While speaking, everyone surrounded Zhu Zhen and entered the mat camp.

As the name suggests, a mat camp is a workshop that weaves and produces mats.

The mat is very useful in this era, and everyone can use it. Whether it is a military household or a civilian household, or a soldier on the march, he always has to sleep. You can sleep without a bed, but at least you have to put a straw mat on the bed, and you can't lie directly on the ground.

Especially in the warm subtropical region of Yunnan, you can sleep on a mat all year round. In addition, there are also hoarding mats for storing and drying grain, drying mats, and shroud mats for burials, etc., which are very useful and extremely useful.

Therefore, a workshop specializing in the production of mats was set up in the army, and the army went all the way to weave it......

"The prince has come to visit everyone!"

When Zhu Zhen entered, he saw that in the huge yard, the ground was evenly covered with broken reeds.

Some craftsmen sprinkled water in front, and some people dragged the slices back and forth to roll and roll in order to smooth out the slices. Until you hold the slices in your hand and can shake them up like a whip.

Only such soft and smooth slices can be used to weave mats......

"The prince has come to see everyone." Peng Zhixian shouted.

The craftsmen hurriedly knelt on the ground, and the hot work scene came to an abrupt end.

"Don't let everyone rest on the first day of the new year?" Zhu Zhen just apologized, and he had the posture of turning his face, which was faster than turning a book.

Peng Zhixian, this Khan, hurriedly replied carefully, "The prince misunderstood, they volunteered to work overtime." ”

"Oh, really?" Zhu Zhen looked at the craftsmen. "Are you really volunteering? Don't worry, tell the truth, no one will dare to take revenge on you. ”

"Return, go back to the prince, we really volunteered to work overtime." A middle-aged craftsman who looked like a leader stammered: "Above, the morning has already rested, and everyone doesn't want to waste any more time in the afternoon." ”

"What, are there so many tasks given by the boss that you can't finish it?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"The task is quite heavy," said the leader of the craftsmen timidly, "but everyone is also here to finish the work as soon as possible, so that they can return to their hometown as soon as possible." ”

"yes, we haven't been fishing for two years and gone home for the New Year." The rest of the Xi craftsmen also chimed in: "Lord Zhixian said that the task of 500,000 mats this year cannot be completed, and no one can go home." ”

"Did you say that?" Zhu Zhen looked at Peng Zhixian. "You're going to exhaust them, huh?"

Peng Zhixian sweated profusely and explained in a whisper: "Back to the prince, Weichen is also annoyed by them every day, so he set such an outrageous number." It's just to let them settle down and work, and don't keep thinking about going home. ”

"Listen to this is human talk?" But his words were still heard clearly, and sure enough, a man hid behind the crowd and said unceremoniously:

"Even we have fathers, mothers, wives and children at home. Unlike some people whose entire family is dead......"

In front of the prince, Peng Zhixian dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

"Keep your mouths clean!" Pan Yuan scolded, and smiled bitterly at Zhu Zhen: "Weichen is not wrong, right? ”

"If you don't do personnel, you should be scolded if you don't talk about people." Zhu Zhen didn't think about it, and said to the craftsmen: "This king has come to pay New Year's greetings to the old and young masters." By the way, I also compensate everyone...... I declare that the task set for you by the surname Peng will not be counted! ”

"Great, thank you for calling the shots!" The craftsmen cheered and knelt down to kowtow to the sixth child, and said: "We also pay New Year's greetings to the prince, and wish the prince a thousand years old!" ”

"Hahaha, if you really live a thousand years old, won't this king become the eighth king?" Zhu Zhen's witty self-deprecation caused the craftsmen to laugh, and the slightly tense atmosphere relaxed for a moment.

Zhu Zhen also ordered Deng Duo to lead people and distribute the rewards to the craftsmen. He prepared a pot of wine, two catties of meat, a pair of cloth shoes for each of the craftsmen, and wrapped half a hanging New Year's money in red paper.

These four gifts are not rich, but hundreds of thousands of people, each of whom has such a share, is also a lot of expenses.

And for the craftsmen who work in vain, this is already a very rich reward, and naturally they are all grateful, and it is much more pleasing to the eye to see this tall and tall prince.

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Over there, the guards were handing out the gifts, and here Zhu Zhen sat directly on the mat that the craftsmen had just made, beckoning the leader of the craftsmen and a group of craftsmen who had already received the reward, and they all sat down to talk to him.

At his repeated urging, the leader of the craftsmen and all the craftsmen sat down cross-legged with trembling, but they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.

"Don't be nervous, this king doesn't eat people." Zhu Zhen smiled and asked everyone to relax, and after they relaxed a little, he asked them kindly what their names were and where they were all from?

"Back to the prince, the villain Chang San, the Suzhou Mansion people." The leader of the craftsmen hurriedly straightened up and replied.

"The villain Liu Ping, a native of Jinhua Mansion, Zhejiang......"

"Villain Zhang Qian, the ...... of Jiujiang Mansion in Jiangxi" The craftsmen also introduced themselves.

Zhu Zhen listened patiently to their introductions, and commented on the customs of their hometown from time to time, which was to the point and surprised the craftsmen.

"Has the prince been to our hometown?"

"I've been to ......" Zhu Zhen nodded with a smile, and said in his heart that he had only been there in his previous life...... Fortunately, it is enough to use it to set words with the people:

"You're a great place......

"Haha, the prince thinks so too? Sure enough, who doesn't say that my hometown is good! "The people are very coaxing, and I suddenly feel that this prince is really kind.

It's risky to just slap the sycophants of their hometown. Especially today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the people who haven't fished back for the New Year for two years are easily aroused by homesickness.

Some of the light-eyed ones were already sobbing......

"What's going on, why are you crying after a good conversation?" Zhu Zhen seemed to be confused.

"Forgive me, Lord Wang, isn't it easy to be homesick for the New Year......" Chang San explained for them: "When everyone came out, I didn't think they would stay for so long......

"It's like, we're homesick." The craftsmen wiped their tears and said, "I miss my father...... mother"

"A few years ago, I followed the letter from home, and I became a father, but I haven't seen the baby yet." A craftsman kowtowed to the sixth child and begged: "The prince is good, let me go......"

It doesn't matter if he takes the lead, the rest of the craftsmen also follow suit, they all kowtow to the sixth child, and begged bitterly: "The prince is merciful, let us go back......

"What is this for? Get up and speak. Zhu Zhen raised his hand and motioned for everyone not to kneel.

"If the prince doesn't agree, we won't get up!" But the craftsmen played tricks.

"Forgive me, the prince is really the court trick first, how long has this been overdue and you haven't let us go back?" Chang San took the lead and said loudly: "Please ask the prince to give us a word!" ”

"Alas, then the king will tell the truth......" Zhu Zhen slowly glanced at the people, sighed and said:

"You can't go back."

(End of chapter)