After a night of drizzle irrigation, the wheat fields on the village sprung up like spring shoots after the rain, and they puffed up their chests.

Lao Guo Tou hurriedly boiled a pot of hot tea and put it on the kang table with a smile.

"Lord Wang, why are you here so early today?"

Li Chengjiu dusted off the dirt on his shirt and smiled:

"After this rain, the temperature should not warm up again, and I just happened to be free today, and I plan to come over and do the coal business."

"Coal? You mean those black stones in Hutou Mountain? ”

"Yes, you go and call all the people who can work in the village to gather in the temple, I want to say something."

When Lao Guo heard that it was about the black stone, his heart suddenly became nervous.

But he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to obey the prince's order and hurriedly ran to call someone.

Soon, dozens of young people gathered at the temple.

Li Chengjiu walked up to the temple platform unhurriedly, looked at the people in the audience, and suddenly remembered the scene on Huaxiang Street last night, the same on and off the stage, but the people were different.

Of course, he still felt that the croppers in front of him looked more comfortable.

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

These farmer men didn't know what they were going to do when they asked everyone to come here, but as soon as they saw the figure of the prince, they hurriedly began to salute.

Li Chengjiu waved his hand, so that everyone did not have to be so restrained.

"Old Guo Tou, can you get there?"

Lao Guo Tou stepped forward and responded: "Originally, there were not so many people, because it rained yesterday, so many people did not go to the ground today, and they were all crooked at home." ”

"That's better than just in time."

Li Chengjiu nodded, and then turned his head.

He didn't come up and say the purpose of the trip, but first asked questions to everyone in the audience.

"How many of you people are working in other villages, raise your hand and I'll see."

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what the prince meant.

After a while, a few people silently raised their hands.

The few strong men who raised their hands were dark-skinned, and they looked like good workers.

"Just a few people?"

Everyone nodded, "Many people haven't come back to other Zhuangzi." ”

"Oh, that's right."

Li Chengjiu touched his chin, then pointed to one of the strong men and asked, "How much can you earn in a day outside the village?" ”

When the strong man saw that the prince came to ask him by name, he panicked inexplicably.

looked left and right, and finally stammered: "Big ...... About 40 cents. ”

"So little?"

Lee Seung-koo was surprised.

It stands to reason that the average daily income of the average banker should be between 80 and 150 yuan to be considered normal.

Most of them are because they sold the land on the farm, or who wants to go to work in other people's fields?

How can you work for others and feel free to do it for yourself.

Cursed the former host again, and then continued:

"This king is here today, there is something to ask everyone to help, of course, this king is paid to hire, I wonder if everyone is willing to come to my side to earn some pocket money?"

"Earn some pocket money?"

There were a lot of people in the crowd who hadn't worked for months.

When I heard it at this time, my heart suddenly became interested.

It's just that when he suddenly thought that the person who spoke was the prince of Jiang, the source of all evil, the small flame that had been there was suddenly extinguished again.

I saw everyone in the audience, you look at me, I look at you, but no one squeaked.

Li Chengjiu was not surprised, but stretched out a slap and said:

"It's all said, this king won't call you in vain, the daily salary is 500 yuan, I don't know if anyone is willing?"

"How much? Five...... Five hundred?! ”

One sentence shocked the sky, and everyone's eyes straightened.

Five hundred dollars a day, that's one or two taels of silver for two days!

Even the only scholar in the village who works as a bookkeeper in the city only earns 300 yuan a day.

How can the prince give so much?

Everyone was beating drums in their hearts, or doubtful, or excited, anyway, they were quite conflicted in their hearts.

Of course.

Lee Seung-gu is not in a hurry.

There must be brave men under high salaries, and he firmly believes that this sentence should soon be signed up.

Sure enough.

It's just that everyone in the audience quietly discussed for a moment, and then a strong man raised his big hand and shouted:

"Lord Wang, I'll do it!"

"Guo Datou, the prince hasn't said what he wants to do, why did you respond?"

"Yes, although it was the prince who spoke, but what hurts the sky is that we can't do it."

"Shhhh

There was a commotion in the audience.

The strong man who was called the big head of the pot pouted disappreciatively and said:

"My mother is still lying in bed now, I haven't eaten for two days, I don't want my mother to starve to death, this day is 500 yuan, I can let my mother eat meat."

After saying that, he strode forward and said to the prince: "Prince, you say, what do you want me to do?" ”

Li Chengjiu smiled softly when he saw this.

"Dig coal, can you do it?"

"Digging coal?"

"That's right, it's to dig the black stone under Hutou Mountain, 1,500 catties a day, and the salary is paid daily, I don't know if you can do it?"

"That's it?"

The strong man couldn't believe his ears.

As long as you dig these black stones every day, you will be paid 500 wen? How could such a good thing not be done?

was a little surprised, and was afraid that the prince would regret it, so he hurriedly replied:

"Lord, I'm capable! Not to mention 1,500 catties, just with my Guo Datou's strength, I am digging out an extra 500 catties for you every day. ”

When Li Chengjiu heard this, he waved his hand and said:

"No, the most important thing is to give this pill a safe service, of course, 1,500 catties per day is just a basic amount, if you have the ability to exceed this amount, then this king will also buy it at a price of three cents per ten catties."

"Hahaha, that's a good dare! I'm done! ”

Dahan smiled innocently, obviously very happy in his heart.

Hearing the prince's explanation, it turned out that he was just digging stones, and a fool wouldn't dare to do such a good thing.

These people stopped talking, for fear that they would not have a chance if they were one step slower, so they all stepped forward and shouted:

"Lord Wang! I'll do it too! ”

"And me, and me, I have a lot of strength."

"Three bald people, don't squeeze me."

"Lord, add me one, and I will dig black stones too."

Seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic, Li Chengjiu had no reason not to accept it, so he hurriedly asked Lao Guo Tou to get a pen and paper to count these people, and in a few days, he would draw up a labor contract, and then formally finalize the employment relationship.

And now, for the time being, let's take a look at everyone's working ability, to put it bluntly, it is the probationary period.

Old Guo Tou was panicked in his heart.

I didn't expect the prince to really ask the people in the village to dig up the life-threatening stone, is this a death?

But Lee Seung-koo didn't have time to explain anything to him.

Things come step by step, and sooner or later the old man will understand the benefits.

Seeing that things were going well, he handed over the rest to Lao Guotou.

Remembering the kid I saw last time I came, I should also visit his house to see if his father could help build a coal stove.

A man was casually called to help lead the way, and soon he was taken to a farmhouse at the east end of Zhuangzi.

It is not very far from Hutou Mountain, and you can see the coal mine on the mountain when you raise your eyes.

After thanking the man who helped lead the way, Li Chengjiu raised his feet and was about to enter the courtyard.

But before the front foot stepped out, there was a huge bang in the courtyard.

Microflutes.

Then, I heard a man's scolding.

"I'll tell you the old man, if you don't know how to lift again, don't blame Lao Tzu for smashing your house!"