"Why are there so many people?" Trump words.

The Shaanxi accent answered: "How do I know, some time ago I heard that Fuxian County recruited stonemasons at a high price across the country, and I thought that I could make money, so I asked my daughter-in-law to pack the tools and rush over." ”

"You're not from Fuxian, no wonder it's a little strange to hear this accent." From the arrogant speech of a local stonemason.

A foreigner with a Min accent didn't feel very comfortable listening to it, so he deliberately belittled it: "In this poor and small place in Fu County, how can you get any good stonemasons, all the people who came on this trip have been rated in the county, county or country, and the worst has to be a master or something else." ”

Zheng Quqi, who was listening to them in the back: "......"

Oh, I'm sorry, but the worst is not the master's level, but she, a local poor carpenter.

Now I have the courage to mix in the stonemason team to make money, and I haven't been rated at any level, please advise.

Just when Zheng Quqi was entertaining himself and teasing himself, a man who didn't know where he hit deliberately hit Zheng Quqi.

She sensed something was wrong, and turned her head to look at it.

I saw an obscene man with a sloppy beard staring at her.

…… I don't know.

However, Zheng Quqi felt that this person's eyes looking at her were strange, like a pervert, so he quickly dodged to the side.

saw that he came over again reluctantly, and called her in a whisper.

"Hey, ruler."

She was startled and turned her head sharply: "Who?" ”

There are only a few people who can know that her real name is Zheng Quqi, and they will also call her nickname "ruler", but this obscene bearded man is not among them.

"Me, you don't even recognize me? I haven't seen you for more than a month. He pointed to his nose and muttered discontentedly.

This was a weak and irritated tone, coupled with the fact that the other party directly called her real name, Zheng Quqi suddenly had an object of suspicion, and she asked tentatively: "Shan Bian?" ”

"Of course it's me." He winked at her and nodded vigorously.

Zheng Quqi raised his head and looked at the top of his head, which was thickly haired, and was surprised.

No, what about his dysentery? Why didn't he see him for more than a month, and his hair grew out completely?

"Ruler ......"

Stop!

She stopped him from calling his soul with her eyes, glanced left and right and saw that everyone else was also talking, and she didn't notice them, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Why did you get in again?" ”

Shan Bian is a bearded man with particularly thick hair at this time, he covered his mouth with his palm, and passed a message to her: "There is a task, you come with me, but this matter will be talked about later, let's first listen to what Fuxian is recruiting a large number of craftsmen this time." ”

As soon as Zheng Quqi heard the word "task", he was like a stress disorder, his back stiffened, and his face turned green.

As soon as he came, she knew trouble was coming.

She's really just here to earn some coolies to earn money, not to do things.

But they didn't let her go, and the bullshit "mission" of where she went followed her!

This time, the stonemasons were all gathered in the spacious square barricade out of the deer, and the rest of the people were scattered or blocked out, and they gathered and waited for a while, and then they saw the county commander leading a group of people to come in a mighty way.

When the stonemasons see the officials, they naturally have to salute the county magistrates, but they are not considered formal occasions and criminals, so they do not have to bow down, but only bow their hands.

At the back of this team, followed by Mu Ke, an engineer who Zheng Quqi knew, and Zhang Er, a recruiting officer.

Judging from the physiognomy, this county order does not look like an honest official, with a fat head and big ears, small eyes, and fat lips, a typical corrupt official.

He said in a duck's voice, "Take out the official deeds and put their handprints on them." ”

Left and right master books and county orders.

The master scrolled out a piece of official paper, on which he swayed some contents, and he took out a clay seal for the craftsmen to put their handprints on the face.

I didn't do these ceremonies when I built the camp before, is this recruitment so formal?

The stonemasons obviously knew something about the market, and once they signed the handprint, they unconditionally accepted all the agreements on the official document, so they all hesitated a little about the content of the official document and hesitated.

"I don't know what the content of the official document is?"

"Yes, just put your handprint like this, will it ......?"

The thin county man said: "It's just some conventional regulations, you can rest assured, all the content regulations are legal and lawful." ”

Seeing this, the county magistrate's eyes widened slightly, and the shrewd light flashed, and he said loudly: "As long as you stamp this handprint, you can even receive the same money."

I saw the officers and soldiers of the government holding trays in a row, and there was a small pile of copper plates like a mountain, and the visual impact of seeing so much money at once was enough to make the craftsmen who had been poor all their lives shine and turn their heads dizzy.

