After digging the mud for a day, other poor people were talking about the good meal at noon and the five cents of silver in the afternoon, only Liu Zhang and the others were almost tired and paralyzed after returning to the small temple where they were hiding, and their strength to speak was gone.

The conditions in the temple are poor, and there are few wells in the places where the poor live. In addition, living next to this stinky ditch, the well water is often bitter and smelly. The people here have been struggling so hard in the past that they have no hope of change, but today there is a lot of discussion about the work of the new government to clean up the ditches. On the way back from Liu Fucheng, he heard that the surrounding neighbors were looking forward to a good life after the clean-up.

"This damn Zhou Qingfeng, why does he like to take care of these poor ghosts so much?" Liu Fucheng returned to the temple, and he couldn't go into the wing room to rest, so he leaned on the pillar in the main hall and sat on the futon. He was exhausted and muttered, "Why is he so stupid?" ”

"Zhou Dashuai is stupid? I think he is the most shrewd man in the world. "Zhang Rushen was also tired for a day, but he got a little closer to Liu Fucheng, who was suffering from the same disease, after all, the two are now stinky grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can avoid the silt in the ditch behind the temple." He started with poor ghosts, look at the poor ghosts here, isn't that family for his immortal tablet? ”

"But he spends so much money." Liu Fucheng's focus is on money, "If he uses money to buy us and other official gentry, he won't need that much at all." "This refers to the fact that the 'revolutionary army' invests tens of millions of dollars at every turn, and almost all of this money is spent on ordinary people.

"Buy? I'm afraid that people won't look down on us. For this kind of thing, Zhang Rushen can't understand it. He is a businessman, and he pays attention to his immediate interests, and at most after five years, he is thinking about his own interests. The 'revolutionary army' looks at the interests of at least 50 years, and the whole world is also focused.

Neither of them understands how much consumption can be driven behind the huge infrastructure investment. In order to maintain this consumption, the 'revolutionary army' vigorously developed agriculture, and even did not hesitate to open up overseas colonization, using sufficient agricultural products to meet the living needs of the common people after they became rich.

Without an abundance of agricultural products, large numbers of people are trapped on the land. Without strong infrastructure, the smallholder economy cannot be broken. Without an abundance of industrial products, there will be no cheap means of production, and there will be no infrastructure.

One of these links is one after another, and none of them can be vacant. But with such a new economic circulation system, a new social structure can be promoted. Once a virtuous circle is established, it can continue to develop on its own.

Liu and Zhang are limited to their own vision, and they can't see the essence behind a mere construction site. They only knew that everyone in the temple was tired now, and there was not even a person to boil water. Some novices just took off their dirty and smelly monk's robes, washed their hands and faces with cold water, and went to sleep. The two of them had never been so sloppy in their lives, but they could only settle for it.

By the next day, the two still had to go to work. They did not dare to pretend to be sick, because pretending to be sick would attract the anti-sabotage censors of the 'revolutionary army', and they would definitely be exposed after a first investigation. However, when I went to work again, there were new changes on the construction site.

Yesterday we only served Chinese food, but today we even provided breakfast. It is said that the cook is still the chef of a certain Hou Ye's family, and the steamed buns are a must. In addition, a sapper from the 'revolutionary army' came to help.

These strong soldiers appeared in a procession shouting slogans, startling the people on the construction site. There are not many of these soldiers, and they are only a hundred. But they are not lazy in their work, they are not slippery, and they work hard. This is not afraid of hardship, is not afraid of being tired, and has never seen the team on the initiative when there is trouble. What others don't do, they rush to do. The common people were stunned.

This kind of army is unheard of!

About a company of sappers worked all morning and did not stay to eat. After the work was done, the hundreds of people carried shovels, hoes and other tools, sang and left. Even if they are dirty and smelly to death, they are in excellent spirits and have no sense of decadence. The work of these soldiers is comparable to the work of hundreds of residents in a day.

"It's weird. Are these soldiers stupid? Zhang Rushen watched silently while working in the morning, and after looking at it for a long time, he didn't find any soldiers who were stealing and cheating. He asked Liu Fucheng again, "Aren't you known as a 'revolutionary expert'?" What the hell is going on? ”

Liu Fucheng also frowned, full of puzzlement. He has been to Tianjin many times, and even opened a warehouse in Tianjin for half a year. But his understanding of the 'revolutionary army' was superficial, and he was only interested in things that could make money. For these big-headed soldiers who take the initiative to come to work and don't want the slightest benefit, he can't understand what's going on?

During the lunch break, the public servants who cleaned the ditch brought more than a dozen water trucks to provide the people who were working to clean their hands and faces. Liu Fucheng washed his face with water in his hands, couldn't help but drink a small half of it to moisten his throat, and was surprised to find that the water was actually clear and delicious. Surprised, he asked the person in charge of delivering the water, "Where does this water come from?" ”

"Outside the city, Yuquan Mountain."

"Ah......h

Liu Fucheng was very surprised.

The water quality of the wells in Beijing is very poor, and most of them are bitter. If there is a well of sweet water, the water can be sold for money. The dignitaries and nobles in the city will send people to carry water outside the city, and the first choice is Yuquan Mountain.

"You actually brought water from Yuquan Mountain?" Liu Fucheng wanted to say in his heart, 'You are too extravagant, this is the treatment only available to the powerful in the palace'.

