Chapter 42: People Are Like Their Names: Xu Pengju

After the meal, the end.

Du Shen took the hundreds of displaced people to the academy that had not yet been fully built.

As chalk gradually became famous in the north, the demand increased a lot.

Therefore, in recent days, as the chalk business has become more and more prosperous, Du Shen has found a place with a small amount of limestone storage in a place about 20 miles outside Dujia Village, which just needs people to mine.

It's just that I haven't been able to find the right manpower, after all, this job is too hard.

But now it's different, these homeless people have suffered all kinds of hardships along the way from south to north, as long as they can take care of food, let alone do some hard work, even if they let them kill people, it is estimated that they are willing to be hungry and anxious.

It's not that Du Shen is unwilling to let these displaced people participate in the construction of the academy, but in fact, the displaced people don't know anything about civil engineering, and even if they teach them by hand for a while, they can't make any achievements, so they can only choose to give up.

Collecting and transporting limestone is the most suitable for the work of the displaced people.

As for the old and weak women and children, Du Shen also arranged for them to engage in the easier production of quills for two cents a day.

The homeless people who are willing to dig limestone are hired for five centemen a day, and in addition, they also take care of food and housing, and the welfare can be said to be quite good.

In fact, even if Du Shen can give them a bite to eat, the homeless people are also willing to be hard laborers who don't need money, which is why it is too impersonal, and he is not the kind of mean person.

After arriving at the academy, Du Shen began to settle these displaced people.

First of all, he called Zhang Hao, Zhao Xiu, and Xu Pengju.

Zhang Hao and the others arched their hands and said, "Master, please command." ”

Du Shen nodded and ordered: "Xiuyuan, you and Peng Ju will go and prepare ten large vats first, fill them with water, and it will be useful later." ”

Then he said: "As for Zhang Hao, you take someone to Dujia Village to buy some clothes, no matter how old you are, if it is not enough for the homeless people, go to the nearby village to take an extra trip, there is also a donkey here for the teacher, you also bring it, tie it to the cart, it is also convenient to transport." ”

Zhang Hao said seriously: "Please rest assured, the apprentice will set off." ”

After speaking, Zhang Hao directly called a few craftsmen, and then rushed to Dujia Village with a donkey cart.

Then, Zhao Xiu and Xu Pengju didn't dare to slack off, and the two quickly found ten large water tanks, wrapped in a thick white cloth in the middle, so that no one could see them, and then filled them with water one after another.

Obvious.

This is to allow the displaced people to take a shower and then change into clean clothes.

Du Shen knew very well that the homeless people traveled thousands of miles, eating whatever they could along the way, raw and cooked, and there was dirt and dirt on their bodies, their hair was stuck together, and they were full of lice, so as not to be infected with diseases.

Taking a hot bath can not only get rid of the stench on their bodies, but also kill and sterilize, and save them from being infected with skin diseases and the like, causing trouble.

Ready to go!

Du Shen stood in the middle of the white cloth and said loudly: "Everyone, there are ten water tanks here, please take a hot bath first, the man stands on the left, the woman stands on the right, don't mess up." ”

When the women heard that they could take a bath, they couldn't sit still, and they couldn't wait to run behind the white cloth, probably because they were worried about being seen, and there were women guarding outside, staring at the men, just like guarding against wolves.

Du Shen looked at his nose and nose and heart, and skimmed it with the corner of his eye.

To his displeasure, although he had known that it was impossible to see anything, the cloth was too tight.

His eyes widened, and he said Okay, what about the villain, why am I even a gentleman?

Sighing regretfully, Du Shen turned around and ordered the men to go into the water and take a bath.

But what he didn't expect was that!

In front of everyone's eyes, these men were embarrassed, twisting and pinching one by one, unwilling to be the first to take off their clothes.

Du Shen suddenly realized, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily showed a subtle smile!

Ahem!

Don't think about it!

It's not that his orientation has changed.

That little thing between men, everyone understands it, everyone understands it, isn't it just embarrassing, it's not a big deal.

Du Shen looked around, and soon found Liu Quan's figure in the crowd.

"Lao Liu, why don't you take the lead first! Otherwise, it will be delayed like this, and when the water is cold, you will have to change it again. ”

When Liu Quan heard this, his old face turned red, and he looked around, and the eyes of the men made him uncomfortable.

But Engong has said so, so why should he take the lead?

Liu Quanyi gritted his teeth and said, "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

As he spoke, he ripped off his tattered clothes, revealing his sturdy body.

Hiss......

Du Shen's face was complicated.

Behind him, Zhao Xiu took a deep breath of cold air.

But Xu Pengju was different, he glanced at it with a flat gaze, vaguely revealing disdain!

Really!

People are as their name suggests......

As Liu Quan took the lead, the other men stopped squirming and took off their clothes and got into the water tank.

After a while, the tank was dyed black and no longer functional.

It took five changes of water for the displaced people to wash up.

At this time, Zhang Hao also rushed over with a donkey cart.

He bought a lot of clothes, enough for the homeless people to wear, and even bought some clothes for the children, although they were all old, they were clean and wearable, just for the children among the homeless people.

……

Fortunately, none of these homeless people are sick, and after changing their clothes, they are no different from ordinary people except for their yellow faces and thin muscles.

This made Du Shen breathe a sigh of relief.

If someone really got sick, and it was still that kind of disease, even he couldn't do anything about it.

He's just a teacher, and it's okay to teach and educate people, but it's beyond his ability to cure diseases and save people.

After the displaced people had changed their clothes, Du Shen asked Xu Pengju to write a pen and began to record the origins and surnames of the displaced people.

No matter what era it is, if you want to travel unhindered in ancient times, you have to have a corresponding waist card, which is like an ID card, and you can't do without him.

And if you want to get a waist card, it is not difficult, first you need to be able to prove your origin, and then you have to have a respected villager in the village to testify.

These homeless people naturally don't have such a thing as a waist card, after all, they have been bumpy and displaced along the way, and that thing has long been lost to know where to lose.

Moreover, now Du Shen wants to settle them down, get some simple tents near the academy to live in, and then slowly develop, that is, to re-register them, and then report to the imperial court, and wait for the imperial court to approve them, before they can set up household registration and apply for a new waist card.

As for testifying, Du Shen himself has an official position, although he is from the eighth grade, but Sesame Mung Bean is also an official, which is much more credible than Du Laohan's testimony.

"Liu Quan, let's start with you first!"

Maybe he couldn't let go of the scene just now, Du Shen didn't even say Lao Liu, and called his name directly.

Liu Quan didn't think it was wrong, and said directly: "Jiangnan Mansion, a generation of people from Liujiazhen in Zhejiang, my father is Liu Shuxian, and my grandfather is ......."

He said it very carefully, from his hometown to his ancestral surname, and finally to himself.

Xu Pengju listened, and then wrote on the paper with a quill pen.

Compared with before, the handwriting is not so bad, and it is obviously hard work.

The other homeless people are also in order, and slowly tell their hometowns, surnames, etc., and dare not make the slightest mistake.

After all, when the place of origin is registered, it is necessary to mobilize information from the place of origin for comparison, and if there is a mismatch, not only will you be punished with a cane, but you will also be assigned to the same place, and in serious cases, you may even go to prison.