Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

Hearing Liu Cheng's announcement, the people who supported the stout man cheered, while the people on Liu Zongmin's side showed dejected expressions, while he himself was calm and constant. Liu Cheng looked at this unusual blacksmith with appreciation, and then said, "But the winner of this game is Master Liu!" ”

Liu Cheng's turn caused an uproar in the crowd, but no one dared to question his decision, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of silence, and continued: "The reason why I say this is that although this Master Liu has beaten three less, none of his twenty-four parts are scrapped, and the other one has twenty-seven parts. Speaking of this, Liu Cheng picked up one deformed part after another and showed it to everyone: "There are seven pieces in total!" “

"Master Liu, come here!" Liu Cheng untied the leather pocket, poured out the silver coin inside, raised it above his head and displayed it in front of everyone for a while, then poured it into the pocket again, and handed the pocket to the other party: "Good job, these are what you deserve!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Liu Zongmin bowed to Liu Cheng, tied the pocket full of silver coins to his waist, the onlookers cast envious eyes, since Liu Cheng built a pontoon bridge, and opened up the trade with the Mongols, Chaoyi has become the largest livestock market in the southwest of Shaanxi Province, this kind of eagle money due to the exquisite casting process, with enough silver, extremely difficult to imitate, very popular with business travelers, a silver coin can be exchanged for nine coins of silver (at that time a tael of silver 37.5 grams), a good ploughing ox can only be bought for eleven or twelve silver coins. In other words, the small leather pocket hanging from Liu Zongmin's waist contained the wealth equivalent to two ploughing oxen, so how could these farmers who were still plowing the fields not long ago not envious?

Liu Cheng looked up and down at the rewarded worker in front of him, and felt that he was not like an ordinary worker who saw his panicked appearance, and felt a little humble or arrogant, so he asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Tell me, my lord, this is my nephew. The surname is Liu Mingzong Min! Liu Zude leaned up and said, while pulling Liu Zongmin's sleeve, he scolded in a low voice: "Don't give the adult a few more kowtows, thank you for the reward!" ”

"Liu Zongmin?" Hearing this name, Liu Cheng couldn't help but tremble slightly, and looked the man in front of him up and down again, only to see that the other party had a black face, sideburns and short beards, like pig iron. With broad shoulders and broad back, strong muscles and bones, although he was dressed in a cloth shirt, he couldn't hide his lofty spirit, and his heart couldn't help but move, so he asked casually: "Zude, why didn't I remember that you had such a nephew last time, and he looked like this." I've seen one and I'll remember it! ”

"This-" Liu Zude was speechless for a moment, he didn't dare to deceive Liu Cheng. It's not easy to tell Liu Zongmin's original origin, Liu Zongmin on the side said: "Tell the lord, the villain was originally from Lantian, and due to the poverty of his family, he had to become a thief and was captured by the adult in Yanzhou." Fortunately, I met my uncle, and I have been working here ever since! “

"I see!" Liu Cheng nodded, he was already seventy or eighty percent sure that the person in front of him was the No. 1 general in history, Ruhou, if he hadn't met him, according to the trajectory in history. He should follow Li Zicheng through ups and downs, repeatedly made military exploits, and became Li Zicheng's right-hand man, and finally attacked Beijing City more than ten years later, forcing Emperor Chongzhen to the famous crooked neck locust tree in the coal mountain, and then because of the heavy torture, Wu Sangui was provoked to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and was defeated by the Guanning army and the Qing army in a stone, and then he was defeated all the way, and he died at the hands of the Qing army. It can be said that Da Shunxing is also him, and he is also dead! Due to the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there are very few historical classics about Dashun that have been handed down to modern society, even a few of them have been changed beyond recognition by the Qing government and the intellectuals of the late Ming Dynasty, and the historical figures in them are even more degraded as demons, and they are cited as gods, and they do not know what kind of face is revealed below to remove the layers of heavy oil paint that people painted on him in later generations.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency?" Tang Muyao, who was next to him, saw Liu Cheng standing there in a daze, as if he was distracted, and carefully reached out and poked Liu Cheng's arm, waking Liu Cheng up from his thoughts. Liu Cheng reacted at this time, and hurriedly smiled: "Okay, okay, the past will be over." You are so good at crafting now, I think I have spent a lot of thought on weekdays, and I have wronged you if you continue to stay in the factory, so let's explain it to the foreman later, and then follow this Mr. Thomas and listen to his orders! ”

