CHAPTER XXXI

After the winter solstice, the New Year will be in another month.

After the successful holding of the banquet of all countries to the royal city, King Wu of Zhou was very happy, the palace needs to be repaired in the New Year, and after the relocation of the garden, the vacant place, the Department of Administration will arrange, and the temple will be built Jiuding Yu Pavilion. The chief eunuch Ji Di was in charge of everything, and the eldest son of the king, Ji Hanrong, was the chief administrator.

Ji Duan won the trust of King Wu of Zhou, just because he was loyal, and lost the foundation of being a man in the war, King Wu of Zhou asked him to follow his side, tidy up the inside and outside of the palace, manage the temple people, erectors and other labor matters, and hand them over to him.

This is a fat difference, as a red man on the side of the Son of Heaven, Ji Du is in charge, and King Wu of Zhou can rest assured.

Before the Chinese New Year, the inside and outside of the palace need to be renovated. Especially after the three confinement gardens were moved, only a small confinement garden remained, several large fields were idle there before, next to the corner courtyard, the king spoke, this large area, to be quickly organized, the palace for the New Year, to have a new atmosphere of the New Year.

After the Muyi War, King Wu of Zhou ordered people to move Jizhou Ding, Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, Xuzhou Ding, Yangzhou Ding, Jingzhou Ding, Yuzhou Ding, Wangzhou Ding, Yongzhou Ding, Jiuding to Haojing as the treasure of the town and country, which symbolized the mountains and rivers of Kyushu.

Due to the establishment of the new dynasty, all kinds of waste to be rebuilt, has not had time to build a building that can worship Jiuding, after the winter solstice, King Wu of Zhou issued an order, the idle three garden sites to repair and build, moved into Jiuding.

King Wu of Zhou handed over this important task to Ji Hanrong, the eldest son of the king, and Ji Duan assisted in supervising it.

Build "Jiuding Pavilion" is not a moment and a half can, the New Year is imminent, three idle places in the garden, need to be sorted out first.

Ji Du naturally wanted to give fat to his own people, he sent Wu Li's father-in-law out of the palace, recruited 100 laborers, leveled the site years ago, and cleaned and maintained each hall in the palace.

Wu Li received the fat difference, very happy, more than a dozen soldiers under his command, out of the palace, put a case on the east street, and hung out the palace edict.

Perhaps because the New Year is approaching, the prosperity and wealth of the capital city, for a few days, only a few farmers came to inquire, heard that only every day full food, after the completion of the silk three horses, the listener shook his head and left.

"Manager Li, there are many nobles and commoners in the royal city, and their lives are also very solid, and the New Year is coming soon, and it is really hard to find someone to do labor. Unless, unless the pay is raised, you may try. A young soldier approached Wu Li, smiled and whispered.

"You kid, are you so tired of it? Mouthy again! Wu Li waved a big slap, but he was reluctant to fight.

This personal little armorer is Wu Li's distant nephew, named Xiaozhuzi. He salivated mischievously and laughed as he rubbed his hands.

Wu Li knew that Xiaozhu was saying that he couldn't recruit laborers because he was paid for his labor, and for a few days, not a single laborer was recruited, but he was unwilling to post the court's more payment for labor.

Wu Li was on an errand in the palace and knew that it was not easy to beg for food. His distant nephew, with the help of his foil, came to the palace on an errand before he was sixteen, and with his uncle to take care of him, his life was still real. Wu Li was shrewd and sleek, he knew what Xiaozhu was going to say, and he bluffed back what he was going to say later.

Ji Di asked Wu Li to be responsible for recruiting labor, and the benefits are self-evident. Originally, the palace spoke, in recent years, the remuneration of labor is more than twice as much as usual, in addition to the eclipse of three full, when completed, three farm tools, ten copper pieces, a string of shells, three silk horses. The greedy Wu Li reduced the remuneration several times, and for several days, no one cared.

"If you delay like this any longer, you will be blamed from above, and I may not be able to afford it." Although Wu Li pretended to be a little pillar, he was also vigilant, and he thought to himself in his heart.

"Besides, what else is there besides eating and living?" Just as Wu Li was thinking, a small man who looked like a farmer came to the desk and stammered and asked.

"Three silk horses, one hoe." Wu Li held his throat and said as he observed the expressions on the faces of the visitors.

After Wu Li said this, seeing that the person didn't seem interested, he said, "Also, two of Bei Qian." After finishing speaking, Wu Li stared at this dark-skinned little man, as if asking: Aren't these conditions enough?

"My mother-in-law is going to give birth, and on the day of the New Year, I have to go home for two days, no, I am not allowed to deduct my salary." The short man seemed to be moved, and said loudly.

"Okay, no problem!" Wu Li readily agreed, and then asked where the short man lived, and wrote down the file, which was officially accepted.

"The master in this palace is really picky, he works for the New Year, but he gives so little, who will bluff?" At this moment, a rough voice came, crossed the crowd, and crashed into Wu Li's ears.

"Bold! Where are you from? Why are the landlords giving less? Wu Li reflexively looked at the person who came and said loudly and angrily.

After Wu Li scolded, he looked at it and saw that it was a strong man who was more than two heads taller than him. This man walked in front of him, as strong as a bull, with a fearless face, and a giant-like body, which frightened Wu Li. After all, Wu Li was weak-hearted, and he did not write down the remuneration for labor according to Ji Di's request.

"For the New Year, I have to go and clean up the palace, and I have to have a bunch of shell money, but now it is so little, I have to tell the king to go." This big man has a broad waist and round shoulders, thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyes widen when he speaks, and he picks his nose, as if an evil ghost wants to eat people, especially his last sentence, which made Wu Li's legs tremble and almost didn't jump out of his heart.

"Look at the strong man, you don't look like a layman, where did you come from? If you want to go to the palace to do things, as you say, it is. Wu Li settled down, softened his breath, and whispered.

At this moment, Wu Li was beating the drum vigorously in his heart, he was on an errand in the palace, so he naturally knew that the king's eyeliner was all over the palace and outside, and the Ouchi Killing Department was not a vegetarian. The strong man in front of him, looking at his expression, did not have a trace of fear for the people who came out of the palace to run errands, if this happened to be ......

Thinking like this, Wu Li blurted out and agreed to the conditions of the person in front of him.

"Our Qishan Lin tourists, and our king's family, my name is Ji Mao." When the strong man heard Wu Li's permission, he grinned and reported to his home, his voice was loud and loud, and the last sentence scared Wu Li half to death.

"Good! Good hero, good man, I agreed to your request, can I go back to the palace with our family today? Wu Li muttered in his heart, but he didn't change his smile on his face and asked.

"That's nature." The self-proclaimed Ji Mao replied while registering the file.

The strong man's voice was loud, and there were more and more people around, as if everyone was willing to go as soon as this Ji Mao came.

"Oh, what a dismiss! What a beating! It's also my share, I'll go, I'll go! Just as Wu Li had taken in several people in a row, a thin and dark man with furious eyes, a barefoot long shirt, and a mantle with a mantle came over crookedly, exuding a smell of dead rats on his body, spewing out of his mouth, and said loudly.

"Hey, back, back, why do birdmen want to go into the palace on an errand?" Seeing that the number of people was gradually increasing, several armor soldiers shouted while blocking them with halberds.