As the saying goes, birds die for food, and people die for money.

Their minds were all corrupted by money, how could they still have reason and superfluous doubts, and they hurriedly pressed down their handprints to take the money without reading the content of the official document.

Of course, if the county magistrate deliberately deceived and fooled, it would be difficult for these stonemasons present to escape the money trap, after all, they basically didn't know how to read, even if someone barely knew so many sporadic words, they couldn't read through the whole deed.

In this way, they pressed their finger prints one by one, and soon it was Zheng Quqi's turn to be here.

She was not so reckless, but quickly read the contents of the official document before pressing her handprint, which dispelled the suspicions in her heart just now.

Oh, it turned out that they were asked to go to Guiqiling in Fuxian County to repair the city wall.

In ancient times, the city wall was a high and thick wall built around the city for defense.

At first, she suspected that they were so mysterious and secretive, and they planned to let them secretly build some kind of mausoleum, so they needed to sign some confidentiality agreement to be so serious and formal.

Looking at her now, she is worrying about nothing.

Thinking that she would have the money immediately, she also happily pressed the handprint, and then handed it to the leper next to her, but she saw that he was staring at the official document and did not take the next step.

After a long delay, others will look at them, Zheng Quqi urged him: "What are you doing?" ”

Shan Bian's eyebrows tightened, and he suddenly said in a loud voice: "It turns out that the county order summoned us to repair the city wall called the Thousand Tombs in Fu County?" ”

As soon as Zheng Quqifu heard the adjective "Thousand Graves", her nerves suddenly jumped, she looked at the red handprint she had just stamped on the official document, and said in a trembling voice: "What is a thousand graves?" ”

It can't be what she understands, right?

But I don't want to say a single word, just like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, and the stonemasons who have not been immersed in the temptation of money before are shocked.

"Fix what? The walls of a thousand graves?! Is it on that Ghost Ridge? ”

The locals reacted immediately.

"How is that possible?! How can we possibly fix it? ”

Zheng Quqi looked left and right, and pulled Shan Bian, who obviously knew the inside story: "What the hell is going on?" Why did they react so much? ”

Shan Bian glared at her: "Do you really don't know or fake don't know?" To repair the city wall of the terrain of the Ghost Slope, it is like asking the craftsmen to follow the Yama Palace, you don't know how many craftsmen died in the first place. ”

"Repairing a wall in such a steep and uneven place is an impossible task, I have heard that it took at least a thousand stonemasons who died back then to build it, but now it has to be rebuilt, guess how many people we will have to die this time?"

The other people's faces were ugly: "No wonder the government is willing to come up with so much money, it turns out that this is our money to buy our lives." ”

"I'm gone!"

Seeing the excitement of the crowd below, I couldn't accept it for a while, but the county order had already expected it, and comforted: "Don't be excited, don't be excited, you have to leave, and the official will not stay." But first, I would like to make two points. ”

"First, although it is said that it is to repair the city wall near the Guiqi Ridge, it is only a rebuilding of the old land, so it is naturally not as difficult and dangerous as reclamation. Second, this time, our county specially invited two master craftsmen from Jixia Academy, Yuan Sui and Silver Owl, who are good at the planning and prevention of the city wall. ”

His persuasion was in the middle of the reclamation festival, which calmed down the stonemasons who were excited before.

Shan Bian is also weighing and hesitating.

Zheng Quqi pushed his side waist: "What is Jixia Academy?" This is the second time I've heard of it, and it sounds pretty impressive. ”

For Zheng Quqi's "ignorance", Shan Bian also has a deep understanding.

"Jixia Academy is an institution jointly organized by the Seven Kingdoms, specializing in the seven main duties, as long as the craftsman who comes out of here, he must at least be a second-class craftsman."

"The second-class craftsman, what is the level of the craftsman in Ye Kingdom?"

In Yeguo? Shan Bian showed disdain: "How can Ye Guo keep people, the powerful ones have gone to other countries, if you want to say that the Jixia Academy is naturally powerful, how many unique palace exhibitions and majestic temples and halls are made by their students, have you ever heard that the public loses as if?" ”

Oh, this name is not unfamiliar to her, after all, the person she only met a few days ago, he still wanted to buy her tiger skin, but he was cut off by the bully head snake Yu Wensheng.

"Yes."

"The leader of the craftsmen, he studied at the Jixia Academy."