Liu Zongmin looked at Thomas with a high nose and deep eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little timid, Liu Cheng looked at him and smiled: "This Mr. Thomas is only a high nose, deeper eyes, more hair, and the others are no different from ordinary people, he is a craftsman hired by the official from Taixi, you can learn a few more hands with him!" ”

"Thank you for lifting up!" Liu Zude hurriedly pulled Liu Zongmin to kowtow to Liu Cheng twice, and bowed to Thomas, before retreating, and said happily: "Zongmin, the lord raised you to go to the Taixi craftsman to learn the craft, hey, when you get to Jiuquan, I also have the face to see your father and mother!" ”

Liu Zongmin did not speak, his mood at this time was quite contradictory, that is, he was resentful that Liu Cheng defeated the peasant army led by Li Zicheng, and also injured his right leg, making him a cripple; But what he saw and heard in Chaoyi: the surging iron flow, the hot factory, the prosperous market, and the hard-working people also made him have to admit that it was Liu Cheng's extraordinary talent that created all this. At this time, Liu Zongmin's ambition to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and replace it drove him to take up arms and join the peasant army because of his instinct for survival and his simple hatred of the oppressor. In other words, although Liu Zongmin resented the status quo of the late Ming Dynasty in which "the rich have no place to stand, and the poor have no place to stand", he could not come up with a feasible solution, and what he did was just a spasm of the dying empire; In fact, not to mention Liu Zongmin himself, even the high-ranking officials, eunuchs, scholars and celebrities at that time could not solve this problem. Therefore, even if the Ming army was able to defeat the peasant army again and again, it could not allow these people who had no way out to support themselves again, and the result was only a massacre or a pardon, which only strengthened the survivors' determination to rebel. But here Liu Cheng is different, after defeating the peasant army, he did not massacre, and second, he did not release it. Instead, they will be able to reorganize themselves into production and not only feed themselves, but also create more wealth. Liu Cheng seems to have a golden finger that can turn these "superfluous wastes" into gold and become a useful person who can create wealth. Liu Zongmin himself is a good example, which also makes him admire and appreciate Liu Cheng.

"Come here!" Liu Cheng's voice woke Liu Zongmin from his thoughts, and he was surprised to find that the other party did not leave this rough, dusty and oily factory, but called his opponent in front of him and asked, "Do you know what you did wrong today?" ”

Seeing that Liu Cheng's face was not good, the stout man was already trembling with fright, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "The villain is guilty, the villain is guilty, and please forgive the adult!" “

Liu Cheng frowned. He motioned for his soldiers to pull him up, and took out a part and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, this iron part is used to connect two parts, which may be used in a ship, or in a carriage, or in a window, or even in an iron plow. If you follow the rules and make it carefully, it will be very strong. But if you are careless, it will be like this! "Speaking of which. Liu Cheng twisted his hands hard, and the iron that had not been forged and quenched was deformed, and he twisted it twice harder, and the iron piece was folded into two sections. Liu Cheng raised the two parts in his hand for all the workers to see, and then continued: "In this way, the ship will sink, the carriage will fall apart, the people on board will drown, and the people on the car will fall and be injured even if they don't die." Whose responsibility do you say this is? ”

The man's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, and he said repeatedly: "It's all the villain's fault, and it shouldn't be the villain's desire to win, so it's like this, please punish the adult!" ”

Liu Cheng nodded. To everyone: "Although we have different positions, in God's eyes, they are all average, they are all pregnant in October, and once they give birth, but the fate arranged by God is different. But whether you have a heart or not is very different, your soup shop owner was originally an ordinary blacksmith, but he is very skilled, and he is diligent and careful, and the official promoted him to be an official to manage these dozen workshops; Although this Master Liu used to be a thief, he worked seriously after coming to the workshop, and studied his craft carefully, so the official also promoted him to work with Master Thomas, and increased his salary, if he did well, the official also promoted him and gave him an official position. “

Everyone in the room where Liu Cheng said this was silent, and they were all savoring Fang Cai's words, he turned to the accuser and said: "Although this official is a general of the first army, if he does not study the art of war and does not fulfill his duty, won't he lose the battle and be punished by the imperial court?" You are a craftsman, if you are not serious about your work, you will produce more waste products, and you will harm others, and you are not a good craftsman? Tang Muyao and Liu Zongmin did a good job, the official rewarded them, if you don't do well, I will also punish you, can you be convinced? ”

