they are still short of more than 1,000 yuan in taxes, and they have to rely on hard work to make up for this shortfall.

In the blink of an eye, it is going to be winter, and you have to redeem the winter clothes that you should have lost, otherwise you will freeze to death in winter.

If you have a headache and brain fever, you have to go to the bank to borrow a loan shark.

Lin Da spat again and said, "The official family is short of money, who are we looking for if you don't look for it?" Looking for those nobles to go to? ”

Lin Erurn said, "Let's go and practice?" The boys in the village have all gone to pick them. ”

Lin Da sighed and said, "I can only go, as soon as the two of us go, we will have a thousand yuan a month, which is living money." After three months, the two of them will run three times, and they will also get the account of the official family, and they will be able to save it slowly, and they will be able to repair the house at the end of next year, and give the second child you a daughter-in-law to come back. ”

Lin Er swallowed his saliva and said, "Of course, only the boss you say it first, and you say it, then you can take my turn." ”

Lin Da was silent, looked at his grinning grandfather, and said, "Grandpa has to stay at home, fortunately, it is close, and we will come back at night to cook food for Grandpa." ”

Lin Er leaned on the old man's ear and said, "Father, our brothers will go to the army to eat food and come back at night." ”

The old man was silent, still grinning.