In the second courtyard of the Qin Palace, eight tables of eight immortals were put together in a long row, and the same dishes and staple foods were placed on each table. Dozens of people up and down the palace sat around the table, but no one dared to move the chopsticks, they all hung their heads and were silent, looking extremely nervous.

"What are you doing here?" Seeing that everyone was restrained, Zhu Youzhen joked, "Could it be that you ran around the village several times just now, and you are not hungry now?" If you're not hungry, don't say anything and go for three more laps! ”

Everyone was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, we are hungry!" ”

"When you're hungry, hurry up and grab your rice bowl and grab your chopsticks to eat!" Zhu Youzhen said as he picked up a nest head from the plate and ate it.

When everyone saw that Zhu Youzhen was really eating with everyone, and eating exactly the same thing, although they were surprised, they were all moved, and they all picked up their rice bowls and bowed their heads to eat.

"I said let's not be too restrained at the dinner table, the atmosphere should be lively!" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "I'm in a good mood, and it's fragrant to eat!" In this way, starting with this king, everyone takes turns to tell a joke, and whoever can't tell it, or everyone doesn't laugh when it's done, will punish whoever washes the dishes, including this king! ”

Mei Jian hurriedly got up and saluted: "Lord Wang, the work in the kitchen is done by the subordinates, and our sisters have always been in charge, how dare you bother the prince to do it himself?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and smiled: "There is no distinction between high and low labor, and I think washing dishes is also very glorious!" Okay, I'm starting to tell jokes! Once upon a time there was a eunuch..."

When everyone saw Zhu Youzhen talking, they all listened to his next words. After Zhu Youzhen finished saying this, he no longer paid attention to everyone, picked up the rice bowl and ate by himself.

"Lord Wang, you just said, what kind of joke is this?" Rui'er smiled, "What about down there?" ”

"There's no more down there." Zhu Youzhen is serious and authentic.

Rui'er didn't react yet, and just said: "Everyone is not laughing, it seems that the prince is going to wash the dishes today..." There's nothing down there..."

Only then did everyone understand this cold joke, and they burst into laughter for a while. Especially Bao Yulian and other girls, their faces were red with laughter, and the flowers and branches trembled. Only Catherine did not understand the joke and asked inexplicably: "Who is the eunuch?" What's so funny about this statement? ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "You have been in China for a short time, and you will know it slowly!" Looks like I've got the joke over and I don't need to wash the dishes. The next one is the princess's turn to speak! ”

Rui'er panicked: "Lord, I don't know how to tell jokes!" ”

"No, I'm going to wash the dishes, next!" Zhu Youzhen shouted unceremoniously.

"Lord Wang, it's okay for the slave to wash the dishes for the mother!" Yiyi, who is usually taciturn, said softly.

"That's not going to work!" Zhu Youzhen smiled evilly, "The rules have been set, and no one can play tricks!" But you can tell a joke for the princess, and if it makes everyone laugh, she won't have to wash the dishes, or she will have to go! ”

"That's... The slave told me..."Yi had to blush, and timidly told a joke. In fact, this joke was not funny at all, but everyone was afraid of letting the princess wash the dishes, so they all pretended to laugh after hearing it.

Zhu Youzhen frowned and said, "You guys collude to cheat, it's not fun!" ”

"Okay, Lord Wang, everyone is laughing, don't embarrass Yiyi!" Rui'er smiled and pleaded for Yiyi.

Zhu Youzhen also smiled: "In the end, you two are the master and servant of the same heart, and you will work together to deal with this king!" Forget it, this time I'll let you go, the next one! ”

Under the guidance of Zhu Youzhen, the atmosphere at the dinner table finally became warmer, and everyone was not as restrained as at the beginning. In fact, this is also the effect that Zhu Youzhen hopes to achieve, he was just a poor ** silk before he crossed over, and what he hated the most were those leaders and wealthy businessmen who thought they were superior, held high on the shelf, and refused to even lift their eyelids when they saw the people. Now that he has become a leader, he doesn't want to be the kind of person he despises.

After breakfast, Zhu Youzhen changed into a set of ordinary people's clothes and returned to the entrance of the village. At this time, the common people who ate in the porridge factory were almost finished, and they were all gearing up, waiting for the Jingyang merchant gang to distribute labor, but no one paid attention to him.

Li Zicheng distributed shovels and wooden stakes to the able-bodied men, and directed them to start the "No. 1 Project", "No. 2 Project" and "No. 3 Project" at the same time.

This kind of modern name, of course, was also taken by Zhu Youzhen. The "No. 1 Project" is to repair the road from Qinwangzhuang to Xi'an, the "No. 2 Project" is to repair the road from Qinwangzhuang to Jingyang County, and the "No. 3 Project" is to dig a canal around Qinwangzhuang.

After careful consideration, Zhu Youzhen believes that these projects are the top priorities at present.

