Before the evening celebration and reception, Zhou Huaian still had a lot of backlog of affairs to deal with; After all, although there were two deputies parachuted in the air, this set of things that he had drummed up in the army, as well as a series of regulations, regulations, and systems, were not so easy to get started.

In other words, if there is not enough paperwork and mathematics as the basis for simple overall planning and organizational management; It will be easy to make a mess if you start casually, which will lead to complaints and indirect resistance from the people below; Therefore, there are still a lot of things that Zhou Huai'an has to correct and sort out by himself.

This busyness was busy until the time of afternoon tea, and in the interval of stopping to rest, eating and drinking some cakes and honey tea, Zhou Huaian also ordered someone to bring the young man who intercepted the complaint.

Because of the cleansing, the other party looks younger than before, and he seems to be much more energetic and clear; It's just the bruises on his face and the old scars on his arms that remind him of what happened recently.

"I'm the virtual monk you want to sue."

Zhou Huai'an bowed slightly to him.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"It can't be."

The young man couldn't help but open his mouth in surprise before shouting

"The Void Monk has always been in this city to give orders."

"If there is a monk with a false surname in the world, it is me."

Zhou Huai'an waved his hand disappreciably.

"So I want to know who is giving orders in the city these days."

"Villain Bei Xiaoer, I've seen Master Xu...

Only then did he lie down again.

"Please also ask the master to administer justice for me...

His real surname is Bei, his name is Yushi, and he is a descendant of a boat owner who has lived on the water for a generation in Rongjiang, because his parents gave birth to too much, so he simply sent him to the woodworking workshop on the shore as an apprentice.

The boat owners of this era are different from those who were artificially degraded and created by later generations, and it refers to a special group of people who roam the rivers, lakes and seas in this era, making a living from fishing, merchant, shipping and other worldly industries. Thanks to the extremely developed river and water transportation industry of this generation, many people only rarely go ashore in their lives, or even do not go ashore, and all kinds of weddings, funerals, births, old age, sickness and death are spent on boats.

"Supplement to the History of the Tang Kingdom" said: "All the southeastern counties are all connected to water, so the world's goods are profitable, and the boats are the majority... Drifting back and forth, gathering boats and forming a clan, there are a few. Therefore, there are lowly people among them, and most of them have homophones such as "shellfish, mussels, cattle, tortoise" and other things that can be seen everywhere.

The problem is that he then talked a lot about the inside story of the wooden guilds in the city where they were located, oppressing their apprentices, driving them to slavery like livestock, and eating people without spitting out bones; But what are these things about Zhou Huai'an, this kind of thing has been happening since ancient times, he can solve it for a while, can he still solve it for a lifetime.

He has not yet thought that he can solve and shake the bad habits and unspoken rules that have been inherited from ancient times in the entire industry. Even if they were all wiped out, would there be a better alternative to ensure that the livelihoods of these businesses and those involved could continue to be maintained?

It's like the team members who bear the name of apprentices under their own hands, although they work hard in their daily lives, they have to participate in various drills and duties during the day, and they have to assign each team to each team at night, according to the template they give to "talk about the ancients" and "reason"; Almost all day long, I was instructed to turn around, and all kinds of busy feet didn't touch the ground, but I still felt that I was really enjoying it, and there were many people who wanted to join in.

Because they stay by their side, not only can they eat and sleep well, and they will not have to suffer the price of abuse and insults, but they will also learn real skills and useful things.

"The point, the point."

Thinking of this, Zhou Huai'an emphasized a little angrily

"If it's just your personal grievance, you're going to waste my time,"

"Then there's no need to go on...

Then, the other party finally came to his senses, stammered a little incoherently, and turned the topic back to the aspects that Zhou Huai'an was concerned about before;

For example, someone pretended to be in his name and forcibly bought and sold in the market, and in the capacity of the rear battalion and baggage brigade, all the goods of those vendors and villagers were expropriated, and only a useless piece of paper was given as a receipt for receiving compensation afterwards;

As for the city, there are indeed women from poor families who have been taken away by people who have been recruited to work and dressed up by the rebels, so the neighbors who know a little bit are very angry and dare not speak.

In addition, children and children have been missing during this time, so much so that many of the children who used to be allowed to play in the streets have disappeared.

It wasn't until Zhou Huai'an became impatient again and planned to wave his hand to take him out that he changed his words and talked about some of the things that had happened to him recently;

He was the youngest of the apprentices, and although he was not yet able to touch the delicate crafts, he was not able to do the menial work that required strength. Therefore, in addition to helping the master and other older apprentices empty the bucket, cleaning the house, washing and drying clothes and quilts, and many other trivial chores, they have been mainly engaged in various odd jobs, and there are also more opportunities to run errands outside the world.

