Wu Li learned well from the day he recruited Ji Mao, and recruited more than 50 men to stay in the formation in just one day, which can be regarded as a rapid progress.

The next day, he nailed several pieces of wooden slabs for the recruitment of laborers to the corners of the streets on all sides, and placed them in the noisy places of people on South Street, and roughly stated the remuneration according to the share given by the imperial court, and in just one day, he recruited not only more than 60 young and middle-aged men, but also more than a dozen female concubines who worked as cooks and did chores.

Wu Li was happy in his heart, and secretly thought to himself, all the remuneration of the laborers was allocated to him by the palace chief eunuch Ji Di, and the salary after completion was naturally determined by him. As for how much to give these coolies after completion, he weighed and distributed.

The corner courtyard is the most remote and smallest corner gate courtyard in the south of the palace, and on its left side is the location where the original three major gardens are located. The garden is close to a small hill, and beyond the hill is the boundary of the royal city outside the palace.

Under the mountain package, five greenhouses were built, a small shed, more than 20 large beds were isolated with wooden planks in the middle of the greenhouse, each bed was covered with thick straw, and the straw was covered with coarse linen, and each person had a thin quilt, and the conditions were very difficult.

The shed is not small, and there are ten beds in it, which are also wrapped in coarse linen and straw, but with an extra thick mattress and a quilt, it can be regarded as keeping out the cold.

The kitchen is a makeshift set, a simple shed, and ten female concubines are responsible for the meals of more than 100 people, washing, water, and sewing. Wu Li sent a message, if there is a reliable and diligent work, the work of building the Jiuding Pavilion in the future can be continued.

This sentence stimulated everyone's enthusiasm, and on the first day of coming, several sheds were cleaned up very neatly and cleanly, and the laborers got along very harmoniously.

Approaching the New Year, the defense in the palace is not as strong as in the past, and after the banquet in the royal city on the winter solstice, the countries are vassals to the Zhou Dynasty and pay tribute, which inevitably makes the palace guards relaxed. Despite this, the labor service who entered the palace was recorded in detail, asked about the origin and identity, and when they entered the palace, they were all checked naked, and they were only put into the palace after there was no danger.

"The chief steward, Father-in-law! Steward! Wait a minute, wait a minute! Seeing that Wu Li had come to check on the situation of the laborers, and was about to leave after reading it, he shouted and stepped forward to stop Wu Li.

"What's the matter with the strong man?" For some reason, from the first time he saw this person named "Ji Mao", Wu Li was a little afraid of him.

Ji Mao is not only black, fat and tall, his two shoulders are thicker than Wu Li's thighs, and he speaks regardless of the seriousness, Wu Li is afraid that he will talk nonsense and reach the ears of the masters in the palace, which will not be easy to do.

Therefore, Wu Li patiently asked Ji Mao what was going on with him.

"Come, come, come, big steward, come and see, what is this, what does it look like?" Ji Mao grabbed Wu Li's arm and walked into the shed, the strong man was extremely powerful, not so much that Wu Li was pulled into the shed by him, but that he was carried into the shed.

"This quilt, look!" Ji Mao didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, he just lay down on the bed, and everyone laughed. Because the thin layer of quilt was only on his knees, and his two big feet were a lot longer than the entire bed.

"I can't sleep here, I, I'll go and find the king!" Ji Mao flicked up and got out of bed, and said "go to the king", and as soon as a few words came out, he was interrupted by Wu Li.

Wu Li said: "My home is near this pickaxe capital, you can go home and move a quilt or something, the master in the palace is compassionate, it is a gift to build such a good shed for everyone to live in, we can have more?" Besides, the king has only established the country, and there are thousands of things to do, and you will also be on the way, if you want to go home to get the quilt, you can go out of the palace together after dinner today, and come back before dinner tomorrow. ”

Wu Li was treacherous, for fear that after Ji Mao talked nonsense, everyone shouted to add quilts, and the shell coins of more than 100 quilts he deducted would be in vain. Thinking like this, he quickly said the words to tell everyone to go home and get the quilts.

As soon as he said this, Ji Mao stopped talking, and everyone followed Wu Li out of the palace gate, and made an appointment to pick everyone up from the small side gate of the corner courtyard on the afternoon of the second day.

Less than 50 meters next to the corner courtyard, there is a small side gate where you can leave the palace. Although it was a small side door, there were also five or six armor soldiers who took turns to stand guard. Si Zhao and You Xi are smart, and they exchanged some gold coins for long-term convenience, as long as it is broad daylight, the people in the corner courtyard want to go out to buy and sell small things, these armor soldiers are convenient, especially after the winter solstice, this convenience seems to have been tacitly approved by King Wu of Zhou, the servants of the corner courtyard can enter and exit freely, except for these masters with martial surnames.

On this day, Si Zhao came back from outside, and he was shocked again, and publicized the news of the demolition of the garden outside the corner courtyard, and said that the only remaining beast would be dismissed. Although Si Zhao said these words, Wu Yi was sure to believe them, but this night, she didn't close her eyes at all. Strange to say, this night, there was not a single roar of beasts in the garden.

Since the night of the royal city banquet, Wu Yiding was punished by Mrs. Huagui to kneel in the ice and snow, splashed her with cold water, and after suffering all the punishment and shame, Wu Yiding has really grown a lot. In addition to practicing the sword more diligently, Aunt You Xi brought out a few volumes of coarse silk from the palace of the king of Xu, and Wu Yiding also looked through them every day. Because Aunt You Xi often told Wu Yiding that this thick silk scroll and a bundle of wooden slips were books that her father often read. Because of this, although there are many words on it, Wu Yiding seems to understand it or not, but as long as she has time, she will read these words.

Wu Genglu's father's words before leaving the city not only inspired the fighting spirit of the little prince and princess, but also Aunt You Xi, You Ji, and You Yan all seemed to be encouraged.

Aunt You Xi warned Wu Yiding and Wu Gengying that in the palace of the Zhou Dynasty, they must not walk around at will, nor do they provoke the princes and princesses in the palace, let alone have anything to do with the children of the noble family. Because in the current situation, the most vulnerable are the heirs of the declining country, if they don't know how to protect themselves, it is tantamount to joking with their lives.

Wu Yiding tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

For some reason, Aunt Yuxi sat in the main room as if she could see through Wu Yiding's thoughts, constantly sewing and mending her clothes. Today, Aunt You Xi didn't let everyone practice martial arts, because Si Zhao was shocked, and many people moved in outside the courtyard, Aunt You Xi was cautious, so everyone was locked up at home and couldn't go to the yard to practice swords, for fear that someone would see through it and cause unnecessary trouble.

"What's wrong with Tiger Baby? Why don't you say a word? Isn't it sick? Wu Yiding thought to himself, and it was dawn again in a daze.