Chapter 14 Cash-for-Work
"Hurry up, hurry up, the prince said that if you don't work, you can't eat, if you don't work hard, you won't have dinner at that time." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" said to a group of peasants who were carrying stones.
I saw that these peasants were in rags, and a pair of hands carrying stones had already worn out calluses, but in this case, there was a bright smile on the face of each peasant.
"Fourth, how many times have you moved today?" "It's been three trips, this is the fourth trip, and my wife and children can eat enough tonight. What about you, the third child? The man known as the fourth replied happily.
"It's still you cow, I'm only on my third trip today, and it looks like I won't be able to make the fourth trip tonight, but it's enough for me and my mother to have a full meal, hehe.."
"That's good, but if you want to talk about that Liu Bei... Hmm" The fourth child was just halfway through his words, and suddenly the third child suddenly covered his mouth.
"Shhh, you are the prince, if the officials of the Han Dynasty hear you call the names of the royal family, you will be finished!" The third child reminded in a low voice, and slowly let go of his hand.
"Huh.... After moving the stone for a day, I was not tired to death, but I was almost covered to death by you, okay, okay, that Zhongshan Jingwang is really a cow, and he can actually think of such a way as to work for relief, and now everyone who has land has gone back to farm quickly, and people like us who have no land come here to move stones, and they can support their families every day, and those second-rate people who don't do anything are basically starting to work now. ”
"But isn't it, a few days ago, there was a person, it seems that he used to be a ruffian, he didn't work all day during the day, and he wanted to steal porridge to drink at night, but he was found by the overseer sent by our prince, and he was beaten and thrown out on the spot.
"But the prince managed it really well, he was just sent to Youzhou by the imperial court for a day, and the local security was only managed, and he didn't oppress us like other officials, but gave us food, although we have to work every day now, but after the work, we eat the food that people send us and feel at ease, isn't it?"
"Who says it's not, from the bottom of my heart, I really hope that this prince can stay in Youzhou for a while! I just don't know what this prince is doing for us to move so many stones to the Yellow River every day? “
"I heard from others, this prince seems to be planning to build something..... He didn't know what a dam was, but he knew that he planned to use it to control floods and irrigate farmland at the same time. “
"Hey, it would be great if the Han could have more good princes who are loyal to the country and care for the people!"
"Who's to say it's not, hey...."
At this moment, our lovely loyal monarch who came through to serve the country and care for the people was holding a drawing and constantly revising, and a bunch of craftsmen were tightly surrounded. The shape of the dam can be clearly seen by modern people at a glance, but for people in the Three Kingdoms period, this is a magical thing!
In the middle of the sound, some of the workers finally couldn't help it, and stepped forward and asked: "Lord Wang, I'm sorry to disturb you, it's just that we people are short-sighted, and we don't know what kind of ingenuity you are drawing, can you tell us about it." “
Liu Bei didn't answer when he heard this, but he was still silently drawing his drawings alone, and the group of craftsmen could only silently retreat to the side and continue to watch when they saw that Liu Bei didn't answer what they meant.
After another quarter of an hour, Liu Bei finally put down the drawings in his hand and shouted: "I'll go!" I'm finally done, and I'm almost exhausted. ”
After that, Liu Bei looked at the craftsmen who were surrounded by him with a confused face, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I was too focused on painting just now, so I didn't respond to you for the time being, I'm really sorry to make everyone wait for so long, now I'll tell you about this drawing in detail, okay?" “
When the group of craftsmen heard this, they were surprised and said, "People are princes, which prince is not flying and domineering now, people are so kind to ask you, who dares to say badly?"
"Lord Wang, you are serious, please speak!" The craftsmen replied one after another.
"Okay, now I'm going to give you a brief introduction to this drawing, I mentioned to you before, this thing is called a dam, it's used to control floods, you see, here, here, and here these three places are piled up with flat stones, which are responsible for blocking the river, and the small area that is left in here, I want you to use it to make a giant hanging door." Liu Bei said.
"Master, what you said is indeed easy to do, but can this really prevent floods and irrigate farmland?" A craftsman at the head asked uneasily, for fear that he would be confused by this prince, so he cut himself in anger, but he was really sorry for his professional ethics if he didn't ask.
When Liu Bei heard this, he didn't get angry, but said with a smile: "I was about to tell you, the working principle of the dam is actually very simple, the key is in this giant hanging door, you think, if we put this hanging door down during the wet season, what will happen?" Liu Bei looked around at everyone and asked.
According to the height of the dam you draw, it is naturally a hoarding of river water. A craftsman replied.
"Very well, yes, you can store the river, but what if we open the door of the river in charge of hoarding it again during the dry season?" Liu Bei asked again.
During the dry season, open the ........ again Thinking of this, suddenly there was a flash of light in the eyes of all the craftsmen. "I see! Stored river water can alleviate the depletion of rivers and re-irrigate farmland! "That's true, I get it!" Everyone said excitedly!
"Why, ladies and gentlemen, will you build such a dam for the dawn of the people of the world for the benefit of all peoples? Of course, according to my principle, I can guarantee the food supply for your family during this period, are you willing? Liu Bei deliberately put the blessing of 10,000 people in an accentuated tone and asked again.
For the benefit of all people, the four words deeply penetrated into the psychology of the craftsmen, and a sense of pride arose. The old craftsman at the head took the lead in replying: "I am willing, I will definitely do my best in my life to build this dam for you, the prince, and for the people of the world!" "Lord Wang, I am also willing! I guess it's the greatest thing I've ever done in my life! Please let me participate! Everyone strongly asked to participate in the construction of the dam, and our "prince" Liu Bei naturally agreed happily.
In the days that came down, these craftsmen from grinding stones, to stacking, to structuring, to building, the world's first dam was built, and then because of the existence of this dam, to ensure that the Yellow River flooded once in a century, truly benefiting the people of the world, this is a later story, not to mention for the time being.
In this way, our "prince" Liu Bei successfully applied President Roosevelt's Tennessee River management to the Yellow River, President Roosevelt, don't sue me for infringement, Liu Bei said in his heart.