In the morning, in Xiyang City, in the bleak autumn breeze, Kong Yingda walked alone on the street, and many pedestrians hurried by, all with nervous faces, in stark contrast to him who was strolling leisurely. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Kong Yingda is somewhat familiar with this kind of scene, whenever the military disaster is coming, people are as anxious as rats crossing the street, looking for a safe place to drill everywhere.

Although he was still young at the time, Kong Yingda vaguely remembered what his father said back then, when the Zhou army invaded the Qi State, as the people of the Qi State, they and their neighbors were panicked.

Will the Zhou army slaughter the city? Will it rob the people's daughters? Will it plunder the people's wealth and fill the army? Will the people be conscripted to work with the army as coolies? Will the people be moved to Guanzhong?

These things did not happen later, and soon after the advance of the Zhou army arrived outside the city, the defenders opened the door and surrendered, because the Jingshi Yecheng was finished, and they were neither a military stronghold, nor did they have loyal ministers of the Qi State to defend the city.

The officials are still those officials, the generals are still those generals, the soldiers are still those soldiers, the people are still farming and paying rent, except for the banner fluttering at the head of the city from "Qi" to "Zhou", everyone has become the people of Zhou, and there is no difference between the others and the past.

To put it bluntly, the court above everyone's head has changed back and forth, no matter who is the Son of Heaven, there is always a need for people to farm, raise silkworms, weave cloth, and reel silk to pay rent, right?

Therefore, when the smoke is everywhere, the people are most concerned about whether there will be a military disaster in the place where they live, if it is a small group of enemy troops, then everyone will run to the city, after all, there are city walls and defenders, it is safer.

If it is a large force of enemy troops, then do not hesitate, hurry to the countryside, as far away as possible from the city and the road, because the enemy army will definitely come to besiege the city, and the siege will take several months, whether the city can be defended or not, it will be a tragedy for the people.

So together with the war, most of the people were worried in their hearts, and in Xiyang City today, everyone seemed to be in a hurry, and they seemed to be uneasy.

And there is no enemy approaching, how can it be like this? What a weird thing!

However, Kong Yingda probably knew that some of these people who were in a hurry were in a hurry to "work", like many students from poor families, to do short-term jobs for workshop owners everywhere to earn wages.

It is said that after the autumn harvest, there is a shortage of labor, and the reason is that the officials and soldiers are purchasing in Huangzhou, and the workshop owners are too busy to be busy.

Because duck down and goose down are needed to make down jackets, duck and goose farms are recruiting people to pluck their feathers; Because frying meat floss needs to be bagged, the paper mill needs to make paper or paste paper bags by hand.

Because it is necessary to make sausages, it is necessary to go to the slaughterhouse to wash pig intestines, help grind meat, dry it, and lay hands; Because salted eggs are pickled, it takes a lot of people to select the bad eggs.

There are many chicken and duck farms in Huangzhou, and there are many eggs, and there is no shortage of salt in Shannan, so salted eggs and salted duck eggs have also become a famous product in Huangzhou, but the salted eggs delivered to the official army this time are very demanding, so there are a lot of manpower needed.

On weekdays, the salted eggs are pickled by the farms themselves, but this time they are transported to the city to be made in the workshops designated by the government, first to ensure that no one uses bad eggs or rotten eggs for the next time, and secondly, to ensure that the amount of salt is sufficient.

Kong Yingda has classmates to do short-term pickled eggs, hundreds of chicken and duck eggs every day, the work is very boring, just hold the eggs and shake them in the ear, the fresh eggs are solid and there is no sound, the rotten eggs have the sound of slag, and the cracked eggs have the sound of crackling.

Remove rotten eggs and bad eggs, put the good eggs in a jar with salted water according to the specified quantity, and marinate for about 20 days.

The work seems to be easy, but the order of the official army is very large, the salted eggs are 100,000, and he doesn't know if there are so many eggs in the chicken, duck, and goose farms in Huangzhou, but he knows that people are not enough.

Pickling salted eggs is only the first half step, and the second half step has to be "basketed", that is, the pickled salted eggs are wrapped in straw and put into the braided bamboo basket.

