Chu Ze smiled with satisfaction and said, "I know, each of you has hundreds of thousands of hands at the low, and tens of thousands of people rely on you to eat. Now that the imperial court has built the river embankment in Weinan County, the labor and various armies have been recruited, and the rest of the river embankments are not manpowered. That's why I want to leave this matter to you. Of course, using your hands will definitely affect your business and cause a lot of losses. The remuneration is this official body. You can use a month to strengthen and increase the height of the river embankment, and you can get an official position. I don't know who wants to. ”

As soon as Chu Ze's words fell, the scene was suddenly silent at first, and then the next moment, almost everyone stood up at the same time and declared that they were willing. Just kidding, there are several of them who have tens of thousands of business men and laborers, but they only call 10,000 of them, how much time is lost in a month, 10,000 or 20,000 yuan, and then these 10,000 people eat, drink, and live in a month, as well as wages, plus tools, and consume a maximum of 40,000 or 50,000 yuan.

Buying an official body with 50,000 or 60,000 yuan of money, this was not even thought of in the past, this is simply priceless in Datang, which has only been founded for more than ten years. And this official body in their hands brings not only a change in status, fame and fame, and a change in the family, even in the long run, the financial benefits brought by it are far more than fifty or sixty thousand.

Although Chu Ze had expected it, he didn't expect the scene to be so hot, and he couldn't help but sigh a sigh of relief and smile happily. How would the eldest grandson Wuji and others feel when they saw this scene? What kind of expression will Gao Shilian have?

However, Chu Ze was not worried that the scene in front of him would not reach the ears of His Majesty Li Er and the important ministers of the court. Even tonight, it will reach the ears of those who are interested.

Chu Ze raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and after the twenty-seven businessmen with glowing faces sat down quietly again, Chu Ze's eyes swept over everyone, and when he saw the shopkeeper Hu, his heart moved, thinking about the help that the shopkeeper Hu helped him when he first came to Datang, so he wanted to take care of it, and said: "Shopkeeper Hu!" You speak first. ”

Under the jealous gaze of the head of the crowd, Shopkeeper Hu stood up, first bowed to Chu Ze, and said, "Waiting for the master! This matter can be described as a wolf with more meat and less meat, so naturally whoever pays the highest price will get this piece of meat. Of course, the price here is not the money, but the amount of labor that can be summoned. The villain is not talented, but he was able to gather 20,000 laborers and was willing to build a river embankment for the imperial court. ”

Chu Ze's joy in his heart was irrepressible, what the shopkeeper Hu said could be said to have given him a big favor, if he had lit a fire before, Qian must have poured a bucket of gasoline into the fire. If he had been allowed to say those words just now, the effect would have been greatly reduced.

"Good! A certain person is in charge, and the shopkeeper Hu is responsible for the repair, heightening and thickening of the river embankment in Weinan County. Chu Ze said.

Shopkeeper Hu saw Chu Ze's expression and was very happy in his heart.

As soon as Chu Ze's voice fell, the number of people was set at 20,000, and if someone wanted to take over the job, the number of people would be at least 20,000. These businessmen on the scene are doing different businesses, and the number of people under their command is also different, and there are very few who can free up 20,000 people after all. Most people, even if they stopped all the business in Chang'an City and more than a dozen surrounding prefectures and counties under their command, and closed all their shops, they would still not be able to gather more than 20,000 people.

At that moment, nearly half of the people looked at the shopkeeper Hu with a resentful face, and scolded in their hearts. However, there are also some smart people who begin to secretly connect with each other, whisper, and bargain with each other. One person can't make up 20,000 people, two people, or even three people, four people can! It's nothing more than a matter of money. The last thing that the twenty-seven people present lacked was money.

After a stick of incense, the other three candidates were also decided, but Chu Ze sighed and regretted a little, the other three seemed to have discussed in advance, or the tacit understanding was amazing, all of them were 20,000 people, not many people. In this way, you can become a successful businessman.

But Chu Ze's next sentence made the four businessmen, including Shopkeeper Hu, who had won the right to build the river embankment, hostile to each other again.

Chu Ze held up four blank Xuanzai and said: "These four official positions and official qualities are different, one is the eighth grade, one is from the eighth grade, one is from the ninth grade, and one is from the ninth grade. A month later, the four embankments will be judged in person, and they will be ranked according to their level and strength. The higher the ranking, the higher the official positions naturally obtained, and the ranking of the four people corresponds to the four official positions. ”

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When Chu Ze returned home, it was already close to midnight. It can be said that since I got up in the morning, I have been busy all day and have not stopped for a moment. However, the results were impressive, and nearly 100,000 laborers were requisitioned in one day, solving the problem of five river embankments near Chang'an being unbuilt.

Just as Chu Ze had predicted before, what Chu Ze did in the Drunken Sky Tower, and even everything Chu Ze did after he came out of the palace, was quickly mastered by someone with a heart.

In the Imperial Palace, in the Taiji Palace, His Majesty Li Er listened to the detailed report of the chamberlain on what Chu Ze had done today, especially after the scene of the drunken Xiaolou, he breathed a sigh of relief and sighed with emotion.

"This son must be an auspicious star given to me by heaven." His Majesty Li Er muttered to himself.

Yongle Fang, Gao Shilian Mansion.

Watching the messenger walk out of the living room, Gao Shilian was like a mourner, his face was pale and extremely ugly.

"How is this possible? Then how could Chu Ze Xiao'er do this so easily. 100,000 laborers! How can those damn profiteers have such great power. Gao Shilian muttered to himself, feeling impulsive in the court this morning, and regretting it to death.

On this day, the weather was slightly cooler. These days, even Chang'an has heavy rains every once in a while, but today the sky is clear and the sun is bright, and the pedestrians are warm. It is a good time to hurry. On the official road from Weinan County to Chang'an, there is an endless stream of pedestrians, cars and horses.

Chu Ze rode in front and followed by a full forty guards, leaving Chang'an early in the morning, and headed for Weinan County with the 100,000 yuan he received from the household department. Half a day later, I saw the boundary monument of Weinan County.

Chu Ze refused the officials of Weinan County who had greeted him at the boundary monument early and went directly to the river embankment.

Weinan County leaned on the edge of the Wei River, and it didn't take long for Chu Ze to hear the sound of water from a distance, and the Wei River embankment several zhang high was like a long dragon, traversing from the west and going to the east. Standing under the embankment and looking up, you will be amazed by the towering embankment.

The middle and upper reaches of the Wei River rainstorm repeatedly, standing on the Wei River embankment several zhang high at this time, the Wei River water is actually at the foot, compared with most of the ordinary times, the Wei River embankment is hundreds of zhang away from the river water, it can be seen how large the water volume is at this time.

In the past few days, there have been continuous news of continuous rain and frequent rains in the northwest of Guanxi, Guanzhong, and Hedong, which completely shattered the last luck of His Majesty Li Er and several important ministers.

Weinan County is close to the Wei River, and the embankment in this section is even known as the golden embankment, which is 100 miles long.

On the day Chu Ze came, after discussing with Cen Wenwen, who presided over the construction of the river embankment, he divided the 50,000 river embankment construction laborers and 50,000 government soldiers into 100 groups with a group of 1,000 people, and appointed a team leader and a deputy team leader. Then use rewards every day to encourage each group to compete, a total of 500 rewards per day, only take the top ten rewards, let these 100,000 people work hard, one day's progress can almost be worth two ordinary days. Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for both the laborers and the government soldiers to be so diligent.

(End of chapter)