At noon, the craftsmen entered the Ping'an Workshop, and the master Liu led by the people to measure the workshop road that needed to be rebuilt, and came to report carefully.

"The whole road is about ten miles long, and except for one mile of stone bricks that are still available, the others are potholed and need to be re-paved. If all the bricks and stones are used, and the materials are added, the cost will be very high. ”

Zhu Youzhen was not in the mood to listen to this, and pointed to Zhang Shize next to him and said: "Tell him what you need, the materials and tools will be ready, you just need to take someone to repair the workshop as soon as possible." Nearly 1,000 young people in Ping'an Fang are powerful, and the rest of the old and weak are enough to carry stones and sand. ”

Hearing this, Master Liu hurriedly said: "There is no need for so many people, if there are three hundred young people, the villain can repair the road of Ping'an Fang within ten days." ”

Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look at Master Liu, and said with a smile: "I'll give you half a month, and you can do it according to half a month, and as long as someone wants to work, the people of Ping'an Fang must have a job, even if it is to move the masonry from one end to the other." ”

Liu Dajiang looked at Zhu Youzhen with a puzzled face, the workman always thinks about hiring the least people and doing the most work, where is there such a job?

But he doesn't need to think much about this, how His Highness arranges, he just needs to obey.

The villagers ate the soup in the clay pot at all, and they were reluctant to leave, so they stood not far away and watched Zhu Youzhen talk to a group of craftsmen.

Although His Royal Highness the King of Letters himself told them, the days when there was work and food were always in a dream, and even though the sun was already high in the sky, they still felt like they were dreaming.

A few lazy men gathered together, pouted and said, "These nobles have a good mouth, who knows what they have planned?" ”

"Hehe, a few years ago, it was said that the children of military families such as me could enter the county government as a servant, but there was no news for so long."

"These nobles are used to entertaining us."

"Wait, how can it be true that what His Highness has said is true. Looking at the eyes of the neighbors, chanting Chitose, I am afraid that they all want to kneel on the ground and kowtow. ”

A few men laughed.

But he didn't expect a stone to slam on the head of one of them, and he stood up with an "oops" in pain, pointing to the child holding a slingshot next to him and scolding angrily.

Lu Mingsheng was not afraid, and said loudly: "After eating the food of His Royal Highness King Xin, you dare to chew your tongue here." The master is most disgusted with a villain like you. ”

"Dog's mongrel, dare to do it to Lao Tzu, see if Lao Tzu doesn't pick your skin." The man who was beaten caught up with him and had to do it.

Where is Lu Mingsheng's opponent, he hurriedly fled, and the man chased after him until he reached the outside of the fangmen.

But he didn't expect Lu Mingsheng to not run away, and shouted excitedly: "It's coming, it's coming, the ox cart pulling materials is here." ”

Several women looked at the ox carts driving in the distance and shouted excitedly.

The people who saw the excitement were also excited, and they flocked to the front of the shop one after another, looking at the bricks and stones on the ox carts, and their eyes widened one by one.

Lu Mingsheng looked at the man triumphantly and shouted: "Tell you to chew the root of your tongue, now you still dare to criticize His Royal Highness the King, saying that he lied to us?" ”

"What His Royal Highness the King said is naturally true, how dare I criticize His Highness." The man defended himself weakly.

"Zhang San, you'd better keep your dog's mouth shut, and then dare to criticize Your Highness, Lao Tzu smashed your dog's teeth."

"Whoever dares to be rude to His Royal Highness King Xin, I, Hu Hansan, will be the first to disagree."

The rest of the people scolded, and the man named Zhang San glanced at Lu Mingsheng fiercely, and turned into the pile of people with a look of shame.

The lieutenant leader beat the crowd with his cane and scolded, "You dogs, don't you see that the ox cart is coming in, disperse quickly." ”

The townsfolk were not annoyed, and dodged aside with a grin.

A steady stream of materials was pulled into the Ping'an Workshop by ox carts, and the people gathered around to look at the piles of masonry and sand, extremely excited.

"Captain, now that the craftsmen are here and the materials have arrived, when should I sign up?" A man couldn't help but ask.

"Look at your anxious baby." Li Chang scolded with a smile on crutches, and said: "Tell you directly, if you have worked as a mason, just go and sign up, the big worker will be 100 yuan a day, and the small worker will be 80 yuan." Don't let anyone else pee, even if you haven't done it, you always have the strength. Carrying sand and moving stones and bricks, how can there be 50 yuan a day, right at the door of the house, building your own road, how to count it is a great thing. ”

"Captain, can we work too?" A woman asked.

"His Royal Highness King Xin is kind-hearted and told Lao Tzu. You women can help with the cooking, thirty dollars a day, and you will not delay taking care of the children. ”

The villagers knew about the wages and hurriedly calculated their daily income.

It stands to reason that each family can produce at least two laborers, and a man and a woman work hard every day, and it is not easy to pay 100 yuan.

Not to mention that it is enough to eat two meals, and it is enough for bread and broth, that is to say, the daily salary can be saved, if you can work for half a month, you can almost save more than one or two silver, which is better than working outside.

While everyone was calculating, the chief said again: "Lao Tzu told you first, who won't go from the top of the repaired road?" His Royal Highness King Xin's kindness allows us to get benefits, and take advantage of it, if anyone dares to cheat and play tricks, work lazily, don't stay in Ping'an Fang in the future. ”

The villagers hurriedly said that they didn't dare.

Seeing that everyone's attitude was good, Li Changcai said: "Then go to Zhang Baihu to sign up." ”

The people immediately rushed to Zhang Shize's side.

As the twilight deepens, the summer heat is approaching, and the weather in June is slowly starting to get hotter.

Fortunately, there is a cool night breeze blowing tonight, and the slight chill makes people comfortable, walking in the Forbidden City, there is a noisy sound of insects everywhere.

As soon as she stepped into the Mao Palace, Ke'er took off her coat for Zhu Youzhen, wiped her sweat with a hot and humid towel, and her serious appearance made Zhu Youzhen can't help pinching her little face.

"I'm tired of this little master."

"The meal is already hot, Your Highness still eats early, and the slaves and maids will serve Your Highness to rest."

"I don't eat it, now I want to sleep well."

Zhu Youzhen was tired and was about to lie on the bed, but was dragged up by Ke'er, pulled to the round table and handed the chopsticks.

"How can you skip meals?" Ke'er looked at Zhu Youzhen with a huhu face.

"You little girl, don't go to the house for a day." Zhu Youzhen glanced at Ke'er's round buttocks, but he still didn't have a hand.

Ke'er blushed and hid to the side.

Looking at the delicious meal, Zhu Youzhen also felt a little hungry. He doesn't like to eat vegetarian food, so most of the meals cooked by Ke'er are venison and fresh fish, which taste delicious, and Zhu Youzhen quickly finished eating.