Hehehe...... the person who delivered the water smiled and said, "The handsome knows that the people in the city are short of water, and he said that he wants every household to use good water." Then only a few hundred horse-drawn carriages could be modified, and sealed water tanks were installed to carry water for the people to drink. We've been busy for half a month, and we'll have sweet water to drink from now on. ”

Liu Fucheng was even more puzzled when he heard this, and asked again: "There are so many people in the city, have you brought them here?" ”

"I can't get it." The water delivery was very honest, shook his head and said: "I heard that the people above said that they are already thinking of a way to build a sweet water factory, and what kind of filtration method should be used to purify the water." He also said that he was afraid that it would not work to rely on purification, and that he would build a reservoir on the Miyun side. Anyway, it costs a lot of money. ”

Water supply is related to thousands of households, and everyone cares about it. Soon a large group of people gathered around the water deliverer, and everyone was chattering and asking questions. Although there is no way to drink sweet water openly, the meals on the construction site are all made with water from Yuquan Mountain. The breakfast and lunch were not only hearty, but also tasted much better. I've heard that dinner is served both days and even for dinner.

"As long as you work hard, not only do you have three meals, but you also make sure that everyone has sweet water to drink." The public servants in charge of organizing the organization preached everywhere and made the construction site lively. Everyone rejoiced. This is good to eat, drink well, and make money, such good things have not been able to be asked for in the past.

Not long after lunch, the sappers who had come to work in the morning came again. They still showed up with tools on their shoulders and singing songs, and when they came, they didn't talk nonsense, and began to dig up the silt of this stinky ditch with all their hearts.

Ordinary people are afraid of encountering soldiers on weekdays, so they dare not approach in the morning, let alone say more. But in the afternoon, some people were asking around—what song did the commander's soldiers sing this week? Sounds exciting. At the beginning, it seems that 'all revolutionary soldiers should keep it in mind'......

"Hmph...... it's just a deliberate attempt to deceive some foolish people."

Seeing the people getting close to the soldiers, Zhang Rushen was saying strange things in his mouth. But he could only say this to Liu Fucheng, and he didn't even dare to speak out loud. Because of the drive of these soldiers, there was obviously a wave of work on the ditch construction site. Everyone has just eaten a full meal, and they have learned that they will be able to drink sweet water in the future, and their morale is booming.

"Alas...... that's what these foolish people want. I'm looking forward to the Jianzhou army coming over and having a good fight. Regardless of victory or defeat, this 'revolutionary army' will be in chaos. I'll have to wait for a chance to escape. Liu Fucheng said in a low voice. He will not be moved by this hot labor scene, but will only hate the thief who took away his family property and status even more.

The same is true of Zhang Rushen, who only hopes that there will be forces to drive the 'revolutionary army' out of the capital, and to return his freedom and industry. In his dreams for the past few days, all he has been thinking about is how to take revenge on the new regime with ferocity. He knew that the collusion between the Ming court and Jiannu was done by Liu Fucheng, and asked tentatively: "When will the Jianzhou army come?" ”

"I don't know." Liu Fucheng shook his head, "I'm afraid that Liaodong has just learned the news, and it will take some time to send troops here." In addition, I vaguely remember that there was news in the south of the Yangtze River, saying that they had found some people from Taixi who were good at boating and sea routes to counterattack Tianjin, and I don't know what the details were. Alas, ......, it's hard to put into words! ”

Liu Zhang and the others have spent half a month like a year, and every minute and second is torment. They watched the 'revolutionary army' gain money and the hearts of the people, engage in large-scale construction, and promote good governance, and did more things in the month than the Ming court did in several years. In the long run, they are really worried that this day will never go back.

After finishing their work in the afternoon, the public servants in charge of the ditch project brought more than a dozen wagons of sweet water, and allowed the labor activists selected for the day to bring buckets to pick up some sweet water and go home. This kind of good thing naturally doesn't have Liu Zhang's share, they can only watch the hundreds of people who have benefited from it happily bring water home. They can only sour on the sidelines.

"Isn't it just a few buckets of water, what's there to be proud of?" Liu Fucheng said that he didn't care, "Liu Ye was tired of eating delicacies and delicacies from the mountains and seas back then, and he couldn't look down on this at all." ”

Zhang Rushen glanced at Liu Fucheng, felt that he couldn't weaken his momentum, and said: "If you have to suffer hardship, you will become a master." Let's go, we'll go back too. Let's practice for the next few days. ”

It's just that when they returned to the deserted temple, the two of them collapsed again. After a tiring day, they stink even more. Without the servants and maids, they couldn't live, there was not even hot tea in the temple, and they could only drink some bitter well water when their mouths were dry. This reminds them of the sweet water distributed on the construction site in the afternoon, and they all miss it very much, and now they know how hard the life of the poor family is.

"We have to go to work tomorrow?" Liu Fucheng sat in the temple hall in a daze again, and he felt that if he continued to do this, he would have to hang himself.

Zhang Rushen also lost his strength, and even simply collapsed on the ground and sighed: "When will this day be the end?" Will the Jianzhou army still come? If the slave chief comes, Zhang will be the first to open the city gate. ”

sighed, and talked all night, and the two fell asleep unconsciously. When it was dawn, the people from the neighborhood committee smashed the door outside the temple again: "You wild monks, don't want to be lazy, hurry up and get to work!" ”

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