But on the most recent occasion, in the process of letting him walk a long way, he discovered a strange thing in the abandoned garden in the north corner of the city, with obvious heavy ruts frequently coming and going; Then I smelled the smell of boiling food. Curiously, he climbed the wall and touched it, and saw many beggars from the city gathered inside, surrounding the fires in several places

Originally, there was nothing to do, but when he was about to leave secretly, he faintly heard the sobbing of a woman and the cry of a child. Then, at a very young age, he found a row of half-collapsed houses behind the abandoned garden, but before he could get close, he was frightened back by a few people with swords sitting under the eaves.

Then on the way back, he met several families who were crying because their children were lost, and he couldn't help but be moved and realized in his heart; After mentioning a few words to the apprentice brother he knew well in the evening, he was told by the other party not to make a noise, and he had to consult the master before deciding what to do.

Then, in the early afternoon of the next day, someone came and asked him to send something to a certain place in the city; As a result, on the way, I found that the more I went, the more desolate and sparsely populated, and the person who confessed didn't look like a good person, and didn't still have an extra eye in my heart; In the end, the other party found that he was followed by several suspicious people, so he immediately dropped what he was carrying and ran, so that he had to get out of the other party's pursuit.

Then, when he returned to the carpentry workshop where he lived, he found that the door had been guarded by suspicious people, and his senior brother was standing with them. So he wandered around the city for most of the day, but he couldn't find a chance to go back, because even in the middle of the night there were people waiting near his residence.

Then he finally thought of reporting to the police, but it was the rebels who were in control of the situation in this city. And when he sneaked into the inner city, he was stopped and expelled disapprovingly, and he didn't believe his so-called "traitorous crime needs to be reported";

However, he continued to wander and mingle in the city for two days, still anxious and tired and could not find a way to seek help; In the end, I had to go to the homes of those who had children who had gone missing, and I had a full meal by providing them with information; Some people believe in him, some people don't, but in the end, there are always people who are willing to hold on to the hope of what happens, and are willing to gather people to try their luck in the places he says.

Then, something even more alarming happened to him, and when he came from his hiding place the next day, he saw only the ruins of a place that had just been burned, and the whole family of the convener had been reduced to charcoal; And the rest of the other families also seemed to be frightened, and they just scolded him or spoke ill of him, hoping that he would not cause trouble for himself again.

Then, from the discussion of liberation around him, he knew that these people were actually warned and threatened by some righteous soldiers and soldiers, and they were not allowed to cause more trouble; And then he found that there were fewer and fewer places to hide, for all the beggars of the city were mobilized to search for him;

On the fourth day, a rough portrait of him appeared in the market with the hand of the rebel soldier who had posted it, and he became the hanger who had killed the proprietor and master and robbed the property and fled. He had no choice but to endure the stench and hide under the dung truck, and fled outside the city to find a way out, but he was still targeted in the market. Because the beggars on the outskirts of the city also have groups and territories.

Therefore, when he was chased by people in the sky and had no way to enter the ground, he could only use some hearsay content to come up with a far-fetched reason to stop the horse and complain; At least in his opinion, the person who can lead such a large team as a pomp and circumstance should at least be a higher level than the leaders of the rebels in the city.

Compared with the price of being beaten or losing one's life afterwards, it is better than falling into the hands of those wicked people who are chasing after them on the spot.

Hearing this, Zhou Huai'an was already quite sighing and sighing; If most of what he said was true, he could be described as a brave and resourceful young man; To become an apprentice carpenter is also too wasteful and condescending.

And what he said, even if only a fraction of it can be verified, represents some kind of bad state of affairs and possibility; After all, with the participation of the rebels, the nature is already completely different; I've only been away from here for a long time, and how did I become like this?

"Then you're not afraid, I'm also one of those people."

Zhou Huai'an was on the surface, but he was unmoved

"Of course I'm afraid...

The young man scratched his head habitually

"That's only one death."

"But I've also heard that the Void Monk is a thief... Among the rebels,"

"It's rare to see a person with great compassion in his heart. If only it could be drawn from this. ”

"Maybe I didn't deserve to die, and there is still a way to live."

"Okay."

Zhou Huai'an interrupted his somewhat repetitive chatter again.

"I'll give you a chance to confirm it, it's up to you to take it."

"Someone,"

He then shouted out

"Call Xu Si and Luo Nian over to me."

"Also, bring a set of outfits from the junior team."

"Yuan Jing, you are responsible for giving me this kid a good pick-up."

"I want to make sure that even his biological parents don't recognize him for a while."

(End of chapter)