Wannian County is still in the slack period after the autumn harvest. However, at this time, Shi Bufan was requisitioned as a county official to build water conservancy. Shi Bufan selected about 200 men from the 6,000 households in Wannian County, and finally they will be the first batch of people in the county to serve in forced labor. They may be among the first civil construction workers in the future, or they may not know that they have started an industry, and they just want to serve full-time.

The purpose of this levy and conscription to build water conservancy is to avoid relying on the weather for food during spring ploughing next year, and to make it easier to divert water. With this water conservancy project, the water of the Wei River can be channeled to the reservoir through the canal, and finally introduced to the farmland in each area through various sub-canals for special irrigation. Take advantage of the current agricultural slack period to get things done as soon as possible, and then next year's agricultural irrigation will be much easier.

"Liben, this construction of water conservancy will also trouble you. I've got a great gift for another day! Shi Bufan said.

Yan Liben shook his head and said, "No need, your plan is the best gift for us." Anyway, I'm idle now, and the court hasn't assigned me a position yet, so it's okay to do something. I don't have any bad hobbies, so it's okay to be busy. ”

Shi Bufan stuck out his tongue, obviously feeling very speechless about the entertainment activities during the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, even high-ranking officials and nobles did not have any entertainment interaction, and there were no mobile phones, game consoles, televisions, and computers. As for watching singing and dancing, it's impossible to watch it often, it's easy to get aesthetically tired. As for the entertainment activities of many people, it is "hey". This is also ancient green. It's because of the lot of buildings, but not everyone likes this. There are still many "promising young people" who are willing to do some practical things, such as Yan Liben. He has no bad habits, and he is idle during this time, so it doesn't hurt to do some things.

Yan Li was originally the Kuzhen of the Qin Palace, but the Qin King Li Shimin became the emperor, and there was no need for the Qin Palace's yamen to exist. Many officials in the Qin Palace's palace were waiting for their posts to be reassigned. High-ranking officials naturally take office quickly, but the arrangement of middle- and low-level officials is more troublesome. At present, Yan Liben has not been assigned a new position, but the historical mission of the Qin Wangfu team has been completed, and he has nothing to do.

Yan Liben helped design the design and construction plan of the water conservancy facilities, and then personally directed the construction. Shi Bufan didn't interfere, he really didn't understand this aspect. It's okay to let him get it on paper, but it's really not good to direct the construction specifically. If you don't understand, don't meddle, this is very clear to Shi Bufan.

"Alright, you go and start according to what I have divided. Then after completing a certain amount, come to me and ask for a token, which is considered to have completed a amount, so that it is counted as the amount of a person serving for one day. One measure is counted as one day of service, and you only need to make a total of 120,000 quantities, then you can be regarded as having completed all the duties of the six thousand households in the county. Yan Liben said.

Soon, the more than 200 people who were selected began to carry out construction according to the construction team divided by Yan Liben before. Someone is responsible for digging the soil, someone is responsible for carrying stones, and so on. But they didn't need to be urged from time to time, and they all started to work hard themselves. Even the work is very active, and there are almost no results of laziness. And when they completed a certain amount, they all came to Yan Liben to ask for a token made of bamboo chips, which means that they have completed a standard amount, which is considered a token. "Shi County man, in the past, I heard my father say that whenever he urged the people to serve, he had to let people supervise the work with whips, and if they were lazy, they would be beaten. But after the whipping, it was still very poor. You see, now, in less than an hour, they have completed the number that used to be completed in a whole day. It's amazing, and they can do it themselves without even having to rush them. Yan Liben said.

In the past, it was very difficult for Yan Liben to let the people serve, and they all had to be whipped with whips. However, in the past, the method of serving by the day simply encouraged others to be lazy, and it was of little use to whip them.

However, under Shi Bufan's suggestion, this calculation by day was turned into a calculation by quantity, and after careful study and calculation by Yan Liben, a person from an engineering family, he quickly came up with a method of how to quantify. He calculates this "amount" according to the standard of those who served in the past, the amount of work done in a day, and even different types of work have different calculation methods. I don't know the difference between Shi Bufan, but Yan Liben and his two generations are engaged in engineering construction, all of whom are well-known engineers, and there are a lot of data that can be calculated, and it is not difficult to convert "day" into "quantity".

As a result, after the day was changed to a measure, the enthusiasm of these workers was mobilized, and the work that could have been completed in one day in the past can now be completed in one hour, that is, in two hours. You don't even need to ask so many overseers to beat him and force him, he will take the initiative to do it himself. And in the past, let them be whipped, and they all showed hateful eyes. And now, no matter how much work they do, they are all smiling, not only do they have no grudges against you, but they are very happy and friendly.

"Liben, in fact, this is very simple, the organization methods used are different, the management methods are different, and there will naturally be different effects. This time, according to this method, the amount of 120,000 a year, if the work starts every day, at this rate, it may only need more than 300 people! And in this way, they don't have to waste time on the road, and they can also organize the transportation of a large number of ancient foods at one time, and they don't have to carry it alone, which is a lot of waste. Shi Bufan said.

But to Shi Bufan's surprise, this Yan Liben was actually more optimistic than Shi Bufan, saying: "After two months, they will become proficient, and in this efficiency, they can be improved by at least five times." Once they are proficient, it is not surprising that their speed will increase by five times again, and it is not completely impossible for some of them to increase their speed by ten times. At that time, one person could use at least ten people, and the original demand of more than 6,000 people may be able to meet the needs of 600 people. The number of people saved from it, that's almost nine. What's more, they won't hate you because of this, that's the most important thing. ”

Soon, the day passed. These workers also worked for nine hours, and Shi Bufan and Yan Li had planned to arrange for them to rest. Whether it was Shi Bufan or Yan Liben, they were very satisfied with their speed. Yan Liben does not have a supervisor here, and these workers can work by themselves, and they don't need to be overseen at all. Even today, on average, the amount of work done per person is three times higher than it was in the past. Even Yan Liben had to be satisfied with this work efficiency, and he was simply overjoyed. Therefore, Yan Liben would not let them continue to work and allowed them to rest.

