"It's been strange these days, why are there so many outsiders coming to Xiaoxiao Dangshan?"

Dangshan under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty Yingtianfu is also the place where the Beijing-Xu Railway passes, and some time ago, there was a dispute because of the construction of the railway. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Nowadays, the construction of the railway is a sectional repair, and the territory of Dangshan is not the first batch, but the second batch. Originally, the people of the peasant association road guard team on this side of Dangshan had already thought about it, and as soon as the construction of this side began, they joined in as a whole, and everyone also earned a salary of 100 to 300 wen a day - on average, it was comparable to the income of the laborers of the Beijing Division, and in this relatively poor countryside, with such income, they could put half a horse of cotton cloth every day, change the jacket for their mother-in-law, and add a new dress to the doll!

Isn't it true that a man has the strength of two arms to support his family?

"Hey, this immortal turtle, why did you come so early today?"

Someone in the crowd shouted, Guo Gui, known as the "old turtle", turned around slowly and smiled honestly at the speaker.

"Old turtle, didn't you always say that the railroad is a foreign thing, and it has nothing to do with you, so you will definitely not come?" Someone else shouted: "You didn't enter the peasant association at the beginning, you didn't let you join the road protection team, but you didn't enter, and now you want to build the railway, you have come?" ”

This shield question made the old turtle's expression change slightly, and it also made many people gathered here look at him with a change in their eyes.

Those who came from the peasant association, especially those who were named in the road protection team, puffed up their chests proudly, somewhat disdainful.

"Phew, when it's risky to contribute, it's the old turtle with a shrunken head, and when it's good, you run faster than anyone else, why do you come, go, go, you go back to your turtle hole!"

The people who scolded and the "old turtle" Guo Gui couldn't bear it anymore this time.

"I, I'm here to sign up, what do you have to do, it's not for your family to be a long-term worker, I'm here to be a long-term worker for the General Chamber of Commerce!"

These people regard working for the Beijing-Xu Railway as a long-term worker for the General Chamber of Commerce, which is quite similar.

"This opportunity is for us, you don't have any credit, why should you give it to you?"

"That's it, you can't make money, you can't make efforts, you can't help people, you can get on if you have benefits, old turtle, old turtle, you just want to take advantage of the world, but you don't see your family developed!"

Guo Gui was annoyed and angry, he was originally an honest man, but he couldn't shrink anymore at this time.

That's a job of 100 to 300 wen a day, if he usually gives the rich man a tenant and has a bowl of green vegetable tofu, it is already the mercy of the master's family, 300 yuan, how much green vegetable tofu can be bought?

Therefore, he pouted: "You know that you are bullying me, I am a native of my hometown after all, you have the ability, just drive those strangers away!" ”

Not far away, a group of people with blue faces were watching, but the listeners were intentional.

"Call that old turtle, I have something to ask him."

Among the people with a blue face, there was a rich old man with a scarf on his head, and he commanded unhurriedly.

Suddenly, someone stepped forward and muttered twice in Guo Gui's ear, Guo Gui's face was full of surprise, he looked sideways, and saw that the people standing together here were all big families with names and surnames in those places, and after a little hesitation, he still walked over.

He is a poor man, his daughter-in-law is old and ugly, and his two sons are half-grown sons, so he doesn't care if these rich and noble people have anything to covet.

"I've seen Master Guo, the villain Guo Gui, and the old man is ...... same clan"

When he arrived in front of this group, Guo Gui nodded and bowed again, and tried to smile on his face.

"You also deserve the surname Guo?" One of them said angrily.

However, the old man who he called Master Guo waved his hand: "Disrespectful, disrespectful, since it is my family, then follow me here to talk." ”

He led Guo Gui to a tea shed on the side of the road and asked the owner of the shed to bring refreshments. Guo Gui was at a loss, and after reluctantly taking a seat, he only dared to sit on half of his buttocks, and as for the refreshment, although he swallowed several times of saliva, he didn't dare to reach out to take it.

It's an honest guy.

"You just said that you want to work as a long-term worker at the General Chamber of Commerce?" Master Guo asked kindly.

"I heard that they offer a price of 100 to 300 yuan, which is close to home, and there is so much money that can subsidize some families." Guo Gui complained: "The master doesn't know, and the past few years have become more and more sad......"

Originally, as a tenant, his family did not own much land, but for some reason, the land tax that was distributed to his family was a lot. If he pays taxes with grain, then he will save more effort, but now the imperial court does not collect grain but only money, so he still has to exchange his own grain for money before he can pay taxes.

There is an extra layer of exploitation in the middle, even if the imperial court has abolished the poll tax for many years, but he feels that the burden has not been reduced, but the trouble has increased. How did he know that this was a collusion between the officials and the gentry, and the land tax that should have been paid by the gentry was spread on him. He only knows that money is becoming more and more important now, so the things that can get cash have to be done no matter what.

