Chapter 3: The Last Potato

Now Zhao Chengzhen has become a temporary section chief.

These people under him may not be easy to manage if they are lazy, but this body is not bad, and it was ordered by Liu Dutou, so there is no major friction for the time being.

They each have their own affairs, some have land to manage, some have small livelihoods to take care of, and some have the old, weak, sick and disabled at home to take care of. No one wants to stay here.

"Let's put down our work first."

They were happy to let them put down their things, and more than 100 people suddenly sat all over the ground under the scorching sun.

After explaining the general idea, Zhao Cheng finally said: "Anyway, I don't want to stay in this place, I negotiated with Liu Dutou and fought for some benefits for our section." Yesterday, the amount of soil in our section was about 180 carts. Liu Dutou promised that if he did 200 truckloads of filling, he would be able to go home early without waiting for the sunset. ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Zhao Cheng pointed to the scorching sun again, "Change me, I won't hesitate, I'm coming, I can't die if I do a little more, but even if I don't do anything under such a sun, just lying down is tormenting, and I will really die after a long time, and someone has already fallen down from heat stroke yesterday." ”

I feel that there is some truth in what I said, most of these guys were temporarily convinced, and they were worried about their family affairs, so they didn't wait for Zhao Cheng to make specific arrangements for the division of labor and cooperation to improve efficiency, they were like grabbing money, swarming with shovels and shovels, and shoveling when they saw the soil.

Zhao Cheng was almost knocked down.

But it is up to him to go, today's purpose is to achieve the effect of bounty carrying wood, and the little bit of increased amount of emotion is enough, no need for division of labor and cooperation, you can start from tomorrow.

There was a guy who didn't move in time, his family was a small rich peasant with some land, and he leaned over and whispered: "Brother Cheng, I really can't stand it, give you five money, let me go now." ”

He is much older than Zhao Cheng, but the grammar of this era is so virtuous, and sometimes grandpa calls his grandson "brother".

"Six bucks." Zhao Cheng stretched out his hand decisively.

The guy didn't even hesitate, and left the construction site with a smile after giving six dollars.

Spending money to buy exemption is in line with the rules of the Great Song Dynasty. But the county government has to pay 25 wen a day to buy this place, and everyone from the attachΓ© to the detention department has to get some benefits, because the people of the county government still have to pull hatred and forcibly arrest people who should not serve in the first place.

And there is a disadvantage, it is inconvenient for people who are not at a certain level to interact with those people, and they spend money to buy exemptions, which is easy to make those masters who are used to eating, drinking, and taking cards suspect that you are good at talking and have a lot of money.

Seeing that he could really go, more than a dozen people came over, and after each person gave six copper coins, they picked up and ran away.

"The money will be distributed to everyone, and there is a lot of work for them, and I can just roll up my sleeves and do the rest."

After promising to share the money and taking the lead in joining the work as the section leader, his enthusiasm increased a little, and there were people wielding shovels indiscriminately, which was quite dangerous, so scared that Zhao Cheng did not dare to work several times, and decided in his heart that in addition to teaching this group of rabble to cooperate tomorrow, some safety regulations must be stipulated......

There is still an hour before sunset, and the filling volume of 200 truckloads of soil has been completed ahead of schedule.

Those who spend money to leave are the most lazy, and with them, except for themselves, they rarely move, and others do not want to move. In fact, it is also a military theory, and the soldiers are not much more expensive.

Tired is a little tired, but overall it is no different from yesterday, or even slightly better, you don't need to continue to bask in the sun when your mind is dizzy, you can go back in advance to sit and drink some water.

I was especially happy that I really divided the money, I collected more than one hundred and three dollars before, and there were eighty-three people left, and Zhao Cheng gave each person a copper coin.

Since it is the one who stays, even if it is not bad for this money, it will not be too much, it is better than nothing, so I happily broke up......

Poof-

Liu Du's first sip of tea squirted out, feeling a little incredible.

The so-called try, this attempt, that kid really achieved the amount of 200 carts of soil, and dismissed the people an hour in advance. This is not the point, Zhao Cheng came over and stuffed ten copper coins, and the remaining eleven coins were Zhao Cheng's own.

