The ancient ferry port selected by Lu Shi and Zhao Zi for construction is located in the south of Qizhen Beach, and corresponds to the remote view of the small boat vortex ferry in Jixian County, Shanxi, and is collectively called Sangjin Ferry.

The ferry has a long history, during the Tang and Song dynasties, there were many large armies crossing the river here and conquering both sides of the Yellow River. Since ancient times, it has been an important transportation and commercial port connecting the Qin and Jin dynasties. The county chronicle contains: "In the past, there were Hedong millet customers who bought grain in Sixiang every year, hired feet to transport and gathered here, and then thought it was inconvenient, and parked into a bumper year, and the government established the city, and the Suke built a kiln to accumulate millet, along with it to this day. "The existing Song and Ming Dynasty old streets and century-old cave courtyards can still appreciate the prosperity of the past.

Now, this place has become a huge construction site, with all kinds of materials, all kinds of people, and goods constantly being transported away, almost piling up here.

Lu Shi stood on the rock head of this prosperous place and looked at the busy crowd like ants below, facing a planning map, and constantly guiding the plan with his master and Erlang.

That Li Chunhou was transferred here, saying that he was a helper, but in fact Lu Shi was secretly inspecting, and now, chasing ducks to the shelves, this sentence is very appropriate for Lu Shi and others, as for loyalty, it can only be said later.

"There, the warehouse area we set up will be expanded, and now it seems that the number of merchants who travel to and from Shanxi and Shaanxi through the five counties is more than double that than we expected, so the warehouses we originally set to build are completely insufficient." Lu Shi looked at the map and pointed to the empty tunnel near the dock.

The master crooked his mouth and nodded again and again, the reason for the crooked mouth was not caused by the wind and cold, but the joy, in the past few days, the symptoms of this crooked mouth have become more and more serious. The words are a little leaky: "Little sir, not only is it more than double as we expected, but it is more than twice as much, the original warehouse is not enough at all, and now the construction has not started, and it has been ordered." Then he waved his hand and said, "Build, expand, recruit people to expand." ”

Li Chunhou stood far behind the master, and retorted with hostility in his eyes: "It's easy to say, just spread it out like this, we invested millions of yuan, that's tens of thousands of silver, but you only gave 2,000 silver, but you hold 30% of the shares, do you have such an ally?" ”

Master is embarrassed, why can't this kid get along with himself all day long? Did I kill your father or kill your mother? But these words can only be swallowed in his stomach, because he can see that this kid has a hand in accounts and goods, and he seems to be particularly valued by Lu Shi.

"Actually, I don't want to do shares, but, but your little gentleman disagrees, saying that my old gentleman has already done a lot, so he will give Yicheng dry shares, so who will complain?" The master hurriedly whispered a defense, but anyone who listened to this defense was pale and weak.

Li Chunhou hated the iron and looked at his king, this little gentleman.

Actually, Lu Shi has considered this matter, let them invest, this is the foundation of getting on the thief ship, tied together, if you don't want to lose all your money, then you can play tricks, but you also have to give dry shares, this is called sweetness, otherwise it is not very attractive. In fact, whether it is an ally or a partner, interests are the most important thing.

Lu Shi interrupted the two of them bickering, and said to Erlang, as well as a few classmates who liked architecture brought by Erlang: "Not only the warehouse should be expanded, but also the originally set shop street should be widened and extended, so as to ensure the convenience of food and accommodation for the merchants, and also ensure our income. ”

Erlang took a bunch of wooden rulers, gestured for a long time, and nodded, indicating that it was okay; "Uncle, then this neighborhood will be expanded further south, and the original old ferry house will be moved."

Lu Shi looked at the original dilapidated street, and nodded: "For the sake of development, there is no way, it is still the old rule, send someone who can speak well to negotiate, and give enough compensation, but it must be fast, otherwise, we will not be able to finish the work in winter." ”

The relocation negotiation was under the control of Li Chunhou, he got the order, looked at the area given by Erlang, and then immediately led people to mobilize and relocate.

"We have to increase the number of people, or not enough." The master crooked his mouth and stepped forward to suggest, in fact, in front of Lu Shi's set, he really couldn't help, so it was okay to deal with the people, but Lu Shi didn't let him play the original set, and the result was useless. This is the instruction that Zhao Zi gave him.

Now is the time of summer grain farming, and a large number of displaced people who have settled down in Yichuan can only rely on loans from the base areas to survive, and almost all of those loans are invested in farming by the people, leaving almost nothing for themselves to buy potato rations, let alone buy some decent household goods. Now, the opportunity has come, and the administrative officer has informed that as long as everyone has the clumsy strength, they can go to the ferry construction site to work, whether it is RMB or wheat, if there is still the craftsmanship of a mason and carpenter, then you can be regarded as picking it up, because according to the regulations of the local government, the craftsman is considered a skilled worker, and the salary is doubled.

Now, those craftsmen are very happy, no matter what dynasty, craftsmen are requisitioned by the government, they are all in accordance with the rules of craftsmen, serving food but not wages, being beaten and scolded, of course it is commonplace, because you are a craftsman, even prostitutes are higher than you, higher than merchants, and eat the same food as pigs and dogs. Now according to the local regulations, come and go voluntarily, depending on the salary, if you think it is reasonable, then participate, if you think it is unreasonable, then you will leave, everyone has nothing to do, but there are rules here.

