Forty-five wen a day is considered a high salary, of course, compared with those carpenters, stonemasons and other skilled masters, it may be worse, but in the coolie industry, it can be regarded as profitable. Especially now, I heard that the problem of eating is not only to ensure the quality, but also to eat three meals every day! That's an attractive condition.

People in this era have two meals a day, and there is also an early time, and the early time is not counted, it is generally early, about after dawn.

The first meal is Chinese food, which usually starts at 9 o'clock in the morning, so the interval between breakfast and Chinese food is very short, and many people eat breakfast and don't eat breakfast.

The second meal, lunch, was in the afternoon, which is from three to five o'clock in the future. There is no meal in the evening.

Of course, this is just for ordinary people, those who are a little more down-to-earth, but there is still some supper or something, naturally they will not starve!

"The specific sand, gravel and cement, the degree of tools, Qin Laozhang gave a number, turned around and gathered people, and came to the official to get it!" With money in hand, I have a lot of confidence to speak. 200,000 silver tickets are enough to be built.

Moreover, this money, Feng Manlou estimated, the cost of materials alone may be double to two times more than before, that is, less than 100,000 at most.

And the wages of the workers are less than 100,000 yuan, so Feng Manlou dares to say so. Feng Manlou has made a guarantee that the embankment must be built, so all the silver tickets for these river works are collected by themselves. At that time, there should still be 10,000 yuan left, and Feng Manlou is also ready to use this money as a bonus and give it all to the workers who built the embankment.

Hearing these words, Qin Hun was overjoyed at the time, pouting and saying, "My lord, the old man has lived in Yuhang City for most of his life, but he has never seen any county magistrates who have thought about repairing the embankment. I have never seen that county lord who really cares about our poor people and the people who build dikes. Don't worry, the old man will go back to the door to publicize, and I believe that everyone will actively build the embankment. After all, this is also for everyone's benefit! ”

Since this conversation, the construction of the embankment has been carried out very quickly. On this day, Feng Manlou decided to go to the embankment to see it in person, so he didn't bring anyone, just took Xue Ba and Xiaoyun and walked to the river.

At this moment, it was lunchtime, and Feng Manlou only saw no less than 30 people by the river, all eating breakfast.

Feng Manlou casually called a man who had just finished eating and was resting on a grass, and asked, "This brother, is there enough people on the construction site?" ”

The man looked at the wind manlou, although the clothes were not gorgeous, but they were very clean, and there was not a patch, not like he had come to work on the construction site. So he said: "This son, do you also want to; Do you want to work on the construction site? ”

Feng Manlou smiled: "No, I just want to ask!" ”

The man looked at it carefully again and said, "Forget it, I advise you not to inquire, just ask, Old Qin Tou will not want you." Look at your body, you also want to come to the construction site to eat? Lao Qintou is strict in picking people, and if he doesn't have any strength, he doesn't want to enter our construction site. You know what this embankment means, it means the lives of our people in Yuhang! ”

Feng Manlou smiled and asked, "Then are you still used to eating?" ”

The man said: "I'm not used to it, the first two days I came, I was really a little unused to it." The pork is as thick as the palm of your hand, and it's too greasy. However, I have gotten used to it in the past two days, and to tell the truth, I can't find such a good meal on the entire Yuhang construction site. And the wages are reasonable. ”

Feng Manlou asked again, "How is the embankment being repaired now?" What do you think? ”

The man looked at Feng Manlou and said: "I said that this son doesn't know anything, this old Qin Tou picks people, they all pick the residents near our riverside, because this is built for us, where do you dare to mess around?" And what kind of cement is that, it's much stronger than the previous lime! ”

"Of course, you rest first, I'll go to the riverside embankment to have a look!" Feng Manlou said.

The man saw that Feng Manlou also brought two entourages with him, and he didn't seem to be looking for trouble, so he didn't pay attention.

But when I saw the wind all over the building, I saw that there were several large piles of cement powder on the ground, all of which were covered with oiled paper, so that there was no need to worry about rain. Feng Manlou squatted down, grabbed a handful of cement, and found that this cement was much finer than what he had seen in the lime mine, although there were still some particles, but when he picked it up and pinched it with his hand, it quickly shattered. Obviously, after the cooked material is burned, it is cooled for a period of time, and then mixed again, and then the large particles are fined, and then returned to the furnace to be simply burned. The quality is better than what I started to see.

Feng Manlou is also satisfied. And there was a section of the embankment that had been built, and the wind was full of buildings and walked over there.

It looks like it's been a few days, and it's already dry.

Xue Ba said as if he had discovered a new continent: "My lord, look, is this the cement you are talking about, you see that after drying, it is very smooth, and this row is the same, like a big stone." I shouldn't be afraid of floods now! ”

Feng Manlou said: "Whether you are afraid of floods or not, you have to see whether it is strong or not!" He lifted his foot and kicked hard at the top of the embankment, but his foot was kicked painfully.

Seeing this, Xue Ba asked, "My lord, what is this for?" ”

Feng Manlou said: "Xue Ba, come on, kick hard, see if you can kick down together!" ”

Xue Ba has a lot of strength, and those who practice martial arts naturally have a lot of strength in their feet, and they kicked it hard, but the embankment still didn't move.

Xue Ba said: "My lord, you are familiar with this leg, even if it is a tree with a big bowl mouth, it has been kicked off." This seemingly smooth embankment, I thought I could kick off a piece, but I didn't expect it to be so hard! ”

At this time, a man who looked like a small foreman, resisting a shovel, was checking whether the cement was dry, and when he saw the wind full of buildings, they were trying to break the embankment, and hurriedly shouted: "Hey, hey, what are you doing?" What do you want to do? ”

Xue Ba shouted: "Bold, how do you speak?" ”

Feng Manlou hurriedly stopped it and said to the man: "This brother, I'm really sorry, we were just curious just now, we wanted to see if this embankment was hard!" ”

The man asked with a wicked smile, "How about that, hard or not?" ”

Feng Manlou said: "It's hard, but I don't know if it's superficial." Where is your person in charge, I'll go to him and ask for clarification! ”

The man said, "Yo, you are not very old, and your tone is not small, and our person in charge is busy now." You kid tried to destroy the embankment, go, pull you to the officer! ”

Xue Ba came over and shouted, "You dare? So rude to adults? ”

The man laughed and said, "Yo, it's still an adult, I think the little kid is about the same." Tell you, in the entire Yuhang City, there is only one adult, that is, our Fengzhi County, Lord Feng, how old are you? Let's go, go with a certain official! ”

After speaking, he grabbed Xue Ba and didn't let go. Xue Ba was anxious and wanted to make a move, but Feng Manlou knew that Xue Ba's hands and feet were heavy, so he hurriedly stopped it. Besides, this place is full of workers on the embankment, and if you are in a hurry, it is not so easy to explain.

As soon as Xue Ba let go of his hand, he heard the man shouting: "Da Mao, Xiao Wu, everyone come quickly, someone here wants to break our embankment!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of people came up, each holding a hoe and shovel and other tools in their hands, but Feng Manlou said unhurriedly: "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand." Fengmanlou in Xiayu Hangzhi County, today I came to check the quality of the embankment! ”

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