"Shi Xiancheng, we can continue to do it! Eat something, we can get on with it! "Yes! Shi Xiancheng, after we eat something, we can continue to work, we have to continue to work! "Shi Xiancheng, we have to continue, we can still do it!" ……

These first batch of construction workers are also very motivated, they have been working for nine hours, and they still refuse to rest, and they have to continue to "work overtime", which makes Shi Bufan feel terrified. And Yan Liben felt like a ghost, because Yan Liben's family has experienced a lot of engineering construction in the past two generations, from the palace of the Sui Dynasty to the Grand Canal, etc., which project is not a levy and levy? Whenever the overseers allowed them to rest, they would not hesitate to take the initiative to rest, and would hardly continue to compete for work.

But there was a scramble to work here, which shocked Yan Liben.

"Shi Xiancheng, this ......" Yan Liben asked curiously.

"Liben, this is actually very simple, because they work more and get more! If they do more, according to what you said about 120,000 a year, the more they do, the more they will get at that time. They came to serve in place of the villagers, and it was not for nothing. Every villager has to give them food as compensation, and the more they do, the more they get. Especially according to the quantity, then we have 120,000 quantities, and we can get it early when we finish it early. And when they are done with their own, they will go to work with the villagers, and when the time comes, the more money they have in their hands, the more food compensation they can get, so of course they have to work hard. This is 120,000 quantities, strive to do more, do less, but be robbed by others! This is the biggest difference between calculation by volume and calculation by day, and they work hard according to the volume. On a daily basis, they are desperately lazy and procrastinating for time, and this is the biggest difference. ”

Yan Liben took the initiative to say: "Okay! Our Yan family has built so many civil engineering projects and built civil engineering projects for so many years, but it is the first time we have seen such an initiative to do things. I like this kind of person the most, if they are all such people, then what kind of project can't we repair? If my father's subordinates were all this kind of workers, not to mention one Grand Canal, my father could also repair three Grand Canals! ”

"Liben, this is also the best part of my plan. Good management methods, let them all take the initiative to do things. If the method is poor, they are also desperately lazy, and this is the most important difference. And forcing them to do things, it is better to take the initiative to motivate them to do things on their own, which is the biggest benefit. It is far better to let them take the initiative to do things by themselves than to be persecuted by others. Only with benefits and incentives can this be the way to stay for a long time. Counting by day is a stupid method, and only by counting by quantity can they be motivated to do things. Shi Bufan said.

In the past, the calculation by the day was actually not much different from the "big pot rice" of later generations to some extent. Because doing more and doing less is the same, it is all calculated by the day, so of course they are lazy. Even if you whip it, even if you use all kinds of harsh punishments, it will only have the opposite effect in the end. As long as there is a benefit, they will do their best without overseer. If there is no benefit, even if they are whipped with a whip and threatened with a knife, they will not be able to stop their determination to be lazy and grind foreign workers.

Soon, half a month passed, and the water conservancy construction plan designed by Shi Bufan let Yan Liben also begin to have a skeleton. Although this skeleton is still very primitive, it is just a rough plan. In the past half a month, the speed of these civil construction workers has been getting faster and faster, and many people have obtained three "amounts" a day, and now an average person can get four or even five quantities a day.

And they work more than twelve hours a day, which makes Shi Bufan, who has been enjoying eight hours and working in the next life, feel unbearable. Yan Liben even devoted himself to selfless command of the construction, because such a good worker, he met it for the first time in his life. Not to mention his life, his father has never met it in his life. The workers under him are full of energy, and even Yan Liben, the construction commander-in-chief, is full of excitement.

However, soon a letter was sent to Shi Bufan, which was sent by Dugu Daxue from Chang'an City.

"Hmph, these mad dogs, finally can't help but start biting!" Shi Bufan said.

"Shi Xiannan, what's going on?" Yan Liben asked.

Shi Bufan said: "Neiko Dugu Daxue sent me a letter, saying that there was an imperial history to complain to the emperor, saying that I changed the court law without authorization, and even instigated the people to sell land and destroy my Tang Juntian system. Even instigating the people to resist forced labor is inciting the people to be dissatisfied with my Datang and plotting against me! ”

"These mad dogs, I finally can't help it, I just want my life when I open my mouth!"

"What is this? I actually used this to sue you? Can't he see that you can use this method for at least five or six people, and he can't see the benefits of this method? Yan Liben first said unhappily.

Shi Bufan snorted coldly: "For these mad dog-like imperial histories, they have the opportunity to come out and bite, so naturally they will not miss the opportunity." They don't care what the effect is, they don't care about anything if they find any clues, and they bite you at all. These guys, regardless of the effect, just care about what is politically correct, what is not a mad dog? These mad dogs, no matter how many practical things you do, as long as they think they can take the opportunity to bite you, they will not let go of this opportunity. Aren't they just biting people for a living? However, fortunately, Uchiko Dugu Daxue served in the palace and heard some news, so I was prepared. ”

"This group of mad dogs Yushi, I don't want them to know how good I am, then I really don't know that there are some things that can't be bitten casually, otherwise it will break their dog's teeth!"

(To be continued.) )