probably saw that Guo Jia's eyes were full of confusion, and the young man who claimed to be a scribe explained very intimately what the "construction team" was, where the workers came from, what kind of treatment they were treated, how to supervise and so on.

Among them, it is emphasized that this is all the handiwork of their eldest son, and it is personally supervised by the county magistrate and included in the evaluation of county officials, and it is absolutely impossible to bend the law for bribes.

"A few days ago, there was a person who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, trying to fish in troubled waters just after the battle, and he was greedy for a pound of meat from the construction team C. Tsk, I was told by the county order to report to the eldest son, and I was pulled to the entrance of the vegetable market on the spot, a knife! The scribe exaggerated his neck, "Slaughtered!" ”

Guo Jia was shocked when he heard this.

The mere use of cash-for-work and the recruitment of workers instead of conscription and conscription to carry out construction is already very surprising in itself.

Listening to this scribe, he actually gave these workers three meals a day, two meals of dry food, and paid their wages at the end of the month!

Simply a saint among saints.

These are not enough, the little officials under him are just greedy for a pound of meat, and it is not a problem at all if they are put in other places, and they are actually accused of beheading in Yancheng?

Guo Jiamulan looked at Xu Shu: "You, the eldest son, do you want to be a saint?" ”

How many people in Yancheng, I heard that they are still refusing to come to the homeless, and everyone who comes to Yancheng is given land, and they can find work to do if they don't have land.

What's more, it's the blue sky?

Simply a saint among saints!

Where did he get so much money and food?

Jingzhou is rich like this?

Does Liu Biao know that his son is so capable of losing the family?

However, looking at the happy expressions of the workers and the hot construction site, he couldn't say anything when it came to his mouth, and could only vaguely express his doubts to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu smiled silently.

Hehe, who am I going to ask?

knew that the eldest prince loved the people like a son, but Xu Shu didn't expect to do this!

For a while, Xu Shu also began to worry about Liu Qi's money bag, but in front of outsiders, of course he, a strategist, couldn't show it.

The two of them were chatting here, and the strong men behind them were also looking around curiously.

The scribe glanced at the people behind him, and suddenly said: "Two, there are still dozens of miles away from the county seat, and the path is hidden and difficult to walk, so the villain will show you the way, right?" ”

Xu Shu smiled: "Then there will be labor." ”

So the scribe turned his head and yelled at the crowd of people doing work: "Da Zhuang, I'll take these gentlemen to the city on the path, you look at it!" ”

"Go ahead, I've got me here!"

I saw the muscular middle-aged man working at the front waving his hand, indicating that he understood.

Xu Shu and Guo Jia both dismounted, signaling that the scribes did not need to be restrained and walked side by side with them.

Xu Shu knew that Guo Jia must have something to ask, and after walking for a while, he took the initiative to take a step behind, pretending to chat with the guards.

Sure enough, Guo Jia still couldn't hold back in the end, and began to have nothing to say: "I'm going to be busy with farming soon, why do you still let people go to work in your county order, aren't you afraid of delaying farm work?" ”

He had seen all the way that not all the fields had been harvested, and that only the villages in the places where the enemy army had to pass should be just in case.

"It's okay, the workers come and go freely, and those who want to go home can say in advance, settle the completion money and leave." The scribe smiled, "Nowadays, the world is chaotic, and there are displaced people who have come to Yancheng for refuge everywhere, and it is impossible to lack people without anything." ”

"I see, before I came down, I listened to the old farmers in the neighborhood and said that your county order exempted the people from taxes and grain this year?"

"And not just this year. The eldest prince said that the people should be given enough time to recuperate and be exempted from taxes and forced labor for three consecutive years. ”

Guo Jia was shocked: "But didn't you say that you still have to pay wages to the workers, and the Yancheng Mansion Treasury is so rich?" ”

The question was a little sensitive, and the scribe frowned without a trace, and did not make a sound.

However, Guo Jia was not interested in listening to his explanation.

Just now, they had already embarked on the so-called "small road" - a road like a white jade belt, incredibly smooth.

How could the road be so smooth?

Even if it is Chang'an and Luoyang, it is impossible to have a smooth road to this point!

It is also very hard to step on, and even if you stomp your foot hard, there will be no traces on the road.

Not only Guo Jia, but Xu Shu also showed a shocked expression.

Obviously, when he left, Yancheng didn't have such a luxurious road!

"What is this?!"

"It's called cement." The scribe replied proudly, "It is made by the eldest prince, it is very convenient, it is sticky on weekdays, and it is very easy to make." When needed, apply it to the surface, and it will dry in three days, which is harder than ordinary masonry. The important thing is that the cost is low. ”

"Such a good thing?!" Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Dare to ask this brother, how is this cement made?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Jia realized that he had asked a stupid question.

Sure enough, the scribe was enraged, jumped out suddenly, and pointed at Guo Jia and Xu Shu angrily: "You two are scholars, and you have a group of guards. As soon as he came, he slandered the eldest prince, asked this and that, and actually wanted to explore the formula of cement? ”

"Say, are you spies sent by Yuan Shu!"

Just now he thought that these people were strange, and said that it was a new look, but he was too curious, so he proposed to lead the way.

Yancheng and Yuzhou have just finished fighting, and everyone's nerves are still tense!

Xu Shu couldn't help laughing, and under Guo Jia's angry gaze, he reluctantly bowed his hand to the scribe: "Brother Tai misunderstood, Xu Shu in Xiayingchuan is a strategist under the account of the eldest prince." I was ordered to go to Chang'an to do something, and I went for a long time, and I didn't know a lot of things, so I was curious. ”

pointed to Guo Jia again: "This Mr. Guo is a talent specially invited by the eldest prince to serve the eldest prince, not a spy." ”

The scribe was very skeptical: "Really? ”

Xu Shu had no choice but to take out the pass token of the Grand Prince's Mansion given by Liu Qi and hand it over.

This was because Liu Qi was not there when he came back, and he didn't know the rest of Yancheng, so he was treated as an enemy spy.

After carefully examining the token, the clerk's face softened, and he bowed embarrassedly: "Mr. Xu and Mr. Guo forgive their sins, it is really that the Yuzhou soldiers are too hateful, not to mention the defeat of the battle, they have to send spies to explore the truth of Yancheng, and the villain has no choice, so he has to be vigilant." ”

Xu Shu smiled: "It's okay, it's a good thing to be cautious." ”

Guo Jia also arched his hand stupidly: "It's okay, it's okay, it's me who is too abrupt." ”

The group continued on their way, and the scribe, after confirming that he had not met a spy, did not follow again, but showed the way and ran back to work.

Anyway, the mountain bandits around Yancheng have been exterminated, and they have escorts, so they don't encounter any danger.

Enjoying the comfort brought by the smooth ground, Xu Shu winked playfully: "What's the matter, Fengxiao, I'm not exaggerating, right?" ”