"Aren't you afraid of missing the farm work at home?" When Mr. Guo heard this, he asked, "If you go to work, what will happen to the family's fields?" ”

"I heard that they implement a shift system, every four days, you can go back to rest for three days, when I go back to rest, I will finish the farm work at home, if there is any difference, the old ladies and children of the family can also be on top."

Guo Gui replied very respectfully, Master Guo nodded again and again when he heard it, and occasionally sighed twice for him, saying that it was not easy for the people's livelihood, and he finally had an opportunity to make some money, so don't miss it. Guo Gui was a little confused, because as far as he knew, this old man Guo was very opposed to the construction of the railway, when the road was surveyed, the railway needed to pass through some fields of the old man's house, this old man Guo refused the request to buy land, and forced the railway to deviate a few miles to the north, it is said that this deviation will have to make an additional 20 miles of detour, so that the railway will spend more than 300,000 yuan.

But now listening to Mr. Guo's tone, he is not against the railway?

"What did you just say, what's the matter with the strangers?" Master Guo asked again.

"Oh, some people from other counties also come to our county......"

The daily income of 100 to 300 wen is a great wealth for the bitter farmers, so everyone is eager to do it, and some of them are active, and they want to continue to earn this money after following the road repair team to do the work of their hometown and county, so they continue to follow the progress of the project and go to the neighboring townships and counties to do work. Although not everyone will be like this, but there are many such people, because they already have experience in road construction, familiar with dispatching and obeying management, so the General Chamber of Commerce of Railways is also willing to use such skilled workers.

For example, when he came to Dangshan this time, Guo Gui saw thousands of such skilled workers passing in front of his house.

"Then how to do it, this is our Dangshan business, why do they come from outside!" Master Guo was furious when he heard this: "This matter has nothing to do with me, have you thought about it, they outsiders earn an extra penny and leave, that is, you have a penny less." The General Chamber of Commerce hires one more foreigner, that is, one less villager from our hometown! ”

Guo Gui sighed: "Isn't it, if we use fewer outsiders, the construction period will be longer, and we can make a few more days of money, but the matter is not up to us Dangshan people, it is a matter set by the people of the Railway General Chamber of Commerce, who dares to say more?" ”

Master Guo said hesitantly: "Others dare not say it, the peasant association should dare to say it, doesn't the peasant association have a road protection team, the right to repair the road in our territory should naturally belong to us, if the peasant association does not say it, then this peasant association is not really for the people of our county!" ”

When he said this, Guo Gui nodded again and again.

Guo Gui himself did not join the peasant association, because he was cowardly and timid, and always felt that it was not a good thing for a group of ordinary people to form an association and gather. When he found out that joining the peasant association would not actually cause trouble, he wanted to join the association again, but he couldn't wipe his face, and others thought that he was pulling back at the beginning and refused to ask him.

Mr. Guo picked two more sentences, and seeing that he just nodded, but there was no promise, Mr. Guo felt that it was time to raise, so he sat up straight and asked concentratingly: "If the peasant association does not contribute to our villagers, then ...... Why not build a new peasant association yourself? ”

Guo Gui's eyes lit up when he heard this: Yes, since the current peasant association doesn't want himself, why don't he build a new peasant association?

But then he gave up, he didn't have the guts in the first place, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten the nickname of an old turtle, so he just shook his head.

Over there, Master Guo didn't force it, smiled and said a few more gossips, rewarded him with a few pennies, Guo Gui thanked him and was sent away.

"Phew, it's really a poor ghost with no eyes, mud legs are mud legs, Guo Yuanwai, it's also a shame that you can sit face to face with him."

Another rich man with Guo Yuanwai snorted dissatisfiedly, Guo Yuanwai shook his head and sneered: "You are wrong, although this guy doesn't know how to lift, but he gave me an idea." ”

"What's the idea?"

"Exactly, the railway has not yet been built, and now the poor ghosts in the township will not listen to us, if there are any good ideas, don't hide them outside Guo Yuan!"

"Poor ghosts can build peasant associations, why can't we build them?" Master Guo said in a gloomy voice: "With the peasant association, we will use the excuse to drive away the outsiders and keep the local right of way, and those mud legs will naturally know our good, and they will be added to our peasant association." At that time, we have thousands of mud legs in a township and a county, and outsiders are not allowed to enter our territory, at that time, this Beijing-Xu Railway, how we want him to repair, he has to repair, it is the living God of wealth Zhou Quan, we want him to toast and pay for the smile, he also has to obediently toast and pay for the smile! ”

Behind him was a big talk, and everyone just laughed when they heard it, but the first sentence was serious!

Moreover, they, the rich landlords, thought that tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan of money might pass through their homes for the construction of the railway, and if they controlled the peasant associations, they might ...... Of these tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of thousands of dollars, they can also make a lot of money? (To be continued.) )