The onlookers screamed one after another, and many of them were so frightened that they almost cried. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Someone shouted: "Police Master Li, how did the government arrange it?" Read it to us, you know, we can't read! ”

"Oh, yes, folks, be quiet, let me tell you about the arrangements in the official notice!" Speaking of the arrangement of the government, Li Youcai cheered up, and he was a little excited: "It is said that it is the arrangement of the government, but in fact, according to what Shangfeng revealed, this is the edict issued by the son of today in person!" There are two main points, one is that the empire has decided to prepare for the catastrophe caused by the upcoming diversion of the Yellow River, and is ready to use the strength of one country to prevent it. The second is post-disaster treatment, the imperial preparations have begun to prepare food and medicinal materials, and a large number of ships and troops have been dispatched to prepare for disaster relief and relief for the affected people! ”

"The specific arrangements related to the villagers are mainly the two aspects mentioned in the notice, recruiting laborers and relocating villagers." Li Youcai shouted word by word, because it was related to the vital interests of the villagers, he spoke slowly, so that every word could be said clearly.

Li Qian listened carefully, he was thinking about how to feed the family if everyone didn't grow crops? Now when I hear Li Youcai say that the government wants to recruit labor, I can't help but cheer up.

"One, recruit labor. The empire required a lot of labor to prevent disasters before the breach of the Yellow River and to provide disaster relief after the breach. But when the son said today, you can't be like a Qing demon, and let the people go out for free at every turn, so the laborers and men recruited by the empire are all paid. Normal Zhuang Ding is 70 yuan per working day, or it can be converted into wheat, and it will be settled after deducting food at the end of each month. The recruited laborers mainly excavated ditches before the flood came, and limited the flood water to the excavated ditch as much as possible, and diverted all the flood water that flooded Dongming County into the Daqing River with ditches. ”

"Second, relocate the villagers. Even if the labor is recruited to dig the ditch, it may still be difficult to completely divert the floodwater into the Daqing River and discharge it into the sea, so in order to ensure the safety of the lives and property of the villagers, the people of Xiangzikou Town must all move to a safe area within 50 days. Those who have relatives can apply for refuge with their relatives, and those who do not have relatives can take refuge in the empire to arrange a place to eat and live, and then return to their hometowns after the floods of the Yellow River have passed. ”

After Li Youcai finished speaking, Li Qian's heart moved. He only heard 70 copper coins per working day, and if you calculate it like this, in a month, wouldn't there be more than 2,000 yuan, which is equivalent to one or two pieces of silver! You must know that after a year's hard work, he harvested two or three stones of wheat, which were exchanged for silver, less than three or four taels. Now, if he were to work as a laborer, he would have two taels of silver in two months, which was almost equivalent to his income from farming for a year. And this is not like farming, which often encounters droughts, floods, and locust plagues, and if you don't do it well, you will not be able to harvest anything. Suddenly, Li Qian decided that he was going to enlist the labor recruited by the government.

Li Qian is smart, and the rest of the villagers are not stupid, although they are illiterate, but this money is not ambiguous at all, and someone exclaimed at the moment: "Oh my God, you can earn a tael of silver a month." Is this, is this true? ”

At that moment, many villagers began to shout below: "Master, I want to apply, I want to apply!" For a while, the figures became chaotic, and everyone began to crowd in advance.

As soon as Li Youcai saw that everyone was mobilized, the scene below was chaotic, and he hurriedly slammed the gong a few times and shouted: "Villagers, be quiet, be quiet!" There's something for everyone, don't worry! The empire needs a lot of labor, and anyone who is willing to enlist can participate, just too little, not too much! If you want to sign up, go to the gate of the police station in the town and line up and register one by one. ”

As soon as Li Youcai finished speaking, he heard a coax, and all the onlookers ran to the police station at the end of the market next to him. made Li Youcai smile bitterly, my police division didn't go, and it's useless for you to run over. He couldn't imagine that everyone valued these wages so much, it seems that the people are living too hard, as long as they can survive, they are willing to do anything, and they are willing to suffer any hardship.