First, the premise is that if you don't provide food, everything depends on what you bring at home or simply buy at the snack bar around the construction site, like mushrooms after the rain, no one restricts you from eating more or less, no one cares whether you are fish or not, everything is in RMB.

Second, as long as you agree to the work on the construction site, you must ensure the completion of the quality, the quality is judged by everyone, and if you can't complete it, I'm sorry, then you will be deducted wages.

The people are sincere, how can they not guarantee the quality of their treatment like this? It can only be better, not slacking off.

When these workers saw the generous wages, they began to work in full swing, and Lu Shi even came up with a contracting system, which made those workers rush to work like crazy and lazy? Isn't that incompatible with your own income?

At the beginning, Li Chunhou and the master were distressed about the wages, and repeatedly reminded in front of Lu Shi: "Give too much, this is a waste, especially regardless of the meal, this is simply a waste of waste, in order to allow the workers to eat, we have to calculate the food money in their wages evenly, how much water is needed, no, it's better to change it, you can still earn some money by doing it yourself."

Lu Shi smiled and said, "Big pot rice? I can guarantee that in the case of workers who do not have enough to eat, you will definitely waste more than you earn. ”

So, after thinking about it, the master and Li Chunhou just gave up, this is the most obvious truth.

Looking at the two who were a little discouraged, Lu Shi smiled again: "Don't be afraid to spend more money, I dare to guarantee that what we spend extra will all return to our pockets after the construction site is completed." ”

"You can't break into the king." Li Chunhou was anxious at the time, "It is said that the king is benevolent and righteous, if he robs the people after the completion of the construction, won't he be angry and resentful?" ”

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Jiaerlang was angry at that time.

"It's okay, Mr. Li doesn't understand it yet." Lu Shi stopped Zhang Xiao's angry questioning, and said with a smile to Li Chunhou: "Two in one life, two in three, you will go to study this economics in the government affairs class in the future, but what I said is that we will get back the money we spent more in accordance with the tax method through the taxes we prescribe, and everyone is happy." ”

Li Chunhou is good at calculation, but he really doesn't understand it, but he doesn't see that King Chuang is not exploiting the people, it seems that he is taking a knife with a businessman, a businessman, okay, then wait and see the result.

After a morning of work, when it was time to eat, the workers rushed into the temporary or permanent restaurant on the side of the street like a swarm, Wang Laohan squeezed forward and shouted at the proprietress of Peugeot, eight steamed buns, a bowl of soup. ”

The proprietress responded happily: "Okay, big brother." Then he quickly put eight steamed buns in his chopsticks, and then asked the child to serve him a large bowl of egg soup.

Wang Laohan squeezed out of the crowd, squatted in a leeward and sandy corner, and gobbled it up.

Wang Laohan is actually not naïve at all, he is the first man to sign up on this construction site, he has no skills, he uses his stupid strength, but he also earns a lot.

Snow-white steamed buns, four yuan a dollar, everyone eats a lot, two yuan, and then a bowl of soup, five dimes, this can be full, and it is better than at home to get the sky, so three meals a day, but eight yuan, but the construction site is to give these strength men twelve yuan, that is a month down one hundred and twenty, that is to say, you can eat and drink well, and you can earn more than a hundred catties of wheat for the family, or you can eat up the few potatoes at home, now, contentment.

After gobbling up, he put the big bowl in the specified place, and did not wipe his mouth, rushed directly to the construction site, ate and had the strength, and finished the contracted section, I can't say, I can do another section before the end of the month, and earn more than a dozen yuan. I have already taken a fancy to a kind of flower cloth sold by the ferry merchants, saying that it is a high-quality goods from Shandong, Shandong? I don't know where it is, but this cloth is not expensive, wait to go back and pull a few feet for your mother-in-law, your mother-in-law is wearing it now, and she can't go out on the street during the day, imagining what her mother-in-law looks like when she wears brand new clothes, Wang Laohan is more motivated.

Seeing that the men who had finished eating were all at work, the small shop immediately cleaned up, picked up the last half-pulled steamed bun, blew off the soil on it, and the proprietress ate it, no matter who he ate the leftovers, anyway, it was much better than the bark and grass roots, and it couldn't be wasted.

At this time, an old man dressed in a cyan dress came in, and the tax collector of the government came, and the proprietress greeted him happily, put a bench on it, and asked the old man to sit down and rest, but the old man smiled and said: "It's the end of the month, busy, just talk about your taxes, report it." ”

"Okay, I'll let my kid give you the old newspaper, my kid is literate and hyphenated."

The so-called literacy hyphenation is nothing more than a month of taking classes in a government literacy class, knowing how to check money, and knowing how to add and subtract, but this is something that this family has not had for generations, and it is definitely something to be proud of.

"Dad, my mother sold a total of 11,000 and 20 yuan this month. According to the tax of four cents, we should pay it, we should pay it. "I'm blushing like a monkey.

Dad laughed, took out the abacus and crackled for a while, and then reported: "Four hundred and forty-eight yuan, according to the situation of your family, it is not easy to pull a child, the government will reduce it by half, that is, two hundred and twenty-four yuan, I will give you a procedure, and then go to the east of the town to hand it over, remember, don't want silver and copper coins." ”

"I know, I know." The proprietress sent her father to the next house with tears in her eyes.

The people are simple and do not conceal it, and once there is, they will be immediately escorted out of the base area, which is a fatal punishment.