Liu Dutou took the change in his hand, and finally said, "Take it back, you can keep the money yourself." ”

"If it weren't for Liu Dutou's support, it wouldn't be so easy, and there wouldn't be this money, less is less, and it still has to be given." Zhao Cheng said.

Liu Dutou laughed again, "You still don't believe that this kid has a future, give him a bowl of tea." ”

Immediately, someone got a bowl of tea from the cauldron and gave it to Zhao Cheng. This is not even a large-leaf tea, it is some almost waste tea roots, put in a large pot and boil together, but it has a tea taste, it is better than plain water, or boiling water.

After drinking the tea, Zhao Cheng said again: "Why don't you Liu Tou, give me two more groups of people tomorrow?" ”

Liu Dutou touched his chin and hesitated, "Give it all to you, will you mess it up?" ”

"Serve the country, you can't do it decisively."

Saying this, Zhao Cheng vaguely thought of the scene of more than a thousand shovels flying around tomorrow, which was really a bit stressful......

Today, there was more time, and on the way back to the city, I saw a few children collecting firewood not far away. Zhao Cheng doesn't have a very simple personality, but the characteristic is that he can adapt to the environment, so he joined in, planning to pick up some and burn them home.

There was a seven-year-old girl with messy hair and dirty face, carrying her younger brother who was more than a year old, picking up two piles with her hands and feet and quickly tying them up, and passing by with firewood in one hand.

The little girl put down the firewood, took out half a fist-sized rice ball, fed it to her brother, and ate two bites herself, and carefully put away the rice balls.

The little girl looked at Zhao Cheng again, and said timidly: "You don't know how to work." ”

"And what do you have a good idea?" Zhao Cheng asked.

"Just sell Bao'er's firewood to you, as long as three cents, I heard my mother say that your time is expensive, and it is not cost-effective and wasteful." The little girl bit her fingers.

"Hehe, I bought it, and if you have it tomorrow, I'll buy it too."

Zhao Cheng deliberately gave one more penny, and after paying her four copper coins, he put the firewood on the cart and left.

"Bao'er has made money, Bao'er has made money......"

The little girl danced as if she had taken advantage of a big bargain. In fact, Zhao Cheng knew that it cost six yuan to buy these firewood in the city, because there was a firewood gang in the middle of the monopoly.

It's okay to pick up some and burn them yourself, but if you want to go into the city and sell them, you must have to hand them over to the Firewood Gang at a low price, otherwise there will be endless trouble. The Great Song Dynasty was the dynasty with the most gangs throughout history, and gangs were formed in almost any industry......

After delaying this, when entering the city, I met Liu Dutou who was riding a horse, and he was specially stopped and said a few words about tomorrow.

It can be heard that Lao Liu is neither good nor bad, he still wants to do the tasks assigned by the county government well. To be a monk for a day, you have to hit the bell for a day, this guy really has it.

After entering the city, I found that the two splashes were lying lazily in the shade yesterday, and there was a very beautiful lady carrying a basket of wild vegetables on her back, obviously afraid of the two gangsters, so the beautiful lady avoided it in a panic.

Then the two gangsters got up and followed the beauty into a secluded alley.

Zhao Cheng actually didn't want to be a hero to make trouble for himself, the most important thing was that one of the gangsters was actually playing with a potato?

"It must be the potato that came with me."

After seeing it, Zhao Cheng thought in his heart, I don't know if the strange incident that seemed to be flickering on the monitor last night was related to potatoes. But even if it's useless, I'll have to get it and eat it.

And if you don't suppress these two splashes, you really can't live the rest of your life...... At this point, Zhao Cheng looked at Lao Liu with a strange expression.

"If you have something to say, you can talk about it."

Liu Dutou really thinks he is useful now, and he likes him more.

Zhao Cheng said, "When I first recovered from a serious illness, there was nothing left at home, and the only small object was left by my father and mother, and it was stolen." ”

Liu Dutou couldn't help but be furious, "Do you know who did it?" ”

Zhao Cheng said: "I saw them just now. ”

"Walk, take me."

Liu Dutou lifted the reins of the horse with a cold face......