Chapter 39: The Most Aggressive Conscription Enrollment in History
There is a salary for conscription, and the price is not expensive, 200 wen a day, and even room and board......
As soon as this news comes out, it must not be turned upside down!
However, this is also a good thing, after all, it has not been easy for ordinary people who have been able to resist the temptation of slums to stick to their farmland in the past five years.
Seeing more and more people leaving the cultivated land, the county commanders were also panicking, if they became the commander of the light pole, and there would be no one under the rule of the people, how could they not be ridiculed by their colleagues.
Therefore, when they saw the edict of "paid conscription", the county magistrates were surprised and excited.
It is difficult to say whether the relief from the slums will help the 800,000 refugees in the slums, but this forced labor will really help the people left behind.
The common people have got a real Bengbu, and the number of people going to the refugee slum this year should not increase, right?
As long as they can tie people to the field, as long as they are not the commander of the light pole, they are satisfied.
The county magistrates happily posted the news overnight, hoping that the people would be able to see it the next morning.
As a result, as soon as I went out, I ran into a large number of people.
Speaking of people moving from a large number of people to the refugee slum, the county government gate has not been so lively for a long time.
The county commander was a little surprised how these people were so well-informed.
It took a while to figure out that it turned out that the princess was a two-pronged approach, not only letting Cui Fuyin promulgate the documents, but also letting his own miscellaneous servants go home to report the news, and publicize the news in the shortest possible time, so that they didn't need to notify them door to door at all.
At this time, the common people gathered at the county government office all had such a doubt, is this time to serve as a conscriptor really give money?
In the face of the doubts of the people, the county order gave an affirmative answer.
"That's right, this is not a rumor, it is indeed a new rule set by the princess, and it is unknown whether it will be pursued in the future, but this time it is really money."
“!”
The people were shocked and excitedly said that they wanted to sign up immediately.
The county magistrate has been an official for so long, and it is the first time he has encountered someone who is so active in serving as a servant.
In normal times, each household only needs one or two strong laborers, but this time, regardless of whether it is strong or weak, old or young, everyone is actively striving for it, and even three-year-old children have to sign up.
The county commander looked at everyone speechlessly: "I understand your feelings very well, but it is very difficult for me to do this with you, what do you let him do when you are a three-year-old child?" Playing with mud is an eyesore, right? ”
"This ...... It's not like all the adults are gone, and there is no one at home to take care of the children. "The people were a little weak-hearted.
"Then you can't treat the princess as the wronged leader, is this list like a word?" The county magistrate glanced at everyone, waved his big hand and said: "I am in charge, children under the age of ten and fifty-six-year-old men cannot report." ”
"Ah......h
"My lord, although I have reached the age, I am physically strong, and I can serve two more years of forced labor."
"Adults and villains too."
"Your Excellency, you are very kind, let us go."
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In Dachu, those under the age of 10 and those over the age of 56 are exempt from forced labor.
In modern times, fifty-six years old is still in the prime of life, but in ancient times, nutrition, environment and other aspects could not keep up, "life is seventy years old" to live to fifty-six years old is already a very old age.
In the past, whenever it was time for conscription, even those who were not old would try their best to fool the past.
This was the only time that no one wanted to be exempted from forced labor.
"My lord, usually when there are not enough conscripts, we will also recruit all those who are overage, so please recruit us this time."
"Yes, as you said, I don't know if there will be such preferential treatment next time, please see that we have been conscientiously guarding this land for all these years, let us go."
Looking at the bursts of pleading, the county magistrate shook his head helplessly, and for the first time understood what it meant to have money to make a ghost grind.
The princess used this method, why worry about finding no one to work.
"Okay, you can only relax for two years at most, after all, your body is your own, and if something happens while serving in the conscription, the gains outweigh the losses."
In this way, nearly 200,000 people from the four county towns rushed towards Taiqi City.
When they rushed to this side, Li Yewu's "paid conscription" had also reached the ears of the four major families.
The four masters gathered in secret again, looking at the letterhead in their hands and were speechless for a while.
"Didn't this princess get the field to cultivate, why did she suddenly want to build a house?"
"Who knows what she's thinking, 200 Wen a day, heh, if all 300,000 people in the county are here, I see how she can 200 Wen a day."
"I thought this girl was a powerful girl, but who knew that it was even more outrageous than Xiao Jiuxi, it seems that Tai Qizhou will never be able to recover the glory of the year." The silent head of the Xu family sighed again.
The head of the Liu family, who was afraid of death, rarely agreed with the meaning of the head of the Xu family.
But his heart is cold again, he will never admit that he has moved his heart to join the princess these days.
However, as soon as this incident came out, his heart of refuge was instantly annihilated.
Forget it, he's better to live alone.
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On this day, Li Yewu was still asleep, and Zicui rushed in in a hurry.
"Master, master, it's not good, it's ...... outside. Outside...... There are a lot of people! ”
"Bandits again?" Li Yewu got up with a spirit, his eyes full of horror.
Zicui stiffened and smiled embarrassedly: "Well, it's not a bandit, it's the craftsman they found." ”
"So fast?" Li Yewu was a little surprised, this is only the third day of the holiday, right?
She also expected that this recruitment would not be completed in half a month.
"How many people came?"
She asked as she got out of bed to change her clothes.
Zicui shook her head awkwardly: "No...... I don't know. ”
"Don't know?" Li Yewu was surprised: "What does this mean?" ”
"Because...... You can't see the side ...... at a glance."
……
Soon, Li Yewu knew what Zicui meant.
There are indeed a lot of people who come, and there are countless people who look at the past.
Later, Cui Fuyin looked at the statistics of the number of people reported by the county government and confirmed that the total number of people who came this time was 200,000.
200,000!
Cui Fu Yin's body trembled, even if he built the imperial tomb, he wouldn't need so many people.
He glanced at Li Yewu with some concern, can she afford such a salary?
In this regard, Li Yewu is not worried at all.
She inadvertently blew up the imperial tomb and got 10 million taels, deducting 6.24 million taels of debt repayment and land purchase, and 3.76 million taels.
Besides, didn't Father-in-law Qian send 30,000 taels of pocket money later?
This is equivalent to having 3.79 million taels in his hands.
200,000 people, 200 wen a day, is 20,000 taels a day, and a month's salary is only 600,000 taels.
Although it looks like a lot, one of the advantages of ancient times is that the materials are basically free.
To build a house, you need to lay the stones of the foundation and dig them in the mountains.
The wood needed to build a house was cut in the mountains.
In addition to labor costs, there are basically no other costs, and it can be said that infrastructure construction has to be cheap in ancient times.