Chapter 418: Embezzlement of wages

"This official, just spare the little ones, the little ones also have a hard time!"

These evil officials knelt down for Lu Chengqi with a "plop", and said with tears in their eyes while kowtowing. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Lu Chengqi was unmoved, poor people must have their hate, the hardships of these evil officials are the reason why they oppress others at will?

However, they have some eyesight, and following Gao Hao's attitude, they know that Lu Chengqi is the one who is really in charge. But if they are smarter, they can guess Lu Chengqi's identity as if they were eight or nine.

Who is Gao Ho? Eunuch. Who will the eunuchs follow? Royalty. Among the royal family of the Lu family today, there is only one seedling of the little emperor, isn't Lu Chengqi's identity obvious!

Lu Chengqi didn't pay attention to them, but walked straight to the group of craftsmen who didn't know what was going on. Lu Chengqi squatted down and asked softly, "Do you have any wages for digging the streets here?" ”

These craftsmen seemed to understand what was happening, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Official, we are still good, and we can receive the same money after we finish it." If we had stayed in the past, we wouldn't have dared to think about it, the court had recruited us, and we would have to do it, where would we dare to talk about money......"

"Shhh, silence, are you afraid that those officials won't be able to hear it?" Another craftsman saw that he was unspeakable, and hurriedly poked him in the waist and reminded.

Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, here my official is the biggest, they all have to listen to me, but you say it's okay, if there is any problem, I will call the shots for you!" ”

I have just seen Lu Chengqi's majesty, which the craftsmen believe. How majestic those officials are, as a result, even one of Lu Chengqi's servants was frightened, and now he is still kneeling there, not knowing what to do.

A slightly younger craftsman asked tentatively, "Official, what are you going to do with my father?" ”

Lu Chengqi turned his head slightly, and found that the little craftsman hiding behind everyone was about the same age as Lu Chengqi, with dark skin and tendons, and he looked quite healthy. It's just that the clothes are thin, and in the late autumn season, they are still wearing hemp short brown, and their lips are frozen purple.

"That was your dad just now?" Lu Chengqi asked.

The young man nodded and said, "My father is sick today, so he couldn't go to work." Those officials said that if we don't go to work and miss the deadline, we will all have to cut off our heads. There's no way, my dad can only come......" After that, Lu Chengqi found that tears began to flow from the corners of his eyes, and he couldn't say the rest of his words.

Lu Chengqi frowned, when did he stipulate the construction period? It's the Ministry of Industry, and I've never been on the show! Although he cares about the matter of Chidao, he can't not take the life of the craftsman seriously because of this!

Putting this question aside, Lu Chengqi asked again: "You said that you have consistent money after you finish it, is it a daily settlement or a monthly settlement?" ”

"The official laughed, how can there be any day-end and month-end! You can only get the money after all the digging is completed. A middle-aged craftsman, holding a hammer, said with a wry smile.

"And how long have you been doing this?"

"I guess it's been two months, right?"

Lu Chengqi said in surprise: "In the past two months, you have no income, how can you survive?" ”

"There was still some surplus grain before, but it really couldn't be done, so I asked the Hun family to dig up some wild vegetables, and I will live a ......long life."

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi was silent. He clearly remembered that there had been a decree before, and anyone who recruited craftsmen in the future could no longer work for the court without compensation, and must be paid. The salary should be paid monthly, and it should not be less than the consistent salary per person per month.

The money and silver issued by the household department are all full of consistent money, which is equivalent to the consistent amount of money on the market, and for ordinary craftsman families, this consistent amount of money is enough for the craftsman's family to spend for three months.

But now it seems that Lu Chengqi's will has not been implemented in place! At the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are people who deceive like this, if they are further away from Chang'an City, what money can the craftsman get? Maybe it's the same as before, not a penny!

Lu Chengqi felt a burst of anger in his heart, and a burst of powerlessness. The darkness of officialdom is like this, layer by layer, and half of what comes to the hands of craftsmen can be the conscience of heaven and earth.

"Don't you know the emperor's holy decree? Since the Lantern Festival, all craftsmen recruited by the imperial court can get wages, and the monthly settlement is consistent! ”

"Ah, there is such a thing, but that's not what the officials said!" The craftsmen were taken aback, if they had the money, why did they have so thin clothes that they didn't even have a single garment for the winter?

"How come we don't know?"

"Yes, the official simply told us that we will have consistent money after we finish it, and we will be happy......"

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Listening to the words of the craftsmen, Lu Chengqi understood that it was the evil of these evil officials again! They actually dare to embezzle the wages of the craftsmen, do they really think that no one knows! It's just someone else, after all, not everyone understands the significance of craftsmen to social progress. But Lu Chengqi, as a reborn person, values craftsmen the most. This time, Lu Chengqi was completely enraged. He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "You wait, I'll go and get justice for you!" ”

As soon as I wanted to get up, I felt someone help me behind me. After squatting for a long time, my legs are a little numb. Lu Chengqi didn't need to look at it to know that it was Gao Ho who helped him.

At this time, a voice said behind him: "Huang Gongzi! ”

Lu Chengqi turned his head and saw that it was a doctor from the Taiyi Bureau. Looking at the official uniform he was wearing, it should be a doctor from the sixth grade. He called Lu Chengqi Huang Gongzi, and naturally someone taught him. Lu Chengqi was not interested in knowing these details, but just asked, "What happened to the craftsman?" ”

This doctor Cheng An hurriedly said: "This person suffered from the wind cold, originally there was no major problem, go to the pharmacy to take a look, grab a dose of decoction, and you can be cured in three days of cultivation." The wind blew again today, and the evil cold entered the body again, and the condition became complicated. Fortunately, the treatment was timely, I prescribed a prescription, and when I came back from the medicine, I took a dose of decoction, and then recuperated for half a month, and I should be fine. However, if you are infected with wind and cold again, you may be worried about your life. ”

Lu Chengqi nodded and said to Gao Hao: "He doesn't have any clothes, you go to Chengyifang and buy a shirt for him." ”

Gao Ho took the order, turned and left. Lu Chengqi beckoned and called the young craftsman: "You go and take care of your father, remember, he can't stand the wind anymore." Give him some money. ”

The imperial guard behind him hurriedly took out a silver coin and handed it to the young man. Although the young man is simple and not deeply involved in the world, when he reaches this situation, he naturally understands that Lu Chengqi intends to help them. He took the silver coin, knelt down, and bowed to Lu Chengqi three times: "Engong, if I have money in the future, I will definitely pay it back." ”

Lu Chengqi didn't know why, he liked the simplicity of this young man very much, maybe it was his eyes, maybe it was his clumsy movements, maybe it was his stoicism. After helping him up, he said softly: "After your father is well, go to the Dashunmin Newspaper to find a person named Zhang Yuanchong, and he will bring you to me." If you want to repay me, remember my words. ”

The boy nodded, "Go ahead, your father's medicine is almost ready, you feed him the medicine first." For the next fifteen days, remember not to let your father blow the wind. By the way, how many days do I have to take this medicine? ”

Dr. Cheng An on the side hurriedly said: "Take it for five days in a row, and you can go to the wind and cold." ”

"Remember? Go for it......"

The boy turned, wiped his tears, and walked over to the shop. The people around Lu Chengqi all said that this young man was blessed, and he actually got the blue eyes of the little emperor, it was really the ancestral tomb that smoked, and a look of envy flashed in his eyes...... (To be continued.) )