"Convincing, convincing!" The man was already convinced at this time, and nodded again and again: "The villain has forgotten his duty and deserves to be punished!" ”

"Good!" Liu Cheng turned to the crowd and said: "He has a lot of waste, but he doesn't hurt anyone, if you whip him, it will be too much; If he is fined and his salary is deducted, his wife and children will be short of food and clothing, and although he has made a mistake, his wife and children are innocent, which is also wrong; In this way, I will punish you for finishing today's shift, work overtime to make fourteen good iron parts, and make up for the corresponding scraps, can you be convinced? ”

"Convincing, convincing!" The man was overjoyed when he heard this, he thought that he would have to eat at least one whip, and this month's salary was estimated to be in the soup, but he didn't want to just be punished for working overtime to make up for it, since he dared to come out and challenge Liu Zongmin, his craftsmanship was also outstanding among the people, and these fourteen parts were just a few more quarters of an hour for him.

"Tang Muyao!" Liu Cheng suddenly said sharply, and Tang Muyao on the side subconsciously knelt down and responded: "Humble duty!" ”

"I have a few things for you to do, and you can write them down!"

"Yes, sir!"

"In the first case, the workers in the factory are good citizens, and unless they have committed a serious crime, they are not allowed to be whipped with the cane, nor can they be deducted from their wages at will, so that their wives and children are starved of food and clothing! If there are people who set private penalties and deduct salaries, military law will be involved! ”

"Yes, sir!"

"The second pile, the craftsmen in the factory are divided into five classes according to their skill proficiency, their salaries and food and clothing are different, and they are assessed in spring and autumn every year.

"Yes, sir!"

"If the children of craftsmen are over ten years old, they can be sent to the field to learn the craft from their father and brother, and the food and clothing will be provided by the public middle school!"

"Your Excellency is really a bodhisattva!"

As soon as Liu Cheng's voice fell, the factory suddenly knelt on the ground, and the craftsmen kowtowed to thank him, as the saying goes, half a child, eat a poor man, from Liu Cheng's point of view, it is to cultivate a group of technical talents as soon as possible for their own use, and in the eyes of these craftsmen, this is tantamount to a great virtue and politics, reducing the burden, at least saving food and clothing, and learning one more craft.

"Get up!" Liu Cheng made a false gesture and said in a deep voice: "Now that it is a troubled time, how many people are displaced and have no food and clothing. I, Liu Cheng, raised troops not only to beg for the Tartars outside and the thieves inside, but also to return the world to a clean level, so that the diligent people can have a bowl of Ansheng rice to eat. You have all suffered before you came here, and it is not an exaggeration to know what it is like outside, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the white bones are exposed in the wilderness and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. To do this, I Liu Cheng alone will definitely not be able to do it, and we still need everyone's efforts, the farmer will farm well, the blacksmith will concentrate on iron, the soldiers will kill the enemy desperately, and everyone will work together to make this world better! Are you willing to help me Liu Cheng? Speaking of this, Liu Cheng clasped his hands into fists and made a long gesture to everyone.

Liu Cheng's words were very simple, even the most ignorant people in the field could understand seven or eight points with the help of his companions, and everyone's expressions became solemn, and they knelt down solemnly to return the salute. For thousands of years, for the vast majority of Chinese peasants, they have only one very simple wish, that is, to be able to have a bowl of Ansheng rice to eat, for this simple and somewhat humble wish, they are willing to pay sweat, hard work and even life; If even this wish is not fulfilled in the end, then these people, who usually seem simple and kind to the point of being like a flock of harmless sheep, will become extremely cruel and ferocious, and will smash everything that weighs on them. For this phenomenon, Mr. Li Shimin, an outstanding politician and military strategist of the Tang Dynasty, used eight words to describe "water can carry a boat or capsize a boat" - anyone who wants to solve the problem of ancient China must first solve the problem of feeding the peasants, and conversely, those who have solved the problem of eating the peasants have nothing that cannot be solved in ancient China.

PS.5.15 "Starting Point" is raining red envelopes! Starting at 12 noon, grab a round every hour, and a large wave of 515 red envelopes depends on luck. You all go and grab it, and the starting coins you grabbed continue to subscribe to my chapters! (To be continued.) )