This work is not difficult, it is tedious, not to mention that there are hundreds of salted eggs handled every day, tossing all day, both hands are tired and panicked, fortunately the bamboo basket does not need to be woven by them, otherwise the hands do not need to be wanted.

Kong Yingda's family background is good, and there is no need to worry about livelihood when studying in Huangzhou, but many students cannot compare, so the state school also provides opportunities for these students to "work and study".

This is a disguised way to let students work as part-time workers! Kong Yingda thought so, but he was not Emperor Jin Hui of "why not eat minced meat", and he could also understand the difficulties of poor students.

Thinking of this, he looked around, and in the courtyards of many houses, there were three or two women sitting together to weave bamboo baskets, which were baskets used to hold salted eggs, sausages and other non-staple foods.

With a tithe as the smallest unit, each basket contains 10 salted eggs, sausages, and a number of packets of meat floss and ham slices.

Or it is issued directly to the soldiers, anyway, it is very convenient to use a basket of ten people, and it is also convenient for the quartermaster to count it.

The number of meat products purchased by the officials and soldiers is very large, so a lot of bamboo baskets are needed, and a large number of people are recruited in the workshop to weave bamboo baskets according to the standard size.

In this way, many women who take their babies to do housework at home also have the opportunity to earn money, so women weaving bamboo baskets can be seen everywhere in Xiyang City, and all those who have nothing to do are pulled by various workshops to do part-time work.

Everyone is in a hurry to work part-time, the bustling streets in the past now seem very deserted, Kong Yingda is particularly conspicuous walking alone on the street, when he came to the intersection, he suddenly remembered something.

During the casual chat, the students privately talked about the anecdotes in the city, saying that the workshop was very short of people, and the guys all went to the street to pull people, which was considered "forced recruitment", so don't go shopping alone, so as not to be misunderstood that you are looking for a job.

Kong Yingda thought of a clever man here: no wonder so many pedestrians are in a hurry, it turns out that they are afraid of being stuck by the recruiters!

He finally came back to his senses, but it was too late, Kong Yingda, who was at the crossroads, had people rushing towards him in front, back, left and right, shouting as he ran: "Recruitment!" Preferential treatment! ”

There is a shortage of people in the workshops of Xiyang City, the guys are recruiting workers in the city, several city gates must be guarded, and then people are also arranged on the street, as long as they are alone, they seem to have nothing to do, they are the objects of their recruitment, the so-called monks have more porridge and less porridge, and they do everything to rob people.

Kong Yingda was surrounded by various guys in the middle, and in the face of "warm invitation", he couldn't help but explain that he had no intention of "working".

If he has some knowledge, he should keep silent at this time, wave his hand and just move forward, after all, he is not arresting, and the guys don't dare to do anything to you, for fear that you will not speak, this opening is like stabbing a hornet's nest.

Are we worried that we are human traffickers? Don't be afraid! The workshop is in the city, if you are not at ease, go to the official office first and ask the officials to make a contract, and the deed tax will not be charged.

Are you worried that you won't get paid? Don't panic, the salary will be settled in half a day, if you don't want to do it, you will go, and it will not stop you.

Afraid of having nowhere to live? It doesn't matter, eat and live, of course, it's just full, there is a place to sleep, it's better to go for a day first, it's not too late to go if it's not suitable!

Kong Yingda has a mouth, where can he stand up to so many people "besieged", he is a good hand at debating in the state, but to reason with these people on the street is blind.

He is not yet an adult, and he is thin-skinned when it comes to human affairs, so it is not good to tear off his face and walk away, and he did not bring a servant with him on this trip, and Kong Yingda, who is lonely, has to explain.

The more he explained, the more the guys pestered him, and it was when the soldiers on patrol passed by and relieved Kong Yingda of the siege.

"Didn't the yamen say it? Don't force recruitment! This little brother doesn't want to, what else do you want! ”

The guys scattered, and suddenly caught a glimpse of two people walking on the side of the street, dressed in cloth clothes who seemed to be "idle", and surrounded without saying a word: "Recruitment!" The treatment is preferential, and the salary is paid daily! ”

Kong Yingda thanked the soldiers, looked at such a scene not far away, where did he dare to go shopping, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and quickly turned around and walked to the place where he lived.

In broad daylight, it is really strange to forcibly recruit workers! (To be continued.) )