First of all, the traffic situation in Qinwangzhuang is too poor, there are only two small dirt roads leading to the outside world, and they have long been damaged, and some places have collapsed into large pits, which are impassable at all. Whether it is transporting supplies in peacetime or dispatching reinforcements in the event of war, it will encounter great difficulties.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen also adhered to the idea of "if you want to get rich, build roads first" in his previous life, and decided to repair these two roads first.

As for the "No. 3 Project", it is also counted in one fell swoop. First of all, Qinwangzhuang is extremely short of water, if you just rely on the sky for food, then the crops will be completely finished, and water must be diverted for irrigation. By digging this canal, water can be diverted from the Jing and Wei rivers and stored in the canal.

Secondly, as the palace station, Qinwangzhuang is surrounded by a flat river, which is a typical terrain that is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Digging this canal is equivalent to digging a moat, which can play a certain defensive role. Especially against thieves with relatively low combat effectiveness, the effect must still be relatively obvious.

Zhu Youzhen planned to wait for Sun Chuanting to take office as soon as he took office, and immediately make overall plans throughout the county to start the water diversion project. The aqueduct should also be dug wider and deeper, so that it can be used by boats, so that large quantities of materials can be transported by water, saving a lot of manpower.

The reason why the three projects started at the same time, instead of putting all the manpower into one project, Zhu Youzhen also had his own considerations. He didn't just want to use more than 100 people, but wanted to build a strong and professional construction team, and to put it simply, to give birth to a group of real workers. Only with a sufficient number of workers can he start the "industrial revolution" and allow the productive forces to develop by leaps and bounds.

The simultaneous start of three projects is naturally slower at first, but it can make the first people familiar with the work and become skilled workers. In the future, when there are more and more workers, these people will become masters, and they can lead the new with the old, so that the newcomers can get started quickly.

As soon as the work was arranged, people immediately got to work. In fact, in the past, these peasant households also contributed to the government's conscription. But the conscription was forced, and it was useless to do it, and it was not good if it was not done, so that no one was motivated, and they were often passive and slacking off. Obviously the work that can be completed in one day is often not good for three or four days.

But now it is different, work and food are linked, and whoever works well will have food, which has mobilized people's enthusiasm all of a sudden. Like that, Hao Daming was assigned to the No. 3 project, only to see him carrying an iron shovel like flying, sweating like rain, and digging out a working face one zhang wide and three feet deep after a while.

Li Zicheng saw that Hao Daming was doing a fast and good job, so he hurriedly called all the people on the No. 3 project, pointed to the shallow ditch dug by Hao Daming and said: "Everyone, look at it, this is today's workload." After this amount of work, today's three meals can be eaten open! ”

Everyone hurriedly dispersed, working hard for their own jobs. Li Zicheng said to Hao Daming with a smile: "Young man, you have finished your work today. Do you want to go home and rest, or do you want to earn some more rice? ”

"Of course, I will do it!" Hao Daming wiped the sweat from his forehead and said nonchalantly, "Can a cropper be afraid of doing heavy work?" If I could earn more rice, I would be able to dig up eight more pieces of earth like this one a day! ”

"Don't be so tired!" Li Zicheng smiled, "I see that you are doing a good job, and I want to promote you to be a foreman, how about it?" Every day after you finish your work, you will make a tour of Project No. 3, and whoever can't do it will be guided. There is a total amount of work for each day, and as long as the total amount of work is completed, you can earn an extra three days of rice! ”

"What!" Hao Daming couldn't believe his ears, "I'm just staring at everyone to finish their work, can I get so much rice?" ”

Li Zicheng said affirmatively: "That's right! Don't underestimate the foreman's job, he's not as easy as you are to pick up a shovel yourself! How about it, do you want to try it? ”

"No problem! Just look at me! Hao Daming shouted excitedly, and then walked around to the other working faces of Project No. 3.

At this time, Li Zicheng saw Zhu Youzhen coming over, and hurriedly stepped forward and whispered: "Lord Wang, how do you see the grass people's arrangement?" ”

"Yes, yes, verygood!" Zhu Youzhen nodded proudly, "You work harder and elect the foremen of Project No. 1 and Project No. 2." With a foreman, you can do the rest! ”

In fact, this is also Zhu Youzhen's arrangement. The first is to stipulate the daily workload and link the workload to the remuneration, which avoids the problem of not working hard. Don't look at it as such a small idea, this is something that capitalism has been developing for hundreds of years to explore, and it is obviously an absolute new thing in this time and space.

The second is to set up a foreman, who supervises the workers to complete the work. This is not only the cultivation of talents, but also the inevitable need to expand the team of workers and expand the scope of work in the future. Although there are only three projects at present, they may grow to 30, 300, or 3,000 in the future, and the scope of operations will be expanded to the whole province or even the whole country.

Seeing that everyone was in full swing, Zhu Youzhen also picked up an iron shovel with great interest and joined the labor team.

Li Zicheng hurriedly stopped: "Lord Wang, how can this be done?" ”

"What's the deal?" Zhu Youzhen said with a smile, "The train runs fast because of the headband." Get out of the way, don't get in the way! ”