"What is the Craftsman's Leader?"

"I can't explain these things to you clearly for a while, anyway......" He looked like a thief, and his voice was so low that he almost couldn't hear it: "If our Mo family and the public loser don't deal with each other, you pay attention, the disciples of the public loser are all over all walks of life, but anyone who encounters a craftsman's word embroidered on the corner of the clothes is a public loser disciple." ”

Ha?

Zheng Quqi looked confused.

The Mo family doesn't deal with the public loser, does this have anything to do with her?

She didn't do anything and became an accomplice? This Mo family is simply a place of all evils, she has never been so determined to break away from this organization at this moment, and she will never get along with each other.

She said: "We, the countrymen, should not have the opportunity to meet those masters. ”

"Not necessarily, your family...... Well, that's it, these things really don't matter to us for the time being, let's hear what they're saying. ”

"Your Family" ...... How could he suddenly mention "your family"?

What does he want to say, the family feud between Sang Xuanqing and the Mo family, does Shan Bian also know some truths?

After the county order, most of the stonemasons' worries were dispelled, and then their eyes fell on the golden copper plate, and their legs couldn't move at all.

Of course, they knew that this fortification would be risky, but in their line of work, it was not possible to make a lot of money and only take a stable job.

"Since there are people from the Jixia Academy as the backing, I'm afraid of it, so I'll do it!"

"Yes, doing this job can make a lot more money than running around the country before."

In the end, these stonemasons were left behind, and a few of them really couldn't afford to take the risk, so they gritted their teeth and chose to leave.

This time, in addition to the technical stonemasons recruited, a total of thousands of laborers were recruited in the surrounding counties, and they naturally had no money, and only those who were rated at the craftsman level would have special treatment in Yeguo.

Such people will be forced to convene if there are fortifications in the county, but they will pay for them, and if they are in other counties or counties, they do not fall under the conditions of service in the local place of residence, then they have to rely on their own will.

Therefore, the stonemasons in Fuxian County must be done, and the stonemasons recruited by other places with money can have a way out.

Afterwards, Zheng Quqi made a rough assessment of his previous series of behaviors.

"I'm counting it...... Throwing yourself into the net? ”

The county only recruits stonemasons, but she is good, she changes her methods and relies on her relationship to stuff herself into the team of stonemasons, and finally packs it up with other stonemasons and sends it to the tomb of a thousand people to repair the city wall.

Shan Bian's expression was even more complaining than hers: "Count, for the sake of the task, I also have to throw myself into the net!" ”

He also reluctantly pressed his handprint, and the official document was full of content, which can actually be summarized very concisely in the following four words - life and death conceit.

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This time the craftsmen went on the road differently than last time, there was no board car to pick them up, they lined up to walk the mountain road, climbed for nearly an hour, came to a temporary resting squatter hut, and also saw the officers and soldiers waiting to assemble.

They first counted the number of people, and when it was Zheng Quqi's turn, they were first surprised, and then they glanced at her with a joke and strange eyes, probably disgusted by her small body.

Zheng Quqi has long been accustomed to this kind of discriminatory vision, she has a good mentality, thinking that when she sees a dwarf in the giant country, she can't take a second look.

She decided, when she eats later, she will have to increase the amount of food by another twenty percent, she is still growing her body, compared to Brother Sang's height, she doesn't believe that her genes will mutate, she has always been so short!

Along the way, officers and soldiers led the way, maintained order on the road, and crossed mountains and mountains.

Zheng Quqi saw that each of these craftsmen was carrying one or two things on their bodies.

But she is the only one with empty hands and a breeze on her sleeves.

Their guys are generally iron products, and iron is a controlled product, which is not only expensive, but also not available in large quantities through ordinary channels.

Therefore, Zheng Quqi thought that the government would assign them to the stonemasons, but looking at their posture, could it be that they had to bring their own tools?

She hurriedly asked Shan Bian: "You didn't bring any tools either?" ”

Shan Bian seems to be aware of this problem: "I haven't done stonemason work, how do I know what to bring?" ”

Zheng Quqi thought for a while: "Just two hammers, steel drills, hammers, chisels and the like." ”

"I don't have any of these, it's a big deal to start work when the time comes, and the two of us will be responsible for moving the stones, and besides, if you take these things, you will be able to forge the work of quarrying?"

He doesn't know these things anyway, and he's not a versatile craftsman, and he can shine in any line of work.

(End of chapter)