Although Li Qian ran fast, he was still squeezed into the back of only one or two hundred people, not only that, but he was also trampled on a shoe, his clothes were also pulled in two places, and he stood in the crowd in a mess, but he turned his head and saw Li Dazhuang standing in another row behind him, with bare feet and feet, even more embarrassed, and couldn't help laughing.

Everyone lined up quietly, not because these villagers were so well-behaved, but because a police officer in the police station said that everyone had to line up and register in order, otherwise, they would not be able to settle their wages. There was no way, so everyone had to honestly line up crookedly in front of the police station.

After nearly two hours, it was finally Li Qian's turn. The registration is very simple, on a thick paper and exquisite account book, Li Qian, under the guidance of a person who looks like a master, pressed two handprints heavily on the account book, and the master tore off a copy of the slip and handed it to him, saying that at the end of the month, he could use this slip to find the foreman in each town to receive wages. And the foreman of Xiangzikou Town is Li Youcai.

The next day, Li Qian and Li Erzhuang got up early and came to the town. However, I saw that Mayor Wang of the town office and Li Youcai of the police station led a large group of people and were already in the polder. Li Qian and Li Erzhuang hurriedly entered the team, and after a while, more people came, all of whom were people who had applied for the draft yesterday with their handprints.

I saw that the mayor of Wang jumped on a board selling meat, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Fathers and villagers of Xiangzikouji, many people of my Wang Shuigen must know him, he was originally a tailor on this Xiangzikouji, and many people wear clothes that are bought from my cloth shop, and those who are familiar with me, everyone knows that my Wang Shuigen is a sincere person." The new dynasty appointed me to govern Xiangzikou Town, and I will be responsible for everyone. Rest assured, as long as you work hard and contribute to the empire, I, Wang Shuigen, guarantee that everyone will have wages! At the same time, I also implore everyone to work more and exert more strength, not for the empire, but for ourselves, for our fathers and villagers, and for our children and grandchildren. ”

Li Youcai said more realistically: "Folks, think about it, a thousand Manchu officials and masters work in hard labor, all of them are in vain, and now they not only have money to work for the new dynasty, but also for themselves and future generations to save their lives, who the fuck is not good at it, Lao Tzu can't spare him!" ”

The words of Mayor Wang and Li Youcai aroused everyone's thoughts, and everyone couldn't help but think, yes, do more work and cooperate with the government to reduce the flood, which is also worthy of the government's wages and their own conscience.

After registering, since it was tomorrow when the work was started, Li Youcai asked all the people who had applied to go home and make proper arrangements. Li Qian and Li Dazhuang rushed home and entrusted the family to Second Uncle Li.

Early the next morning, Li Qian and Li Dazhuang had just come to the town police station with their iron hoes and baskets, and found that the black pressure at the door was all young and strong, and nearly 2,000 men from the entire village near Xiangzikouji had been recruited.

Li Youcai organized the people, and under the leadership of several soldiers of the captive army, they came to the river beach where Li Qian had cleared the wasteland and cultivated the land two days before.

Looking up, Li Qian was stunned!

I saw that on both sides of the river beach, there were already several soldiers from the government guarding the town, and they had inserted two straight rows with wooden sticks. An officer of the captive army led by him came over and assigned a task to Li Youcai: "You are the Li police division of Xiangzikou Town?" Your task is to excavate all the west and second miles of the river channel in Xiangzikou Town, and all the earthwork will be built up and compacted as the embankment of the new Yellow River. No, how many of you are there? ”

"Report to the chief, we have a total of 2,316 people in Xiangzikou Town. Ask the chief to assign tasks! Li Youcai replied respectfully.

"2,000 people, too few! Then you will recruit another seven hundred men to make three thousand. I will transfer another 2,000 people to you, and these 5,000 people are all under your command, and you must dig out all the rivers in the west of Xiangzikou Town within a month! The standard of the river is 30 meters deep in the middle of the river, 2 miles wide in the river, and more than 10 meters deep after 50 meters on the edge of the riverbank. ”

"Chief, Xiangzikou Town guarantees to complete the task!" Li Youcai looked at Mayor Wang and immediately responded. In fact, he didn't know how many projects there were, but he felt that his scalp was numb, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart for such a large amount of work, but as soon as the murderous commander of the captive army opened his mouth, he found that he had no way to refuse to shirk, so he could only agree to it.